Chapter Four.
Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews; I'm really glad all of you are enjoying the story. Although I had no idea it was that funny.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
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Kitty stood outside The Gap tapping her foot impatiently. She had been waiting on Lance for almost an hour now and she was getting a little irritable. She didn't understand why he had insisted on coming to the mall with her - it's not as if she'd lose herself or something! Well in his defence, she could have said no but then again Lance's company is better than no company at all. But on the other hand, he wasn't Pietro. She thought about the first time she felt as though she was developing feelings for Pietro not even noticing someone standing beside her. She felt a slight tap on her shoulder, which made her jump out her daydream.
"Kitty are you alright?" Lance looked at her oddly.
"Yeah I'm fine Lance. You're late - again." She shook her head and sighed.
"I know, I'm sorry Kit but Pietro insisted on annoying the hell out of me." He furrowed his brows.
Her eyebrows perked up... "Pietro?" No sooner had she said that she felt a cool rush of wind.
"Someone call my name?" Pietro smirked.
Standing directly in front of her was the gorgeous young speed demon himself - her heart raced. She licked her all of a sudden dry lips and swallowed hard.
She cast a look over at Lance as if to say - what is he doing here - but Pietro piped up...
"Hello Pryde. How are you?"
She just stared at him.
"Pryde are alright? You look sort of pale."
Lance noticed that Kitty was slightly frozen and shoved Pietro out the way. "Well if you would give her some room to breathe maybe she wouldn't look pale!" He grabbed Kitty by the hand into a nearby store.
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About an hour later Kitty had loosened up somewhat. She had gotten used to the idea that Pietro was hanging around although she wasn't entirely sure why. He had flirted with practically every single girl in the entire store and now was working on what seemed to be a twenty-year-old sales clerk. She clenched her jaw and walked over to him.
"Why are you here?" Her nose flared a bit.
"Excuse me Pryde, I was under the impression that the mall was a public place. Besides I'm kind of in the middle of something and you're interrupting me." Pietro rolled his eyes.
She looked at the beautiful blonde standing in front of her. Her eyes glossed over.
"I was just curious as to what you were doing here."
"Listen Pryde..." Pietro was about to finish his sentence when the young lady excused herself to attend to a nearby customer. Pietro's eyes went wide. "Look at what you did!"
She smiled. "I would say that I was sorry but I'm not really." She turned on her heel and walked away.
Pietro watched Kitty's retreating form and groaned. *She makes me so angry! I even forgot why I was here in the first place! Oh yeah...*
"Hey Pryde wait up!"
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Kitty searched through the eveningwear section for something suitable for the upcoming dance. She gasped in amazement when she saw the cutest crystal blue halter back dress, knee length - flared at the end. As soon as she was about to pick it up, Lance grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Kitty I've been looking everywhere for you." He panted heavily, "Got... to... go... totally... forgot... I've... got... detention... this... afternoon."
"Lance you've got detention on a Saturday?" She squinted. Pietro, out of nowhere, suddenly whizzed to her side.
"Yeah this is the only Saturday Mr Nelson has off. What time is it?"
Kitty glanced at her watch. "It's two thirty and what did you do to get detention?"
"It totally wasn't my fault. Someone," he glanced over to Pietro, "glued his toupee to the skeleton in the Biology lab."
Pietro scoffed, "yeah but you're the idiot who decided to stand there laughing your brains out."
"Yeah but you didn't have to go and call the dude! You knew he's had it in for me ever since I gave him that trick apple!"
Pietro burst out laughing. "Yeah that one was a classic! The man's teeth were purple for an entire month!"
Kitty couldn't help but smile. "But you were my ride home!"
"Don't worry Pietro will take you home.
"I will/He will." They both said simultaneously, stealing glances at each other.
"Hey you wanted to come." Lance turned to Kitty and gave her a kiss on the cheek; "I'll call you later." With that he dashed off.
The pair stood there awkwardly staring at the floor. Kitty then remembered what she was about to do before Lance had interrupted her. She smiled mischievously and walked off. Pietro looked at her peculiarly and followed closely.
Kitty stood there examining the garment, her face brightly lit.
"Hey Pryde?"
She closed her eyes and breathed heavily. *Why can't he just call me Kitty?* As if he read her mind...
"I mean Kitty."
She smiled weakly. "Yeah Pietro?"
He wanted to ask her about his photograph but suddenly couldn't seem to find the words. She looked so innocent, so delicate - he wanted her so much. *Wait! What's going on here? This is getting too strange!*
"Uh nothing... never mind."
She looked at him and shrugged, walking into a nearby changing room. Pietro stood there, mentally kicking himself at what just happened. *Pull yourself together dude, it's not as if you said anything stupid or worse yet - did anything.* He sighed and leant against the wall, staring up at the bright lights. He blinked a couple of times and started to count the spots in front of his eyes. *Geez what is taking her so long! You think she's putting on a suit of armour in there or something!*
Kitty looked at herself in the mirror once more and smiled sweetly. *I wonder what Pietro will think...* She walked out the swinging doors and cleared her throat.
