A Lovers Feud

A Lovers Feud

By: Alex Destine

Chapter 5

That's what he needed. Some time off somewhere where he would not bump into any annoying people. Anywhere near school was out of the question so Pietro Maximoff decided to try to go to the mall.

Most of the time the mall would also be filled with annoying students, but not on a Tuesday.

~~ Tuesdays have got to be the worst day of the week. ~~ he thought as he walked around looking aimlessly at the different stores. He wasn't going to buy anything so in order to kill time he thought he'd go and watch a movie. Only problem was he had to hurry if he wanted to catch it from the beginning.

Going fast was not a problem for the white-haired boy, but he couldn't just run at his usual speed in front of all these people, so he ran as fast as 'normal' would allow. Only problem was, he didn't watch out for corners and right before he could stop he found himself on the hard floor along with the other shopper he had knocked down.

"Like, I'm so sorry. Are you alright?" That voice. That cute little girl voice. He knew who that was. Pietro looked up and right into the blue eyes of one Kitty Pryde.

Seems she was just as surprised to see him.

"What most I do to get rid of you?!" Pietro couldn't believe he had bumped into her here of all places.

"Like, get rid of me? I thought I was getting rid of you! What are you like, doing here anyway? Aren't you supposed to be with Claudia?"

"I could ask you the same thing Kitten."

"Don't call me that!" She hated to be called that. She would only allow it for a friend, but definitely NOT Pietro Maximoff.

"Ah! But it's a cute name. Thought you liked anything that was cute." Pietro didn't know why he was teasing her, but he was enjoying himself.

"I don't find it cute and I don't like it when you call me that!"

"Fine, whatever Kitten…" Pietro got up and started to brush some dust off himself before turning back to Kitty. He then offered his hand to her.

"What?" she asked looking up at him.

"Well, you're not planning on staying on the floor now are you?"

"Oh… fine, ok." She took his hand and was immediately dragged back up. She looked at him for a while, she hadn't expected for him to care either way.

~~ Why did I do that? ~~ Pietro hadn't expected himself to care either. ~~ She bumped into ME! Why should I help her up? Oh too late to think THAT Maximoff… ~~

"So, you've practiced your lines?" Pietro didn't know what else to talk about with Kitty around. The young X-men looked at him for a while then answered sheepishly.

"Umm, not yet… I really should practice them but… it's kind of hard, you know."

"I did write a lot of lines, didn't I? Guess I had a big muse that day." He smiled to himself thinking back on that night when he had practically written that whole play from scratch.

~~ He looks kinda cute when he smiles like that… OK, that bump did something! ~~ Kitty was NOT going to be thinking like THAT toward the enemy.

"Hey, how did you come up with all of that anyway? It's all very… romantic, you know. Didn't think you had it in you."

Pietro gave her his 'prince charming' type of smile as he answered her.

"There are lots of things you don't know about me Kitty."

~~ WOW! Stop!… I'm not hitting on an X-men!!!… Eeeewww! ~~ Pietro had to remind himself that although she was a girl she was the type of girl he was never, ever going to date. He better save his lines for someone he could go out with.

"Anyway… I was going to go catch a movie, maybe if you're not doing anything you'd like to go with me?"

~~ This is for the sake of the play! THE SAKE OF THE PLAY! ~~ Pietro couldn't believe he had asked her, but he was sure she would say no, after all hadn't they both met at the mall because they were trying to get away from each other?

"Umm, well… sure. Like, why not? I was just looking around. Didn't have anything to like do and stuff. So, umm, which movie are we watching?"

~~ Did I just say 'yes'? … Stupid! ~~

~~ Did she just say 'yes'?… Stupid! ~~

"Ok…. Umm, I don't know. I was going to see what they have on… so umm, lets go then." Pietro could've slapped himself.

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"Thank you Ma'am, have a nice day." Lance was NOT a happy person. Not only did his after school job sucked, but he also had to be all nice to everyone. And unfortunately for him, his job basically had him dealing with annoying little kids all the time.

