Sparky Genocide: Well she might talk to him, but also might be a bit
cold to him too. As for when those two meet you're right about that.
Red Witch: Thanks, and that's strange, I guess it's just a glitch.
WingDing9: Well I'll keep it up, but I got lot of other work and other stories too.
Ivan Alias: That correction was exactly the same thing I had. Thanks I liked the Batman thing too, and nice joke there at the end.
lulugir715: Yeah I know, in fact I'm writing a fic with one of those people too. I think there are a couple of other ones too.
the nitpick: Only ONE?! I used to have a lot more then that. You should see my earlier work it's much worse. I thought about it, but finding a good one is hard. BTW that's the perfect name for you.
Jaguar2100: Thanks, and I guess I just wanted to stay true to the comic version of Spidey.
celtcath74: lol, yeah he's really got his hands full now.
Fire inu: Ron? Did you mean Rahne? I think I know what your talking about.
Jakk: Thanks, I'll try and keep the story going as long as I can.
Supergirlhv: Thanks, I tried to stay with what she does best.
Morlin: You bet it will be.
The Uncanny R-Man: Yes she is good to have around, and you bet that when those two meet the fur will fly.
EvilWhiteRaven: Thanks for the tip it's fixed now, and I'm glad you finally figured it out.
Kaliann: I guess they do, and I hope I didn't keep you waiting long.
AnthonyR: Yeah I fixed it, but it takes a little time, I guess it didn't repost the fixed one until after you read it.
X-Over: Thanks for commenting on the Batman line I liked it. And I know about those, but I wasn't sure how to write it, so I just left it out.
Sweegy: Glad you like the story so much, and here you go.
SPIDER-X
CHAPTER 23: RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
School that day for Peter was pretty much, same old same old so far. Max who the X-Men knew had to be Electro was still a jerk to them, but since most of the other Brotherhood were too that wasn't unusual.
Lunch was a different story though. Peter walked up to the table with Kitty, Kurt but Rogue seemed to be having lunch with Risty today. So he sat down with them. He could have sworn Rogue was acting a little odd today, so he figured since they had their last class together he would ask her what was going on then.
Peter noticed that Kitty was a little down too. "So what's up with you?"
She sighed. "It's just that, well, after what happened with the Brotherhood things have been a little strained with me and Lance."
"That's an understatement." Peter said to her. "He was part of the team that tried to kick our butts for no apparent reason."
Kitty seemed to get a little angry at that. "I like wasn't his fault. He was told to go with the others by Mystique. She also got punished by her for fighting with Max when I got shocked."
"Vait she's back?" Kurt said surprised. "Vhy didn't you tell me?" He aid slightly hurt, but mostly on the verge of panic.
"I like just found out when me and Lance talked." Kitty said to him. "I was going to tell you and the others later." Kurt nodded his head. He understood why now, it was just after he had learned that she was his mother, and after everything she had done to them, it was just a sore spot with him.
Peter decided to keep out of that conversation. He had heard of Mystique and of her relation to Kurt. He felt sorry for his friend that after all that time to find his biological mother only to have it turn out to be Mystique was harsh.
Scott came to join them and boy did he look like someone had run over his dog. "Kurt I won't need those tickets after all." Scott said to him and passed him two tickets. "Turns out Jean has something planned with Duncan."
Everyone at the table winched in sympathy. They all knew about Scott's huge feelings for Jean, and all knew that Duncan was a jerk to say the least. "Sorry it didn't work out." Kurt said to him. Scott just shrugged.
Peter looked at the tickets. "Dude these are to the rack show aren't they?"
"Ja, but I zem in a contest at school, but who am I going to go vith?" Kurt said shrugging.
"What about that Amanda girl? She's seems interested in you." Peter offered.
"Vhat? Her? Zhere is no vay she likes me." Kurt said trying to convince Peter, although Peter did note a slightly depressed tone in his voice. Peter decided to drop it for now.
At the other table Rogue was half listening to Risty. She didn't know why she felt so...betrayed by Peter. They were just friends and it wasn't like they were dating or something so why was she feeling this?
Risty had been going on and noticed that Rogue wasn't listening to her. In fact she seemed to be stealing glances over at the one of the other tables. "So I hear that Godzilla is going to destroy Bayville."
"Yeah sure." Rogue replied.
"Rogue darling wake up!" She snapped her fingers in front of her eyes. "What's with you today? You've seemed distracted."
"It's nothing'." Rogue said sternly to her.
Risty looked over at the other table and she raised her eyebrow. "Is there something going on between you and the new guy?"
"What? No!" Rogue said to her. "Ah just got a lot ta think about."
