They walked quietly about the grounds, Toad for once was standing solely on his feet, he had tried twice to hold her hand but each time she had pulled way. The night it self for some unknown reason felt magical to both of them, though niether one would say it out loud.
" Nice night, huh?" Toad asked, shattering the enriching silence.
Wanda simply nodded, her head lost in thought else where.
Toad watched her carefully, " You okay?" He asked after a moment. Now Toad knew Wanda better then most, he knew a lot about her yet knew almost nothing about her, but he knew right now some thing was off. " Wanda?" He called again, louder this time when she did not answer him.
Again no answer.
" Wanda?" He nearly shouted, Wanda almost jumped.
" What?" She yelled back in shock, her eyes lost there hazy appearance and returned to their natural icy blue.
" Come on, sit down." Toad instructed her as he moved her over to the park bench under one of the many trees in the yard.
" No I'm fine." Wanda told him, pushing against him. Toad smiled, he was stronger then her.
" Then humor me, will ya Wanda?" Toad asked though it sounded more like he was begging. " Please?"
Wanda sighed lightly in defeat. " Fine." Her body went limp and she let Toad direct her towards the bench, reluctanly she sat down.
Toad took a set next to her and smiled, Wanda looked over and noticed this and her frown deepened.
" What are you smiling at?" She asked distastfully.
Toad shrugged, " Just smiling."
" Why?" Wanda asked slightly disgusted.
" Well why not?" Toad retorted, " I mean, here I am sitting here on a bench with you under a star lit sky. Why wouldn't I smile Cupcake?" Toad asked lightly. Wanda sighed as she bent her neck back and looked up at the sky, it was a nice night, and the company she had to admit wasn't all that bad.
They didn't talk again for another few minutes.
" So what's wrong?" Toad asked again.
Wanda shrugged, " Nothing."
" Oh come on Babycakes, I know you better then anyone, and I know somethings wrong." He told her scooting closer nezt to her. " So what's up?" He asked.
" The sky."
" Haha." Toad joked, " Now seriously, you know you can talk to me Wanda, right?" Toad informed her seriously. Once his words hit her ears Wanda she turned in her seat and looked him straight in the eye, and she could tell he was serious. That got her.
She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. How could she tell him all that she felt right now? How confussed she was about everything? How nothing at all made sense in her mind, how nothing and yet everything was wrong in her mind. How could she tell him that she couldn't rememeber who she was, yet knew who she was? How was she suppose to explain to anyone that she felt as if she had lived two lives? How could she explain a burning rage deep within her directed at some one she new but didn't? How was she to tell anyone that she felt like crying because she felt that everyone she spoke to was lying to her? That there was this big secrect she was being kept out of the loop of, and how she wanted to scream out in frustration.
Toad she reached up and whipped a tear away from her underneath her eye. Wanda nearly jumped when she felt his hand against her skin. " Sorry." He uneasily apologized, a nervous laugh escaped his lips. Wanda brought her own hand up to her cheek and was embaressed to find it was wet. She had been crying, great.
" You wanna talk about it?" Toad asked looking up at the sky.
" Not really." Wanda told him.
Toad nodded, " That's cool yo. Whenever you're ready Babycakes." Toad explained to her. " Just know," He paused, " That I'm here for you. Okay?" He told her slightly stummbling acoss his words, Wanda nodded shortly after his statement. Feeling there was nothing really more to say Toad slowly began to stand up. " Well, I think I'll just leave you to your thoughts. See I told you taking a walk with me would be painless." He joked lightly, though you tell he was some what disapointed that she wouldn't open up to him. " Night Sweetums."
Wanda smiled, genuinly smiled at him, she needed to open up to some one, why not Toad? " Toad," She called, " I've been having those dreams again." She told him. Toad stopped instantly though he didn't show it outside, inside he was smiling.
" The ones about Magneto?" Toad asked hopping back onto the bench. Wanda nodded, " They dreams or nightmares?" Toad asked curiously.
" Just dreams so far. I'm begining to see a different life in my dreams." She began to explain slowly, that was more then she had told anyone before, it felt good to share these thoughts with someone else.
" Do you believe, or see some truth to this?" Toad asked, he heard this nagging voice in his head that sounded very much like Pietro's telling him to tell her to just ignore these dreams, but what if she was really remembering what really happened between her and Magneto. Didn't she have a right to know the truth like the rest of them?
