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I fidgeted nervously in my bedroom. Rogue would be talking to Kitty tonight. After the incident at school today, the chances of Kitty and I getting together seemed greatly improved. I only prayed that it happened.

I sighed. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to go listen in. I didn't want to hear the after-effects. I wanted to hear the whole conversation. I walked out to my balcony and jumped onto the wall. I slowly began crawling towards Kitty's balcony and perched myself on the wall beside the doors, just out of sight. I was lucky tonight. Kitty had left her doors open slightly. Inside, I heard Rogue talking to Kitty.

"So Kitty, how's it going with Lance?" Rogue asked nonchalantly.

Kitty didn't speak for a moment. "Not well," she replied. "Did you hear what happened in the hallway between him and Kurt?"

"Yeah," Rogue replied slowly.

"Lance caused that."

"What? He attacked Kurt?" Rogue was doing a good job of acting, seeing that I had already told her what had happened.

"Yeah. I can't believe it either."

"I'm past believing it, Kitty. I'm on the point of wanting to kill Lance," Rogue said.

I smiled slightly, and knew that Kitty was doing the same.

"Kitty, that guy is bad news. You should dump him."

Kitty gave an exasperated sigh. "We've only been going out for about three days," she replied in a desperate tone. "And besides, he's just protective."

"Kitty, the guy stayed behind after he dropped you off to make sure you were safe and no one bugged you," Rogue pointed out. "That's a sure sign of a stalker."

"He's not a stalker!" Kitty snapped. "He just cares about me."

"Sure, if you want a possible killer as a boyfriend."

"Oh, shut up, Rogue. He won't kill anyone."

I knew that Rogue was giving Kitty her, "You've got to be kidding me," look. "Kitty," she said. "He will kill any guy who tries to be friends with you. Case in point: Kurt."

"Stop bringing that up!" Kitty yelled. "I feel awful because of it. I hate the thought that Lance was hitting Kurt. I hate it! So stop talking about it, okay?"

Silence. Even I was speechless.

"Okay," said Rogue softly. "Ah'm sorry, but Ah don't want to see ya get hurt. Listen to me, Kitty. Ah'm tryin' to help. Lance isn't the guy ya want. Kitty, look at me. Kitty, he's from the Brotherhood. That shouldn't make a difference is what you're thinking. And it doesn't. But he's a troublemaker. He hurts innocent people on order. He's tryin' to start a war between the X-Men and them. If the order comes, he will attack and kill innocents. Kitty, that isn't a kind, lovin' person. That's a homicidal murderer. There's someone else in this building that loves you. They are willing to look out for you, and they aren't homicidal. In fact, they're the most lovin' and forgivin' person ya could ever meet. Please, Kitty, reconsider your relationship with Lance."

Kitty was softly sobbing. "I want it to work," she croaked. "I want to be happy. Lance is willing to make that happen."

"So is someone else. Give them a chance. Ah won't tell ya who it is. Just keep a look out for more hints, got it? Promise me, Kitty, ya will."

"I promise."

My heart fluttered. What had Rogue done? She had practically told Kitty that the person who loved her was Kurt. Leave it to Rogue. If Kitty doesn't figure it out after this, I might as well give up and find a deserted island to live on, I thought.

I quickly crawled back to my room to find Rogue waiting, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Were you spyin' on us?" she asked pointedly.

My shoulders sagged and I gave a small smile. "Guilty."

Rogue rolled her eyes. "Well," she said, "Kitty should be noticing more of your "signs"."

I nodded. "Thanks, Rogue," I said.

Rogue dismissed my thanks with a wave of her hand. "Don't mention it," she replied. "Ah'll see ya later." And with that, she was gone.

I smiled and collapsed on my bed, sighing contentedly. Maybe now, Kitty and I had a chance.

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School was the most interesting it had been in a while. Bobby had self-enlisted himself to help me get together with Kitty. When Bobby and I were walking down the hall, we spotted Lance walking towards us. Bobby nudged me and grinned. I had a bad feeling about this.

Just as we passed Lance, Bobby coughed, "Stalker!" and kept walking.

Lance whirled around, his eyes carrying the same murderous look that he had stared at me with the day before. He grabbed the back of Bobby's shirt collar and pulled him back to face him.

"What did you say?" he growled.

Bobby pried Lance's hands off his shirt. "Dude, I just coughed. You're paranoid, you know that," he commented.

Lance grunted and turned around.

"Overprotective and paranoid," Bobby coughed. Lance whirled around to possibly murder him, but Bobby and I were gone, having already taken off down the hallway towards our class.

I leaned against the wall, panting heavily. "Bobby," I wheezed.

"Yeah?" he gasped.

"You're insane."

Bobby grinned, showing all of his snow-white teeth. "That's what makes it so great. I'm not afraid of getting hurt."

I groaned. "Forget insane. You're suicidal!"

Bobby laughed. "A little far of there, Blue-Boy," he replied, his eyes twinkling mischievously. Well, he's always mischievous, so there wasn't really any big difference.

Bobby grinned. "I'll see you later, Kurt!" he yelled, running down the hallway. I glanced at the clock and groaned. If I didn't hurry, I would be late for class. Time to hop to it.

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Lance was fed up by the end of the day. Bobby had called him a stalker, Ray had stuck a stalker sign to his back, and Sam had started telling all the other girls to be careful of Lance, who was a sure stalker. I didn't even need to do anything. Of course, the other guys wouldn't have let me, anyway. They didn't want a repeat of the hallway disaster from the previous day.

Kitty and I were walking home, seeing that Scott was going out for a job interview. He said that he wouldn't let the professor pay for his college.

Kitty sighed and turned to look at me. "I heard what happened to Lance all day," she said, a smile tugging at her lips.

I smiled slightly. "And?"

Kitty giggled. "It's funny," she managed.

I grinned, but then the smile faded from my face. "Lance shouldn't treat you that way. He wouldn't have picked a fight with me if he hadn't trusted you," I pointed out.

Kitty chewed her bottom lip thoughtfully. "I guess you're right," she commented slowly. "I just don't want to hurt Lance if I break up with him."

I nodded understandingly. "Kitty, I know that you don't want to hurt him, but you shouldn't put up with this treatment. Just tell him that you want it to end, and if he tries to hurt you, then I'll stop him."

"In that case, I won't even try to break up with him."

"Hey!"

Kitty laughed. "Don't worry, Kurt," she replied. "If anything happens, Scott will take care of it.

I got mad at that comment. I didn't want Scott to always come in and take care of what I should be able to. I wanted to be able to protect the person I loved. I shouldn't have to always be bringing in help. It just shouldn't be that way!

Kitty seemed to notice my change in moods. "Kurt?" she asked. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything's fine," I muttered bitterly. I didn't mean to be rude.

Kitty nodded and left up the steps to into the mansion. Once she was through the glass doors, I ported into a nearby tree, thinking. I didn't notice the green Jeep that parked outside the gates until I heard it speeding off. Lance.

Hey! I'm back! Nothing much to say, really. So on with the Reviews!

Quill of Molliemon: Sucks for Lance, doesn't it. I followed your advice on the anonymous review thing. Still waiting for results, but am patiently waiting.

Darkness1: I can only begin to imagine what painful thing you have planned for him. But it's bound to be good.

I am now accepting anonymous reviews on the advice of Quill of Molliemon.

With that said, R&R!

Jojo