Disclaimer: Alright. I knew that when I tried to get ownership over X-Men
Evo that I would have problems. Lets just say it didn't work. LOL. Yeah, if
I owned them, all the pairings in this story would totally be what was
happening.
A/N: I know! I know! I've been a bad author that doesn't update and I apologize so much! I want to thank each and every one of you that have been reviewing it means so much to me and I hope that I haven't lost any of you by taking so long to update. It's just been a really difficult time and the fact that I was hit with MAJOR writer's block didn't help a single bit played a small role. So I want to thank all of you and especially IceBlueRose for being my roomie and always being there to encourage me and tell me that my story is going on the right track. Course, this chappy she's reading for the first time along with all my faithful readers ( I hope you all enjoy! And please, pretty please, review! Thanks again!
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When Tabitha pulled herself away from Kurt she did it warily. Not wanting to know what the fuzzy dude might say or think. Blue was her best friend at the Institute and she didn't know if he felt the same way she had been feeling about him ever since they met, and the blue fur didn't bother her a bit. It made him cuter in fact. When she looked up at him, she couldn't help but laugh at the confused look on his face.
"Uh, blue?" She said softly. He wasn't answering and she didn't know if she could handle a rejection. Slowly standing up she sighed and went to walk towards the door. When she got there, she took one final glance back and noticed that he wasn't there anymore. Figures that he would've left. "You screwed up this time Boom Boom." She opened the door.
-BAMF-
"Where are you going exactly?" Kurt asked, his accent rather heavy.
"I was just going back to, my room." Tabitha managed to say. With a small sigh she looked down, trying not to look Kurt in the eyes. It wasn't until she felt the softness of fur against her chin that she looked up to him, following the motion of his hand forcing her chin up.
"Why?"
"Because, I don't think I can handle the rejection. I know it's there Blue. I'm sorry if I pushed myself onto you I just had to, I had to get my feelings out there."
"And who said anything about rejection?" Tabitha looked up to Kurt and smiled to see that his inducer wasn't on and that he was truly himself.
"Really?"
"Why don't we go see a movie tonight? Or if you'd rather stay in we can watch Aladdin." Kurt grinned as Tabitha lit up with happiness. Aladdin had always been her favorite movie and maybe, if they watched it he could gather his courage and slowly but surely, get over Amanda.
Lance sat in his Jeep and looked up cautiously towards the Institute. He'd been in there before, numerous times but this was one time where he wasn't there to sign up, he wasn't there to fight. He was here to pick up his date. Letting out a deep breath he sighed and he kept his hands on the steering wheel.
"You plannin' on getting' up there and pickin' up the half-pint there bub?" A gruff voice asked. Lance jumped as he turned to his side to see Wolverine staring at him. "Uh, yeah. I'm going to go up there. Real soon." Lance tried letting go of the wheel but he couldn't. He was so nervous.
"Word of advice bub. Don't worry about anything. She likes you for you. Not because you're from the wrong side of the tracks, now get up there before the half-pint thinks you've ditched her." With that, Wolverine walked away without another sound. Lance let a deep breath out and shook his head as he let it go. Getting out of the Jeep, Lance walked up towards the door and just before he knocked, it opened.
"Okay."
"Please, come in Lance, Kitty is just finishing getting ready. Would you like something to drink?" Professor Xavier came up in his wheel chair with none other than the last person Lance wanted to see. Scott.
"No thanks. Kitty and I are going to dinner and a movie so we'll be fine." Lance smirked towards Scott, having this small thing to hold over Summers was actually worth this. "I want to thank you Professor for allowing Kitty to go out with me tonight."
"It's not a problem Lance, as long as you respect my rules and have Kitty home by the time I've asked, everything will be fine and will work out." He smiled as he looked up towards the top of the staircase where Kitty now stood, with Rogue next to her. Kitty smiled at Lance and blushed a bit as she noticed he was checking out her outfit. She walked down the stairs and hooked arms with him, turning back towards Scott and the Professor she smiled. Scott's jaw was open and Kitty grinned, the outfit had paid off. She had asked Rogue to help her and it worked. Black baggy jeans, a short top and bracelets worked out. She wanted to look pretty for Lance. And by the reactions she was getting, she knew it had worked.
"I'll see you guys later tonight, like that okay Professor?" Xavier simply nodded and with his approval the couple walked out the door. Rogue had stayed at the top of the stairs and she let a small sigh escape. What would happen if it was Pietro who was there to pick her up instead of it being Lance and Kitty? Would everyone be as accepting?