And just were was Lance working? … "Little Washu's Candy Factory"!!!

~~ We have everything for your tooth-decaying needs! ~~ Lance was not happy.

He had been serving child after annoying child. Some wanted all chocolate and quickly changed their minds to all caramel. Others wanted everything in the little store and started to cry where their parents said no.

~~ Ok, that's it! I'm never going to marry! I'm never going to be a dad! ~~

Lance didn't think his day could be anything worse. Until he saw them…

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"No way!… he didn't really do that?!" Pietro couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Oh, like totally! Evan broke practically everything inside the Professor's office when he sneezed. Good thing we all ducked in time, those spikes of his are too dangerous."

"HAHAHA!… Man, the look on his face must've been priceless!"

"It sure was! Jean had a camera in her room and Kurt teleported and got it just in time. I could bring you the picture if you want?"

"Oh man! Could you?! That'd be so cool! … You know, that reminds me of the time Todd had 'borrowed' a camera and I took it and started to take surprise pictures of everyone. I had a few of Mystique,… but those mysteriously disappeared… Anyway, I still have one of Lance when he had just come out of the bathroom wearing only a towel and when he saw me with the camera he got so angry that he tried to catch me and instead ended falling down the stairs. Todd and Fred laughed over that picture for about a week." Pietro was having fun talking about his many pranks on his friends. Kitty seemed to be enjoying them too.

"Tell me you've got THAT picture around! I'd like totally want to see it!"

"I'll find it for you. If Lance didn't already and burned it or something… man, he looked so funny! He had this 'I'm incredibly pissed at you' look on his face." Pietro was laughing so hard, he didn't remember when was the last time he found something so funny. He would've gladly kept laughing if it hadn't been for the sight before him.

"Hahaha…hah…eh…. Oh no….. hi Lance."

"Hello there kiddies…" Lance managed to get out of the little store for at least five minutes and find out what Pietro was up to. Of course, hearing them talk about that horrible experience with Todd's 'borrowed' camera was not making him very happy.

"Any more hilarious stories you'd like to share Maximoff?"

"Well, I was working my way to the time Freddy sat on you, but I guess that one will have to wait."

Kitty tried to hide behind Pietro when she noticed Lance. Not that she was really hiding, he knew she was there, she just didn't want to see him.

"Aren't supposed to be in rehearsal Pietro?"

"Got cancelled."

"So instead you decide to have a trip to the mall?"

"Yes, I find that it sooths me." He gave the older mutant a mischievous smile.

"With her?" Lance pointed at the still 'hiding' Kitty behind Pietro.

"Long story Lance… just too long. Say, I didn't know your part-time job was in the mall! Which store do you work at?" It was time to change the subject!

"Umm, I'm not telling you! Then you'll bug me every day!"

Suddenly the three mutants heard someone calling for Lance.

"Hey Alvers! We need you!"

"Is that like, 'Little Washu's Candy Factory'?" Kitty spoke for the first time.

"OH! LANCE! THAT'S SO CUTE!!! Go on now! Put your little apron on!" Yep, Pietro was having fun.

"One word! Just one word out of any of you and you're DEAD!"

"ALVERS!" shouted the persistent voice.

"I'm coming! Coming!" Lance took Pietro by the arm and dragged him away from Kitty. "Get rid of that X-men and go home Pietro."

"But I'm going to watch a movie!" No way was he missing this!

"Do whatever you want, just get rid of her!"

"Whatever… hey, your apron is waiting."

"Shut up!"

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Kitty found that talking to Pietro was easy. She had been so scared with this whole 'Brotherhood vs. X-men' business that she didn't realized they were just two kids going to school together.

She was now resting in the room she shared with Rogue thinking back on everything that happened that day. After they encountered Lance working at 'Little Washu's Candy Factory' they had bothered him for about 15 minutes so he'd give them free candy. It worked, but then of course it had to. Nobody could withstand Pietro's whining for too long. After that they went to the movies as planed and she found he was a very funny guy. He was also kind of nice, not once did he say or do anything she might've expected a Brotherhood member to do. Maybe that play of theirs had some hope yet.

