A Lovers Feud
By: Alex Destine
Chapter 18
Taking fifth period with Mr. Smith was the worst-case scenario he could think of. He was really trying to pay attention… but it was just so hard. Every tiny little thing kept making his mind wander around any particular subject other then the class. Not to mention he was so hungry he could have eaten anything.
He turned around for a bit and spotted Rogue in the back. She looked really out of it, completely spaced-out. He wondered the reason for that; not that Mr. Smith was giving a very interesting monologue… but still, she had looked just fine this morning. He would have to find out what happened at lunch. Whatever it was though it couldn't be as bad as what a certain white haired boy was going through… that is, if you let facial expressions guide you.
Kurt never really paid much attention to the Brotherhood unless they were in battle. However, these past couple of weeks he had found himself spending some time with a few of them and he came to realize that they were rather fun. But of course, he wouldn't tell Scott that.
The one he spends more time with was Todd… and that was rather ironic since their first meeting wasn't what you'd call agreeable. Nevertheless, it was through him that Kurt discovered a lot of things about the Brotherhood, like Lance's very over-protective nature; Pietro's wild and crazy ideas that never worked… unless their goal was to drive Lance nuts; and even about Freddy's more friendly nature… he had been surprised at that one.
"Mr. Wagner…" the superior voice of his teacher made the young mutant return to reality.
"Yes sir?…" he hadn't looked that spaced out… had he?
"Would you care to answer the question?" Mr. Smith was looking at him, but not in an angry way. Kurt had always been a very responsible student and for a teacher the thought that he could 'space out' wasn't an option.
"Umm…." He had no idea what the question was, much less how to answer it.
Suddenly his sensitive ears picked up a soft whisper.
"Just say option B." and with that, the whisper was gone.
"Umm… Option B?" he said not sounding very sure of himself.
"Very good Mr. Wagner!" Mr. Smith seemed to have been pleased.
A few minutes later the bell rang and the mass of hungry children ran out of their classrooms as fast as they could.
Once the blue mutant was out of the room he waited close to the lockers for Rogue to catch up. However, he wasn't going to wait alone as a figure with white hair suddenly stopped next to him.
"What in the world is wrong with you? That was the easiest question Mr. Smith has thrown all semester!" Pietro was leaning against the lockers as he looked into Kurt's blue eyes.
"Oh that… I was a little out of it… thanks for your help though. I really appreciate it." The German boy smiled. It felt strange to be talking so casually to the speed demon.
"Yeah well… you better pay more attention next time. I'm planning on copying my homework from you and that attitude is not making me happy!" replied Pietro as he continued to lean against the lockers watching the other children run toward the cafeteria. Kurt simply smiled…
"Of course… I promise to pay more attention." Todd was right, Pietro was very weird indeed.
Finally, Rogue decided to come out of the classroom and quickly joined the other two boys.
"So umm…. How are ya Pietro?" she asked sweetly. Had Lance fixed the mess he had caused? Or perhaps he was waiting for Scott to make the first move?
"I'm good, a bit hungry though. So I guess we'll be heading for our luxurious lunch room." He rolled his eyes at that last statement.
"Yeah, guess we'll see ya there." Rogue and Kurt began walking away until they felt a sudden gust of wind next to them and immediately after Pietro was by their side again.
"You know, I was just thinking… you look a bit sick Rogue. You should have lunch outside today. The sun might be good for ya." Said Pietro as he smiled at the southern girl.
"Umm, sure." Rogue didn't sound too sure. "I guess the guys wouldn't mind eating outside today, right?" she looked at Kurt who simply nodded.
"Yeah, it might be good…" answered the blue mutant as he wondered why Pietro had suggested such a thing.
"No, no, no… 'the guys' stay inside. You have lunch outside." The white haired mutant wasn't leaving until she had agreed to do as he suggested.
~~ Maybe Lance needs to talk to me…. ~~ thought Rogue as she agreed to eat by herself today.
"Good! So you, Blue boy get to tell wonderful Mr. Summers that Rogue here has something important to do." Pietro smiled satisfied that he was getting his way.
