TheDreamerLady - AWWW...poor DL...are you gonna be ok? /pats head softly/. LOL tell Lanco and Travis that everything's gonna be ok...lol you should know everything's gonna be ok. Come on you were there when i officially claimed myself as the X-ietro Queen lol. LOL...writing the lime was funny lol...I actually got some of that from an X-ietro lemon i started a while ago but haven't finished lol. LOL don't worry so much DL but i'm glad you love my work cause me loves ya ;D lol. So smile and enjoy ;D love ya lots ;D
Pyro Lady - LOL I want to see the blond die too...but will we see it? Who know...oh wait...i do lol ;D hehehe...LOL we all love romy and Jonda...how can we not? they're just so freaking cute lol ;D LOL...Amara and Jubes can be very very sneaky...find out what their up too ;D hope you like and love ya lots ;D
heartsyhawk- LOL poor Pietro...i'm sure he got bruises lol. Yay i surprised you lol...i'm glad i'm not as predictable as i think lol. Yay Crystal haters must unite and kill her lol. Glad you took out yur anger out on Crystal and not me lol. I feel bad for Lex to...but she'll survive...after all she is X-23 lol. Aww that's a GREAT quote for X-ietro right now lol (be careful what you wish for). I'm not gonna say anything about the Lexa/Danny...you'll just have to read lol ;D Remy's sooo cute...i love him to pieces along with Romy and jonda hehehe. Anyhoo hope you like this last chap...and hope you get what you wish for lol...what do you wish would happen anyway?
Totally Obsessed47- I know it's sad that it's ending but nothing last forever right? LOL...i feel bad for X-ietro...i have no idea why i like screwing with them...probably cause i love em lol ;D hope u like ;D
loneraven- LOL yay...i had to have a cliffhanger lol...i was missing them. Sorry i had you in suspense for a whole week...hopefully it went by fast lol. Romy and Jonda are the best lol. Yup this is the last chap...me sad lol. LOL i would have updated the day you gave me but Saturday January 8 2004! was a whole year ago ;D lol. Yes i will be writing more after this...i 'think' that the next fic you'll get from me is the Sequel to MoE, so hope to see you there. Enjoy this chap ;D
kitty-mm- LOL ahhh don't hurt me…glad you liked and hopefully you'll like this chap ;D
Chica De Los Ojos Cafe - ???? LOL Pietro wasn't the one that asked for Lexa back...it was Danny. Pietro has no idea that went on...yet lol. Hope u like this finale ;D
Amelia- LOL...i like being a tricky person. NOOOO...i don't want you to die...so I'll see what i can do lol. Don't worry...you're not the only one mad at Pie Pie lol. Hmm the bright side pf life eh? well you decide if the endings happy lol. Hope u like ;D
scarlet stripes - LOL...well i'm not gonna tell you Lex's answer so guess you'll have to read lol. Hope u like ;D
DreamSprite- LOL...you really want that sequel? LOL...yes I'll be working on the MoE sequel but i think it's gonna sux...but that's jut me lol.
A Cute But Psycho Bunny - LOL i wish Wanda would get her shoe and wack Pietro too...he needs it lol. Yup this chap i gonna be the last...sad but true lol. Don't worry Pietro pathetic ness must end here...unless i'm playing a sad ending...hehehe...hope u like ;D
Dannonspring - LOL...i'm not gonna spoil the last chap for you so you'll just have to read lol. Yay glad you love this story...i loved writing it ;D I don't know how i did it lol...the idea just came to my head...actually in the beginning it was kinda hard but then i figured exactly wanted to do and tada...you got Total Manipulation lol. Anyhoo hope u enjoy this last chap ;D
MagCat- Glad you liked and No i won't be putting lots of Kurmanda or Lancitty in here. I love them too but the story's ending making this last chap a lot of X-ietro centered, sry. I hope you like and don't worry...we'll throw Crystal out of the picture.
RG Marie- LOL...both of your predictions are good...but only one is right...read to find out. hope you enjoy ;D LOL and the suspense will go away soon so no worries ;D
Sweety8587- LOL it's ok...i'm glad you got to review before i updated though lol ;D LOL yeah...a lot of people wanna kill me for that cliffie...i felt like being evil and so i decided to leave it there lol. Hope you enjoy this chap...and the image of Danny falling on the ground like an egg on concrete is very fun lol.
OoOoOoOo AN OoOoOoOo
Ok…well I'm here…for the last time in this story…awww /starts sobbing/. Ignore moi and read…hope u guys enjoy and review ;D
OoOoOoOo Chapter 13 OoOoOoOo
Pietro walked inside of his home and heard giggling from Jubilee. He walked inside the living to see that everyone was there.
"Hey guys," he greeted.
Everyone looked up at him barely noticing his arrival. The guys responded while the girls either ignored, rolled their eyes or glare at him. 'Yup Yup Yup…guess I'm not very loved at the moment,' Pietro thought to himself and then noticed that Rogue was also there. He found this a bit weird since the pretending game had finished.
Catching him staring at her Rogue stared back and then whispered something to Remy, Remy nodded and got up.
"D'accord mon amies…temp for us to go," he told everyone.
"Why?" Pietro asked thinking it might have been his fault.
Remy smiled at his friend, "I promised mon belle amor over 'ere that I would take her to a concert tonight.
"Oh who's playing?" Jubilee asked interested.
Rogue looked at her and answered, "Jet…"
Jubilee and Amara exchanged looks being clueless…Rogue smiled at them and added, "Ah'll let yah borrow the CD sometime."
"K…" Jubilee responded racking her brain to see if she had even heard of them.
"Later," Wanda told Rogue as she and Remy walked out the door.
"You're game might be over but some friendships that are made actually last forever," Wanda told Pietro as soon as the door had closed. Pietro started at his twin as she told him this, she had noticed Pietro's look as well. He ignored her and went to the empty couch that had been occupied by Remy and Rogue and laid down with his eyes closed looking as if he was incredibly tired.
"So man where were you?" Ray asked curiously.
"Do you really have to ask?" Roberto asked knowing that he had been with Crystal and knowing that the others also knew this.
