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Kitty phased her head through the door that lead into Max's room. She found him on his bed reading, to which she gave a small smile.
"Hi," she called out.
"AGH," he shouted in surprise, having not heard her enter. Max jumped a bit and his book went flying. It harmlessly passed through Kitty.
She giggled as he calmed down, "like, sorry."
Max took deep breaths to calm down, "its, its okay. I'm fine. Are you ok?"
"Yea," she said with a nod. "Can I ask you something?" At Max's nod, she gave a shy smile, "would you, like, go out with me tonight?"
Max went wide-eyed and blushed greatly, "wha, what, what? You what to go out, as in date?"
"Yea," she said with a blush of her own. "I mean, we like each other, and I agreed to go out on a double date with Rogue and Danny, and I want you to come."
Max was just stunned. He didn't deserve her, she deserved so much better.
Kitty gave a kind smile, "I know this is sudden, but…"
"Why me," he asked. Max looked to the ground, "You deserve better then me."
"How about you like, let me decide on that," said Kitty, "and I want you Max. Please."
Max looked at her, thinking it over. "Ok," he said, giving his own small smile, "I'll go."
Kitty's smile grew wide, her mouth going off, "you will, great, thanks, great, oh already said that. Were leaving at seven and having dinner out." Kitty turned and was halfway through the door when she turned and gave another smile to Max, "and thank you."
Kitty left the smiling shadow walker and turned to walk down the hall when Danny ran into her.
"Hey Kitty," he said with a smile, "what were you doing?"
She smiled, "well, you know how you and Rogue are going out tonight?" At Danny's nod, she went on, "well, like, it's a double date, and I asked out Max."
Danny looked a bit surprise, then smiled, "that's cool. At least I'll have witness from when I crash and burn."
Kitty leaned her head to the side, "what do you mean by that?"
"Well," he said with an embarrassed look, "I've, never been on a date."
Kitty gave a small laugh, "oh, that's like, ok. I mean it's only the first date. I'm sure you'll be fine. See you at seven Danny." With a wave she passed him and walked off to the girls dorms.
Danny looked after her, and then shook his head. He walked into his room and found Max in deep thought.
"So," he said, shaking the boy out of his thoughts, "you and Kitty. That's a surprise, but I'm glad for you two."
Max just gave a slight nod, "I doubt it'll lead to anything. I mean, its just one date, and you and Rogue will be there."
Danny gave him a look, "why do you say that?"
As Danny set his bag down, Max looked away, "I'm not good enough for her. I could hurt her, maybe even kill her if my powers go off. And I think that she just says that she likes me to try and not hurt me."
Danny looked at him for a moment, then laughed. "I doubt it," he said, "I doubt she would just be nice and go out with you just as not to hurt you. I think she would really like you for her to ask you."
Max just nodded, and said no more. But his mind was going a mile a minute as what he should do.
Danny and Max waited at the front doors by themselves while waiting for the girls. Danny's parents wanted to see them off, as Rogue had her license, but Jazz and Becky managed to leave the two only. They didn't need the entire Institute's eyes on them, they were nervous as it was.
Danny crossed his arm as he leaned against the wall. He was wearing a collared red shirt with black slacks. Max just had his hands in his pockets in his black shirt (also collared) and also had on black slacks. Max also had on a holowatch that made his gray skin and his weird eyes.
"Don't you two look handsome," came Kitty's voice. The two boys looked up to see her and Rogue come down. Kitty was wearing Jeans with a light blue long sleeved shirt. Rogue was in a dark blue skirt with matching dark blue short-sleeved shirt, and full-length gloves covering her arms.
Both Danny and Max had jaws that were only attached by the skin of their faces, but Max recovered first, "you are so beautiful."
Danny nodded his head, never taking his eyes off Rogue, "yea, she is beautiful."
Kitty blushed, "aw, thank you. But like, this is nothing."
Rogue rolled her eyes, but a slight blush was on her cheeks from Danny's comment. "Don't ah know. They would still be waiting if ah hadn't told ya to find something simple," she said to Kitty.
Danny smiled, "but yet, you dressed up?"
Rogue blushed a bit more, and with a shrug, "its nothing. Ah had them and thought I would wear it."
Now Kitty rolled her eyes, "oh god Rogue, you like, took just as long as I did."
Rogue glared, but didn't say anything in that regards, "whatever, lets just go before it gets to late."
