Still Holding Out For You
By Lady Trunks
Part 12
Ellen- Thank you, I'm glad you like it. As to In the Blink of an Eye, I've never been there. What's the address?
Lucky439- Cherry's purpose is solely to give Rogue someone to insult. And she does have her purpose, which will be revealed in this chapter.
Gothic Rogue- I was missing your insane flames. Good to have them back!! ^_^ That dance actually sounds kinda nice. A lot better than the tango, that's for sure. I did something in this that I know is going to bother you... It's not anti-Jean. Who would have thought?? It pains me to do it, but I needed her for something.
Lady Aurra- It was entirely unintentional. *sobs* I'm sorry!! Don't hate me. But hey, if you're going to be gone for a few days, there will be more when you get back. And on the bright side the monkeys said the fic will be finished soon... But you can't always trust the monkeys, they're evil!!
J.Dax - It wasn't meant to be evil... It's just a natural inclanation I have. I hope this is soon enough for you
Lunacat- Everyone keeps telling me that. I never thought that I was evil before... But I guess it's something to be proud of. I wonder if that's why I have developed this love for cliff hangers. Which is probably good considering how short the chapters are.
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As Rogue spotted the two, she debated on whether or not to just duck back into the changing room or to go over and try to save Pietro from the vacuous blonde. However the choice was taken out of her hands as he glanced up and let out a low appreciative whistle. He walked over and circled around her, his gaze scrutinizing every single detail of the dress before giving a nod of satisfaction. "Almost as good as I looked in my suit." He said with a grin.
"I just love it when you compliment me by complimenting yourself." She said dryly. "So you like it?"
"Oh yeah. It's not black leather, but..." A slight shrug.
"I think we'll have to go to a different store to find that particular outfit."
"It's… cute." Cherry said, voice implying that it was anything but. The other two turned to her, having completely forgotten her existence.
"Oh Cherry. How… nice to see you again." Rogue said sarcastically. "I love your outfit." Her voice was overly sweet as she said it, referring to the short skirt and skimpy shirt that the girl was wearing. "Where did you get it? I must have missed the slut section."
Pietro quickly covered his laughter by pretending to cough, and Rogue, always helpful slapped his back… rather painfully. In response Cherry shot the Goth a disdainful look. "As I was saying before Queen of the Damned here showed up…"
Rogue interrupted, "Oh, a literary reference. I didn't know that you could read!"
"It's a movie you idiot." Pietro fell into another round of 'coughing' at the blondes expense. "As I was saying, I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the homecoming dance with me?"
"Um, sorry. I can't. I already have a date." He said quickly.
"With who?" Cherry asked, narrowing her eyes slightly.
"With Rogue here. We're going together." Pietro set his arms around the girls waste in a proprietary manner.
"We are?" Rogue questioned, blinking in surprise. That was the first she had heard about it. "I mean, yes we are." She said quickly after receiving a pinch from the boy.
"Oh." Cherry said, her disappointment obvious. "Are you sure you want to do that?" She received identical frowns of annoyance at that. "If you change your mind, you know where to find me." She said, tossing him a suggestive look.
"So you were skipped over for tact as well as brains?" Rogue asked the other girl in annoyance, causing the look to turn into a glare.
"Whatever." she said, and stormed off.
"Well, that was fun." Pietro said, still smiling in amusement about the whole situation.
Rogue rounded on him. "Why did you tell her that we were going to go to the dance together. She's going to find out you were lying anyway."
"Easy enough solution to that, we go to the dance together." He said casually with a shrug.
"But I don't want to go!"
He just gave her a look. "Then why are you in that dress?"
"Because you made me try it on!!"
"Sure." He drawled the word out.
"I haven't exactly had the best of look at school dances you know. The last one I went to I was almost dinner for some weird dimensional dinosaur. The time before that I put a boy in a coma for three weeks." He pushed her into the changing rooms, where he could still hear her muttering about the whole thing, which caused him to smile. He quickly hid the expression when she came back out in her earlier outfit.
She continued her rant, and he nodded in response, taking the dress and his suit to the register and handing them the credit card that Mystique had lent him for this occurrence. When he was done, he led her out of the store. "Besides, I just really don't want to go." She finally said ending her spiel.
"Of course." He said.
"You're just placating me, aren't you?" She said, giving him a suspicious look.
"Of course." He said with a smile.
She growled at him in frustration. They arrived at the parking lot and he realized something. "Umm, how about you let me drive this time?"
Rogue gave him a malicious smile. "Oh no. I'm driving."
He got a panicked look on his face. "Please not again." He begged, but his plea went ignored.
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