Melissarxy1- Yes, the Romy is more hinted than actually there. I thought it would be nice to kind of hit at several other couples, was thinking of adding a few other hints of couples in here too. Nothing too major, since the story is definitely about Kitty! Lol.
Mistress Rogue- yes, it is a rewrite. But on the bright side it's a redone rewrite! The story is basically the same, but the details are a lot different in some cases. The story is more fleshed out and there is a huge difference in the quality of the writing.
My Darling
Chapter 3
To Have a Father
"Hi guys." The very pregnant Kitty says as she opens the door to find over half of the entire institute outside of the door where she had been taken when the pains started.
"Kit, yer alright! Thank God!" Rogue says running to the younger girl and hugging her. "Ah neva thought that Ah'd be that worried about anyone!"
"Rogue, you can't hold me that tight." Kitty says phasing out of Rogue's arms. "You're going to hurt me! Or worse yet, you're going to hurt the baby! I just had the worst scare ever!"
"Ah'm so sorry, Kit. Ah won't do it again!" Rogue apologizes quickly wrapping her arms around her own torso.
"Keety!" Kurt says wrapping his arms around her quickly, but gently. "I vas so vorried."
"Kurt, I'm fine." Kitty says leaning into his soft, friendly embrace. "But I'm starving! Let's all go eat!" She says phasing from his arms and beginning to waddle up the stairs.
"Katherine, I am so sorry if I hurt you carrying you." Piotr says falling into step with the smaller girl. "I did not mean any harm."
"It's ok Piotr. You were great. Thank you so much." Kitty says smiling up at him. "I always knew that I could count on you for anything."
"Anytime, Kitty."
"See," she says giggling. "And I will return the favor anytime that I can help you."
"About that food that you were just talking about?" Pietro asks wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
"You're goofy, you do know that, right?" Kitty replies slowly with a careful smile.
"I've been called many things, but goofy has rarely been one of them. I'm thinking we should all celebrate our first Lance free night in a long time. A long overdue celebration, and a long overdue night without his temper making us worry about having a roof over our heads." Pietro remarks smiling at the shorter girl before Kurt pushes him away.
"I vas here first, wait your turn." The fuzzy mutant declares playfully sticking out his tongue at the speed demon.
"I never thought that we'd all get along so well." Kitty says in surprise. "Kurt and Pietro acting friendly, us mutants certainly have turned over a new leaf."
"Well, Ah don't know about ya'll, but Ah still can't stand Jean, Lance or Scott. So maybe only some of us get along well.
Later, Kitchen
"Wow, I'm going to be fat if I keep eating like this!" Kitty giggles looking at the table full of food- hamburgers, mac and cheese, spaghetti, pizza and subs graced the table in front of the group of mutants, along with chips of various flavors, cookies and several cakes.
"Ah'm just glad ya grew outta that Vegetarian thing." Rogue says taking a bite of her hamburger and smiling as she chews it. "And Ah'm glad that ya and yer baby are ok."
"I be glad fer dat too. I was worried. Thought I'd ta beat Lancey boys ass, so dat was a good thing today." Remy jokes lifting up his glass in a solute to his actions.
"I'm so sorry to have worried you all. It was false labor or something like that. Nothing to worry about, it's apparently perfectly normal." Kitty informs everyone smiling. "I'm glad to know that my baby is okay, I would not be happy if something had happened when I fell off of the couch." Kitty continues as her smile fades and a dark look clouds her blue eyes. "I would have blamed myself."
"It would not have been your fault." Pietro says placing his hand on her own and squeezing it gently between the neighboring chairs that they are sitting on.
"I know that, but guilt has nothing to do with logic, or what we know." She says intertwining her fingers in his. "Guilt is not logic, and logic does not stop, or feed, guilt."
"And this deep Kitty moment was brought to us by who?" Bobby asks laughing across the table from Kitty and shoving food in his mouth.
"Shove it Bobby." Kitty says laughing with him and squeezing Pietro's hand under the table before bringing their joined hands out from under the table. "I'm just glad that I can be here right now, happily. I was so scared for a little while. I had two close calls in a single day."
