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"Five, four and fifty-eight, four and fifty-six…" Kitty whispered her eyes glued on the clock. The hands on the clock were so close and yet so far from the time that meant freedom.
"Kitty." She turned her head to see Roberto looking at her. "Isn't that a bit excessive?" He quietly asked. She shook her head and went back to her clock-watching. Roberto sighed, sometimes he worried about his fellow mutants. His eyes went to the front of the class where Toad was sitting and he sighed again, he really worried about his fellow mutants.
"Five, four, three…" Scott sounded like he was about to welcome the New Year "two" soon this day would be over and Scott couldn't think of a happier thought "ONE!" He shouted jumping up from his seat as the bell rang. "Finally, no more class, no more brotherhood, no more rally, well, at least until tomorrow." Scott sighed, this was going to be a long week.
"Hey Scott."
"Oh, hey Amanda, where's Kurt?" Scott looked over her shoulder trying to find the fuzzy one.
"I was wondering if you knew. I haven't seen him since lunch."
"Oh." Scott frowned at the remembrance of the recently dubbed 'mutant rally' "oh." He added again lamely. "I'm sure he's already back at the Institute, I'll have him call you 'k." Amanda smiled up at him and then headed on her way. Scott sighed, for the umpteenth time that day, why did life have to be so complicated?
"Hey Summers!" Scott turned to see a blur pass before his face.
"Wha?" He looked down in shock to see his shirt spouting pins and stickers. He pulled a straw hat off his head that read 'Mutant Pride'. "Pietro!" He shouted as he turned to see a smiling Pietro behind him.
"Like it? I think it's a great way to get our message out and show our unity in this common struggle of ours. And as the leader of your unfortunate bunch you should be the first to show your absolute support." Pietro finished by placing his hand on Scott's shoulder. "Can I count on you?" He added in a very serious tone.
"Pietro" Scott brushed off his hand "how did you get all of this?" Pietro smiled up at him and whipped out a Platinum card. "That has better be your father's."
"You kidding, use something of my dad. Gosh Summers, I never saw you as the drug using type." Scott frowned as he grabbed the card.
"Kelly!?!" He shouted in shock. "Pietro you can't do this!"
"He's supporting students in their quest to change the world, I'm sure he won't mind." Pietro said as he grabbed the credit card back from Scott. "Bye." With that he was gone. Scott frowned as something fell in front of his shades. 'Oh great' he thought as he saw what it was 'just what I always needed, a mutant pride keychain'.
"Where's Wanda?" Lance checked his watch in irritation, school had been out for ten minutes already and neither Pietro nor Wanda were to be found.
"Do you think my sweet 'ums is in danger?" Todd asked in all seriousness.
"Uh Todd, Wanda can kick ours and the X-men's butts, I don't think it's possible for her to be in danger." Lance pointed out.
"Oh yeah."
"Hey there she is!" Freddy pointed to where Wanda was walking with another girl.
"Yo isn't that Amanda?" Todd asked as the girls came closer.
"Amanda?" Fred was confused.
"Yeah, Kurt's girlfriend." Todd chimed up; he also knew Amanda's family, sort of. Wanda waved bye to the girl and walked over to the boys.
"Can we go now?" Lance asked impatiently.
"What about Pietro?" Fred asked.
"He can walk. Or run." The others all said in unison.
"Ray man, you coming?" Bobby waited impatiently by his locker, Jean had agreed to give the new mutants a ride home and they were all waiting on Ray.
"Sorry dude, just looking over some stuff." Ray walked up Bobby waving a thick notebook.
"What's that?"
"Some info on the Mutant Pride movement, Pietro gave it to me." Ray said with a smile.
"You do realize Scott's not going to let you keep that." Bobby pointed out.
"What he doesn't know won't hurt him." Ray said with a confidant smirk.
"Whatever. Hey do you feel a draft?" Bobby and Ray both turned their heads to see a broken window at the end of the hall.
"Man this school is a dump." Ray commented as he and Bobby continued on their way. Meanwhile outside the window a very unhygienic young man laid on the ground unable to move thinking about a girl he met that day.
"Hey Kurt," Scott popped his head into the elf's room.
