Cooking Lessons

Chapter 3: Senses

Disclaimer: What do you think dreams are for?

Okay.I don't know why I even decided to do a poll.. It was spelled dangerous from the start. Especially with this type of pairing. Alright, for all of you have been reading and reviewing my stories, a BIG THANK YOU goes out to all of you. I mean it. ^_^

Alright! I FINALLY have one guy in the lead! And from now on, the person who will paired up with Kitty in my story is...drum roll please..dumdumdum..Kurt! I'm very sorry for all you Lance/Kitty fans. I wanted to make this a fair match, so I held a tally, and in the end, Kurt was the winner. Here are the results: Kurt: 12 votes, Lance: 10 votes, and 3 people didn't vote. This was all out of 25 reviews. For those who wanted Lance to win, I'll give you a break.

Kurt may be the main guy with Kitty, but there will be a _little_ bit of Lance and Kitty fluffiness to satisfy the Lancitty fans and the Kurtty fans. I hope that you enjoy the next chapter.

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~This has to work.if it doesn't I may really become a rogue just to get away from Kitty..~

With her pale hands encased in dark leather gloves, Rogue unconsciously flicked a strand of her white bangs away from her face. Next to her stood a rusty barbecue set accompanied with a few articles of food and an assortment of tools. Along with a set of matches to start the barbecue.

As the wind stretched out its intangible arms across the yards of the house, the grass danced wildly back and forth, moving to the rhythm of the wind's motion. Moving higher, the wind tumbled playfully over the still form of Rogue. Tugging her green sleeves and black hem of her skirt, the wind made her clothes fluttered joyfully about the curves of her body. Raising her arms slightly, Rogue let the wind twirl her slightly about.

Breathing in a long breath, Rogue enjoyed the cool wind bathing her in a gentle embrace. She reveled in the feeling of the wind. It was weird, but she always thought that the wind symbolized the ultimate freedom. She smiled as her hair flickered once again in her face.

As she opened her eyes lazily, they suddenly widened when she found herself staring into a pair of eyes that were only inches from her own. She abruptly began to flail about, her arms swinging in an attempt to keep her balanced. Yet, this measured up to no avail. Soon Rogue found herself flat on her behind, wincing from landing so roughly. Before she could get up, she heard a playful voice jar through her thoughts.

"You get a boo-boo Roguey?"

Her emerald eyes swirling with rage, Rogue looked up at the rude intruder who had caused her embarrassment and soreness. Her eyes expanded and quickly narrowed into thin slits. Smirking at her with a sly grin, blue eyes twinkled with amusement and mirth. Rogue knew that he was the only one who would dare disturb her like this. So she was not all surprised to see him. To see Pietro.

Raising herself to her feet, Rogue put on an annoyed and angry expression, slightly betraying her emotions. Dusting her skirt off, Rogue frowned at him. Before she could begin to curse him out, Pietro spoke for her.

"Whatcha doing Roguey," he asked with a childish curiosity.

Rogue's face suddenly slipped as he shocked her out of her anger. Sighing deeply, Rogue turned toward the barbecue and pointed at the rusted barbecue. "I'm trying to teach Kitty how to cook. Kurt made fun of her and now she wants to prove she can cook. The only problem is.she can't. Well at least not yet. But," she suddenly stopped as her nose wrinkled slightly from the frown that grew on her face, "she wants me to help her and yesterday turned to out to be a disaster. And now here I am, waiting for a late Kitty."

Looking back at her watch, Rogue noticed that Kitty was about 3 minutes late so far. ~Great~ she thought miserably.

Suddenly she felt a slight tapping on her shoulder. Shaken out of her reverie of how she was going to torture Kitty for being late, she looked at the impatient Pietro. His foot tapping quickly like a rabbit's, Pietro had a slight frown on his face.

"What do you want Pietro?"

"I'm glad you asked, Roguey," he noticed with a smile, "I noticed you seemed a bit distracted when I came here.. You like the wind don't you?"

Rogue felt a slight blush rise in her cheeks. ~He saw me. how perfect for a perfect freaking day.~

Seeing that Pietro caught her blush, she tried her best to push down the scarlet that rose in her cheeks. ~Why in the world am I feeling this way around him.He always got on my nerves! And now..I'm acting like an idiot.~

"Why are you blushing Rogue? Someone catch you when you weren't looking?"

Pushing down her embarrassment with a thick but silent gulp, Rogue turned two pairs of silent eyes in Pietro's direction while her face remained unperturbed. Seeing her face in such a serious expression, the speed demon's own grin of assurance dropped a few notches. Taking one step back warily, the silver haired boy opened his mouth as a nervous laugh crackled out. Rogue suddenly took a huge step as her face was thrust right into Pietro's own. Having her face so close to his own, Pietro jumped back in surprise, his legs falling out from under him, the boy fell back onto the grass below Rogue.

"Ouch!"

Pietro rubbed his rear end tenderly, biting his lip slightly. Suddenly a harsh voice broke through his mutterings.

"Not so cocky now are we, Pietro?"