Ray's mouth curved to an 'O' and he then nodded as Pietro stayed still without answering as if he hadn't even heard the question. The guys stayed quiet until Kurt who had rejoined the group now that the 'bullshit' was over got up and head out.
"Hey where are you off too?"
"To the concert, Rogue's forcing me to go…"
"That's a lie!" Wanda told him smiling. "Are you sure she didn't just mention her friend Amanda was going?" she asked innocently. Kurt glared at her and then just walked out with the other girls smiled.
About 2 minutes later everything was still quiet until Jubilee giggled getting everyone's attention.
Amara looked at her with a perked eyebrow and told Ray, "I think it's time you sign your girlfriend up in to the nut house."
Ray smirked at Jubilee who giggled and then said, "Sorry I just can't get that even out of my head."
"I can't believe Danny asked Lex to be his girlfriend again," Wanda said smiling.
"I KNOW…I wished I had seen it…it was probably really cute," Jubilee gushed. At hearing the mention of Lex and Danny, Pietro opened one eye and his ears perked up. His attention was to everything they were saying, waiting to hear the results.
"She…has amazing courage," Amara mused.
"Maybe she got it from you," Roberto told her and winked making Amara smile sweetly.
"Isn't it funny?" Wanda asked making everyone look at her.
"What is?" John asked looking at his girlfriend.
"She got what she wanted…Danny and Crystal broke up…Danny asked for her to be his again…yet at the last moment…she turned him away…" she answered softly looking at Pietro who was now closing both his eyes but carefully listening. She stared intently at him, she knew he was listing so she decided to add, "Love is a funny thing…you think you love someone but you wake up one day and realize that you didn't love them as much as you thought you did…"
Pietro stayed dead still making it look as if her were a sleep or something but Wanda was the only one that seemed to know he was faking it.
"Yeah…" Amara mused to what Wanda had commented looking deep in thought and then giving Roberto a nervous glance. Roberto noticed and looked at her with a 'what' look making her quickly turn.
Jubilee knew what was wrong with Amara so she quickly got everyone's attention and said, "AWWW still…I wished I had been there…I heard the slap she gave him could be heard from inside and they were outside so she must have slapped him pretty hard."
"Ha…that's funny…who ever knew X-23 had such a fighting spirit," Ray mused as Jubilee envisioned what Lexa slapping Danny would be like.
"She may not show it much but…I do believe she has a lot of that," Amara replied while giving Jubes a thankful look.
As they changed the subject to something else, Pietro tuned them out and got lost in his own thoughts.
'She turned him down? Why? What could have made her do that?' he asked himself his eyes shut very tight trying to come up with the answer. Not finding then he got up frustrated and walked out of the room into the kitchen, everyone stared after him. When he was in the kitchen he went and got a cup then filled it up with coca cola, drinking it in small sips her pondered the question again…'Why did Lexa turn Danny away? He was the reason she had to change her image, he was the reason she changed the crowd she had been in, he was the reason she had kissed…him. Danny is the reason she's done everything…what's different?'
As he finished this thought h finished his soda and went over to but it in the sink when something caught his eye. Lexa was in her kitchen, which just happened to be the opposite as his. Hr rolled his eyes, 'just our luck…' he turned to look at her, instead of wearing what she had worn to school she was wearing a tank top and Pietro could also recognize the short blue baggy shorts she loved to wear. Her head was up in a half bun half down hairstyle but there was as also a blue bandana on her head.
Pietro found that a smile was slowly appearing on his face as he watched her, she grabbed what looked like a spoon and used it as a microphone and her mouth opened as her eyes closed and she sang into the spoon. He put his hand on his cheek and his elbow went down to rest on the counter as he kept watching her. He then watched as she put the spoon down and grabbed a clean cup then twirled around and neatly put it in the correct cupboard.
'She looks so…silly…innocent…childish…so then…WHY THE FUCK AM I SO INTERESTED AND TURNED ON!!!!!' he yelled at himself. 'I can't be thinking like this…not about her. We're friends…that's all we're meant to be…I'm with Crystal…but…still'
"You do know you look like an idiot don't you?" a voice snapped him out of the dreamy state he was in. He turned and looked at Wanda who was leaning on a wall staring at him.
"How long have you been there?" he asked.
"Long enough to know that somewhere deep inside you know you're an idiot and you know what it is that'll make you happy…if you know, what are you still doing just standing here?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh but I think you do…"
"…" Pietro didn't say anything, he's brain couldn't come up with something to response to so he rolled his eyes and got ready to leave. Before he moved one step though he stopped as Wanda voice rang out.
"You know…if you compare them…it's a sweetheart against as slut."
Pietro turned and glared at Wanda but once again didn't say anything; he turned towards the window and saw that Lexa was staring at him her mouth was moving as if she were speaking to him. He looked into her beautiful orbs and then turned and left the kitchen.
Wanda watched him go and then moved to the window where she suspected X-23 was visible since Pietro had been looking outside like a love struck dork. Her suspicions were confirmed right as she found Lexa looking through her widow straight at her with a puzzled expression. Wanda smiled at her but didn't get a smile back…
Outside the kitchen door, Amara and Jubilee's ears were pressed against the wood trying to hear what had gone on. Luckily they had and they looked at each other and smirked getting a plan up in their heads.
Roberto and Ray exchanged looks that clearly read…'our girlfriends are nuts'. John gave them a 'yes they are' look and smirked thinking 'ha I didn't get a crazy one'. Roberto rolled his eyes and thought 'well she might be crazy but I still love her…anyway it's better than getting a bitchy one…those are just too temperamental'. Ray was also starting to feel sorry for John and Remy, 'oh well…at least none of us are stupid and confused about our feelings' he told himself thinking about Pietro.
Amara and Jubilee walked away from the closed door and over to a corner where they started whispering.
"I feel bad for ya mates…" John told them.
"Why?"
"Cause…I bet sometimes they're plotting against you two," he answer smirking while Ray and Roberto exchanged nervous glance with each others and their energetic girlfriends.
OoOoOoOo a while earlier OoOoOoOo
Lexa walked inside her house and yelled, 'I'm home'…she was sure her parents would think that weird since for the past two weeks she had been going out with Wanda and the rest of the guys or she would just be kickin it over at Wanda's. She was expecting a big…'what are you doing home so early' but was surprised when she heard nothing.
