Authors Note-

SickmindedSucker- Don't we all? Lockheed rules. Remy... boxers... (goes into fantasy world)

Orion Kohaishu- I would say no, there is nothing better.

IvyZOe- THANKS! Kitty and Pete do make the best couple. Peter is just too... metal. I'm seriously thinking about that. Poor Brian needs someone.

ishandahalf- It's a dragon's job, ya know. Forget all that hoarding gold crap, it's all about driving people insane.

PyroMidnightVamp- I know, I haven't been updating as much as I used to. Sorry.

Callian- Of course she did, heck she'd probably like it if Lockheed destroyed all Pete's clothes... (spaces off at the thought of a naked Pete) Right then, more Romyness after this one.

Arrival
Two days later

"Here we are," Pete said happily. "Home sweet home."

"Are we going to see your friends?" Kitty asked gathering her bags.

"They're pickin' us up," Pete smiled. "Gabe has a van... for obvious reasons."

"In other words Gabe is a pig," Kitty guessed.

Pete shrugged. "Yeah, pretty much."

"Somehow I'm not at all surprised." They met up with the others and started walking off the ship.

"Kitty!" Gabe called. "Ya look fantastic, luv." Evan hopped out of the van too and took Kitty's bags tossing them into the back. He then grabbed Rogue's.

"Hi," Kitty smiled. "Guys, this is Gabe and Evan, they're friends of Pete's. This is my best friend Rogue and her boyfriend Remy."

"Who said he was mah boyfriend?" Rogue asked raising an eyebrow.

"So, yer free then?" Gabe asked.

"Back off, homme," Remy growled.

"Ignore him," Evan pleaded. "I hope that Gabe and Pete haven't spoiled you against all of us."

"We'll see you guys later," Betsy said as she, Warren, and Brian got into the limo her family had waiting for them.

"They get a limousine and we get an old van," Rogue said.

"It's not that old!" Evan protested.

"Mate, I think this thing was around when vans were first invented," Gabe said.

"Yeah, well, it's special," Evan said pouting.

"I think it's great," Kitty said. "It has... charm."

"Don't encourage him, luv," Pete said.

"The others are waitin' at the pub if you want t' stop for a drink," Gabe said as they climbed into the van.

"Sounds good," Remy said.

"Um, there is a small problem with that," Evan pointed out shooting Gabe a dirty look.

"What's that?" Kitty asked.

"Pete, Haley's there," Evan announced.

"Haley?" Kitty asked raising an eyebrow. "A girlfriend?"

Pete scratched the back of his head nervously. "Technically: no."

"What's that mean?"

"Well, we had... relations a couple times and she's... a bit..."

"Unhinged?" Evan asked.

"Psycho?" Gabe supplied.

"Stressed," Pete finished.

"The bird is a basket case," Evan told Kitty. "She called him like twenty times one night."

"We were there," Gabe said. "I could hear her. 'Why don't you call me? Don't you love me? What did I do wrong?'"

"Guys," Pete growled. "Lay off."

"What happened?" Kitty asked annoyed that the man who had told her that he loved her had treated this girl like that.

"I thought we were clear," Pete said uneasily. "I explained quite honestly that I didn't want a commitment." He glanced at Kitty whose face was carefully unemotional. "I had just gotten out of that place," he refrained from mentioning the agency around his friends, "I was happy to be alive and I didn't want t' be tied down."

"We're here," Gabe announced as Evan pulled in, in front of the pub.

"You sure ya want t' go in?" Evan asked.

"Kit?" Pete asked.

"I don't mind," Kitty said shrugging and sliding out of the van. Pete sighed and followed. Remy and Rogue got out behind them. The group walked in. The minute they were inside a woman ran over and hugged Pete.

"Hey, luv," she smiled.

"Hi, Janice," Pete smiled.

"Who're they?" Janice asked looking at the others curiously.

"This is my girl, Kitty," Pete said pulling Kitty up to stand with him.

"A new one?" Janice asked raising an eyebrow.

"And I'm sure you remember Remy, this is his girl, Rogue."

"Ah ain't his!" Rogue protested.

"Whatever," Pete said dismissively

"Are you lot goin' t' sit down?" Matt called. Remy walked over to the two guys and immediately struck up a conversation. Reluctantly, Rogue followed. Gabe went over and flopped down with the others.

"Pete?" Evan asked.

"Order a bottle of scotch, I'll be right back," Pete told him. He then took Kitty's arm and led her outside. "Say it."

"Say what?"

"I don't know. Whatever you need to say. Talk t' me."

"I don't have anything to say."

"Please, luv."

"Did she mean anything to you?"

"See, that's a trick question, if I say yes you'll think I'm lyin'. If I say no I'm an asshole."

"Pete-"

"Therefore I'm not goin' t' answer it. I will say this: I sort of felt sorry for her. She was all alone. Her mom was a hooker an' her da was in jail."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah. She had it rough. We were all friends though. She started sleepin' around when we were all 13."

"Did you...?"

Pete snorted. "I lost my virginity when I was sixteen, if you really want to know. Then a little later that year I was recruited. A couple months later than that I got out and that's when we got together. But I repeat what I said about telling her I didn't want a commitment. I told her that before we even did anything, she said she was okay with it."

Kitty rolled her eyes. "Of course she did. She wasn't going to say that she wanted to date you if she knew that wasn't what you wanted. She was hoping you'd change your mind."

"Well, see, luv, I'm a guy, and when we say that we don't want to date we mean it."

"True, I suppose I could chalk it up to stupid guyness."

"Thanks," Pete said slowly.

"Let's go inside."

"Are we okay?"

"We were okay before," Kitty shrugged. "But I'm glad we talked."

"You mean I was bearin' me soul t' you for no reason?"

"Pretty much." Kitty walked back inside. With a sigh Pete followed her. Kitty sat down next to Rogue and Remy.

"Guys, this is Kitty Pryde," Evan announced.