"Uh-huh." Risty said in an unbelieving tone. Rogue just scowled at her. After a few seconds of silence she spoke up again. "He is cute."
"Stop it right there." Rogue warned her.
Later in the day Peter was making his way to his last class when he came upon Duncan Mathews and his friends picking on a freshman, again. 'Don't jocks got anything better to do?' He thought to himself.
"Hey why don't you genetic throwbacks do something constructive for once? Like growing a another brain cell so the one other one isn't lonely." Peter said to them. Now he knew that what he just said was an open invitation to an ass kicking, mainly his. But he couldn't stand by and watched this happening anymore.
The jock turned their attention to him. "You got a mouth on you, you know that kid?" A tall brown haired guy that was a least a full foot taller then Peter said towering over him.
"Yeah, but I got a great personality." Peter said back to him smiling. They were a little confused by his response but it worked, since the kid they were picking on took that moment to take off. 'Great, now I just need someone to save me.' Peter thought.
Duncan moved up to him. "You're one of those geeks that hang with Jean aren't you?"
Peter looked unimpressed at Duncan. "Yeah, and personally I don't see what she sees in you."
Duncan just grinned at Peter. "Hey it's not my fault that red head is a bimbo. Besides she's a babe and there's only one reason I'm going out with her which I think is pretty obvious what that is." He said with a leering look in his eyes.
Peter did know, he had heard of guys that just get the pretty girls then after they get what they want they dump them. "And what makes you think I won't tell her what you just told me?" Peter said slightly angry.
"Please like she would take your word over mine." Duncan said in a superior tone.
Peter's eye caught something with his eye and smiled. "Then why don't we asked her." Peter said pointing at Jean coming down the hall.
Duncan looked like he considered the challenge but changed his mind. "Come on guys, we got better things to do." He said to his group of friends. Peter watched them go off and meet up with Jean. After what he assumed were a few pleasantries Jean moved off and saw Peter and walked over to him.
Peter turned to Jean. "How can you go out with that jerk?" Peter said nodding to Duncan.
"What are you talking about?" Jean said confused and slightly offended by it.
Peter just stared at the older girl. "Jean for a telepath you really don't know what goes on in the minds of others do you?" He said flatly.
Now Jean was getting angry. "Now what's that supposed to mean?" She demanded.
"Take a look in my memories of Duncan, especially in the last few minutes." He said sternly to her. He just hoped she didn't go too far, he still had things he didn't want others to know about.
Jean mulled it over in her mind, but decided to call Peter on his accusations. What she saw turned her cold inside. She saw what he had said and the things he had done.
"Jean I'm sorry." Peter said seeing the hurt expression on her face.
Jean's eyes got misty and she just ran off from Peter. He tried to chase her down but he had lost her. 'Great Peter just great, but she deserved to know.' He thought to himself.
It was the last class of the day and Rogue was wishing it was over. She just couldn't concentrate and Peter kept looking over at her, and she had been doing the same. She had been avoiding him all day and she knew she couldn't keep it up eventually.
She knew she had no right to be angry with him. The whole thing was just a cruel reminder of how every other girl could get close to others, and she was stuck keeping everyone at arms length. She would never be able to hold someone's hand unless she wore gloves, or never be able to kiss another guy.
When the bell rang the students made their way out of class. Rouge felt a hand on her clothed arm. She turned to see Peter there. "Rogue is something wrong. You've been acting strange since breakfast."
Rogue could see that he was truly worried about her, and she found it hard to feel angry at him. "Ah'm sorry, it's just that...well, ah'm just havin' a bad day."
"You want to talk about it?" He offered.
"Naw, but thanks." She said to him. They walked on in silence but soon they saw a few students gathering around. They saw Scott there too and walked over to him, they noticed that he had a smile on his face and that when they noticed the yelling.
"I told you we're through!" Peter and Rogue turned to face each other. They both knew that voice as Jean's. They looked through the gathering see of people to see Jean telling Duncan off.
After a major blowout on Duncan, Jean turned and looked to Peter. {I may not like what you showed me Peter...but I'm glad you told me} She sent to him.
She left the gathering and went over to Scott. He placed an arm around her and she leaned her head on his shoulder. After all of that she needed a shoulder to cry on, Scott on the other hand was really starting to have a great day at that moment.
Then Peter noticed the look Duncan was giving him. 'Great now I'm next on his hit list.' Peter thought to himself. Luckily classes were over but then again he'd have to face him sometime tomorrow.
"Well ah'm glad she actually wised up and dumped that jerk." Rogue said to him.
"Yeah she's better off." Peter had to admit putting the impending confrontation with Duncan in the back of his mind for later.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 24: NEW RELATIONSHIPS
More of a Max/Tabby & Jean/Scott chapter guys.
