No place to call home
Chap. 1: I, Pietro, have a conscience?
A/N: Before I continue with the story I would like to thank Brandy, Pheonixdreams, Mitziginger, Linkin spike, and Rachleigh13. I hope that you realize how much you all helped me by taking the 45 seconds you did to give me confidence. (everyone, please leave a name so that I can thank you too!) And a special thanks to BAZZER, I've always luvd reading your stories please don't stop, And Shokiri girl Tsurina, for always being there to give me a boost and the thumbs up.
In the words of my favorite elf (not Kurt, it's an inside thing) it is ALL spiffy! ~Rio~
Rogue made her way up the steps of the high school and went to her locker. She was early so there were only a few people in the hallways. Coming to her locker, she put in the combination and grabbed her books. She glanced at herself in the tiny mirror that Kitty had given her that was attached to the inside. With her dark blue lipstick, purple eye shadow, black studded collar, her appearance just screamed come near me and die! Rogue caught herself thinking of what she would look like with all the preppy colours Jean wore but her unwanted musings were cut short as she heard a voice beside her.
"And here I thought I was the only one who gazed at the mirror all day long."
Rogue looked up to find Pietro leaning against the lockers, looking at her with an amused expression on his face. "What did the mirror do to receive such punishment?" He continued to mock her.
"Piss off Pietro!" She snarled, slamming her locker shut and stalking away. She went outside and walked towards the bleachers. Suddenly she felt a gust of wind at her back.
"Now that wasn't very nice you know." Pietro reprimanded her. Rogue clenched her teeth. She did not want to start a fight with Pietro right now.
"You weren't exactly sweet either." She snapped. Oh nice one genius a voice inside her head said. So much for not fighting.
"Shut up, he deserved it!"
Rogue realized she had said the last part out loud.
"Fighting with all the people inside your head again?" Pietro asked mockingly. Rogue whirled around and glared at the white-haired teen.
"Why are you following me?" She snarled. Pietro ignored her question and continued. For some reason he felt like hurting Rogue, and he knew just how to do it.
"So, who was it? Kurt? Storm?" He thought for a second, and suddenly he grinned evilly. "Or was it Cody?"
Rogue's face went if at all possible; paler. Pietro looked down at her, a smug expression on his face. But his expression disappeared when he saw her face and he knew he had taken it too far. Rogue looked up at him with tears in her eyes, which were filled with such anguish he felt like he would cry himself if he looked at them for too long.
"Rogue…" He didn't know what to say.
"I guess you got what you wanted Pietro. Now you can tell lance and them that you made the ice queen cry. I'm sure they'll be ecstatic" And with that broken statement, Rogue turned and ran towards the vacant football field, brushing her tears on her sleeve. Pietro watched her go; torn between his reputation and something else he couldn't quite figure out.
Go after her! One side of him screamed. You came here to hurt her, and that's what you did. Now take the girl's advice and bask in the glory… Of crushing a girl who used to be your friend! Ugh, there was that annoying voice again. Could it be that I, the famous speed demon, have a conscience? Pietro didn't know if this was the case, but apparently his feet had already decided for him because he found himself running after the Goth. In a second he had found her standing off to one side of the football field, staring off at nothing with tears running down her face, streaking her gothic make-up. "Rogue?"
She looked up in surprise. "Whadya want Pietro?"
"I-I'm sorry, ya know, for what I said."
Rogue's eyes went wide. "Did ya just apologize Pietro?" She asked, not believing what she was hearing. "Yeah, I guess." Pietro said, suddenly having the urge to run very far away. Rogue stared at him for a long time, her brilliant green eyes boring into his as she tried to decide if this was just some sick joke, or if he really meant it. Finally she smiled, a small smile to be sure, but it was more then she had done in quite a while. Pietro swallowed.
"I really am sorry for what I said before about, well you know." He said quietly. Rogue felt tears in her eyes again.
"S'all raght." She said, her southern accent becoming thicker as she became more emotional. "Ah was just, It's hard ta think about it. Ah don't expect ya to understand."