She put her coat and backpack down then headed to the kitchen and found a note on the fridge.
'Tonight's conference night at your school so if you're reading this now and we're not home…guess where we are? ;D love you…dinners in the microwave - Mom and Dad…Ps. Mind doing some of the chores I didn't get to?'
Lexa looked a little surprised, tonight was parent night at school? That was weird usually she would have known that but then again she hadn't paid much attention to school/parent related stuff for a while. She reread the not and hoped that her grades had been going down, for the while she was popular she had been cramming all her homework into hours. She sighed and headed towards her room to change, after all it wasn't like her to disappoint her parents which meant her butt was gonna be doing a couple of chores as soon as she came back down.
About five minutes later she came back downstairs while adjusting the blue bandana in her hand on her head.
'So…what should I do?' she asked herself and looked at the tidy living room. 'Hopefully she got to the bathrooms' she thought to herself knowing that she wouldn't want to clean anything in there up.
She walked into the dinning room and found that that room did need cleaning. Before she got to it though she turned on the radio and found that Alicia Key's 'If I ain't got you' play softly out of the speakers.
/Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame/
As the song went by she started picking all the good china from the cupboard and started piling them up. Since they hadn't been used in a while they were dusty so she might as well give them a nice wash. Carefully she took everything to the kitchen, which was luckily just a couple of feet away. She put the things on the sink and let the water run so it could be warm.
/Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game/
As she listened to the song Danny popped into her head. The memories they had came brushing in. They had had good times, many laughs, many tears, and lost of happiness, 'But nothing last forever' she thought to herself.
/Some people think that the physical things define what's within/
'He changed…and then so did I…he was the one I wanted but then he become the one I didn't care about.'
Life was funny...so was love…how could someone's feelings change so suddenly that they don't see the change until it's too late.
/And I been there before but that life's a bore, so full of the superficial/
'Maybe…I've always felt this way…towards him but was blinded to it' she thought while drying the dishes. She was so caught up in the song and in her thoughts she hadn't even noticed that she had finished washing and rinsing the dishes.
She rinsed the last spoon in her hand and looking at it and her reflection in it made her remember what had happened with Danny minutes ago. At the thought she smiled, 'wasn't he surprised? Bet he thought I was going to jump in his arms like Pietro allowed Crystal to do. If he thinks that girl and I are anything a like then he definitely deserved that slap.' for a couple of seconds she replayed his shock expression after it had happened and then it turned a bit angry but she held her grown. Before he could do anything, not like he would anyway he was a wimp when it came to fighting, Kurt had arrived and apologized for forgetting about her. He then had noticed Danny and looked at Lex wondering if he had interrupted anything. Lex responded to the look by passing Danny as if he were invisible and telling Kurt that it was ok but to stop making her waste time by still being there.
/Some people want it all, but I don't want nothing at all
If it aint you baby, if I aint got you baby/
She softly started singing as her thoughts went off in to their own little world. She dried the last couple of plates and cups and then found herself with the spoons, knifes, and forks. All of a sudden feeling a little inspired she took the last spoon in her hand and brought it up to her mouth.
/"Some people want diamond rings, some just want everything
But everything means nothing if I aint got you, you, you"/
She screamed into the spoon while being happy it was a spoon because if it were a person that person would have gone deaf. She then put it down a into a kitchen drawer and grabbed the nearest thing to here which was a cup. While she was gonna put it into it's usual place she thought she might as well do a move taught in her dance class so she did a balanced chaine turn. She put it away and continued her song but stopped moving around like crazy when she looked through her kitchen window to Wanda's kitchen window. He cheeks flushed she noticed the side of Pietro's face, he seemed to be talking/arguing with someone but she wondered if he had stared at her looking all dorky.
She smiled and softly sang,
/"Some people want it all, but I don't want nothing at all
If it aint you baby, if I aint got you baby"/
As she looked at him she thought the song really fit. She really started to beat herself up in her head too, wondering why she hadn't noticed how she felt about him while everyone else did. 'Maybe I should take the contacts out and start wearing my glasses again' she thought to herself bitterly, 'But then again how would that help me now?' she dismissed those thoughts as Pietro's head turned and looked at her.
/Some people want diamond rings, some just want everything
But everything means nothing if I aint got you, yeah/
They held eye contact as she mumbled the words not even sure if she was singing them out loud. She then watched him turn away and leave. She sighed as another song went on the radio and as Pietro left her sight, wondering if he had taken her heart as he left.
Seconds after still staring into the empty window Wanda showed up an looked her way, she gave her a small smile but Lexa couldn't find the energy to return it.
'After all…what's there to be happy about?' she asked herself.
As she finished that thought she looked around and found that she was done, so without a second look to her neighbors' house she turned and headed upstairs towards her room. When she got into her room she closed her door and looked at her opened window, not wanting to catch a glimpse of Pietro knowing that seeing him would only cause her some sort of emotional devastation she closed the window tightly and looked around her room trying to find something to get her mind off the silver haired heartbreaker.
She found her backpack and went through it but found that she had done all her homework during study hall. 'Why the hell so I have to be so smart?' she snarled at herself being mad at the fact she didn't have any home to use as a distraction, before she threw her backpack on the floor frustrated she saw a white piece of paper sticking out of an opened pocket. She opened it looked intently what it was, it was the paper explaining what you had to do for the article you could write for the years annual literature award. She kept staring at it and sat down in front of her desk, as she sat down she moved the desk a little making the computer which was on standby turn it's self on.
She looked at the blank computer screen and brought a document up then stared at the blank page for about 5 minutes…then she typed the word…
'Manipulation'
Without looking at the time or the screen she started typing her brain out. She had found her distraction…if you could really call it that…because after all what she was writing about brought all the memories of that which she didn't want to think about…Pietro and…herself.
OoOoOoOo The Next morning OoOoOoOo
"Hey Lexa…I read your article yesterday," Danielle told Lexa as they were all gather at their usual spot in the science lab.
Lexa looked up surprised as everyone else looked at her surprised, they were surprised that she was actually doing some work. Not that they thought she was lazy or anything but they knew that some girls took a while to start functioning right after a big break up.
