"So movie?" Kitty suggested. "I'll buy, since you bought the ice-cream."

"Okay." Lance agreed. He glanced at the clock. "7:00. There ought to be something good on."

They arrived at the movies. "So, what do you want?"

"How about Blood Guts III?" Lance suggested.

"Eew, gross." Kitty flinched. "I've never even seen one or two."

"Never? Man, you don't know what you're missing. So no-one from geek manor has ever watched it?"

Kitty's eyes narrowed at the slight but she let it slide. "No. The guys have. Me, Jean, Rogue and Amara went out to the mall they borrowed it."

"The mall? Really? You went there instead of watching an awesome movie?" Lance shook his head. "I'm never gonna understand girls."

"No guy ever will." Kitty smirked. "And don't you forget it."

"I think I've come up with two more things I hate about you." Lance glared at her.

"Oh, really?" Kitty made it sound like she couldn't be less interested.

"Yes. You're annoying on purpose, and you're a squeamish girl."

"Squeamish?" Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

"You fainted because you had to phase through Blob, remember?" Lance smirked.

"You ever gotten that close to him? Like, seriously close? Actually going through him? That guy makes Toad smell like roses."

Lance opened his mouth to protest. Then he paused. "You may have a point. But still, I hang out with Toad and Blob everyday. I've never fainted from the smell."

Kitty glared at him angrily. "Really? Well, I happen to fly practically every day. I've never thrown-up because of it."

Lance flinched. "That's because my power has to do with the Earth. I can't be away from it too long."

"You were green when you came off the simulator. It has nothing to do with your powers." Kitty shot back.

"Oh yeah? What makes you so sure?"

"Amara actually does have that problem. She almost died when we went on a boat trip. She's never been sick when she was on the simulator."

Lance blinked. "Well, uh…"

"Face it. You've lost."

"My powers are more in touch with the Earth than Magma." Lance blurted.

"Really? That's the best you could come up with?" Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Your powers are more in touch?"

Lance opened his mouth and blinked.

"You're taking seven steps here." Kitty told him.

"Seven… oh, is this back to the seven things you hate about me?" Lance rolled his eyes.

"You started it."

"Oh really? And can you remember exactly what you hate about me?"

"Yeah. The Seven things I hate about you!Your fame, your games, your insecure. You love me, you like her. You made me laugh, you made me cry, I don't know which side to buy."

"Good to know." Lance said.

"Your friends their jerks – when you act like them just know it hurts." Kitty continued. "I wanna be with the one I know. And the seventh thing, I hate the most that you do… you make me love you."

"And you're upset about that?" Lance smirked.

"Sometimes." Kitty answered honestly.

"What do you mean my fame?" Lance thought for a second.

"Your type of fame. Your reputation."

"Aah." Lance nodded. Then he looked at the screen. "Uh, what movie do you want to watch then?"

Kitty smiled at him. "How about this one." She pointed. "The Very Best Worst Thing."

"Good choice." Lance said it as a peace offering.

Kitty saw that he was trying to make-up and jumped for it easily. "Thanks." She walked up to the counter and bought two tickets.

Lance got a bucket of popcorn to share. Then the two mutants walked into the movie theatre.