" Kind of, some stuff makes sense. Other stuff doesn't. Like in all of them, I'm always really angry, or really sad, and I'm always hunting some one. But...I don't know who." Wanda explained, thinking about this was starting to give her a headache, Wanda clasped her hands together as she spoke slightly fiddling with them. " So what do you think?" Wanda asked, and for some reason his opinion meant a lot to her right now.
" Hard to say, sounds like..." Toad trailed off, " Sounds like maybe you need to figure this out on your own." Toad told her. God he wanted to tell her the truth, about everything. About her brother, and Magneto and what happened that day in the mountains but he couldn't, she had to figure it out on her own, he couldn't help her with this no one could.
" You think I'm crazy don't you?" Wanda asked him, her defenses poping back into place.
" NO!" Toad shouted louder then intended. " No, I think, I think that you're mind is trying to tell you some thing, some thing that no one but you can help you with." Toad told her wisely. " Some times the mind must figure things out for itself." Toad said wisely.
Wanda nodded, he had a point. " You're sounding very wise tonight Toad." Wanda informed him standing up off the bench.
" Really?" Toad asked, slightly tilting his head. Wanda nodded, "Cool" Toad declared, Wanda just shook her head.
Toad watched her walk a head of him when some thing accured to him, " Hey Wanda?" he called to her.
Wanda stopped walking and turned around, " Yeah Toad?" She asked.
" They're just dreams right? Not nightmares? Cause you know what happened when you have nightmares." Toad asked her.
" Just dreams." She answered simply. Toad relaxed a bit as he hopped to catch up to her.
" So what made you open up?" Toad asked after a few moments, of her walking and him hopping next to her.
" I needed to talk to someone." She answered simply, she was begining to revert back to her old self.
" And why me? Why not Lance or the others?" Toad asked looking curiously up at her.
" Cause you gave me my first kiss." She told him, Toad stopped dead in his tracks.
" For real?" He asked.
Wanda let out a light laugh. " No. I just told you cause you're easy to talk to Toad, and I know that you listen to me." She explained to him.
" No, no. Not that part, that part about me being your first kiss." Toad explained his words mubbling together as he wildly moved his arms about as he spoke.
Wanda looked at him strangly. " What about it?" Wanda asked bitterly, suddenly not liking where this conversation was heading.
" Was I really?" He asked.
" Really what?" Wanda asked, not one-hundred percent sure what was going on.
" Your first kiss." Toad told her slightly annoyed, he wanted answers damit.
" Yeah." Wanda answered.
" Did it mean anything?" Toad asked uneasily.
Wanda was a little wierded out by his question, but when she looked at his face she could tell how much her answer meant to him. She could make him or break him with her answer, Wanda let out a deep breath, " It means a lot to me to know that the guy I kissed really cares and respects me." Wanda told him, she looked down at him, and smiled, " It also meant a lot to me to know that it was some one I cared and respected as well." Wanda told him genuinily.
Toad let out a goofy laugh and smiled up at her. " Ya mean it Wanda?" Toad asked some what bashful.
There was silence for a few moments, until Wanda answered. " Yeah, I do." She answered seriously.
Toad smiled, he had never felt so alive. He gave Wanda a toothy grin as he extended his legs and stood up next to her, bringing his face close to hers. " So would you care to try that kiss again." Toad invited raising his eyebrows up and down.
Wanda groaned, " No Toad, I would not like to relive that moment, Thank you very much." She told him giving him a slight shove away from her.
Toad gave a slight pout as he slumped his shoulders in defeat. He hopped a few feet to catch up to her and stood up this time as he walked along side her. " So we okay?" Toad asked lightly.
Wanda took in a deep breath, " Yeah Toad, were okay." Wanda answered him.
" Really?"
" Really." Wanda told him, they continued to walk about the institute grounds together.
Toad reached for Wanda's hand and held it as they walked, she didn't pull away this time.
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Author's Rant: Okay this was an easy chapter. It was really sweet and fun to write, and I'm begining to lean towards Toad and Wanda, though I still love John and Wanda. But this was a sweet moment that I felt needed to take place. I was going to add on and let you all know what happened between Rogue and Remy but it just didn't fit, I felt like I had hit a really sweet and emotion peak and I didn't want to ruin it with more teenage drama. That make sense to anyone else round here? Well if it doesn't then too bad, so sad.
Okay so far I have written a John/Wanda chapter, a Wanda/Toad chapter, I just need a John/Kitty chapter and a Romy chapter as well as a Toad/Tabby and Kitty Pietro. So I've got my work cut out for me. Well on to your reviews.