"Hey Kitty, why you laughing?" Rogue was sitting on her bed reading some novel she had borrowed.

"Umm,… oh, like never mind. Just being silly. Say Rogue, do you remember where that picture we took of Evan after he sneezed in the Professors office is? I kind of need it."

"I don't remember, maybe Kurt has it. Why do you need it now?"

"Just going to show a friend."

~~ Since when is he a 'friend'? ~~

"Whatever… look, let's turn the lights out. I want to sleep." And with that Rogue left her book on her night table and got under her covers.

~~ How nice to like, have a bossy roommate. ~~

Kitty turned off the lights and started thinking about Pietro and how he had surprised her. She wasn't expecting him to act so… normal. Rogue used to live with them, right? Maybe she could tell her something else about Pietro. Evan wasn't going to give her any good reviews, that's for sure.

"Hey, Rogue?"

"I'm sleeping." She didn't bother to even look at Kitty.

"Like, not yet you aren't. It's a simple question you know!"

"What?" Rogue wasn't going to talk much.

"Like, what were the Brotherhood like? You know, before you left?"

This got Rogue's attention. She turned around to face her roommate and turned on the small night-light at her table.

"Why you want to know?"

"Well, I was like, curious… were they fun to be around with?"

"I guess they were. You can't get anything serious out of four guys that act like three year olds. Why are you so interested in them?"

"Cause, you know… I was just thinking that they're kids like us. Why most we be fighting each other, right?"

"Cause Mystique won't cut them loose, and she aint no 'kid like us'. She's the one we're fighting against, but she uses them to do it. Now I'd feel sorry for the Brotherhood if this was only Mystique's fault but they willingly agreed to fight for her. That means they're as much to blame as she is. So stop worrying over them and get some sleep."

Rogue turned around once again and turned off the light.

"Do you think Pietro was a nice guy?" Kitty had to ask this.

"What?" All Rogue wanted was some sleep!

"Quicksilver, did you think he was nice while you were in the Brotherhood?"

"Kitty, I wouldn't know. He arrived a few days before I left them. Ask Evan, he should know him better."

"Right… ok, like thanks Rogue."

"Yeah, yeah… now let's sleep."

Rogue didn't know she was leaving a very troubled Kitty. Should she continue talking to Pietro even if he was one of the 'bad' guys? She thought she'd give him the benefit of the doubt, after all they had a play to finish.

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"Where is the cereal?!" Pietro was hungry and his favorite breakfast was nowhere to be found.

"I think Freddy ate it." Todd said trying to be helpful.

"Great! Fantastic!… now what do we have for breakfast?" Pietro was busy looking inside the fridge when Lance came down the stairs.

"So, what's for breakfast?" asked Lance rubbing some sleep off his eyes.

"Gee, whatever Fred hasn't eaten would be fine!" Pietro didn't bother to look at Lance.

"Ok, whose turn was it to go shopping?" Lance looked at Todd as the younger mutant held his hands up defensively.

"No way yo! I did it last time!" said Todd as he finished his sorry looking breakfast.

"Well, I went before you did, which leaves… Pietro! You forgot the groceries, didn't you?!"

"Huh?" Pietro looked up now and saw both Lance and Todd looking at him. "It was MY turn! I could've sworn it was Todd's."

"Nice try Maximoff. I went last time." Todd placed his dirty bowl in the sink and headed toward the stairs. "I'm going to wake Freddy up! Be right back."

"Ok, ok… I'll go after school. I'll need some money though." Pietro looked at Lance for support.

"What? Me?… no way! My paycheck is for other things. Drop by Mystique's after school and tell her we need groceries. She has to understand that."

"But she had already given us money for groceries."

"And now they're gone, we need more. Does she think Freddy eats like a delicate lady or something? I'm surprised we didn't run out of food sooner."

