Cooking Lessons

Disclaimer: Never have owned the characters, don't now, and never will. So there. ^_^

Okay, this is sort of like a sequel to Scribbles, but mainly because it takes place after it and everyone remembers what happened. So, if some things come up where you don't understand what's going on, read Scribbles and you'll understand.

Also, this was inspired by the episode Hex Factor. So, if you've seen that it's even better. If not, it's still okay, I'll lay it out for you.

#Noise#

~ Thoughts~

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~Ooh, just the perfect spot to snuggle up and read.~

Through a small crack between two heavy oaken doors, a slightly pale face peeked through, nimble eyes searching for other signs of life. Seeing none, the doors parted further and revealed the figure of a young teenage girl donned in forest greens and a jet-black skirt standing behind the doors.

Grinning wolfishly, the girl slinked quickly across the floor to a chair and stand. Placing a porcelain cup on a wooden stand next to the chair, she observed the chair. In her mind the chair practically screamed comfort and relaxation.

Restraining herself from jumping into the seat, the girl elegantly smoothed her self into the chair and pulled her book from her side. Looking at the glossy cover she smiled grimly and thought ~How ironic, I'm reading a book named "The Rogue" when I am one.~

Letting her body snuggle into just the right position, she relished the feel of the smooth leather and sank deeply into the folds of the chair. Placing her finger among the pages, she flipped her way until she reached her place, her bookmark waiting to be relinquished from its guard. Just as her eyes wandered over the first line of the page, her hand poised to allow her to sip from her cup, she was interrupted.

#BAM!#

Rogue's hand jittered loosely from her cup, resulting in a dark stain in her shirt and a puddle on her skirt. Her attention distracted by spilled liquid, caused her to fail to remember her book and soon her fingers, along with her bookmark, slipped from the pages and fell onto the floor. The thick volume shut soundly as the page marked was soon forgotten and lost.

Brushing back a strand of white hair into her deep auburn folds, Rogue swiveled her eyes angrily at the intruder who had caused such a mess for her. Her emerald-gray eyes (which color is it really?!) smoldered and promised a quick death as they fell upon the quivering form of another teenage girl, not so unlike herself…well that was somewhat of an understatement.

The girl was shaking like a leaf thrashed about in a storm, yet no tears or sobs erupted from the usually peppy girl. Only her clenched fist and bowed head indicated that she was not in a good mood. Rogue, sick of waiting for an explanation, sighed and asked the question that she was sure the brunette was waiting for.

"Kitty…what's wrong?"

As soon as the words were ushered from her mouth, Rogue felt something churn violently in her gut. Something was wrong and she knew it. And that something was about to be unleashed upon her. Unleashed with a force. ~Uh- oh….~

Kitty's bowed head swiftly turned upwards and revealed a pair of bared teeth, gnashing roughly together. Without giving Rogue a moment to blink, Kitty's angry face flashed in front of hers, catching Rogue off guard and throwing off her bored façade into a slack jawed expression.

~Ah've never seen Kitty this mad before…This should be interesting…~

Rogue looked through hooded eyes at Kitty, watching as the freshman sputtered angrily at nothing and no one. Fed up with waiting for the girl to calm down, Rogue grasped the younger girl's shoulders and shook her roughly, forcing her to look at her.

"Kitty," she spoke softly, "are yah going to tell me what happened or should Ah let you continue to argue with yar invisible buddy?"

The girl seemed to suddenly take notice that Rogue was talking to her and jumped away from her grasp. A hand clutching her heart protectively, Kitty ushered in a hush tone of voice, "Rogue…don't scare me like that again! I, like, didn't know you were even there!"

With a calculating eye, Rogue looked at Kitty and asked, "Kitty, are yah okay? Yah didn't… yah know…sniff or anything did yah?"

Kitty's shocked expression turned quickly to a disgusted one. Waving her hand as if to brush off dirt, she spoke in a disgruntled voice, "Sniffing? Rogue, like that is totally stupid, you know? I would, like, never do something like that!"

Rogue simply let the annoyance in the girl's voice slip by and stared the girl in the eye. "So, what is wrong," she asked Kitty.

Again Kitty's face went through a total makeover in her expressions. This time changing for the worst. Angry creases dented on her forehead, quickly reminding Rogue that Kitty had started out in an angry mood when she interrupted her. After clenching and unclenching her fist for a minute, Kitty seemed to regain her breath and slowly and forcefully spoke to Rogue in seething words.