The others nodded, and Kitty wrapped her arm around Max's, who madly blushed. Kitty just giggled.
They got to the vehicle that had been given to Rogue, which was a 2000 deep green jeep, when Danny asked, "just where are we going?"
Kitty answered from the back, still holding hands with Max, which she didn't mind. "We discussed going out to one of the few restaurants that will still serve mutants, then like a movie."
Rogue said from the driver's seat, "ah hope you two don't mind. We figured that ya'll still didn't know the town very well."
Max nodded in acceptance as Danny shrugged, "I'm the one who gets lost in the family, so it's fine with me."
Rogue smiled at Danny's joke, "so it that why ya are always late?"
"Well, that and ghosts enjoy butting in when ever I really need to go somewhere," Danny said, placing his head on his hand.
Kitty gasped, "I hope you don't have to fight anything tonight."
Rogue nodded as she drove, but the vehicle became quiet.
After a couple of minutes, Max asked, "So, where are we going first?"
"Chili's," answered Rogue, pulling into the parking lot.
They exited the vehicle and went to the door of the restaurant, Danny opened the door for the girls.
The hostess smiled at the four, "hi welcome to Chili's. Table for four?"
Kitty was about to answer, when Danny stopped her, "um, how about two tables for two."
Rogue looked at her date, then nodded in agreement.
The hostess smiled, "ok, no problem."
A couple minutes of waiting later, the two groups were sitting. Danny and Rogue had a booth and Kitty and Max were a couple of spots further down at a table.
Danny gave a nervous smile, "I hope you two didn't mind if I had butted in. I thought we could spend a bit of time by ourselves rather then, well, in an awkward position."
Rogue nodded, "Ah got no problem with that. If anything, ah think you made Kitty a happy girl."
Danny smiled, still nervous, "yea, but you don't have a problem right?"
"Look, ah realize your nervous, heck, ah am too," said Rogue with a glare, "but really, ah like the idea, so don't apologize, got it."
Danny quickly nodded, "ok, its just my first date, and well…"
Rogue got a sad look, "ah know the feeling. The whole not touching thing kinda killed mah life. First boy I touch almost ended up in a coma. After that, ah got scared."
Danny reached out and took hold of her gloved hand, "you don't need to be scared with me Rogue, and I'm here for you."
Rogue gave a small smile at that, and gave his hand a gentle squeeze.
Max sat as he listened to Kitty talk about her life before she came to the institute, not even realizing that he was still holding her hand, rubbing a bit of it with his thumb.
'She is so beautiful,' he thought to himself, 'why is she with me?'
Kitty looked at him, pausing a bit, and smiled at his look. She gave his hand a slight squeeze, which shook him out of his thoughts.
He pulled his hand away, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize."
She smiled a bit, "its ok, I think its sweet."
"But, I don't want to seem," he stopped, trying to figure the word out.
"Touchy, feely," she asked with a small smile. He blushed, but nodded, "its like, ok. Really. It's more then my old boyfriend ever did."
Max noticed the twinge of anger in her voice, "if, you don't mind me asking. What did he do?"
She looked a bit depressed, having to think of Lance, "well, like, he only wanted me for my body, at least, that's what I heard him say. Whenever we went out together, he never held my hand, not once. He was always roughed when he kissed, and we were enemies too."
Max listened this time to what she was saying, "So, why did you stay with him?"
"I guess, I felt sorry for him," she said. "He was in and out of foster homes most of his life, and he was the first one to find me when my power developed." She looked at Max, who seemed out of it.
"Is that why you asked me out," he asked suddenly, "because you felt sorry for me?"
Kitty laughed a bit, and shook her head, "god no. When I said that I like you that was the truth. You are a major hottie, and your really sweet. And like, just the way you were holding my hand, made me feel happy."
Max looked at her, "really. You really, like me?"
Kitty nodded with a smile, and took his hand, this time rubbing it with her thumb, "really."
Max was shocked a bit at the action, but then returned the gesture.
When Kitty saw his smile, her heart seemed to flutter.
Dinner for the two couples went off without a hitch, much to the pleasure of them all. They came out of the restaurant, Danny holding Rogue's hand and Kitty's arm around Max's. And both girls had smiles on their faces, though Kitty's seemed to be more of a pleasant smile. They left the vehicle where Rogue left it in the parking lot and walked to the movie theater.
