Cooking Lessons

Chapter 2: Learning the Basics: Cookies (Yum. ^_^)

Disclaimer: Well, one can always hope, huh?

Since I have an even number of voters for Lancitty (Lance/Kitty) and Kuritty (Kurt/Kitty), I can't say which I will pair Kitty up with! ^^; Oh dear…^_^ Please tell me WHO YOU WANT KITTY TO BE WITH! Maybe making it in caps will make more people notice it….yeah…I think so. So far the tally for match-ups with Kitty is 4 for Lance and 4 for Kurt. Well, that is unless I missed one… Oh! And as for the question "Why Rogue wouldn't just tap Kitty", well…. It's more fun this way! Anyways, on with the story! ^_^

~Thoughts~

#Sound#

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~This is gonna be one _long_ day…. ~

Sighing quietly to the mirror, the girl's emerald eyes gazed at her reflection that mimicked her every movement, second for second; inch for inch. Letting her finger lightly graze the mirror's cool surface, she felt her eyes be drawn to a small scrap of paper that poked playfully from one of her bureau's drawers. Her curiosity prickled, she reached a gloved hand to the drawer and pulled the white sheet of paper out.

As her eyes scanned the page, she felt her face begin to heat, causing her normally pale cheeks to blossom in a deep scarlet. Written on the paper were numerous scribbles of little drawings containing her face and….Pietro's. Around each pair of smiling faces were constellations of countless hearts, peeping up at her with mischievous innocence, beaming around the words, Rogue and Pietro.

Her face still cloaked in a mask of burning cheeks, she shoved the paper quickly into its former place, ensuring that no one else would see her embarrassing secret. With her hands plastered on the drawer's handle behind her, she suddenly felt a somewhat fluffy feeling go through her as a cattish grin lit her lips. ~ Pietro…. ~

She knew that the silvery-haired speed demon had stolen her original copy of her picture, but she couldn't help but draw another, her lips curved in a smile the whole time. It was simple and small, but she treasured it deeply mostly because of its value to herself.

Taking one last peek at her prized drawing, a thought ran through her head and she blushed harder, quickly shoving the drawer shut containing the drawing before anymore *interesting* thoughts went through her head. (Think fluffy people. ^_^)

With her gloved fingers nervously twirling her white frost bangs, Rogue looked outside dazedly toward a certain house, her lips smiling pleasingly. ~ Ah wonder what he's doing now? Ah think Ah'm beginning to like that boy….~

Rogue suddenly felt something nip at her mind and she glanced sparingly at the black clock that stared back at her. Grabbing a green ribbon from one of her other drawers, she carefully tied her hair up into a ponytail, letting her white bangs lightly frame her pale face. Smiling at her reflection, she once again let her eyes stray to the clock that sat on her bureau. 3:29 p.m. glared back at her defiantly in bold red numbers.

She rested her hand on her cheek as she watched the clock, tapping her nails impatiently with her other hand. ~Where is that girl? Ah told her to meet me in our room at 2:30, sharp. If she doesn't get here on time, at least Ah'll have a good reason why Ah can't teach her how to cook. ~

As we all may know, staring at a clock will not make it go faster. Rogue very quickly discovered this as she continued to glare evilly at the clock, wanting it to change to 2:30 quickly or else suffer the penalty.

Looking back at Kitty's clock on her own dresser, her eyes suddenly were caught by the second hand, slowly making its journey up to the 12 at the top. She slowly began counting down, each passing second making a smile grow larger on her face. The very thought that she may actually not have to teach Kitty becoming increasingly prominent.

~Come on yar almost there! 5…4…3…2…- ~

#BOOM!#

"Like, Hi Rogue! Sorry I was late! I'm, like, ready to start learning now though!"

Kitty beamed as she gazed at the clock, 2:30 appeasing her attitude. Looking back to the pale-faced Rogue, her smile slowly teetered, collapsing into a slightly innocently confused frown. "Like, what's wrong, Rogue?"

With her face held in her hands, Rogue cursed bitterly into her hands, muttering darkly about peppy girls and how they always arrived on time at the last minute. Closing her eyes, Rogue took in a deep breath and pushed down the irritation that threatened to overtake her.

Opening her eyes, Rogue smiled greatly at the girl in front of her, gritting her teeth behind her smile. "Ah'm fine Kitty," she spoke between grindings, "Ah was just surprised at how yah arrived at the _very_ last minute. Now, let's go start."