"Sure…" Kurt knew the white haired boy wasn't planning anything bad… but just the same, it all seemed strange.
Rogue decided to leave them and find a good, isolated table for when she met with Lance. Perhaps he needed her help in order to get the pictures back? Or perhaps… he wanted to talk… about, something else…
Kurt and Pietro both stopped walking and watched as Rogue walked away trying to cover a very crimson face.
"What's up with her?" asked Pietro once she had gone.
"I'm not sure. She was acting all funny during class though…" Kurt turned to stare at the other sophomore now. "Why do you want her to eat alone today?"
Pietro smiled. He was going to help his younger friend to at least have a chance at talking to the southern girl.
"I'm just doing a favor… in fact, I think you could help me a little. That is, if you'd like to do something nice for Todd…" he finished as he kept walking toward the cafeteria.
"Uh? What does Todd have to do with anything?" Kurt was curious again.
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Kitty Pryde wasn't having much fun at all as she sat down at their usual table. As if suddenly noticing that her boyfriend was clumsily avoiding her wasn't enough she had no one to talk about it with.
Why had Pietro freaked when he saw her? Why did he wish to avoid her? They hadn't argued at all so she had no idea what was wrong. And worst of all, where were Jean and Rogue when she desperately needed some other girl to talk to?
She wasn't alone in her confusion as Scott kept looking around everywhere for any sign of their other teammates. Not even Kurt had showed up! And they all knew how he couldn't skip a meal… even if it was cafeteria food.
"Where are they?" asked Evan for the 100th time. "Man, this is totally freaky."
"Yeah Evan, I know… let's just keep our eyes open. I'm sure that if they were in trouble Jean would've communicated with us." Scott wanted to sound sure and calm, but he wasn't quite getting there.
"So like, guys… anything new? I mean, like we hardly talk. And with all these rehearsals and all… but like, what have you been up to?" she needed to talk about anything that wasn't Brotherhood related… anything to clear her thoughts.
Scott and Evan exchanged a look. Should they tell her now? They didn't have the pictures with them but they could get them. Evan opened his mouth as if to start but Scott cut him in.
"Well… we… we haven't been doing much. Just, school stuff… yeah." Scott smiled at the young girl as he tried to eat some … whatever that was.
"Oh…" Kitty kept poking at her plate.
Everything went quiet for a while but that didn't last long as the figure of a young girl suddenly walked up to their table and banged her fits against it.
"GOD! Like, what's like, wrong with you?!" Kitty looked up and saw the curly red hair as Mallory's green eyes fixed themselves on Scott.
"We need to talk Summers. You too Daniels." She said without even bothering to look at Kitty once. Then, just as quickly as she had arrived, she walked away toward the exit.
"Like, what was that all about?" she asked as she looked over her friends.
"We… we don't know… but we're going to find out. Come on Evan." Said Scott as he stood up to leave.
"Like, do you need me to come with you?" was she seriously going to have to sit alone?
"NO!…. Umm, you stay here. We'll be right back." And with that both boys left after the angry cheerleader.
Now Kitty sat on their usual table… completely alone.
"Like, fun…." Her blue eyes moved over the entire place. Every other table was filled with students as they all laughed about jokes or complained about the food… where were all her friends?!
Her gaze suddenly fell onto the table at the farthest corner. She knew that table, it was the Brotherhood's… but strangely enough, there seemed to be a lack of members preset there too.
She gathered her strength and picking up her tray she headed toward it. She just couldn't be alone right now.
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"Where on Earth could they be, yo!" Todd sat back looking over his food a few times.
He tried to eat something… but everything looked too disturbing to place into one's mouth. At least with flies you knew what you were eating.
The small freshman had waited for his friends for quite a while before he finally decided he was too hungry and headed toward the lunchroom while trying to avoid being spotted by any jocks.
