I can be your hero

by MerchDoyle

X-men and F4 crossover. Something that happens when Magneto, Mystique and Pyro enter the lives of the Four-ers... Why should their defects make them heroes, when mutants are seen as monsters? please R&R

2. Chapter 2

I don't own the Marvel characters, they are, surprising, owned my Marvel themselves!

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"He's still watching you," Johnny Storm was sitting in a small café with Maria Grimm. He'd noticed the young man watching them almost from the time they had arrived, and glanced at him now and again to see if he was still watching.

"Yeah," the young girl said, "I'm sitting in a café with the 'Human Torch' and someone is staring at me," she said sarcastically.

Johnny touched his head, "Baseball cap, he can't see my face," he said.

Maria laughed, "I can see it now, bank robberies with only a baseball cap for a disguise," she raised an eyebrow at the genius.

"I'll prove it, walk to the counter to order more coffee, and then look to see he's watching you," he told her.

Maria shook her head, "Can't you let this go? So what if a guy is looking at me. Am I so unattractive that chickens would produce milk before I got male attention?" she asked him.

Maria wasn't an ugly girl, yet she wasn't beautiful either. She was more pretty in a classic way with her slightly paler skin and dark brown hair, like Audrey Hepburn. That's how she had been in school, the unlikely Betty who shone at the prom when wearing something she didn't normally wear, something that Sue Storm (Johnny's sister) had helped her pick out.

Johnny shook his head, "No, not at all," he said trying to climb out of the whole he'd suddenly found himself in. "It's just you're so blind, you never get it when someone likes you, so just go to the damn counter," he told her sternly, but quietly.

Maria sighted, "Fine," she said getting up. "Same again?" she asked, and he nodded. She took the cups back to the counter and ordered another two cappuccino's. "Thank you," she said to the waitress and paid. Turning around she glanced in the direction of the boy, Johnny was right, he had been watching her.

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A/n I know the chapters are short, but as a wise man once said 'Things should only be as long as they need to be.' Please R&R, but don't feel obliged too.