Chapter Three.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews from you guys – StormPietro, Aqueous, DemonRogue13. Sorry if it's a bit confusing but I hope as I go further in, everything will become clearer to everyone. So please, bear with me. Your reviews mean a lot. So here's another confusing chapter... nah, just kidding! Hope you like!
I don't own X men Evolution.
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"Mr. Logan, I'm sorry I'm late but my Dad...
"It's alright kid! Just keep an eye on the store while I unload some stuff from the stock room."
Pietro breathed a sigh of relief as Mr. Logan quickly disappeared to the back. He got off lucky this time, considering that last time the guy docked half his pay for being ten minutes late.
"Oh and Pietro..." Came Mr. Logan's gruff voice from the back room,
"Yeah?" he flinched.
"Don't fall asleep at the till again or your gonna be punching numbers down at the unemployment office – got me!"
"I got yuh Mr. Logan."
It wasn't one of the brightest things I'd ever done but I did fall asleep at the till once. Hey I was tired from all that studying and what can I say, I'm expected to excel. You see I'm at Bayville on a Math Scholarship and there's a special breed or class of students that were accepted to a school like Bayville, either the really rich or the really gifted. At least I was one of the two!
Things were going really slow so I decided to at least get some work done and went to tag a couple of items. About five minutes later, someone walked in...
"Hey can you point me in the direction of the skis?"
I was busy tagging at the time so I didn't bother to raise my head but I recognised from the voice that it was a girl "Beginner or expert?"
"Um...expert?"
"Wow a hardcore chick. Down the aisle and to your left."
"Thanks."
Something was nagging at me to lift my head so I did. It was Kitty. She was so beautiful; and out of curiosity I just had to go follow her.
"Are you okay? Do you need any help?" Gosh I was such a retard.
"Um do you have these in black?" she cocked a brow.
"I don't think so."
I just stood there like a total loser with my moth hanging open while Kitty just looked at me oddly out the corner of her eye. And then I had to go and say the stupidest thing ever...
"Aren't... aren't you Kitty Pryde?"
She shook her head, a confused look plastered all over her face... "yeah so?"
"You go to Bayville."
"Yeah so?"
"I've noticed you don't hang with anyone."
"Yeah so?"
"Just making conversation is all."
"Whatever."
And then she just left me standing there. I didn't blame her at all. I mean if I could, I would have left me standing there too – except, I am me! I was such an idiot, why didn't I keep my mouth shut? It was the first conversation I had with her and it was also to be my last. Man, my life is trash!
The evening dragged on and on and on. I cooked some dinner for me and Dad – he had his up in his room and I had mine in front of the tv.
After I went upstairs wrote part of my speech and went straight to bed. I couldn't stop thinking about Kitty and what an idiot I made of myself at the store. She must have thought that I was a total and complete moron!
*********************THE NEXT DAY******************
The day at school was dull as always. I saw Kitty a couple of times but luckily I don't think she saw me. I caught up with Lance at lunch.
"Hey Lance, what's up?"
"Nothing much man. Just waiting for this school day to end."
"Lance its only 11:30, we've got the entire afternoon."
"Well thanks Pietro, you're a real party. And speaking of party, where were you last night?"
"I... uh... had to help out at home. My dad's not too well again."
"Oh that's too bad man. Is there any thing I can do?"
"Not unless you're a doctor. I'm just worried about my sister, this has been really hard on her."
"Well I'll poke around, see if there's anything I can dig up."
"Oh that's great, thanks man."
"Don't mention it. Buds for life right?"
"Right. Speaking of buds, where's Rogue?"
"I'm not too sure but I think she's a little cheesed off about you not coming to the party."
Pietro flinched slightly... "have you spoken to her?"
"Me speak to Rogue? She'd bite my head off. Last night at the party I hardly even saw her, I mean I couldn't even get one minute alone with her."
"Lance man she insults you in public, now you want it in private too." He held his stomach to keep the laughter down.
"I don't get it Pietro, why doesn't she like me. I've done every thing I could possibly think of, I'm fresh out of ideas. Any suggestions?"
