A/N: Hi guys! Sorry about the long update times. October has been such a
crazy month; too many midterms and assignments. So anyways, here's chapter
26. I hope you like it, so please R&R!
Chapter 26:
As soon as Scott left, Rogue went to take a quick shower and started to get ready to go see Pietro. She put on some black capris and a black sweater along with black thong sandals, which was one of the new outfits she was forced to buy. She put on her makeup and walked out of her room.
She planned on walking to the Brotherhood house and was almost out the door when, she heard from behind her, "Where do you think you're going, Stripes?"
She turned around and found Logan standing there with his arms crossed across his chest.
"None of your business," she said, with as much attitude as she could muster.
"Well then I guess your not going anywhere," he replied.
"Lahke hell ah'm not," was her reply, "Last ah checked this wasn't ah prison."
Logan was about to say something when Kurt teleported in front of them.
"Hey Rogue vhere are you going?" he asked innocently.
"For Gods sake, is it ah crime ta go visit friends," she practically yelled.
"Vell I vas just vondering because it looks like its going to rain and I have this umbrella for you," he said, trying not to sound hurt.
"Ah'm sorry Kurt," she said, "Thanks for tha umbrella. But ah think ah'll just teleport there."
"You ain't going anywhere," Logan said, stubbornly.
"Listen ah'm just going ta see Pietro. Ah'll be back before curfew," she said, frustrated. And then she teleported without waiting for either of them to say anything.
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Rogue landed right on the Brotherhood's doorstep. She felt a little dizzy; she knew that Nightcrawler's powers were fading after using them in the danger room and then teleporting there. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.
After a few seconds the door opened and Rogue found herself being stared at by two red on black eyes.
"Chere, what y'doing here?" Remy asked, surprised to see her.
"Ah'm here ta see Pietro," she said, pushing past him and walking inside.
"De bosses son? Now why would y' want t' see him, when y've got Remy?" he replied smugly.
She ignored him and went to the living room to see if Pietro was in there; but he wasn't. She assumed he was upstairs, so she turned to go up and found Remy following her every move.
"Do ya mind?" she said, "What are ya doing here anyways and where is everyone else?"
"I'm here waiting for tha losers t' show up," he said.
"They're not losers," she said defensively, thinking that only she was allowed to call them that.
"Well dey sure aren't winners," he replied.
She was getting really annoyed so she decided to use the last of Kurt's powers to port upstairs to Pietro's room.
The instant she got there she collapsed and was about to hit the floor, but before she did, Pietro, who was in his room, quickly caught her.
"Rogue!" he exclaimed, "Are you okay?"
He gently laid her down on his bed.
"Ah'm fahne. Just trying ta get used ta all these new powers," she replied.
"New powers?" Pietro questioned.
"Yeah it turns out if ah want ta control mah own powers ah need ta be able ta control tha ones ah absorbed first. So far ah've got Kitty's, Kurt's, Scott's and yours under control. If ah over use them ah kind of get tired," she explained.
"Mine," he said, "Wow, that's amazing." He sat down next to her on the bed.
They sat in silence for a minute.
"Ya do know that Remy is downstairs waiting for all of ya," she said.
"Yeah, trying to avoid him, though," he said, "All he does is come here and bring orders and criticism from my father. Mostly criticism, that is." She could hear the anger in his voice. "As if we're not good enough for him to tell us himself," he said angrily.
"Don't think lahke that Pietro. You don't need anyone yelling at ya all tha time," she said and then blurted out, "Join tha X-men."
"That's a funny one, Rogue," he laughed, "Me as an X-men; can you imagine what my father would say. And I can't abandon the others, not again."
"They could join too," she said grasping at straws.
"So you wanted to talk to me about something important," he said, changing the subject.
"Oh yeah," she said.
"So." he prompted.
She didn't know where to start.
"Ah just want ta. ta tell ya how ah feel," she said. She couldn't believe she started that way.
"And how do you feel?" he asked, with a smirk on his face.
"Well ah care about ya ah lot, and." she said awkwardly, the smirk unsettling her.
"And." he said.
"Well ah. umm. ah'm in love wit' ya," she stuttered.
"I love you too," he replied with no hesitation, "But you have more to say don't you?"
She nodded, she sat up and crossed her legs; she was very happy that he loved her too.
"It's Scott isn't it?" he said, when she didn't say anything.
She nodded again.
"Your in love with him too, aren't you?" he said, sadly.
"Yes ah am," she said, "And it's weird because ah love both of ya equally. It's lahke ya have half of mah heart and he has that other. Everything is so confusing."
"I understand," he said quietly.