He hoped nothing was wrong… it wasn't like his friends to suddenly ditch him. Well, Pietro could've found some shinny object that led him away, but Freddy wouldn't miss lunch unless it was something big. As for Lance…
~~He's probably with Rogue somewhere… ~~ he thought as he picked at his food.
Rogue… he had to talk to her… but how? His mind began to dwell on countless thing he could say to her… all of which sounded completely stupid to him at the moment. He didn't have enough time to go over his imaginary dialogue as he suddenly noticed he wasn't alone anymore.
"Um, like… hi." She said sweetly hoping not to come off as nervous.
"Um… hi yo." Todd's eyebrows were raised in mild surprise. What was Kitty Pryde doing so far away from her safe little table? "Can I help ya with anything?"
"Um, no… not really. I was just wondering if I could like, sit down?" she noticed some other students were looking at her. She hadn't made a wrong decision by coming here, had she?
"Sure, sit." Todd quickly moved his backpack out of the way as she set her tray down. "I'm just curious yo… why aren't you at your table?"
"Well, like, everyone had this very important thing to do, right. And so like, none of them thought it would be nice to like, tell me about it. So they all left to do whatever and left me all like, alone!" she finished and began to take furious small bites of her lunch.
"Oh…" was basically all he could say.
~~ So Rogue is with Lance… ~~ he thought.
They ate in silence for a while until Kitty spoke.
"Like Todd? …. If there was something wrong with Pietro, you would like tell me, right?" Kitty's big, hopeful eyes were certainly hard to avoid.
"Umm, well… if there was something bothering Pietro… I think he would tell you himself… I think…" Pietro was too unpredictable to be judged by normal standards.
"Oh…" was basically all she could say.
Again they ate in silence for a few minutes, each trying to concentrate hard on the food (if it could be called that) that was placed before them. Until Todd spoke.
"So… you wouldn't know if Rogue talks about any one of us, would you?"
~~ Smooth Todd… very smooth…~~ he was mentally kicking himself.
"Well… like, lately she's been insulting Lance a lot… and every time I talk about Pietro she places a hand on her temple and shakes her head… if that counts for anything…" Kitty glanced back at her table, but so far none of her friends were back.
"So she doesn't like Lance?… she's mad at him?" It was now Todd's turn to have the big, hopeful eyes.
"I don't know… Rogue is tricky like that, you see. She will insult almost anyone, but it doesn't like, mean she hates them… it's just so, like hard to tell with her you know…" she noticed as Todd's eyes fell, his hopeful expression gone. "Or maybe like, you know… she totally hates him!… yeah, that may be it!"
Todd sat starring at her, trying to make up his mind on whether to believe her or not. In the end his mind seemed to need a break from worrying and decided that she was telling the truth.
"Ok!" he said, more to himself then to Kitty.
~~ Oh, like… did I say the right thing?~~ she thought as she kept eating. ~~Well, at least he looks happy now.~~
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A soft poof was heard inside the boys' bathroom which was off limits to the rest of the student body since the plumbing needed to be fixed. Kurt had just landed holding a bag of Chinese takeout when a voice behind him made him jump.
"Took your sweet time!" said Pietro as he grabbed the bag.
"Don't scare me like that!…" Kurt's blue eyes were fixed on Pietro's as the white haired boy looked inside the bag. "You really think it'll work?"
"Of course it will, Blue Boy!… Rogue left in such a hurry she didn't grab a bite to eat. The poor girl must be famished… so, wont she think it incredibly sweet if little Toddy goes and saves the day?"
Quickly, before anyone noticed, they got out of the broken bathroom and into the semi crowded hallway. They were heading toward the cafeteria when suddenly Kurt had to ask something.
"Say, why didn't you buy the takeout? You have super speed."
"I thought that was obvious… I didn't have enough money." Pietro smiled devilishly at Kurt as he began to walk faster.
"Hey!… why you…" Soon Kurt was practically running after him.
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Although the cafeteria was surrounded by miscellaneous sounds; from children laughing, to trays banging on either the table or sometimes the floor; if you listened hard enough you would find a new sound. One that had never before been heard… at least not together.