"Two?" Remy asks her, raising an eyebrow at her slip.
"Um... Rogue I might need you to hold Remy down." Kitty mumbles quietly looking up into Rogue's eyes as the older mutant grabs Remy around the waist. "When I was fighting with Lance, when he was throwing the shoes, I ended up on the ground. I'm not sure how exactly. The memories are jumbled. I remember the ground shaking, and then I was on the ground with Lance looking down on me and telling me that it's all my fault, because I'm so clumsy." Kitty confesses as the men in the room get antsy.
"Ah'm glad Kurt isn't down here. Ah'd be draining him when he heard that the man knocking you around again. Ah'd do something, but Ah figure Logan hid him from all of us. We were talking before Logan ran upstairs. I wanted ta drain him, just a lil, and know what he heard. Ya have some guardians here Kit." Rogue admits releasing her grip on the calm Remy.
"I'm not gonna go after him, mon chere. I'm just gonna kick his ass if he comes back. Da boy is getting on my last nerve."
"Aren't yer parents coming in next week, Kit?" Rogue asks changing the topic and looking at Kitty and Pietro's hands and smiling.
"Yeah, what is that smile about?" Kitty asks before following her gaze and blushing. "Stop it, Rogue. It's not what you think" Kitty says removing her hand from Pietro's and burying her face in her hands causing Rogue to wrap her arm around Kitty.
"Ah'm going up ta bed, it's been a long day." Rogue says winking at blushing mutant as she yawns loudly while nodding at Remy.
"Remy will walk ya up, mon chere. He needs ta ask ya somethin' anyway." Remy blurts out following Rogue out of the room and down the hallway.
"Yeah, bed sounds nice to me too, it's after 3 am!" Bobby says running out of the room unaware of anything going on.
"I will walk you to your room, if you want me to." Pietro says noticing they are the only two in the spacious kitchen. "Well, I guess we should clean up this mess that everyone made before we end up going upstairs." Pietro continues smirking at her before in a flash of silver and a quick blast of cold air the dishes no longer sit on the table.
"I'd appreciate the company, and I definitely appreciate not having to clean. But before we start walking up flights of stairs and down long hallways and I get winded, I would like to talk to you for a minute first." Kitty says placing her small hands in his bigger ones. "I wanted to tell you this from the first minute that I found out, but there have been problems." Kitty begins before taking a deep breath and looking down for a long moment before meeting his eyes again. "You are the father, this is our baby." Kitty whispers.
"Kitty, it's okay that you didn't tell me." He replies wrapping his arms around her as she starts to cry. "I understand. I won't let Lance touch you." He continues as she wraps her arms around him.
"Thank you Pietro." Kitty thanks him, softly sniffling.
"Anytime, Kitty. I will always protect you, I've wanted this for so long." Pietro whispers into her ear. "Kitty, I've watched him hurt you time and time again, and I know I haven't always been there for you when you fell down, but I have been for the past couple of years. I'm glad that you are realizing that I am that kind of man now. I'm glad to see that you've noticed I've grown up since High School."
"If you hadn't, we wouldn't be here right now." Kitty retorts, laughing in his arms.
"I'd like to think that we would still be here." Pietro replies, capturing her lips in his in an electrifying kiss.
"That is cute." Rogue whispers to Remy and Bobby just outside the doorway. "Too bad no one else stayed up to see it."
"I agree." Remy whispers back as he wraps his arms around Rogue. "Now I think dat we should all make a run for it before they catch us and Kitty gets upset. We did our job, Rougie here can be happy dat dey got together. It's only been nearly a year since we started this charade."
"I agree." Bobby says as the three of them start carefully walking away from the kitchen.
"Pietro," Kitty says slowly pulling herself away from his warmth. "I wanted to ask you this, just in case tomorrow is the day- what do you want to name her?"
"That is not a question to ask a man at 3am." Pietro replies laughing and kissing her gently. "Now let's get you up to bed, is that okay? You look like you could use the sleep."
