Celtcath74: Thanks, and that's kind of what I had in mind, although it won't be just her and Peter.
The Uncanny R-Man: Hey thanks, I try. And no Lockheed won't come, maybe I'll fit him in somewhere else though.
BlackRoseApocalyps: Thanks, and I'm also glad you got free time again, and to hear form you again.
Warbyrd13: Actually I do have something I'm planning with the Green Goblin, but it will be most likely near the end of the story.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 13: TALKS
Peter and Kitty were in a red sports car with the roof up. They had made most of the journey in silence, since Kitty had no idea were to begin. So she decided to start somewhere. "So...if you're not a mutant. Then how did you get your powers?"
"Bitten by a radioactive spider." Peter said evenly like it didn't matter and just shrugged.
"You're kidding?" She asked him, he shook his head. "Okay that's weird. I take it your wife knows too huh?"
"Oh, yeah she knew before I married her. In fact I doubt I could have kept it from her. I mean how do you explain a Spider-Man suit in the laundry or coming home sporting injuries?" He said light heartedly.
She smiled. "Yeah I guess it would be easier to tell her, then her finding out."
"Tell me about it, you have no idea what I went through with my Aunt May when she found out not so long ago."
Kitty looked at him surprised. "You didn't tell HER? But she raised you, why not her?"
Peter slunk down a little in his seat. "Well, it's complicated. I didn't want to worry her, and I was a teenager when I started and I didn't want her to talk me out of it or something. Plus...there's the hole reason WHY I became Spider-Man in the first place." He said. She could hear the pain lingering in his words.
"What happened?" She asked carefully. Peter began to tell her about how it all sent down. The spider bite to wrestling, which she laughed her head off at. Then he got to Ben and the events that happened.
Kitty was silent for a while. "It wasn't your fault, you couldn't have known." She said quietly. Peter heard her anyway.
"But if I had done something everything would be different." He said. She could tell there was nothing she could say to make the quilt he obviously felt to go away.
"I think I know how you feel." She said sadly. Peter looked at her to go on. "Three people who I cared for in this world died and there was either nothing I could do or I wasn't there to stop it."
"There was Piotr who was my first love if you will. He died sacrificing himself to cure that legacy virus. I wasn't there to stop him or comfort him, or there for him at the end. His sister Illyana, one of my best and closest friends died from that virus and I still couldn't do anything. Then there was Pete Wisdom. Him and me were...close. And now he's gone."
"That's why I left for a while. I couldn't take all these people I knew and cared for dieing all the time. I just didn't want to lose anymore people in my life." She took her hand from the steering wheel to wipe her eyes of tears.
Peter placed a hand on her shoulder. Kitty stopped at a stop sign at took the time to look Peter in the eyes. They were two different people who lived slightly similar yet different lives. Yet in that moment looking into each other's eyes they saw someone who knew the kind of pain they had gone through in life.
In that moment they were as close as friends could get, because they were the same at that time. The moment passed and they continued on to Peter's home.
When they got there, they were lucky enough to actually find a parking spot near Peter's apartment. Peter got out of the care and thanked her for the ride when she called to him.
"Hey Peter, if you ever want to talk, or need any help with...you know, don't be afraid to ask okay?" She said to him.
He nodded his head and gave a two finger mock salute to her, and went up the steps to the front door.
LATER BACK AT XAVIER'S
Logan and the rest of the X-Men had returned as fast as they could since they heard of the attack. They overlooked the area and helped to clean up and to replace the gates. Logan was just finishing a beer in the lounge when Kitty of all people stalked up to him.
"You. Me. Talk. NOW." She said. He could tell she was pissed about something, so he decided to go with her. They walked in silence to her room and after she checked to make sure no one was in it, or outside the hall she locked the door and stood there staring at Logan with a look one usually gives a kid when you've caught them doing something they shouldn't have.
"First off I can't believe you've known who Spider-Man was for years, and secondly I can't believe you let him teach here and not tell anyone!" She snapped at him.