"Yeah, ok… so what do I eat now?"

"How am I supposed to know…. Listen Pietro, what did you do with that X-men yesterday?" Lance was leaning against the stove as Pietro kept looking through the fridge.

"I got rid of her, like you said." He didn't want to talk about this. "So,… 'Little Washu's Candy Factory'? How you end up working there?"

"Shut up! Did you tell anyone? I swear I'll…"

"Oh relax, I haven't told. Yet anyway… that apron was adorable. And you get to bring us free candy everyday!" Pietro liked that idea very much.

"I don't think do… if they catch me stealing I lose my job, and I need it right now. And there's no way I'm giving you chocolate, you're bouncy enough as it is. I almost got into trouble for giving you chocolates yesterday you know!"

"Oh! That's right! I have some left in my room!… later!" and with that Pietro was gone up the stairs.

"Oh God! You're not going to have THAT for breakfast, are you?!"

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Todd wanted to kill someone… namely the white-haired pest next to him. The Brotherhood was at lunch already and he had been the 'lucky' one to end up having to sit besides Pietro. Seemed the effects of the chocolate hadn't worn off yet.

"AndthenthatMr.Smithkepttalking&talkingaboutwhoknowswhatandIwasn'tfallingasleep,causeIreally couldn't…."

"Lance, make him STOP!" Todd was about to lose his mind.

"Sorry… don't know how." Lance would've laughed at his friend's predicament of having to sit next to a sugar high Pietro, but the truth was he was beginning to get annoyed himself.

"Maybe if we stuff his face with food?" Fred was trying to shut him up too. He thought he was going to go mad.

"Nah, tried that already. He eats too fast." Todd thought they could always tie him up and gag him… but they would have to catch him first… and that was always a problem with Quicksilver.

"Ok… let me try something…" Lance got up and grabbed Pietro by his shoulders and started to shake him.

"PIETRO! SHUT THE HELL UP!" Todd & Fred couldn't believe they hadn't thought of that sooner.

Pietro had in fact become silent… but that only lasted for about three seconds.

"WhatdoyoumeanSHUTUP!Iwanttotalksomemoreandyoucan'tstopme!" and Pietro went on and on and on…

"Ok, that didn't work…" Lance sat down again and continued eating.

"So now I'm stuck with his ranting like this? I don't think so!" Todd got up and headed out of the cafeteria.

"Todd, where are you going?" Fred knew Lance would find a way to get rid of their little speed demon, and if Todd left that meant HE would have him. "Come back!"

"I'm going anywhere where Pietro is not… I'll see you guys later." And with that Todd was gone.

"Ok Freddy… I have one more idea!" Lance got up and dragged both Pietro and Fred with him.

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Pietro Maximoff couldn't believe his luck. Some friends he had! He was going to develop claustrophobia and it was all their fault!

~~ When I get my hands on those two! How dare they lock me up in my own locker! ~~

Pietro kept moving around trying to find a way out. If normally this situation would've been annoying, now that he was still subjected to a sugar high it was practically intolerable. He thought he'd go mad if he wasn't let out of that locker!!

~~ Let me out! LET ME OUT! I NEED AIR!!!…. LET ME OUT!!…~~

"Pietro? Is that you?" came the voice of a surprised (and happy?) young boy.

~~ Oooooh no!…. Not him! ~~

"Evan?" Of all the stupid people in this school…

"How you get in there man?" Evan couldn't believe it! He had none other then Pietro Maximoff stuck inside a locker.

"I liquefied myself and came in through the cracks! What do you think smart-ass?! Now open the door!"

"I don't think I like your tone of voice Maximoff…" Evan was having a good day.

"AAAAAahhhh!" Pietro was not.

Outside the locker Pietro could hear another voice. Maybe this other person could get him out.

"Evan, what are you doing? Scott is waiting." Kurt was a little worried about his friend after seeing him talking to a locker. "Are you ok?"

"Better then ok man! Look who I've got here!" Evan pointed to the locker.

