Still Holding Out For You
By Lady Trunks
Part 15
I recently found my tape that has Operation Rebirth on it, and just finished watching it again. I so love the relationship between Kurt and Rogue, it's so cute and they don't even know they're siblings yet. I can't wait until they have a new ep so I can see where they go with their relationship. It makes me long for the days when everyone was so sure that they were going to be made twins... *sigh* Nostalgia.
J.Dax- I'm glad you like it. I hope this is soon enough for you. ^_^
Rogue Le Beau- Like my angst is going to be very angsty? ^^; But I don't want to stop your happy dance... But I can't just let them be happy, that would totally defeat the whole purpose. I knew that I should have posted the words to the song. It kinda gives a hint of what's going to happen. Foreshadowing and all that. And I'm happy if I was able to inspire you... Does that mean that you wrote the next chapter of December?? *insert puppy-dog eyes here*
Lucky439- More for your enjoyment Chica. Hope you enjoy. ^^
X-DarkHorizon-X- Practically speechless for no apparent reason? I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. We'll take it as good. And I'll try to keep it good.
HoneyBug16- You love it? I'm so happy. I love your fic too. I've been really bad about reviewing it though. I'm sorry!! When I have time I'm going to go back and reviews every chapter!!
Ellen- Well, I wouldn't want to believe it was possible either. But I think that she doesn't like Rogue. Why would anyone not like Rogue?? I don't think my advice was all that helpful, but if it helped at all you're welcome.
Roguechere- I thought I was the only one that despised her!! First she totally messed with Kurt's feelings and then Lance's. She's a bad, bad girl. ^_^ And that's just wrong, you should know I adore Rietro. Ok, so actually I like pretty much any couple with Rogue but for some reason Evogue has become my least favorite... I don't know why. Well, and Scott/Rogue because I have developed a deep dislike for him. How could you not after The Cauldron. As for the Pietro/Rogue lovin' (I just need to smile here ^_^)you know that I can't make it that easy.
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Pietro looked around the room again, trying to catch site of the familiar two-toned hair of his best friend and once again coming up empty. Finally giving up, he headed over to the table that he saw Kitty sitting at. "Have you seen Rogue?" He asked, not bothering with pleasantries.
She shot him a quick speculative look that anyone else (anyone not possessing a reaction time five times faster than normal humans that is) would have missed, and he just knew that something was up.
It had become obvious the day before that Rogue was avoiding him for some reason, but for the life of him he couldn't figure out what the problem was. His first thought had been that she was mad at him for tricking her into going with him to the dance, but after that everything had been okay between the two of them. In fact, everything had been okay up until Saturday night. She had come to sleep in his room like usual, but for some reason had left before he awoke. And he hadn't spent any time alone with her since.
"Okay, what do you know?"
Kitty tried to put on an innocent expression, "Know about what?"
Unfortunately for her, Pietro saw right through it. "Why is Rogue avoiding me? Is she mad at me for something?" There was an unsure expression on his face that gave Kitty pause. She couldn't remember ever seeing Pietro unsure about anything. She fought between revealing her friend's secret (even though she just knew that it would help hurry the two along, as well as calm the boy in front of her) or respecting her wishes and not tell him anything (even though that option was no fun at all). She finally decided on a cross between the two, something to reassure Pietro but also ensure her continued physical well being should Rogue happen to find out she had mentioned anything.
"I'm not sure where she is. Maybe a teacher kept her late in class. But I can definitely tell you that she's not mad at you."
"But there is something you're not telling me, isn't there Kitty?" He said, scanning her facial expression to see if she would unintentionally give something more away.
"Hey," She said, holding up her hands as if to ward of any further questioning. "I'm not saying anything else. This is none of my business."
"When has that ever stopped you?" A sardonic voice asked from behind her, causing the valley girl to spin around.
"Jeez Rogue. Don't sneak up on me like that!! Where have you been?"
"I had to go over a test with my history teacher." Rogue cast a quick smile at Pietro, forcing herself to act normal while desperately trying to calm her racing heart. "Hi Piety."
He shot her a searching glance, not falling for her forced normalcy routine for a second. "Roguey. Can I talk to you a second?"
She tried to hold back the sense of panic she felt at his words. Sure she had decided to talk to him and admit her feelings, but that didn't mean that she was ready now!! She reluctantly nodded and followed him to go outside when she noticed something. For some reason everyone seemed to be paying an excessive amount of attention to the pair. Her pace slowed to a crawl as she heard whispers circulating and sincerely hoped that it was only her paranoia and that it wasn't actually them that everyone seemed to be talking about. She swept a venomous glare over the people and continued following Pietro out the doors.
They both took a seat on the stairs of the school. "So, why don't you tell me what's wrong?"
"Well, you see…" Her voice trailed off. "I have something to tell you…The thing is…" Laughter came from behind them, and Rogue paused once again. "Could we talk about this later? It's not really something I want to get into here."
He scowled in annoyance at the interlopers, but nodded his agreement. "Right after school?"
"Don't you have a game today?" She asked, silently thankful for the reprieve, no matter how short.
"Oh, yeah. After that?"
"Sure. Now let's go get lunch."
He nodded and they walked back into the cafeteria together. Once again Rogue noticed an abnormal amount of attention directed at the two of them, and frowned in confusion. Paranoid or not, something was definitely up. She shot a questioning look at Pietro to see if he had noticed and she could tell he had. He shrugged his shoulders, letting her know that he didn't know anymore about it then she did. Well, there was one way to find out. When you wanted gossip, there were two experts on the subject that just happened to be sitting at their usual table.
Taking a seat at the table, Rogue turned to Jean and Kitty, the rumor specialists. "So, what's with all the whispers?"
The two shot a glance at each other, silently debating whether to tell the Goth the latest rumors or not. Finally, Jean spoke. "Well the newest rumor going around is that you and Pietro are sleeping together, and not in an innocent way if you get my meaning."
"Meaning received." She said dryly.
"Jeez Roguey, I would have thought that you would have told me that we were sleeping together. The guy is always the last to know." Pietro quipped from her side.
"It wasn't anything worth mentioning Pietro." Was the quick reply.
"Ouch." Pietro said, mock hurt expression on his face.
"You're taking this awfully well. I expected you to want to find out the source of the rumor and get a little demonstrative without the gloves." Kitty said, glancing between the two of them.
Rogue shrugged, "I have a pretty good idea who started that rumor, and she'll be dealt with accordingly. But right now, I'm just marveling in the novelty of the whole thing."
"Novelty?" Jean asked, a bemused expression on her face.
"Well, how often do I get to be a sex toy?" Rogue said with a smile on her face. Beside her Pietro fell off his chair laughing.
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