"Ah just wanted ta say that ah don't expect either ya or Scott ta wait for mah heart ta make up its mind. Ah understand completely if ya don't want meh anymore," she explained.
"Oh no you don't. You're not getting out of it that easily. I'm going to stick around until you eventually pick me," he said, "the obvious choice."
"Your very sure of yourself," Rogue smiled at his conceited self, something for some reason she knew she loved about him.
"Well what can I say? I'm irresistible," he said, smirking again.
"Yep, whatever ya say," Rogue said, rolling her eyes at him.
"Admit it, you find me irresistible," Pietro told her with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"Well ah don't." she said, teasing him.
He lunged at her and started to tickle her. Rogue couldn't stop laughing, though she protested in between giggles.
"Admit I'm irresistible and I'll stop," he told her. She didn't say anything and he continued his tickle assault.
After more laughing on Rogue's part, she finally relented, "Fahne, fahne, you're irresistible."
"And I'm a God among men," he added.
"What! No way," Rogue said, still laughing.
"Fine, I know when to quit while I'm ahead," he said, stopping the tickling assault.
He was leaning over her and she was lying down underneath him. They were just staring into each other's eyes, equally mesmerized when Pietro moved closer to her and eventually their lips met in a kiss. Her arms instinctively went around him, pulling him even closer. The initial kiss turned into more and they continued to kiss for what seemed like hours to them but was actually minutes. When they released Pietro began to trail kisses up and down her neck.
As much as she was loving her time with Pietro, she knew she had to go home soon. She was about to tell Pietro this but his mouth found its way back to hers and she couldn't help but kiss him back. Their kisses became deeper and more passionate.
And who knows what might have happened next if Lance didn't barge in on them.
"Pietro, Gambit's downstairs and." he trailed off after seeing the two locked together; getting over the initial shock, "What the hell?"
They finally realized that someone was in the room and broke apart.
"Lance what the hell is your problem?" Pietro snapped, "Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"
He was pretty pissed off at being interrupted.
Lance on the other hand ignored Pietro and looked straight at a slightly embarrassed Rogue.
"Rogue are you ok? What are you doing here?" he asked, concerned for her.
"Ah'm fahne. Ah just came over here ta talk ta Pietro," she replied.
Lance was about to make an angry comment about how they were definitely not talking when he came in, but Pietro interrupted him, "I'll be down in a minute!" Pietro's tone conveyed a sense of finality and Lance didn't argue. Before he left he glanced at Rogue and then glared at Pietro, then he closed the door.
"Well ah guess ah should go," she said to Pietro.
"You don't have to go. I'll go down there, get rid of him and be back in no time," Pietro urged.
"Pietro ah." she said before he cut her off with another passionate kiss.
"Please stay," he said when they released, his hand in her head and their foreheads touching, "We can go to a movie or something, if you want."
She looked at her watch and saw that it was 8:30pm, "Curfew is at 10:00pm so ah don't think ah can go ta ah movie, but ah can hang out here if ya want."
"Even better," he said, smiling from ear to ear, "Just stay in here and I'll be back in a flash."
She nodded and then he zoomed downstairs to deal with the Cajun.
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Well there's the next chapter! I hope you guys liked it.
Thanks for the great reviews!!
Puppiescute: You're allowed to flame if you want. But I'm wondering if you still want to flame after this chapter? I hope you liked it.
Jade Star: So that was Pietro you wanted her to end up with?
Wiccamage: I'm glad you liked it. Conclusion to come very soon, I hope. So far I've written ahead to chapter 29 and its still not done. But very soon it will be.
Frickinevilpoptart: In a couple chapters Bobby will be spared some happiness.
RogueSummers: Thank you so much. I do have other fanfics but not X-men Evolution. I have two Smallville, a Lost world and two Sailor Moon. But I do have planned some more X-men evolution fics that I want to write as soon as I have the time.
Wildcat1222: Thanks for reviewing; I'll check out your fic as soon as I can.
Rogue14: Not too much Remy in this one, but I hoped you liked it.
PomegranateQueen: You're right about the Scott/Rogue thing; it is soft warm fuzzies all around. I love writing these two together.
Thanks for the reviews: cally; 1907omi tsukiyono031990; DemonRogue13; IS it too late to vote?, Perfect Pietro, Dark Ice princess, Pietrolover, Pietro's Princess, gothic queen, Dark Jade, Dark Queen, Princess Of Darkness (though I'm pretty sure your all the same person, but since you took the time to change your name I thought I'd thank them all); XxRoguexX; Anime Addicted; sage; micmiclala; rei; Jill; kosumi; C-star; Mirella; and everyone else who I might have missed.
Thanks for taking the time to read and review!