Blue eyes screwed upwards to face another pair of grinning green emeralds. Holding back a sly comeback for the girl, Pietro decided to keep his cool and not let his foot slip into his mouth once again. Closing his eyes, he sighed and nonchalantly rose to his feet, brushing his clothes off with suave grace. Opening his eyes slightly, he stared at her cattily through partly open eyelids.

Looking coolly at Rogue's grinning form, he spoke quietly to her, "No my dear Rogue, I was never meaning to be cocky, I merely wanted to do something for you.."

Hearing his comment, Rogue's face slipped slightly shocked from what he said. But as quickly as it had dropped, she quickly concealed her emotions once again with another mask. This one more stern. Yet, still his comment bugged her inwardly as she pondered on it. ~What does he mean by that? And he actually admitted to being cocky? What's wrong with him?!~

Seeing that Rogue was somewhat distracted by her thoughts, Pietro smiled and sidled up quietly beside her with catlike grace. Still plagued by her thoughts, he grinned and placed his hands gently on her shoulders as she continued to think.

~Could it be something he ate? I wonder if the boys did something to him.Maybe Freddy was cooking again, but then-!~

Abruptly, Rogue's thoughts came to a sudden halt when she felt two large hands rest themselves on her clothed shoulders. Her whole body stiffened as she felt the hands curl relaxingly around the knobs of her shoulders. Turning swiftly under the smooth hands, she turned and stared with wonder.

Pietro simply smiled.

Before she could jerk away from his hands and chide him for doing something as stupid and dangerous as touching her, Pietro spoke before she could spout an angry word.

"Don't you get tired of living so slowly? Don't you get sad when," he whispered, "you can't have any excitement in your life? I know you like the thrill of racing with the wind. I know cause," he held up a finger for her to wait, "because I see you longing to race with it. I know that you feel like you're a prisoner in this mansion, in this town."

Watching her face turn downward, he continued and leaned down close to her ear and whispered through her hair, "I know because you're just like me. You're tired of this slow life, your tired of having no excitement..But I want to give you something that will change all that."

Rogue looked up with a confused expression, demanding an answer for his strange statement. She was soon answered.

She only stiffened as she felt soft, warm lips brush against her cheek in a light, feathery kiss.

As soon as the flesh made contact with her own, she felt the all too familiar drain of energy that pulled at the owner of the forbidden touch. She felt a jolt of energy run through her body, spreading to every nerve in her, making her mind explode in a flash of color.

Suddenly, she saw Pietro. The _real_ Pietro. She now saw the silver haired boy for who he truly was. She saw all his fears, she saw all his enjoyments.she knew now how he felt..about her.

Pushing away from the energy drained boy, Rogue tried to control the feelings that swirled around her inside her mind. She tried to control the memories that had been absorbed from the touch. After a moment, she retained her normal state and stared quietly down at the winded Pietro who sat and watched her with silent eyes.

Swiftly, he stood up beside her and grasped her encased hand, enjoying the soothing feeling of the leather gloves that contained her satin like hands. He smiled and without a word, took off, pulling her gently along beside him.

Rogue was startled at the sudden take off and burst of air, but she soon smiled as the wind swept nimble fingers gently through her hair, causing it to flair into a halo around her head. Then she remembered she was still holding Pietro's hand. Paranoia of touching his flesh to hers overcame her and she pulled out from his grasp.

But, he didn't let go.

Looking up inquiringly up at Pietro, Rogue looked for some explanation. Pietro merely smiled as they continued to run. He then stopped suddenly and pulled Rogue along beside him. Smiling at her confusion, he bent down beside her ear and whispered.

"Do you like my present? Enjoy the gift while you still can.."

Rogue frowned slightly at his words. Sure, it was great to be able to use these powers that she stole, but she didn't consider it a present. Was it a present when she stole it? She then felt a warm hand enclose around hers once again and pull her along gently, her using the speed she had been given.

Soon, she found herself becoming tired and running slower. Pietro came to a gentle halt and let her catch her breath. When she did, Rogue merely looked up at Pietro and smiled a wordless thanks. He then took her gloved hand and kissed it gently. He didn't even smirk when she began to fluster and blush profusely.

"I hope you enjoyed your gift Rogue," he whispered gently to her, "I hope we can race beside one another again."

Rogue felt a blossom of red flush in her cheeks and burn. She looked up to sputter a reply.

He was gone.

Looking out toward the gates where he had most likely exited, she smiled and whispered to the wind, "I hope so too, I hope so too."

Little did she know that a certain speed demon was hiding among some trees. Hearing her words, he smiled. ~

Okay..that was the end of this lovely Rietro chapter. Boy I love Rietro's! ^_^ Anywho, I just want to apologize for NOT writing ANYTHING involving what this chapter was supposed to be about..

Well I did write a part to the Rietro fluffiness in this story.^_^ Well, as I said, Kurt wins and in the next chapter, we shall start with the Kurtitty madness also. Oh dear..^_^ Also, as I said, there will be JUST a bit of Lancitty for you Lancitty fans. Sorry that Lance lost.

I'll try to write a Lancitty some other time if I can finish this and my other story. Once again, like always, I ask that you be SUPER NICE and READ AND REVIEW! Thanks again. Ciao ^_~