Told you I'd update soon! I've also been working on some of my other stories. I started to re-read them, and thought 'Why did I abandon these?' No discipline, that's my problem. *Shakes head at self*

Dark Whispers - I think that's just most guys!!! LOL, just joking'. I'm not patient either. You should see me at the super market!!!

Hailey - Hahahaha!!! I'm evil, aren't I? Read the latest chappie. Loved it. I'm going back to some of my old ones that I left, got some great idea's for my next Kietro, but I want it to be a secret, so I'll email you, cause I know you'll go nuts until you know!!!

Pietro_luv - Aww, thanks. Addicting, wow! Didn't think it was that good. I must confess though, there's nothing better than reading Kietro, it makes you feel all soppy and love sick!!

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Rogue emerged from the bathroom, rubbing her damp hair with a towel. She looked at her best friend sadly.

Kitty was sat on her bed, hugging her knees. She seemed to be thinking about something. Rogue sat on the end of the bed. She tried to think of a way to distract the younger girl. A thought hit her.

"Hey! Wanna see somethin' neat?" She asked, smiling.

Kitty looked at her blankly, "Sorry?"

"I wanna show ya somethin'. An' so ya know what me an' Lance were doin' all last night." She explained.

"OK." Kitty sighed. Rogue grinned and held out her bare hand, "Go on. Touch mah hand."

Kitty looked at Rogue as if she was crazy, "Knocking me out for a few hours will not make me feel better, Rogue."

Rogue gave her a look of impatience, "Just do it."

Kitty gulped and closed her eyes, she slowly put her hand up to Rogue's.

Rogue thought she was going to have an embolism from concentrating so hard. She felt Kitty's fingers touch hers and heard the younger girl gasp. The strain became too much and she had to pull away.

She realised she had been holding her breath and breathed deeply. Kitty was staring at her wide eyed.

"How did you do that?" She asked.

Rogue tried to steady her breathing, and started massaging her temples. She looked at Kitty and managed to smile, "That's what ah was doin' last night. Lance helped me figure it out."

She crawled onto her bed, and lay down, "The only problem is that ah think it's gonna kill me. Ah have tah concentrate really hard just tah touch someone for a second."

"But, it'll get easier. I can't believe that you did it. Oh my god, Rogue! The professor is going to be so happy." Kitty cried. Her misery forgotten, she stood up and was almost dancing with joy for her friend.

Rogue held a hand up, "Kit, Ah'm a little tired. Ah'll celebrate later, OK?"

Kitty stopped, "Oh, I'm sorry. Sure, I'll go out. Just think, soon people will be able to get close to you!! It's great!"

She dashed to the door and left, closing it silently.

Rogue's stomach sank at Kitty's words 'People will be able tah get close tah me?' She thought. Her throat tightened. She knew what happened when you let people in, they hurt you. She had trusted Mystique and look what happened there.

'Thank god ah realised before this got outta hand.' She thought. She wanted desperately to control her powers but if she did she would leave herself open to get hurt.

Rogue was torn, but she could feel her old defenses kicking in. 'Ah will not let mahself get hurt again. It's not worth it.'

Still exhausted and headachy from her display of power control, she fell asleep.

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Lance mooched around the ship. He was bored. Part of him wanted to go and see Rogue, but she had run out to check on Kitty and he figured that they would be having some sort of girlie talk. Probably involving chocolate.

Making up his mind to go and find his room mate, he turned the corner to the stairs, only to see Kitty at the rails near the front of the ship. She was nearly hanging over the side.

Kate Winslet's attempted suicide scene from Titanic came into his mind and he ran towards her, yelling, "KITTY! NO, DON'T DO IT!"

Kitty tried to look over her shoulder, but unbalanced and started to fall forwards, over the railings. She opened her mouth to scream, but Lance grabbed her hips and yanked her back. She fell on top of him on the deck.

Lance was breathing heavily, he looked at her, "Are you crazy?" he asked.

"Are you? I nearly fell over." Shot back Kitty, standing up and trying to ignore the curious glances of the other holiday makers. She offered a hand to Lance.

"What? I thought you were going to jump." He explained, taking it and standing up.

Kitty laughed, "Jump? No, you idiot, I'll show you." She led him to the side of the ship and pointed, "Look."