"Me? I'm the last person you want to ask for advice, I made a total fool of myself with Kitty yesterday."
"You saw Kitty, where?" Lance cocked a brow attentively, all interest now lost in his food.
"She came into the store and there I was stupidly making conversation saying the dumbest things ever." Pietro flushed bright red recalling the events of the prior day, burying his face in his hands.
"So what did she do?"
"Walked out. I'm such a dim-wit." Came a muffled reply.
"Can't argue with you there!" Lance began to laugh hysterically.
Pietro raised his head and eyed the boy threateningly, "you won't be laughing in a minute when I dump this pudding on your head."
"Hey man here's your chance. Quit goofing around and go talk to her, she's over at that table."
"You think I should?"
"You bonehead, just go talk to her!" Lance pushed the silver haired boy sitting next to him.
"Alright, alright, I'm going. Geez, you don't have to shove!"
Pietro exhaled deeply. *I'm cool, I'm in control, and I'm the man. I won't say anything stupid, I won't stutter and I won't spit. Geez I hope I don't fall flat on my face. Nah can't be negative.*
"Hey Kitty, how are you?" he passed a hand through his hair nervously.
"Do I know you?" She cocked her brow in confusion.
"I'm... I'm... not really but you came into my store yesterday. Well not really my store but the store that I work at and..."
With a slight shrug of the shoulders, "I did? I don't remember."
"Well I was the doofus saying the really stupid things. I don't think anyone could forget that, I mean I wish I could."
"Oh yeah right, now I remember. It was pretty funny. What's your name?"
"Pietro."
"Well Pietro... would you like to sit down?"
With shaky and sweaty hands, Pietro nervously grabbed a chair. "Um... thanks."
"Do you live around here?" Kitty smiled slightly.
"Nah, not really. I live across town."
"I've always wanted to live there, but my aunt doesn't want to move. I live in Bayville Heights."
"Oh so does my friend Lance. He's that guy sitting right over there." Pietro pointed across the cafeteria.
"You mean the guy with the pudding smudge at the side of his mouth?"
"I didn't say he was very articulate."
"I thought all the kids that go here were from either Bayville Heights or Bayville Manor."
"I'm actually here on a Math scholarship but I don't like to spread it around. Some people don't take to kindly to downtown trash."
"I hate the kids at this school, they're so judgmental. Money talks, you know what I mean. That's why I stick to myself."
"Doesn't it drive you crazy, not having anyone to talk too?"
"Sometimes but when the pressure gets too intense I just board."
Pietro looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Board?"
"Skateboard silly. You should try it sometime."
Pietro smirked somewhat... "but I thought you skied?"
"I do but only when I can find the pure powder. Other than that, I cruise the streets!" Kitty stated coolly.
"I guess that's cool!"
"Trust me, it is. Anyways, I've got to jet but it was nice talking to you, maybe I'll see you around sometime."
"Yeah, I'll see you."
That was it, for the remainder of the day I floated on cloud nine. I had to admit that even though she was a total stranger, she was a total babe.
"Pietro! Pietro! Earth to Pietro! Hey snap out of it!"
"Ow! You didn't have to pinch me you know."
"Oh yes I did, you had that Kitty Pryde daze. Give it a rest Pietro she's a weirdo."
"She is not. As a matter of fact, I spoke to her today. She's incredible." I stated like a cocky five year old.
"You spoke to her! And you actually understood what she said, I mean other than 'take me to your leader!'"
"That's not funny Rogue, I kind of... sort of... maybe... probably like her."
"Please Pietro don't say that! Don't go all Lance on me!"
"Speaking of Lance, he was looking for you at the party last night. Where were you?"
"I knew he would be so I spent the entire night in the coat closet."
"With who?" He raised his eyebrows suggestively.
"Ha, ha very funny. Anyways I've got to run but I'll catch up with you later."
"Yeah later Rogue."
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A/N: So how was that? I hope it was a little clearer. But if it wasn't, I'll post the next chapter up post haste – so get to reviewing this one!