"Oh…how?"
"Well I'm one of the people judging which article is the winner, the winning one I'm giving to Jean so she can publish it in the school paper. That's half the prize, the other half is to of course get an award and then the person's work gets shown to a scholarship committee."
"So…what did you think?" Lex asked nervously.
"I…didn't like it…"
Lexa's face fell…
"I loved it…" Danielle then told her making Lexa look up surprised. "It was beautiful…"
"And that would be because you spoke from your heart…and that's another reason…you've won," Jean told her smiling.
"What?"
"Yeah…yesterday the judges got together and we picked yours, how long did it take you to write it?" Danielle asked curiously.
"Uh…about 3-4 hours…"
"WHAT! You wrote all that in less than a day?" she yelled making Jamie who was sitting next to her with his head resting on her shoulder put his hands up to his ears.
"Uh…yeah…"
Jean looked at her smiling proudly, "I think that's what you needed…"
"What? To like cream everyone else that joined the contest who probably worked on it for about a week when she just worked on it for 4 hours?" Kitty asked wanting to laugh.
"No," Jean answer with a roll of her eyes and answered, "Letting her feelings out…even if it was just in paper…and even if the people who read don't know you're talking about yourself…"
Rahne smiled and nodded agreeing but then turned her head as the door opened, her eyes got a bit bigger as she saw them enter.
Jubilee looked around looking lost; Amara grabbed her by the sleeve as she noticed where Lex was sitting. Lexa looked at them surprised.
"Hello fellow peers," Jubilee greeted them hyperly. Amara rolled her eyes at her best friend and let her go.
"You guys won't mind if we borrow her right?" Amara asked as she started pulling Lexa up. Before any of Lex's friends could answer the two preps and the geek were out the door.
"How can I help you?" Lexa asked formerly as if she didn't speak to them often.
"You can stop talking like that for one," Amara answered annoyed at the sound of her voice.
"Ya we're here to the rescue," Jubilee added.
"Huh?" Lexa said confused.
"Duh we're here to help you get our good looking silver hair fiend back," Jubilee replied.
"What? No…this is over with we aren't friends anymore…we never really were…" Lexa answered shocking both girls.
"Hold me back before I decide to slap some sense into her," Amara told Jubilee.
Jubilee looked at Lexa and asked, "Do you really believe that?" Lex stood perfectly quiet. "Well you're wrong…if we didn't consider you a friend we wouldn't even be here to help you and Pie out…"
"How do I know this isn't some kind of trick or joke?" Lexa asked wondering if she should even be asking since a part of her knew they could be trusted.
"You just gotta trust us…"
"Can I really? We're back to the opposite sides of the status chain…"
"Well…I could always tell you something that'll prove I trust YOU as a friend," Amara spoke in a hushed voice. Jubilee turned to her with a concern look.
"Are you…"
"Yeah…" Amara turned back to Lex and walked really close to her and pt her mouth to the older girls ear. Lexa felt a little nervous as she heard, "Roberto doesn't even know about this…I…skipped two periods…"
Lexa looked confused, "That's all? I always skip periods that's why I always use spell check…"
Amara looked at her with her mouth opened while Jubilee hit the palm of her hand to her forehead.
"Really it's not a big…" Lexa suddenly stopped at Amara and Jubilee looked at her like an idiot, the meaning coming to her as if someone had just dropped a bucket full of ice on to her back.
"YOU'RE PREG…" before she could shout it out Jubilee cover her mouth and went, 'SHHHH'. After calming herself down she whispered, "Are you sure?"
Amara slowly nodded and Jubilee said, "Yeah…I was there when she took the pregnancy test."
"OMG…what are you gonna do? What are you gonna tell Roberto? What…"
"Whoa…one thing at a time." Amara answered and looked annoyed as Lexa touched her stomach, which still looked pretty petite.
"Yeah first we have to figure out what we're gonna do about you and Pie," Jubilee added.
Lexa pulled her hand away and looked at them lost, "But I already told you guys' it's over…I admit defeat and I'm letting him do what he wants…I want him to be happy."
"It aint over till the fat lady sings," Jubes shouted and then looked at Amara. "Whoops…sorry," she told her smirking.
Amara rolled her eyes and replied, "Shut up bitch I'm not fat yet." She then turned to Lexa and said, "How are you so sure he's happy?"
"Cause that's the road he chose…"
"People make mistakes," Jubilee commented calmly and perked her eyebrows towards Amara in a teasing matter. Lexa smirked at her and then giggled.
Amara looked annoyed with both girls by now, she growled and said, " Just meet us at your house after school kay," with that she stomped away.
Jubilee and Lex watched, "It's the hormones," Jubilee told Lex and winked at her then followed. Lexa watched them and then walked back into the room.
"What was that about?" Rahne asked.
"Nothing…nothing at all," Lexa answered and sat down with a thoughtful expression on her face.
OoOoOoOo After School OoOoOoOo
"Man you guys look horrible," John teased Ray and Roberto who were sitting on one of the Maximoff's couch moping.
Remy smirked, "Where Yo ladies? They finally got tired of Y'?" Both boys glared at him.
"Leave 'em alone," Rogue told Remy, he pouted and obeyed.
"Yeah…they never tease you when you look like that after we leave," Wanda told John with a perked eyebrow daring him to deny they didn't act like that.
John shut up as he gave his girlfriend a kiss on the cheek and neck as an apology.
"So where are Jubes and Amara anyway?" Rogue asked looking around but not finding them.
"We don't know…we think they might have been kidnapped since they didn't tell us anything," Ray answered looking as if the end of the world was happening.
Roberto shrugged but said, "I don't know…but I know she's near…"
"And how do you know that?" Wanda asked,
"Cause…I can smell her flower smelling perfume," he answered dreamily.
John, Remy, Rogue and Wanda looked at each other and then at the guys, without wanting to they all burst up laughing.
Roberto glared at them, "Laugh all you want…but I know she's near…we have a bond," he snapped while Ray ignored everyone and went into depression and looked around seeing Jubes face all around.
Remy smirked, "Those two are CRAZY…"
"Crazier than me," John agreed and both guys laughed again only to get smacked on the head.