Kitty was laughing so hard she couldn't stand it. Meanwhile, Todd kept going with his story while trying to hold back his own laughs.
"I tell ya yo! Pietro had to sleep in my room for two weeks before he felt safe back in his own room." Todd was sure glad the white haired boy got tired of sharing his small bed.
"Like, what was he thinking?!" she said between fits of giggles. "He seriously left some of Mystique's underwear inside Lance's car?!"
"Boss lady got so angry at Lance, he got detention for a month." Todd shook his head remembering the very stressful time that now seemed like a joke. "He wasn't very happy yo."
"I'd like, imagine…" Kitty smiled as she pictured Pietro holding onto Mystique's clothing as he devilishly placed on the rearview mirror. "Lance deserves like, a medal or something…"
"Yeah, Lance sure has gone through a lot thanks to Pietro… that boyfriend of yours is gonna kill him, you know that."
"Like, unless Lance finally snaps and kills him first." Not that she wished it would happen.
So far all she had learned was that Lance seemed to have an infinite amount of patience… and that Pietro was a troublemaker. Big surprise there…
"Like, I'm going to buy a coke, you like, want one?" she asked as she began to take some money from her bag.
"Umm… that's ok… I don't…" he began, but was cut short by Kitty as she stood up.
"Hey, my treat! I'll be right back, 'kay?" and off she went toward the machine.
Todd barely had enough time to adjust to being alone again when he suddenly found two heads hovering above him.
"So… you came back from the dead yo… how was it?" Todd asked as he took one last bite of his meal.
"Listen to me Toddy, we have a lot to do and not much time to do it in… here." Pietro handed him the Chinese takeout bag which Todd caught effortlessly.
"What is this yo?" that young boy asked as he smelled what was inside.
"It's Chinese takeout…" replied Kurt as he sat beside Todd.
"But I already ate…" he said as he tried to give the bag back to Pietro. "You should've come a little earlier though yo. I would've eaten it then."
"It's not for you! It's for Rogue!…" did he have to explain his master plan all over again?
"Then why doesn't Blue boy give it to her?" Todd knew where this was going, but he didn't feel strong enough yet to face her.
"The idea is for you to give it to her Todd." Said Kurt as he took hold of one of Todd's small writs and pulled him to his feet.
"Hey!…" he said as he was being lifted.
"Very good Kurt! Now listen, Rogue is waiting outside below the big tree and you must go there and give her the bag. If she asks how you got it tell her you snuck out to buy it for her." Pietro was pushing Todd while Kurt pulled. "Girls love that type of stuff."
"Fine! FINE! Stop pushing me!" they let go of the younger boy. "I'll go with Kurt, but I need you to stay here and … look after my backpack! Yeah, that's it!"
Todd was now pulling Kurt away from the table as they left a bewildered Pietro behind.
"Why not simply take it with you?" Pietro asked to no one in particular since the two boys had already left.
The white haired boy took his friends bag and noticed for the first time that his was not the only one.
~~ I've seen this bag before… ~~ he said as he looked into it. ~~ oh no, it's… ~~
"Pietro?" he heard his name being called and slowly turned around.
"Umm…. Hey, how are you?" he asked as he came face to face with his girlfriend.
"I'm fine…" Kitty looked down at her feet, suddenly finding them very interesting. After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence she simply placed the two cokes on the table. "So like, where's Todd?"
"He… had to take care of something…" He had to talk to her, had to tell her what was happening.
"Oh, so like… he tricked you into staying here then…" she sounded disappointed.
"That is not true…. I wanted to talk to you…"
~~Just not now… stupid Todd! ~~ he thought as he continued to look at the girl he loved above everything else.
"So like… is everything like…ok?" she was almost afraid of the answer.
"Yeah, sure…." ~~Does she know something? Did Summers tell her already? ~~ "Why wouldn't it?"
"Well, you were like, avoiding me…" Kitty began to play with the end of her bouncy ponytail as she waited to hear what Pietro had to say about that.