Yeah. Right.
"Hey Kitty?" Kitty looked up towards Lance, whose arm was wrapped around her. They were sitting in a darkened movie theatre towards the back and she hadn't really been watching the movie.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure that you wanted to see this movie? I would've figured you'd want to see a chick flick." He winced, "Not that it would've been a bad thing mind you." Lance added. Kitty smiled and shook her head as she cuddled closer to him.
"Of course I wanted to see this movie Lance. I'm with you which makes any movie like totally better." Lance smiled and kissed the top of her head lightly. Slowly, Kitty's hand reached across his lap and Lance slowly breathed in deeply. When Kitty looked up to him, she wondered if something was wrong and he just gave her a reassuring smile. She took ahold of his hand and smiled, turning back towards the movie. She, personally, was rooting for Vin Diesel to kick everyone's ass. Besides that, he totally had a kick ass car. Resting her head against his shoulder, Kitty felt Lance' s arm wrap around her tightly and hold her close. She knew she was in love and tonight, she'd tell him.
Rogue let out a sigh as she sat in the gazebo that overlooked the cliffs and the sea. With her arms crossed tightly across her chest she closed her eyes momentarily. A smile came across her face as she pictured Pietro wrap his arms around her. They could touch. She didn't care how or why, all she knew is with that one simple touch, she could disappear into a world she never knew existed. She leaned her head to the side as Pietro's kisses trailed down her neck and she giggled softly as his hand caressed her sides gently.
"Guess this means you've missed me huh?" Pietro murmured into her ear. Rogue jumped, startled, from his arms. Pietro frowned.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"Pietro!" Rogue shook her head, trying to shake off her fantasy. But he wasn't disappearing. When she finally realized that he was really in front of her she moved closer, "Pietro, what the hell are you doing here?" Pietro grinned and shook his head.
"Don't you know me at all? It was a challenge to see you, so I took it. Besides, I thought you might want to see me." Rogue raised an eyebrow and Pietro fixed his hair with a grin. "C'mon Rogue, admit it. You can't stop thinking about me." Rogue smiled and shook her head, trying not to laugh.
"I can't stop thinking about you?"
"No. You can't. Ever since we kissed you can't get me out of your head and honestly, you really don't want me out of your head do you Stripes?" Rogue laughed and leaned against the railing, draping her arms to her sides.
"I wouldn't say that. But then again, I'm sure you can't keep me out of your head." Just as she finished that last sentence, Pietro's body was suddenly leaning against hers and his lips were so close she could feel every breath he took in and out of that incredibly hard, sexy body of his. Rogue shook her head. That's not what she should be thinking. She hid her thoughts, she knew the Professor was asleep right now but there was no way she was going to reveal what was going on right now to him. She couldn't. He'd want an explanation and frankly she didn't know what she was going to tell him.
"Rogue?" Pietro brought her skidding back to reality. She turned towards him and their lips met instantly. As they kissed, she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck and her fingers reached up, running through his hair. When she finally pulled away from him, she slowly opened her eyes and looked up to him.
"Pietro. I don't know if we should," She sighed, "I don't think we should be doing this."
"Doing what?"
"This. This kissing thing. Us seeing each other isn't a good thing. There's so many things that could go wrong with this." Pietro's heart sunk and when Rogue looked up to him he saw the tears building up in her eyes.
"You're wrong and you're lying."
"Am I Pietro? Honestly, do you really think that this could work?" She sighed and moved away from him, trying to walk out of the gazebo but Pietro was there within seconds. She turned away from him but it didn't do any good, he was in her face.
"Yes. It can. And it will because I'm not going to let you walk away from me again." Rogue shook her head.
"Why me? How do you know this touching thing isn't a fluke?"
"Because it isn't. It-can't-be-because-there's-no-way-I'm-letting-you-get- away-from-me." Rogue laughed at herself and looked towards Pietro. When he took ahold of her hand, he brought it to his lips. He tore off her glove the second his lips left her hand and he grabbed her hand with his. "And- because-there-has-to-be-a-reason-this-is-happening-between-us." Pietro tilted her head back so she was looking up at him and he pushed the white strands of hair out of her face. He smiled when she became slightly worried that he was ruining her make-up. "Why don't you ever go without make-up. You're beautiful either way."
