Chapter Four.
Author's Note: Thanks to all you wonderful, wonderful people for your wonderful, wonderful reviews! You like me; you really like me! Well enough melodrama, seriously speaking now, you reviews have been very encouraging and I need you to let me know if you think Pietro is getting a little mushy! This chapter is a little longer upon various hints! Well on with the show...
I don't own X-Men Evolution but I do have the right to twist them for my evil purposes!
* - Refers to character's thoughts.
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Kitty's face went completely red. Absolutely no one had ever seen her skate before, aside from her teacher of course, but now standing directly in front of her with his eyes totally wide and his mouth slightly ajar was Lance. She chewed nervously on her lower lip waiting for him to stop staring at her and speak but he just stood there in a daze.
"Lance what are you doing... how did you know... how did you find me?" Kitty stared at him confusingly.
"Kitty that was... you were amazing! When did you learn to skate like that?" He stared at her questionly.
"Um, I... I started taking classes a few months ago." It really irritated her that Lance had found her here. This was her secret place, somewhere she came to escape the world when she didn't want to face it, when she didn't want to be mature and face her problems head on. "Lance... how did you find me here? I mean this place isn't exactly a hotspot on the Bayville map."
"I... well..." Lance lowered his head a bit, "I followed you. If I scared you just now I'm really sorry I didn't mean too, it's just that you were so into your thing that I didn't want to interrupt you."
"You followed me? From where? Why?"
"Well you haven't been to school in few weeks so I was sort of worried. I wanted to call you but I didn't want to risk a clash with Summers over the phone."
"That still doesn't explain how you found me here."
Lance shifted uncomfortably and then settled himself on a nearby bench. He looked intently at Kitty and sighed. "Well I knew I would be taking a chance driving over to the institute but I wanted to see if you were alright. So when I finally decided to get off my butt and come over I saw you racing out the mansion gates, so I followed you."
"Why were you worried about me?"
"I just was is all."
Kitty blushed furiously. She glided over to where Lance sat. "I've never really had an audience before, usually it's just me and my skating instructor."
Lance stood up and held her hand, "well madame, you've got yourself an audience now."
Kitty's face went even redder this time. She didn't know whether it was the cold weather or the fact that she was on the rebound and very defenceless. "I... I don't feel much like skating anymore. It's getting late, I better head on home."
Kitty sat down and began to take her skates off. She eyed Lance periodically, noticing every single feature on him; the structure of his face, his chocolate brown eyes, rich dark brown hair, his somewhat distinctive Lance like smile. He was totally cute but totally not for her. She gave up on that crush she had on Lance a long time ago, when she met Kyle he became sort of a Lance like substitute. Then she seriously began to ponder - was that the reason she fell for Kyle in the first place? Was Lance who she really wanted to be with but due to the fact he was the resident bad boy, leader of the Brotherhood, the guy who was completely "untouchable" to her, was that why she had Kyle fill that place in her life. No... no, it couldn't be! That couldn't be the reason, she loved Kyle for who he was, not who she imagined or rather wanted him to be. But then she thought about it some more and she realized that Kyle had a somewhat of a similar look. She spaced out and once again took a long, hard look at Lance... she saw Kyle. Kitty furrowed her eyebrows and let out a small whimper. Lance immediately spun around and knelt down beside her. He took her hand and pulled off he glove.
"Kitty you're hurt. Here let me help you."
Kitty blinked and saw Lance take some snow and place on the wound. She hadn't even felt it when she accidentally slashed herself in the palm of her hand with the blade of one of her skates. Lance tore off piece of his shirt and wrapped her hand with the greatest care, treating it as though it was fragile. She looked down at him and slowly began to realized why she had gotten a crush on him in the first place...
"There is that better."
Kitty just stared at him blankly.
"Uh... Kitty, are you alright?"
"Um..." she cleared her throat trying to find her voice, "yeah... yeah, I'm fine. Thanks Lance."
"Don't mention it."
"Well I should get going." Kitty picked up her backpack and started to walk off.
Lance pleaded with his inner self as to whether he should ask her what he was thinking. Eventually one side won out...
"Uh, Kitty?"
"Yeah?"