"How do I look?" She giggled and spun around.
Pietro, still a bit dazed from staring at the lights, looked down and shook his head. He rubbed his eyes a couple of times to get rid of all the spots but instead saw a vision of beauty standing before him - plus the spots! She looked like an absolute angel - her petite figure accentuated by the gown. It also showed off her slender yet shapely legs - yes she certainly was a sight to behold. Of course he couldn't let her know that.
He gulped. "You look nice." He immediately regretted his choice of words.
Kitty's eyebrows furrowed and her face swelled up. She stormed into the dressing room. She felt as though she was about to die - *I mean here I am, trying to impress this guy and all he could have said was that I looked nice. Nice! Nice! I looked nice!* She puffed.
Pietro paced up and down waiting for Kitty to come out and mangle him. He heard a slight ruffle of some bags and saw Kitty coming out the room. He rushed up to her.
"Pryde I'm sorry..." He grabbed her arm.
"Sorry for what? You didn't do anything wrong." She looked at him coolly. "Now would you let go of my arm, I've got to get home before it gets too dark."
He looked at her. "I didn't? I mean you do? But I'm supposed to take you home!"
"You don't have to Pietro. I'm not a baby, I can take care of myself." Her voice caught for a moment and she blinked back the warm tears that were threatening to spill.
Pietro noticed this. "Kitty what I meant to say was that you...."
She looked at him; her features softened to some extent.
"You looked... you looked fine!" *Oh no - bad choice again!*
She whispered, "fine." She phased her arm out of his grasp and stood looking at him.
It was weird. Pietro didn't know what to expect. She just stood there.
Kitty took her shopping bags and hit Pietro straight across the head. "Fine... I looked fine - that's worse than nice! Urgh!" She quickly stormed out.
Pietro stood there in a daze, completely amazed by what just happened. *I mean does she expect me to say she looks beautiful or something - it's not as if I'm her boyfriend or anything!* He shook his head a couple of times to clear the groggy feeling and looked up to find that she was gone. Kitty was nowhere in sight.
"Oh man, Lance is gonna kill me!" He raced off.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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A/N - Well hope you enjoyed the chapter. You wouldn't believe how much will power it took for me to sit here and type this out. I'll post the next one up soon - hopefully! Pray for me! Well please - for the love of all that is sanity -review.
Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews; I'm really glad all of you are enjoying the story. Although I had no idea it was that funny.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
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Kitty stood outside The Gap tapping her foot impatiently. She had been waiting on Lance for almost an hour now and she was getting a little irritable. She didn't understand why he had insisted on coming to the mall with her - it's not as if she'd lose herself or something! Well in his defence, she could have said no but then again Lance's company is better than no company at all. But on the other hand, he wasn't Pietro. She thought about the first time she felt as though she was developing feelings for Pietro not even noticing someone standing beside her. She felt a slight tap on her shoulder, which made her jump out her daydream.
"Kitty are you alright?" Lance looked at her oddly.
"Yeah I'm fine Lance. You're late - again." She shook her head and sighed.
"I know, I'm sorry Kit but Pietro insisted on annoying the hell out of me." He furrowed his brows.
Her eyebrows perked up... "Pietro?" No sooner had she said that she felt a cool rush of wind.
"Someone call my name?" Pietro smirked.
Standing directly in front of her was the gorgeous young speed demon himself - her heart raced. She licked her all of a sudden dry lips and swallowed hard.
She cast a look over at Lance as if to say - what is he doing here - but Pietro piped up...
"Hello Pryde. How are you?"
She just stared at him.
"Pryde are alright? You look sort of pale."
Lance noticed that Kitty was slightly frozen and shoved Pietro out the way. "Well if you would give her some room to breathe maybe she wouldn't look pale!" He grabbed Kitty by the hand into a nearby store.
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About an hour later Kitty had loosened up somewhat. She had gotten used to the idea that Pietro was hanging around although she wasn't entirely sure why. He had flirted with practically every single girl in the entire store and now was working on what seemed to be a twenty-year-old sales clerk. She clenched her jaw and walked over to him.
"Why are you here?" Her nose flared a bit.
"Excuse me Pryde, I was under the impression that the mall was a public place. Besides I'm kind of in the middle of something and you're interrupting me." Pietro rolled his eyes.
She looked at the beautiful blonde standing in front of her. Her eyes glossed over.
"I was just curious as to what you were doing here."
"Listen Pryde..." Pietro was about to finish his sentence when the young lady excused herself to attend to a nearby customer. Pietro's eyes went wide. "Look at what you did!"
She smiled. "I would say that I was sorry but I'm not really." She turned on her heel and walked away.
Pietro watched Kitty's retreating form and groaned. *She makes me so angry! I even forgot why I was here in the first place! Oh yeah...*
"Hey Pryde wait up!"
