Kitty and Pietro

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Chapter 10: Teddy Bear II

The alarm clock rang shrilly. Kitty awoke with a jolt, rubbing her eyes groggily. She lay back in her bed lazily; mentally taking note of the chores that had to be done on that day. Suddenly, Kitty bolted upright remembering "independence week" that was to kick a start that very morning. She sighed, wondering why couldn't the professor give her an easier job such as "gardening". Kitty hurriedly dressed up in her bright yellow tank top and denim jeans before rushing down the stairs two at a time while trying to catch her breath. ~I'd be, like, so damn dead if any of the other mutants were late~, she thought to herself, silently musing how that egotistical-bummed Pietro would look like when he's asleep.

"Rogue! Like, WAKE UP!" Kitty shouted through her best friend's ears.

"GO AWAY Kit! Lemme have some more sleep!" the figure clutched tighter onto her pillow while blowing off her white bangs. Disregarding what the young freshman had said.

"Hurry wake up! You're gonna be late anytime soon!"

"Alright, alright," said Rogue who got up but promptly went back to sleep after Kitty had left the room.

"Morning Kit!" said a chorus of cheery voices. Kitty turned around quizzically, then finding herself face to face with Bobby, Jubilee and Lance. She smiled, as she thought to herself, my, they are early! Now that Rogue, Jubilee, Bobby and Lance were awake, that meant only one thing left... Maximoff was still asleep! "ARGH! Why does it, like, always hafta be him? Can't he ever not, like, make my life difficult?" muttered Kitty through her clenched teeth.

"MAXIMOFF! WAKE UP!" Kitty yelled, fists banging loudly against Pietro's door. Sensing no response, she opened the door gently, just a crack wide enough to allow herself in. ~Gosh, she thought, Maximoff looked so... so sweet and so cute and so vulnerable when he's sleeping!~ Kitty almost had to battle an inner restrain not to touch the sleeping figure. Just then, out of the corner of her lapis blue eyes, Kitty spotted something. Something soft, something furry, something brown, something worn out and old. Kitty convulsed with laughter. Pietro actually slept with a... TEDDY BEAR?

Kitty couldn't stop laughing and her uncontrollable laughter woke the sleeping albino up. "Wha..?" Pietro mumbled, hardly able to complete his sentence when he noticed that Kitty was actually laughing at his age-old teddy. He quickly tried to hide it away but Kitty proved to be faster and snatched it away. She waved the toy in his face and hurriedly ran out. Seated at her usual place at the dining hall, Kitty was grinning from ear to ear.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Rogue jabbed her roomy in the ribs asking her what the matter was. Finally, not being able to contain herself any longer, Kitty burst out saying, "Maximoff sleeps with a teddy!" The other mutants stared at her wide-eyed before bursting into roars of laughter, especially when Kitty produced the teddy bear from behind her. Just then, a VERY, VERY humiliated Pietro was standing at the doorway with a murderous look in his eyes, "You'll pay for this, Pryde!" he said before storming out.

~Oh no, like, what have I done?~ Kitty's smile had faded away and she suddenly felt a stone in her heart, weighing her down. She didn't expect such a violent reaction from the young speed demon. She felt so remorseful as the little scene in his bedroom replayed itself in her mind, it seemed she was oblivious of what's happening around her, just the part of Pietro's blush of embarrassment, but now... he would never forgive her... or would he?

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To be continued...