"Oh…. well…. Umm, I…. I was kinda having a bad day and … I didn't want to upset you." Maybe she'd buy that…
Kitty's blue eyes kept starring at him as her hands landed on her hips giving her a pose of: 'yeah right'.
"Ooookay…" he said looking around for anything that would distract the young girl long enough to save him. "But… but… I love you!" he blurted suddenly with an innocent smile.
"Uh huh…." Was all she said. Fine, so he didn't want to tell her what was wrong…. Maybe she should wait? The way Todd said earlier: 'If there was something bothering Pietro… I think he would tell you himself… I think…'.
But that last 'I think' didn't make things any easier.
"Fine… like, ok Pietro. You can tell me what's wrong later." She said reluctantly as she turned her head away.
"Oh right! That's what I love about you!" he was so happy he didn't have to explain things right now, but his excitement only earned him a dirty look. "Oh… bad Pietro, bad! Don't worry, I'll tell you after everything gets settled down."
He placed his arm over her small shoulders and gently pulled her into him.
"Now… what you say… we go somewhere private?…" he whispered into her ear.
"Like… I'm still mad, you know…" she was going to be firm! She wasn't going to fall for that old trick!
"Please Kitty…. Please… my pretty kitten…pleeeease." He continued his soft pleas over her ear and finally she just had to giggle.
"Oh alright… but I'm going under protest!" she said as the white haired boy led the way.
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The library was the best place to go if you had to think… or do homework… it was cold and quiet. Now, the quiet part was due to the lack of people and the cold part was due to the fact that the librarian apparently wanted to freeze to death.
~~Well… if I worked on a library I know I'd like to die soon… ~~ thought the senior girl as she continued her reading.
Claudia kept playing with a strand of her long black hair as she looked over the order of the plays. Bayville High would be performing first on Friday followed by a high school from New York. This was good since her cast wouldn't get a chance to get too nervous as they wait to perform. She also had to make sure Ms. Darkholme showed up. If anything could send fear down the spine of every other judge would be her Principal's cold, dark stare. She totally loved it!
As she kept looking over her papers she noticed a long shadow had appeared over them. She looked up to see who it was and came to face with one of her cheerleader friends, Jenny.
"Hi Claudia…. How are you?" said the other girl sweetly.
"I'm busy." She answered turning back to her papers.
~~ She did ask how I was… ~~ she thought as perhaps her answer had been too harsh, but if it was the other girl hardly noticed.
"Well that's good." Jenny smiled again.
~~ How could that be good? ~~ Claudia kept reading.
"So… could I look over you notes for a while? I lost mine." Said Jenny as sweetly as she could.
"Then go ask Mallory for her notes." Replied Claudia just as sweetly.
"Well… she couldn't take any since that Jean Grey took her out of class." That was true… although Mallory wasn't going to take any notes either way.
Claudia sighed as she tried to pretend this inane person wasn't bothering her from her play activities.
"I don't have my notes with me Jenny… maybe I'll give them to you later." She said trying to sound nice… which was giving her a headache.
"Oh! Ok, thank you so much Claudia!" Jenny was so happy… that was as close to a yes as she'd be able to get!
After that Claudia thought she'd be able to continue working on her director responsibilities, but that idea was again soon shattered as she heard loud yelling coming from outside. Although the place was closed tight and under the merciless will of the air conditioner, she could still hear the yelling… mostly by some girl with a very bad temper.
~~ Wonder who it is?… ~~ thought Claudia as she stood up and left the freezing library. Soon she was greeted by the much warmer climate and she could hear the voices clearly now.
"Give them back Daniels! I want them and I want them now!" that was Mallory's voice.
"I already told you, I don't have them here! And would you stop pulling my backpack!" Those two were apparently having a tugging contest in which Daniels bag was going to come out as the looser. "You better not break my backpack man!"
"Mal… let's be reasonable…" that was Scott's voice. "The plan is going great… we just need you to hold on for a few days."
"Did you hear a word I said to you Summers? If I don't give those pictures of me kissing Pietro back before Friday the whole school is going to have a copy of that… that… THING kissing ME!" Mallory didn't think someone like Freddy deserved a name… instead he was categorized as a thing.
