Chapter One.

Author's Note: Hey it's me again! I know, I know, I haven't finished my fic yet but I just seriously noticed something - there is a serious lack of Kietro fics out there. I read possibly all the finished ones, updated ones and the ones that might or will never get updated. I've become a diehard Kietro fan and to cure my insatiable desire to read these fics, I've decided to start another. You guys need to help me out though, with reviews and stuff I mean. Keep me updated on whether it's starting to suck or not. Anyways, enough babbling...

I don't own X-Men Evolution.

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What is love? Is it the skipping of a heartbeat, the fluttering of the stomach, the absence of hunger, sleep or thought? Is love expressed in a sonnet, a play, a song? Is love the absence of feeling - not caring what others think, what they say? Is love complicated?

All these thoughts ran through Kitty's mind as she wandered aimlessly home from school. Today had just been the absolute worst - pop quiz first period, science report due in two days, serious stomach pains from the macaroni and cheese at lunch and a sprained wrist during P.E. And then came the day clincher, her steady boyfriend of about 6 months dumped her for the head cheerleader.

* FLASHBACK *

"Like hey Kyle, what up? Why the sad face?"

"Kitty I don't exactly know how to say this but..."

"But what?"

"I don't think we should see each other anymore."

"I... I don't understand. Kyle what you are like saying?"

"This relationship is just not working for me anymore... we both need space... time to bloom, to grow, to...

"To see other people. So that's what this is about."

"Kitty I have to be honest with you, you're a great girl and everything but I just don't love you anymore... at least not in the way you want me too."

"Oh... I see."

"You understand, don't you?"

"Yeah Kyle... I like understand perfectly."

* END OF FLASHBACK *

Kitty could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. * No I won't cry again, at least not over that loser * But her head said one thing while her heart said another. Shattered into a million pieces, Kitty's eyes stung as cold tears touched her swollen and already burning eyelids and slid down her cheeks. She had no one there to comfort her, no one to hold on too. What happens now?

Kitty stopped midway on her trek to the institute not really wanting to face anyone. All the disgustingly happy couples around her - Scoot & Jean, Rogue & Remy, Kurt & Amanda, Evan and his skateboard. She felt like a total reject, not the prettiest or the most popular but rather the most unwanted. Can I really face that? Do I really want too? The wind blew fiercely and she pulled her coat closer around her to seal in the tiny measure of warmth eminating within her body. Realising that she was only halfway from the park, she shrugged off the thought of going to the institute and pressed on.

She plopped herself onto the grass and laid back, shutting her eyes and stretching out her hands, feeling the freshly cut grass between her fingers. She felt all alone. She realised she was all alone. No one to share her secrets with, no matter how important or trivial they may be, no one to love her. Then there was that word again - love.

Kitty sighed to herself and sat up, forcing her eyes open. Just then she felt a light tap on her shoulder and quickly spun around but saw no one. Then she felt it again. She turned around, but again saw no one. She stood up, picked up her backpack, walked over to the edge of the duck pond and bent down, gently wading her fingers through the water. She felt the tap on her shoulder again and turned around sharply. She saw no one but as was about to turn around felt a warm hand on her cheek. She was startled and struggled for a moment with her balance and then in a flash landed head first into the duck pond.

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TO BE CONTINUED.

So how was that for my first chapter? Good? Bad? So -so? Review and let me know. Also if you think it's a little boring, please let me know.