"Yeah… that's good Evan… why don't we go to the Professor to examine your head." Kurt was scared.

"No man! Look!…" Evan kicked the locker. "Say something! Come on!"

Kurt wondered when his friend's sanity had left him.

"Ok Evan, so now lockers can talk… that's fine. I've got a Calculus book that tells the best stories.

"What?" Evan didn't understand what his friend was saying. "Calculus book? What are you talking about?"

"HONESTLY DANIELS! YOU ARE SUCH A MORON!" Pietro couldn't deal with it anymore!

"AAAAAAAHHH!!!!" Kurt teleported away from the talking locker.

"Both of you are such losers!" Great! Pietro was stuck with two X-geeks who had helium inside their brains.

"Pietro? Is that you?" Kurt teleported back next to Evan.

"No Blue boy, it's the locker fairy. Now get me out!"

"How did you get in there?" Kurt tried not to laugh at Pietro since Evan was doing such a good job of that, but this was too much.

Pietro couldn't believe this was happening to him. He was so going to kill Lance and Freddy. Evan was trying to catch his breath but another round of giggles escaped him when another voice filled the hallway.

"What are you guys doing here? Scott's waiting for you all." Said Rogue as she came up to the hysterically laughing Evan.

~~ Why me? ~~ Pietro was going to be late for class if he didn't find a way out.

"Well Rogue, Evan seems to have stumbled upon quite a finding." Said Kurt as he pointed to the locker.

"A locker?" Rogue didn't want to waste her time like this.

"No! Here, let me show you. Talk!… Talk you!" Kurt was screaming at the locker.

"Ok, I always knew you were weird Blue boy, I just never realized how much." Rogue was slowly backing away.

"No! It's not that! Wait a moment Rogue!…. TALK! COME ON!" Kurt kicked the locker while Evan was laughing on the floor.

~~ Bunch of morons… ~~ Pietro couldn't wait to get out. Maybe Rogue might be a better help.

"Hey ROGUE!… Get me out!!!"

"AAAAHHH!! That locker just talked!"

~~ Oh Rogue! Not you too! ~~ Pietro always thought hanging around with those X-geeks made you stupid. Now he was sure.

"Pietro? How did you get in there?" Rogue got closer to the Kurt and tried not to step on the laughing Evan on the ground.

"Ok listen! I'm not answering that question again! Now open this door! I need to get out! There's not enough AIR!!!" Pietro was going crazy with these guys.

"Cool it Maximoff… the locker has cracks, so you're not suffocating anytime soon unfortunately." Rogue just crossed her arms and waited to see what Kurt and Evan were going to do with their new capture.

"You can't do this to me! I have rights you know! Get me OUT!!!!!!" Pietro tried counting to 100 to calm down, but he did it so fast he was done in two seconds… and he was still angry.

"Like, what's going on? Everyone is like waiting for you guys, you know." Kitty walked over to see what was so funny that had Evan on the floor with tears of laughter.

~~ Oh no… not her. ~~ Pietro thought he was doomed to spend the rest of his young life inside that locker.

"Here Kitty, let me show you. Talk!" Kurt was talking to a locker.

"Ooookay." Kitty seriously needed to get other friends.

"Oh for crying out loud Kurt! Stop it!… Kitty, Evan found Pietro trapped inside his locker." Rogue wasn't going to play this crazy 'guess what's inside the locker' game with Kitty.

"Like, No way!" Kitty moved closer to said locker to see if it was true.

"Tell me YOU'RE going to get me out." Pietro was hoping Kitty had more sense then the others.

"Like, How did you get in there?" Kitty asked smiling at the poor white-haired boy.

~~ So much for sense… ~~

"Kitty!! Come on!!!" Pietro thought he'd die inside the small locker.

"Like, ok. Stop complaining." Kitty opened the door and a sudden rush of windy was felt. When they looked back the locker was empty.

"Aw man! Kitty, why you open the door?" Evan had gotten over his laughing fit.