A/N: Thanks for the reviews from you guys – StormPietro, Aqueous, DemonRogue13. Sorry if it's a bit confusing but I hope as I go further in, everything will become clearer to everyone. So please, bear with me. Your reviews mean a lot. So here's another confusing chapter... nah, just kidding! Hope you like!
I don't own X men Evolution.
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"Mr. Logan, I'm sorry I'm late but my Dad...
"It's alright kid! Just keep an eye on the store while I unload some stuff from the stock room."
Pietro breathed a sigh of relief as Mr. Logan quickly disappeared to the back. He got off lucky this time, considering that last time the guy docked half his pay for being ten minutes late.
"Oh and Pietro..." Came Mr. Logan's gruff voice from the back room,
"Yeah?" he flinched.
"Don't fall asleep at the till again or your gonna be punching numbers down at the unemployment office – got me!"
"I got yuh Mr. Logan."
It wasn't one of the brightest things I'd ever done but I did fall asleep at the till once. Hey I was tired from all that studying and what can I say, I'm expected to excel. You see I'm at Bayville on a Math Scholarship and there's a special breed or class of students that were accepted to a school like Bayville, either the really rich or the really gifted. At least I was one of the two!
Things were going really slow so I decided to at least get some work done and went to tag a couple of items. About five minutes later, someone walked in...
"Hey can you point me in the direction of the skis?"
I was busy tagging at the time so I didn't bother to raise my head but I recognised from the voice that it was a girl "Beginner or expert?"
"Um...expert?"
"Wow a hardcore chick. Down the aisle and to your left."
"Thanks."
Something was nagging at me to lift my head so I did. It was Kitty. She was so beautiful; and out of curiosity I just had to go follow her.
"Are you okay? Do you need any help?" Gosh I was such a retard.
"Um do you have these in black?" she cocked a brow.
"I don't think so."
I just stood there like a total loser with my moth hanging open while Kitty just looked at me oddly out the corner of her eye. And then I had to go and say the stupidest thing ever...
"Aren't... aren't you Kitty Pryde?"
She shook her head, a confused look plastered all over her face... "yeah so?"
"You go to Bayville."
"Yeah so?"
"I've noticed you don't hang with anyone."
"Yeah so?"
"Just making conversation is all."
"Whatever."
And then she just left me standing there. I didn't blame her at all. I mean if I could, I would have left me standing there too – except, I am me! I was such an idiot, why didn't I keep my mouth shut? It was the first conversation I had with her and it was also to be my last. Man, my life is trash!
The evening dragged on and on and on. I cooked some dinner for me and Dad – he had his up in his room and I had mine in front of the tv.
After I went upstairs wrote part of my speech and went straight to bed. I couldn't stop thinking about Kitty and what an idiot I made of myself at the store. She must have thought that I was a total and complete moron!
*********************THE NEXT DAY******************
The day at school was dull as always. I saw Kitty a couple of times but luckily I don't think she saw me. I caught up with Lance at lunch.
"Hey Lance, what's up?"
"Nothing much man. Just waiting for this school day to end."
"Lance its only 11:30, we've got the entire afternoon."
"Well thanks Pietro, you're a real party. And speaking of party, where were you last night?"
"I... uh... had to help out at home. My dad's not too well again."
"Oh that's too bad man. Is there any thing I can do?"
"Not unless you're a doctor. I'm just worried about my sister, this has been really hard on her."
"Well I'll poke around, see if there's anything I can dig up."
"Oh that's great, thanks man."
"Don't mention it. Buds for life right?"
"Right. Speaking of buds, where's Rogue?"
"I'm not too sure but I think she's a little cheesed off about you not coming to the party."
Pietro flinched slightly... "have you spoken to her?"
"Me speak to Rogue? She'd bite my head off. Last night at the party I hardly even saw her, I mean I couldn't even get one minute alone with her."
"Lance man she insults you in public, now you want it in private too." He held his stomach to keep the laughter down.
"I don't get it Pietro, why doesn't she like me. I've done every thing I could possibly think of, I'm fresh out of ideas. Any suggestions?"
