Ok this should have been done a long time ago, and I had the last chapter finished for ages. And then my dad's computer wouldn't let me open it. So here we are, a new version at last.
Hope you all enjoy it. Sorry it took so long.
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Rogue practically purred as she ate the last bite of her cheesecake. It was good, really good. She licked her fork and blushed when she noted Pietro was raising an eyebrow at her actions. She shrugged and turned to see how far along Kitty was with her dessert.
There wasn't anything on her plate, her and Lance were making puppy eyes at one another and completely oblivious to the rest of the world. It was sickeningly sweet and Rogue was afraid of seeing her dinner for the second time that night. She cleared her throat and Kitty snapped out of her daze.
The waiter came by and dropped off the bill, leaving a few mints with it. He winked at Kitty and turned. Lance seethed, what did that man think he was doing hitting on his girl? The ground rumbled ominously and the waited fell flat on his face. Kitty giggled and laughed squawked right out.
"Let's ditch this joint." Lance pulled his date's chair out and Pietro tried the same only to see Rogue frowning at him. He shrank back and they left the Golden Age. The pimply youth squeaked when he saw Lance, he was shaking when he ran off to get his jeep, simpering as he got out and held the door open for Lance.
"Do I look like a chic to you bud?"
"Y-y-you do have l-l-long hair, s-s-sir!"
"WHAT?"
"Have a good evening, sir, do come again."
Lance just grumbled and held Kitty's door open, finally able to open it. Pietro and Rogue got back in the jeep, barely buckling up in time, as Lance jerked forward swiftly.
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Kitty looked skeptical, but when Rogue strapped a vest on and put on the protective pads she followed. It was almost like the gear that the Professor made them wear, no where near as tight fitting though. Bending down to select a gun she followed he companions into the door marked 'Laser Field' with a smile on her lips and a fire in her eyes.
Black lights flashed all around the area, illuminating Kitty's white vest, kneepads and gray elbow pads. She looked left then right, spotting a blur of white out of the corner of her eye. Charging up her gun she stalked after the shadow.
Rogue grinned manically as she charged up her own weapon. Running down hallways she checked for traces of the Charlie. Seeing Pietro around the corner up ahead she rushed forward, letting out a deafening war cry.
"AIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
His head whipped around faster than the eye could track and his eyes grew the size of dinner plates. Rogue's weapon shot off six times, hitting him in random spots, as she was unable to aim all to well as she sprinted forward. In fact, she was running so fast that she forgot momentarily that she did indeed need to stop. Her feet slammed down on the ground a few inches from Pietro's frozen form.
Unfortunately this wasn't enough time for her to properly regain her balance and she barreled into the other teenager. They tumbled onto the ground in a pile of limbs. Her breathing was heavy and a deep red covered her cheeks. Pietro couldn't decide if it was from mortification or from all the running. His panting wasn't helping the matters any. Each of them was slightly dazed from the roll.
Rogue bit her lip in embarrassment. Not only had she acted like a total loser, she also had no sense of balance. Blushing a bright red she rolled off her target, mumbling an apology. A triumphant Kitty screeched her victor as the black lights ceased flashing. A ringer went off and a loud voice spoke over the speaker.
"Congratulations team blue, you have become victorious over the red team. With only two casualties you have taken the record! Please report to the debriefing room to receive your reward!"
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Kitty was finishing off her ice cream come, smiling sweetly at Lance. He was red and stuttering. Pietro shook his head and looked over at his own 'date'. She was scooping the last of her fudge out of the cup and looking moderately pleased with herself. Pietro was about to ask her something when Lance groaned loudly.
"Oh shit, I have to have you guys back in ten minutes!"
They hurrily got back into the jeep, strapping in quickly as the wheels screeched before surging forward.
Lance's jeep jolted to a halt, everyone in it jumping out and running up to the mansion doors. Kitty was panting slightly, afraid what their punishmen t would be if they were late. Not to mention what Rogue would do to her if she got punished doing this favor for her.
