Chapter Five.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Sorry to disappoint but this chapter won't have much Rogue/Pietro interaction in it, more Kietro goodness. But have no fear all will come in due time - although most of you did say Kietro. I just may have to go with Kietro... or will I? Oh well on with the story.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
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Despite the weight of her shopping bags, Kitty ran out the mall and into the parking lot like a bat out of hell. She couldn't believe how incredibly stupid she was and what an insane move she pulled back there. She gradually slowed down to normal pace, noticing that the mall was no longer within eyeshot range and dropped her bags onto the ground. She fidgeted around in her jeans pocket for her cell phone to call someone to come pick her up.
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"Pryde, where are you?" Pietro whispered to himself.
He had searched the entire mall two times over and Kitty was nowhere in sight. He stood at the food court, scanning around carefully to see if he could spot that bouncy brown ponytail and those sparkling blue eyes. Fear of Lance finding out he lost Kitty was quickly replaced with worry, when he once again came up short of seeing her or anyone who remotely looked like her.
Pietro headed towards a lingerie store, somewhere he was certain girls would spend hours on end but then stopped dead in his tracks. Maybe she went outside. If she was in the parking lot, he would still be able to catch her - that is if he could use his mutation. *Wait - who am I kidding? I'm on the third floor and I can't use my speed here with all these people.* A little voice rang in the back of his head - yes you can!
Pietro furrowed his brows and swallowed. *You owe me for this one Pryde and boy am I gonna make you pay!* He then dashed off in nothing more than a blur.
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Kitty now stood by the bus stop, banging her head against her cell phone. There was no answer from Scott's cell, Jean's cell, Ororo couldn't find Rogue and Kurt was on a date with Amanda. *I could call Logan but - nope forget that, bad idea.* Kitty sighed...
"What am I gonna do?"
Where on earth was Rogue? She groaned - this was all Lance's fault! No better yet Pietro's fault! *Now I'm stuck here holding like a zillion shopping bags with no way of getting home.* Then it clicked to her. She was standing at the bus stop - duh!
Kitty dug inside her backpack for change when suddenly the handles from one of her bags broke, spilling the contents all over the sidewalk. *Great - this is exactly what I needed right now!*
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In a flash Pietro was in the mall parking lot. He scanned around but saw no sign of Kitty - again. He passed his hands through his hair in utter frustration and groaned.
"Where the hell are you Pryde?" He kicked a pebble and started walking.
Pietro kept replaying the incident over and over in his head thinking what a classic rookie mistake he made. When it came to girls, Pietro Maximoff was the King, how could he have been so stupid to tell she looked nice. You never tell a girl she looks nice, it's the same as saying her teeth is like a picket fence and her breath smells like a wet dog. [A/N - I'm making personal reference to myself here - cause if any guy told me I looked nice, I'd sock him one! - Sorry tom-boy status stepping in here. But nice is something you associate with furniture not a beautiful girl in a gorgeous dress... Oops on with the story... SORRY!]
He then stopped and raised his head to see a familiar little stature with brown hair pinned back into a ponytail. She was bent over picking up stuff from all over the sidewalk. He smiled to himself and sauntered over, picking up a box of Gucci Envy perfume. [A/N - Love that perfume.]
"I think you dropped this." He held it out to her, her head slightly bent down.
Kitty glanced at the feet of the stranger while totally engaged in picking up her belongings. She then started...
"Thank you so much, I would have missed that one..." she looked up, directly into the face of Pietro.
She chewed on her lower lip as she snatched the box out of his hands.
"Thank you." She mumbled.
Pietro stared at her. How could someone so little have such a bad temper? The nagging little voice chirped in again - *That's because she never gets angry. She's naturally a perky, bubbly person.* Pietro rolled his eyes - yeah it's enough to make you wanna gag!
Kitty sat under the bus shelter, secretly hoping, praying that the bus would arrive soon. Instead she just felt Pietro looking at her, studying her, making her feel UNEASY!
"What do you want Pietro?" She gave an exasperated sigh.
He licked his lips and walked closer to her. "Why did you leave?"
Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Well if you hadn't noticed Mr. Maximoff, it's getting dark pretty early these days and I wanted to get home."
He stepped closer. "But I was supposed to take you home."
She swallowed. "I didn't want you to feel as though you were obligated to take me home. I told you before, I'm not a baby."
Pietro sighed and sat down next to her." Listen Pryde, about what I said earlier..."
"Just forget it ever happened. I'm sorry I hit you, that was rude." Her face and tone was stone cold.
He looked at her quizzically and could tell she was still hurt. "But I want to apologise for..."
She cut in, "it doesn't matter Pietro. Just drop it alright!"
He clenched his jaw. "You don't want me to apologise - FINE! Geez and to think that I was only trying to be good sport and let you know that I don't hold it against you..."
Kitty scoffed and cut in again. "Well you don't have to force yourself you know. Urgh - you are such an egotistical, obnoxious, think you know it all jerk!"