"Oh, hey Scott." He replied quietly as he started at his feet "I suppose you want to talk about lunch."
"No Kurt not really. Unless you want to talk about it" Scott added hurriedly.
"No, not really."
"Listen Kurt" Scott sat down next to the depressed teen. "I understand why you don't want to be identified as a mutant I would love it if I could go back to when no one knew the truth. We understand so don't beat yourself up about it." Scott gave a Kurt a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "Oh, Amanda wants you to call." With that Scott left Kurt's room leaving a very happy fuzzy one.
"Man I should be a politician" Scott said to himself as he headed to the kitchen "I can convince someone on a total lie." Scott walked past the living room to see Bobby, Ray, Sam, and Kitty all huddled around something on the floor. "What are you guys up to?"
"Nothing!" They all shouted in unison while they covered up what they were working on.
"Whatever" Scott sighed in frustration as he continued on his way.
"Maybe we shouldn't have this thing in the middle of the mansion." Kitty suggested once Scott had left.
"Yeah, maybe." Bobby echoed as he and the others stared down at the 'Mutant Pride' banner in the middle of the floor.
"Oh well" Sam said as he happily continued painting on the banner, the others quickly followed.
"Move over." Lance commanded as he pushed Pietro's feet off the coach.
"What's your problem?" Pietro asked as he continued to flip through TV channels.
"Homework but you probably wouldn't know about that." Lance frowned as he thought bitterly of how Pietro had finished his homework before the guys had even gotten thru the door.
"Hey, I find homework just as boring as everyone else. But I have been busy." Pietro waved to a stack of papers on the coffee table (or footrest).
"Mutant Pride? Why the hell are you wasting your time with this?"
"It's not a waste Lance. I figured of all the people here you would most appreciate my brilliant plan." Lance gave Pietro a skeptical look at this last statement.
"Staging an impromptu rally at lunch is a brilliant plan?" Lance asked sarcastically.
"I'm not finished yet!" Pietro whined. "Look, we start this 'mutant pride' movement right and get the X-men to help. We start working with them, start getting all chummy and such and then when the time is right WHAM!!! We nail them." Pietro was now standing on the couch a look of triumph on his face. Lance stared up at him in silence.
"Ha ha ha!!!" Lance busted out laughing "That is the stupidest plan I've ever heard!" Lance then fell off the couch he was laughing so hard.
"It is not stupid" Pietro said with a huff "Forget you, I bet every one else will find it brilliant." With that he sped off to find the others.
"Ahhh!" Todd bounded out of Wanda's room nearly running into Pietro who had just reached the top of the stairs.
"Hey watch it Todd!" Pietro snapped. "Oh, by the way tell me what you think of my plan."
"No way man I'm outta here, Wanda's studying." With that Todd hopped down the stairs leading a very confused Pietro. The speedster shrugged off Todd's behavior and went to talk to his sister.
"Hey Wanda."
"What do you want?" She asked irritably.
"I want you to tell me what you think about my plan."
"Pietro, I really have to study go bug someone else."
"Oh come on Wanda it'll only take a second." Pietro gave her a pleading look.
"No."
"Fine" Pietro threw up his hands in defeat, he knew better than to argue with Wanda. "Tell you what, I'll help you study."
"Really? Thanks." Wanda smiled as Pietro flopped down next to her and began looking over her work.
"Wow Wanda this stuff is really easy; I can't believe you're struggling with this. I mean no offense sis but--" Pietro looked up from his papers to see his sister giving him a death glare.
"Leave." She said, her voice dripping with hate.
"Bye." Pietro squeaked and then he was gone.
"So what did they think?" Lance asked from the fridge where he was getting the last of the sodas.
"It's no big deal." Pietro replied nonchalantly "oh, Wanda wanted to see you." Lance gave Pietro a quizzical look and then shrugged as he headed up the stairs. Pietro smiled as he grabbed Lance's soda and opened it. Then he heard Lance scream as Wanda attacked him for interrupting her studying. "Call my plan stupid." He said to himself with a smirk as he took a long drink from his soda.
A/N: well, here's another one, sorry for the big span in updates but I've been sick. Hope you like this chapter and again, thanks for all those who review.