"Like, what did you want Evan? To let him stay there forever?"

"Or as close to it as it could!" Suddenly Evan felt a rush of cold-water land on him.

Soon after Evan both Kurt and Rogue were all drenching wet, all of them looked at Kitty who was still dry.

"Why aren't YOU wet?" asked Kurt through chattering teeth.

"Maybe cause I actually HELPED him." Kitty knew the guys wouldn't have left Pietro in there for too long, she just wasn't sure when exactly they would've left him out.

The bell decided to right at that moment to begin their afternoon classes and the halls filled again with all the students who were going to get their books. Some of them gave uneasy glances at the three soaking wet students.

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The school day was finally over and Pietro was glad for it. His sugar-high had left him after that whole incident with the locker. He had a few things to discuss with his friends after he got home.

Now he had to ask Mystique for more money for groceries. Pietro could imagine 100 different places he'd rather be right now. He decided he needed some energy before visiting their dear Principal from Hell. He went to a vending machine and looked at the biggest temptation of his life. A can of COKE.

If a few pieces of chocolate during the morning kept him jumpy for hours he didn't want to imagine how he'd get after one full coke.

~~ Maybe if I just drink a little bit it wont take such effect… ~~

Pietro placed his money inside the horrible machine and in return it gave him a liquid of pure energy. He slowly opened the can and looked at it for a while. He could handle it, of course he could! There was nothing Pietro Maximoff couldn't handle.

He took a small taste. It was rather nice, just a little more… but he was so fast he didn't notice he had just drank the entire can in two seconds. He still felt thirsty.

~~ Maybe a second can won't hurt… ~~

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Principal Darkholme was a very busy woman. Students who needed detention, teachers who didn't hand in grades when they were supposed to, World domination for the Mutant species… so much to do, so little time.

She would've gladly transformed herself into a bird and fly away from the never ending paper work, but just then the sound of her secretary's voice rang from the speaker.

"Ms. Darkholme, you have a student here to see you."

"I'm busy." The last thing she needed was another annoying student in her office.

"He says it's important. His name is Pietro Maximoff ma'am and well…. He's jumping around the office and scarring people."

~~ Oh dear God! ~~ Mystique already had a headache.

"Fine. Send him in and hold my calls."

"Yes ma'am."

Soon after that the white haired youth ran into the room and to everyone's surprised gave Mystique a big hug.

"What are you doing?" Mystique wanted him off!

"I don't know!" Pietro smiled. After three cans of coke he realized he had an urge for affection. He just wanted to run and jump and hug everyone. Inside, his brain was slapping itself for allowing those three cans of Coke to get into his system.

"What do you want Quicksilver? And STOP HUGGING ME!" ~~Why do I have to be nice to this one?… oh yes… Magnus' favorite… ~~

"Well…. Turns out Freddy is eating us out of house and home so we need more money for groceries!" Pietro was still smiling and hugging Mystique.

"Didn't I gave you money for that not too long ago?… and stop hugging me!"

"Yeah, but Freddy's not helping us stay on budget."

"Oh very well… let me write you a check." Mystique tried to move. "Pietro, now you should really let go of me."

"Oh, yeah… sorry." He let go but was still smiling. He began to jump around the room as his Principal was writing the check.

"It's a blank check Pietro. Go buy the groceries and later tell me how much you spent. Got that?"

"Yes ma'am." Said a bouncing Pietro.

"And no buying ridiculous items!" Last time Pietro had insisted on going into a Practical Joke store.

"Yes ma'am." Pietro was still bouncing.

"You're not on drugs, are you?"

"No ma'am." Still bouncing.

"Then why are you like that?" Mystique just wanted him to stop.

"Drank caffeine ma'am." (You guessed it!) Still bouncing.

"Oh…. Now get out." He was giving her a headache.

"Yes ma'am." Pietro hugged her again and then ran off like a lunatic.

"Have to talk to Magnus about that…" Mystique went off to find some Tylenols.