Pietro just looked at her while she continued to silently cry. Finally she wiped her tears away and looked up at him.
"Ah'm sorry, I didn't really mean to pour all my emotions out into the open. Ah gotta go."
She turned around only to find Pietro in front of her again.
"Why do you always do that?" He asked, frowning.
"Whadya mean?" She asked defensively.
"Push people away like that." Rogue was about to snap at Pietro but she realized that that was exactly what he was talking about. Instead, she sighed. "Ah don't know, it's a lot easier to bottle it up then it is to let it out ah guess."
"I don't think that's true, Rogue. You can only hold in so much." Pietro said quietly "I know you don't want to talk about it right now, but if you ever want to, I'm actually a very good listener."
Rogue smiled, and it felt really good. Suddenly Todd and Lance rounded the corner, stopping their conversation as they saw the two. Coming over, Lance noticed Rogue's tear-streaked face and running make-up.
"What happened?" He asked roughly, but Pietro caught just a touch of concern in his voice.
"Nothin" Rogue said, obviously uncomfortable being surrounded by her old comrades.
"Takes more then 'nothing' to make you look like a raccoon, yo." Todd said. Pietro could hear just a little more then curiosity in his voice as well. Lance turned to Pietro with a questioning look and Pietro just shook his head. Lance shrugged "Whatever man, c'mon guys, let's rock." Todd and Pietro groaned and Rogue had to stifle a laugh. The poor boys had to deal with Lance's rock puns all day long. Lance just scowled. Pietro turned back to Rogue. "Well we'll cya-"
"Maximoff!" Pietro turned at the sound of Evan's voice, his face instantly a scowl. "Daniels!"
Evan wasn't alone, Scott, Jean, and Kurt were there too, all of them itching to fight. "Leave Rogue alone." Scott said. "Or you'll do what summers?" Lance sneered, folding his arms and stepping closer to Rogue. "That's it Alvers, all right guys, lets teach them a lesson." Rogue looked at them in shock. What did they think they were doing? Before she knew what was happening, the two sides had clashed with her right in the middle. Jean threw lance with her telekinetic powers and he slammed into the stands with a groan. Todd leapt away just in time to dodge one of Scott's psionic beams. Pietro was running full speed as Evan tried his best to hit him. Kurt ported beside Rogue and grabbed her, porting back beside Jean and Scott. Meanwhile, Lance had gotten up and suddenly sent a huge tremor through the ground, shaking everybody up. Scott was about to fire one of his beams at Lance, who was too busy concentrating to notice, when Scott suddenly felt somebody push him off balance. Scott fell and Lance snapped out of his trance. Looking over, he saw Rogue standing over Scott who she had pushed over. Lance shouted and Todd leapt over to him. They both left; knowing Pietro wouldn't leave with Evan there, not until he felt that he had won some competition with the blond-haired boy. Meanwhile Scott looked up at Rogue, confused and angry at the same time. "Why the hell did you do that?" He demanded as he got up. Rogue's eyes widened as she thought quickly to come up with an excuse.
"Ah-uh, there were people around, Ah didn't want us to be discovered."
Scott's face turned into a smile.
"Good thinking Rogue. I don't know what they said, but it's a good thing we got there when we did." "Just remember Rogue," Jean said in her best motherly voice. "If you ever need help, just call out to me. I'll take care of you." Rogue gave a little fake smile. Her entire head was screaming at the perky redhead, but she kept her thoughts to herself. "That's right," Scott said as he gave her a squeeze on the shoulder. "We're all here for you Rogue. Now Come on, we're gonna be late for class." Jean followed without question, latching herself onto Scott's arm and whispering to him. Rogue and Kurt followed. Rogue caught a glance of Pietro and Evan arguing over by the bleachers before she left, but she couldn't catch Pietro's eye. Leaving the group, she walked quickly into the girl's bathroom, trying to get herself washed up before classes started.
"What the hell did you do to her Maximoff!" Evan demanded.
Pietro glared at him. "I should be asking you X-geeks the same question!" He snapped.
"What is that supposed to mean? We weren't the ones found surrounding her and making her cry."
