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Chapter 33:
"Is he going ta be all right?" Rogue asked Mr. McCoy, who had been tending to Pietro.
"Just fine. He has a broken foot and a bump on his head. But as soon as Micheal gets home he should be able to fix that," he replied.
"Good. Pietro would go crazy if he couldn't run around. Ah hope Jean and Micheal get back soon," Rogue said.
"Yes. I've noticed he's a very impatient person," Mr. McCoy noted, amused, "You can go in and see him if you want."
She nodded and walked into the room where Pietro was stretched out.
"Hey," he said when he saw her walk in.
"How are ya feeling?" Rogue asked.
"My head feels like it's going to explode and my foot is crippled. But other then that I feel great," he said sarcastically.
"Your foot is not crippled, it's just broken. It will heal. And if Micheal gets back anytime soon you'll be speeding around here by tha end of tha day," she told him.
"Where is he anyway? You guys should really have him on call for emergencies like this," he complained.
Rogue went over to the bed and sat on the edge of it.
"This is not an emergency. Ya're such ah big baby," Rogue joked.
"No I'm not," he retorted.
"Yes ya are," she shot back.
They kept repeating the same phrases back and forth until they each burst out laughing.
"Some first date, huh?" Pietro said, after their laughter died down.
"Yeah. Definitely ah night ta remember, that's for sure," she replied.
"So." he started.
"Yeah," she encouraged.
"I heard about that party your Professor is throwing," he said.
"Yeah. Tha 4th of July one," she said, a little uncomfortably.
Pietro noticed how she began to look everywhere but at him when he mentioned the party.
"Your going with him aren't you?" Pietro said calmly.
"Yes," she replied, looking at him to judge his reaction.
"It's ok. I guess he asked you first. It's only fair," Pietro replied.
"Really that's it?" Rogue replied, amazed by his reaction.
"What's it?" Pietro asked confused.
"Both ya and Scott are acting strange today," she told him.
"Really how?" Pietro asked.
"Both of ya are acting mature. Ah swear ya both were abducted by aliens or something," she said, exasperated.
"Would you prefer us going after each other and fighting all the time? Because I really don't think that's going to win your heart," Pietro said maturely.
"Ah guess so. But it's still weird," she pouted.
"Whatever you say Rogue," he replied, laughing at her.
They heard a knock on the door and it opened to reveal both Micheal and Jean, both nicely dressed.
"I heard someone needed some healing," Micheal stepped into the room followed by Jean.
"Yeah that would be me, over here," Pietro said, practically waving his arms around, very impatient to get his foot healed.
"What happened this time?" Jean asked, with a hint of disdain in her voice.
"We got attacked by the Acolytes and Magneto," Rogue spoke up, noticing that Pietro was most likely going to say something rude and sarcastic.
"Why? He's your father, why would he attack you Pietro?" Jean asked surprised.
"Lets just say I disowned him as my father," Pietro told her, "How about we heal my foot now." He was getting more impatient.
"What do ya say, Pietro?" Rogue said, grinning.
"Oh come on," Pietro whined, "Ok fine. Please will you fix my damn foot."
"Sure," Micheal said. Then he put his hand on his foot, closed his eyes and a minute later it was all better.
"There it should be as good as new," Micheal said proudly.
Pietro flexed his foot and then jumped off the bed eager to test it out.
"Pietro." Rogue warned.
"Oh yeah. Thanks man," he said to Micheal.
"Your welcome," Micheal said, then yawned, "I'm so tired. I'm going to bed."
"Yeah me too," Jean replied, "Oh and I think the Professor wanted to see you two before you went to sleep."
"Ok thanks Jean," Rogue said and they all left the med bay. Micheal and Jean went to their rooms and Pietro and Rogue headed to the Professor's office.
"Do we really have to see him now?" Pietro asked nervously.
"Yes," Rogue said.
"Can't we wait until the morning," he asked.
"No. Relax Pietro. He's not going ta eat ya or anything," she replied, laughing at him.
Pietro scowled.