"There's a party Friday night up at the lodge on Tanner's Point, I was wondering if you would like to go."
Kitty was slightly taken back by his invitation. She was about to say yes but then became somewhat hesitant.
Lance noticed that she was a bit uncertain so he chimed in...
""It's not a date or anything, it's just two close friends hanging out together."
"I never thought of placing our relationship in the 'close friends' category."
"Well whatever our relationship is, it's worked fine up till now."
"What do you mean up till now?"
"I mean that we get along, no questions asked."
"Oh, I see. Lance I'm not so sure me going to this party is such a good idea."
"Come on Kitty, it'd be fun and you can even bring a friend along... preferably Rogue."
"I... I..."
"Please Kitty. Please, please, please..."
"Alright, alright but only because I hate to see grown boys beg."
"Really, SCORE!"
"But I'm gonna have Rogue come with me."
"Cool, that's cool. Should I pick you up?"
"Nah, I'll have Scott drop us off. Well... I better get going."
"Kitty wait, I'll drop you off."
"Okay, thanks."
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FRIDAY NIGHT...
Kitty was having a serious case of the butterflies. She stood in front the mirror looking at her outfit just about ready to knock her head against the wall. She was wearing a fitted sleeveless khaki halter back shirt (short enough to show off her midriff), a long black cargo skirt and black Nike sneakers. Her hair was pulled into two low loose ponytails, a few strands falling loosely at the front. A bit of gold glitter mascara and lip-gloss completed her outfit but she still had the desire to scrunch her face. Why had she even agreed to go to this stupid party? She had no idea who was going to be there! What if Kyle was there with his new girlfriend - Melanie. Just then Rogue walked out the bathroom.
"Kitty are you sure you want to go to this party?" She eyed her roommate.
"I think so and besides you said that I needed to get out, this is like the perfect opportunity."
"I mean go out with us not to some wild party up at Tanner's Point!"
"Rogue would you quit stressing, you sound like an old grandma or something and trust me it doesn't work well on you. By the way you look awesome!"
"Yeah whatever."
Rogue walked over to her closet and pulled out her leather jacket. She wore a dark red hooded cardigan, black leather pants and black boots. Her make up was it's usual style, hair pulled back into a ponytail, white streaks falling elegantly at the front.
"Come on Kitty we've got to get a move on."
"Yeah I know. Rogue?"
"Yeah Kitty."
"Is it too late to back out of this?"
"Duh Kitty. We don't want Lance going postal and creating the next nuclear war."
"I guess you're right. Let's get this over with."
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Rogue and Kitty walked into the lodge. It was pretty wild and Kitty could have sworn that she saw someone who looked exactly like Jean. The entire party scene was totally not her thing, and she was starting to feel like a regular fish out of water. She saw someone tug on Rogue's top and whisper to her.
"Uh Kitty... Simone wants a quick word with me, do you mind?"
"Uh... sure Rogue, like go right ahead."
"I'll be right back Kitty I promise."
"Take your time, I'll just be sitting over there if you need me... over by the stairs."
Kitty waded her way through the raging hormones and sat at the top of the stairs. She saw Lance and Pietro over by the refreshment table talking and stuffing their faces with food. She shrugged her shoulders and plopped herself on the step. She sighed to herself and scanned the dance floor some more.
Popular kids... some more popular kids... popular kids with an attitude...
Boy was this boring! Her eyes automatically landed on the refreshment table once more and she saw Lance staring up at her. She gave him a weak smile and a small wave but it soon faded when she saw the one thing she had been dreading. There was Kyle, standing in the corner of the room, playing tonsil tag with his new girlfriend - Melanie. The boiling tears welling up in her eyes threatened to spill. Kitty tightly shut her eyes to block out what she had just seen but it was too late... the image was now mentally burned into her brain.
Lance noticed Kitty's distressed look and was about to go over but Pietro held him back.
"Lance man, what is she doing here?"
"I invited her Pietro, now let go of my arm."
"Lance she doesn't belong here, this isn't her thing."
"And what makes you the expert Pietro? You constantly argue with her, how could you possibly know anything about her?"