Pietro snorted. "Well you haven't been paying much attention to her that's for sure."
Evan just muttered something.
"What?" Pietro demanded.
"I said, you had better stay the hell away from her. She's ours. You lost her; we got her. Don't let us catch you near her again."
"Funny, I didn't know Rogue was a possession. Is that why she wears that collar? Because heaven forbid your little prize should run away." Pietro snarled. "Rogue will make her own decisions Daniels."
With that, Pietro was gone. Evan just scowled and stalked into school.
But though he tried, Evan couldn't get Pietro's words out of his head all through the first half of school. Rogue hadn't been the only one who was a little shocked at Scott's behavior, and when he tried to remember the last time the group had done something, anything, for Rogue and her powers he found himself even more depressed. And even though Evan couldn't be sure, he had a weird feeling about the way that Pietro had seemed so angry when he had talked about Rogue. The way his eyes had been so-
Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggggg!
The bell rang and Evan grabbed his bag, pushing all thoughts of his rival and his leader's weird behavior out of his head as he headed to lunch. A nice liter of Moo juice would help him solve his problems.
A/N: Well? What did you think of the first chapter? Could you tell which of the X-geeks I really don't like? If you can't yet, you will be able to in the next chapter, which if I get good reviews should be ready in a couple days. Oh yeah, I still haven't decided who should end up with Rogue, but at the beginning there will definitely be a lot of Rietro (Pietro/Rogue), and some Rogance (Lance/Rogue) too. Vote who YOU would like to see end up together! Also, I have no TV at my house so I have no knowledge of most things as I only get to watch Evolution once a week at my dad's. So please bear with me if I get anything wrong. Also, in my fic Rogue and Kurt know about being siblings and the new recruits are there (Well duh, they were in the prologue!) anywho I REALLY don't like Tabitha so I won't be putting her in. sorry to her fans. ACK! My note is almost as long as my story!!! . Sorry peeps I'll shut up now. Now Please click that little button in the corner so that I don't die of depression of no one liking my stories;) ~Rio~
Chap. 1: I, Pietro, have a conscience?
A/N: Before I continue with the story I would like to thank Brandy, Pheonixdreams, Mitziginger, Linkin spike, and Rachleigh13. I hope that you realize how much you all helped me by taking the 45 seconds you did to give me confidence. (everyone, please leave a name so that I can thank you too!) And a special thanks to BAZZER, I've always luvd reading your stories please don't stop, And Shokiri girl Tsurina, for always being there to give me a boost and the thumbs up.
In the words of my favorite elf (not Kurt, it's an inside thing) it is ALL spiffy! ~Rio~
Rogue made her way up the steps of the high school and went to her locker. She was early so there were only a few people in the hallways. Coming to her locker, she put in the combination and grabbed her books. She glanced at herself in the tiny mirror that Kitty had given her that was attached to the inside. With her dark blue lipstick, purple eye shadow, black studded collar, her appearance just screamed come near me and die! Rogue caught herself thinking of what she would look like with all the preppy colours Jean wore but her unwanted musings were cut short as she heard a voice beside her.
"And here I thought I was the only one who gazed at the mirror all day long."
Rogue looked up to find Pietro leaning against the lockers, looking at her with an amused expression on his face. "What did the mirror do to receive such punishment?" He continued to mock her.
"Piss off Pietro!" She snarled, slamming her locker shut and stalking away. She went outside and walked towards the bleachers. Suddenly she felt a gust of wind at her back.
"Now that wasn't very nice you know." Pietro reprimanded her. Rogue clenched her teeth. She did not want to start a fight with Pietro right now.
"You weren't exactly sweet either." She snapped. Oh nice one genius a voice inside her head said. So much for not fighting.
"Shut up, he deserved it!"
Rogue realized she had said the last part out loud.
"Fighting with all the people inside your head again?" Pietro asked mockingly. Rogue whirled around and glared at the white-haired teen.
"Why are you following me?" She snarled. Pietro ignored her question and continued. For some reason he felt like hurting Rogue, and he knew just how to do it.
