Yeah, I know I'm stalling on the Jamie story, but I'm at a standstill on it, and this one just wanted to come out, sorry it's short, but my dad wants me to go to bed, the next chapter will be longer, I swear. . In my perfect world here, all the X-men are at the institute, including Rahne, Tabitha, and Jubilee, and Wanda isn't with the Brotherhood, it's just the four boys. Read and Review please!

Kitty was always happy with her life at the institute. There was plenty of food to eat, people to see, and things to do. She was friends with all the X-men, and almost all the new recruits. There was always someone to talk to, to help with her homework, or to just hang out. There was only one thing missing.

Her boyfriend, Lance.

It wasn't that she really wanted to join the Brotherhood, but every time she had to fight them, she couldn't help but wonder how much better it would be if she was living with him. Usually, though, she would take a look around her, and decide that she didn't really want to leave.

This time was different, however, this time the X-men had stepped to far out of line, even for her easy-going attitude.

It had started that morning, when she was reading a story underneath her favorite tree at the mansion. She was content, with a book, an iced tea, and a comfortable spot, away from the crowds of the institute.

Bamf

"What Kurt?" Kitty asked in an annoyed voice. Everyone knew she hated being bothered when she wanted alone time- why did they always seem to look for her?

"Hey Keety," Kurt said, his German accent coming out. "I was just wondering if you could do me a favor."

"Like what?" Kitty said, not even bothering to look up from her book. She always felt like Rogue when she ignored people, but everyone knew that she and Rogue were nothing alike, so it didn't bother her that much.

"Could you stand out a minute?" Kurt asked, grinning from pointy-ear to pointy-ear, his fangs showing.

Kitty sighed, marked the place in her book, and stood up.

"You happy now?" She asked.

"Almost," Kurt said, and leaned forward and kissed her on the lips.

Kitty paused for a second, trying to figure out what was happening. When she did, she pushed him away, and he stumbled backwards, knocking over her iced tea.

"Kurt! What the heck are you doing?" She exclaimed, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.

"I think it's called a kiss, Keety," he grinned, and quickly bamfed out.

Kitty, picked up her book, and iced tea, and stormed inside. She was furious. Kurt knew that she was happy with Lance, why did he always do things like this? It just made her mad.

As she walked past the library, she heard snickering and whispering coming from around the corner. She quietly phased through the door, making sure she wasn't seen by the people inside.

It was the new recruits, and by listening to their conversation, she realized they were talking about her.

"Yeah, Kurt wanted me to freeze her, so she couldn't push him away, but the idiot forgot she could phase!" Bobby said, laughing with the other recruits and lounging on one of the couches, eating assorted snacks that were forbidden in the library.

Jubilee was standing over him, leaning on the couch. "Man, did you see her face? I thought she was going to explode!" She said, stealing a chip from Bobby.

"I liked how she just shoved him out of the way," Sam said. "Guess that will be the last time we hear, 'chicks dig the fuzzy dude.' Remind me to thank Kitty later."

"Yeah," Ray agreed, eating an Oreo on one of the other couches. "That was getting kind of annoying."

"Don't you guys care at all that Kurt's still trying to get Kitty to date him, when she's obviously not interested?" Amara asked.

"Not really," Bobby said. "Every time Kurt goes after her, is one more chance that she dumps the rock head. And you know what Scott says, better him than Lance."

"Yeah, that would be nice," Jubilee said. "I can't stand her talking on the phone every single night to that loser. I'm seriously thinking of asking the Prof if I can switch rooms so I'm not right next to her."

"When do you think she'll dump that loser?" Sam asked, throwing M&M's into the air, and catching them in his mouth.

"Soon, if Scott and Jean have anything to say about it," Jubilee said. "Scott's still hanging up whenever he hears Lance calls, so Kitty's not getting half his calls."

"Hey," Ray asked, "is he really going into her email and deleting all his messages? And that they get Jamie to read her diary so they can see what's going on."

"I think so, at least, that's what I heard. Seems pretty stupid to get the squirt to read Kitty's diary, why don't they do that themselves." Bobby told him.

"And get their hands dirty? No way," Sam snickered. "And besides, Jamie was practically begging to, you know little brothers, they always want to know what's going on in the lives of their older siblings. Believe me, with all the brothers and sisters I have, I know."

"Doesn't that seem almost...I don't know, wrong? Like something Lance would do?" Amara asked.

"Yeah, but he is the leader, and he's only doing what he thinks is right, or whatever's best for the team and all that crap." Bobby said.

"Hey, we better get out of here before someone catches us eating in the library," Jubilee said, and they all grabbed their snacks and left, leaving a pretty big mess of crumbs and scattered M&M's.

Kitty quickly moved out of the area that the recruits were coming out of, and sat down on one of the couches. She felt so violated. There were people not telling her about her calls, reading her diary, and even going so far as to hacking in to her computer and reading her email. It just wasn't right.

Of course, now that she was incredibly angry, Scott came in.

"Kitty, what's with the crumbs, you know we're not allowed to eat in here," he said.

She groaned, and without a word, phased through the walls into her room. She walked to her bed, flopped down on it, and screamed into her pillow.

Something had to change; it wasn't fair to her or Lance that her friends were splitting them up. She had two choices: break up with Lance, or leave the X-men, neither of which she wanted to do.

She looked out her window, where she could see all the new recruits, having escaped the wrath of Scott in the library playing outside. Scott, Jean, Rogue and Evan were playing in the pool, and Kurt was coming out to join them.

They looked so happy, so content. Did she really want to leave here?

She thought about the Brotherhood's house, it was falling apart, with graffiti everywhere, and no food. Not the place she really wanted to live. But Lance's friends never tried to break them up, they teased them, sure, but they never went to drastic measures to break them up.

She thought about it for a few hours, going so far as to locking Rogue out so she could be alone to think. There were pro's and con's to both sides. She didn't really want to leave the X-men, but she didn't think she could handle staying with them any longer.

At the Brotherhood house, she had her boyfriend, people who she could accept as friends, and a new way of life. Sure her parents wouldn't be happy with her living with the boy who tried to kill them, but no one else would be real happy either. She just hoped Lance and the boys would let her stay. They hadn't had a girl with them since Wanda and Tabitha left, and she wasn't sure if they would want another girl with them, but she would have to try.

She called Lance, and quickly told him what she was planning. He was excited, but a little nervous about what the boys would say.

"I don't know Kitty, I think it's great that you want to live with us, but I don't know about the guys," he said.

"So ask them," Kitty said, trying to speak quietly, so that the others wouldn't hear her.

"Okay," Lance said, and she could hear over the phone, "hey guys! What do you think about Kitty living with us for awhile?"

"Kitty Pryde?" She heard Todd asked, "The X-geek? Why would she want to live with us?"

"Does it matter? We haven't had a girl here in ages," Pietro said, "tell her I'll pick her up in a minute."

"The guys say its okay," Lance said, and Kitty could tell he was grinning. "Pietro will come by to pick up your stuff in...oh, wait, he's already gone. See ya in a bit then."

"Okay," Kitty said, and hung up. She quickly packed her most important stuff, figuring she could come back for whatever she left later. She wrote a short note, and headed down the stairs.

Half an hour later, Rogue walked into the room she shared with Kitty, but all she found was a note.

'Goodbye,' was all it said.

Sorry if anyone's OOC, but this is AU, which means I can do what I want, so hah! Sorry, that had to come out.