Chapter Nine.
A/N: Well thanks for the reviews you guys. And MorriganFearn - your review was really encouraging, not to mention touching. Thank you so much. I hope you continue to read on and enjoy.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
"Hey Kitty, you look wonderful. How are you?"
"I'm fine and you?"
"I'm fine."
"No you aren't. What's up?"
"I don't have to work at the store today, you want to go to the park?"
"Sure I'd love too."
The park was a little way off but Kitty didn't complain about the walk.
"So what are you doing after graduation?" She asked, her face etched with concern.
"No plans yet. I did want to go to college but I'm not sure it's for me."
"You should go. You're a math wiz right? You can major in that!"
"Maybe. How about you? What do you want to do?"
"The Pryde family has three generations of lawyers, I think it's maybe time to break the vicious cycle but my aunt doesn't think so. I wanted to get somewhere I can call my own; I don't care where. Anything to get away from this place."
"Don't you like it here?"
She stopped abruptly and slowly walked up to me. She smiled coyly and twirled a strand of my hair around her slender finger; "well the only good thing that's happened to me since I've been here is meeting you."
Then there it was, the perfect moment. We stared intently at each other but suddenly I felt something...
"Achoo!"
She backed away slightly and gave me a small smile.
I kicked myself mentally and inwardly groaned – I just had to sneeze! And just then too! Someone definitely has it in for me!
Then Kitty looked at me sadly, her eyes slightly glazed over.
"What is it Kitty?" I moved closer to her.
She cocked one eyebrow and stared off blankly. "I've only recently, met you. I mean you may go off to college somewhere, I may end up somewhere else, and we hardly even know each other."
She looked as if she was about to cry. Oh man, I had to think of something - "you know I've liked you since junior high. I just never had the nerve to come up to you."
She smiled half-heartedly.
Well that was a little better... I guess.
"You... you did? Why didn't you come talk to me? I don't bite you know!"
"Yeah I guess not but did you know that everyone in school thinks you're weird?"
"I know and I don't have a problem with it. How I act isn't anyone's business but mine."
"Yeah, you're right. By the way, you are coming to graduation tomorrow right?"
"Of course I am! I wouldn't miss my own graduation..." she smiled wickedly, "...not on purpose at least."
We arrived at the park. How was I going to tell her? I know she was going to ask. I didn't want to go over all this again, it was getting to be really irritating! I just hope I don't blow up at her or anything stupid like that.
"Oh I love the swings." She ran up to them, "push me please?"
"Um, sure."
"Now what's the deal Pietro?"
"It's my dad. You know how he's been really sick lately, getting worse and worse every day, well it turns out he's... he's dying. He's been to some specialists and they told him that his body's deteriorating very fast. Now my sister and I are faced with the challenge of losing our father at any time."
"Pietro I'm really sorry. I know how hard it is to lose your parents."
"I just wish my Dad would stop pretending that everything's the same, because it's not."
"You can't blame him Pietro. Change is a scary thing...just think how hard this must be on him."
"I know, I know. I just wish there was something I could do. I feel so... so helpless."
"I used to feel the same way, as a matter of fact I still do."
"Kitty, what are you talking about?"
"My parents."
She got off the swing and sat down on the park bench. She was crying.
"What's wrong Kitty?"
"Tomorrow would make it exactly ten years since my parents disappeared."
"What do you mean?"
"My parents owned a winter lodge up at Bayville Point where we would go for our annual family vacation. I had just turned eight and my parents planned a surprise trip because they had been working so much lately, they wanted to make it up me." She furiously wiped the tears away from her eyes. "So they both left to make some arrangements up at the lodge and promised to come back for me. I waited and waited but they never came back. Before I knew it my aunt was filing for custody and I moved in with her and her stupid son. Their bodies were never found. Day after day I would sit in my room and wonder, why didn't they come back for me? What did I do for them to leave me? I mean didn't they love me at all?" She turned and looked at me, her large blue eyes all red and puffy, filled with unshed tears, "where did they go Pietro? Where did they go?"
She was at the point of a virtual breakdown. She sat slumped over her body shaking slightly; I had to do something.
"I'm so sorry Kitty." I enveloped her a hug. She buried her face in my chest and cried some more. I tightened my grip around her and whispered to her softly...
"Shh... don't cry; I'm here, I'm here for you."
A/N: Well what can I say? I'll be back with the next chapter soon. Until then, please review.
