Pairing: Lance/Pietro
Source: Xmen: Evolution
Warnings: Slash, homophobic language and stereotyping "jocks".
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters portrayed in this fictional work. They belong to their respective owners. The story itself, however, DOES belong to me.

Notes: This story is set in the first season, since that was when I started writing it. This fic will not deal with any incidents or characters that were introduced after the first season.


Pietro's #1 Crush – Chapter 01

Dear Diary,
Today was a complete and utter waste of my time. There were so any other things I could have been doing than going to school. That stupid Duncan gave Todd and me and hard time when he saw us after second period. I'd just love to show him how superior I am!

One of the only highlights of the day was at lunch when I didn't have enough cash to pay for food. Lance stepped up and offered to buy me something to eat.

I have to write this here because I don't know who else to tell. I don't know how Freddie would react to me afterwards… and Todd... he wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut. I'm afraid that I'm reduced to sharing my feelings with a book. ...but I have to get this off my chest!

Oh, the way he looks at me when he's happy, the uncertainty in his eyes when he doesn't think anyone is watching. I... I think I'm falling in love with him! I'm in love with...

CRASH!

Pietro stopped his writing and looked up from his book to see what the ruckus was. Todd, the youngest mutant of their group, was stuck against his window. He was sticking to the window, much like a frog would stick to a tree; only the expression on his face was more pained than the average tree frog. This would not have been such a bizarre sight at the boarding house where the members of the Brotherhood of Evil mutants lived, if the window had not been on the second level of the house.

"Todd! What the hell are you doing!" Pietro asked, annoyance evident in his voice as he leaned over on his bed to get a better view of the mutant on his window.

Todd looked through the glass and gave Pietro a lopsided grin. "Hiya, 'Tro. What's goin' on?" he asked, just loud enough to be heard through the pane.

Pietro got off his bed and opened the window for his friend to enter. As graceful as ever, Todd leaped onto the sill before jumping through the open window. He performed a back flip in mid-air and landed on a chair, where he resumed his regular crouching position.

"I asked you first," Pietro grinned. "What the hell are you..."

"Todd!" Freddy's voice boomed from somewhere outside and cutting Pietro off mid-sentence. "Where are ya little buddy? Are ya okay!"

Pietro stuck his head out the now open window and yelled down, "He's up here man! What were you two doing?"

Freddy shrugged but said nothing.

Pietro pulled his head back inside and looked expectantly at Todd. "Well?" he asked.

"Uh, y'see," Todd began. "Fred and I. We were talkin' and stuff. He was askin' what I can stick to. So I gave him a demo of my many talents, yo. It was really cool! I stuck to this thing," Todd became more animated as he told his tale, occasionally bouncing in place on the chair. Pietro started to tap his foot on the uneven flooring. "Get to the point, I was busy!"

"...So anyways, it came down to Freddy saying 'I bet you can't stick to the roof' and I was saying 'Uh-huh I bet I can!' So he picks me up and throws me at the house!" Pietro buried his face in his hand exasperated with the whole thing. Todd grinned and jumped off the chair, opening the door before glanced back at Pietro, the other boy's head still in hand, before hopping off down the hallway, his fun with Pietro done.

Pietro sighed, stepping up to close the window and resolving to finish getting his thoughts out onto paper. He stopped when he saw the object of his desires out front of their house. He grinned and crouched down behind the window frame to spy on the person outside; his crush, his love.

End chapter 1