"Pietro." She sighed, "Because I like the way I do my make-up alright?" She looked down at their hands and smiled to herself. "Why me?"
"Because you gave me a simple second of your time."
A/N: I know! I know! I've been a bad author that doesn't update and I apologize so much! I want to thank each and every one of you that have been reviewing it means so much to me and I hope that I haven't lost any of you by taking so long to update. It's just been a really difficult time and the fact that I was hit with MAJOR writer's block didn't help a single bit played a small role. So I want to thank all of you and especially IceBlueRose for being my roomie and always being there to encourage me and tell me that my story is going on the right track. Course, this chappy she's reading for the first time along with all my faithful readers ( I hope you all enjoy! And please, pretty please, review! Thanks again!
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When Tabitha pulled herself away from Kurt she did it warily. Not wanting to know what the fuzzy dude might say or think. Blue was her best friend at the Institute and she didn't know if he felt the same way she had been feeling about him ever since they met, and the blue fur didn't bother her a bit. It made him cuter in fact. When she looked up at him, she couldn't help but laugh at the confused look on his face.
"Uh, blue?" She said softly. He wasn't answering and she didn't know if she could handle a rejection. Slowly standing up she sighed and went to walk towards the door. When she got there, she took one final glance back and noticed that he wasn't there anymore. Figures that he would've left. "You screwed up this time Boom Boom." She opened the door.
-BAMF-
"Where are you going exactly?" Kurt asked, his accent rather heavy.
"I was just going back to, my room." Tabitha managed to say. With a small sigh she looked down, trying not to look Kurt in the eyes. It wasn't until she felt the softness of fur against her chin that she looked up to him, following the motion of his hand forcing her chin up.
"Why?"
"Because, I don't think I can handle the rejection. I know it's there Blue. I'm sorry if I pushed myself onto you I just had to, I had to get my feelings out there."
"And who said anything about rejection?" Tabitha looked up to Kurt and smiled to see that his inducer wasn't on and that he was truly himself.
"Really?"
"Why don't we go see a movie tonight? Or if you'd rather stay in we can watch Aladdin." Kurt grinned as Tabitha lit up with happiness. Aladdin had always been her favorite movie and maybe, if they watched it he could gather his courage and slowly but surely, get over Amanda.
Lance sat in his Jeep and looked up cautiously towards the Institute. He'd been in there before, numerous times but this was one time where he wasn't there to sign up, he wasn't there to fight. He was here to pick up his date. Letting out a deep breath he sighed and he kept his hands on the steering wheel.
"You plannin' on getting' up there and pickin' up the half-pint there bub?" A gruff voice asked. Lance jumped as he turned to his side to see Wolverine staring at him. "Uh, yeah. I'm going to go up there. Real soon." Lance tried letting go of the wheel but he couldn't. He was so nervous.
"Word of advice bub. Don't worry about anything. She likes you for you. Not because you're from the wrong side of the tracks, now get up there before the half-pint thinks you've ditched her." With that, Wolverine walked away without another sound. Lance let a deep breath out and shook his head as he let it go. Getting out of the Jeep, Lance walked up towards the door and just before he knocked, it opened.
"Okay."
"Please, come in Lance, Kitty is just finishing getting ready. Would you like something to drink?" Professor Xavier came up in his wheel chair with none other than the last person Lance wanted to see. Scott.
"No thanks. Kitty and I are going to dinner and a movie so we'll be fine." Lance smirked towards Scott, having this small thing to hold over Summers was actually worth this. "I want to thank you Professor for allowing Kitty to go out with me tonight."
"It's not a problem Lance, as long as you respect my rules and have Kitty home by the time I've asked, everything will be fine and will work out." He smiled as he looked up towards the top of the staircase where Kitty now stood, with Rogue next to her. Kitty smiled at Lance and blushed a bit as she noticed he was checking out her outfit. She walked down the stairs and hooked arms with him, turning back towards Scott and the Professor she smiled. Scott's jaw was open and Kitty grinned, the outfit had paid off. She had asked Rogue to help her and it worked. Black baggy jeans, a short top and bracelets worked out. She wanted to look pretty for Lance. And by the reactions she was getting, she knew it had worked.
"I'll see you guys later tonight, like that okay Professor?" Xavier simply nodded and with his approval the couple walked out the door. Rogue had stayed at the top of the stairs and she let a small sigh escape. What would happen if it was Pietro who was there to pick her up instead of it being Lance and Kitty? Would everyone be as accepting?
