'A wedding? I love weddings! Drinks all around!'

- Captain Jack Sparrow, PotC

Grinning at his own cunning, Pietro smoothed a hand through his hair. 'Sometimes I'm so great I get jealous of myself.' Going down the stairs, he skipped the weak step and moved around the hole that Toad created with Freddy when they invented a new way to use Toad's slime and a water balloon frozen for ten hours. Reaching the kitchen Pietro threw a quick look around his surroundings before entering and grabbing a bottle of water.

Of late, his father had been financing the Brotherhood. Which meant the phone had a dial tone. If you flicked on light switch, electricity did flow through the circuit. One never had to run down to the local BP station to use the toilet, or use the school showers anymore. But the water wasn't always the cleanest source around, thinking of the plants Mystique use to have around…until they started mutating from the water and began seizing Toad. In the end, the boys stuck to getting their H2O from a purer source.

Arriving at his destination, the couch, Pietro laid back and began drinking his water. Only when he looked over to the television did the water come flying out of his mouth and all over the screen. His jaw fell to the floor as he gazed straight forward. There was no way that this was playing at the Brotherhood house, finally looking to the other occupant of the room he simply stared at him.

Sure a lot of crazy stuff took place at the 'hood house. With four teenage boys and the random girl hanging around pranks and jokes were bound to happen. Like when Tabby shaved Fred bald or when Toad planted porn in Lance's room during inspection. Or even the time Pietro woke to find Freddy staring at him, breathing heavily. Wanda's daily wall plantings of Toad where not to go unnoticed either. There was even that time when Rogue had absorbed the neighbor's dog for a few hours. But nothing in all his stay here quite came close to the strangeness that faced him now.

Freddy was watching a, Pietro shuddered to even think of it, Richard Simons tape.

"I'm a pony! Are you a pony? Come on say it with me! Naaah!"

Fred responded with his own labored horse call, panting and sweating like a whore in church.

"This unquestionably has to be the weirdest day of my entire stay at this nuthouse."

Pietro stood up and inched out of the room, not sure if it would be wise to make any sudden movements. Finally reaching escape in the next room, he fled from the house, going to a nearby park to go over the disturbing images in his head.

Taking a refreshing breath of clean air, the pale haired youth tried to distract his mind from the previous attack to his mental stability. His newest challenge came to mind. It would be very difficult to trap Rogue, even more so because he actually knew the girl. Not only did he once work with her but she also had several reasons for turning him down. A player by nature it wouldn't be a shock to find Rogue turning him down simply for thinking her only a challenge. The fact that this was the absolute truth was far beyond any reasoning in Pietro's mind to turn down his utter greatness but he realized that in Rogue's mind it would be her only thought. There had to be some way that he could change her opinion of her, recalling Kitty's scathing comment he would have to take several new changes if he were to fit into Rouge's standards.

Fully distracted from any thoughts of Fred in a pink and purple leopard print thong Pietro began pacing in the park. Making up his mind, he plunged his hand into his pocked to dig out a piece of paper. Scanning it for the stores that his sister had listed for him earlier, he sighed and sped off in the direction of the mall. The only way he would be able to convince anyone he was serious in wooing Roguey's heart would to make some very large changes, not permanent but they had wash out hair dye…right?

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Rogue stretched and looked at her surroundings. Recalling the vents of the day, she sighed and began to pull the covers higher up. Only a sharp hunger pang stopped her from cocooning back into her bed and warm covers. Cursing her body for its weakness, she began wrapping a blanket around herself to save as much warmth as possible.

Trying to decide if anyone would be out and about in the kitchen she figured it wouldn't matter anyways. Settling on forgoing taking off her gloves, she shifted the comforter around her body once more and began her decent to the main floor. Seeing no one lurking in the rooms she headed straight for the kitchen.

Digging through the cupboards, she began looking for a quick snack. It wouldn't do to get caught with her hand in the cookie jar this close to dinner by Ororo; but having no lunch block and then coming straight home to bed had left Rogue with only breakfast…which she'd skipped. An empty tummy was an unpleasant experience, and her body wished to remind her with this as it let out a loud growl.

Finding only a pop tart, Rogue grabbed it and popped it into the toaster. Writing a mental note to tell someone to pick up some snack foods later, she tapped her fingers impatiently waiting for the strawberry tart. Trying to get her mind off of the cooking pastry, Rogue remembered the weird looks she'd gotten earlier today after school from Quicksilver and Evan. She shivered as even the memory of Pietro Maximoff's stare evoked a cold thrill up her spine.

That boy's intentions were always about as clear as a mud puddle. Recalling the way her thoughts sped when she'd absorbed him, she could readily comprehend how he often got in trouble with a mind that went so much faster than others did. Before she could give it any more thought to him, her pop tart was flung into the air. Snatching it before it landed she left the room and flopped down on the couch in the rec. room.

"So thinking about Maximoff?" Amara said, looking annoyed at Rogue.

Rogue was struck dumb, how had she known? Did Jean broadcast her thoughts or was she just that transparent that everyone knew what she was thinking.

"What?!"

"I said 'Someone's sitting there, get off!', jees are you like totally deaf!" Amara pouted, finally shoving Rogue off her lap.

"Uh sorry. Ah thought you guys were still in DR session."

"Gaa don't remind me, mister Logan is totally out to get us."

"Imagine that, and all ya'll did was try to clean his bike up…by throwing it in the pool." Rogue replied sarcastically.

"I know, he seriously needs to lighten up!" Amara continued to rant, not catching Rogue's sarcastic tone. The gothic girl just nodded and excused herself, finishing off her pop tart and making sure to wrap the comforter around herself like a shield.

"What crawled up her ass today."

"That time of the month I believe." Bobby answered, smiling at Rogue. "Nice costume."

"Unlike yourself Ah like it hot."

"I'm sure you do Rogue, I'm sure you do."

Glaring at the boy she tried to hold back a smile, a twitch in her cheek exposing her amusement.

"Bobby you pervert!" She growled, swatting at the younger teen. He just grinned back like the cheeky little monkey he was and dodged the next blow.

A pounding on the door distracted Rogue from her next punch and she turned to look at the door. Bobby scrunched up his face in confusion but went to answer the knocking never the less. He pulled back the door to reveal…

Quicksilver…the goth?!?

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Thanks so much for everyone that reviewed!

Heven: I have to agree with you they are the cutest couple! I just love them together!

Sky Dancer Hawk: Oooh I know I just love random titles sometimes! Hehe I love that couple too! Rietro forever.

Telle: Thanks! No the title is weird, I'm just being strange. Most the time with the chapter titles I try to make them a saying or something but I figured I'd just add some wackiness to this story! :-D Glad people noticed! Trust me no one can be dense compared to some of the stupid things I've done/said before! *grin*

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Sarah Crysala: THANKS! *smile* You are like my favorite reviewer! I'll try and tack on some more Rogue perspective, she's my fave too! With Petey of course! Lol

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Lunacat: Glad that I can add you faves in! I luuurv that movie too! It's up there with my four faves! I love Evan bashing, not sure why I just do.

lyerial: Don't worry he'll be making an ass out of himself. :-D Thankee!

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