"Oh shut up…they aren't crazy…they're in love," Wanda told John.
"Yea…and ah think it's sweet," Rogue told Remy.
"Well den...c'est une bon ting I'm in love Aussi," he told Rogue and then went down and captured her lips with his. John took this as an example and got closer to Wanda knowing what was to come.
Ray and Roberto looked at them and then at each other both thinking them same thing, 'Where in the world were their girlfriends?'
OoOoOoOo Next Door OoOoOoOo
"What they heck are you listening to?" Amara asked Lexa who was singling softly to the song playing and while Jubilee listened and started swaying her head to side to side to the slow love song.
Instead of answering Lexa softly but a little louder than at first sang,
/"You are the reason of my heartbeats
I know I never thought I will ever fall so deep,
but know I see that the love
that we share is all so sweet
What if I told you that I believe
that you are my soul, my destiny,
what if I was to say In every way
deep in my heart is where you'll be
Time goes by, while we stand still
I know it does, I know it does
Love you for eternity I will
I know that we were meant to be
You were meant to be my love
That's how I feel when your with me"/
"Awww isn't it sweet?" Jubilee asked as they watched the midnight hair ignore them and continue to sing. "Do you think she's think of Pietro as she sings?"
"Gee let me think…uh DUH," Amara answered and shook her head.
Lexa finished as turned the music down, "What was that you asked?" she asked Amara.
"I asked what you were listening to in hopes that you would stop singing."
"Oh…the spice girls…"
"SPICE GIRLS!!!" Jubilee shouted and held in her laugh. Lexa rolled her eyes.
"Didn't I just see you swaying to the music?" she asked.
Jubilee stopped smiling, "Oh…I guess you did…but man are they OLD…hahaha."
"True but I still like some of their slow love songs," Lexa answered at the house next door.
"Anyway…lets get back to business hmm?" Amara said breaking her trance.
"What is the business?" Lexa asked confused and sat down at her bed.
"I don't know…do you know?" Jubes asked Amara looking confused.
Amara rolled her eyes, "the business is trying to get two very stubborn stupid blind people together."
"HEY! Watch it…I'm one of those stupid blind people you're talking about," Lexa spoke up.
"Funny…you didn't notice that before but you notice it now…"
"I…hm…so what is it that you guys wanna do anyway?" Lexa asked changing the subject.
"I know…a makeover," Jubilee shouted.
"Uh Jubilee…" Lexa started but was interrupted by Amara.
"Been there done that."
"Oh yeah…well we could…fuck Crystal up…get people to jump her and screw her face up."
Lexa scowled, "No…I don't think that's the way to do it…she'll get hurt."
"I think that's her point," Amara answered but thought of another idea. "You could try to get him jealous using Danny…"
"Oh yeah…good idea…we'll follow you around take pics and show them to Pietro," Jubilee smiled evilly.
"No…I don't want anything to do with Danny and anyway…I'm tired of manipulating…"
"You say it as if you've always done it…it was only once so breath…"
"Yeah it was only once but that one time made my eyes open and see things what was really going on…"
"Hmmm…then what do you suggest?" Amara asked.
Lexa thought for a while and the asked, "Who knows you're here?"
"Uh…no one…" Jubilee answered.
"Has Pietro even told you or any of the guys he has feeling for me?"
Both girls stayed quiet giving Lexa the answer.
"Oh gosh…you guys don't even now if he actually feels anything for me and here you are plotting against him!"
"Something's don't need to be told…" (Jubilee)
"You just know…" (Amara)
"But something's do need to be known…because if they aren't you'll just be digging a bigger hole…anyway…I think maybe this is something I should just do on my own…"
"Alright…but we're not leaving until we pick out an out fit for you to wear tomorrow," Amara answered with a smile understanding her.
"Yeah…we saw what you were wearing yesterday and today…gotta say we are VERY disappointed," Jubilee mused with a wink.
"Fine…we'll do things your way…but hurry cause I'd hate to see Ray and Roberto dead from missing their babies…" Lex answered and watched as both girls went and raided her closet.
OoOoOoOo Next Day OoOoOoOo
Lexa felt weird as she walked to the science lab and a bunch of guys whistled and stared at her. 'Yup…definitely didn't miss this' she told herself hating the attention.
"Hey there shorty can I get your number?" a guy asked as she passed by the stairs.
"Uh…No…my phone's disconnected," she answered and quickly walked to the science lab to hide. She got there after getting a thousand more stares and after she got in she quickly closes the door.
"Oh no…you're leaving us again?" Rahne asked looking at her.
"What? NO…I just got forced into wearing this," she answered and walked towards them glancing back at the door making sure no one was coming in, people out there were scary when they saw fresh meat.
"So like you're wearing that just to wear it?" Kitty asked looking at X-23's outfit as she nodded. Her outfit consisted of a long sleeve white shirt, baby blue tank top, light blue jean skirt and Lugz 'Women's Diva' in a baby blue color. "I think it like looks cute," Kitty commented.
"Thanks."
"Oh like I gotta go…you coming Warren?"
"Yeah…"
"Where are you guys going?"
"Like to see Lance…"
"And Betts…"
"Are you coming back?" Scott asked as he watched them leave.
"Doubt it," Jamie answered for them as they walked out the room. Seconds later someone rushed on and screamed, "There you are!" Jamie looked at the beautiful voice of Danielle who was pointing at Lexa.
"What did I do?" she asked.
Danielle looked at what she was wearing before looking back to her face. "We have something to show you."
"What?"
"This…" Jean answered walking in and handling her a newspaper. Lexa looked at nervously and opened it to the editorial page and read out loud.
"…'Manipulation'…"
"Hey let me see," Rahne yelled taking the paper away from the shocked Lexa. "Whoo hoo ho…BY Lexa Howlett…congrats how do you feel?" she asked.
"I…I…don't know…good I guess…" she answered slowly wondering if having her private thoughts published in the school paper. But of course no on would know she was talking about herself right? She had done the article in paragraph form anyway…
/I sit and wait
does an angel/
She looked over to Rahne who was reading the article with Sam peering behind her shoulder…'No one's gonna know…right?'