"I know I may not be good," she explained, "but that is like no reason for Kurt to make fun of me! I tried my best and they like still didn't come out right! Now Kurt won't even try them when I come up with some of my best batches! He's a jerk! That's what he is, a like, big, furry jerk!"

After being attacked head on by Kitty's tirade, Rogue slowly regained her bearings and suddenly realized she still wasn't sure what was going on. ~What does she mean by all that?~

Looking at the livid Kitty, Rogue patted her shoulder awkwardly and tried to calm her down and figure out what she was talking about and how it involved Kurt.

"So," she began, "what was it that Kurt made fun of yah for?"

Kitty's face started to contort into another irate expression, but she quickly pushed her fury back down. Breathing steadily, she replied, "My…cooking."

Rogue looked at her oddly. How could her cooking be that bad that Kurt would make fun of it? Well, knowing how mad Kitty was at Kurt, she knew she had to do something to cool her down before Kurt got home and she maimed him, but the question was….what?

While Rogue was still brooding over the issue, Kitty continued her rant about her cooking and Kurt when suddenly her nose tingled from a sweet scent in the air. ~What is that smell? It smells…… so good!~

Following her nose (not Toucan Sam! ^_^) she soon found herself smelling Rogue's cup. Inside she found a small brew of tea that stirred lightly by her touch. As the tea sloshed slightly in the cup, another waft of the scent tickled her nose softly, making her smile as the aroma pricked her senses.

Still deep in thought, Rogue barely noticed Kitty's scent testing when suddenly a tea cup was thrust into her face, startling her and making her tumble back further into the chair. Staring irritably through narrowed eyes, she asked, "What _is_ it Kitty?"

The young girl bounced with joy and simply replied buoyantly with questions of her own, "What is this Rogue? It smells great! Did you make it? If you did, can you teach me?!"

Rogue felt a slight churning in her stomach as she looked at the excited girl. ~Oh dear…~

Looking around cautiously, she replied, "It's tea Kitty, yes Ah made it, and no, Ah wont teach yah."

Suddenly, Kitty's eyes began to water and her bottom lip tremble. Rogue's face began to pale as she saw this. ~ Oh no…. Please Kitty, not this…Please! ~

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A man walking his dog by the mansion (how familiar…^_^) suddenly stopped as he heard a high-pitched squeal erupt from the building, shaking the frame of the windows on the house.

The dog suddenly began whining and howling along with the high-pitched cry. His cheeks reddening, the man quickly picked up his pace, dragging his dog along with him as he howled at the mansion.

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"ALRIGHT! PLEASE KITTY! JUST SHUT UP!"

Kitty, who's whole force was behind the cry, immediately shut her mouth, a small grin appearing on her face as she quickly wiped around her eyes for the crocodile tears. "Thanks Rogue! I really appreciate you helping me, like, learn how to cook! I know we'll show Kurt that I can cook! Like, Bye!"

As the peppy brunette skipped joyfully out the wooden doors, Rogue slowly yanked her fingers out of her ears and looked squarely at the spot where Kitty had just been. ~Why that little brat….Ah'm gonna get her for that..~

Moving to get up from the chair, Rogue suddenly felt a slosh of liquid on her skirt. Looking down, she wanted to cry as she stood up and observed her ruined clothes. Her soaking blouse and shirt, diverting her attention left her where she didn't have time to notice that as she turned, she hit the small wooden table that contained the remains of her tea.

Kitty had also just conveniently placed the teacup just on the edge of table where it was easy to knock over with the slightest touch before she left. Rogue turned around just in time to see the teacup teeter precariously before tumbling down. Her eyes widened in terror when she saw where the teacup had been positioned over. Her book.

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Bayville's animal life ran quickly to their homes howling and humans near the area shivered and began to walk faster as they heard a bloodcurdling scream erupt from the mansion down the street.

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So, how'd you like it? ^_^ Good? Bad? Tell me what you think. I'm going to sort of have this as a mini-chapter story, but not too long. I don't know whether I want to pair Kitty up with Kurt or Lance….what do you, the reader, think?

There is definitely going to be Rietro in this, major Rietroness, but I also want to pair Kitty up with someone, so all you Kitty lovers, tell me who it you want her paired up with! ^_^ I'll have a majority vote, and whoever has the most, wins! Please review soon though, so I can tally up all the votes and get this thing started! Ciao! ^_~