In the Name of Love
Rogue was leaning against the stone railing of the balcony outside of her room. The wind whipped her hair all around. She was thinking about the events of the day. Her French class was reading Romeo and Juliet en Francais. (meaning "in French," as in, the words are in French.)
'The language of love,' she thought. How ironic. 'French is the language of love.' Of course, thinking of French made her think of Gambit. Not that he was French, but he did speak it in an incredibly sexy way. It just figured that her first love would turn into a giant heartache.
It had taken her so long to learn to trust him. It had taken her even longer to realize that she loved him. But it only took 5 minutes for all of that to be ruined. How could he do that to her? She had finally gotten the love she'd craved for a good part of her life, and then he'd dropped her for some perky blonde.
As angry as she wanted to be at him, she just couldn't. Because part of the mess was her fault. She'd kissed Toad. And of course Gambit had picked that time to come and apologize. Everything was just so messed up.
"Maybe Ah just wasn't meant to be in love." The wind ripped her words away and carried them off into the distance.
***************************Scott's Room**********************************
Scott was sitting on his bead with his head in his hands. The Lance- Kitty-Pietro incident after school had been a disaster. Kitty had, of course, refused to listen to him, saying that she was certainly old enough to make her own choices. It didn't look like she and Lance would be getting back together anytime soon.
But Scott had his own problems to worry about. Namely, a tall, red headed girl down the hall. He had to do something about it. He had already decided that they had come too far together to just give up. They had to sit down and talk this thing out. He stood up nervously. What if she decided to break up with him? Either way, it was now or never.
Scott walked down the hallway until he was standing outside of Jean's door. Taking a deep breath, he knocked on it.
A few seconds later, it opened. "Uh, hi Jean. I, uh, think we need to talk about some..things."
*************************The Brotherhood House**************************
Gambit was headed up the driveway of the BoM house. He needed to get some new perspective on the Rogue thing. Upon entering, he could tell right away that something was wrong. The house was silent, there was no sign of Toad or Blob anywhere. Lance sat in a chair in the living, clearly sulking.
Gambit walked into the kitchen. Pietro was sitting at the kitchen table, surrounded by paper, pictures, scissors, glue, and sparkly silver markers. He appeared to be enjoying himself immensely, even thought he had a black eye.
"What happened to you?" asked Gambit curiously.
Pietro looked up from his project. "Oh, you mean the eye? I got in a little fight with Lance at school."
Gambit raised an eyebrow. Lance had punched Pietro? Pietro must have gotten back at him somehow, or he wouldn't be this happy.
Going back into the living, Gambit sat across from Lance. "You punched Pietro?"
Lance glared darkly at him. "Yeah," he snapped. "Little dick deserved it too. He's been fooling around with Kitty behind my back."
"Ahh," said Gambit. "Well don't just sit there mon ami. Go and get your girl back."
Lance glared again. "It's not that easy. You didn't see them together. I can't even describe it. It was like they were having sex with their eyes or something."
Gambit snorted. "It is that easy. Go and take her back. Remind her of why she started going out with you in the first place."
Lance had to grin at that. The idea of him sweeping Kitty off her feet made him considerably happier. "Maybe you're right man." He got up and went outside. A second later, Gambit heard the sound of his jeep starting and driving off.
"Good for you Lance," said Gambit. "Now if only I could do the same." He wanted to go and make things right between him and Rogue, but he was hurt more than he'd ever admit when he saw her kiss Toad. The first girl he'd ever truly loved, and she went and cheated on him. That had to be a sign.
"Maybe Remy just wasn't meant to be in love," he said out loud.
**************************Wanda's Room*******************************
Wanda Maximoff sat on her bed. Something was bothering her. She would never admit that it was the fact that she had seen Rogue kiss Toad and lunch today. That didn't bother her at all. In fact, she was glad that Toad had finally found someone else to be in love with. Maybe he would leave her alone from now on.
But deep down, in the far out recesses of her heart, Wanda knew that she was lying to herself. She enjoyed Toad's attention. He was kind of cute, in a grunge sort of way. She couldn't believe that he had chosen Rogue. What was wrong with her?