/contemplate my fate/
OoOoOoOo Lunch OoOoOoOo
"Have you seen this?" Rogue asked Wanda as she put the newspaper in front of her face.
"No…I don't really take much interest in the schools newspaper and I'm surprised you do."
"Actually ah don't but Amanda forced the paper into mah face a lot like ah'm doing tah yah," Rogue answered as Wanda looked at the page.
"Hey isn't that…"
"Yeah…did you read the title?"
"No…OHHH…ohhhh…ok…"
/and do they know/
"Yea."
"Hey what you shelias looking at?" John asked showing up and looking behind Wanda's shoulder to the paper.
"What's so interesting over 'ere?" Remy asked after a while when he arrived.
"Dunno…but whatever it is has to do with that piece of paper," John answered shrugging as he and Remy looked at the gray colored paper.
"'Ey…dat article…" Remy answered after reading half of it. "It sounds…a lot like…" before he could finish John spoke up and said,
"'Ey that looks familiar…oh I know…we probably watched it in a movie huh?" Wanda looked at him ready to smack him but stopped as she noticed Amara and Jubilee walking towards them with a big frown, they also looked a little pissed. Rogue and Wanda didn't have to ask what was wrong with them seeing the problem. Pietro was walking with Roberto, and Ray behind them, with them was a certain blonde whore.
The girls stopped in front of Wanda and Rogue then turned and looked at the guys…well more like glared at Crystal. Crystal glared back and then looked at Pietro.
/the places Where we go
when we're grey and old/
"Pie…I'm gonna go over there," she told him pointing at where Emma and Belle were watching. "Think about what I told you ok," she told him and then gave him a big passionate tongue kiss. After they broke apart she gave the Wanda and the rest of their girls a triumph that seemed to say, 'I won…whether you like it or not' she then turned and walked away.
They girls glared at her back while Pietro stared at all the girls wondering if he should tell them to stop, something inside him told him not to, it wouldn't be safe.
After they had stopped he looked at the paper in Wanda's hand and said, "Hey…what's been so special about today's school paper? I saw them looking really interested in it too," Pietro said nodding at Roberto and Ray.
"Oh…this?…uh nothing," Wanda answered and closed the paper thinking it'd be better if he didn't see it. Pietro perked an eyebrow at her and then she asked, "What was she talking about?"
He looked confused.
"What did crystal mean with the 'think about what I told you'" Wanda answered in a mock prissy voice. Jubilee and Amara smirked at her while Pietro ignored it.
"Not that's it's any of you're business but…she wants to go bungy jumping of the bridge today…she already has it all planned out…"
"WHAT?" Wanda shouted, before he could answer or before she could notice he took the newspaper away from her since she was too surprised to notice.
/'cos I've been told/
"Now let's see…what has you all gazing into this paper so interestedly?" he mused out loud while turning the pages, he was about to turn the page with the editorials when he caught that name…the one that had been haunting him for a couple of days. "…Lexa…" he spoke out loud as everyone watched him giving each other glances.
/that salvation/
"…'Manipulation'…the art of manipulation…some people are good at doing it…others are good at following to it as a victim…but was is manipulation?" he read the title and fist line out loud and then proceeded to reading the rest mentally.
He finished and looked up at the others who were staring at him blankly, before anyone could say anything the bell rang announcing lunch as over. He looked at all their faces and then turned to leave, the last words from the paper playing in his head like a broken record.
/lets their wings unfold/
'So…Is that cute girl/guy worth hurting someone that's special to you? Who knows…everyone has a different opinion on the matter. A gambit…that's what the game is all about…taking a chance…you either get what you want or you don't. In the end it all just comes down to…Total Manipulation…whether it makes you happy or not.'
/So when I'm lying in my bed/
'Total Manipulation…whether it makes you happy or not'
/thoughts running through my head/
Total Manipulation…that's all it was…' Pietro thought to himself as he walked into his class his thoughts being nowhere the subject it should be.
OoOoOoOo 6th period OoOoOoOo
Lexa sat on the bench outside with her legs crossed. Now that she wasn't pretending to be a prep anymore it meant she could sit out during Gym and that's exactly what she was doing. During Lunch she had to have lunch with the principal and the rest of her teachers, that's where she got her award and where she was praised for speaking her mind.
She sighed and closed her eyes letting the sunlight hit her face and warm it up. Minutes later she heard the footsteps of a lot of feet running so she knew either her class or the other gym class was running the mile.
She opened her eyes to see which class it was and cursed herself for opening right then, why? Because she now realized it was the other gym class that was running the mile, and she knew this because Pietro just happened to be running by.
He looked at her with his eyes a little wide, she wondered if it was because of what she was wearing or the fact that the moment seemed a lot like the day it had all started.
The day she had made the deal with the devil, the day that without realizing it, she had fallen. They kept eye contact until he had to turn along with the track, she couldn't help but notice that there was something in his eyes…something she couldn't name.
/And I feel that love is dead/
She sighed and rolled her eyes, "Ok…this is ENOUGH" she told herself. "I will NO longer think of him…at all…" she told herself and turned her back on the field.
"He's out of my head…and out of my heart…" she told herself looking intently at the school building in front of her. Since her back was turned, she never noticed the sapphire eyes that kept looking her way.
/I'm loving angels instead/
OoOoOoOo An hour After School OoOoOoOo
/And through it all/
Lexa sat on her bed listing to Jet's 'Look what you've done'. She'd have to thank Marie later for playing the song a couple hundred of times in her room at full blast.
As she sat on her bed her AP chemistry book rested on her lap, she had her lead pencil near her mouth as she bit at the small handle. She was forced to look up though as the door to her room opened.
"Hey…what are you guys doing here?" she asked surprised.
"We have a problem," Wanda told her without even greeting her.
"Ok…what subject?"
Rogue rolled her eyes, "It's not a school problem…it's Pietro."
"Oh…" Lex answered her face falling. "What is it?" she asked.
/he offers me protection/
"HE'S GONNA JUMP OFF THE BAYVILLE BRIDGE!" Jubilee answered.
"HE'S WHAT?"
"Ok it's not as dramatic as she makes it sound," Amara replied and rolled her eyes at Jubilee.
"Pietro's going bungee jumping with Crystal."
