Sorry for my delay! I hope you all like this chapter, Pete and Alice are just my favorites, and this was a super sweet chapter. I needed to get this of my system so I could get going with the story.

Thanks my beta xStarletx for you help!

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Peter led me towards a path made of grass that I didn't recognize since clearly I hadn't managed to explore this part of the school grounds yet. There weren't many students walking around, just a few who passed by, one of which was floating, and none of them paid attention to us. Being the curious person that I am, I was about to ask him where we were going and if we were there yet, when I spotted the place that he was taking me to.

It was beautiful! No, that's not the right word to describe it…

"It's a dream, no a mirage." I said without thinking.

"Yes, it is." He murmured. I noticed that we weren't even half way there yet, and I was almost running to get there now. The most perfect garden I've ever seen! I realized that I was only seeing a little piece of it from the window, but as I got closer I got a complete view and it was even more amazing! All types of flowers, the smell was wonderful. I could be stay there all day.

"Did you ever see anything more beautiful?" he asked me and I turned, sitting on the grass and picking a lily near the fountain. It had symbols that resembled the Greek goddess; I've never see anything like it before. Even though he asked me, he wasn't looking at the same view I was looking at.

"You're not looking at the flowers Pete" I told him, he looked away then, a bug had probably bit him or something. I took his hands and placed the small lily that I created in his palms.

"Thank you, for showing me this place" I thanked him. His face lifted up and I felt the knots on my stomach again "I never took you as the flower type of guy" I playfully whispered and he engulfed me in a huge hug. I was starting to get used to his hugs.

"Yeah well, don't tell this to anyone. I have to keep my Big-tough-all-tough-guy image" I moved towards him and hugged him instead.

"You're not just that though Peter. You don't fool me" I winked and he smiled too "I like you, so this means you can't be the macho-flower-destructor kind of guy" I put my hand in the air and made the peace sign "Make love, not war, remember?" I finally got up and tried to pull him up, which was an impossible task, he laughed at my suffering as I attempted to pull him up without making any progress, so he got up himself. I still took the time to complain about his weight an how maybe, just maybe, he should cut down on the sandwiches and exercise some more.

"I'm not fat!"

"Sure, you're not Pete."

We walked in comfortable silence, just enjoying the view. I swear this was just like a scene from a Disney movie; all that was missing were the birds and animals breaking out into a random song. Everything was so beautiful and perfect here. I wondered why no one else in this place.

"Is this place invisible to others or something?" I asked. He chuckled and stopped us near an old oak tree. It was the first one I had seen that wasn't artificial.

"The others prefer video games or watching TV other than spending some time outside doors"

"And what about you? I mean, I understand why I like to be here, but why do you? You look like the athletic, all the time in the gym kinda guy." He had sat down in the dirt and had pulled me down with brought us down so that we were lying in the grass under the tree. My shirt was probably covered in dirt by now.

"Again, with the stereotype Alice? I thought you'd get over it by now" I felt ashamed. I wasn't used to people like Peter or Kitty, or anybody from this institute. Where I came from people pretended to be someone they were not, and they were proud of it. But when they discovered any "abnormality", they'd shut them out like they were a disease. But not here, in this place, everyone was nice, welcoming and they were not afraid to show their true colors. Like Pete.

"Sorry about that, I'm just still getting used to all of this." I sat up, leaning against the tree trunk. I kept messing with my cell phone subconsciously.

"Did they call yet?" He suddenly asked him. I realized then what I had been doing and why he had asked me.

"Not yet" Was my only reply. I didn't want to think more about it, but it'd be nice if I could actually talk to someone about this that could understand and maybe console me.

"And how many times did you call them since you got here?" His question took me by surprise. Not even Kitty realized what I had been waiting for, how did Peter notice?

"Seven" My voice was hoarse. I had been fighting this feeling of abandonment since I had got here. But I just couldn't take it anymore; I had to get it out, to tell someone. "My parents wouldn't do that to me, right? Just left me for something I can't control, or hate me because I'm different? They couldn't do that right? They're my parents!" I asked. I didn't really know if he could answer me, or if I even expected an answer. I don't know what I was looking for in his eyes; rage, pity, denial or sadness, none of which I found, instead I found compassion burning in the blue orbs.

Peter was suddenly hugging me again. Holding me in this tight grip, his strong arms wrapped around me. The position was awkward but even in that situation, I relished in his touch.

"They don't understand it Alice." He told me. I looked up and he wasn't laughing as before, but there was still warmth in his eyes "And they don't know what they are missing, ignoring someone like you." It was the truth, I could tell, even if I wasn't sure how. This was who I was now, a mutant. I didn't choose this; my parents would just have to accept me as I was. And if they didn't, well…

"It's not my fault" I whispered, not sure if I was talking to him or attempting to reassure myself. I felt a tear drop and he understood.

"No, it isn't. But I'll tell you one thing" He picked up a rose from a nearby bush and put behind my left ear. "You're my friend, and I won't leave you" I felt the butterflies fluttering so hard in my stomach that I thought I was going to burst "I'm not like other guys you knew Alice. I'm not leaving you."

He is being honest. Don't ask me how, but I knew it. Suddenly ,the idea of everything that had happened to me so far, leaving my home and going to a completely different place by myself, and being a mutant, had just gotten a lot more easy with this new friend in my life, with this new realization : Peter was always going to be there for me.

For the first time since this whole thing I really thought that I could get trough all of his. The fear of everything and everyone that comes with it. I could really deal with this! Because, I'm not alone. There are others like me, like the little kids here and everyone for that matter. I can and I will learn how to use my powers and my parents will have to deal with having a mutant daughter.

I launched myself, and this time, since I got him of surprise, I feel on the grass on top of Peter .He was the initiator of all of this. I kissed his forehead and hugged him, not even paying attention to the way our bodies were tangled "Of course you're not like other guys Pete" I gave him another rose and put on his pocket "You can turn into a steel wall" He didn't say anything, just smiled and when I tried to get up, he put me on the grass. "Oh sweet revenge!" Damn,I was distracted.

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