A Walk to Forget

"I can't believe you're going to just let this happen!" Scott shouted. He and Xavier were in the library with some of the other students the following day.

"Scott as long as Kitty is back by a reasonable time I see no harm in it," Xavier sighed. "It would do her some good to get out of the mansion. Actually it would do all of us good if you students got out of the mansion!"

"Look at it this way Scott," Kitty said. "It will cut down on the phone bills."

"Oh yeah that's a good reason," Scott drawled.

"Come off it Summers," Lance walked into the room, surprising everyone. "I don't know why you're so against this! I'm a good guy now, remember?"

"Not in my book you're not!" Scott snapped.

"Scott, chill will you?" Kitty snapped. "You got here fast!"

"Hey thanks to the wonders of teleportation I'm right on time!" Lance grinned.

"Are you sure you won't get in trouble?" Kitty asked him.

"Nah," Lance shrugged. "All the adults have skipped out to let off some steam for a hour or two. They like to sneak off every now and then without telling anyone. And nobody will tell on us."

"You bribed them didn't you?" Scott folded his arms in disgust.

"Not all of them," Lance snapped.

"Well have fun you two," Xavier sighed. "I have to go…pay some more bills." He went off.

"You'd better behave yourself Alvers," Peter growled. "I'm warning you!"

"I wouldn't be talking about behavior if I was you," Lance snapped. "From what I hear you're not exactly the perfect boyfriend either!"

"Why you…" Peter made a fist.

"Peter knock it off!" Kitty stopped him. "Come on Lance, let's go!"

"So where are you two going?" Rogue asked.

"How about the mall? Or maybe a pizza place?" Kitty suggested.

"Forget that," Lance took her hand. "Why settle for a lousy local place when the world is at your fingertips! Paris here we come! By now!" He waved and soon they both disappeared.

"I hate that jerk!" Peter growled.

"Yeah well, that jerk does have some style, I have to admit," Remy huffed. "Now why didn't Gambit think of that?"

"I just wish there was a way to stop him from coming over here," Peter grumbled.

"Maybe there is…" Scott looked like he was thinking.

"What are you up to?" Rogue asked.

"Look like the man's thinking up a plan," Remy said.

"You know, I'll bet the Joes wouldn't be too happy if they thought Lance was running around loose without permission," Scott said.

"You wouldn't!" Rogue snapped.

"They wouldn't would they?" Peter grinned.

"No they wouldn't," Scott grinned back.

"Hey you can't do that!" Remy said.

"Wanna bet?" Scott said.

"This is a bad idea finking on him," Remy said. "It's against the code!"

"I am not finking," Scott said. "I am merely informing his guardians that he might be putting himself and others in danger."

"Don't count me in this!" Remy snapped. "Even if Lance is a jerk I still won't fink."

"Yeah Scott," Rogue said. "Besides something tells me that telling on him won't solve the problem anyway."

"Maybe Rogue is right," Peter sighed. "In fact Lance could end up in a lot of trouble. He could even end up in jail or something for leaving the base. You know the more I think about this the better I am liking this idea!"

"Scott no!" Remy said. "Think about what you are doing! Think about Kitty's feelings!"

"We are!" Peter said. "We all know he's no good for her! We're just helping her get over him a bit faster!"

"Think about maybe the next time he shows up he might end up in their bedroom late at night!" Scott said. "And think about all the trouble he's caused us! Think about how he trashed the school and got us all in hot water!"

"That was an accident!" Remy said.

"Think about because of him, we haven't been able to go back to school and can hardly leave the Institute without people hassling us!" Scott said.

"Remy don't mind it here," He winked at Rogue.

"Think about the fifty dollars he owes you from that poker game and he never paid back," Peter said.

"What's the number to the Joe Base again?" Remy asked.

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"Tah dah!" Lance shouted. "Welcome to Gay Pariee!" He shouted. Then he opened his eyes.

"Lance if this is Paris, why is there nothing but snow everywhere?" Kitty snapped. All around them were huge amounts of snow. They were standing in the middle of a group of penguins.

"Oops," Lance gulped as he looked around. "Must have hit the wrong dial. According to this we're in the South Pole! Hey! Look! Penguins!"

"Hey look," Kitty's teeth chattered. "I'm turning blue! Lance if we end up stuck here…"

"Don't worry, I've got the hang of this thing now," Lance pushed the button. Soon they were both in someplace a lot warmer. "Ahh! Here we are! Hawaii! Better?"

"Well a little," Kitty sighed. "EWWW! I got penguin poop on my shoe! I'm gonna…LANCE!"