Pietro drew in a deep breath to say something but couldn't. What could he say, it was all true. He and Kitty constantly argued; they knew absolutely nothing about each other. He looked guiltily at Lance.
"That's what I thought. Now let go of my arm, I wanna go make sure Kitty's alright."
Kitty stood up and pushed her way through the crowd. Air - that's all she needed. If she stayed in there for one more second she would throw up. She grabbed her parka and went out onto the balcony. She crouched down onto the cold ground and let the tears fall freely. It was really hard letting go of 6 months - 6 months that seemed closer to two years. She was shattered inside and there was no one there to pick up the pieces, every day that passed by she felt more and more alone. Although she was surrounded by familiar people, familiar faces, they all seemed as distant as strangers. She didn't know anyone anymore. Just then Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" started to play in the background. Kitty wiped her face and stood up, she contemplated going back inside but felt sick to her stomach. She really did love Kyle, but he's moved on so quickly... the past 6 months hadn't mattered to him. She never meant anything to him. She placed her hands on the balcony railing and looked at the view.
Pietro saw Kitty storm out onto the balcony. He could tell that she had been hurt but fought the urge to go see if she was okay. The past couple of weeks had been really strange for him, with Kitty constantly popping into his thoughts. Maybe it was all because of that day in the park. He expressed genuine concern for someone other than himself, which was totally weird. Was he actually sprouting a conscience? Nah, he couldn't be. * But if I'm not, why do I have to fight the urge to go out there? *
She got under his skin and that really scared him... no one had ever done that before. It scared him how he bent over backwards to help her out, how he took her home when she fell asleep in his arms, how beautiful and vulnerable she looked, how beautiful she looked tonight. Pietro mentally kicked himself and walked a few paces towards the balcony sliding doors. He let out an inward groan...* no I can't! I can't go out there. This isn't you Pietro - you're not the caring type, you have to snap out of this! * But it was too late Pietro found himself sliding open the glass doors and walking up to Kitty.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Author's Notes: Well how was it? If it sucked big time, please be honest and let me know. Well that's all I've got in me for now. Until Next Time... It's not anything NEW, please be kind to me and REVIEW!
Author's Note: Thanks to all you wonderful, wonderful people for your wonderful, wonderful reviews! You like me; you really like me! Well enough melodrama, seriously speaking now, you reviews have been very encouraging and I need you to let me know if you think Pietro is getting a little mushy! This chapter is a little longer upon various hints! Well on with the show...
I don't own X-Men Evolution but I do have the right to twist them for my evil purposes!
* - Refers to character's thoughts.
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Kitty's face went completely red. Absolutely no one had ever seen her skate before, aside from her teacher of course, but now standing directly in front of her with his eyes totally wide and his mouth slightly ajar was Lance. She chewed nervously on her lower lip waiting for him to stop staring at her and speak but he just stood there in a daze.
"Lance what are you doing... how did you know... how did you find me?" Kitty stared at him confusingly.
"Kitty that was... you were amazing! When did you learn to skate like that?" He stared at her questionly.
"Um, I... I started taking classes a few months ago." It really irritated her that Lance had found her here. This was her secret place, somewhere she came to escape the world when she didn't want to face it, when she didn't want to be mature and face her problems head on. "Lance... how did you find me here? I mean this place isn't exactly a hotspot on the Bayville map."
"I... well..." Lance lowered his head a bit, "I followed you. If I scared you just now I'm really sorry I didn't mean too, it's just that you were so into your thing that I didn't want to interrupt you."
"You followed me? From where? Why?"
"Well you haven't been to school in few weeks so I was sort of worried. I wanted to call you but I didn't want to risk a clash with Summers over the phone."
"That still doesn't explain how you found me here."
Lance shifted uncomfortably and then settled himself on a nearby bench. He looked intently at Kitty and sighed. "Well I knew I would be taking a chance driving over to the institute but I wanted to see if you were alright. So when I finally decided to get off my butt and come over I saw you racing out the mansion gates, so I followed you."
"Why were you worried about me?"
"I just was is all."
Kitty blushed furiously. She glided over to where Lance sat. "I've never really had an audience before, usually it's just me and my skating instructor."
