DISCLAIMER: I don't own X-Men

A/N: Sorry I've been away so long! I'll explain everything next chapter!

Oh, and guys, if you already haven't go R&R Jess Maximoff's stories because she is just amazing okay? Oh, and she convinced me to put this up earlier than I intended to.

X-23, better known as Laura, was sitting on a balcony which overlooked the sea. She had felt bad all day and there was only one person on her mind. Everyone tried to get her to talk to them about what was bothering her. Even Logan and Alex had tried, but she would just run away to another part of the mansion. Professer X respected Laura enough not to pry at her mind.

"Hey." A soft voice called from behind her. Laura turned round to face her boyfriend, Alex Summers. He smiled at her and approached. "So, are you going to tell me what's up?"

"No!" Laura snapped.

"Come on, tell me babe. I promise I won't say a word about it." Alex soothed.

Laura instantly tensed up. She jumped up and turned round, pinning Alex to a wall.

"Don't talk about promises with me!" she growled.

Alex's eyes widened in fear. A bead of sweat ran down the side of his face. He had never seen his girlfriend this MAD before. He knew better than to contridict her, but he wanted to comfort or help her with whatever was bothering the girl.

"Okay, okay. Just calm down for a second. What's up? You can tell me all about it."

Laura let out another sigh. Her arms dropped to her side as she stepped back, letting Alex go. He rolled his shoulders a little, for they hurt quite a lot. That girl had a strong grip!

"I don't care whether you understand all this or not. I just need someone to vent out too. Okay, basically, I made a promise to a really good friend. I promised her something that would change her life. She was a good friend to me, my only friend then and she didn't care that I was a mutant and...HEY! Are you even listening?"

Alex, who had been spacing out into his own world, suddenly snapped back into reality at his girlfriend's voice. He hesitantly nodded with a hopeful look on his face. Laura caught this as she rolled her eyes before giving him a death glare that could only rival Wolverine's.

"O..of course I was!" Alex tried to convince Laura, unsuccesfully.

"Forget it." Laura climbed onto the ledge of the balcony before jumping away. Alex sighed as he watched her go.

"I got to end this..."

After a good twenty minutes of running, Laura reached the park. She knew that Wolverine wouldn't mind where she went, as long as she was back before night.

Looking up at the sky, she guessed it was around nine something at night and because it was summer, it wasn't cold or too dark. Besides, she could defend herself.

A while ago, she had found a small clearing in the park. Perhaps a maximim of four people could fit there. It was a circular space, where the grass was soft and lush. The trees and bushes surrounded it as if protecting whoever inside from all troubles of the world. The leaves and brances did not block the view of the sky though. If you were to lay down on the grass, you would see the dark navy sky, with silver stars scattered accross the blue canvas.

Laura had nearly reached the clearing. When she did, she already found someone there. However, they looked like they were sleeping.

It was Pietro Maximoff.

She shrugged it off and decided to just lie down next to him. If he was sleeping, he wouldn't care, and it wasn't like they were serious enemies or rivals. On the contrary, they had a sort of silent truce between the two. There had been more than one occasion when she had found the teenage speed demon there.

She leant against a tree opposite Pietro. Absent-mindedly (A/N: Was that the right spelling?), she started staring at the silver-haired boy.

"I know I'm attractive, but could you stop staring?"

Pietro's voice snapped her out of her trance. She scowled at him and closed her eyes, ignoring him.

"So, what are you doing here then?"

Laura's eyes shot open and was instantly met with a pair of azule ones. She jumped and, acting on instinct, slapped him.

"Hey! No need to get violent! But I like them fiesty!" Pietro said jokingly towards her. She couldn't help but chuckle. "Where's your boyfriend?"

"He's being a jerk. He asked me what was bothering me today, so I told him but I realised he wasn't paying attention! What's the point in asking when you don't listen? I got really mad at him so I just left him at the mansion because I'm way faster and came here." Laura looked up to see if he was still paying attention. To her surprise, he was staring intently at her; catching onto every word

"So, what was bothering you?"

"It's a long story." Laura sighed, looking up at the stars.

"Hey, are you forgetting who I am? I'm the MASTER of speed! Time is nothing for me!" He smirked at her.

Laura smiled back. "Fine. I'll cut it short or Wolverine kill me...or at least try to. Before I broke out from HYDRA, I met a girl. I stayed with her for about a week and I promised her that before her we were both sixteen, I'd break us both out. But she's still there and I broke my promise. She was so kind to me and actually treated me like a person instead of a experiment. She wasn't scared of these either."

Without looking at him in the eye, Laura extended her claws inches from Pietro's face. He didn't even flince. Instead, he took her hand in his as she retracted them again.

"I'm not scared."

Then, suddenly without any warning, Pietro pulled her up from the ground and drew her into a hug. Laura enjoyed the warmth of him and relaxed into his figure. They stayed like that for a few minutes before he offered to take her to the mansion; knowing the risk if he got caught. Therefore, Laura declined.

However, there was a feeling that blossomed inside her.

It was one of the few times, she felt genuinely happy.

Hehehehe...Did you find that implied pairing there? Come on, it wasn't too hard!

Pietro: So...You went away for a couple of months and all you give your readers is a chapter? What-the-hell-is-up-with-that?

Sapphire: Yeah! And what the hell happened to me! This is my story and I don't even get a mention!

Me: Pietro; be patient, I'm going to have another chapter on the weekend and Sapphire, I'm your creator! :P You'll have a special 'you-focused' chapter next!

Laura: So what the hell is going to happen now?

Me: Yeah, cos I'm just going to tell you...

A/N: No, seriously, you'll all get another chapter, hopefully on the weekend sometime! Now, I have to go to sleep because in England, it's 11:45pm (I promised Jess that this would be up on Wednesday, which it technically still is.) and I have school tomorrow! I haven't done my homework either! :P

See ya!

I'll have a VERY important A/N next chapter. Ooohh!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK! :D

~ML

To Jess Maximoff,

I was going to put up Molly's Life (2 chapter because one is shorter than the other) today as well, but I only have one up. Sorry! Will put the second up one when the next chapter of this comes out too!

xxx

~ML