"We're here," she said. She knocked on the door and heard the Professor say to come in.
"Ya wanted ta see us Professor?" Rogue asked.
"Yes, Rogue. Why don't you two come in and sit down," Professor X said, putting aside the papers he had been reading over.
Rogue walked in and Pietro hesitantly walked behind her. They both sat in the chairs in front of his desk.
"I'm aware of the reason you two were attacked," Professor X informed.
"So you know I want to join you guys?" Pietro asked.
"Yes," the professor replied, "Tell me why do you want to leave the Brotherhood, Pietro?"
Pietro thought for a moment and then said, "I'm tired of being treated like trash."
"And you think you won't be here," the professor stated.
"Well yeah. You guys may have more responsibilities, but at least everyone is respected and live a pretty good life," Pietro replied.
"If you stay, will you except all the rules and follow orders on missions?" the professor asked, "Even if they come from Scott?"
Pietro looked at Rogue and she nodded for him to go on, "Yes," he said.
"Well then, welcome to the X-men," The Professor said, smiling warmly.
"That's it. But my father." Pietro said.
"Has nothing to do with this," The Professor said, "If a problem arises with him, we'll deal with it. You're an X-men now. Rogue why don't you show Pietro to a guest room and tomorrow we'll see about getting you a permanent one."
"Thanks Professor," Rogue said, standing up and smiling.
"Yeah thanks," Pietro said a little dazed.
"Goodnight you two," the Professor said and then they left.
Rogue led Pietro up to one of the guest rooms.
"Here it is," she said, "Tomorrow we can go and get your stuff."
"Yeah sure," Pietro said, sitting down on the bed.
"So did ya want anything before ah go ta sleep?" she asked, standing in the doorway.
"How about a goodnight kiss?" Pietro said, smiling slyly and walking over to her.
"How about ya go ta sleep," Rogue replied, yawning.
"Come on, one little kiss, please," Pietro begged.
"Fahne," she said. He kissed her then, holding her close. When they released he didn't let her go.
"Have ah ever told ya how annoying ya are?" Rogue said breathlessly.
"Yeah. But that's why you love me," he replied conceitedly.
"Good night Pietro," Rogue said ignoring him, "I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night Rogue," he said before she shut the door in his face.
Rogue turned around to see Scott walking down the hall causing her to inwardly groan.
"Hey you know what, I think I'm starting to hear things," Scott said when he approached her, "I could have sworn I heard Pietro a second ago."
He laughed at himself and then stopped when he noticed Rogue wasn't laughing.
"Rogue?" he asked warily.
"Come wit' meh Scott. Ah need ta talk ta ya," Rogue said, leading him to her room.
He wordlessly followed her and when they entered her room Rogue was relieved that Kitty was not there.
"Rogue, what's wrong?" Scott asked when she closed the door behind them.
"Sit down," she ordered.
He listened to her and sat on her bed, "You've-" he started but was cut off.
"No, no ah haven't picked anyone yet. This is not about that," she said quickly.
"Then what?" he questioned.
"Look ah don't think ya're going ta lahke this but ya're going ta have ta deal wit' it," Rogue explained.
"What am I not going to like? You're starting to scare me Rogue. What's this all about?" he asked.
She came and sat next to him ready to explain everything.
"Ya know how we were attacked by tha Acolytes," she said, and he nodded for her to continue, "Well there was ah reason for it."
"Which was?" Scott inquired.
"Pietro decided he was leaving tha Brotherhood," she paused and then continued, "And he's joined us."
She said the last part really quickly hoping he heard and didn't hear at the same time.
Unfortunately or fortunately he heard.
"What!" he said, his voice rising.
"Turns out ya weren't hearing things after all," she said trying to lighten things up.
"Seriously he's here?" he asked, disbelief setting in.
"Yes. He's going ta be an X-men," she said, confirming his fears.
"The Professor approved this?" he said disbelievingly.
"Yes. Please just accept it?" she pleaded.
"How am I supposed to do that? He's our enemy. The enemies son," he told her standing up.
