Still Holding Out For You
By Lady Trunks
Part 22
syrenwytch- Umm, yeah I was going to say the same thing... Exactly. And it's not stupid. But I could never remember that. Shakespear always seemed to complicated for my taste. I don't like having to translate as I read, though we did read it in school. ^^
Lucky439- Ok, I can do romantic. And maybe even a little romantic comedy while I'm at it. And of course I liked it, you should definitly write more Rietro fics.
J.Dax- Hehehe. You want me to answer that? It would totally ruin the surprise. And I like angst and drama too, but then I also love comedy. It all depends on my mood. Now if you can combine all three of them, I'm very happy.
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"I-told-you-already-that-I-don't-want-to-go!" Pietro said, vainly struggling to get out of Logan's grasp, his words accelerating due to his struggle.
"To bad squirt. You're going to go to the dance and you're going to have a good time." Logan growled, disregarding the protests as he continued half-carrying, half-dragging the boy down the stairs.
"Why-don't-you-just-leave-me-alone, you-ape?!! That-dance-is-just-a-stupid-waste-of-time-anyway! And-you-can't-make-me-have-a-good-time!"
Logan ignored the insults and dragged him to the front door where the others were waiting. As soon as he was released, Pietro made to take off. He was abruptly halted as Logan grabbed him by the collar of his suit.
"Listen twerp…"
"Logan!" Ororo chastised as she came up beside them. "Pietro, go to the dance. Try to have a good time. The professor will contact you if there is any change in Rogue's condition." Her words had a calming effect on the boy and he stopped struggling, though he still didn't look happy.
"I don't want to go. Not without her." He pleaded.
Everyone looked down at the floor uncomfortably, and Ororo gave him a reassuring smile. "It's been two weeks sweetie. A few hours isn't going to make a difference. And you know she would want you to go."
"Yeah, Pietro. Rogue told me how much she wanted to see you made king. She would, like, be totally mad if she found out that you didn't go." Kitty told him, smiling slightly in remembrance.
At those words his protests died, and his shoulders slumped. "You'll let me know if there's any change?"
"I'll sit with her the whole time." This, unexpectedly, came from Logan.
"Fine, I'll go." Pietro stated, knowing it was a lost battle. "But I won't have fun."
"Whatever. Go!" His customary impatience back in place, Logan ushered all of the teens out of the door.
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Pietro sighed as he sank back against the wall. This was so boring. Well, at least if nothing else it was a new experience for him. For the first time in his life, Pietro Maximoff was a wallflower. Of course, it was entirely by choice; he wasn't lacking in invitations to dance, it was just that it didn't seem right to accept.
He looked out over the dance floor, taking in the sight of all the couples. Jean and Scott, Kitty and Lance, Kurt and Amanda, heck even Freddy and Todd had found some poor unsuspecting souls to dance with. And despite the odds, the girls in question actually seemed to be having a good time. The sight of all the couples filled him with longing; that could have been, should have been, him and Rogue out there.
With another sigh, he leaned his head back and closed his eyes, just wishing for the night to be over. He sat up abruptly as a voice came right beside his ear. "So I see you decided to ditch the Goth after all." The voice practically purred. "Can't say I'm surprised."
Pietro glanced up in shock into the overly made up face of Cherry. Instead of responding to her comment he just rose to his feet. He walked across the dance floor, taking no note of Cherry following behind him, and made his way to Scott and Jean.
He tapped Scott on the shoulder, and the couple separated. "I'm going to leave. I've had about all of this that I can take."
"What?! You can't leave now! They haven't voted us King and Queen yet." Cherry's voice came from behind them.
Oblivious to the fact that they were gathering an audience, Pietro made a shooing motion towards her. "Don't you have somewhere else you need to be?"
Cherry's eyes narrowed in anger at the unaccustomed sensation of being brushed off. "This has something to do with that Gothic slut, doesn't it?"
Pietro clenched his fists to hold back his anger at the comment. He began to make a scathing retort, but was cut off as Jean's voice interrupted, practically radiating anger.
"Now listen up you stupid blonde bimbo." Jean practically screamed, advancing on Cherry who was backing away nervously. The whole place fell silent, shocked to see the normally composed girl totally letting loose for the first time. "I have listened you constantly talk bad about Rogue, making fun of her behind her back and spreading lies about her. And I didn't do anything to stop it because she is more than capable of taking care of herself, and wouldn't have thanked me for my interference. But she's not here to do that now. And you know why, you worthless hussy? Because she is currently in a coma, because she saved my life and the lives of all the people in that mall that day. And if you say one more thing about her I swear to GOD that I will bitch slap you into next week." For the first time since Rogue's accident, Pietro actually smiled. It was what he had been waiting for after all.
Cherry's friends came behind her, an action that seemed to give the girl courage. "Look Jean, just because you're mad that I'm going to be made homecoming queen…"
"God, are you really that stupid? Oh wait, don't answer that. Of course you are. This has absolutely nothing to do with that. This has to do with Rogue, who by the way would make a much better queen than you could ever hope to, and the lies that you spread about her and Pietro. And I know that it was you so don't even try to lie about it."
"Look, just because you're little friends in a coma doesn't give you the right to talk to me like that. Like we're supposed to be impressed that she saved some stupid people at the mall." She turned to her friends for support.
Unfortunately for her, she wasn't going to find it. Lydia, one of her friends spoke up. "My mother was shopping at that mall with my little brother and sister."
"I was at the mall that day." Cindy, another cheerleader said.
At that a chorus of comments came from around the room, everyone having either been there, or knew someone who had, or knew someone that knew someone who had. And for the first time they seemed to notice that the Goth had been missing from school for a while, but they had never taken the time to notice until they were forced to. There were more than a few people who felt guilty for there past treatment of the girl that they now knew they owed a debt of gratitude to.
With a familiar smirk on his face, Pietro slipped out the door. One thought raced through his mind. When Rogue wakes up and goes back to school, she's going to be pissed.
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So, that was Jean's purpose that I mentioned. I like her alot better when she loses it. (Okay, so it doesn't take much to make me like her better since she is my least fav. character and tends to annoy me, heck I yell at the TV when she's on it ^^)
