The Thrill of the Chase

Chapter 3

A/N: Dude, sorry everyone for the long overdue chapter. (The main reason I'm even attempting to do this chapter right now and not at some later date are the insistent reviews, which I must thank you for. Very encouraging.) Anyway, I hope I don't disappoint. Please review! Oh yea, I think I'm accidentally changing Rogue's accent as this goes along so forgive me for that too.

It had been a long day and Rogue was glad that it was almost over. After her confrontation with Pietro, her day began to take a very steep downfall. After walking back into the school, eyes tightly closed, she made a beeline towards the bathroom, shoving past anyone in front of her.

This of course only caused her to gain the attention of one Kitty Pryde. As Rogue made it into the empty girl's restroom, finally calming down from the emotional attack that Pietro inflicted on her, she was physically attacked by a worried roommate.

"Rogue, like, what happened? Are you, like, ok?" Kitty asks, placing a delicate hand on Rogue's shoulder. Rogue visibly flinches away from the comforting gesture, walking to the sinks instead, glaring at her own image in the mirror.

"Ah'm fahn, Kitty."

"You're not fine. You were, like, almost in tears!"

"Ah said ah was FAHN!" Rogue spun around to glare at the startled freshman. Before Kitty could get another word out, Rogue charged out of the bathroom, angrily blinking away the beginning of tears from her eyes. She was, after all, the school Ice Queen. Who knew what other unwanted attention Rogue would gain if she were to lose her self-induced reputation.

***

Rogue was currently sitting in her last period class, minutes away from the final bell. She throws another annoyed glare at the clock on the wall, almost certain that it was going slower just to spite her. Finally, the dismissal bell rings and she waits a few more minutes before braving the crowded school hallways.

It was a known fact that Rogue was not popular at school. Hell, barely anyone, aside from the X-men and Brotherhood members has ever spoken to her during school hours. Therefore, she was immensely surprised to find a small group of girls standing in front of her locker, waiting for her. By the looks of it, they were not happy. (Apparently, as she later found out by Kitty, they were each members of the "I Love Pietro" fanclub and they were not fond of 'new members')

After directing a glare at the group, and shoving past them each roughly (and carefully mind you), she opens her locker, quickly grabbing the necessary books while trying to ignore the glares directed to the back of her head. Finally, she had had enough.

Whirling around, Rogue growls a deep "WHAT?" at the girls. A few actually jump from the sudden exclamation from the usually silent goth.

One brave (or stupid, whichever you prefer) girl steps out from the group, arms crossed. "What do you think you're doing?"

Rogue rolls her eyes and gives the girl an annoyed sigh. "Ah'm sorry, Ah don't speak ditz. What the hell are ya talkin bout?" Rogue asks impatiently.

"Rumor has it that you are trying to get Pietro Maximoff. We're just here to advise you against it, if you know what's good for you."

"Is that a threat?" Rogue asks darkly, eyes narrowing. She had no doubt in her mind that Pietro himself devised the rumor. That in itself was enough to darken her mood more than it was before.

After a slight hesitation, the girl quickly takes a step back and keeps silent.

"Ah don't care what ya'll heard. Ah don't want Pietro. As far as ah'm concerned, ya'll can have him." Rogue quickly pushes pasted the stunned girls, who never in their lives thought they would meet someone who wouldn't want Pietro Maximoff, and continued on her way down the hall (rolling her eyes when she heard a soft exclamation of "She's on a first name basis with him!").

***

On her walk back to the mansion, she couldn't help but think about Pietro and the stupid rumor he had spread.

'What the hell was Pietro thinking about starting a rumor about me wanting him? That stupid egomaniac. I knew he hated me. He made that painfully obvious this morning but damnit, this doesn't make any sense. Alright, maybe he wants me to suffer through his fanclub but why would he do that? He usually wants to be the one causing the damage. Maybe it was.' "Oh CRAP!" Rogue exclaims, halting in her tracks, eyes wide.

The conversation earlier with Pietro came flooding back to her. ~You're just the challenge I've been looking for, Rogue. And I never lose a challenge.~

'Fuck! He hasn't given up! Damnit, he's planning something, and if I know him, and I do, he's not gonna let me get off easy' Rogue sprinted the rest of the way back to the institute, looking around suspiciously whenever she felt a gust of wind.

***

Pietro smirks as he watches Rogue come to a stop in the middle of the sidewalk.

"Oh CRAP!"

His smirk grows into a full blow evil grin as he watches her run to the institute. 'Alright Roguey, you wanted to leave. Well, it's payback time. Let the games begin.' With that last thought, he speeds past Rogue, chuckling softly to himself after causing her to jump back in surprise. 'This is gonna be fun.'

End Chapter 3

A/N: Alright, that takes care of chapter 3. I'm not all that happy with it but hey, at least it's a new chapter right? Anyway, I'm just writing this as it comes to me. I honestly have no idea what imma do for the next chapter (most likely the day in Pietro's pov) or when it's going to come out. It really all depends on the reviews I receive. Lots of reviews, chapter comes out sooner depending on the creative juices in my head and provided I have the time. I swear though, eventually, a new chapter will come out for this story.