A/N ~ To Neko-chan: I'm sorry about the confusing mix-up there between X- Men and X-Men Evo'. From now on I will refer to it as ' the school' primarily to avoid me and anyone else getting mixed up. Lastly to everyone else, sorry for any confusion caused. Oh, and by the way, thanks for all the great mass of reviews you've sent, I really appreciate them. I nearly died of shock today when I saw the number I'd received in only one day! =P Again, Many thanks. =D. Now on to the story. . . .

A Friend in Need. . . .

Kitty ran from Jade's room as fast as her legs could carry her. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't take in the fact that her friend, her very best friend that she'd know since she first started at the school, could be so hurtful and two-faced at the same time.

She skidded to a halt outside Ronnie's room and listened hard for any noise coming from inside. She could hear none. Kitty knocked on the door and waited.

'Who is it?' came Ronnie's voice from inside.

'It's me!' called back Kitty 'Kitty Pryde!'

'Come on in' said Ronnie.

Kitty stepped through the closed door and gazed around at the scene in front of her. Ronnie's room hadn't changed a bit. His bed still had the same covers on it, his oboe case was still lying on the wooden desk by the window and in the middle of the cream coloured carpet, on his stomach, lay Ronnie Derwent. As per normal he was catching up on some late homework but he looked up from the floor as Kitty entered.

'Hey Kitty' he said

'Hi' she replied. 'Listen, Ronnie, I need to ask you something.'

Ronnie got up from his sprawled position on the floor and sat on his bed. He motioned for Kitty to sit next to him. She did.

'So, what's bothering you, Kitty?' he asked 'If you don't mind me saying so you do look it bit peaky. Are ya ill or something?'

'No no, nothing like that' said Kitty, quickly. 'You see, it's a bit of a sensitive subject and you were the only one I thought would understand me.'

'So shoot' urged Ronnie.

'OK, I'll get straight to the point. You know how Kurt disappeared seven nights ago?'

Ronnie nodded.

'Well, since then, I can't get him off my mind. I haven't been able to concentrate in class and I'm beginning to fall behind. Thing is, Ronnie, when he was here I never really paid much attention to him yet he was always so sweet to me and I just ignored him. Now he's gone I realise how much I miss him. Ronnie, I feel like such a cow. Poor guy, and all he ever did was try and be friends with me.'

Ronnie looked quite perplexed. 'So are you saying that you're keen on him?'

'Oh, I don't know Ronnie, I just don't know.'

'Well, Kitty, if I were you, I'd go to Professor Xavier about this. If you're really that worried about Kurt, then I'm sure that the Professor will be able to put your mind at rest. I'm sorry Kitty, that's all the help I can offer really. Ask me anything about Chemistry or History or even Double Dutch and I'd be able to help you in a second but affairs of the heart don't really tend to fall into my I-can-solve-this-for-you category.'

'Don't worry about it Ronnie' said Kitty as she got up 'At the very least I was able to talk to someone who didn't laugh at me.'

'Why would I laugh?' asked Ronnie

'I dunno, other people seem to find it amusing though' said Kitty, looking a little downcast.

'Don't let them get to you, Kitty, it's them with the laughable problems, not you.'

'Thanks Ronnie, I really appreciate it' smiled Kitty.

'Well, bye then' she said as she stepped through the door.

'Bye Kitty' replied Ronnie.

A/N ~ OK, so that was quite short. It just didn't seem right to have Kitty talking with Ronnie and the Professor in the same chapter, so I decided to keep them separate. By the way, I will try to make the chapters longer, I promise.