Leora Alvers couldn't  believe it. She should've expected it but still couldn't believe it. Pietro Maximof had been part of the reasoon why the insitute was gone. She wasn't completely sure why but it hurt. It hurt really bad, like she was disappointed. Disappointed with herself for opening up  like that, disappointed for letting herself care about him so much, and most of all she was disappointed with him. He had let her down without even trying all that much. She quickly pulled her hair into two low pigtails and pulled on the vest Lance had given to her.

"Where ya going??" The cheerful voice of Kitty Pryde rang out.

"For a walk. I've been cooped up in this place long enough to heal completely."

"But the Professor says your ribs aren't completely done."

"They're just sore.. the bones are already together. I'll be back in time for dinner."

"Right…" Kitty said watching her walk out the front door. "Wait!! Don't you need a…  coat." Her words slowed when  she realized she wouldn't hear her.

"Just leave her alone half pint. She needs to deal with this herself." Logan said walking by snagging an apple from the bowl.

"Uh..  sure." Kitty said running back upstairs to finish her homework.

"Should've known Leora." Leora muttered to herself. "Things never go right for the Alvers family. Parents are always dunk or high, The brother is a mutant 'hooligan' as Mrs. Brent from next door would say and the sister is meant to be alone for all eternity."

"Eternity is a long time." Pietro Maximof said leaning against a street lamp.

"Yeah well, from the way things began it seems that it'll end that way." She said walking by without a glance in his direction.

"That's not true." He said almost gently.

"Tell me what movie has things never ended without it going back to something from the beginning." She still didn't look at him.

"Speed. They were at an airport at the end." He said.

"Yeah.. I guess, but most movies that don't spend the entire thing in one place will return to the one place at the end." She said and he became silent for a moment.

"But you're life isn't a movie."

"No it isn't… but if it were I doubt anyone would watch it. It's too depressing."

"I'm sure someone would watch it." He said finally getting her to stop walking and to look at him. "You cut your hair." He changed the subject.

"I had to. I was still unconscious after the run in with who I assume to be your sister." She said seeing the shock on  his face.

"You were there?? At the mall??"

"Yeah I was there,  but anyway when the insitute blew up Scott had managed t grab me before everyone else took shelter in Cerebro. The explosion still did a number on everything. Most of my hair got burned and it was cut." She sighed and walked away with her head down.

"Wait!!" He chased after her.

"Why are you here anyway??" She looked at him, "Shouldn't you be off with Magneto causing more destruction??" Her eyes filled up with tears and he just looked at her.

"They told you.."

"Of course they would.. they're my friends."

"I wanted to tell you  myself." He closed his eyes.waiting to  hear her say something about hearing it already and n ot wanting to hear it. At least that's what the girls he had dated in his past would say to him and back then it didn't really bother him because those girls meant nothing to him. Leora was a different kind of girl, and he just realized that with her next words.

"Fine. Tell me your half of the story." She said.

"Not  here. I know for a fact  you're brother is looking for me. We can't stay here out in the open."

"I can't run with  you." She said gently. "I had broken a few ribs back with the incident with your sister. They're still kind of.. tender"

"And you're up now?? Wouldn't it be better if you stay.."

"Don't tell me to go back to bed. I'm tired of the thing called a bed."

"Damn.. there goes my plans for the rest of the evening." He said earning a small smile out of her. "But seriously. We need ot get there and fast."

"We'll walk." She said. "And along the way to wherever this place is you want to show me you can explain."

"right.." He said walking next to her. They were in silence for a few minutes. "Well, I guess I was part of the whole  problem. I was a simple pawn like my sister though." He said waiting for her to say something. When she didn't he kept going anyway. "It started when we had our date that I was late for. After taking you back home I went home. A person from the shadows called me, my father."

"Your father??"

"Magneto." He said and she looked him him slightly stunned. "He needed my help to try and make his plan work. All he ever really wanted was for the world to  know mutants really existed. He was tired of all the hiding and living to the lifestyle humans are so use to. The lifestyle where anything abnormal has to  be used for science. Professor Xavier, or so  you X people call him, doesn't agree with my father's form of revealing that humans exist."

"I see." She said gently. "But your father went to reveal it much too fast. Professor Xavier only wants it to be a gradual process. I still don't see why can't we combine both ides and do it at a regular pace, not too fast and not too slow." She said.

"It think it goes way back to when both were friends. My father was angry with the human race for alienating him as a boy. Xavier didn't mind much I guess." Pietro said.

"Like children in an argument." She grinned while shaking her head.

"Here!!" He turned the corner. They kept walking for a good while and came to a cliff. A cliff above the city where the lights of every building can  be seen.

"Wow!!!" She said with her eyes lighting up with joy. "It's beautiful up here!!" She said.

"Yeah." Pietro looked at at  her.

        His emotions were mixed up before. She invaded him mind so much it was almost rediculous. It took for his sister to threaten  him to make him go in search for her. Yes him and Wanda managed some sort of agreement and have been getting along pretty good. She told him he was an idiot if he couldn't see why he was feeling the way  he felt.. He was falling in love with her, and he was falling as fast as his heart was racing now.

"Pietro…" She looked up at him with sad  looking eyes. "I hope you were telling me the truth before. I have little faith in life as it is." She said.

"I told you as far as my knowledge went of the whole thing. I can't guarantee it's the whole truth  of the story, because my father can be sneaky like that."

"Fine.." She stretched a hand out behind his head and pulled him towards her both meeting in the middle for the long awaited kiss from   both mutants. He had pulled her closer to enjoy as much as possible while she simply held his face in her hands. When they parted there was silence, besides the heavy breathing from the both of them. "I should get home. I'm probably late for dinner and Scott will be sent to  look for me."

"I'm pretty sure Wanda won't bother to look for me either." He said as they walked back in the city holding  hands like any  young couple would.

"Glad you settled things with her." She said seeing a familiar car turn the corner a few blocks ahead.

"I'll be back as soon as I settle things with Lance." He said speeding down the street.

"Bye.." She said and the red car pulled up. Instead of Scott driving Jean had been driving with Kitty in the passenger's seat.

"Want to come with us to the movies??" Jean asked.

"Sure.." Leora said hopping in the backseat.

"Great!! Jean's paying!!" Kitty said and Jean looked at her and sighed.