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Kitty searched through the eveningwear section for something suitable for the upcoming dance. She gasped in amazement when she saw the cutest crystal blue halter back dress, knee length - flared at the end. As soon as she was about to pick it up, Lance grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Kitty I've been looking everywhere for you." He panted heavily, "Got... to... go... totally... forgot... I've... got... detention... this... afternoon."
"Lance you've got detention on a Saturday?" She squinted. Pietro, out of nowhere, suddenly whizzed to her side.
"Yeah this is the only Saturday Mr Nelson has off. What time is it?"
Kitty glanced at her watch. "It's two thirty and what did you do to get detention?"
"It totally wasn't my fault. Someone," he glanced over to Pietro, "glued his toupee to the skeleton in the Biology lab."
Pietro scoffed, "yeah but you're the idiot who decided to stand there laughing your brains out."
"Yeah but you didn't have to go and call the dude! You knew he's had it in for me ever since I gave him that trick apple!"
Pietro burst out laughing. "Yeah that one was a classic! The man's teeth were purple for an entire month!"
Kitty couldn't help but smile. "But you were my ride home!"
"Don't worry Pietro will take you home.
"I will/He will." They both said simultaneously, stealing glances at each other.
"Hey you wanted to come." Lance turned to Kitty and gave her a kiss on the cheek; "I'll call you later." With that he dashed off.
The pair stood there awkwardly staring at the floor. Kitty then remembered what she was about to do before Lance had interrupted her. She smiled mischievously and walked off. Pietro looked at her peculiarly and followed closely.
Kitty stood there examining the garment, her face brightly lit.
"Hey Pryde?"
She closed her eyes and breathed heavily. *Why can't he just call me Kitty?* As if he read her mind...
"I mean Kitty."
She smiled weakly. "Yeah Pietro?"
He wanted to ask her about his photograph but suddenly couldn't seem to find the words. She looked so innocent, so delicate - he wanted her so much. *Wait! What's going on here? This is getting too strange!*
"Uh nothing... never mind."
She looked at him and shrugged, walking into a nearby changing room. Pietro stood there, mentally kicking himself at what just happened. *Pull yourself together dude, it's not as if you said anything stupid or worse yet - did anything.* He sighed and leant against the wall, staring up at the bright lights. He blinked a couple of times and started to count the spots in front of his eyes. *Geez what is taking her so long! You think she's putting on a suit of armour in there or something!*
Kitty looked at herself in the mirror once more and smiled sweetly. *I wonder what Pietro will think...* She walked out the swinging doors and cleared her throat.
"How do I look?" She giggled and spun around.
Pietro, still a bit dazed from staring at the lights, looked down and shook his head. He rubbed his eyes a couple of times to get rid of all the spots but instead saw a vision of beauty standing before him - plus the spots! She looked like an absolute angel - her petite figure accentuated by the gown. It also showed off her slender yet shapely legs - yes she certainly was a sight to behold. Of course he couldn't let her know that.
He gulped. "You look nice." He immediately regretted his choice of words.
Kitty's eyebrows furrowed and her face swelled up. She stormed into the dressing room. She felt as though she was about to die - *I mean here I am, trying to impress this guy and all he could have said was that I looked nice. Nice! Nice! I looked nice!* She puffed.
Pietro paced up and down waiting for Kitty to come out and mangle him. He heard a slight ruffle of some bags and saw Kitty coming out the room. He rushed up to her.
"Pryde I'm sorry..." He grabbed her arm.
"Sorry for what? You didn't do anything wrong." She looked at him coolly. "Now would you let go of my arm, I've got to get home before it gets too dark."
He looked at her. "I didn't? I mean you do? But I'm supposed to take you home!"
"You don't have to Pietro. I'm not a baby, I can take care of myself." Her voice caught for a moment and she blinked back the warm tears that were threatening to spill.
Pietro noticed this. "Kitty what I meant to say was that you...."
She looked at him; her features softened to some extent.
"You looked... you looked fine!" *Oh no - bad choice again!*
She whispered, "fine." She phased her arm out of his grasp and stood looking at him.
It was weird. Pietro didn't know what to expect. She just stood there.
Kitty took her shopping bags and hit Pietro straight across the head. "Fine... I looked fine - that's worse than nice! Urgh!" She quickly stormed out.
Pietro stood there in a daze, completely amazed by what just happened. *I mean does she expect me to say she looks beautiful or something - it's not as if I'm her boyfriend or anything!* He shook his head a couple of times to clear the groggy feeling and looked up to find that she was gone. Kitty was nowhere in sight.
"Oh man, Lance is gonna kill me!" He raced off.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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A/N - Well hope you enjoyed the chapter. You wouldn't believe how much will power it took for me to sit here and type this out. I'll post the next one up soon - hopefully! Pray for me! Well please - for the love of all that is sanity -review.