Jaquelle - Yeah, Toad and Wanda are sweet together. I see that now with writing this chapter. Hope ya liked this chapter, let me know.
Nie Starwhistler - Yeah your votes still count, you get to vote for each couple once per chapter. Thanks for the review and I hope ya liked this chapter.
WinkyBells - Yes, I realized I was making it too easy for Rogue and Remy so I need to through some thing in to screw them over for a couple chapters. Don't worry they'll get together in the end. Thanks for the review, and I hope ya liked this chapter.
Amieva - Yeah I have yet to read a Amryo that I have really liked, but the part it plays in this fic I promise will not be all that painful, if it is i won't write it. Let me know what you think about this chapter.
S. Mark Gunther - I can see the hissy fit and the splash of Toad/Tabby will most definetly be put in here pretty soon. Thanks for the review and I hope you liked this chapter.
Jay Goose - Yes I am alive. I tend to do that. Disapear for a while then reapear for a while so this is my triunfant return! Hope ya liked the chapter!
Just me - Okay, I promise you'll get some John/Kitty romance here soon.
Marie Lebeau - John being an awsome cook...it has possiblities.
Ishanahalf - Thanks for the review! And I'm glad that I made your day. Hope ya liked this chapter.
Caliente - Yes, there was more to the walk. I felt I needed to have Toad and Wanda talk. And thsi chapter will help build up to some thing big that will happen in a couple of chapters. Thanks for the review!
Peace215 - I take no offense of your comment. I still don't think my story is any where near getting good but that' s mine and your opinon. It's like that saying, " I have yet begun to fight." Only just switch fight with write and yeah. Okay let me know what ya think of this chapter.
DemonRogue13 - Thanks for the complement.
Lady Starlight so kiss my ass - Your votes have been counted. And I must say I love your user name. Sorry but I just find it very original, I just felt like telling you that. Tanks for the review.
Okay now for the polls...
Kitty and John - 25
Kitty and Piotr - 13
Kitty and Pietro - 9
John and Wanda - 23
John and Amara - 19
Toad and Wanda - 28
Toad and Tabby - 8
There we go, the new polls. Kitty and John along with Wanda and Toad are stillt the heavy favorites but John and Wanda is still in the running. Keep on voting!
Take Care, Rogue Star
" Nice night, huh?" Toad asked, shattering the enriching silence.
Wanda simply nodded, her head lost in thought else where.
Toad watched her carefully, " You okay?" He asked after a moment. Now Toad knew Wanda better then most, he knew a lot about her yet knew almost nothing about her, but he knew right now some thing was off. " Wanda?" He called again, louder this time when she did not answer him.
Again no answer.
" Wanda?" He nearly shouted, Wanda almost jumped.
" What?" She yelled back in shock, her eyes lost there hazy appearance and returned to their natural icy blue.
" Come on, sit down." Toad instructed her as he moved her over to the park bench under one of the many trees in the yard.
" No I'm fine." Wanda told him, pushing against him. Toad smiled, he was stronger then her.
" Then humor me, will ya Wanda?" Toad asked though it sounded more like he was begging. " Please?"
Wanda sighed lightly in defeat. " Fine." Her body went limp and she let Toad direct her towards the bench, reluctanly she sat down.
Toad took a set next to her and smiled, Wanda looked over and noticed this and her frown deepened.
" What are you smiling at?" She asked distastfully.
Toad shrugged, " Just smiling."
" Why?" Wanda asked slightly disgusted.
" Well why not?" Toad retorted, " I mean, here I am sitting here on a bench with you under a star lit sky. Why wouldn't I smile Cupcake?" Toad asked lightly. Wanda sighed as she bent her neck back and looked up at the sky, it was a nice night, and the company she had to admit wasn't all that bad.
They didn't talk again for another few minutes.
" So what's wrong?" Toad asked again.
Wanda shrugged, " Nothing."
" Oh come on Babycakes, I know you better then anyone, and I know somethings wrong." He told her scooting closer nezt to her. " So what's up?" He asked.
" The sky."
" Haha." Toad joked, " Now seriously, you know you can talk to me Wanda, right?" Toad informed her seriously. Once his words hit her ears Wanda she turned in her seat and looked him straight in the eye, and she could tell he was serious. That got her.