Red Witch: Thanks, and that's strange, I guess it's just a glitch.
WingDing9: Well I'll keep it up, but I got lot of other work and other stories too.
Ivan Alias: That correction was exactly the same thing I had. Thanks I liked the Batman thing too, and nice joke there at the end.
lulugir715: Yeah I know, in fact I'm writing a fic with one of those people too. I think there are a couple of other ones too.
the nitpick: Only ONE?! I used to have a lot more then that. You should see my earlier work it's much worse. I thought about it, but finding a good one is hard. BTW that's the perfect name for you.
Jaguar2100: Thanks, and I guess I just wanted to stay true to the comic version of Spidey.
celtcath74: lol, yeah he's really got his hands full now.
Fire inu: Ron? Did you mean Rahne? I think I know what your talking about.
Jakk: Thanks, I'll try and keep the story going as long as I can.
Supergirlhv: Thanks, I tried to stay with what she does best.
Morlin: You bet it will be.
The Uncanny R-Man: Yes she is good to have around, and you bet that when those two meet the fur will fly.
EvilWhiteRaven: Thanks for the tip it's fixed now, and I'm glad you finally figured it out.
Kaliann: I guess they do, and I hope I didn't keep you waiting long.
AnthonyR: Yeah I fixed it, but it takes a little time, I guess it didn't repost the fixed one until after you read it.
X-Over: Thanks for commenting on the Batman line I liked it. And I know about those, but I wasn't sure how to write it, so I just left it out.
Sweegy: Glad you like the story so much, and here you go.
SPIDER-X
CHAPTER 23: RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
School that day for Peter was pretty much, same old same old so far. Max who the X-Men knew had to be Electro was still a jerk to them, but since most of the other Brotherhood were too that wasn't unusual.
Lunch was a different story though. Peter walked up to the table with Kitty, Kurt but Rogue seemed to be having lunch with Risty today. So he sat down with them. He could have sworn Rogue was acting a little odd today, so he figured since they had their last class together he would ask her what was going on then.
Peter noticed that Kitty was a little down too. "So what's up with you?"
She sighed. "It's just that, well, after what happened with the Brotherhood things have been a little strained with me and Lance."
"That's an understatement." Peter said to her. "He was part of the team that tried to kick our butts for no apparent reason."
Kitty seemed to get a little angry at that. "I like wasn't his fault. He was told to go with the others by Mystique. She also got punished by her for fighting with Max when I got shocked."
"Vait she's back?" Kurt said surprised. "Vhy didn't you tell me?" He aid slightly hurt, but mostly on the verge of panic.
"I like just found out when me and Lance talked." Kitty said to him. "I was going to tell you and the others later." Kurt nodded his head. He understood why now, it was just after he had learned that she was his mother, and after everything she had done to them, it was just a sore spot with him.
Peter decided to keep out of that conversation. He had heard of Mystique and of her relation to Kurt. He felt sorry for his friend that after all that time to find his biological mother only to have it turn out to be Mystique was harsh.
Scott came to join them and boy did he look like someone had run over his dog. "Kurt I won't need those tickets after all." Scott said to him and passed him two tickets. "Turns out Jean has something planned with Duncan."
Everyone at the table winched in sympathy. They all knew about Scott's huge feelings for Jean, and all knew that Duncan was a jerk to say the least. "Sorry it didn't work out." Kurt said to him. Scott just shrugged.
Peter looked at the tickets. "Dude these are to the rack show aren't they?"
"Ja, but I zem in a contest at school, but who am I going to go vith?" Kurt said shrugging.
"What about that Amanda girl? She's seems interested in you." Peter offered.
"Vhat? Her? Zhere is no vay she likes me." Kurt said trying to convince Peter, although Peter did note a slightly depressed tone in his voice. Peter decided to drop it for now.
At the other table Rogue was half listening to Risty. She didn't know why she felt so...betrayed by Peter. They were just friends and it wasn't like they were dating or something so why was she feeling this?
Risty had been going on and noticed that Rogue wasn't listening to her. In fact she seemed to be stealing glances over at the one of the other tables. "So I hear that Godzilla is going to destroy Bayville."
"Yeah sure." Rogue replied.
"Rogue darling wake up!" She snapped her fingers in front of her eyes. "What's with you today? You've seemed distracted."
"It's nothing'." Rogue said sternly to her.
Risty looked over at the other table and she raised her eyebrow. "Is there something going on between you and the new guy?"
"What? No!" Rogue said to her. "Ah just got a lot ta think about."
"Uh-huh." Risty said in an unbelieving tone. Rogue just scowled at her. After a few seconds of silence she spoke up again. "He is cute."
