Confrontations

The next day, Rogue was staying home from school, so Kitty got ready alone. Thinking back to yesterday's events, she was trying to figure out why seeing Pietro with Alix had made her so angry. It have been because Alix was such a boyfriend stealing evil bitch. Yes, that was it! She was angry because she knew that Alix was bad news, and she didn't want Pietro to get hurt. Satisfied, she went downstairs.

She was surprised to find a gorgeous bouquet of long stemmed red roses laying on one of the tables. Walking over to it, she picked up the attached card.

"Jean: I love you. I hope you know that. –Scott," she read out loud. Running into the kitchen, she found Jean getting a vase out of the cabinet.

"Jean! Did Scott send you all those flowers as a make up present?! That is soooo romantic!" squealed Kitty.

Jean grinned. "Yeah. Ever since we made up, things have been going great."

Kitty giggled. "Wow, that was really sweet of him."

"I know," said Jean. "I'm so glad that we worked things out. Well, I'm gonna go put the roses in some water."

Kitty smiled to herself. Now if only they could fix the Rogue situation. Then everyone would be happy again.

*****************************At School**********************************

As soon as she got to school, Kitty went searching for Lance. Hearing about how great things were with Jean and Scott had put her in a romantic mood.

"Hey," she said, finding him at his locker.

"Hey Kit," he replied, turning around to hug her.

"Have I mentioned how totally happy I am that we made up?" she asked.

Lance grinned. "Yeah, but I wouldn't mind hearing it again."

She giggled. "Well I am." –Kiss- "Really," –kiss- "really," –kiss- "really," –kiss- "happy."

"Wow. Remind me to piss you off more often." He ducked a smack. "Hey, making up is fun."

Grinning, he leaned in for a kiss. Just before their lips touched, a silver blur rushed in between them. They both ended up kissing once of Pietro's cheeks.

"GAAAAHHHHH!" yelled Lance. "Pietro, what the hell are you doing?!?! Oh, that was disgusting." He began frantically wiping his mouth off. Pietro was doing the same thing to his cheek.

"Geeze Lance, I thought you'd realize and stop leaning in. Idiot."

Kitty giggled. They both looked so cute when they were upset about looking un-manly in public. But she was surprised that Pietro was voluntarily talking to her. For the past few weeks, it seemed like he had been avoiding her.

"So, uh, what's up with you two?" asked Pietro.

Lance stared at Pietro with a confused look. Pietro was acting very un-Pietro like. "Okay Pietro, what do you want? You might as well just ask me."

"I don't want anything! Geeze, can't a guy check up on his friends?" Pietro pretended to look offended.

Lance rolled his eyes. "Well something's going on with you. You can't honestly expect me to believe that you've suddenly developed an interest in Kitty's and my relationship." Suddenly, Lance remembered that Pietro had confessed to loving Kitty. Was he trying to pull something?

"Yeah, well, we gotta go," said Lance hurriedly. "Come on Kitty, I uh, want to show you something."

"Huh?" said Kitty, not expecting that. "I mean, yeah, okay, let's go." In truth, she was glad to get away from Pietro. Because when she was around him, she felt this strange, almost possessive feeling. Again, she assured herself that it was only that she didn't want to see him hurt.

"Bye Pietro!" she said cheerfully.

He gave her a half-hearted wave. When he had walked into school that morning, and seen Kitty and Lance being all mushy gushy with each other, something inside him just snapped. He couldn't stand seeing them act all in love. Hence, his little hey!-I'll-go-interrupt-them act.

Down the hall, Kitty turned to Lance. "So, what did you want to show me?"

"Uh, I...uh, I just wanted to tell you that I love you." He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, a really cute, goofy wave, and headed off to his first period class.

Kitty smiled and touched the spot that he has kissed. "I love you too," she said.

*****************************The Next Week******************************

Rogue was back in school, and Kitty was feeling very protective, so the two girls stayed close together all day. Kitty was in a perpetually happy mood. 'Lance is good for her,' thought Rogue.

But Rogue also noticed something unusual. Every time that Kitty and Lance were together, even if they were just sitting together, Pietro would suddenly appear and start babbling on about some random topic. It was very strange, almost like Pietro was trying to keep Kit and Lance from having any couple moments.

'Hmmm,' thought Rogue. 'Ah wonder if maybe Pietro likes Kitty more than he lets on....'

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Hey Guys! Sorry if this chapter seemed short, but I still have a ton of crap to do. *bangs head on table*

I've got a huge report to do this weekend, so I probably won't have another chapter out till Monday at the earliest. But you never know.

Thanks to the reviewers! I meant to say this last time, but yay, I've got over 100! Author feels loved. lol. Seriously, I really appreciate every review.

Bitrona: I seem to remember Kitty taking her driving test in one of the episodes in season three or four. But then again, maybe I'm making that up. I don't really remember.....Oh well, for the purposes of this story, Kitty can drive. Thanks for keeping me on my toes. *winks*

~Druid-Priestess~