/a lot of love and affection/
"Oh…DON'T FREAK ME OUT LIKE THAT" Lexa yelled at Jubilee.
"Ok so he's not off to kill himself but he might as well be," Jubilee answered, Lexa looked at her puzzled.
"Crystal talked Pietro into doing this stupid shit…anyway you need to go out and STOP him," Wanda told Lexa.
"Uh…why? He wants to do it…"
"No he doesn't Crystal peered pressured him into it, you know Pietro he doesn't like to look like a wimp."
"So he's gonna jump off a little bridge what's the big deal?"
"The big 'deal' Lex is that Pietro's gonna be the first one to jump of that fucken bridge…the people who are setting it up aren't even professionals they're dumbasses Crystal met," Rogue answered.
"So basically he's a fucken guinea pig, there's no guarantee that that stupid rope will hold…" Amara told Lexa.
"You know…the fact that Pietro has a small problem with heights doesn't really help the matter much huh?" Jubilee mused.
Everyone looked at Jubilee but then turned back to Lexa.
/Whether I'm right or wrong/
"Ok…you guys know this and YOU didn't stop him why?"
"Cause he's stupid and stubborn…do you honestly believe we didn't try?"
/and down the waterfall/
"Ok…then what makes you so sure me telling him not to will work?"
"Cause…It's you," Rogue answered.
"Yeah…" Wanda agreed as they all looked at her for her decision.
After a while of silence she answered, "I'm not going…"
"What?" (Jubilee)
"Why not?" (Amara)
"Because we've been thought this…he loves Crystal and I'm not gonna…"
"Oh please shut up," Rogue snapped, "Do you really think he loves her? Do you think she loves him? If she loved him don't you think she would be trying to stop him from jumping considering he doesn't like heights?"
"Sometimes the best thing to do is let those you love overcome their fears by making them face it…"
"Not if it puts their life's at risk…" Wanda replied, "Fine…if you won't do anything then don't be surprised if he ends up dead," she added bitterly.
/Wherever it may take me/
Lexa looked at all of them, she sighed and looked at the floor wondering what she should do, follow her head…or her heart. Her head snapped up as she heard Gwen's Stefani's voice repeating, "What you waiting What you waiting What you waiting What you waiting What you waiting for!?" she looked at the person who had turned the radio to that song, Amanda.
/I know that life won't break me/
What was Amanda doing there was a good question but before she could ask it she looked at her sister who mouth a 'what you waiting for?'. Before she knew what she was really doing she was out of her room walking outside, when she got on the porch she saw she had other visitors.
/When I come to call
he won't forsake me/
Kurt brought his keys up and dangled them in front of his face, "You hurt my baby I'll kill you," he told her as she walked in front of him with a grateful smile.
"Y' bettah go petite…"
"Yeah the mate left about 20 minutes ago," John added as they all watched her go.
"Do you think Pietro's really in danger?" Roberto asked as they watched Lexa leave.
"Who knows…this could just be an evil plan by…'them'" Ray answered and at the word them all the guys looked up to see the girls looking after Kurt's convertible.
/I'm loving angels instead/
OoOoOoOo Bayville Bridge OoOoOoOo
Pietro looked down at the waves crashing into the bridge structure.
"You sure this is safe?" he asked Crystal while he stood on the ledge.
"Pie…I wouldn't let you do it if it weren't save…" she answered looking a bit nervous and exchanging the look with Emma and Belle.
"Are you gonna go or what?" A tough looking guy who had set the cords up asked Pietro. Pietro rolled his eyes and ignored him.
/When I'm feeling weak/
Pietro looked down again, before he knew what was happening he felt a hard shove from behind him push him towards the edge…
OoOoOoOo Lex OoOoOoOo
/and my pain walks down a one way street/
Lexa drove at a fats speed ignoring the speed signs she passed. 'As long as a cop don't see me…I'm ok…" she told herself and kept driving wondering why the hell she was doing this…oh wait now she remembered cause her heart had won the little war against her head. She started to drive on the bridge and looked to the side and suddenly steeped on the brake. She thanked god there was no cars behind her and put the car in reverse and drove a couple of yards back.
She got out of the car and slowly walked on the sidewalk.
/I look above/
"What are you doing here?" both voices asked at the same time.
"I…uh…you first," Lexa demanded.
"I'm…walking," Pietro answered.
"I can see that…but should you? I mean why aren't you with…her…jumping off a cliff and stuff?"
"I should…but…"
"Yeah?"
"The bitch almost pushed me off the bridge," Pietro answered grumpily.
"What?"
"Yeah…I almost fell of the bidge but thankfully caught my balance…then I left…"
"Why?" Lex asked quietly, he didn't answer.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I…don't know…" Pietro looked at her skeptical.
"How bout being honest?" he suggested and walked over to the rail that stopped people from falling down the bridge.
/And I know I'll always be blessed with love/
"I…guess I …cam to…make sure…you're wanna gonna be ok…" she answered slowly blushing as she walked and stood next to him, both staring into the waves.
"Ha…sorry I'm not a damsel in distress…"
"Good…I would be a little freaked if you considered yourself a damsel," she answered smiling.
"Thanks…for coming…"
/and as the feeling grows/
"Yeah…no prob…" she answered not being quite sure what to say.
/He breathes flesh to my bones/
"…I…read your article," he mumbled to her. Lexa's eyes widened a little before she said, "Oh…"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Cause…something's are better left unsaid," he nodded to her responds.
"You know…how some people say that their lives flash before their eyes in a life/death situation?"
"Yea…"
"That happened to me…"
"But you didn't fall," she mused with a smirk.
/and when love is dead/
"Doesn't mean it didn't scare the shit out of me…you get on this fucken rail and let me push you off…"
"Uh…no thanks," she replied wincing at the mental image. "So…what did you see?" she asked.
"Hmm?"
"When your life flashed before you eyes…"
"A lot of things…my family...my friends……you…"
/I'm loving angels instead/
Lexa turned to look at him as he kept staring at the water below them intently. After she said nothing Pietro looked at her slightly out of the corner of his eyes but then turned to the blue body of water.
"It...sucks…"
"What does?"