"He isn't our enemy anymore. Just give him ah chance. Please Scott," she said, pouting for effect.
"You know he only wants to get closer to you," Scott said, starting to relent under the look she was giving him in.
"That may be one of tha reasons, but not tha only one," she explained, "Please Scott."
She resumed the look.
"Ok fine," he said, frustrated, "But don't expect us to become the best of friends."
"Thank ya Scott," she said giving him a big hug.
"Hey I'd do anything for you," he said, hugging her back.
They sat there holding each other for a long time, each one not saying anything.
"Ah'm so tired," Rogue said, breaking the silence, but still not moving from his embrace.
"Me too," Scott said, also showing no signs of moving away from her.
Instead they both started to move towards the pillows on her bed. So they laid there in each other's arms on the verge of entering the land of dreams.
"Umm. Rogue, I should go," Scott said quietly.
"No stay," Rogue said, "Ya don't have ta go."
"What about Kitty?" he asked sleepily.
"She won't be coming back tonight," Rogue replied, "So stay."
"Ok," Scott said tiredly, but also making a mental note to ask Rogue why Kitty would not be back.
"Good night Scott," Rogue said, snuggling closer to him and using his chest as a pillow.
"Good night Rogue," he said, kissing the top of her head.
And then they both fell fast asleep.
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That's it for now. I hope you liked it a lot. I'll try to update at least one more time before school starts on Monday.
Please review and let me know what you think.
Spunky-Rooney fan: Yeah I'm sick of the triangle too. Luckily this fic will be done soon. What do you mean Scott's back in the Duncan/jean/Scott triangle? Duncan's not here and Scott is definitely not going after Jean. So? And about the whole only seeing what Rogue thinks, this story is about her, so I tried to write her thoughts only. But occasionally I got bored and had to add in Scott and Pietro's thoughts and some side romances. And don't worry I always love to hear what people think and I understand the whole college application thing. Good luck on that.
Thanks to everyone else who reviewed.
Disclaimer: I don't own X-men Evolution.
Chapter 33:
"Is he going ta be all right?" Rogue asked Mr. McCoy, who had been tending to Pietro.
"Just fine. He has a broken foot and a bump on his head. But as soon as Micheal gets home he should be able to fix that," he replied.
"Good. Pietro would go crazy if he couldn't run around. Ah hope Jean and Micheal get back soon," Rogue said.
"Yes. I've noticed he's a very impatient person," Mr. McCoy noted, amused, "You can go in and see him if you want."
She nodded and walked into the room where Pietro was stretched out.
"Hey," he said when he saw her walk in.
"How are ya feeling?" Rogue asked.
"My head feels like it's going to explode and my foot is crippled. But other then that I feel great," he said sarcastically.
"Your foot is not crippled, it's just broken. It will heal. And if Micheal gets back anytime soon you'll be speeding around here by tha end of tha day," she told him.
"Where is he anyway? You guys should really have him on call for emergencies like this," he complained.
Rogue went over to the bed and sat on the edge of it.
"This is not an emergency. Ya're such ah big baby," Rogue joked.
"No I'm not," he retorted.
"Yes ya are," she shot back.
They kept repeating the same phrases back and forth until they each burst out laughing.
"Some first date, huh?" Pietro said, after their laughter died down.
"Yeah. Definitely ah night ta remember, that's for sure," she replied.
"So." he started.
"Yeah," she encouraged.
"I heard about that party your Professor is throwing," he said.
"Yeah. Tha 4th of July one," she said, a little uncomfortably.
Pietro noticed how she began to look everywhere but at him when he mentioned the party.
"Your going with him aren't you?" Pietro said calmly.
"Yes," she replied, looking at him to judge his reaction.
"It's ok. I guess he asked you first. It's only fair," Pietro replied.
"Really that's it?" Rogue replied, amazed by his reaction.
"What's it?" Pietro asked confused.
"Both ya and Scott are acting strange today," she told him.
"Really how?" Pietro asked.
