The Secret's Out

By Lady Trunks

Chapter 3

Dark-English-Rose- ^^ Well it's more. And thanks for the reviews for the other ones also. ^^ Glad to know even the older ones are still being read.
DragonBlond0 Yep, that's me. Persistent. But there hasn't been that many Rietro's recently. Lot's of Romy's though. It' sdepressing for me. But I don't want to take you away from your other fics. Oh, the delima. ^^
Ellen- And again. ^^ Glad you liked it.
goddess of darkness- Hehe. I love it when people suck up to me. ^^ And I'm trying to focus more on Rietro's. There hasn't been that many recently, something that needs to change.
Kansas Hill- Actually, I think I have read some of yours. I'm really bad about reviewing since I'm only on the internet for like 30 minutes a day and always have so much to do. But I will make it a point to read them and review.
Laureate- I've been missed? So sweet. And I'll try to keep it up...
Emerald Star- Yep. They're pervs. Of course most teenage boys are, so I'm guessing mutants wouldn't be that different. ^^
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"Hurry up, were going to be late for the movie!" Rogue called back into her room to Pietro, who was purposely taking his time putting his shoes on. "You're supposed to be fast."

"I'm sorry if I can't find the motivation to be fast about going to a chick flick about a dumb blonde." He grumbled, but finally finished and joined her at the door.

Rogue rolled her eyes in response to his statement. "This coming from a natural blonde?" She said, flicking at his hair with her fingers. He gracefully dodged the hand before entwining her fingers with his.

"Okay, that was a low blow. Besides my hair is silver."

"Hmm." She studied his hair intently considering his words. "Maybe more of a platinum blonde, but still a blonde."

"It's silver. Now, on to other matters. Why do we have to go see this lame movie again?"

"Oh, don't even pretend that you didn't watch the first Legally Blonde a hundred times. You know you have a Reece Witherspoon fetish. Besides, I want to see it."

They reached the bottom of the stairs and a commotion at the bottom interrupted their conversation. The new recruits stood in front of the door looking like they were getting ready to leave. In the midst of them stood Jamie, pleading with them.

"Come on. Let me go with you guys."

"For the last time Jamie, you're to young. Go play or something."

Rogue frowned to herself, realizing that despite her interference on previous occasions, they were still leaving the youngest X-Men out. "What's going on?" She asked the group, although she had a pretty good idea already.

They all spun around with guilty expressions to gaze at the older mutants who were standing at the foot of the stairs. "Nothing." Jubilee quickly interjected, shooting a look at the others in the group.

"Yeah, that's what it looks like." Rogue said in a tone sarcastic enough that anyone would be able to catch. "It looks to me like y'all are planning to sneak out, even though you've been told on numerous occasions that you are not to leave the grounds without adult supervision. Now I'm going to do you all a favor and not mention this little incident to Wolverine, but you are all going to stay in the mansion." They quickly agreed (although with some reluctance at having their outing ruined), knowing from previous experience that Rogue was not a good person to mess with.

"Where are you going Rogue?" Jamie asked, trying to keep the wistfulness out of his voice. Though all the new recruits were under restrictions because they didn't have full control of their powers, Jamie was confined the most because the slightest bump would cause multiples of him to appear, something that was hard to explain if it occurred in public.

"We're on our way to see Legally Blond 2. You want to go?" His eyes lighted up as she voiced the question, before he cast an uncertain glance at Pietro who had been standing quiet the whole time.

Pietro's first reaction was to refuse; after all it was a date. And who wanted to have a twelve-year-old chaperone? He wasn't sure why Rogue would want to invite the kid along. But luckily before he could voice his rejection realization dawned. The kid, Jamie if he recalled correctly, had powers similar to Rogue's in that he had to be careful in groups so as not to inadvertently wind up with multiples of himself. Though Pietro could almost forget that Rogue was unable to touch others since he could touch her, she would never forget. And she would relate to the kid because of it. It only took his mind a second to work it all out and he quickly nodded.

Jamie looked excited at the prospect, but a little apprehension marred his face. "What if I accidentally bump into someone?"

"No worries. We'll go get a pizza and go to the drive-in to watch it." Pietro volunteered, shooting a look at Rogue to make sure it was okay with her. She shot him a grateful smile in response, and he couldn't help but know that he had made the right decision.

"Why don't you go let Logan and Ororo know that you're going with us sweetie." Rogue instructed Jamie. He took off running down the hall to do just that.

"Hey! That's not fair. Can we go?" Bobby asked. The other newbies quickly echoed the sentiment.

"Sorry. You're to young. Go play or something." She said, echoing their words to Jamie earlier.

They look chided by the reprimand, knowing that she had caught them trying to leave Jamie out. It didn't stop them from grumbling about the situation. "That is so not fair." Amara mumbled.

"Well, keep that in mind next time someone asks to do something with you. Nobody likes to be left out."

They nodded in response, clearly not happy about the situation but accepting that they weren't going to change their mind.

When they were alone, Pietro turned to Rogue. "That was very diplomatic of you, Roguey."

"And it was incredibly sweet of you to tell Jamie he could come."

"Well, you'll have to make it up to me later."

"Oh?" She sent him a seductive look. "Did you have something in mind?"

"Oh yes." He leaned towards her, closing the space rapidly. He was just about to kiss her when…

"They said it was okay, just to be careful. Are you two ready?" Jamie called, bounding into the room full of energy.

Pietro quickly pulled back. "You so owe me." He said soft enough so she was the only one that could here him. She just smiled in response and pulled him along as Jamie dragged her out the door.