"Yep, bloody bad influence as ever," he replied with an easy smirk that covered up the tumultuous feelings beneath. He both did and didn't want to see her, she brought too many memories to the surface, many of which he preferred to push down to not dwell on the pain. There was too much loss in his life, and losing her hadn't been an exception. So he'd done what he always did, throw himself into work and bury himself under the git part of his personality. "Business, you lot have gotten crazier over here." While that did explain why he was in America, it didn't give a reason for why he should be at the first decent pub close to Xavier's. No, you didn't admit to sort of hoping to see her here, Pete wasn't going to be an exception to that.