"I had a really great time tonight Lance."
"I'm glad."
He smiled at her and Kitty felt her knees turn to jelly. There was no way that her guy could have made the night any more perfect. Kitty grinned evilly, but she could think of one way to end it perfectly as well. Leaning up she gave him a smooch.
"So tonight…"
"Tonight…."
"Listen, thanks for tagging along with Lance, I'm sure you had plenty of other things to do tonight."
"Oh course I did! I had to cancel on a lot of things to do this…for Lance."
Rogue looked unsure, and frowned, she hated when people made her nervous. This was one of the reasons that she avoided people in general.
"Pietro…I'm sorry I gave you a hard time tonight. You were…really great."
"Maybe……maybe we could do this again?"
Rogue opened her mouth to answer but the doors whipped open.
"Half-pint, Stripes if you don't get in her right now, you'll be doin' morning drills for the next three weeks!"
Kitty squeaked in distress, kissing Lance on the cheek and diving inside. Rogue shook her head, waved to the guys and turned in as well. Logan gave her a weird look but didn't comment.
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Lance turned to Pietro and smirked. Holding out his hand he waited. Pietro grumbled and handed over the due amount.
"All of it Pietro, that dinner wasn't cheap."
Pietro groaned and handed over his wallet and slunk back into the car. Lance grinned and slid in next to him.
"Hey you were the one who wanted to go out on a date with Rogue, not me. If the only way you could was by tricking her into doing it as a favor for Kitty…that's your problem Speedy."
Pietro just grumbled, crossed his arms and stared out the window. Lance shook his head and revved up the engine, peeling out of the driveway. A dreamy grin spread over Pietro's features as he went over the night.
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Kitty grinned down at Rogue.
"What is it?"
Not replying she dashed up the steps and into their room, giggling the entire way. Rogue gave her a strange look but followed, flopping down on her bed when she got there. She groaned when she realized she had changed back into the dress after laser tag. Rolling off the bed she changed back into pjs and stared at the still giggling Kitty.
"What are ya gigglin' about now?"
"You and Pietro, you two are just so cute together!"
Rogue flushed. "What are you on Kitty? We were only there so that you and Lance could go out."
"That's what you think!"
Rogue sighed and tunneled into her bed, refusing to rise to the bait. It's not like she cared what Kitty meant anyways. It couldn't be that important. Nope she didn't care one way or another. It didn't matter. Not at all.
Rogue flipped over on her bed and glared at Kitty.
"Ok what do you mean?"
Kitty tried to hold back her laughter but it came out more like a snort.
"Lance and me weren't actually the two on the date."
This time Rogue did snort.
"Could of fooled me."
"We did."
"Just tell what you're getting at, so I can get some sleep tonight."
"Pietro wanted to go out with you Rogue. That's why he was in the car, that's why I had you come with me, that's why he had the dress for you, that's why—"
"Ok—alright I get the picture. But why would Pietro want to go out with me? He said he had to cancel a lot of dates tonight to do a favor for Lance."
"Duh! He's such a sweetie, and totally shy. Awww it's just so adorable."
"Don't make me retch." Kitty made a face at Rogue.
"Aw, even you have to admit he was sweet tonight."
"I don't have to admit anything, if anything it's totally stalker-ish."
Rogue rolled back over and snuggled back under her covers, sighing contently. Ok so maybe tonight hadn't been bad, in fact due to her lack of plans it had been rather exciting. The room was silent for a few minutes.
"So…are you and Lance busy next weekend?"
Kitty squealed and pumped her fist in victory.
"Actually we were thinking of going to this rad new dance club…"
"I guess I can come, I mean so that you two can be together and all."
"Of course. I'm sure we can get someone to come along for you too. In fact I don't think Pietro's doing anything at all next weekend."
Rogue snorted. "Just as long as I'm not some third wheel."
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