"Hand it over" Pietro demanded as he held out his hand to receive it, "I can make anything."

Ciara blushed, handing them over. They were really bad. It was not quite stick people but close... so very close. "I have the idea in my head... I just can't really draw." She blushed, admitting she wasn't good at something. Le gasp!

((So imagane really REALLY bad drawings of this ))

Pietro tilted his head to the side, then tilted the picture to the side and squinted at it for awhile, "mmmhmmm... uuuuhhhhh.... okay, I think I-wait, is that a tail?" he asked pointing at the picture.

Ciara's face was bright red, "No, It's a... a....Oh, forget it." She snatched the drawings from his hands, "I don't know how to explain it." She felt really stupid. Something she'd never felt before.... or at least not to this degree.

Pietro chuckled, "Hey, it's not half bad. I think I know what you're getting at, lemme try something" he zipped away and grabbed an empty judy and some fabric. After about seven straight minutes of running around in a blur, the basic concept was thrown onto the judy and Pietro stood next to it. "Something like this?"

"Something like that... But the skirt's more..." Ciara pulled some water out of the tap where Pietro used to dye fabric. She changed the shape of the water, making the skirt puff out more.

They spent several hours going back and forth. What if they added a jewel here or a ruffle there? By the end of it Ciara couldn't believe how gorgeous it looked. "Fit for a princess..." She mumbled as they both looked on in awe at the completed outfit.

"I'll have it ready in an hour" Pietro grinned, "when are you heading out?"

She rubbed the back of her head, "I'm not really sure. I'm hoping in the next couple of days. I think Papa has been delaying preparations for my trip so I stay longer... I don't blame him for wanting me around more but our people need more room. Speaking of Preparations, that reminds me. I'm taking several offerings with me and was wondering if you had any pretty fabrics that didn't get ruined in sea water."

"Hmm, that's actually harder than you'd think" Pietro replied, "Salt does horrible things to fabric, even swimsuits won't hold up as long with seawater than it will with freshwater." he zipped around the room, looking at a few different things, "Maybe... yes, this one" he pulled out a bolt of rather beautiful fabric, "it's actually a new microfiber blend I got from Silkra downtown. She thought it'd be a good idea for underwater missions, it flows well and doesn't hold water so it won't slow you down."

Ciara ran her hand along the fabric, "This is Perfect!" She pulled out a check list and checked off gifts for King of the Sea. "Perfect... I've got some other running around to do. I'll be back in a bit." She said giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks again, Pietro!"

((Where to next))

Pietro waved, "bye"

((Not sure, what's she doing next?))

((Umm.. picking up all the gifts she ordered? Date with Logan? Food fight... DOOM?))

Some time later, the brotherhood were all chilling out in the main room of their house. They had tried to live apart for awhile but Toad ended up getting nightmares so Freddy moved in with him. Pietro felt awkward staying with his dad and so it wasn't to hard to drag him back to live with them and Lance's excuse was that he couldn't let the three of them live together without supervision.
So that was what brought the brotherhood gang together again, and of course, they weren't complete with Ciara and since her return from Gotham, and to sanity, they finally had the chance to invite her over again.

"Eric. You WILL talk to him... He isn't Ga-...Papa. You're a grown man. Talk to him or... Or I'll move out!" She hung up her cellphone and walked up to the door and knocked.

"Ello? Anyone home?" She called not before sending Logan a text saying some ridiculous lie.. It was really bothering her that he was totally fine with everything. It made her feel like she was doing terrible things. It was just weird...

Suddenly the sounds of fighting broke out within the house. "Outta my way!"
"I got it! I got it!"
"Move it or lose it boys!"

The door opened and Pietro stood there, leaning against the wall in his 'sexy' pose, "Why hello there." he greeted, the other three boys in a pile behind him, each trying to be the one to answer the door.

"CIARAAAA!!!" Toad leaped from the pile and glomped her.

"Ciara!" Lance laughed and joined in to hug her.

"CIARA!" Freddy boomed as he hugged everyone and picked the ground up.

She gave Pietro a "Well hello there yourself" look before breaking out into fits of laughter. "Oh Hello there!" She hugged Toad, tossing him on her back, a few bags of food in her arms. "I come bearing wine, beer and ingredients for Pizza, Pasta, garlic bread, Cake and Caesar Salad."

"Ooooo, I'll take that" Freddy grinned widely as he took the bags from her and headed for the kitchen.

"Uuuuhhh, and I'll make sure he doesn't eat it all right away" Lance chased after him.

"Come in come in come iiinnn" Toad dragged Ciara into their house, which oddly enough wasn't a horrendous pigsty. They had a fairly simular setup as they did before but it looked really different with all hard-wood floors (probably so nothing could stain it as easily) and actual furniture that wasn't completely fallen apart.

"I'm coming. I'm coming, Todd!" She giggling. She looking around the house in awe. "Wow... So this is where you guys are living now.... AND SO CLEAN TOO." She joked. "So tell me, what have all of you been up to since I left?"

"There's this guy down the street who eats garbage!" Toad exclaimed.

"And apparently that involves anything covered in Toad's slime" Pietro quipped.

"I've actually got a job" Lance stated proudly as he came back into the room, "Though right now it's on hold until things are figured out with Atlantis. But still, a section of the new district was added thanks to me" he beamed proudly.

"Freddy's become a chef at that new restaurant down on Mutant Avenue" Toad hopped in place excitedly.

"Who would've thought the brotherhood could be decent citizens somewhere?" Lance chuckled, taking a seat in a chair, "well, everybody but Pietro."

"hey, I don't need a job" Pietro crossed his arms and lifted his chin in a proud manner, "My dad's Magneto. He runs the place, why would I need to work?"

"That's such wonderful news! Hopefully I'll be able to go down there and change his mind... No job Pietro? What have you been doing then? Clearly you must be doing SOMETHING with all this free time?" She asked, a cute pout on her face.

Pietro twitched a bit as Ciara asked, thankfully Lance quipped in before he could stumble through an explanation, "He's probably spending all his time getting turned down by every female on genosha"

The others laughed and Pietro recovered by striking a pose, "Hey. I'll have you know I am the master of speed dating."

"That's cuz they all dump you so fast" Toad giggled.

Ciara turned to Pietro, "Speed dating? Oh come now, Pietro... Surely you must have done something amazing since I was gone... right?" She asked, slipping her hand into his for encouragement. "I mean, it's not like anyone would laugh at you cause we're all friends right?"

Toad tilted his head, looking at Pietro curiously, "something going on?"

"Hors d'oeuvres?" Freddy asked as he stepped into the room with a large plate of cheese and crackers for everyone.

"OOoooo Food!" Pietro jumped at it, taking the plate and shoving a few in his mouth so he couldn't talk, "mmff gggnnn!"

"Maybe.... But someone thinks that everyone may laugh and make fun of him... Or at least that's what I heard." She said, going over to the tray. "Oh well... Todd, I really like that jacket on you. Where'd you get it?"

"oh-huh?" toad blinked and looked at himself, "oh yeah! It just showed up in my closet. I dunno" he shrugged, "but it's really comfy, and green! I love green" he smiled widely.