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Chapter 7
"You let her escape!?" Magneto yelled. Pietro had just told his father Ami had left; he wasn't too happy.
"It's not like I opened the door for her and said--,"Pietro tried to explain.
"Don't give me your excuses,"
*****
Ami could not believe what had just happened. She'd been walking down the streets of London, there had been a huge explosion. Everything happened at once, she caught sight of Magneto. He couldn't have found her, but he was here wasn't he? Then she saw the huge spider that Magneto, the Alcolytes, and some of the X-men were fighting. Maybe if she hadn't gotten involved she could have stayed hiding in London but her conscience got the better of her. Now she was back with Magneto and she hated it.
"Back to the Brotherhood," she thought. Magneto wasn't taking any chances with her, he'd had the Alcolytes escort her. She had no problem with this, she was rather fond of being called 'mon cheri'.
When she arrived at the boarding house she was reminded of the day she had first arrived a few months ago. It would be very different this time. "They won't be happy to see me," she said quietly so no one could hear her while remembering the way Pietro had looked at her when he had seen the cut on her wrist, the look Todd had given her, the way they had all looked at her. Like she was a freak. Anger rose within her and she just stood in front of the door as though it had insulted her.
"Mon cheri we've arrived," Gambit said when she wouldn't go inside.
"Yeah, I know," she said reaching for the door knob when the door opened.
"You can come in you know," Todd told her tonelessly.
"Uh...yeah I know," she said quietly stepping forward into the run down place and then turned to say good-bye the Alcolytes. She walked into the living room to find Pietro watching T.V.. He turned and starred. She suddenly felt terribly uncomfortable and gripped he left arm tightly.
"What? Did you cut your arm too?" he asked noticing that she was hold her arm the same way she held her wrist that night.
Ami could have killed him right then and there but what have been the point? She just stood there and starred, letting go of her arm and took a step towards him and said, "I hate you." and then turning towards the kitchen and walking away.
"You didn't need to do that," Todd said hopping after her.
Pietro just ignored him.
Ami was going to cry, she truly was, but Fred was there and she had always felt weird crying in front of other people. "Pietro is such a jerk," she told him, but she knew Fred didn't need telling, Pietro was terrible with him too.
"I know," he said slowly.
"I know I could ignore him, but it's so hard, you know? He's always in the back of my mind." she told him feeling a weird need to express herself.
"Yeah,"
"I mean, we're already rejected by society, now by some idiot we know we're better than."
"We're better then Pietro?"
"Sure we are. We live in the reality of things, we've known real pain. We don't live at other people's expense."
"Fred never cut himself though." Todd said when he entered the kitchen.
"You don't need to cut yourself to hurt so much that you want to die." she said almost ignoring the comment, looking up the ceiling, but not seeing it.
Chapter 7
"You let her escape!?" Magneto yelled. Pietro had just told his father Ami had left; he wasn't too happy.
"It's not like I opened the door for her and said--,"Pietro tried to explain.
"Don't give me your excuses,"
*****
Ami could not believe what had just happened. She'd been walking down the streets of London, there had been a huge explosion. Everything happened at once, she caught sight of Magneto. He couldn't have found her, but he was here wasn't he? Then she saw the huge spider that Magneto, the Alcolytes, and some of the X-men were fighting. Maybe if she hadn't gotten involved she could have stayed hiding in London but her conscience got the better of her. Now she was back with Magneto and she hated it.
"Back to the Brotherhood," she thought. Magneto wasn't taking any chances with her, he'd had the Alcolytes escort her. She had no problem with this, she was rather fond of being called 'mon cheri'.
When she arrived at the boarding house she was reminded of the day she had first arrived a few months ago. It would be very different this time. "They won't be happy to see me," she said quietly so no one could hear her while remembering the way Pietro had looked at her when he had seen the cut on her wrist, the look Todd had given her, the way they had all looked at her. Like she was a freak. Anger rose within her and she just stood in front of the door as though it had insulted her.
"Mon cheri we've arrived," Gambit said when she wouldn't go inside.
"Yeah, I know," she said reaching for the door knob when the door opened.
"You can come in you know," Todd told her tonelessly.
"Uh...yeah I know," she said quietly stepping forward into the run down place and then turned to say good-bye the Alcolytes. She walked into the living room to find Pietro watching T.V.. He turned and starred. She suddenly felt terribly uncomfortable and gripped he left arm tightly.
"What? Did you cut your arm too?" he asked noticing that she was hold her arm the same way she held her wrist that night.
Ami could have killed him right then and there but what have been the point? She just stood there and starred, letting go of her arm and took a step towards him and said, "I hate you." and then turning towards the kitchen and walking away.
"You didn't need to do that," Todd said hopping after her.
Pietro just ignored him.
Ami was going to cry, she truly was, but Fred was there and she had always felt weird crying in front of other people. "Pietro is such a jerk," she told him, but she knew Fred didn't need telling, Pietro was terrible with him too.
"I know," he said slowly.
"I know I could ignore him, but it's so hard, you know? He's always in the back of my mind." she told him feeling a weird need to express herself.
"Yeah,"
"I mean, we're already rejected by society, now by some idiot we know we're better than."
"We're better then Pietro?"
"Sure we are. We live in the reality of things, we've known real pain. We don't live at other people's expense."
"Fred never cut himself though." Todd said when he entered the kitchen.
"You don't need to cut yourself to hurt so much that you want to die." she said almost ignoring the comment, looking up the ceiling, but not seeing it.