Implied

Author's Note: Believe it or not… I'm going to make long chapters from here on in… so that it'll be finished sooner!

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Pietro cursed under his breath as he lightly touched the bandage on his head. Mr. McCoy was nice enough to patch him up before he sped off home.

" What happened to you, yo?" Todd asked as he hopped on the couch, turning on the TV.

" Stupid X-Geeks," he replied. " I can't believe that Rogue…"

Todd turned off the TV immediately and sat upright. " What happened to Roguey? I heard about the betting crap. I mean, those jerks!"

Pietro nodded. " Those jerks think she's a trophy… I mean, her love life is personal, you know!"

Smirking, Todd nodded. " You love her,yo."

Pietro shook his head. " I do not… maybe a little…"

" … You love her, admit it!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

" Shut up!"

They both looked at the doorway and saw Lance clutching his head in his hands. " I just got a beating and I have a huge headache, so don't make it worse!"

Pietro saw the bluish bumps on the boy's head and helped him on the beat up couch. " Man, what happened to you?"

Lance shrugged. " I was on the phone, you know that pay phone by the corner store?"

They nodded. " The one near the X-Geek hangout?"

" Well… some punk with a stick started walking towards me and I was placing my quarter in, then the guy comes on to me and I tell him I'm straight," Lance started. " Then, he goes and pokes me with his stick and-"

" What?" Pietro asked as he saw Lance staring at him.

" He went on and on about how you should be going out with Rogue!"

Pietro growled and was about to slap Lance when he placed his hands out in defense. " Sorry, couldn't help it man! I mean, Roguey's been part of our family for far longer than those snotty X-Men. Its only logical that YOU be the one she ends up with."

" Whatever. She's gonna end up with Remy," Pietro sighed sadly. " I mean, she did flirt with the guy twice, that's more than what I got with the years she spent with us!"

Todd shook his head. " Just go to that Jubilee chick. She's been calling the house for ages. She says she's got a fool proof plan that would get Rogue."

Lance scoffed. " Too bad it's not idiot-proof."

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" -Your eyes are like emeralds that gleam in the sun, your hair is like fire, so lively and tempting, your skin is like honey, so smooth and pure sugar, your-"

" Scott, if ya don't stop embarrassin' me this instant, Ah will kill ya, stuff y'r corpse in mah lockah and leave ya to rot," Rogue said sharply after enduring hours of 'serenading' from Scott, who had been following her all day throughout her classes.

" But my sweet-"

" Look Scott, Ah have to admit I lahke th' attention, but enough is enough… don't act stupid, 'cuz it'll just make ya reputation an' mah reputation burn ta crisp!"

Scott sighed. ' Okay, that's the last time I take Jean's advice in love.'

Kitty and Scott made their way back inside the school and left Rogue in the park, sitting underneath her favorite oak tree, reading a book.

Rogue smiled as she placed her ungloved hand on the grass, delighted to feel the blades tickling her palm. Touch was a sense that most people took for granted, being handicapped, or mute had nothing compared to losing touch.

As she sat back on the trunk of the large oak tree, a breeze blew past her and she opened her eyes to see Pietro Maximoff.

" Petey, what are ya doin' here?" she asked lazily, not caring whether or not he realized that she was using her pet name for him.

" Just… admiring the view," Pietro said as he sat down next to her. " We miss you, you know."

Rogue turned and nodded. " Ah know…"

" So, how does it feel to be popular?" Pietro asked, smirking. " Now that we're in the same level… its okay for you to be seen with me."

Rogue scoffed playfully. " Please, don't lower mah rank. Ah'd lahke ta think o' myself as th' Queen of Bayville High."

Pietro smirked at her old antics. Before she had moved to the other side, Rogue had been playful and free, not caring whether or not she was brushing against someone.

Pietro slid and used Rogue's lap as a pillow. Surprisingly, Rogue didn't care and started playing with Pietro's silver locks as she read.

" Hey Roguey?"

" Hmm?"

" If you had gotten control before Summers had asked you to join his side… would… would we have been like this?"

Rogue closed her book and looked at the boy that was lying on the grass, his head on her lap and his hands folded over his chest.

" Friends?"

Pietro deflated. " Y-yeah."

Rogue smiled. " Petey, if Ah had control before I met Scott, Ah'd probably be back in Mississippi."

Pietro nodded, tickling Rogue's legs as his hair brushed against her thighs. " Oh, I see."

" But… you know," Rogue started. " Ah don't see why we still can't be friends."

They were silent, the breeze was wonderful, then a shadow covered the sunlight, making Rogue look up.

" Chere, don' y't'ink y'ought t' be in class?" Remy asked, taking a puff from his lit cigarette.

Rogue bit her lower lip and stood as Pietro sat up. She closed the gap between herself and Remy. She was so close, she could smell the tobacco on his trench coat.

She went on her tip-toes and took the cigarette. " Ah thought I got rid of these," she said and threw it on the ground.

Remy smirked. " Y'can't assume dese t'ings, Chere. 'sides, Remy got t'feel alive somehow."

Pietro frowned at the exchanged between the two. " Roguey."

Rogue turned around and nodded. " Ah ain't forgotten about ya Petey."

" Why don't you spen the weekend at the Brotherhood?" Pietro suggested. " Fred misses you a lot, we all do… maybe we could hang out."

Rogue smiled beautifully, lighting her face up with happiness. " Ah'd lahke that… 'course Ah gotta ask 'Daddy' and Xavier, but Ah'm shure Xavier'll drug Logan up somehow."

Remy raised his eyebrows at the silver-haired speedster. ' So dats how it gon'be… Remy got himself a real comp'tition…'

Before the three of them could make their way back into the school, they saw Ororo flying in the sky, wearing a fluffly poodle skirt.

" Pumpkin! Where are you? Logan You can come out now! Hide and seek is over baby!"

Pietro shook his head. " Man Rogue, you hang out with the strangest people…"

Rogue nodded and shuddered. " To think, Ah still have ta stay for the karaoke bash tonight…"

" Chere, y'got a belle voice-"

" Can I bring the guys?" Pietro cut through. " We'd like to celebrate with you."

Rogue nodded and linked her arms between Pietro and Remy. " It'll be fun! Ah get to watch ya two duke it off at a singin' contest!"

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Author's Note: whew! That was a hard chapter to write! Next chapter: watch Scott lose the bet AND lose the girl!