"Okay!" Kitty appeared before them translucent. "Okay, I'm finally ready. Lets go!"

"Where's my sis?"

"She won't get out of bed. Stupid WHORE!"

"Kitty shut up. What's wrong with her now?"

"I don't know and I don't care if she comes to school today because she didn't even care that I was doing my big cheer thing! Can you believe her?"

Kitty continued to babble on even after Kurt had turned into a wisp of blue. When he opened his eyes he was in Anna's room. "Hey! Get up!" Kurt grabbed the pillow from under her and began to smack her head with it.

"OW!" She grabbed the pillow, wrapped her arm around it and took hold of it. Before placing the cushion under her head she slapped Kurt with it. " What's wrong with you!"

"Anna, get out of bed."

"No."

"Anna, don't make me get Logan in here."

"I just don't feel like goin' to school today. Okay? I miss school all the time so don't make this out tah be a huge deal."

"It is a huge deal. Kitty is gonna be nagging about it for the trip to school and then she'll be pissed for the rest of the day, then complain about being pissed… then she'll talk about how it's gonna affect the cheer…. Anna please get dressed and lets go!"

"Kurt, I'm not going."

Again he blinked as he turned into blue smoke and reappeared at the front door. "She's not coming."

"See I told you. I don't even know why she's acting like a bitch. I did that one time, but now that's all taken care of and still-"
"I'll go talk to her."

"Sarah, don't even bother."

"Yeah, Sarah."
"Kitty, Kurt… relax." Sarah giggled to herself, KittyKurt. That is soooo cute. KurtKitty… hahaha classic.

…

"Anna," Sarah entered the room. When she reached the bed Sarah slapped her butt. "Get of your fat ass. We're going to school."

"Ow! You did not just spank me!"

"I did. Shame, shame. Now move!"

"No, I'm not goin' to school today and I swear tah gawd Sarah if you smack me again I am personally gonna tear off your arms an' beat you with 'em til next Tuesday. Now, hurry up you're gonna be late."

…

"Okay, she's not going to school today…"

"What's goin' on? Why aren't you kids at school already?"

"We're waiting for Anna Mr. LeBeau."

"Yeah my lazy ass sister won't get off her lazy ass."

"Maybe I should go talk to her?"

"Mr. LeBeau, you sure that's a good idea?" Kitty raised a polished eyebrow.

"I'm sure it'll be fine."

…

"There a particular reason why you don't want to go to school?" Remy leaned against the door thinking that this is the best spot, far away.

"Wow, Kitty's cheer must be somethin' special."

"Anna, you can talk tah me. We're friends remember?"

"Friends…" She spoke the word softly as if it were a crime against nature, which… it is.

"Yeah, now come on. As your friend," As Remy inched closer he couldn't help but realize how great looked in nothing but a ratty ol' t-shirt and was saddened to realize that it wasn't his. "Tell me what's wrong."

"You really wanna know all the reasons as tah why I am not going to school today?"

He sat on the corner of her bed. "Yes."
Anna took a moment to respond. " Well, let's see… first I was goin' out with this guy and he turned out to be engaged and had a kid. So that kinda puts a damper on my day every time I think about it. So then I get over him, right? And end up back with my ex boyfriend but then he leaves-"

"John… he left you?"

"He's comin' back on Christmas. He's in Genosha now, the fuckin' war capital of the universe an' he's there. But he's gonna end up goin' back after Christmas because I'm gonna push him away like I do with everyone. What else? Um, my best friend is leaving to bigger and better things in Boston, which I know isn't that far from here, but all the same. Then I realize that graduation is coming up and everyone is gonna leave. Sarah is goin' to California to do the acting thing, Kurt is going to stay here, go NYU, Angel is going to Yale to become a doctor, and Kitty… well she'll end up doin' something. An' me? Nothing. I'm not going to do anything with my life. I'm going to rot… alone. I push people away, but I still don't want to be alone. I just don't wanna go to school today. I have this feelin'… an' I just don't want to go, other than that… So that is why I'm not going to school today, because I had a crap fuck epiphany and I realized there's no point of doing anything."

"Well, that's life for yah chere."

"Well life sucks. Now be a good friend and leave."

"Maybe I don't wanna be a good friend." He scooted next to her, thoughtfully placing a hand on her shoulder.

Anna shrugged off his hand. "Maybe you should be."

"I get those feelin' too. Where you realize everyt'ing wrong in your life."

"Oh, really? Your ex-boyfriend has a wife too. Who'd a thought?"

"You t'ink you're so funny…"

"So when you have these feelings… what'd yah do?"

"Just wait for 'em to pass. What else can you do?"

Anna buried her head into her pillow and muffled, "I don't know."

"Heard you ain't goin' to school today?"

Anna heard the raspy voice and looked up, "Logan?"

"Kitty told me that you weren't in the mood for school today. You better hope you're in the mood for DR practice all day."

"Well, I'm not."

"Come on. Lets go. And don't even use the excuse about your powers, because I know 'bout them too."

"…Fine, Logan. Just let me get dressed." Once again her head lay against her pillow.

"Meet you there in five. Oh, and Remy your girl is lookin' for yah."

"My what?"

"Bella, she's running all over the place trying to find you."
"Oh… right Bella."

"Five minutes Marie. I'm serious."

"Yeah I hear yah."

"Anna, you gonna be alright?"

"No, but I guess I'll just haf tah wait for it tah pass."

…

"Okay Logan. I'm here."

"Alright. Well, I'm really gonna pound with some shit right now. Level 5.9 wasn't that big of a deal. Come on, a fork?"

"I thought it was kind of cliché."

"No, it was stupid. Now level seven, eight, and nine? Those are the REAL deal."

"Yeah okay…"

"Alright, we'll start off with you and three sentinels-"

"Yeah."

"This will be timed, five minutes. Organize your time as you wish. You also need to save ten people-"

"AND destroy the three sentinels?"

"It's 'cliché'."

…

"Give a roaring round of applause for varsity cheer doing a little 'jingle' to 'Jingle Bell Rock'."

The cheer squad did their winter routine in the same Santa suits as they did for the Winter Formal pre-showdown.

"Oh, my gosh! Look at Kitty! Gosh, it's like she's five pounds or something."

"Where?" Piotr eyed each girl but couldn't find his.

"AYE! Right there!" Sarah pointed to Kitty who was flung into the air.

"Oh, see her. Got it."

"Man, she's like a feather!" At that moment Kitty felt a sharp twinge at her neck. Her eyes rolled back and she began to drop.

The crowd gasped as Kitty seemed to go right through the girls and the floor below.
"Oh, shit." Sarah looked over to the light controls at the entrance of the auditorium. Lance immediately flipped the switch and the room became dark. "Jubilee, distraction."

"A distraction? Wait…What?"

"Now!"

Jubilee flicked her fingertips and out from her hands sprung blinding fireworks of every color. Now the crowd gasped in awe.

A few moments later the lights were turned on to reveal Kitty in a spilt in front of the squad in pyramid formation. The students and faculty in the gym bellowed with claps and screams. The assembly was over and the students began pushing and shoving out from the stands. Piotr was one of the students. He hurriedly made his way down the bleachers and ran to Kitty. She limped over to him.

"Kitty, are you alright?"

"No…" She found each breath difficult. "I think I-I-" Kitty soon collapsed in his arms.

"Kitty!"