Lance looked around them. They were at the very edge of a volcano. "No wonder it's so warm," Lance gulped. "Well it is a nice view. And it's not like the volcano is gonna erupt or anything."

Of course right on cue the volcano shot out a huge spurt of lava. They screamed and held onto each other. "HANG ON!" Lance shouted as he pressed the button again. They dematerialized just as the lava began to fall.

"Okay, that was close," Lance sighed.

"Too close," Kitty grumbled. "Now where are we?"

"I dunno, I just hit any button," Lance looked around. "We're in some kind of jungle. Well there are a lot of nice flowers."

"Well it is kind of pretty," Kitty said. "Look at all the trees."

"See," Lance went over to pick one. "This isn't so bad." Then he noticed a rustling in the bushes. He peered into the bushes and went pale. "Uh…Kitty…do tigers eat people?"

"I don't know, why?" Kitty asked. Then she saw one poking its head out of the bushes.

"THAT'S WHY!" Lance shouted. "RUN!" They both ran for their lives. The tiger chased after them. Lance tripped and the beast was about to pounce on him when Kitty leapt on him just in time. She made him intangible so that they passed right through the tiger. They climbed up the nearest tree.

"Lance! Here's a newsflash!" Kitty gulped. "Tigers can climb trees! Get us out of here!"

"Okay, okay! I got it now!" Lance fiddled with the dials and grabbed Kitty. "Hang on!" They teleported away. They landed on something hard. "This date is not going according to plan!"

"No kidding!" Kitty snapped. "Hey, look where we are! We're on top of the Eiffel Tower!"

"The very top," Lance gulped as he realized they were not on the observation deck, but on one of the beams at the top of the structure. "I hate heights!"

"Well at least we finally made it to Paris," Kitty sighed. "It is beautiful up here. Lance are you okay? You don't look so good."

"I'm fine," Lance looked a little green.

"Are you sure?" Kitty sounded concerned.

"No really, it's okay…it's…" Lance tried to hold it in but ended up vomiting.

"Oh that is disgusting!" Kitty winced. "You really can't take heights much can you?"

"Maybe we should get down," Lance gulped.

"I think that guy down there agrees with you," She patted his back and pointed to a person on the observation deck who was shaking his fist at them. "Sorry!"

"Let's try this…" Lance pushed the button and they ended up on the ground somewhere in Paris. "Okay… now we're on the ground again."

"And right next to a McDonalds," Kitty pointed. "It figures. Lance maybe you should take me home. I mean it was a nice thought but…"

"No, I mean I know we've had a rough start but please Kitty just give me a chance!"

"Well okay," Kitty agreed.

"Um, I just need to wash my mouth off," Lance panted as they went inside. "Don't worry Kitty, it's gonna be okay. I promise, no more disasters."

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"Peter calm down," Rogue said. "She's only been gone an hour!"

"But she's with that idiot Alvers!" Peter snapped. "She could be anywhere and he could be doing anything to her!"

"Don't worry," Rogue said. "Lance will probably do something stupid and end the date early."

"Or worse, he does something right and the date will go on forever!" Peter groaned.

"LANCE ALVERS YOU ARE SUCH A JERK!" Kitty screamed though the halls.

"On the other hand you might be right," Peter said. They both went out into the hall where they saw Kitty and Lance; both were covered in garbage.

"Kitty I said I was sorry!" Lance whined.

"Sorry? SORRY?" Kitty whirled on him. "Because of you my outfit is ruined as well as my shoes! Not to mention giving the French another reason to hate Americans as well as mutants!"

"Okay maybe I should handled that a little better," Lance scratched his head.

"You think? I don't know why I do it!" Kitty fumed. "I really don't! Every single time we go out there's trouble! And you are the cause of it!"

"Not every time!" Lance said.

"Name one time!" Kitty whirled on him. "One time!"

"Um…" Lance blinked. "How about the Sadie Hawkins Dance when those monsters showed up? I didn't cause that!"

"No but you wrecked the gym!" Kitty snapped.

"Come on Kitty," Lance pleaded.

"Go home Lance!" Kitty snapped. "And stay home! On second thought let me help you!" She grabbed the watch on his wrist and pushed a few buttons. She let go just in time so that she wouldn't end up with him. He ended up in the Misfit living room where Todd was reading a magazine.

"What happened to you?" Todd asked.

"Don't ask," Lance groaned.

"Actually we would like to ask," Roadblock came in with the other adults. They didn't look too happy.

"Busted," Todd snickered.

"Shut up!" Lance snapped.