"We wasted 5 entire days feeling like shit for no reason…being stupid…stubborn…in denial…"
"Sometimes…being stupid makes you see more clearly in the future…"
"You knew…why didn't you tell me…"
"Your feelings for me were a mystery…"
"Why didn't you just tell me how you felt?"
/And through it all/
"Afraid…of rejection…afraid that it might ruin the friendship we started…afraid…that's I'd ruin your happiness…" she answered slowly while looking down at her feet.
"You're stupid…" he told her softly…
/he offers me protection/
She felt fingers under her chin slight lift her head up as Pietro stood in front of her.
"I just realized something…something I should have realized in the 4th grade after putting glue in your hair…or maybe I already knew…and didn't want to admit it."
"What's that?" she asked in a low voice making her sound pretty husky.
/a lot of love and affection/
"You…are my happiness…" he answered softly while his eyes were closed and his lips hovered above her as he breathed onto her lips.
She closed her eyes and breathed out deeply as Pietro launched his mouth on hers, the kiss as fierce and passionate as the one they had had when they thought they wouldn't feel their lips again. They broke apart and rested their foreheads on each other's and just smiled.
Things were finally how they should be…
OoOoOoOo A couple feet away OoOoOoOo
/Whether I'm right or wrong/
"Looks like they aren't as blind as we thought huh?" Jubilee asked the others as Ray held her hand tight and as the watched Lexa and Pietro from a safe distance.
"Ha I knew it…ever since we were kids…"
/and down the waterfall/
"Yup…you were right luv…to bad you didn't put up a bet on it…you would have won a LOT of money," John told Wanda as he placed a thrilling kiss on the crook of her neck.
"Well it took a while but it looks like everything's gonna be okay huh?" Rogue asked Remy as they walked away from the others, Remy walking behind her as his hands were wrapped our her waist.
/Wherever it may take me/
"Oui…looks like everything well be bon…except for him," Remy answered teaseling as he looked at Roberto and Amara. Roberto was looking at Amara's stomach as if it were a picture of a naked woman or something. His mouth was slightly opened as if he couldn't believe it.
Rogue smiled, "No…ah think they'll be ok too…he's proven that he loves her more than we'll ever really know," she told him.
"If you say mon amour," Remy replied and kissed her lips.
"Aren't you gonna say anything?" Amara asked Roberto.
/I know that life won't break me/
"I'm…gonna be a daddy?"
"Have you been listening to me for the past ten minutes?"
"Yeah…I just…can't believe it," he answered slowly.
"What do you wanna do?" she asked.
"Uh…dunno…how does getting married sound to you?" he asked her as a smile started forming on his face.
"I hope you're kidding," she answered smiling too.
"Nope…with this you're gonna be stuck with me forever," he told her and leaned in to kiss her vowing that he would never leave her as of now…not that he was ever going to do it anyway.
OoOoOoOo On the bridge OoOoOoOo
/When I come to call/
"Maybe we should go," Lexa told Pietro as he kissed her again for that 20th time in 5 minutes.
"Why? I'm comfortable here," he answered.
"Maybe cause we're stopping traffic," she answered and looked at the couple of cars behind Kurt's car.
As they were going to leave they heard a big, 'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH' and ran to see what it was. The only thing they saw was a blond hitting the water hard.
"Ouch…that's gotta hurt," Pietro mused wincing.
"Yeah…and to think…that could've been you," Lex answered.
"Yeah…guess I should be grateful I have an angel," he told her winking.
/he won't forsake me/
She smiled at him and they walked back to Kurt's car, "Hey…I've been wanting to tell you something for the longest time…" Pietro told her as they reached her door.
"What?" she asked curiously.
Pietro looked at her from head to toe, "You look goood," he told her smirking. Lexa blushed and shook her head then went ahead and got in the car then watched as he got in through the other door. Before they took off he leaned over and kissed her again, softly while massaging her soft lips.
He then started the car and they took off, ignoring the cars that were honking at them.
Life had just gotten a whole lot better…as they sped away they both thought the same thing, 'Manipulating…isn't all that bad' for if they hadn't done it, they wouldn't have found love…in each other.
/I'm loving angels instead/
OoOoOoOo The End OoOoOoOo
NOOOOOOOOOOO…it's over…I feel sad lol. My baby is all grown up. Anyhoo that's all folks…what did you guys think? Good…bad?…mushy? What? LOL. Ha…an amarto baby…I would love to see that hehehe. Yay Happy ending…doesn't anyone love me? I think this is the first final chap of any of my stories that doesn't have a big thing that would make you guys freak out…lol. In TTIDFU it was Remy looking like he was gonna leave Rogue, in MoE it was Rogue's 'death' and the ending cliffy...in MBTBD it was Wanda about to get married…aww poor TM…they didn't have anything for the last chap…but I think the Crystal/Pietro in chap 11 and the danny/lex in the last chap makes up for it lol.
ANYHOO, Sorry to anyone that hates Jessica Simpson. And my sincerest apologies to Leafee, DL, and Scarlet (whenever she decides to honor me with her presence) cause they really didn't want me to use the 'Angels' song lol. You guys will forgive me though…cause ya know you love me lol ;D
Anyhoo…quote time…
Meeting you was fate" - Jonda
"becoming your friend was choice" - Romy
"but falling for you was beyond my control" - X-ietro
AWWW me loves that quote lol…really sweet ;D
Ok for those who are waiting for the MoE sequel…I'm getting really lazy about writing it…lol ahhh don't kill me. So that's stopping me from writing a lot of that story…that and my addiction to Kingdom Hearts…ahhh WAIT. Before you attack me with Pitch forks do know that I'm also going through some family issues…BUT you will see the first chap to 'Child Of Darkness' in two weeks…I just don't know if I'm gonna post Friday or Sunday…
Anyhoo also you'll probably see me again in an X-ietro oneshot I have in my brain…all I have to do is write it :D
So that's my agenda for now…CoD and 'Still thinking about you'…so hope to see you guys there and THANKS SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for reading this fic and reviewing…you guys are the best. Hope you liked this last chap and see you soon :D
X-IETRO, ROMY, & JONDA 4EVER!!!!!! Love ya Lots - Untouchable Hexing Witch ;D