Mutant Crush - Chapter 4

When they finally decided the movie to watch, the movie had already started. This made these teens had a hard time finding a seat in the dark. Then Pietro whispered, "Hey, I see seats over there." He pointed to the middle.

"How are we like going to get through?" Kitty asked as she followed Pietro.

"Follow me."

Kitty did, and so did Lance and Mary-Ann. Finally they sat down. Oh no, why did I have to end up sitting beside him, Kitty felt uncomfortable sitting next to Lance on her left. Pietro was on her right.

How did I end up with pretty kitty? Lance was thinking the same thing. I don't know how much longer I can take this. Lance's heart leaped. He was also feeling uncomfortable.

Finally the movie was over. Kitty and Lance both felt like they had been in there for 5 hours. Then Mary-Ann said, "That was good, wasn't it?"

"Yeah." Pietro said.

"What you guys wanna do now?" Mary-Ann was sure excited.

"Umm.. I'm not feeling well, can you drive me home Lance?" Kitty said, "I'm so sorry Pietro."

Kitty didn't look very well. Maybe she was still not sure about this 'date'. Lance looked at her. I hope Kitty is okay, he thought. Lance was getting a bit worried.

"Alright Kitty. Let's go back to the car then."

"Thanks."

When they arrived back at the Institute, Pietro got out of the car with Kitty and talked in private. He said, "Are you feeling better now?"

"Yeah. But I'm really sorry about tonight." She apologized one more time.

"Don't worry about it." Pietro said, "Good night then."

Kitty smiled. Then Pietro hugged her. She was so surprised and thought; wow Pietro wasn't too bad tonight.

At the same time Lance saw what happened. How could Pietro do this? He hugged her? He hugged my pretty kitty? What is wrong with this world? When Pietro went back into the car he said, "Alright let's go."

Kitty went back to her room and Rogue wasn't there. She felt like the world was crashing on to her. She felt so sad that she just wanted to cry to let everything out. Tears came down her face, she sobbed quietly. Then she heard footsteps and quickly wiped her tears off. The door opened and it was Rogue. "Back so soon?"

"Yeah, I wasn't feeling well."

"Well? How was it?"

"It was fine."

"What does Lance think of all this?"

"I'm not sure. He didn't talk much."

From that moment on, Rogue knew Lance still had feelings for Kitty too. Then she totally changed the subject and tried to make Kitty feel better.

Next Morning.....

As Kitty walked down the hallway to the dining room for breakfast, Logan passed by and said, "Hey Half-pint, here's something might relate to you."

He threw a newspaper at her, "Thanks Mr. Logan."

As Kitty took a look at the front-page headline, she almost fainted: "Three Teenagers Was Hurt in a Car Crash." As she took a look at the picture, her heart weighed almost three tons. It was a picture of Pietro, Lance, and Mary-Ann. It was her worst nightmare.

"Are you alright Half-pint?" Logan grunted.

"Yes Mr. Logan." Tears splashed out of her eyes and she quickly ran and phased through the bathroom.

Kitty stayed in there for a very long time. Then Jean's voice appeared, "Kitty? Are you okay in there?"

"I'm fine, don't worry." Kitty tried to make her voice sound normal.

"You sure? You've been in there for over half an hour." Scott said.

"Really? I'm so sorry everyone." She opened the door. While holding the newspaper article tightly, she went into her room.

That day at school was just miserable for Kitty. After school she decided to visit her friends at the hospital. Lance, Pietro and Mary-Ann was in 3 separate rooms. First she visited Mary-Ann's room, then Pietro's. Both of them were fine and were expected to recover in a week or so. Lastly Kitty came across Lance's room.

She poked her head through the door first. She saw Lance laying there staring at the ceiling. What is she doing here? Lance thought inwardly. Kitty looked nervous and said, "Hi Lance, like how are you feeling?"

Lance tried to sit up but didn't have the strength to. "I'm okay."

"That's good, I heard that you'll be good to go in a while."

"How much is a while?"

"A couple of weeks I think."

Kitty sat on the bed beside Lance. She touched and patted his hand and felt his cast on his arm. Then she said goodbye and left.