Lance stood up and held her hand, "well madame, you've got yourself an audience now."
Kitty's face went even redder this time. She didn't know whether it was the cold weather or the fact that she was on the rebound and very defenceless. "I... I don't feel much like skating anymore. It's getting late, I better head on home."
Kitty sat down and began to take her skates off. She eyed Lance periodically, noticing every single feature on him; the structure of his face, his chocolate brown eyes, rich dark brown hair, his somewhat distinctive Lance like smile. He was totally cute but totally not for her. She gave up on that crush she had on Lance a long time ago, when she met Kyle he became sort of a Lance like substitute. Then she seriously began to ponder - was that the reason she fell for Kyle in the first place? Was Lance who she really wanted to be with but due to the fact he was the resident bad boy, leader of the Brotherhood, the guy who was completely "untouchable" to her, was that why she had Kyle fill that place in her life. No... no, it couldn't be! That couldn't be the reason, she loved Kyle for who he was, not who she imagined or rather wanted him to be. But then she thought about it some more and she realized that Kyle had a somewhat of a similar look. She spaced out and once again took a long, hard look at Lance... she saw Kyle. Kitty furrowed her eyebrows and let out a small whimper. Lance immediately spun around and knelt down beside her. He took her hand and pulled off he glove.
"Kitty you're hurt. Here let me help you."
Kitty blinked and saw Lance take some snow and place on the wound. She hadn't even felt it when she accidentally slashed herself in the palm of her hand with the blade of one of her skates. Lance tore off piece of his shirt and wrapped her hand with the greatest care, treating it as though it was fragile. She looked down at him and slowly began to realized why she had gotten a crush on him in the first place...
"There is that better."
Kitty just stared at him blankly.
"Uh... Kitty, are you alright?"
"Um..." she cleared her throat trying to find her voice, "yeah... yeah, I'm fine. Thanks Lance."
"Don't mention it."
"Well I should get going." Kitty picked up her backpack and started to walk off.
Lance pleaded with his inner self as to whether he should ask her what he was thinking. Eventually one side won out...
"Uh, Kitty?"
"Yeah?"
"There's a party Friday night up at the lodge on Tanner's Point, I was wondering if you would like to go."
Kitty was slightly taken back by his invitation. She was about to say yes but then became somewhat hesitant.
Lance noticed that she was a bit uncertain so he chimed in...
""It's not a date or anything, it's just two close friends hanging out together."
"I never thought of placing our relationship in the 'close friends' category."
"Well whatever our relationship is, it's worked fine up till now."
"What do you mean up till now?"
"I mean that we get along, no questions asked."
"Oh, I see. Lance I'm not so sure me going to this party is such a good idea."
"Come on Kitty, it'd be fun and you can even bring a friend along... preferably Rogue."
"I... I..."
"Please Kitty. Please, please, please..."
"Alright, alright but only because I hate to see grown boys beg."
"Really, SCORE!"
"But I'm gonna have Rogue come with me."
"Cool, that's cool. Should I pick you up?"
"Nah, I'll have Scott drop us off. Well... I better get going."
"Kitty wait, I'll drop you off."
"Okay, thanks."
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FRIDAY NIGHT...
Kitty was having a serious case of the butterflies. She stood in front the mirror looking at her outfit just about ready to knock her head against the wall. She was wearing a fitted sleeveless khaki halter back shirt (short enough to show off her midriff), a long black cargo skirt and black Nike sneakers. Her hair was pulled into two low loose ponytails, a few strands falling loosely at the front. A bit of gold glitter mascara and lip-gloss completed her outfit but she still had the desire to scrunch her face. Why had she even agreed to go to this stupid party? She had no idea who was going to be there! What if Kyle was there with his new girlfriend - Melanie. Just then Rogue walked out the bathroom.
"Kitty are you sure you want to go to this party?" She eyed her roommate.
"I think so and besides you said that I needed to get out, this is like the perfect opportunity."
"I mean go out with us not to some wild party up at Tanner's Point!"
"Rogue would you quit stressing, you sound like an old grandma or something and trust me it doesn't work well on you. By the way you look awesome!"
"Yeah whatever."