Brushing off the threatening tone in Rogue's voice, Kitty's face brightened. "Alright! Let's, like, go!"

Rushing over to Rogue's resting form, she quickly grabbed her gloved hand and used her phasing ability to quickly reach the bottom floor and into the kitchen. Letting her hand go, Kitty smiled and asked joyfully, "Okay! Where do we start?"

Her face slightly still, Rogue shook herself mentally and stared at the beaming Kitty. ~ Ah hate it when she does that. Ah'll never get used to it. ~

Forcing down a chill, Rogue smiled and said calmly, "Alright Kitty, how about we start out with something simple that Ah can test yah on and then we go further, okay?"

Twisting a dishcloth next to her from excitement, Kitty grinned and simply replied by stating, "Okay."

Bringing a finger to rest thoughtfully on her chin, Rogue stared carefully around the kitchen. After a few deep "Hmm's", Rogue snapped her fingers lightly and turned to Kitty. "How about," she asked, "we make some cookies? We have just enough materials to make a dozen, and maybe some more. Cookies are simple, and with mah instructions, yah should do fine."

Turning to the fridge, she pointed her finger toward it and said, "First, yah need an egg and a large bowl. Next, yah need to get some baking soda, milk, and some chocolate chips that Kur- er…someone has been raiding into."

Flicking her gloved finger to the kitchen cabinets, Rogue ordered, "Then yah need to get some brown sugar, shortening, vanilla, a little bit of salt and…that's it. Oh. And get the beater too. Ya'll need that to beat it all together."

Rushing about, Kitty moved quickly around to each item she needed to get as Rogue had commanded. Setting the items all on the table, she huffed slightly as she finished. "Okay," she said through breaths, "what's next?"

Now sitting on a stool, Rogue took her gloves off and brushed her green nails lightly against her shirt. Gazing lazily through hooded eyelids, Rogue instructed gently, "First yah need to set the oven at 375 degrees to preheat. After that yah mix in a ¾ cup of shortening, 1 cup of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of milk, and 1 tablespoon of vanilla."

Kitty listened eagerly. As soon as Rogue finished, she started adding the mixtures in. She suddenly was stopped when Rogue grasped her clothed arm in a yielding grip. She heard Rogue's voice screech behind her, "What are yah doing?!"

Kitty looked down at her hands and nearly dropped what she was holding. In her hands were "Red Hot Chili Sauce", and a bottle of vinegar. "Now how did that get there?" she mused out loud.

She suddenly felt two small measuring cups being placed carefully in her hand without skin-to-skin contact. Looking back at Rogue she asked, "Is this stuff okay?"

"Yes," replied Rogue curtly.

"Alright then."

As Kitty continued to follow Rogue's instructions, she continually found herself adding ingredients she didn't know she had with her. When Rogue asked her why she kept adding in spicy or unneeded items, she simply replied, "I thought they would, like, make it more colorful and tasty." (No, I'm not putting Kitty down. This is seriously how I would probably cook. ^_^)

Eventually Rogue gave up, frustrated and nearly pulling her hair out as shouts continued to usher from her mouth, begging her to stop.

"Kitty! NO! No, vanilla, not sesame oil!"

"Kitty, where'd yah get peppers from?!"

"Oh mah goodness….Kitty, whatever gave you the idea that cheese would taste good in chocolate chip cookies?"

Kitty continued to apologize for her extra ingredients that continued to appear, but it didn't stop her hands from wandering from the items. Rogue eventually couldn't take any more and asked, "Kitty…How about we try again tomorrow at an earlier time. It's obvious now that yah would cook just fine, yah just aren't paying attention to what yer doing and what yer adding. We'll work on it tomorrow. For now, let's just go. Ah'll give yah some cooks books to borrow so yah can practice."

Kitty nodded solemnly as a slight frown shadowed her lip, contrasting the girl's beaming expression when she had come in. Seeing Kitty's downcast expression, Rogue frowned and tried to cheer the freshman up.

Grasping one of her shoulders with a gloved hand, she squeezed her shoulder gently and said softly, "It's okay Kitty. Yah didn't do that bad. Heck, for a beginner, yah did just fine. Ah promise yah that by the end of this week, Ah'll make yah a great cook so you can knock Kurt's boots off and impress him and other's with yer wonderful cooking….deal?"

