Ride Of Your Life
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Chapter Two – Riding The Bus With Him
Pietro's POV
I got up the next day and went inside the bathroom and took a shower. I already packed my stuff last night and so did Lance. I still couldn't believe I got paired up with that…that…girl. Oh well, I guess I have to live with it. I got out of the bathroom and got dressed in jeans, a black shirt and a sweater. I ran down the stairs with my duffel bag and snowboard, almost bumping into Lance.
"What's for breakfast?" I asked Lance
"I don't know! Fred ain't up yet! You expect him to be awake at this time?" Lance said, pointing to his watch, which read 7am.
"Anyway, what are we gonna do? I'm not starving to death in the whole bus ride with her." I said, frowning
"I made myself a sandwich. Make your own" Lance said stuffing the sandwich in his bag along with a bottle of water
I rushed inside the kitchen and made myself a sandwich – no crust, that is. I placed it inside a Ziploc bag and stuffed it inside my bag with a bottle of water.
We left the boarding house, leaving a note to Fred and Todd. We walked all the way to school. Lance kept lagging behind so I had to wait for him. I went behind him and pushed him all the way to school, using my speed. We got there just in time and saw the rest of the group, scattered around. It was still early and Lance decided to find Kitty leaving me alone. Then, I saw Rogue leaning against the bus. I presume Kitty also left her to go with Lance.
"Okay, everyone. Pair up with your partners" a guy with brown hair and blue eyes told the group and was holding a clipboard in his hands.
Everyone gathered around and paired up with their assigned partners. I was looking for Rogue and found her, looking for me as well. I walked up to her and heard Kitty giggle as I walked past Lance and her. I stood beside Rogue who had on black jeans and a purple top and had a black trench coat on and of course, her gloves. A lot of people packed snowboards with them. I think Lance did too.
"Okay. My name is Ivan Baxter and I will be your instructor for this trip. I will announce to you events and a daily newsletter will be posted in the main office's bulletin board." He glanced at his watch and turned back to the crowd, "It's almost 8. Board the bus."
Everyone got in the bus and I waited for Rogue to budge but she didn't. She looked at me with her piercing eyes.
"Well? Why aren't you moving?" she asked me
"Ladies first" I said, smirking at her
Rogue glared at me before walking off and getting on the bus. She lifted her duffel bag and placed it inside the storage room above our seat. I saw her having a hard time lifting the heavy load and something urged me to help her. I walked over to her side and pushed it up. I placed mine inside as well. She looked at me and I smirked at her. She gave me a glare again and sat by the window seat. I sat beside her and the bus started to move. I saw Lance and Kitty just two seats away from us. I heard Kitty giggle again and I glared at her
"Ya know, ya really don't have to seat beside meh if ya don't want to" she said, not looking at me
"NO ONE will separate from their partners on this WHOLE bus ride" Ivan boomed
"Great…just great…" Rogue groaned, looking outside the window
"If anyone didn't have the chance to eat breakfast, here's your chance now" Ivan said, sitting down on his own seat.
I got up from my seat and reached out for the pocket of my bag above and got my sandwich. I took it out from the Ziploc and was about to take a bite out of it when I realized that Rogue wasn't eating.
"Did you eat breakfast?" I asked her
"Why do you care?" she snapped at me
I looked down at my food and broke it in half. I handed the other half to her and she looked at it before taking it away from my hands.
"Thanks" she muttered
"No problem" I said
I really don't know why I'm acting nice to her. It was probably because of this project thing. She is my "wife". I watched her eat the sandwich as I ate mine. Behind us, I could hear Lance and Kitty talking.
"Do you like, think that Rogue and Pietro will get along on this project?" Kitty asked Lance while biting on her apple
"I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not" Lance answered eyeing Kitty's apple
"I hope they like, will. They're so cute together. If I were to like, pick the best couple on this trip, I would pick them"
"Hey, what about me?" Lance pouted with a mock hurt look on his face
"Besides us…" Kitty chuckled and kissed Lance on the cheek
I rolled my eyes at them. They were so lucky to have each other for this project. Before turning my attention back to the front, two girls waved at me flirtatiously and giggled right after. Some of the girls got their crushes as their partners. Lucky them. How come I get stuck with her!?
"Okay everyone, let's have some drills shall we?" Ivan grinned at all of us. I just hate the guy, "Okay. Boys, place an arm around the girl"
Nobody moved. It took Lance a while to move and place an arm around Kitty. I would have probably taken longer, but I placed an arm around Rogue first before Lance did with Kitty. I heard someone gasp. I couldn't tell who.
"Well, it looks like we have two participating men here" Ivan grinned again. I really hate the guy. Grins too much.
The drill went on and on. Rogue hardly looked at me even when Ivan told the girls to gaze at their husband's eyes.
It wasn't the time of my life right now. It soon got pretty boring. I got my Discman and listened to some music. I scanned the bus and saw that everyone was asleep. I turned to Rogue. She was asleep as well. I sighed and continued to listen to music. As time went by, I fell asleep myself but woke up when I felt someone sleep on my shoulder. I looked down and saw Rogue sleeping peacefully. I noticed that she was somewhat smiling. I'm not sure. I looked closer and saw that she was smiling…well, half-smiling. She should do that more often. She looks more pretty.