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Chapter Nine: Situations
John couldn't believe that after all this time that Magma, aka Amara Aquilla, the girl who had dumped him for some random boy after saying that he, Pyro, wasn't good enough for her was going to come waltzing back into Xavier's after years of being it Brazil doing who knows what. He wasn't sure what to feel about the situation but he did know that it killed his mood just thinking about the fiery blond who had broken his heart. It just made him so angry remembering Amara and all the things she had done to hurt him and it didn't help that Kitty and Rahne seemed happy to hear of the girl's return.
"It will be great to see old friends again. Isn't that right John" Kitty had said giving him that knowing smile and wink, "Though I can understand if you two don't want to get back together…I mean there are plenty of fish in the sea."
John gave Kitty a half shocked half disgusted look, "You've been hanging around that Marcel guy again and he's been using his weird empathic powers, right? Cause that's the only reason I can think of to explain what you just said."
Kitty giggles and John growls, walking over to Tatyana and grabbing her wrist, yanking her out of her seat and towards his room. He ignores the girl's protests of wanting to finish drawing in the common's room and continues on his way down the hall.
"I…"
John glances at the girl, worried about what she would say about the ex-girlfriend situation.
"Think Kitty was just hitting on you. That's…strange…and kinda creepy. You gonna hit that?" Tatyana giggles and dodges the hit John throws and walks over to the bed to go finish her sketching.
"I'm going to pretend you didn't just say 'you gonna hit that'. Now that my dear is creepy"
"Whatever. Kitty is a nice girl…you should…ask her out. She seems lonely 'cause Rouge mentioned something about her and Peter breaking up a few months ago…" Tatyana says sitting down. John watches the way she fidgets with her sketch pad with a raised eyebrow. Did she really want him to ask Kitty out or was she just trying to make her friend happy?
"I don't like Kitty like that anyway. I don't think Peter is all that over her either, I heard him and Warren talking about him wanting to ask her out again but Bobby has been cock blocking him by flirting with the girl," John takes a seat behind her on the bed and he pulls her backwards into his chest, "Why do you think I would want to ask Kitty out?"
"Cause…she's pretty and…" Tatyana trails off when his arms tighten around her.
"Trust me sweetie. Kitty is not my type…"
"Then what is…" The girl finds herself blushing, glancing over her shoulder at him and her heart beats just a little faster when she sees him lick his lips. She hadn't felt like that since…well since she accidentally saw John naked the day before.
John opens his mouth to speak but was interrupted a knock on the door. He growls and stands up, slamming the door open. Bobby just gives him a look and waves over his shoulder at Tatyana with a grin.
"Am I interrupting something?" The blond says smirking when he sees Tatyana blush.
"Shut up, Popsicle. What do you want?"
Bobby shrugs, "Just wanted to see if you wanted to play basketball with us. We're short a man. We have Peter and Warren on my team and just Sam and…Gambit on the other. We can also use some cheerleaders too, Ty."
John grins when he hears the way Bobby growled out Gambit's name then glances back at Tatyana, "You want to go, Ty?"
"Sure. It's not like we have anything else to do…"
"Oh we could be doing something else…" John catches the sketchpad aimed for his face, "Do you think you can shape shift into a cute little cheerleader's outfit as well?"
Bobby grins when Tatyana punches John in the stomach, noticing once again the faint blush on the girl's face when she does so, "Come on you two love birds, we can't keep the others waiting."
Tatyana hated basketball.
To her it was just another boring sport that guys played to prove their masculinity, even if girls played the sport as well. Truth be told Tatyana didn't like any sport other then martial arts; probably because she didn't get to play many team sports as a child. Sure her step-father and Shang had watched it on TV many nights but she would have rather read comic books with Kayvan then watch the sport.
Which was why the girl was sketching Pyro instead of watching the game, and was sitting on the lawn a little away from the basketball court with the boy's black jersey resting around her shoulders and a bottle of water leaning against her leg. She glances up through her white bangs and traces the shadows on his muscular back, wondering how such a skinny guy got so muscular when all she had seen him do was throw fireballs at people in the Danger Room. Something deep inside of her tells her that she wants to trace those muscles with her fingers just to see him shiver again like he did when she had touched his tattoo and she finds herself blushing, unused to the feeling.
The feeling wasn't like it had been when she was with Kayvan; this was more primal and raw. It pooled in the lower part of her stomach and caused a blush to form on the pale skin of her cheeks. She glances up and watches John stretch up to take a jump shot then bites her lip when the muscles of his arms tense. It didn't help that he had made the shot and turned around to grin and wink at her and she hides behind her sketchbook.
"Your friend is pretty good at basketball, Miss Winston."
The pupils of Tatyana's eyes shrink into slits and she finds herself wanting to go hide but she turns around and smiles at the taller man behind her.
"Hey…Kayvan."
Kayvan smiles a little at the girl then opens his arms for a hug, "I've missed you Ty. How come you don't answer my calls anymore?"
Tatyana freezes then steps into his embrace, hugging back limply but hating that she still loved the feeling of his arms around her. She then realizes that she liked John's hugs more and sighs, taking a step back.
"I've been busy. I guess…kind of like you and Pietro…" Her eyes harden and stay catlike when she sees Kayvan fidget and blush.
"I see you heard about us…how did you find out?"
Tatyana shrugs and continues hugging her sketch book, the picture of John pressed against her chest. She vaguely hears screaming and then yelps when John throws his arms around her, spinning her in the air and kissing her cheek.
"We won Vi! Did you see that…" He trails off when he sees the look on her face and follows her gaze to Kayvan who was frowning with his arms crossed.
"Who's this Ty? Oh wait I know, Magneto's former bitch. Why are you hanging around this trash?" The taller boy growls a little, glaring at John.
John frowns and slides his arm around Tatyana's shoulder causing the boy to growl some more, "Maybe because I won't hurt her like you did, demon boy."
Kayvan's eyes widen and he looks at Tatyana, "How…did I hurt you Ty?"
"I…have to go…can we talk later?" The girl fidgets uncomfortably and runs off, dropping her sketch book behind her and does not notice the blond girl who walks up to John as she leaves.
"Johnny! I've been looking for you everywhere!" The girl says practically skipping up to John as Kayvan walks away. She latches on to his arm just as he bends to pick up his water.
"Oh hello…Amara."
"Call me Allison now, Johnny. We have so much to talk about!" The girl smiles, her blue eyes shining brightly and John resists the urge to call out for help.
"I'm sure…"
Kayvan bends down and picks up Tatyana's sketchbook before following behind the girl, determined to find out what was wrong with her.
Tatyana falls onto her bed, pulling John's shirt from around her neck and sighing down at it. She glances around then slides it on before curling up, the scent of her friend's body wash reaching her nose. Deep down inside she knew that she didn't think of John as just a friend any more but she also knew that she didn't want to admit it. It didn't help that she kept remembering him without his towel when she walked in on him in that locker room.
She closes her eyes and touches her stomach when she feels the strange feeling in it again and she blinks when she feels the skin of her stomach shifting. She tugs up her shirt and blinks down at an exact copy of John's tattoo though smaller and smiles a little before snapping to attention when her door opens.
Kayvan holds out her sketchpad to her and glances up at her through his bangs, his head down.
"Can we talk, Miss Winston?"
Tatyana fidgets and drops the jersey down over her stomach before grabbing the sketch pad and sighing, "Just start walking, Mr. Yin."