*****************************The Institute********************************
Kitty was in a fabulous mood. This day had been better than she ever could have planned. She couldn't get over the fact that she had the audacity to just lean up and kiss Pietro Maximoff. Hottest guy in school for the third year in a row. Sure, they were friends, and they were pretending to be in love, but still. She'd kissed him, and he hadn't pushed her away. Kitty was definitely on cloud 9.
Rogue came in from the balcony. "Hey Kit, Ah just saw Lance pull up out front. Ya better be prepared for a battle."
Kitty stopped making movie star faces in front of the mirror and turned around. "Really? Wow, the plan worked better than I thought it would." She took off her black leather jacket and smoothed down her hair. "Okay, I'm ready." She went downstairs.
The doorbell rang. Giggling to herself, Kitty opened it. There stood Lance, her beleaguered boyfriend, looking quite determined.
"Lance," she said coolly. "Shouldn't you be writing a new love ballad for Alix?"
He had expected this. "Look Kitty, I'm here to get you back. I want to put whatever happened with you and Pietro and me and Alix behind us. They're not worth it. And for the record, I'm sorry about the Alix thing. It just kind of happened. But that's over now. It's you I want," he said huskily.
It was all Kitty could do to keep from shrieking. One of her plans had actually worked. Lance wanted to make up! She had made him come to her. It was a total victory for girlfriends everywhere. Plus, he was giving her one of those really sexy, broody, desirous looks. But she had to keep her cool. She had to play her part until the very end.
"You can't just show up at my door, say your sorry, and expect me to fall back into your arms Lance. It doesn't work like that. You ditched me for some blonde bimbo who-"
He cut her off with a kiss. It was one of those absence-makes-the- heart-grow-fonder kisses. They'd been away from each other for a week, and that made their reunion all the sweeter.
Kitty leaned back and looked up at him. "You better never ditch me again Lance," she said, trying to be stern.
He grinned at her. "Who in their right mind would ditch someone as hot as you?"
Kitty smiled hugely. "Good answer," she said, before kissing him again. That went on for about 5 minutes, until Kitty's good sense finally got the better of her.
"We'd better go upstairs," she said breathing heavily. "Someone might come down here." Grabbing his hand, she lead him up the stairs. After pausing several times along the way kiss breathlessly, the made it to Kitty's room. Stumbling in, Kitty somehow managed to shut the door behind them.
They preceded to kiss yet again, until Rogue cleared her throat from somewhere behind them. Kitty turned around.
"Oh! Rogue, I forgot you were in here!"
"Obviously," said Rogue dryly. "Ah'll just leave the two of ya alone." She headed out the door, and then paused and came back. "Don't do anything that Ah wouldn't do," she advised Kitty. Then she left, heading for the Danger Room. In truth, seeing Kitty's oh so happy reunion with Lance was depressing her. Of course things had worked out for Kitty. The "plan" had screwed things up for Rogue even more than they were already.
"Figures," she muttered to herself. "Just figures."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I would like to take this time to address something. I am aware that there is precious little evidence in X-Men Evo to suggest a Kitty/Pietro pairing. But ever since the first time I read a Kietro fic, I've thought they made the cutest couple. Hence my writing Kietro fan fics. But just so everyone knows, I do realize that it will probably never happen in the actual show.
Secondly, I do support the Romy pairing. I love Gambit, and he and Rogue are great together. I know that my personal Romy isn't the greatest. I'm trying to develop it slowly. So please bear with me if it takes Rogue and Remy a little longer to work everything out. (But they will eventually) More Romy is coming, really. This is a three-prong fic, Romy, Kietro, and Jott combined. Remember: Anticipating something is half as fun as actually getting it. (Unless it turns out to be disappointing, which I hope my Romy won't be. *winks*)
Thanks as always to the reviewers.
*Bitrona*: lol. So you check ff.net during class, eh? Can't say that I've never done it, so I won't lecture. To answer your question, Pietro was staring at Kitty while she walked down the hallway. Not while they were kissing, that would have been creepy.