"Is it ok if I sleep in your room tonight, with you? I don't trust that Lance can't get back into the mansion." Kitty says softly. "And if he does, you have the fastest reaction time in the entire mansion."
"Of course. I will protect you from anyone, Kitty. All you have to do is ask me, and I'll be there for you." Pietro reassures her, pulling her onto his lap, and fitting her against his chest. "And there is a question about who is the fastest? It's my job to be faster than everyone else. That is the one thing that my mutation is good for." Pietro jokes belatedly causing Kitty to laugh again.
"I think that this is how all of this started." Kitty says sighing and then giggling.
Flashback
"Ya look like ya could us a drink, petite." Remy says to the distraught, and very not pregnant Kitty. "I can see the circles under your eyes an I see how bloodshot dey are."
"Yeah, I've been crying, and upset. What are we drinking?" Kitty asks jokingly laughing it off, clearly under the assumtion that Remy was joking.
"Remy ain't jokin Mon chere. Have ya met him? Ya should know dat anything is an occasion fer drinkin. Get a few old buddies together and we can have a blast!"
"Ok, well what are we drinking?"
"You just wait a minute, Mon chere, and I will have a party ta die for. Let's just hope ya don't literally die since ya never go ta any parties."
"How bad can it be?" Kitty asks laughing nervously.
A Few Hours Later
"Wow… I totally never thought that being single could be fun!" Kitty giggles laying across a black leather couch, obviously drunk. "I should do this more often. But I should not let Rogue dress me." She declares drunkenly laughing while pulling at the buttons of her tiny, transparent top. "Somehow, it got wet." She continues drunkenly still pulling at the white shirt that looks more like plastic wrap than the acceptable shirt it was hours before.
"Maybe you should stop." Pietro says sitting between where her head rests with her hair fanned out and the arm of the couch. "This isn't your usual scene, don't go overboard and die on me." He continues moving her hands away from the buttons of her shirt and redoing the ones she had undone, covering her pink bra, but not hiding it thanks to the shirt becoming transparent.
"I don't think so Pie." Kitty replies scooting up on the couch and resting her head in his lap. "Are you afraid of what I would do, or is it what you will do?" Kitty asks batting her eyelashes for a second and then erupting into laughter. "You know, I've wanted you for a long time. Every time I went to see Lance when you all were still in the Brotherhood, I could never take my eyes off of you. It was so hard to look at frumpy Lance when someone so much more attractive was just feet away. It wouldn't have taken much for me to switch arms. I wanted you then, and I want you now. Lance is a one-minute man, even without speed enhancement, and he never gives me what I want, could you?" She asks with an offer in her eyes.
"I could, but I think that I should take you to your room. This was a bad idea." Pietro answers beginning to stand up, but Kitty places a hand on his arm, causing him to stop. "I'm trying to be noble for once in my life and you stop me." He says laughing. "You're drunk, and I've been drinking. Not tonight Kitty, if you want me, then tell me this when you're sober, and that is an instant pass into my bed, okay?" Pietro asks trying to reason with her.
"Please, stay with me, just a little bit longer." Kitty pleads. "I miss spending time with you, Pietro. Maybe this is silly of me, but I don't think about Lance when I look at him, I see your face, but I am so afraid that he will hurt me. I can't leave." She confides as tears begin to cascade down her face.
"Kitty, there is nothing to be afraid of. You have me, and Remy, and then there is Rogue. All of us are willing to protect you. Pyro might be all over the little princess over there, but he'd be on your side too. Lance won't mess with us, he'd be too scared. You don't need to worry." Pietro replies placing a hand under her chin, and tilting her head up. "Look at me."
"Okay, Pietro, I understand. I always have." She replies meeting his eyes and taking a deep breath. "I think that I am in love with you. I think a part of me has always been in love with you. Even when you left me stranded on a cliff side."
"That is the alcohol talking. Kitty, if you still want me tomorrow, then we will do more than talk about this. I will not talk about this while you are drunk off of your ass and upset about Lance being a pig-headed idiot. You only have to say it, and I will do anything that you desire." Pietro assures her, pulling her up into his lap.
