"Johnny!" Reed cried, facing Johnny. "How'd you sneak in here? My doors were locked!"

"Uh, not all of them," Johnny said, smiling sheepishly.

"Let me guess. You burnt a giant hole in the wall to get in," Reed said, an annoyed expression on his face. Johnny frowned.

"No, 'course not!" he said. "Why would I do that?"

"...'Cause your The Flaming Torch and Johnny Storm combined into one person," Reed said, rolling his eyes. He stood up from his chair. "Thus, making an even bigger Hot-Headed Johnny."

"Yeah, yeah," Johnny muttered. "Tell me something I haven't heard Sue yell at me."

"Speaking of Sue, I was on my way to her to apologize," Reed said, crossing his arms. Johnny confidently stepped in front of him. Reed frowned. "Johnny, what are you doing?"

"I-I can't let you go see her," he said, raising an eyebrow confusedly. He had no clue what he was saying or where this was leading. Then he began to think, and an idea suddenly popped into his head. He knew that if Ben had lied, he could lie too. Johnny smiled and told Reed in a matter-of-factly tone, "I mean, I don't know if you should, Reed. I mean, she's angrier than ever at you. You might just screw up and make everything worse."

"...Really?" Reed said, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Oh, yeah," Johnny said, nodding. He gulped nervously.

"Wow," Reed mumbled, plopping down on his chair. Johnny let out a long, tired breath. "Are you sure? I mean, she's...Sue. Sue Storm. Of all people. She just doesn't get mad and stay mad forever."

"Not if she had real feelings for the person," Johnny said, shrugging. A sly smile crept on his face. Reed caught it quickly, and it immediately was turned into a frown.

"Uh...," Johnny started to say, then backed away to the door. He opened it quickly and ran out, leaving Reed to think. Outside Reed's door, he did a little victory dance happily. A wide grin remained on his face as he cried out, "YES!" He ran to his room and jumped up before entering. Behind him, he gleefully slammed the door.

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Reed sat in his study for a moment. He thought to himself, 'Was what Johnny said true? Or was he just bluffing? After all, he had been grossed out when me and Sue...' Then he stopped thinking and looked at the ground quietly. There wasn't a flinch of noise in the building, except for the constant noises coming from Johnny's room. Reed wondered what he was doing. Then he thought, 'He's probably burning something down this minute.'

"Where did I go wrong?" he said aloud to no one, moaning in agony. "What happened yesterday!" Reed frowned. He knew that a part of what Johnny said was right. If Sue wasn't angry at him, then why hadn't she apologized yet?

"Well, I haven't, either," Reed said, accusing himself. Then he shook his head angrily. He knew that what he had said wasn't the point.

"Reed?" a voice called. Reed turned to his door, which was now open because of Johnny. He knew who it was.

Sue.

Suddenly, his thoughts vanished and he was at loss of words. All he felt was anger rushing through his veins. 'Now?' he thought. 'Now she comes?'

"Hey," she said, once she saw Reed in his chair. "Look, I-"

"If you're going to say something cruel, go ahead," Reed said, scoffing. He stood up from his chair. "I just don't care anymore, Sue. I mean, I thought I saw something in you. I really did." Reed shook his head angrily and left for his room, leaving Sue standing there, bewildered.

"WHAT?" she suddenly said, clenching her fists angrily. Reed stopped dead in his tracks and turned around. "Reed, what are you talking about? I came to your room to apologize to you!"

"I thought you were mad," Reed said, cocking an eyebrow.

"'Mad'?" Sue repeated in disbelief. "Excuse me? Do you not know me, Reed Richards? Why the hell would I still be mad?"

"Huh?" Reed said, his anger turning into confusion. "But, I thought... JOHNNY." Then he suddenly cried out, "Johnny!"

"Yes?" said Johnny in a sing-song tone. He poked his head out of his door, and once he saw Reed and Sue with frowns planted on their faces, his eyes widened. He hurriedly tried to get back in his room, but Reed got hold of his arm.

"Johnny," Reed said, dragging him into the hallway. "You told me that Sue was mad at me."

"What?" Sue cried, her mouth dropping open. "Johnny, what the-!"

"Okay, okay, okay!" Johnny said. "Fine, fine, okay!"

"What's 'okay'?" Sue asked, obviously outraged. "Nothing is okay!"

"What is going on-?" Ben asked, stepping out of his room. He looked at Reed, who looked as if he were about to strangle Johnny. Then he looked at Johnny, who was smiling sheepishly at him. Then he turned to Sue, who looked confused and angry at the same time. "...Never mind. Don't even answer that question."

"Can you believe what this little twit did to us?" Sue asked, crossing her arms.

"Hell, yeah!" Johnny cried. "'Course he can believe! He was in this, too!"

"Excuse me?" Reed asked, looking at Johnny, then at Ben, then back at Johnny. "Explain. NOW."

"You are going to think this is SO funny," Johnny said, his voice cracking nervously. Hegave the two of them nervous smiles.