"Me? I'm the last person you want to ask for advice, I made a total fool of myself with Kitty yesterday."
"You saw Kitty, where?" Lance cocked a brow attentively, all interest now lost in his food.
"She came into the store and there I was stupidly making conversation saying the dumbest things ever." Pietro flushed bright red recalling the events of the prior day, burying his face in his hands.
"So what did she do?"
"Walked out. I'm such a dim-wit." Came a muffled reply.
"Can't argue with you there!" Lance began to laugh hysterically.
Pietro raised his head and eyed the boy threateningly, "you won't be laughing in a minute when I dump this pudding on your head."
"Hey man here's your chance. Quit goofing around and go talk to her, she's over at that table."
"You think I should?"
"You bonehead, just go talk to her!" Lance pushed the silver haired boy sitting next to him.
"Alright, alright, I'm going. Geez, you don't have to shove!"
Pietro exhaled deeply. *I'm cool, I'm in control, and I'm the man. I won't say anything stupid, I won't stutter and I won't spit. Geez I hope I don't fall flat on my face. Nah can't be negative.*
"Hey Kitty, how are you?" he passed a hand through his hair nervously.
"Do I know you?" She cocked her brow in confusion.
"I'm... I'm... not really but you came into my store yesterday. Well not really my store but the store that I work at and..."
With a slight shrug of the shoulders, "I did? I don't remember."
"Well I was the doofus saying the really stupid things. I don't think anyone could forget that, I mean I wish I could."
"Oh yeah right, now I remember. It was pretty funny. What's your name?"
"Pietro."
"Well Pietro... would you like to sit down?"
With shaky and sweaty hands, Pietro nervously grabbed a chair. "Um... thanks."
"Do you live around here?" Kitty smiled slightly.
"Nah, not really. I live across town."
"I've always wanted to live there, but my aunt doesn't want to move. I live in Bayville Heights."
"Oh so does my friend Lance. He's that guy sitting right over there." Pietro pointed across the cafeteria.
"You mean the guy with the pudding smudge at the side of his mouth?"
"I didn't say he was very articulate."
"I thought all the kids that go here were from either Bayville Heights or Bayville Manor."
"I'm actually here on a Math scholarship but I don't like to spread it around. Some people don't take to kindly to downtown trash."
"I hate the kids at this school, they're so judgmental. Money talks, you know what I mean. That's why I stick to myself."
"Doesn't it drive you crazy, not having anyone to talk too?"
"Sometimes but when the pressure gets too intense I just board."
Pietro looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Board?"
"Skateboard silly. You should try it sometime."
Pietro smirked somewhat... "but I thought you skied?"
"I do but only when I can find the pure powder. Other than that, I cruise the streets!" Kitty stated coolly.
"I guess that's cool!"
"Trust me, it is. Anyways, I've got to jet but it was nice talking to you, maybe I'll see you around sometime."
"Yeah, I'll see you."
That was it, for the remainder of the day I floated on cloud nine. I had to admit that even though she was a total stranger, she was a total babe.
"Pietro! Pietro! Earth to Pietro! Hey snap out of it!"
"Ow! You didn't have to pinch me you know."
"Oh yes I did, you had that Kitty Pryde daze. Give it a rest Pietro she's a weirdo."
"She is not. As a matter of fact, I spoke to her today. She's incredible." I stated like a cocky five year old.
"You spoke to her! And you actually understood what she said, I mean other than 'take me to your leader!'"
"That's not funny Rogue, I kind of... sort of... maybe... probably like her."
"Please Pietro don't say that! Don't go all Lance on me!"
"Speaking of Lance, he was looking for you at the party last night. Where were you?"
"I knew he would be so I spent the entire night in the coat closet."
"With who?" He raised his eyebrows suggestively.
"Ha, ha very funny. Anyways I've got to run but I'll catch up with you later."
"Yeah later Rogue."
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A/N: So how was that? I hope it was a little clearer. But if it wasn't, I'll post the next chapter up post haste – so get to reviewing this one!