Logan was shocked to say the least. "How the Hell did-"But she cut him off. "Short version, I phased into the room he was in while he was changing. Now answer me buster."
Logan looked at her with an emotionless face. "It wasn't my secret to tell first of all. He's a good guy and I respect his privacy and that's why I didn't say a word. Besides you can't say I lied to anyone. I did know him from before when he interviewed here, and no one asked me if I knew who Spider-Man was, not that I would tell anyways."
Kitty regarded him closely, then sighed and sat down on her bed. "Yeah I guess your right. It's not fare to tell someone else's secrets like that." Then she looked up at him. "So anything else I should know about? Are there any more teachers we will be getting that are secretly superheroes?"
Logan grunted and grinned at her. "Those are my secrets half-pint."
"Logan." She whined. "That's not funny."
His grin even got more wide then before. "Is too."
Kitty huffed and crossed her arms and gave him a glare. "Sometimes I hate you." Logan actually let out a small laugh.
"So I take it you're not going to tell any one?" He said to her.
"Oh course not." Then she tilted her head and placed a finger on her chin. "Well...maybe Dani, and Rahne, oh and of course Amara and a few of the girls in my class."
"Kitty." Logan said in a warning tone.
"Just kidding. Man you can dish it out but can't take it can you?" She said smiling at him. Logan just scowled and left, Kitty on the other hand Kitty was really amused at his reaction.
Then as she left she laid down on her bed thinking of everything. Then a thought had just hit her. She was teaching with one of New York's most famous heroes, and she knew something that most people would kill for.
It was a little overwhelming since this was the first time she had any real time to think about it and let it sink in. It was really quite incredible when she thought about it. She knew she couldn't say anything about this to anyone else.
Logan wouldn't want to talk about it, and she couldn't talk to her friends about it, she felt like she had to let it out. Then an idea hit her. She wasn't the only person to know.
'Well she did seem nice. I wonder if she wouldn't mind meeting me to talk?' She thought to herself.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 14: STUDENT TALKS
Next time we see the students' reactions to the events of that day, with something else thrown in.
The Uncanny R-Man: Hey thanks, I try. And no Lockheed won't come, maybe I'll fit him in somewhere else though.
BlackRoseApocalyps: Thanks, and I'm also glad you got free time again, and to hear form you again.
Warbyrd13: Actually I do have something I'm planning with the Green Goblin, but it will be most likely near the end of the story.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 13: TALKS
Peter and Kitty were in a red sports car with the roof up. They had made most of the journey in silence, since Kitty had no idea were to begin. So she decided to start somewhere. "So...if you're not a mutant. Then how did you get your powers?"
"Bitten by a radioactive spider." Peter said evenly like it didn't matter and just shrugged.
"You're kidding?" She asked him, he shook his head. "Okay that's weird. I take it your wife knows too huh?"
"Oh, yeah she knew before I married her. In fact I doubt I could have kept it from her. I mean how do you explain a Spider-Man suit in the laundry or coming home sporting injuries?" He said light heartedly.
She smiled. "Yeah I guess it would be easier to tell her, then her finding out."
"Tell me about it, you have no idea what I went through with my Aunt May when she found out not so long ago."
Kitty looked at him surprised. "You didn't tell HER? But she raised you, why not her?"
Peter slunk down a little in his seat. "Well, it's complicated. I didn't want to worry her, and I was a teenager when I started and I didn't want her to talk me out of it or something. Plus...there's the hole reason WHY I became Spider-Man in the first place." He said. She could hear the pain lingering in his words.
"What happened?" She asked carefully. Peter began to tell her about how it all sent down. The spider bite to wrestling, which she laughed her head off at. Then he got to Ben and the events that happened.
Kitty was silent for a while. "It wasn't your fault, you couldn't have known." She said quietly. Peter heard her anyway.
"But if I had done something everything would be different." He said. She could tell there was nothing she could say to make the quilt he obviously felt to go away.
"I think I know how you feel." She said sadly. Peter looked at her to go on. "Three people who I cared for in this world died and there was either nothing I could do or I wasn't there to stop it."