Rogue walked over to her closet and pulled out her leather jacket. She wore a dark red hooded cardigan, black leather pants and black boots. Her make up was it's usual style, hair pulled back into a ponytail, white streaks falling elegantly at the front.
"Come on Kitty we've got to get a move on."
"Yeah I know. Rogue?"
"Yeah Kitty."
"Is it too late to back out of this?"
"Duh Kitty. We don't want Lance going postal and creating the next nuclear war."
"I guess you're right. Let's get this over with."
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Rogue and Kitty walked into the lodge. It was pretty wild and Kitty could have sworn that she saw someone who looked exactly like Jean. The entire party scene was totally not her thing, and she was starting to feel like a regular fish out of water. She saw someone tug on Rogue's top and whisper to her.
"Uh Kitty... Simone wants a quick word with me, do you mind?"
"Uh... sure Rogue, like go right ahead."
"I'll be right back Kitty I promise."
"Take your time, I'll just be sitting over there if you need me... over by the stairs."
Kitty waded her way through the raging hormones and sat at the top of the stairs. She saw Lance and Pietro over by the refreshment table talking and stuffing their faces with food. She shrugged her shoulders and plopped herself on the step. She sighed to herself and scanned the dance floor some more.
Popular kids... some more popular kids... popular kids with an attitude...
Boy was this boring! Her eyes automatically landed on the refreshment table once more and she saw Lance staring up at her. She gave him a weak smile and a small wave but it soon faded when she saw the one thing she had been dreading. There was Kyle, standing in the corner of the room, playing tonsil tag with his new girlfriend - Melanie. The boiling tears welling up in her eyes threatened to spill. Kitty tightly shut her eyes to block out what she had just seen but it was too late... the image was now mentally burned into her brain.
Lance noticed Kitty's distressed look and was about to go over but Pietro held him back.
"Lance man, what is she doing here?"
"I invited her Pietro, now let go of my arm."
"Lance she doesn't belong here, this isn't her thing."
"And what makes you the expert Pietro? You constantly argue with her, how could you possibly know anything about her?"
Pietro drew in a deep breath to say something but couldn't. What could he say, it was all true. He and Kitty constantly argued; they knew absolutely nothing about each other. He looked guiltily at Lance.
"That's what I thought. Now let go of my arm, I wanna go make sure Kitty's alright."
Kitty stood up and pushed her way through the crowd. Air - that's all she needed. If she stayed in there for one more second she would throw up. She grabbed her parka and went out onto the balcony. She crouched down onto the cold ground and let the tears fall freely. It was really hard letting go of 6 months - 6 months that seemed closer to two years. She was shattered inside and there was no one there to pick up the pieces, every day that passed by she felt more and more alone. Although she was surrounded by familiar people, familiar faces, they all seemed as distant as strangers. She didn't know anyone anymore. Just then Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" started to play in the background. Kitty wiped her face and stood up, she contemplated going back inside but felt sick to her stomach. She really did love Kyle, but he's moved on so quickly... the past 6 months hadn't mattered to him. She never meant anything to him. She placed her hands on the balcony railing and looked at the view.
Pietro saw Kitty storm out onto the balcony. He could tell that she had been hurt but fought the urge to go see if she was okay. The past couple of weeks had been really strange for him, with Kitty constantly popping into his thoughts. Maybe it was all because of that day in the park. He expressed genuine concern for someone other than himself, which was totally weird. Was he actually sprouting a conscience? Nah, he couldn't be. * But if I'm not, why do I have to fight the urge to go out there? *
She got under his skin and that really scared him... no one had ever done that before. It scared him how he bent over backwards to help her out, how he took her home when she fell asleep in his arms, how beautiful and vulnerable she looked, how beautiful she looked tonight. Pietro mentally kicked himself and walked a few paces towards the balcony sliding doors. He let out an inward groan...* no I can't! I can't go out there. This isn't you Pietro - you're not the caring type, you have to snap out of this! * But it was too late Pietro found himself sliding open the glass doors and walking up to Kitty.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Author's Notes: Well how was it? If it sucked big time, please be honest and let me know. Well that's all I've got in me for now. Until Next Time... It's not anything NEW, please be kind to me and REVIEW!