All was going well until the ticket seller said allow, "we don't see tickets to mutants."
"Hey, that's like, not fair," shouted Kitty.
Rogue glared, "How do we know ya ain't just making that up?"
The teller pointed over his shoulder at the sign that clearly said, 'NO MUTANTS'.
They grumbled as they walked away, but Danny wasn't going to give up that easy.
"Guys, come with me," he said, moving towards the space between buildings.
"What," asked Rogue, "are ya planning on sneaking in or something?"
Danny smiled and went ghost, "nope, were going in through the front, and were paying. Just wait here." And with that, Danny just disappeared from view.
Rogue glared at where her date once stood and looked at the opening when some lone boy walked across. Rogue's eyebrow went up when the boy jerked, then stood frozen for a moment, then straightened out.
He looked down and she meet familiar green eyes. The kid winked with a half smile and walked of, leaving a confused Rogue, Max, and Kitty.
Danny had overshadowed the kid, and made his way to the teller.
"Hi," he said, "four for Take the Lead." The ticket seller smiled and took the money, then handed Danny the tickets.
"Here you go, enjoy the show," he said with a smile.
Danny nodded, giving a knowing smile, "oh we will, thanks."
Danny walked back to where he overshadowed the kid and looked around.
Rogue watched as the weird kid looked around, then shook again for a moment. A looked of confusion crossed his face, still not even looking down the alleyway. He finally shrugged and walked off.
"That was easy," came Danny's voice as he appeared behind the mutants. Rogue turned and was going to chew him out, when he showed the four tickets.
"Like, oh my god, what did you do," Kitty asked, wide eyed.
Danny shrug, "I overshadowed that guy, and bought them. In ghost form, I can take a person over for a bit of time."
"Ya should be more careful Danny," said Rogue, "the last thing weh need is more trouble."
Kitty glared at her roommate, "oh, lay off Rogue. Danny got us in."
Rogue sighed, "Fine, lets go."
The four got into the theater and sat down for the previews.
As the movie went on, Max had his arm around Kitty as she leaned into him. Rogue was happy just to lean on Danny, who had his arm around Rogue just below her skin.
Rogue was in thought as she watched the movie. She was finding herself liking Danny, maybe even more then when she had a crush on Scott. Danny was caring, and put her first it seemed. Sure, it was still the first date, but when they were turned away, Danny risked his own exposure so they could see a movie. Rogue smiled as she felt him rubbed her arm gently. Maybe, dating wasn't so bad.
But she would wait till she got home to figure out if she would be willing for another date.
The four left the movies with a smile. They weren't able to see it all because someone who said they didn't buy their tickets complained to the manager. When the showed they did in fact have tickets, the person asked how they got them because he heard the teller said they didn't allow mutants. The manager actually got angry at that. Not because they were mutants, but the fact someone was turning away customers. Long story short, the teller no longer had a job. The manager apologized and gave them a full refund for his ex-employees action, and actually would treat the four of them to a free movie.
They were rocking back to Rogue's jeep, when Danny stopped, and gasped his blue mist.
"Not now," he groaned, as a roar was heard close by. He turned to Rogue, "sorry about this, nothing ever goes right."
She smiled, "it's alright, let's go."
"No," Danny said, "I want to three to stay here, and stay safe. This will be quick." Danny looked around seeing the coast of clear, he went ghost and flew off.
Rogue turned around and leaned against the car. She didn't like being told what to do, but she would let it slide for now.
Kitty placed a hand on her arm, "hey, he'll be ok."
Rogue just nodded.
"Hey," came a familiar voice. The mutants turned to see Lance, who seemed thoroughly pissed off, and the rest of the Brotherhood come up.
He pointed to Max, "Are you Max?" At his nodded, Lance grabbed him by the front of his shirt and slammed him into the jeep, "keep away from Kitty, she's my girl."
Rogue was grabbing at her glove, "back of rock head."
"Lance, stop," cried Kitty, "I told you were over. So knock it off."
"Shut up," he shouted, his arm going wide. He hit Kitty right in the face, hard enough to send her to the ground. "I'll deal with you in a minute."
He looked back at Max, who's face became darker, "don't, you, dare, HURT HER."
The shadows around the jeep shot to life, hitting Lance hard. Lance backed off, growling, "you want to fight, I'll give you a fight."