"Both of ya are acting mature. Ah swear ya both were abducted by aliens or something," she said, exasperated.
"Would you prefer us going after each other and fighting all the time? Because I really don't think that's going to win your heart," Pietro said maturely.
"Ah guess so. But it's still weird," she pouted.
"Whatever you say Rogue," he replied, laughing at her.
They heard a knock on the door and it opened to reveal both Micheal and Jean, both nicely dressed.
"I heard someone needed some healing," Micheal stepped into the room followed by Jean.
"Yeah that would be me, over here," Pietro said, practically waving his arms around, very impatient to get his foot healed.
"What happened this time?" Jean asked, with a hint of disdain in her voice.
"We got attacked by the Acolytes and Magneto," Rogue spoke up, noticing that Pietro was most likely going to say something rude and sarcastic.
"Why? He's your father, why would he attack you Pietro?" Jean asked surprised.
"Lets just say I disowned him as my father," Pietro told her, "How about we heal my foot now." He was getting more impatient.
"What do ya say, Pietro?" Rogue said, grinning.
"Oh come on," Pietro whined, "Ok fine. Please will you fix my damn foot."
"Sure," Micheal said. Then he put his hand on his foot, closed his eyes and a minute later it was all better.
"There it should be as good as new," Micheal said proudly.
Pietro flexed his foot and then jumped off the bed eager to test it out.
"Pietro." Rogue warned.
"Oh yeah. Thanks man," he said to Micheal.
"Your welcome," Micheal said, then yawned, "I'm so tired. I'm going to bed."
"Yeah me too," Jean replied, "Oh and I think the Professor wanted to see you two before you went to sleep."
"Ok thanks Jean," Rogue said and they all left the med bay. Micheal and Jean went to their rooms and Pietro and Rogue headed to the Professor's office.
"Do we really have to see him now?" Pietro asked nervously.
"Yes," Rogue said.
"Can't we wait until the morning," he asked.
"No. Relax Pietro. He's not going ta eat ya or anything," she replied, laughing at him.
Pietro scowled.
"We're here," she said. She knocked on the door and heard the Professor say to come in.
"Ya wanted ta see us Professor?" Rogue asked.
"Yes, Rogue. Why don't you two come in and sit down," Professor X said, putting aside the papers he had been reading over.
Rogue walked in and Pietro hesitantly walked behind her. They both sat in the chairs in front of his desk.
"I'm aware of the reason you two were attacked," Professor X informed.
"So you know I want to join you guys?" Pietro asked.
"Yes," the professor replied, "Tell me why do you want to leave the Brotherhood, Pietro?"
Pietro thought for a moment and then said, "I'm tired of being treated like trash."
"And you think you won't be here," the professor stated.
"Well yeah. You guys may have more responsibilities, but at least everyone is respected and live a pretty good life," Pietro replied.
"If you stay, will you except all the rules and follow orders on missions?" the professor asked, "Even if they come from Scott?"
Pietro looked at Rogue and she nodded for him to go on, "Yes," he said.
"Well then, welcome to the X-men," The Professor said, smiling warmly.
"That's it. But my father." Pietro said.
"Has nothing to do with this," The Professor said, "If a problem arises with him, we'll deal with it. You're an X-men now. Rogue why don't you show Pietro to a guest room and tomorrow we'll see about getting you a permanent one."
"Thanks Professor," Rogue said, standing up and smiling.
"Yeah thanks," Pietro said a little dazed.
"Goodnight you two," the Professor said and then they left.
Rogue led Pietro up to one of the guest rooms.
"Here it is," she said, "Tomorrow we can go and get your stuff."
"Yeah sure," Pietro said, sitting down on the bed.
"So did ya want anything before ah go ta sleep?" she asked, standing in the doorway.
"How about a goodnight kiss?" Pietro said, smiling slyly and walking over to her.
"How about ya go ta sleep," Rogue replied, yawning.
"Come on, one little kiss, please," Pietro begged.
"Fahne," she said. He kissed her then, holding her close. When they released he didn't let her go.