"There was Piotr who was my first love if you will. He died sacrificing himself to cure that legacy virus. I wasn't there to stop him or comfort him, or there for him at the end. His sister Illyana, one of my best and closest friends died from that virus and I still couldn't do anything. Then there was Pete Wisdom. Him and me were...close. And now he's gone."
"That's why I left for a while. I couldn't take all these people I knew and cared for dieing all the time. I just didn't want to lose anymore people in my life." She took her hand from the steering wheel to wipe her eyes of tears.
Peter placed a hand on her shoulder. Kitty stopped at a stop sign at took the time to look Peter in the eyes. They were two different people who lived slightly similar yet different lives. Yet in that moment looking into each other's eyes they saw someone who knew the kind of pain they had gone through in life.
In that moment they were as close as friends could get, because they were the same at that time. The moment passed and they continued on to Peter's home.
When they got there, they were lucky enough to actually find a parking spot near Peter's apartment. Peter got out of the care and thanked her for the ride when she called to him.
"Hey Peter, if you ever want to talk, or need any help with...you know, don't be afraid to ask okay?" She said to him.
He nodded his head and gave a two finger mock salute to her, and went up the steps to the front door.
LATER BACK AT XAVIER'S
Logan and the rest of the X-Men had returned as fast as they could since they heard of the attack. They overlooked the area and helped to clean up and to replace the gates. Logan was just finishing a beer in the lounge when Kitty of all people stalked up to him.
"You. Me. Talk. NOW." She said. He could tell she was pissed about something, so he decided to go with her. They walked in silence to her room and after she checked to make sure no one was in it, or outside the hall she locked the door and stood there staring at Logan with a look one usually gives a kid when you've caught them doing something they shouldn't have.
"First off I can't believe you've known who Spider-Man was for years, and secondly I can't believe you let him teach here and not tell anyone!" She snapped at him.
Logan was shocked to say the least. "How the Hell did-"But she cut him off. "Short version, I phased into the room he was in while he was changing. Now answer me buster."
Logan looked at her with an emotionless face. "It wasn't my secret to tell first of all. He's a good guy and I respect his privacy and that's why I didn't say a word. Besides you can't say I lied to anyone. I did know him from before when he interviewed here, and no one asked me if I knew who Spider-Man was, not that I would tell anyways."
Kitty regarded him closely, then sighed and sat down on her bed. "Yeah I guess your right. It's not fare to tell someone else's secrets like that." Then she looked up at him. "So anything else I should know about? Are there any more teachers we will be getting that are secretly superheroes?"
Logan grunted and grinned at her. "Those are my secrets half-pint."
"Logan." She whined. "That's not funny."
His grin even got more wide then before. "Is too."
Kitty huffed and crossed her arms and gave him a glare. "Sometimes I hate you." Logan actually let out a small laugh.
"So I take it you're not going to tell any one?" He said to her.
"Oh course not." Then she tilted her head and placed a finger on her chin. "Well...maybe Dani, and Rahne, oh and of course Amara and a few of the girls in my class."
"Kitty." Logan said in a warning tone.
"Just kidding. Man you can dish it out but can't take it can you?" She said smiling at him. Logan just scowled and left, Kitty on the other hand Kitty was really amused at his reaction.
Then as she left she laid down on her bed thinking of everything. Then a thought had just hit her. She was teaching with one of New York's most famous heroes, and she knew something that most people would kill for.
It was a little overwhelming since this was the first time she had any real time to think about it and let it sink in. It was really quite incredible when she thought about it. She knew she couldn't say anything about this to anyone else.
Logan wouldn't want to talk about it, and she couldn't talk to her friends about it, she felt like she had to let it out. Then an idea hit her. She wasn't the only person to know.
'Well she did seem nice. I wonder if she wouldn't mind meeting me to talk?' She thought to herself.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 14: STUDENT TALKS
Next time we see the students' reactions to the events of that day, with something else thrown in.