Chapter Six.
Pietro lay on his bed thinking about Kitty and this stupid bet.
* She's so sweet how can I actually take advantage of her like this? Is it really worth hurting her for just a bet? * Yes... yes it is worth it, seeing Todd in his boxers singing, "Mary Had A Little Lamb"- ha, ha ... * No Pietro it isn't worth it! Just think about Kitty and how hurt she'll be if she ever finds out you're using her! You told her you loved her, you kissed her... isn't that supposed to mean something? You have to tell her... you just have too! *
Pietro heard some noise coming from downstairs so he ran down to see what all the racket was about.
"Oh poor Lancey-boy, Heather just dumped you flat yo! What, you kiss her too hard and the little oxygen in her brain got sucked out!"
Lance sat gloomily on the couch while Todd just hopped around it.
"Lance got dumped, Lance got dumped, Lance got dumped... la, la, la, la." Todd said in a singsong voice.
Lance clenched his fists and started a light tremor. "Can it Toad, or I'll..."
"Or you'll what? Kiss me to death?" Todd made sickening kissy noises.
"Why you slimy little wart! I'm gonna kill you!" Lance jumped up from his seat and started chasing Todd.
Pietro stood there watching them act like total losers. * Then a thought dawned on him - if Heather dumped Lance, would they be able to finish their assignment together? Then again will his crush for Kitty return, will he ask her to be his partner, will he ask her on a... on a... date? * What do you care Pietro, it's just Kitty remember - the totally, ditzy, valley girl. Kitty the X-geek! This is all for a bet - what do you care if Lance asks her out? *
Pietro stood there in a daze, when Todd came leaping on top of him, gripping tightly onto his head.
"Get off me you frog!" Pietro yelled angrily and pried him off. He stood there covered in slime, Todd and Lance still going at each other.
"Todd I am going to KILL you!" Pietro ran and stood in Todd's way with Lance close behind. Pietro made a leap to jump on him while Lance simultaneously made the same move. Todd hurriedly jumped to the side and leapt out the front door. The two teenagers came crashing into each other and dropped on the floor.
Pietro quickly scrambled to the doorway and yelled out,
"You better not come back here you slime ball!"
There was an awkward silence. Pietro felt very uneasy for some reason, hoping that Lance won't ask him anything about Kitty.
.........
The silence was deafening. Pietro felt like he was going insane.
"So... the mighty Rock tumbler got his rock smashed huh!" Pietro snickered somewhat.
"Not now Pietro - I'm not in the mood." Lance said disgustedly. He was obviously very upset. What amazed Pietro was that Lance fell for an airhead like Heather over someone as incredible as Kitty. *Whoa, where did that come from? *
"Forget about her Lance, Heather was an idiot anyways!" Pietro said trying to make his friend feel better, which by the way wasn't totally untrue. * You owe me one for what I'm about to say Lance! * "What you need to do is get right back on that horse! I'm sure you've got some girl just waiting by the phone for you to call her you Casanova."
"Yeah, yeah you're right. Any girl would be lucky to be going out with me! Heather doesn't know what's she's missing..."
* Yeah Lance and you're not at all full of yourself! * Pietro thought sarcastically and rolled his eyes.
"You know what I think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna call Kitty!" Lance walked over to the phone and dialed the mansion's number.
* Pietro say something! You... you have to stop him! He's calling to make a date with YOUR girlfriend! * No! No - she's not my girlfriend! I don't care what Lance does or Kitty for that matter!
"Like hello?" came a voice from the other end.
"Hey Kitty!" a huge smile spreading across Lance's face.
"Like hey Lance, what's up?"
"Nothing much. Kitty I was just wondering if you would..."
Pietro stood there feeling like a complete moron. * Do something Pietro! * "Lance... I think I'm gonna take a little walk. I'll... I'll uh... catch you later." Pietro aimlessly walked out the door. * I didn't mean something like this! *
Pietro sat in the park looking at the sun set. It shouldn't bother me this much what Kitty or Lance does! I'm only doing this because of a bet; she doesn't mean anything to me!
...
Then why do I feel this awful? Why do I feel like if I've just lost everything that ever mattered to me? I've got to figure a way out of this thing; it's really starting to screw me up!
"Pietro, are you like okay?"
"Kitty - what... what are you doing here?"
"Pietro you asked me to like meet you here, remember?"
"Yeah right - I forgot!"