Her shadowed face facing hers, Kitty's smile quickly regained form and shined once again with joy. "Deal," she agreed happily, taking Rogue's gloved hand and shaking it firmly.

"Kitty? Please don't squeeze my hand so hard. Ah think Ah'm losing circulation."

Looking down at their shaking hands, Kitty laughed and let go of her hand, her cheeks red with embarrassment. "Like, sorry Rogue! I'm just so excited! Thank you so much! I promise I'll try and do better. See you at dinner time!"

Rogue smiled, shaking her head and tossing her bangs lightly. ~ That's one strange girl. Ah only hope Ah can survive tomorrow with her. Ah mean how does she think that garlic powder goes in with cookies? Ah don't know what Ah'm gonna do about that little problem…~

Looking back at the messy kitchen she sighed and began to clean up. As she began scrubbing the floor, an ingenious plan formed like a bright cloud…or dark cloud…in her mind. ~ Of course! Why didn't ah think of that before! That would be just the solution to Kitty's problem! ~

Grinning madly at her plan, she finished and walked out, she failed to notice that the oven was still on and there happened to be something in it. Cooking. ( dum, dum, dum! ^_^)

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In a room, a white door moved silently. From the crack between the door and its frame, a blue, furry face poked its head through as two pointed, elfin ears listened for others. Peering carefully into the kitchen, the figure walked stealthily through the kitchen and to the fridge where it quickly snatched a bag of chocolate chips.

Suddenly his body was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, making his form distorted, but when the smoke cleared, he nowhere to be found. Yet, looking down at the tiled floor, one could see the shadow of a figure, and henceforth, looking up, the blue furred boy once again. Hanging by a spaded tail, he happily munched on the chips upside-down.

With his cheeks full of the chocolate chips, he suddenly stopped and sniffed the air. Looking down at the oven of the kitchen through his pale yellow eyes, he hopped down and set the bag lightly on the table. Suddenly the oven beeped, revealing to the boy that inside, something was done cooking.

Curious as to what it could be, the furred boy grabbed two oven mitts and opened the door, reached inside carefully and pulled out a metal tray. On the tray were cookies, oddly shaped, but never the less, cookies.

Swinging his tail joyfully, the blue boy reached carefully for one of the cookies and, blowing it off, took a hearty bite. As he swallowed the cookie, his eyes widened and his tail stopped swinging. Dropping the remains of the cookie, his body was suddenly enveloped in smoke again and he disappeared from the kitchen.

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Walking along the halls, Rogue suddenly could smell a faint scent of sulfur from underneath the bathroom door. She suddenly heard a heavy thud as the tap of the toilet seat hit the front base of the toilet. Her eyes widened as she heard heaving. Tapping lightly on the door, she asked gently, "Kurt, ….are yah okay? Yah need help or any medicine?"

Listening with her ear pressed on the door, she heard a faint mumble from Kurt saying, "No…. I'm fine."

"Alright then."

Looking back once more at the door, she waited to see if Kurt needed any help. Not hearing him call her, she shrugged her shoulders and continued on to her room mumbling, "Weird," on the way by.

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Whew! That was super long! …….Well at least for me. ^_^ Anyways, I hoped you like it. This was my simple explanation of why Kitty's muffin's from HeX Factor had such….interesting qualities…. Well, since I still didn't have any higher tally for who Kitty should be paired up with, I couldn't write any Kitty/whoeverness. Sorry. -_-.

I hoped you enjoyed the little tidbit of Rietro! ^_^ Don't worry, Pietro will definitely come into the picture soon! ^_^ And as about that picture part, well, if you didn't read my prequel (sorta) Scribbles, there's some parts you wont understand. But, mainly, you get the gist of it. And if you like anime, as I do, then you'll notice that Kitty's problems are closely associated with another character's in the story Ranma ½. If you aren't into that stuff, it doesn't matter much for this.

*Alright, I'm going to say this one last time…..PLEASE TELL ME WHO KITTY SHOULD BE PAIRED UP WITH! THIS IS THE LAST VOTE! KURT OR LANCE? I'M GOING TO TALLY IT UP, AND THEN THE GREATEST NUMBER FOR THE GUY WINS. SO PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME! *

Okay…I think that should get some people's attention…^_^ Ciao.