"You don't need to worry about that… I'll get those pictures back from Alvers. Now would you please relax?" Scott had to hand it to Lance… he was sure making a nuisance of himself.
"Fine!" replied Mallory as she finally let go of Evan's bag. "But if by tomorrow I don't have those pictures I'm telling this was all a set up!" and with that she left the two boys as they stood there in silence.
Claudia shrank back as Mallory practically ran away from the scene. She remained hidden as she heard Scott and Daniels coming closer.
"Man! That stupid Pietro! He's always ruining things…. We can't give up those pictures Scott, they're the only thing we've got so Kitty will dump him!" Evan had a sulking face as he said this.
"I know man… don't worry, we'll figure something out. All we have to do is get those other pictures from Alvers and we're set. So let's go find him."
Now both Scott and Daniels left the scene and Claudia was able to come out. Had she heard right? Were those three plotting against her lead actors!?!
~~ This madness must be stopped! ~~ thought the black haired girl as she stood and headed back toward the library.
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The cool breeze was hitting his face as he rested peacefully on top of a tree branch. His worries were finally gone, or at least they had diminished, as their plan was set in motion. Slowly he opened his dark eyes and continued looking over the student-filled yard, all those bodies simply looked like one big mass and he felt completely aside from them all.
~~ This has been one very exhausting day… ~~ thought the dark haired senior as he continued to watch over everything from his birds eye view.
When he woke up this morning he definitely didn't know he was going to be teaming up with none other then the very pompous Jean Grey. But of course, his most surprising revelation was that the feelings he had for a certain southern girl were returned.
He sighed as he closed his eyes and remembered the feeling of her tiny, gloved hand on his own. He knew he couldn't touch her… but just being near her was enough to give him Goosebumps.
He opened his eyes once more and was surprised to see a couple of familiar figures near the school building. Kurt was apparently pulling on Todd's arm rather forcefully while the young freshman kept pulling the other way.
Had it been anyone else, Lance would've stood up and tried to defend his younger teammate but he knew Kurt and Todd had started to develop a small friendship so the blue mutant was probably trying to get Todd to do something he had to do anyway.
His dark eyes continued to watch as the two boys kept getting closer to the tree where he sat. Once there he could make out small bits of their conversation.
"Let me go yo!" Todd kept pulling.
"It's not a big deal… just do it already!" Kurt also kept pulling.
"I'm never letting you get close to Pietro again!" Todd was starting to whine… he was giving in.
"I went to a lot of trouble to get that take-out! You better deliver it!" and with that the Blue mutant gave one final pull and Todd landed right into him. Kurt looked around and spotted their target in the farthest corner of the yard. He turned toward the dark-blonde boy and gave him a thumps up.
"She's right there!… Go for it!" Kurt was on the verge of jumping from one foot to the other.
"Um… I don't know yo… she looks busy… maybe later…" Todd began to turn around but was soon caught by Kurt's hands on his shoulders.
"Oh no, none of that… she's not busy, she's hungry! Now deliver her salvation!" one thing Kurt never joked about was food.
"You know man, I'm surprised you're not as fat as Freddy..."
"Yeah, I've wondered that too… must be the teleporting that keeps me in shape…"
"Really, and here I thought not actually walking to places usually made people sluggish…"
"Yeah, I know what you mean…. HEY! What are you doing?! Don't talk to ME! Go to HER!!!" Kurt began to push Todd away.
"Damn it! You weren't supposed to figure that out!" Todd now had no choice. After one final push from Kurt he found himself a few steps away from the one girl that had ever made him feel all funny…. In a good type of way.
Lance moved up. Some branches were making it impossible to see where Todd had gone, but he knew this much… he was finally going to know who the mysterious love interest was.
Unfortunately his brusque movements didn't go unnoticed by the Blue mutant who was also watching contently while hiding behind the tree.
"What are you doing here?" Kurt looked up at the oldest Brotherhood member…
"AAH!" … as he fell flat on the ground.