"Me? I'm a jerk? Well you are the most pig-headed, opinionated, frustrating girl I've ever known." Pietro stood up, now towering over Kitty.
She glared at him. "Well if I'm so opinionated and frustrating, why did you come looking for me?" Kitty stood up, rivalling him somewhat.
She had caught him off guard. Pietro eyes searched around aimlessly for an answer but he came off short. He stuttered out, "well... um... I didn't want Lance going all Columbo on me."
Kitty looked at him blankly as if to say - figures! "Right Pietro and you wondered why I called you egotistical."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked incredulously.
"The only reason you came looking for me was because you didn't want Lance on your case."
"That's not true!"
"So why did you come?"
"Well... because as you said before it's... it's getting dark pretty early and... there's muggers and murders and really bad people on the street..."Pietro slowed down, noticing that Kitty wasn't buying a word of it.
She snorted. "Hello - MUTANT! I train with Logan for like eight hours a day. I can handle my own. Now what is the real reason?"
He stood there, with his head down blushing like crazy, as silent as the grave.
She then knew the reason. He didn't even have to say it. He was worried about her. She cleared her throat and sat down, her insides on fire. Maybe there was hope for she and Pietro yet. No - no there wasn't. Rogue liked him too. And they already had history together; afterall they did live together for a little while.
Kitty was forced out of her musings by the screeching halt of brakes. She looked up and saw the bus. She smiled at Pietro and picked up her things.
"I gotta go. So I guess I'll see you around?"
"Um... yeah, sure, around." He cleared his throat.
Kitty mounted on and dropped in her fare as Pietro stared at her through the bus window. He mouthed a silent "be careful" as the bus pulled off.
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Rogue emerged from her closet smiling victoriously. "There ah'm finally finished." She then plopped herself onto the bed, closing her tired eyes.
She then remembered the photograph and... Kitty. What was she gonna go? Why didn't Kitty tell her about it? What has she got to hide? She flipped over onto her back and stared at the ceiling. She narrowed her eyes... wait a minute - where is Kitty? She looked at the time - 5:00 pm.
Rogue got up and walked into the hallway, picking up the phone. She dialled the number waiting anxiously for a reply, when a deep voice sounded on the other end.
"Hey Lance, is Pietro there?"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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A/N: Well hoped you enjoyed. I know that was short with Rogue but I've got to leave something good for the next chapter right? It'll have more Rogue/Pietro stuff. If it's fluff - you'll just have to wait and see. Anyways please, please, please review. Until next time...
A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Sorry to disappoint but this chapter won't have much Rogue/Pietro interaction in it, more Kietro goodness. But have no fear all will come in due time - although most of you did say Kietro. I just may have to go with Kietro... or will I? Oh well on with the story.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
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Despite the weight of her shopping bags, Kitty ran out the mall and into the parking lot like a bat out of hell. She couldn't believe how incredibly stupid she was and what an insane move she pulled back there. She gradually slowed down to normal pace, noticing that the mall was no longer within eyeshot range and dropped her bags onto the ground. She fidgeted around in her jeans pocket for her cell phone to call someone to come pick her up.
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"Pryde, where are you?" Pietro whispered to himself.
He had searched the entire mall two times over and Kitty was nowhere in sight. He stood at the food court, scanning around carefully to see if he could spot that bouncy brown ponytail and those sparkling blue eyes. Fear of Lance finding out he lost Kitty was quickly replaced with worry, when he once again came up short of seeing her or anyone who remotely looked like her.
Pietro headed towards a lingerie store, somewhere he was certain girls would spend hours on end but then stopped dead in his tracks. Maybe she went outside. If she was in the parking lot, he would still be able to catch her - that is if he could use his mutation. *Wait - who am I kidding? I'm on the third floor and I can't use my speed here with all these people.* A little voice rang in the back of his head - yes you can!
Pietro furrowed his brows and swallowed. *You owe me for this one Pryde and boy am I gonna make you pay!* He then dashed off in nothing more than a blur.
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Kitty now stood by the bus stop, banging her head against her cell phone. There was no answer from Scott's cell, Jean's cell, Ororo couldn't find Rogue and Kurt was on a date with Amanda. *I could call Logan but - nope forget that, bad idea.* Kitty sighed...
"What am I gonna do?"
Where on earth was Rogue? She groaned - this was all Lance's fault! No better yet Pietro's fault! *Now I'm stuck here holding like a zillion shopping bags with no way of getting home.* Then it clicked to her. She was standing at the bus stop - duh!
Kitty dug inside her backpack for change when suddenly the handles from one of her bags broke, spilling the contents all over the sidewalk. *Great - this is exactly what I needed right now!*
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In a flash Pietro was in the mall parking lot. He scanned around but saw no sign of Kitty - again. He passed his hands through his hair in utter frustration and groaned.
"Where the hell are you Pryde?" He kicked a pebble and started walking.