"Stop it right there." Rogue warned her.
Later in the day Peter was making his way to his last class when he came upon Duncan Mathews and his friends picking on a freshman, again. 'Don't jocks got anything better to do?' He thought to himself.
"Hey why don't you genetic throwbacks do something constructive for once? Like growing a another brain cell so the one other one isn't lonely." Peter said to them. Now he knew that what he just said was an open invitation to an ass kicking, mainly his. But he couldn't stand by and watched this happening anymore.
The jock turned their attention to him. "You got a mouth on you, you know that kid?" A tall brown haired guy that was a least a full foot taller then Peter said towering over him.
"Yeah, but I got a great personality." Peter said back to him smiling. They were a little confused by his response but it worked, since the kid they were picking on took that moment to take off. 'Great, now I just need someone to save me.' Peter thought.
Duncan moved up to him. "You're one of those geeks that hang with Jean aren't you?"
Peter looked unimpressed at Duncan. "Yeah, and personally I don't see what she sees in you."
Duncan just grinned at Peter. "Hey it's not my fault that red head is a bimbo. Besides she's a babe and there's only one reason I'm going out with her which I think is pretty obvious what that is." He said with a leering look in his eyes.
Peter did know, he had heard of guys that just get the pretty girls then after they get what they want they dump them. "And what makes you think I won't tell her what you just told me?" Peter said slightly angry.
"Please like she would take your word over mine." Duncan said in a superior tone.
Peter's eye caught something with his eye and smiled. "Then why don't we asked her." Peter said pointing at Jean coming down the hall.
Duncan looked like he considered the challenge but changed his mind. "Come on guys, we got better things to do." He said to his group of friends. Peter watched them go off and meet up with Jean. After what he assumed were a few pleasantries Jean moved off and saw Peter and walked over to him.
Peter turned to Jean. "How can you go out with that jerk?" Peter said nodding to Duncan.
"What are you talking about?" Jean said confused and slightly offended by it.
Peter just stared at the older girl. "Jean for a telepath you really don't know what goes on in the minds of others do you?" He said flatly.
Now Jean was getting angry. "Now what's that supposed to mean?" She demanded.
"Take a look in my memories of Duncan, especially in the last few minutes." He said sternly to her. He just hoped she didn't go too far, he still had things he didn't want others to know about.
Jean mulled it over in her mind, but decided to call Peter on his accusations. What she saw turned her cold inside. She saw what he had said and the things he had done.
"Jean I'm sorry." Peter said seeing the hurt expression on her face.
Jean's eyes got misty and she just ran off from Peter. He tried to chase her down but he had lost her. 'Great Peter just great, but she deserved to know.' He thought to himself.
It was the last class of the day and Rogue was wishing it was over. She just couldn't concentrate and Peter kept looking over at her, and she had been doing the same. She had been avoiding him all day and she knew she couldn't keep it up eventually.
She knew she had no right to be angry with him. The whole thing was just a cruel reminder of how every other girl could get close to others, and she was stuck keeping everyone at arms length. She would never be able to hold someone's hand unless she wore gloves, or never be able to kiss another guy.
When the bell rang the students made their way out of class. Rouge felt a hand on her clothed arm. She turned to see Peter there. "Rogue is something wrong. You've been acting strange since breakfast."
Rogue could see that he was truly worried about her, and she found it hard to feel angry at him. "Ah'm sorry, it's just that...well, ah'm just havin' a bad day."
"You want to talk about it?" He offered.
"Naw, but thanks." She said to him. They walked on in silence but soon they saw a few students gathering around. They saw Scott there too and walked over to him, they noticed that he had a smile on his face and that when they noticed the yelling.
"I told you we're through!" Peter and Rogue turned to face each other. They both knew that voice as Jean's. They looked through the gathering see of people to see Jean telling Duncan off.
After a major blowout on Duncan, Jean turned and looked to Peter. {I may not like what you showed me Peter...but I'm glad you told me} She sent to him.
She left the gathering and went over to Scott. He placed an arm around her and she leaned her head on his shoulder. After all of that she needed a shoulder to cry on, Scott on the other hand was really starting to have a great day at that moment.
Then Peter noticed the look Duncan was giving him. 'Great now I'm next on his hit list.' Peter thought to himself. Luckily classes were over but then again he'd have to face him sometime tomorrow.
"Well ah'm glad she actually wised up and dumped that jerk." Rogue said to him.
"Yeah she's better off." Peter had to admit putting the impending confrontation with Duncan in the back of his mind for later.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 24: NEW RELATIONSHIPS
More of a Max/Tabby & Jean/Scott chapter guys.