Yeah. Right.
"Hey Kitty?" Kitty looked up towards Lance, whose arm was wrapped around her. They were sitting in a darkened movie theatre towards the back and she hadn't really been watching the movie.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure that you wanted to see this movie? I would've figured you'd want to see a chick flick." He winced, "Not that it would've been a bad thing mind you." Lance added. Kitty smiled and shook her head as she cuddled closer to him.
"Of course I wanted to see this movie Lance. I'm with you which makes any movie like totally better." Lance smiled and kissed the top of her head lightly. Slowly, Kitty's hand reached across his lap and Lance slowly breathed in deeply. When Kitty looked up to him, she wondered if something was wrong and he just gave her a reassuring smile. She took ahold of his hand and smiled, turning back towards the movie. She, personally, was rooting for Vin Diesel to kick everyone's ass. Besides that, he totally had a kick ass car. Resting her head against his shoulder, Kitty felt Lance' s arm wrap around her tightly and hold her close. She knew she was in love and tonight, she'd tell him.
Rogue let out a sigh as she sat in the gazebo that overlooked the cliffs and the sea. With her arms crossed tightly across her chest she closed her eyes momentarily. A smile came across her face as she pictured Pietro wrap his arms around her. They could touch. She didn't care how or why, all she knew is with that one simple touch, she could disappear into a world she never knew existed. She leaned her head to the side as Pietro's kisses trailed down her neck and she giggled softly as his hand caressed her sides gently.
"Guess this means you've missed me huh?" Pietro murmured into her ear. Rogue jumped, startled, from his arms. Pietro frowned.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"Pietro!" Rogue shook her head, trying to shake off her fantasy. But he wasn't disappearing. When she finally realized that he was really in front of her she moved closer, "Pietro, what the hell are you doing here?" Pietro grinned and shook his head.
"Don't you know me at all? It was a challenge to see you, so I took it. Besides, I thought you might want to see me." Rogue raised an eyebrow and Pietro fixed his hair with a grin. "C'mon Rogue, admit it. You can't stop thinking about me." Rogue smiled and shook her head, trying not to laugh.
"I can't stop thinking about you?"
"No. You can't. Ever since we kissed you can't get me out of your head and honestly, you really don't want me out of your head do you Stripes?" Rogue laughed and leaned against the railing, draping her arms to her sides.
"I wouldn't say that. But then again, I'm sure you can't keep me out of your head." Just as she finished that last sentence, Pietro's body was suddenly leaning against hers and his lips were so close she could feel every breath he took in and out of that incredibly hard, sexy body of his. Rogue shook her head. That's not what she should be thinking. She hid her thoughts, she knew the Professor was asleep right now but there was no way she was going to reveal what was going on right now to him. She couldn't. He'd want an explanation and frankly she didn't know what she was going to tell him.
"Rogue?" Pietro brought her skidding back to reality. She turned towards him and their lips met instantly. As they kissed, she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck and her fingers reached up, running through his hair. When she finally pulled away from him, she slowly opened her eyes and looked up to him.
"Pietro. I don't know if we should," She sighed, "I don't think we should be doing this."
"Doing what?"
"This. This kissing thing. Us seeing each other isn't a good thing. There's so many things that could go wrong with this." Pietro's heart sunk and when Rogue looked up to him he saw the tears building up in her eyes.
"You're wrong and you're lying."
"Am I Pietro? Honestly, do you really think that this could work?" She sighed and moved away from him, trying to walk out of the gazebo but Pietro was there within seconds. She turned away from him but it didn't do any good, he was in her face.
"Yes. It can. And it will because I'm not going to let you walk away from me again." Rogue shook her head.
"Why me? How do you know this touching thing isn't a fluke?"
"Because it isn't. It-can't-be-because-there's-no-way-I'm-letting-you-get- away-from-me." Rogue laughed at herself and looked towards Pietro. When he took ahold of her hand, he brought it to his lips. He tore off her glove the second his lips left her hand and he grabbed her hand with his. "And- because-there-has-to-be-a-reason-this-is-happening-between-us." Pietro tilted her head back so she was looking up at him and he pushed the white strands of hair out of her face. He smiled when she became slightly worried that he was ruining her make-up. "Why don't you ever go without make-up. You're beautiful either way."
"Pietro." She sighed, "Because I like the way I do my make-up alright?" She looked down at their hands and smiled to herself. "Why me?"
"Because you gave me a simple second of your time."