Peace and Love All
~Druid-Priestess~
Rogue was leaning against the stone railing of the balcony outside of her room. The wind whipped her hair all around. She was thinking about the events of the day. Her French class was reading Romeo and Juliet en Francais. (meaning "in French," as in, the words are in French.)
'The language of love,' she thought. How ironic. 'French is the language of love.' Of course, thinking of French made her think of Gambit. Not that he was French, but he did speak it in an incredibly sexy way. It just figured that her first love would turn into a giant heartache.
It had taken her so long to learn to trust him. It had taken her even longer to realize that she loved him. But it only took 5 minutes for all of that to be ruined. How could he do that to her? She had finally gotten the love she'd craved for a good part of her life, and then he'd dropped her for some perky blonde.
As angry as she wanted to be at him, she just couldn't. Because part of the mess was her fault. She'd kissed Toad. And of course Gambit had picked that time to come and apologize. Everything was just so messed up.
"Maybe Ah just wasn't meant to be in love." The wind ripped her words away and carried them off into the distance.
***************************Scott's Room**********************************
Scott was sitting on his bead with his head in his hands. The Lance- Kitty-Pietro incident after school had been a disaster. Kitty had, of course, refused to listen to him, saying that she was certainly old enough to make her own choices. It didn't look like she and Lance would be getting back together anytime soon.
But Scott had his own problems to worry about. Namely, a tall, red headed girl down the hall. He had to do something about it. He had already decided that they had come too far together to just give up. They had to sit down and talk this thing out. He stood up nervously. What if she decided to break up with him? Either way, it was now or never.
Scott walked down the hallway until he was standing outside of Jean's door. Taking a deep breath, he knocked on it.
A few seconds later, it opened. "Uh, hi Jean. I, uh, think we need to talk about some..things."
*************************The Brotherhood House**************************
Gambit was headed up the driveway of the BoM house. He needed to get some new perspective on the Rogue thing. Upon entering, he could tell right away that something was wrong. The house was silent, there was no sign of Toad or Blob anywhere. Lance sat in a chair in the living, clearly sulking.
Gambit walked into the kitchen. Pietro was sitting at the kitchen table, surrounded by paper, pictures, scissors, glue, and sparkly silver markers. He appeared to be enjoying himself immensely, even thought he had a black eye.
"What happened to you?" asked Gambit curiously.
Pietro looked up from his project. "Oh, you mean the eye? I got in a little fight with Lance at school."
Gambit raised an eyebrow. Lance had punched Pietro? Pietro must have gotten back at him somehow, or he wouldn't be this happy.
Going back into the living, Gambit sat across from Lance. "You punched Pietro?"
Lance glared darkly at him. "Yeah," he snapped. "Little dick deserved it too. He's been fooling around with Kitty behind my back."
"Ahh," said Gambit. "Well don't just sit there mon ami. Go and get your girl back."
Lance glared again. "It's not that easy. You didn't see them together. I can't even describe it. It was like they were having sex with their eyes or something."
Gambit snorted. "It is that easy. Go and take her back. Remind her of why she started going out with you in the first place."
Lance had to grin at that. The idea of him sweeping Kitty off her feet made him considerably happier. "Maybe you're right man." He got up and went outside. A second later, Gambit heard the sound of his jeep starting and driving off.
"Good for you Lance," said Gambit. "Now if only I could do the same." He wanted to go and make things right between him and Rogue, but he was hurt more than he'd ever admit when he saw her kiss Toad. The first girl he'd ever truly loved, and she went and cheated on him. That had to be a sign.
"Maybe Remy just wasn't meant to be in love," he said out loud.
**************************Wanda's Room*******************************
Wanda Maximoff sat on her bed. Something was bothering her. She would never admit that it was the fact that she had seen Rogue kiss Toad and lunch today. That didn't bother her at all. In fact, she was glad that Toad had finally found someone else to be in love with. Maybe he would leave her alone from now on.
But deep down, in the far out recesses of her heart, Wanda knew that she was lying to herself. She enjoyed Toad's attention. He was kind of cute, in a grunge sort of way. She couldn't believe that he had chosen Rogue. What was wrong with her?