She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. How could she tell him all that she felt right now? How confussed she was about everything? How nothing at all made sense in her mind, how nothing and yet everything was wrong in her mind. How could she tell him that she couldn't rememeber who she was, yet knew who she was? How was she suppose to explain to anyone that she felt as if she had lived two lives? How could she explain a burning rage deep within her directed at some one she new but didn't? How was she to tell anyone that she felt like crying because she felt that everyone she spoke to was lying to her? That there was this big secrect she was being kept out of the loop of, and how she wanted to scream out in frustration.
Toad she reached up and whipped a tear away from her underneath her eye. Wanda nearly jumped when she felt his hand against her skin. " Sorry." He uneasily apologized, a nervous laugh escaped his lips. Wanda brought her own hand up to her cheek and was embaressed to find it was wet. She had been crying, great.
" You wanna talk about it?" Toad asked looking up at the sky.
" Not really." Wanda told him.
Toad nodded, " That's cool yo. Whenever you're ready Babycakes." Toad explained to her. " Just know," He paused, " That I'm here for you. Okay?" He told her slightly stummbling acoss his words, Wanda nodded shortly after his statement. Feeling there was nothing really more to say Toad slowly began to stand up. " Well, I think I'll just leave you to your thoughts. See I told you taking a walk with me would be painless." He joked lightly, though you tell he was some what disapointed that she wouldn't open up to him. " Night Sweetums."
Wanda smiled, genuinly smiled at him, she needed to open up to some one, why not Toad? " Toad," She called, " I've been having those dreams again." She told him. Toad stopped instantly though he didn't show it outside, inside he was smiling.
" The ones about Magneto?" Toad asked hopping back onto the bench. Wanda nodded, " They dreams or nightmares?" Toad asked curiously.
" Just dreams so far. I'm begining to see a different life in my dreams." She began to explain slowly, that was more then she had told anyone before, it felt good to share these thoughts with someone else.
" Do you believe, or see some truth to this?" Toad asked, he heard this nagging voice in his head that sounded very much like Pietro's telling him to tell her to just ignore these dreams, but what if she was really remembering what really happened between her and Magneto. Didn't she have a right to know the truth like the rest of them?
" Kind of, some stuff makes sense. Other stuff doesn't. Like in all of them, I'm always really angry, or really sad, and I'm always hunting some one. But...I don't know who." Wanda explained, thinking about this was starting to give her a headache, Wanda clasped her hands together as she spoke slightly fiddling with them. " So what do you think?" Wanda asked, and for some reason his opinion meant a lot to her right now.
" Hard to say, sounds like..." Toad trailed off, " Sounds like maybe you need to figure this out on your own." Toad told her. God he wanted to tell her the truth, about everything. About her brother, and Magneto and what happened that day in the mountains but he couldn't, she had to figure it out on her own, he couldn't help her with this no one could.
" You think I'm crazy don't you?" Wanda asked him, her defenses poping back into place.
" NO!" Toad shouted louder then intended. " No, I think, I think that you're mind is trying to tell you some thing, some thing that no one but you can help you with." Toad told her wisely. " Some times the mind must figure things out for itself." Toad said wisely.
Wanda nodded, he had a point. " You're sounding very wise tonight Toad." Wanda informed him standing up off the bench.
" Really?" Toad asked, slightly tilting his head. Wanda nodded, "Cool" Toad declared, Wanda just shook her head.
Toad watched her walk a head of him when some thing accured to him, " Hey Wanda?" he called to her.
Wanda stopped walking and turned around, " Yeah Toad?" She asked.
" They're just dreams right? Not nightmares? Cause you know what happened when you have nightmares." Toad asked her.
" Just dreams." She answered simply. Toad relaxed a bit as he hopped to catch up to her.
" So what made you open up?" Toad asked after a few moments, of her walking and him hopping next to her.
" I needed to talk to someone." She answered simply, she was begining to revert back to her old self.
" And why me? Why not Lance or the others?" Toad asked looking curiously up at her.
" Cause you gave me my first kiss." She told him, Toad stopped dead in his tracks.
" For real?" He asked.
Wanda let out a light laugh. " No. I just told you cause you're easy to talk to Toad, and I know that you listen to me." She explained to him.
" No, no. Not that part, that part about me being your first kiss." Toad explained his words mubbling together as he wildly moved his arms about as he spoke.
Wanda looked at him strangly. " What about it?" Wanda asked bitterly, suddenly not liking where this conversation was heading.
" Was I really?" He asked.
" Really what?" Wanda asked, not one-hundred percent sure what was going on.