Toad jumped and spat slime at Max, how raised his arm. The slime covered the holowatch, which shorted and went out.
Now stood in front of the brotherhood, was Max. His gray body tense, his face cold, and his almost white eyes began to change to a darker color. His pupils remained the off white color, but the rest of his eyes turn pure black in his anger.
Max brought his hands up, the shadows coming up with them. A few shadow creatures began to form around him. They were just as tall as Max, skinny, and balls for hands as well as faceless.
"You don't deserve her," Max shouted in anger, his voice deeper, "and you will not hit her."
Lance roared as he started up an earthquake. But the shadow creatures simply floated to him, not once touching the ground. The first one to reach him, struck Lance right in the face.
Pietro ran up behind Max and mad a grab, only to have Rogue's bare hand cross his face. She held it there for a moment, the moved away, allowing him to pass out. She looked to see Max moving his arms, his body commanding the creatures under his control. Fred was scared by them, and was backing away. Toad was keeping close; not wanting the same beating he was giving Lance.
And Kitty watched in shock. She had never seen Max use his powers, now in a way, she knew why.
Lance tried to stand back up when another thing struck his bloody face. He was grabbed by one of the things, and brought before Max.
"If you so much as touch her again," threatened Max, "this will only be the first time."
And with a wave, the shadows threw back Lance into a few trashcans.
Max then collapsed, his eyes returning to normal, and the creatures faded back into the shadows they once came from.
Kitty rushed at him as Rogue returned her glove, "Max, are you, like, ok?"
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," cried Max, "I lost control. I didn't hurt you did I, I'm sorry."
Kitty tried to calm him, but he was just to scared. Finally she lightly kissed his cheek, which completely stopped him. Max looked at her, seeing a bruise already form from Lance's strike.
"Thank you," she said quietly, "the way Lance was going, he could have killed me. You saved my life."
Max looked away, "but I lost control. I could have killed you."
"But you didn't," she said, turning his face back to her, "and I doubt you would." They looked into each other's eyes, then slowly kissed.
Rogue watched all of this, after having Pietro into the same pile Lance was in. She could only smile, seeing her roommate was happy with someone. She only wished one day, she could do the same.
She then noticed Danny had returned, thermos in hand. He looked around, "Did I miss something?"
"The Brotherhood," Rogue said. "Lance didn't like the idea of someone else dating his Kitty."
Danny gave a cold look, "what happened?"
She pointed to where the two Brotherhood members were, "Max and me. I drain Pietro, and Max went off with some, shadow creature things, against Lance."
Danny nodded, now knowing why Rogue had lost her southern accent. "Well, think we should get them home?"
"Yea," she replied, watching the two finally break the kiss and look into each other's eyes, "and Danny, thank you."
Danny smiled, "anytime Rogue."
The drive home wasn't to bad, it was just getting back in that was the problem. They had to restrain Logan, who thought it was Max that hit here. Kitty explained how it was Lance and what had happened. It was then Logan calmed down and walked away, more then likely to the danger room to break something.
Rogue was walking with Danny to her room, when he said, "Other then the fights, I had a great time with you Rogue."
She smiled, "yea, ah did to. Thank you."
Danny smiled as they reach her door. He transformed while her back was turned. When Rogue did turn to say goodnight, her eyebrow went, "wha's wrong, another ghost?"
"No, I just," Danny said nervously, then quickly pecked Rogue on the lips. "I just want to…"
Rogue smiled, then she wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a deep kiss. Her first real kiss, with no protection, nothing separating the two. His lips were cold, but Rogue's heart soared from the bliss of being touched.
They pulled away after the kiss, both blushing.
"Thank ya Danny," she said. "That means a lot to meh."
"I know Rogue," he said with a smile, "so, what does this mean."
Rogue just gave an mischievous smile, and said when Danny gulped, "sugah, ya just kissed me, do ya really think ah'm going to let ya get away from meh?"
Danny just gave a nervous smile.
So how did you like it. This wasthe best I could come up with for a double date chapter, and as for the clothing, i'm a jeans and teeshirt guy, so I did my best. And don't forget to R&R
Tucker's dating poll:
Amara: 5
Rahne: 1
Tabatha: 4
Try and fail miserably: 1 (you can thank The Sith for that vote, but hey, it works)
And this is the last chapter for the poll, next chapter Tucker and Sam show up. So get your votes in before its to late. And again, don't forget to review.