A school of dolphins were swimming along the side, diving out of the water occasionally.

"Wow!" Said Lance, quietly.

"I know." Murmured Kitty.

"I thought you would've been looking for Pietro." Lance pressed, gently.

Kitty gave him a look of mock innocence, "I didn't know he had become a dolphin."

"Cute." He replied, "You know what I mean."

Kitty shrugged, "There's no point, is there?"

"Why? He says he loves you. You two have spent enough time together, there must be something going on."

She sighed and moved over to a bench. She sat and pulled her legs up. Lance sat next to her. Kitty looked at him.

"The only thing 'going on' will be Pietro's head on a spike. Scott would go mad." She explained.

"So you're gonna let Summers run your life? You like him, right?"

Kitty shrugged.

"So, tell him."

"Maybe later." She said, trying to put it off. Luckily her stomach growled loudly, she put her hand to it, "Wow. I'm hungry. Wanna get some lunch?"

Lance nodded and they stood up. Kitty felt glad for the company, even if it was from her old crush. They got a table and, pretty soon, started talking about other things.

Pietro had been looking for Kitty everywhere. He had received a mouthful of abuse from Rogue for waking her, her aunt hadn't seen her. It seemed that she had abandoned ship.

He walked past the dining room and happened to glance in the window. He saw Lance and Kitty laughing at a table. His hands clenched into fists and before he could think he was walking towards the table.

Lance and Kitty looked at him. Pietro's face was unreadable.

"Hi! Wanna sit down?" Asked Kitty, smiling.

Pietro didn't reply, he just pulled out a chair and sat. He looked at the two of them, "What are you two laughing at?" He asked, tersely.

Kitty smiled at Lance, "We were talking about someone at our old high school. She was a real bitch, so when we were doing Phys Ed.."

"I made a tremor and she fell in the long jump pit and got covered in sand." Finished Lance, grinning.

Kitty laughed at the memory. Pietro folded his arms, "So, finishing each others' sentences now, are we?"

Kitty stopped smiling, she looked at Lance, who was frowning, "Pietro, are you OK?" She asked.

"Fine." He snapped, standing up, "Just fine. You two are obviously busy down memory lane, so I'll leave you." he walked away.

"What was that?" Said Kitty. She looked back at Lance, who seemed equally as confused.

"I'll find out." He said, getting up and following Pietro.

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Pietro kicked a bench and immediately regretted it, as pain shot through his foot. He sat down and stared at the deck. A shadow cast over him and he said, without looking up, "Lance, go away."

Lance sat down next to him, "I think you even fooling yourself with this 'I'm in love with Kitty' act."

"I don't know what you mean. And, if I did, you would know all about being in love with her, wouldn't you?" The younger boy replied, stubbornly.

"I told you, I don't like her like that anymore. And I know that you were trying to mess with her."

Pietro glared at him, "So, you gonna carry out your threat?"

Lance stood up, "No, I think you're punishing yourself enough. Word of advice, if you intend to play with people's feelings, make sure that you don't fall in love with them."

Pietro watched him walk away. He stood up and walked back to the dining room. Kitty hadn't moved. She looked up at him as he walked to the table and sat down.

"I'm sorry." Was all he said.

Kitty nodded, she had an awful feeling that she knew what was coming.

"I got jealous." He admitted. 'No holding back now.' He thought, taking a deep breath.

"I wanted to make you fall in love with me, so I lied and said I felt that way about you. But, ever since I told you I've been feeling really weird and when I saw you laughing with Lance, I just got so mad." He stopped and looked at her.

Kitty didn't say anything, she was looking at him with a slightly sad expression, so he continued, "I am in love with you. Everything about you. I had to tell you the truth. Can you forgive me? Can we start again?"

The brunette sighed, "I forgive you, but no, we can't start anything. I'm sorry." Her voice was quiet, almost inaudible. She stood up and ran out.

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Lance knocked on Rogue's door. She answered looking tired.

"Lance, what are ya doin' here?" She asked, in a sleepy voice.

"I was just wondering how you were, you know after last night." He asked, trying to seem casual.

Rogue stood back and let him in. He sat on Kitty's bed.