"Are you alright?" he smiled, offering his hand to the now very upset senior.
"Oh yeah… wonderful…" he took it and immediately hid behind the tree. "So let me get this straight… Todd is actually going to talk to a girl?"
"Yeah! …after some coaxing…" Kurt had to pull a lot to get him here.
Lance looked around the place. Todd was slowly walking up to an isolated table, holding a brown paper bag that was apparently the take-out Kurt had mentioned earlier. This table was indeed set apart from the rest of the school, but sitting on it he finally saw the object of his affection.
"How long has Rogue been sitting there?" asked Lance as he felt like an idiot. He could've walked over to her a long time ago.
"For a while… she missed lunch so Todd's going to give her some food." Kurt kept watching as he crossed his fingers. "I hope he doesn't get nervous…"
"Nervous? Why should he feel nervous?… I mean, it's not like he…. Oh my god!" Lance sat down with his back resting against the tree trunk as he processed this information.
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~~ I am seriously going to kick his ass… he is never going to hear the end of this!… how dare he make me wait for him all lunch period!?! I haven't eating anything yet!~~ Rogue kept mentally stabbing Lance as she kept waiting. It was too late to actually go and get some decent lunch, she figured she'd buy a bag of potato chips and be on her merry way.
As she kept mumbling to herself she began to notice a most delicious aroma.
~~ Is that… is that Chinese take-out!?! ~~ she quickly turned around and for the first time noticed she wasn't alone.
"Todd?… Hey, what are you doing over here?" she smiled… that pretty smile of hers.
"Umm… I…. Um…. Hi." He said as he finally got close enough.
"Sit down, my table is your table." She couldn't help but notice that the sweet aroma she had smelled before was coming from the small paper bag the young mutant was carrying.
Apparently she had been starring at it for a bit too long so Todd placed it on the table and pushed it toward her.
"Oh!… what's in there?" she asked taking a small peek.
"Your lunch." Said Todd as he smiled up at her.
"Wow! Chinese take-out!… you brought this for me?!… but what about you?" Rogue began to take out the plastic cups.
"I already had lunch, this is for you…. I… I thought you might be hungry." He began to play with his fingers now.
"Oh Todd… that's so sweet!" she gently ruffled his hair and then quickly sat down again to appease her angry tummy.
"Um… no problem…" Todd had this silly smile on his face that almost made Rogue laugh, but she thought that would be mean.
"So, um… what have you been up to? I haven't see you at all today." She asked as the delicious smell of food filled the table.
"Actually, we did see each other today… but I guess you must've been too busy with Lance to notice." Todd hated to bring up his name.
"Oh… I'm so sorry Todd. I just really had to talk to him, it was important. You understand, right?" she smiled at him again.
"Sure… it's just…." He didn't know how to continue.
"Yes?…. it's just what?" she pressed on, now watching him carefully.
"Well, you do know that if you need anything I'm here for you… right?" the dark-blonde mutant kept his eyes fixed on Rogue's as if trying to mean more then what he said.
"Sure Todd… I know…"
"Cause Lance isn't the only one that can fix things, and he's not the only one that is all responsible and he's not the only one that you can count on." Todd was now avoiding her eyes as he kept rambling.
His mind told him to stop but once he had mysteriously found the sufficient nerve to start saying all these things he knew he couldn't… he shouldn't, or else he might never have neither the strength nor the opportunity to tell her.
"Todd, I know… I just…" she tried to talk but he continued.
"And you must know Rogue, you simply must know that he's not the only one that cares about you."
An eerie silence set down among them.
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Alex Notes:
More Toddy cuteness! ^_^
Todd: I told you to cut that out yo!
Alex: aww! So cute!
Ok you wonderful readers you!… I still need some suggestions as to how to name these chapters…. (-_-;; would you believe it…)
And also, (I thought you should know) it has been proven that reviewing this story is good for the soul….. it fills you up inside in a good fluffy manner… makes you all happy! =^_^= really…..
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