"So, who was it? Kurt? Storm?" He thought for a second, and suddenly he grinned evilly. "Or was it Cody?"
Rogue's face went if at all possible; paler. Pietro looked down at her, a smug expression on his face. But his expression disappeared when he saw her face and he knew he had taken it too far. Rogue looked up at him with tears in her eyes, which were filled with such anguish he felt like he would cry himself if he looked at them for too long.
"Rogue…" He didn't know what to say.
"I guess you got what you wanted Pietro. Now you can tell lance and them that you made the ice queen cry. I'm sure they'll be ecstatic" And with that broken statement, Rogue turned and ran towards the vacant football field, brushing her tears on her sleeve. Pietro watched her go; torn between his reputation and something else he couldn't quite figure out.
Go after her! One side of him screamed. You came here to hurt her, and that's what you did. Now take the girl's advice and bask in the glory… Of crushing a girl who used to be your friend! Ugh, there was that annoying voice again. Could it be that I, the famous speed demon, have a conscience? Pietro didn't know if this was the case, but apparently his feet had already decided for him because he found himself running after the Goth. In a second he had found her standing off to one side of the football field, staring off at nothing with tears running down her face, streaking her gothic make-up. "Rogue?"
She looked up in surprise. "Whadya want Pietro?"
"I-I'm sorry, ya know, for what I said."
Rogue's eyes went wide. "Did ya just apologize Pietro?" She asked, not believing what she was hearing. "Yeah, I guess." Pietro said, suddenly having the urge to run very far away. Rogue stared at him for a long time, her brilliant green eyes boring into his as she tried to decide if this was just some sick joke, or if he really meant it. Finally she smiled, a small smile to be sure, but it was more then she had done in quite a while. Pietro swallowed.
"I really am sorry for what I said before about, well you know." He said quietly. Rogue felt tears in her eyes again.
"S'all raght." She said, her southern accent becoming thicker as she became more emotional. "Ah was just, It's hard ta think about it. Ah don't expect ya to understand."
Pietro just looked at her while she continued to silently cry. Finally she wiped her tears away and looked up at him.
"Ah'm sorry, I didn't really mean to pour all my emotions out into the open. Ah gotta go."
She turned around only to find Pietro in front of her again.
"Why do you always do that?" He asked, frowning.
"Whadya mean?" She asked defensively.
"Push people away like that." Rogue was about to snap at Pietro but she realized that that was exactly what he was talking about. Instead, she sighed. "Ah don't know, it's a lot easier to bottle it up then it is to let it out ah guess."
"I don't think that's true, Rogue. You can only hold in so much." Pietro said quietly "I know you don't want to talk about it right now, but if you ever want to, I'm actually a very good listener."
Rogue smiled, and it felt really good. Suddenly Todd and Lance rounded the corner, stopping their conversation as they saw the two. Coming over, Lance noticed Rogue's tear-streaked face and running make-up.
"What happened?" He asked roughly, but Pietro caught just a touch of concern in his voice.
"Nothin" Rogue said, obviously uncomfortable being surrounded by her old comrades.
"Takes more then 'nothing' to make you look like a raccoon, yo." Todd said. Pietro could hear just a little more then curiosity in his voice as well. Lance turned to Pietro with a questioning look and Pietro just shook his head. Lance shrugged "Whatever man, c'mon guys, let's rock." Todd and Pietro groaned and Rogue had to stifle a laugh. The poor boys had to deal with Lance's rock puns all day long. Lance just scowled. Pietro turned back to Rogue. "Well we'll cya-"
"Maximoff!" Pietro turned at the sound of Evan's voice, his face instantly a scowl. "Daniels!"