"Ah don't know. Drained, ah think." She replied, carefully. She didn't feel like talking about it.

"So, do you wanna try again?" he asked, hopefully.

"No, ah mean, ah think we should just leave it until ah get back to Bayville an' talk tah the Professor." She said, hurriedly.

Lance frowned, this was a different attitude than the night before, "Why? You could really start to control it by the time we get back." He stated.

Rogue was becoming irritated, 'Why is he pushing me?' she thought.

"Ah don't know what damage ah'm doin' tah mah mind. Ah have tah concentrate really hard. Ah could .." She scrambled for an excuse, "Ah could burst a blood vessel or somethin'."

Lance knew she was becoming upset, "OK." He said slowly.

Rogue was too worked up, "Stop pushin' me! Ah don't wanna do it. Ah don't need anyone tah help me!" She shouted.

"Whoa! I'll leave. I wasn't trying to push you." He tried to explain.

"Yes, ya were. For whateva motives ya've got." She spat.

Lance frowned, "My only motive is to help you. I'm your friend."

"Ah don't have any. Ah don't need any." She yelled. She just wanted him to go. Her irrational fear of being vulnerable was taking over.

"Fine!" Snapped Lance, realising what was going on, "I know what's wrong with you. You just need an excuse to push people away. God, you really got a mutation that suited you. Take it away and you're just a girl with major trust issues."

Rogue was too shocked to speak. His words cut her deeply.

Lance didn't notice, "Well, fine. Be lonely. I tried to help, but you're obviously beyond reach. Hide behind your mutation, but one day you'll wake up and realise that you've alienated everyone who has ever cared about you."

Without waiting for a reply, he stormed out.

Rogue watched the door slam shut, wincing at it's bang. Tears ran down her face. He fell onto her bed and cried out of self pity and hatred.

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Pietro caught up with Kitty. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into one of the empty function rooms.

"Why? Why can't we be together?" he asked.

Kitty's heart was breaking, she felt tears forming, as she looked into his desperate blue eyes, "We just can't." She tried to move to the door, but Pietro blocked her.

"Don't you dare think about phasing." He said, "This needs to be sorted and I'm not leaving you until I get a decent answer."

"Because I don't love you!" She lied, the words choking in her throat, as if her body were trying to stop her from saying it.

Pietro took a step back, "You don't?" He sounded like a small child.

Tears were flowing freely down Kitty's face, she shook her head, "No, I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you." Thinking that he wouldn't stop her, she tried to step around him.

Pietro grabbed her arms and pulled her close to him, "Well, I just don't accept that. If you don't love me, then why are you crying?"

"I don't know." Replied Kitty. She ached for him to kiss her, but she had to be the strong one.

"Maybe this will change your mind." He said, kissing her hard.

Kitty tried to phase, but she couldn't concentrate. She kissed him back, all the time thinking, 'This will be the last time.'

When they pulled away, Pietro whispered, "What about now?"

Kitty was too upset to try and lie anymore. She nodded mutely. Pietro hugged her so tight she could barely breath.

"But, we can't be together." She explained, pulling back enough to look at his face.

"Why? I love you, you feel the same." He asked, allowing her to move away slightly, but still keeping a grip on her.

"Because we could only be together while we're here. Things would change in Bayville. I can't start this if it means we'd have to finish in a week." She explained.

"Change? Why would it?" Pietro sounded confused.

Kitty cringed, inwardly, as she knew what was coming, "Scott would never allow us to be together."

Pietro's face became unreadable. Kitty felt his grip tighten on her arms, "It's nothing to do with him."

"But I have to be loyal to the team." She tried to explain, but he cut her off, "This loyalty crap has gone far enough. You're fighting someone else's war, so am I. We're teenagers, for crying out loud. They can't keep involving themselves in our lives, like they do."

Kitty felt light headed. She knew he was right, but Xavier had done a lot for her, "I just don't know."

Pietro looked into her eyes, and her heart jolted into her throat, "I'll sort it. Don't worry, I'll find a way." He said, pulling her back to him.

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I didn't want to end here, but I've got to have something for the next chapter. Hope you like it. I've got two ideas about how they get around it, both of them will mean me continuing the story back in Bayville.

R&R for me, Peeps!!!