*****************************The Institute********************************
Kitty was in a fabulous mood. This day had been better than she ever could have planned. She couldn't get over the fact that she had the audacity to just lean up and kiss Pietro Maximoff. Hottest guy in school for the third year in a row. Sure, they were friends, and they were pretending to be in love, but still. She'd kissed him, and he hadn't pushed her away. Kitty was definitely on cloud 9.
Rogue came in from the balcony. "Hey Kit, Ah just saw Lance pull up out front. Ya better be prepared for a battle."
Kitty stopped making movie star faces in front of the mirror and turned around. "Really? Wow, the plan worked better than I thought it would." She took off her black leather jacket and smoothed down her hair. "Okay, I'm ready." She went downstairs.
The doorbell rang. Giggling to herself, Kitty opened it. There stood Lance, her beleaguered boyfriend, looking quite determined.
"Lance," she said coolly. "Shouldn't you be writing a new love ballad for Alix?"
He had expected this. "Look Kitty, I'm here to get you back. I want to put whatever happened with you and Pietro and me and Alix behind us. They're not worth it. And for the record, I'm sorry about the Alix thing. It just kind of happened. But that's over now. It's you I want," he said huskily.
It was all Kitty could do to keep from shrieking. One of her plans had actually worked. Lance wanted to make up! She had made him come to her. It was a total victory for girlfriends everywhere. Plus, he was giving her one of those really sexy, broody, desirous looks. But she had to keep her cool. She had to play her part until the very end.
"You can't just show up at my door, say your sorry, and expect me to fall back into your arms Lance. It doesn't work like that. You ditched me for some blonde bimbo who-"
He cut her off with a kiss. It was one of those absence-makes-the- heart-grow-fonder kisses. They'd been away from each other for a week, and that made their reunion all the sweeter.
Kitty leaned back and looked up at him. "You better never ditch me again Lance," she said, trying to be stern.
He grinned at her. "Who in their right mind would ditch someone as hot as you?"
Kitty smiled hugely. "Good answer," she said, before kissing him again. That went on for about 5 minutes, until Kitty's good sense finally got the better of her.
"We'd better go upstairs," she said breathing heavily. "Someone might come down here." Grabbing his hand, she lead him up the stairs. After pausing several times along the way kiss breathlessly, the made it to Kitty's room. Stumbling in, Kitty somehow managed to shut the door behind them.
They preceded to kiss yet again, until Rogue cleared her throat from somewhere behind them. Kitty turned around.
"Oh! Rogue, I forgot you were in here!"
"Obviously," said Rogue dryly. "Ah'll just leave the two of ya alone." She headed out the door, and then paused and came back. "Don't do anything that Ah wouldn't do," she advised Kitty. Then she left, heading for the Danger Room. In truth, seeing Kitty's oh so happy reunion with Lance was depressing her. Of course things had worked out for Kitty. The "plan" had screwed things up for Rogue even more than they were already.
"Figures," she muttered to herself. "Just figures."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I would like to take this time to address something. I am aware that there is precious little evidence in X-Men Evo to suggest a Kitty/Pietro pairing. But ever since the first time I read a Kietro fic, I've thought they made the cutest couple. Hence my writing Kietro fan fics. But just so everyone knows, I do realize that it will probably never happen in the actual show.
Secondly, I do support the Romy pairing. I love Gambit, and he and Rogue are great together. I know that my personal Romy isn't the greatest. I'm trying to develop it slowly. So please bear with me if it takes Rogue and Remy a little longer to work everything out. (But they will eventually) More Romy is coming, really. This is a three-prong fic, Romy, Kietro, and Jott combined. Remember: Anticipating something is half as fun as actually getting it. (Unless it turns out to be disappointing, which I hope my Romy won't be. *winks*)
Thanks as always to the reviewers.
*Bitrona*: lol. So you check ff.net during class, eh? Can't say that I've never done it, so I won't lecture. To answer your question, Pietro was staring at Kitty while she walked down the hallway. Not while they were kissing, that would have been creepy.
Peace and Love All
~Druid-Priestess~