Kitty walked over and sat on the bench. She took his hand, "Pietro what's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing's wrong." ... He looked into her eyes, her gorgeous blue eyes. "Kitty did Lance... did Lance call you anytime today?"
"Yeah like this afternoon."
"What did he want?"
"He asked me if I still wanted to switch partners for the Social Life assignment! Oh yeah and he like asked me out!"
"He did? And what... what did you say?" Pietro stumbled out slowly as possible.
"What do you think I said?" she asked mischievously.
"Well I... I don't know. I'm hoping... or rather I'm praying that you said no." he mumbled all in one breath.
"Well like duh! Of course I said no silly! We are sort of going together... aren't we?" Kitty asked inquisitively.
"Well... * say yes you idiot * No! Well what I mean is - "
"I don't like the way this is going. I'm gonna go now Pietro."
He could see the tears forming in her eyes; she got up and slowly started to walk away. * Great now look at what you've done you doofus! * Come on Pietro get over yourself and go get her!
"Kitty wait!" He grabbed her arm. "I'm sorry Kitten, I'm so sorry."
She stood there silent just watching him. She wore a hurt expression. Pietro gazed into her eyes; eyes that were no longer filled with spirit, with joy, eyes that were now filled with hurt and sadness. * Do something Pietro! *
"Kitty I'm sorry, I love you so much. But when you asked me if we were going together, it just took me by surprise that's all." She didn't say anything.
"Kitty please say something, anything!"
"What do you want me to say Pietro?" Tears streaming down her cheeks.
"I'm such an idiot! I messed everything up! I'm sorry." Pietro gritted his teeth in frustration.
Kitty placed her hands in his and gently kissed him on his cheek.
"It's alright Pietro, I'm still here."
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her softly. They stood there escaping reality yet again, when something chimed in the back of Pietro's head - * Remember you were going to tell her the truth! * He slowly broke the kiss.
"Pietro what's wrong?"
"I just... I just want to um... I want to give you this." He slipped a silver ring off his pinkie finger and placed it on hers. (YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW WHAT FINGER I'M REFERRING TOO RIGHT!)
"What's this for?"
"I just wanted you too have it. You're mine and I don't care who knows it." He placed his lips on hers. The moment was perfect.
Pietro lay on his bed thinking about Kitty and this stupid bet.
* She's so sweet how can I actually take advantage of her like this? Is it really worth hurting her for just a bet? * Yes... yes it is worth it, seeing Todd in his boxers singing, "Mary Had A Little Lamb"- ha, ha ... * No Pietro it isn't worth it! Just think about Kitty and how hurt she'll be if she ever finds out you're using her! You told her you loved her, you kissed her... isn't that supposed to mean something? You have to tell her... you just have too! *
Pietro heard some noise coming from downstairs so he ran down to see what all the racket was about.
"Oh poor Lancey-boy, Heather just dumped you flat yo! What, you kiss her too hard and the little oxygen in her brain got sucked out!"
Lance sat gloomily on the couch while Todd just hopped around it.
"Lance got dumped, Lance got dumped, Lance got dumped... la, la, la, la." Todd said in a singsong voice.
Lance clenched his fists and started a light tremor. "Can it Toad, or I'll..."
"Or you'll what? Kiss me to death?" Todd made sickening kissy noises.
"Why you slimy little wart! I'm gonna kill you!" Lance jumped up from his seat and started chasing Todd.
Pietro stood there watching them act like total losers. * Then a thought dawned on him - if Heather dumped Lance, would they be able to finish their assignment together? Then again will his crush for Kitty return, will he ask her to be his partner, will he ask her on a... on a... date? * What do you care Pietro, it's just Kitty remember - the totally, ditzy, valley girl. Kitty the X-geek! This is all for a bet - what do you care if Lance asks her out? *
Pietro stood there in a daze, when Todd came leaping on top of him, gripping tightly onto his head.
"Get off me you frog!" Pietro yelled angrily and pried him off. He stood there covered in slime, Todd and Lance still going at each other.
"Todd I am going to KILL you!" Pietro ran and stood in Todd's way with Lance close behind. Pietro made a leap to jump on him while Lance simultaneously made the same move. Todd hurriedly jumped to the side and leapt out the front door. The two teenagers came crashing into each other and dropped on the floor.
Pietro quickly scrambled to the doorway and yelled out,
"You better not come back here you slime ball!"