" Your first kiss." Toad told her slightly annoyed, he wanted answers damit.
" Yeah." Wanda answered.
" Did it mean anything?" Toad asked uneasily.
Wanda was a little wierded out by his question, but when she looked at his face she could tell how much her answer meant to him. She could make him or break him with her answer, Wanda let out a deep breath, " It means a lot to me to know that the guy I kissed really cares and respects me." Wanda told him, she looked down at him, and smiled, " It also meant a lot to me to know that it was some one I cared and respected as well." Wanda told him genuinily.
Toad let out a goofy laugh and smiled up at her. " Ya mean it Wanda?" Toad asked some what bashful.
There was silence for a few moments, until Wanda answered. " Yeah, I do." She answered seriously.
Toad smiled, he had never felt so alive. He gave Wanda a toothy grin as he extended his legs and stood up next to her, bringing his face close to hers. " So would you care to try that kiss again." Toad invited raising his eyebrows up and down.
Wanda groaned, " No Toad, I would not like to relive that moment, Thank you very much." She told him giving him a slight shove away from her.
Toad gave a slight pout as he slumped his shoulders in defeat. He hopped a few feet to catch up to her and stood up this time as he walked along side her. " So we okay?" Toad asked lightly.
Wanda took in a deep breath, " Yeah Toad, were okay." Wanda answered him.
" Really?"
" Really." Wanda told him, they continued to walk about the institute grounds together.
Toad reached for Wanda's hand and held it as they walked, she didn't pull away this time.
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Author's Rant: Okay this was an easy chapter. It was really sweet and fun to write, and I'm begining to lean towards Toad and Wanda, though I still love John and Wanda. But this was a sweet moment that I felt needed to take place. I was going to add on and let you all know what happened between Rogue and Remy but it just didn't fit, I felt like I had hit a really sweet and emotion peak and I didn't want to ruin it with more teenage drama. That make sense to anyone else round here? Well if it doesn't then too bad, so sad.
Okay so far I have written a John/Wanda chapter, a Wanda/Toad chapter, I just need a John/Kitty chapter and a Romy chapter as well as a Toad/Tabby and Kitty Pietro. So I've got my work cut out for me. Well on to your reviews.
Jaquelle - Yeah, Toad and Wanda are sweet together. I see that now with writing this chapter. Hope ya liked this chapter, let me know.
Nie Starwhistler - Yeah your votes still count, you get to vote for each couple once per chapter. Thanks for the review and I hope ya liked this chapter.
WinkyBells - Yes, I realized I was making it too easy for Rogue and Remy so I need to through some thing in to screw them over for a couple chapters. Don't worry they'll get together in the end. Thanks for the review, and I hope ya liked this chapter.
Amieva - Yeah I have yet to read a Amryo that I have really liked, but the part it plays in this fic I promise will not be all that painful, if it is i won't write it. Let me know what you think about this chapter.
S. Mark Gunther - I can see the hissy fit and the splash of Toad/Tabby will most definetly be put in here pretty soon. Thanks for the review and I hope you liked this chapter.
Jay Goose - Yes I am alive. I tend to do that. Disapear for a while then reapear for a while so this is my triunfant return! Hope ya liked the chapter!
Just me - Okay, I promise you'll get some John/Kitty romance here soon.
Marie Lebeau - John being an awsome cook...it has possiblities.
Ishanahalf - Thanks for the review! And I'm glad that I made your day. Hope ya liked this chapter.
Caliente - Yes, there was more to the walk. I felt I needed to have Toad and Wanda talk. And thsi chapter will help build up to some thing big that will happen in a couple of chapters. Thanks for the review!
Peace215 - I take no offense of your comment. I still don't think my story is any where near getting good but that' s mine and your opinon. It's like that saying, " I have yet begun to fight." Only just switch fight with write and yeah. Okay let me know what ya think of this chapter.
DemonRogue13 - Thanks for the complement.
Lady Starlight so kiss my ass - Your votes have been counted. And I must say I love your user name. Sorry but I just find it very original, I just felt like telling you that. Tanks for the review.
Okay now for the polls...
Kitty and John - 25
Kitty and Piotr - 13
Kitty and Pietro - 9
John and Wanda - 23
John and Amara - 19
Toad and Wanda - 28
Toad and Tabby - 8
There we go, the new polls. Kitty and John along with Wanda and Toad are stillt the heavy favorites but John and Wanda is still in the running. Keep on voting!
Take Care, Rogue Star