A/N: Well thanks for the reviews you guys. And MorriganFearn - your review was really encouraging, not to mention touching. Thank you so much. I hope you continue to read on and enjoy.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
"Hey Kitty, you look wonderful. How are you?"
"I'm fine and you?"
"I'm fine."
"No you aren't. What's up?"
"I don't have to work at the store today, you want to go to the park?"
"Sure I'd love too."
The park was a little way off but Kitty didn't complain about the walk.
"So what are you doing after graduation?" She asked, her face etched with concern.
"No plans yet. I did want to go to college but I'm not sure it's for me."
"You should go. You're a math wiz right? You can major in that!"
"Maybe. How about you? What do you want to do?"
"The Pryde family has three generations of lawyers, I think it's maybe time to break the vicious cycle but my aunt doesn't think so. I wanted to get somewhere I can call my own; I don't care where. Anything to get away from this place."
"Don't you like it here?"
She stopped abruptly and slowly walked up to me. She smiled coyly and twirled a strand of my hair around her slender finger; "well the only good thing that's happened to me since I've been here is meeting you."
Then there it was, the perfect moment. We stared intently at each other but suddenly I felt something...
"Achoo!"
She backed away slightly and gave me a small smile.
I kicked myself mentally and inwardly groaned – I just had to sneeze! And just then too! Someone definitely has it in for me!
Then Kitty looked at me sadly, her eyes slightly glazed over.
"What is it Kitty?" I moved closer to her.
She cocked one eyebrow and stared off blankly. "I've only recently, met you. I mean you may go off to college somewhere, I may end up somewhere else, and we hardly even know each other."
She looked as if she was about to cry. Oh man, I had to think of something - "you know I've liked you since junior high. I just never had the nerve to come up to you."
She smiled half-heartedly.
Well that was a little better... I guess.
"You... you did? Why didn't you come talk to me? I don't bite you know!"
"Yeah I guess not but did you know that everyone in school thinks you're weird?"
"I know and I don't have a problem with it. How I act isn't anyone's business but mine."
"Yeah, you're right. By the way, you are coming to graduation tomorrow right?"
"Of course I am! I wouldn't miss my own graduation..." she smiled wickedly, "...not on purpose at least."
We arrived at the park. How was I going to tell her? I know she was going to ask. I didn't want to go over all this again, it was getting to be really irritating! I just hope I don't blow up at her or anything stupid like that.
"Oh I love the swings." She ran up to them, "push me please?"
"Um, sure."
"Now what's the deal Pietro?"
"It's my dad. You know how he's been really sick lately, getting worse and worse every day, well it turns out he's... he's dying. He's been to some specialists and they told him that his body's deteriorating very fast. Now my sister and I are faced with the challenge of losing our father at any time."
"Pietro I'm really sorry. I know how hard it is to lose your parents."
"I just wish my Dad would stop pretending that everything's the same, because it's not."
"You can't blame him Pietro. Change is a scary thing...just think how hard this must be on him."
"I know, I know. I just wish there was something I could do. I feel so... so helpless."
"I used to feel the same way, as a matter of fact I still do."
"Kitty, what are you talking about?"
"My parents."
She got off the swing and sat down on the park bench. She was crying.
"What's wrong Kitty?"
"Tomorrow would make it exactly ten years since my parents disappeared."
"What do you mean?"
"My parents owned a winter lodge up at Bayville Point where we would go for our annual family vacation. I had just turned eight and my parents planned a surprise trip because they had been working so much lately, they wanted to make it up me." She furiously wiped the tears away from her eyes. "So they both left to make some arrangements up at the lodge and promised to come back for me. I waited and waited but they never came back. Before I knew it my aunt was filing for custody and I moved in with her and her stupid son. Their bodies were never found. Day after day I would sit in my room and wonder, why didn't they come back for me? What did I do for them to leave me? I mean didn't they love me at all?" She turned and looked at me, her large blue eyes all red and puffy, filled with unshed tears, "where did they go Pietro? Where did they go?"
She was at the point of a virtual breakdown. She sat slumped over her body shaking slightly; I had to do something.
"I'm so sorry Kitty." I enveloped her a hug. She buried her face in my chest and cried some more. I tightened my grip around her and whispered to her softly...
"Shh... don't cry; I'm here, I'm here for you."
A/N: Well what can I say? I'll be back with the next chapter soon. Until then, please review.