There was an awkward silence. Pietro felt very uneasy for some reason, hoping that Lance won't ask him anything about Kitty.
.........
The silence was deafening. Pietro felt like he was going insane.
"So... the mighty Rock tumbler got his rock smashed huh!" Pietro snickered somewhat.
"Not now Pietro - I'm not in the mood." Lance said disgustedly. He was obviously very upset. What amazed Pietro was that Lance fell for an airhead like Heather over someone as incredible as Kitty. *Whoa, where did that come from? *
"Forget about her Lance, Heather was an idiot anyways!" Pietro said trying to make his friend feel better, which by the way wasn't totally untrue. * You owe me one for what I'm about to say Lance! * "What you need to do is get right back on that horse! I'm sure you've got some girl just waiting by the phone for you to call her you Casanova."
"Yeah, yeah you're right. Any girl would be lucky to be going out with me! Heather doesn't know what's she's missing..."
* Yeah Lance and you're not at all full of yourself! * Pietro thought sarcastically and rolled his eyes.
"You know what I think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna call Kitty!" Lance walked over to the phone and dialed the mansion's number.
* Pietro say something! You... you have to stop him! He's calling to make a date with YOUR girlfriend! * No! No - she's not my girlfriend! I don't care what Lance does or Kitty for that matter!
"Like hello?" came a voice from the other end.
"Hey Kitty!" a huge smile spreading across Lance's face.
"Like hey Lance, what's up?"
"Nothing much. Kitty I was just wondering if you would..."
Pietro stood there feeling like a complete moron. * Do something Pietro! * "Lance... I think I'm gonna take a little walk. I'll... I'll uh... catch you later." Pietro aimlessly walked out the door. * I didn't mean something like this! *
Pietro sat in the park looking at the sun set. It shouldn't bother me this much what Kitty or Lance does! I'm only doing this because of a bet; she doesn't mean anything to me!
...
Then why do I feel this awful? Why do I feel like if I've just lost everything that ever mattered to me? I've got to figure a way out of this thing; it's really starting to screw me up!
"Pietro, are you like okay?"
"Kitty - what... what are you doing here?"
"Pietro you asked me to like meet you here, remember?"
"Yeah right - I forgot!"
Kitty walked over and sat on the bench. She took his hand, "Pietro what's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing's wrong." ... He looked into her eyes, her gorgeous blue eyes. "Kitty did Lance... did Lance call you anytime today?"
"Yeah like this afternoon."
"What did he want?"
"He asked me if I still wanted to switch partners for the Social Life assignment! Oh yeah and he like asked me out!"
"He did? And what... what did you say?" Pietro stumbled out slowly as possible.
"What do you think I said?" she asked mischievously.
"Well I... I don't know. I'm hoping... or rather I'm praying that you said no." he mumbled all in one breath.
"Well like duh! Of course I said no silly! We are sort of going together... aren't we?" Kitty asked inquisitively.
"Well... * say yes you idiot * No! Well what I mean is - "
"I don't like the way this is going. I'm gonna go now Pietro."
He could see the tears forming in her eyes; she got up and slowly started to walk away. * Great now look at what you've done you doofus! * Come on Pietro get over yourself and go get her!
"Kitty wait!" He grabbed her arm. "I'm sorry Kitten, I'm so sorry."
She stood there silent just watching him. She wore a hurt expression. Pietro gazed into her eyes; eyes that were no longer filled with spirit, with joy, eyes that were now filled with hurt and sadness. * Do something Pietro! *
"Kitty I'm sorry, I love you so much. But when you asked me if we were going together, it just took me by surprise that's all." She didn't say anything.
"Kitty please say something, anything!"
"What do you want me to say Pietro?" Tears streaming down her cheeks.
"I'm such an idiot! I messed everything up! I'm sorry." Pietro gritted his teeth in frustration.
Kitty placed her hands in his and gently kissed him on his cheek.
"It's alright Pietro, I'm still here."
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her softly. They stood there escaping reality yet again, when something chimed in the back of Pietro's head - * Remember you were going to tell her the truth! * He slowly broke the kiss.
"Pietro what's wrong?"
"I just... I just want to um... I want to give you this." He slipped a silver ring off his pinkie finger and placed it on hers. (YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW WHAT FINGER I'M REFERRING TOO RIGHT!)
"What's this for?"
"I just wanted you too have it. You're mine and I don't care who knows it." He placed his lips on hers. The moment was perfect.