Evan wasn't alone, Scott, Jean, and Kurt were there too, all of them itching to fight. "Leave Rogue alone." Scott said. "Or you'll do what summers?" Lance sneered, folding his arms and stepping closer to Rogue. "That's it Alvers, all right guys, lets teach them a lesson." Rogue looked at them in shock. What did they think they were doing? Before she knew what was happening, the two sides had clashed with her right in the middle. Jean threw lance with her telekinetic powers and he slammed into the stands with a groan. Todd leapt away just in time to dodge one of Scott's psionic beams. Pietro was running full speed as Evan tried his best to hit him. Kurt ported beside Rogue and grabbed her, porting back beside Jean and Scott. Meanwhile, Lance had gotten up and suddenly sent a huge tremor through the ground, shaking everybody up. Scott was about to fire one of his beams at Lance, who was too busy concentrating to notice, when Scott suddenly felt somebody push him off balance. Scott fell and Lance snapped out of his trance. Looking over, he saw Rogue standing over Scott who she had pushed over. Lance shouted and Todd leapt over to him. They both left; knowing Pietro wouldn't leave with Evan there, not until he felt that he had won some competition with the blond-haired boy. Meanwhile Scott looked up at Rogue, confused and angry at the same time. "Why the hell did you do that?" He demanded as he got up. Rogue's eyes widened as she thought quickly to come up with an excuse.
"Ah-uh, there were people around, Ah didn't want us to be discovered."
Scott's face turned into a smile.
"Good thinking Rogue. I don't know what they said, but it's a good thing we got there when we did." "Just remember Rogue," Jean said in her best motherly voice. "If you ever need help, just call out to me. I'll take care of you." Rogue gave a little fake smile. Her entire head was screaming at the perky redhead, but she kept her thoughts to herself. "That's right," Scott said as he gave her a squeeze on the shoulder. "We're all here for you Rogue. Now Come on, we're gonna be late for class." Jean followed without question, latching herself onto Scott's arm and whispering to him. Rogue and Kurt followed. Rogue caught a glance of Pietro and Evan arguing over by the bleachers before she left, but she couldn't catch Pietro's eye. Leaving the group, she walked quickly into the girl's bathroom, trying to get herself washed up before classes started.
"What the hell did you do to her Maximoff!" Evan demanded.
Pietro glared at him. "I should be asking you X-geeks the same question!" He snapped.
"What is that supposed to mean? We weren't the ones found surrounding her and making her cry."
Pietro snorted. "Well you haven't been paying much attention to her that's for sure."
Evan just muttered something.
"What?" Pietro demanded.
"I said, you had better stay the hell away from her. She's ours. You lost her; we got her. Don't let us catch you near her again."
"Funny, I didn't know Rogue was a possession. Is that why she wears that collar? Because heaven forbid your little prize should run away." Pietro snarled. "Rogue will make her own decisions Daniels."
With that, Pietro was gone. Evan just scowled and stalked into school.
But though he tried, Evan couldn't get Pietro's words out of his head all through the first half of school. Rogue hadn't been the only one who was a little shocked at Scott's behavior, and when he tried to remember the last time the group had done something, anything, for Rogue and her powers he found himself even more depressed. And even though Evan couldn't be sure, he had a weird feeling about the way that Pietro had seemed so angry when he had talked about Rogue. The way his eyes had been so-
Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggggg!
The bell rang and Evan grabbed his bag, pushing all thoughts of his rival and his leader's weird behavior out of his head as he headed to lunch. A nice liter of Moo juice would help him solve his problems.
A/N: Well? What did you think of the first chapter? Could you tell which of the X-geeks I really don't like? If you can't yet, you will be able to in the next chapter, which if I get good reviews should be ready in a couple days. Oh yeah, I still haven't decided who should end up with Rogue, but at the beginning there will definitely be a lot of Rietro (Pietro/Rogue), and some Rogance (Lance/Rogue) too. Vote who YOU would like to see end up together! Also, I have no TV at my house so I have no knowledge of most things as I only get to watch Evolution once a week at my dad's. So please bear with me if I get anything wrong. Also, in my fic Rogue and Kurt know about being siblings and the new recruits are there (Well duh, they were in the prologue!) anywho I REALLY don't like Tabitha so I won't be putting her in. sorry to her fans. ACK! My note is almost as long as my story!!! . Sorry peeps I'll shut up now. Now Please click that little button in the corner so that I don't die of depression of no one liking my stories;) ~Rio~