Pietro kept replaying the incident over and over in his head thinking what a classic rookie mistake he made. When it came to girls, Pietro Maximoff was the King, how could he have been so stupid to tell she looked nice. You never tell a girl she looks nice, it's the same as saying her teeth is like a picket fence and her breath smells like a wet dog. [A/N - I'm making personal reference to myself here - cause if any guy told me I looked nice, I'd sock him one! - Sorry tom-boy status stepping in here. But nice is something you associate with furniture not a beautiful girl in a gorgeous dress... Oops on with the story... SORRY!]
He then stopped and raised his head to see a familiar little stature with brown hair pinned back into a ponytail. She was bent over picking up stuff from all over the sidewalk. He smiled to himself and sauntered over, picking up a box of Gucci Envy perfume. [A/N - Love that perfume.]
"I think you dropped this." He held it out to her, her head slightly bent down.
Kitty glanced at the feet of the stranger while totally engaged in picking up her belongings. She then started...
"Thank you so much, I would have missed that one..." she looked up, directly into the face of Pietro.
She chewed on her lower lip as she snatched the box out of his hands.
"Thank you." She mumbled.
Pietro stared at her. How could someone so little have such a bad temper? The nagging little voice chirped in again - *That's because she never gets angry. She's naturally a perky, bubbly person.* Pietro rolled his eyes - yeah it's enough to make you wanna gag!
Kitty sat under the bus shelter, secretly hoping, praying that the bus would arrive soon. Instead she just felt Pietro looking at her, studying her, making her feel UNEASY!
"What do you want Pietro?" She gave an exasperated sigh.
He licked his lips and walked closer to her. "Why did you leave?"
Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Well if you hadn't noticed Mr. Maximoff, it's getting dark pretty early these days and I wanted to get home."
He stepped closer. "But I was supposed to take you home."
She swallowed. "I didn't want you to feel as though you were obligated to take me home. I told you before, I'm not a baby."
Pietro sighed and sat down next to her." Listen Pryde, about what I said earlier..."
"Just forget it ever happened. I'm sorry I hit you, that was rude." Her face and tone was stone cold.
He looked at her quizzically and could tell she was still hurt. "But I want to apologise for..."
She cut in, "it doesn't matter Pietro. Just drop it alright!"
He clenched his jaw. "You don't want me to apologise - FINE! Geez and to think that I was only trying to be good sport and let you know that I don't hold it against you..."
Kitty scoffed and cut in again. "Well you don't have to force yourself you know. Urgh - you are such an egotistical, obnoxious, think you know it all jerk!"
"Me? I'm a jerk? Well you are the most pig-headed, opinionated, frustrating girl I've ever known." Pietro stood up, now towering over Kitty.
She glared at him. "Well if I'm so opinionated and frustrating, why did you come looking for me?" Kitty stood up, rivalling him somewhat.
She had caught him off guard. Pietro eyes searched around aimlessly for an answer but he came off short. He stuttered out, "well... um... I didn't want Lance going all Columbo on me."
Kitty looked at him blankly as if to say - figures! "Right Pietro and you wondered why I called you egotistical."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked incredulously.
"The only reason you came looking for me was because you didn't want Lance on your case."
"That's not true!"
"So why did you come?"
"Well... because as you said before it's... it's getting dark pretty early and... there's muggers and murders and really bad people on the street..."Pietro slowed down, noticing that Kitty wasn't buying a word of it.
She snorted. "Hello - MUTANT! I train with Logan for like eight hours a day. I can handle my own. Now what is the real reason?"
He stood there, with his head down blushing like crazy, as silent as the grave.
She then knew the reason. He didn't even have to say it. He was worried about her. She cleared her throat and sat down, her insides on fire. Maybe there was hope for she and Pietro yet. No - no there wasn't. Rogue liked him too. And they already had history together; afterall they did live together for a little while.
Kitty was forced out of her musings by the screeching halt of brakes. She looked up and saw the bus. She smiled at Pietro and picked up her things.
"I gotta go. So I guess I'll see you around?"
"Um... yeah, sure, around." He cleared his throat.
Kitty mounted on and dropped in her fare as Pietro stared at her through the bus window. He mouthed a silent "be careful" as the bus pulled off.
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Rogue emerged from her closet smiling victoriously. "There ah'm finally finished." She then plopped herself onto the bed, closing her tired eyes.
She then remembered the photograph and... Kitty. What was she gonna go? Why didn't Kitty tell her about it? What has she got to hide? She flipped over onto her back and stared at the ceiling. She narrowed her eyes... wait a minute - where is Kitty? She looked at the time - 5:00 pm.
Rogue got up and walked into the hallway, picking up the phone. She dialled the number waiting anxiously for a reply, when a deep voice sounded on the other end.
"Hey Lance, is Pietro there?"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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A/N: Well hoped you enjoyed. I know that was short with Rogue but I've got to leave something good for the next chapter right? It'll have more Rogue/Pietro stuff. If it's fluff - you'll just have to wait and see. Anyways please, please, please review. Until next time...