"Really? You will block the fear of Lance, you will help me?" Kitty pleads turning his face toward hers.
"Of course. I have known that you are different. I love you Kitty, but I can't accept what you say when you are like this. I can't allow myself to be hurt that way." Pietro says as Kitty wraps her arms around his slender waist.
"It is not the alcohol, Pietro. Every time that I look at Lance I think of you. Every time that I am with him, it is an effort not to scream for you. Every fiber of me wants to be with you, but it is scared of him. There is no easy way out for me." Kitty whispers as the gentle trickle of tears turns into a rushing river. "I can't leave him, because I am a prisoner to him. I am so afraid that he will hurt me that I don't now what to do. I can't leave him because I don't want him to die. A part of me will always love him, but not in the way that you love the person you are loving." Kitty says confusing herself and then bursting into laughter.
"You know that I will never let him hurt you." Pietro promises running a hand through her hair. "I would protect you with everything that I have in me."
"I know you would, and I don't want you put in that position." Kitty cries into his chest as Pietro starts to rock her. "People are supposed to be happy while drinking! Look at me, I'm a bipolar crying mess!" She declares suddenly.
"You never have to worry about me, my beautiful Kitty. I will make everything okay, if you will only let me. Let me in, let me fix it, let me in." Pietro says looking into her eyes.
"I will." Kitty says sitting up and kissing him slowly, waiting for him to return the gentle caress. After a short moment Pietro closes his awe struck eyes and returns the kiss. "Wow." She whispers softly into his lips.
"I agree." Pietro says picking her up gently, carrying her out of the room, and up to his so quickly that if anyone had been in the room and paying attention they might have thought that they were imagining seeing the two of them there to begin with.
Present Time
"Yes, it is how all of this started. Kitty, you doubted me then, don't doubt me now. Let me help you, let me love you."
"I never did doubt you, Pietro. I wasn't ready to face this, but now I am. Now my past can't haunt my heart, and make my mind doubt it. Will you take me now, as I am, after taking so long to come back to you? I admit, quite openly, that I am a moron."
"I would have taken you all those months ago." Pietro says bringing his lips down to hers.
"I think you did." She giggles smiling at him, a smile full of anything but innocence.
A few weeks later
"Let me be the first to congratulate you, Katherine and Pietro, on your baby girl." Hank calls out walking the baby over to her parents. "Have you chosen a name; I need to write it down."
"Yes, Kaytlynn Marie." Kitty says taking the small baby and smiling at Pietro. "She has her daddy's hair already."
"Now whose last name? Pryde or Maximoff?"
"Maximoff," Kitty says softly looking at her baby. "For all of the heartache that I caused him for all these months, maybe even years."
"That is a nice sentiment." Hank says smiling at the new parents. "And Kitty, she has your nose. It's harder to change that."
"This is the first baby that the Xavier institute has seen in a long time." Kitty says giggling. "I wonder how some of them will handle it."
"Some better than others." Hank replies laughing. "Logan may take it the worst, but the man has a good heart, as we all know. Ororo and Charles are pleased, the main feeling, as you both know, is happiness that the child is not Lance's. That has spared us all heartache."
"No, it hasn't." Kitty says as her eyes harden. "He is waiting in the shadows, waiting to hurt this little wonder, and this joy that is now in the mansion. He will be back, but we need to be ready, because he won't be alone."
So? Good or Bad? Sequel or no? It is all up to you all. I can write it, we all know I can, I can keep this going for the next three years, like Choosing Sides, and then redo it! Lol. I would like to thank you all for reading, and hope that you will read some of my other works, and review them as well. I may not be the best author for updating, but all my stories get finished, and a sequel to this one will get there faster than most of the stories that I have been writing recently! Lol. Tell me what you all think!
Oh, and the original father was Piotr Rasputin. I just thought that he would be the kind to stand beside his girl, but he isn't the kind to take her for the first time while she is drunk.