Anyone else see the second part of Ascension? That was so awesome!! I hope there's a season 5!!!
Chapter 26:
As soon as Scott left, Rogue went to take a quick shower and started to get ready to go see Pietro. She put on some black capris and a black sweater along with black thong sandals, which was one of the new outfits she was forced to buy. She put on her makeup and walked out of her room.
She planned on walking to the Brotherhood house and was almost out the door when, she heard from behind her, "Where do you think you're going, Stripes?"
She turned around and found Logan standing there with his arms crossed across his chest.
"None of your business," she said, with as much attitude as she could muster.
"Well then I guess your not going anywhere," he replied.
"Lahke hell ah'm not," was her reply, "Last ah checked this wasn't ah prison."
Logan was about to say something when Kurt teleported in front of them.
"Hey Rogue vhere are you going?" he asked innocently.
"For Gods sake, is it ah crime ta go visit friends," she practically yelled.
"Vell I vas just vondering because it looks like its going to rain and I have this umbrella for you," he said, trying not to sound hurt.
"Ah'm sorry Kurt," she said, "Thanks for tha umbrella. But ah think ah'll just teleport there."
"You ain't going anywhere," Logan said, stubbornly.
"Listen ah'm just going ta see Pietro. Ah'll be back before curfew," she said, frustrated. And then she teleported without waiting for either of them to say anything.
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Rogue landed right on the Brotherhood's doorstep. She felt a little dizzy; she knew that Nightcrawler's powers were fading after using them in the danger room and then teleporting there. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.
After a few seconds the door opened and Rogue found herself being stared at by two red on black eyes.
"Chere, what y'doing here?" Remy asked, surprised to see her.
"Ah'm here ta see Pietro," she said, pushing past him and walking inside.
"De bosses son? Now why would y' want t' see him, when y've got Remy?" he replied smugly.
She ignored him and went to the living room to see if Pietro was in there; but he wasn't. She assumed he was upstairs, so she turned to go up and found Remy following her every move.
"Do ya mind?" she said, "What are ya doing here anyways and where is everyone else?"
"I'm here waiting for tha losers t' show up," he said.
"They're not losers," she said defensively, thinking that only she was allowed to call them that.
"Well dey sure aren't winners," he replied.
She was getting really annoyed so she decided to use the last of Kurt's powers to port upstairs to Pietro's room.
The instant she got there she collapsed and was about to hit the floor, but before she did, Pietro, who was in his room, quickly caught her.
"Rogue!" he exclaimed, "Are you okay?"
He gently laid her down on his bed.
"Ah'm fahne. Just trying ta get used ta all these new powers," she replied.
"New powers?" Pietro questioned.
"Yeah it turns out if ah want ta control mah own powers ah need ta be able ta control tha ones ah absorbed first. So far ah've got Kitty's, Kurt's, Scott's and yours under control. If ah over use them ah kind of get tired," she explained.
"Mine," he said, "Wow, that's amazing." He sat down next to her on the bed.
They sat in silence for a minute.
"Ya do know that Remy is downstairs waiting for all of ya," she said.
"Yeah, trying to avoid him, though," he said, "All he does is come here and bring orders and criticism from my father. Mostly criticism, that is." She could hear the anger in his voice. "As if we're not good enough for him to tell us himself," he said angrily.
"Don't think lahke that Pietro. You don't need anyone yelling at ya all tha time," she said and then blurted out, "Join tha X-men."
"That's a funny one, Rogue," he laughed, "Me as an X-men; can you imagine what my father would say. And I can't abandon the others, not again."
"They could join too," she said grasping at straws.
"So you wanted to talk to me about something important," he said, changing the subject.
"Oh yeah," she said.
"So." he prompted.
She didn't know where to start.
"Ah just want ta. ta tell ya how ah feel," she said. She couldn't believe she started that way.
"And how do you feel?" he asked, with a smirk on his face.
"Well ah care about ya ah lot, and." she said awkwardly, the smirk unsettling her.
"And." he said.
"Well ah. umm. ah'm in love wit' ya," she stuttered.
"I love you too," he replied with no hesitation, "But you have more to say don't you?"
She nodded, she sat up and crossed her legs; she was very happy that he loved her too.
"It's Scott isn't it?" he said, when she didn't say anything.
She nodded again.
"Your in love with him too, aren't you?" he said, sadly.
"Yes ah am," she said, "And it's weird because ah love both of ya equally. It's lahke ya have half of mah heart and he has that other. Everything is so confusing."
"I understand," he said quietly.
"Ah just wanted ta say that ah don't expect either ya or Scott ta wait for mah heart ta make up its mind. Ah understand completely if ya don't want meh anymore," she explained.