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Claudia wanted to hurt someone. Not only had both her lead actors decided not to show up the day before for rehearsals, but now she was missing her male lead.

The other actors and stage crew tried very hard to keep away from her.

"Where is he?" Claudia needed to see her two actors practicing their lines. She hoped they were better then last time.

"Like, don't worry so much. He came to school today you know, and he like totally knows his lines." Kitty was trying to save Pietro from Claudia's evil glares.

"Maybe Pryde, but if he doesn't know how to act them with you then it's not worth it. By the way, have you two decided to stop fighting. You know we can't run a play like this!"

"Oh like totally… I don't think we're going to be fighting you know. All we needed was to get a little better acquainted." Kitty wasn't exactly sure of what she was saying, but after their time together at the mall and the whole locker incident this afternoon she didn't think Pietro would hate her.

Just then the small room filled with light as the door opened to reveal Pietro Maximoff… jumping toward them? Most of the students were giving him weary glances.

"Umm, Maximoff… are you alright?" Claudia was concerned.

"Never better! Never Better!" Pietro had stopped jumping now and was looking between the two girls.

"Ok… so, let's begin shall we. Since we've already tried the first scene let's try something else. How about page eleven? That's when you both realized you love each other more then anything in the world… that type of thing."

Pietro still felt hyper but he tried to calm himself a bit. He turned to Kitty now who was patiently waiting for Pietro to say his lines.

"Why did you help me?"

Kitty wasn't expecting this.

"What?… Oh, you mean with the locker? Well, I wasn't going to let you stay in there forever you know."

"Yeah well… you know, you didn't have to. I was going to get out by myself."

"I know." Kitty smiled at him. Why was she so nice to him all of a sudden? Sure, they had fun at the mall the other day but he didn't expect her to change this much.

"I… I had fun yesterday, you know." Kitty wanted to know if he had fun too, then maybe all this fighting between their teams could stop.

"Yeah? … Glad you did. I had a good time too. Maybe we should do it again soon."

~~ OK, that was the sugar talking! ~~ Pietro couldn't believe he had just said that.

~~ Oh well,… this kid isn't as bad as those other X-losers; I can at least carry a conversation with her. ~~

Kitty wasn't expecting him to ask her out like that; then again she wasn't expecting him to be this cheerful either. Pietro seemed nicer and much… cuter now for some reason.

"Like, yeah… whenever it's fine by you." Now, if only the rest of the Brotherhood were this nice.

"Well… I see your time out yesterday was not wasted." Claudia had to smile. Those two seemed to hate each other to death last time, now they were so nice. There was hope for this play yet.

"Oh shut up Claudia." Pietro started to read over his script, then he cleared his throat and began his lines as he took Kitty's hands into his.

"My love… if you only knew how much I care for you. How deeply knowing you has affected my life. When you're not near I'm in pain and when you are I suffer because I wish I could hold you, but I cannot."

Kitty looked deeply into Pietro's eyes and said her lines almost like she was living them herself.

"And why do you believe you cannot? You have not asked yet and so you don't know if I wish for the same. What if I also wished to be with you, but couldn't? Simply because I did not know if you felt the same way."

Pietro drew closer to Kitty now.

"So is that to say my dear, that you love me the same way I love you?"

"Yes…"

Now came the part of the kiss. Pietro knew this and so did Kitty but neither of them moved.

~~ Like he's not going to kiss me for real? Is he? ~~ Kitty knew he had to, it was part of the play, but maybe he wouldn't do it right now. Maybe they would talk about it later and realize they could do the scene without the kissing.

Meanwhile, Pietro was busy with his own thoughts.

~~ Should I kiss her? Maybe not … but why not?! I have to do it, don't I? It's just for the play. It's nothing serious! And besides… I've been standing here reciting a love scene while under the giddy influences of three caffeine-full Cokes!… I'm going for it! ~~

Kitty suddenly felt a light pressure over her mouth and realized it came from Pietro's lips against hers.

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End Chapter 5

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