"Have ah ever told ya how annoying ya are?" Rogue said breathlessly.
"Yeah. But that's why you love me," he replied conceitedly.
"Good night Pietro," Rogue said ignoring him, "I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night Rogue," he said before she shut the door in his face.
Rogue turned around to see Scott walking down the hall causing her to inwardly groan.
"Hey you know what, I think I'm starting to hear things," Scott said when he approached her, "I could have sworn I heard Pietro a second ago."
He laughed at himself and then stopped when he noticed Rogue wasn't laughing.
"Rogue?" he asked warily.
"Come wit' meh Scott. Ah need ta talk ta ya," Rogue said, leading him to her room.
He wordlessly followed her and when they entered her room Rogue was relieved that Kitty was not there.
"Rogue, what's wrong?" Scott asked when she closed the door behind them.
"Sit down," she ordered.
He listened to her and sat on her bed, "You've-" he started but was cut off.
"No, no ah haven't picked anyone yet. This is not about that," she said quickly.
"Then what?" he questioned.
"Look ah don't think ya're going ta lahke this but ya're going ta have ta deal wit' it," Rogue explained.
"What am I not going to like? You're starting to scare me Rogue. What's this all about?" he asked.
She came and sat next to him ready to explain everything.
"Ya know how we were attacked by tha Acolytes," she said, and he nodded for her to continue, "Well there was ah reason for it."
"Which was?" Scott inquired.
"Pietro decided he was leaving tha Brotherhood," she paused and then continued, "And he's joined us."
She said the last part really quickly hoping he heard and didn't hear at the same time.
Unfortunately or fortunately he heard.
"What!" he said, his voice rising.
"Turns out ya weren't hearing things after all," she said trying to lighten things up.
"Seriously he's here?" he asked, disbelief setting in.
"Yes. He's going ta be an X-men," she said, confirming his fears.
"The Professor approved this?" he said disbelievingly.
"Yes. Please just accept it?" she pleaded.
"How am I supposed to do that? He's our enemy. The enemies son," he told her standing up.
"He isn't our enemy anymore. Just give him ah chance. Please Scott," she said, pouting for effect.
"You know he only wants to get closer to you," Scott said, starting to relent under the look she was giving him in.
"That may be one of tha reasons, but not tha only one," she explained, "Please Scott."
She resumed the look.
"Ok fine," he said, frustrated, "But don't expect us to become the best of friends."
"Thank ya Scott," she said giving him a big hug.
"Hey I'd do anything for you," he said, hugging her back.
They sat there holding each other for a long time, each one not saying anything.
"Ah'm so tired," Rogue said, breaking the silence, but still not moving from his embrace.
"Me too," Scott said, also showing no signs of moving away from her.
Instead they both started to move towards the pillows on her bed. So they laid there in each other's arms on the verge of entering the land of dreams.
"Umm. Rogue, I should go," Scott said quietly.
"No stay," Rogue said, "Ya don't have ta go."
"What about Kitty?" he asked sleepily.
"She won't be coming back tonight," Rogue replied, "So stay."
"Ok," Scott said tiredly, but also making a mental note to ask Rogue why Kitty would not be back.
"Good night Scott," Rogue said, snuggling closer to him and using his chest as a pillow.
"Good night Rogue," he said, kissing the top of her head.
And then they both fell fast asleep.
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That's it for now. I hope you liked it a lot. I'll try to update at least one more time before school starts on Monday.
Please review and let me know what you think.
Spunky-Rooney fan: Yeah I'm sick of the triangle too. Luckily this fic will be done soon. What do you mean Scott's back in the Duncan/jean/Scott triangle? Duncan's not here and Scott is definitely not going after Jean. So? And about the whole only seeing what Rogue thinks, this story is about her, so I tried to write her thoughts only. But occasionally I got bored and had to add in Scott and Pietro's thoughts and some side romances. And don't worry I always love to hear what people think and I understand the whole college application thing. Good luck on that.
Thanks to everyone else who reviewed.