"Oh no you don't. You're not getting out of it that easily. I'm going to stick around until you eventually pick me," he said, "the obvious choice."
"Your very sure of yourself," Rogue smiled at his conceited self, something for some reason she knew she loved about him.
"Well what can I say? I'm irresistible," he said, smirking again.
"Yep, whatever ya say," Rogue said, rolling her eyes at him.
"Admit it, you find me irresistible," Pietro told her with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"Well ah don't." she said, teasing him.
He lunged at her and started to tickle her. Rogue couldn't stop laughing, though she protested in between giggles.
"Admit I'm irresistible and I'll stop," he told her. She didn't say anything and he continued his tickle assault.
After more laughing on Rogue's part, she finally relented, "Fahne, fahne, you're irresistible."
"And I'm a God among men," he added.
"What! No way," Rogue said, still laughing.
"Fine, I know when to quit while I'm ahead," he said, stopping the tickling assault.
He was leaning over her and she was lying down underneath him. They were just staring into each other's eyes, equally mesmerized when Pietro moved closer to her and eventually their lips met in a kiss. Her arms instinctively went around him, pulling him even closer. The initial kiss turned into more and they continued to kiss for what seemed like hours to them but was actually minutes. When they released Pietro began to trail kisses up and down her neck.
As much as she was loving her time with Pietro, she knew she had to go home soon. She was about to tell Pietro this but his mouth found its way back to hers and she couldn't help but kiss him back. Their kisses became deeper and more passionate.
And who knows what might have happened next if Lance didn't barge in on them.
"Pietro, Gambit's downstairs and." he trailed off after seeing the two locked together; getting over the initial shock, "What the hell?"
They finally realized that someone was in the room and broke apart.
"Lance what the hell is your problem?" Pietro snapped, "Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"
He was pretty pissed off at being interrupted.
Lance on the other hand ignored Pietro and looked straight at a slightly embarrassed Rogue.
"Rogue are you ok? What are you doing here?" he asked, concerned for her.
"Ah'm fahne. Ah just came over here ta talk ta Pietro," she replied.
Lance was about to make an angry comment about how they were definitely not talking when he came in, but Pietro interrupted him, "I'll be down in a minute!" Pietro's tone conveyed a sense of finality and Lance didn't argue. Before he left he glanced at Rogue and then glared at Pietro, then he closed the door.
"Well ah guess ah should go," she said to Pietro.
"You don't have to go. I'll go down there, get rid of him and be back in no time," Pietro urged.
"Pietro ah." she said before he cut her off with another passionate kiss.
"Please stay," he said when they released, his hand in her head and their foreheads touching, "We can go to a movie or something, if you want."
She looked at her watch and saw that it was 8:30pm, "Curfew is at 10:00pm so ah don't think ah can go ta ah movie, but ah can hang out here if ya want."
"Even better," he said, smiling from ear to ear, "Just stay in here and I'll be back in a flash."
She nodded and then he zoomed downstairs to deal with the Cajun.
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Well there's the next chapter! I hope you guys liked it.
Thanks for the great reviews!!
Puppiescute: You're allowed to flame if you want. But I'm wondering if you still want to flame after this chapter? I hope you liked it.
Jade Star: So that was Pietro you wanted her to end up with?
Wiccamage: I'm glad you liked it. Conclusion to come very soon, I hope. So far I've written ahead to chapter 29 and its still not done. But very soon it will be.
Frickinevilpoptart: In a couple chapters Bobby will be spared some happiness.
RogueSummers: Thank you so much. I do have other fanfics but not X-men Evolution. I have two Smallville, a Lost world and two Sailor Moon. But I do have planned some more X-men evolution fics that I want to write as soon as I have the time.
Wildcat1222: Thanks for reviewing; I'll check out your fic as soon as I can.
Rogue14: Not too much Remy in this one, but I hoped you liked it.
PomegranateQueen: You're right about the Scott/Rogue thing; it is soft warm fuzzies all around. I love writing these two together.
Thanks for the reviews: cally; 1907omi tsukiyono031990; DemonRogue13; IS it too late to vote?, Perfect Pietro, Dark Ice princess, Pietrolover, Pietro's Princess, gothic queen, Dark Jade, Dark Queen, Princess Of Darkness (though I'm pretty sure your all the same person, but since you took the time to change your name I thought I'd thank them all); XxRoguexX; Anime Addicted; sage; micmiclala; rei; Jill; kosumi; C-star; Mirella; and everyone else who I might have missed.
Thanks for taking the time to read and review!
Anyone else see the second part of Ascension? That was so awesome!! I hope there's a season 5!!!
