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Chapter 4: Always

Nobody belongs to us, except in memory. (Kitty Pryde & Pietro Maximoff)

Kitty held her wedding ring close to her heart as she looked at the grave of Lance. It had been a month since Lance had gone but she still couldn't get over it. When Lance died, she had cried endlessly while screaming out his name. She knew that crying wouldn't bring him back, but she just couldn't help it. Her heart felt ripped into two and she knew that it was never going to be mended again.

Pietro watched her from his car. He had been there everyday and everyday he would see her there, crying her heart out. He knew that he shouldn't bother her but he knew that Lance would not have wanted her to keep sulking over something like this. Lance would have wanted her to continue her life normally and live happily ever after like she had always wanted. Pietro go out of his car and walked towards and unhappy Kitty.

"Hey, there."

"I'm not in the mood, Pietro."

"I wasn't here to ask if you were in the mood or not. I have to show you something. It's important. I was supposed to wait for you to cool down but I don't think that it can wait any longer."

"I told you that I'm not in the mood!" she shouted at Pietro. Why did Pietro just have to keep insisting? Can't he see that she needed some time to herself?

"I know that you need some time to yourself right now, but it's really important." He paused. "It has something to do with Lance."

She turned towards him. It was hard to tell if Pietro was lying or telling the truth. She sighed and followed him anyways. Pietro then drove the two of them off to the brotherhood house.

Pietro led Kitty up the stairs and into Lance's bedroom. He reached underneath the bed and pulled out a shoe box.

"Come here."

Kitty walked cautiously towards Pietro and knelt down on the floor beside him. Pietro opened the box and pulled out a perfectly sealed letter from inside it.

"I think that you should read this before looking through the rest of the box."

Pietro handed Kitty the envelope and the shoe box before leaving the room. Kitty watched Pietro leave the room and then she opened the letter.

Kitty,

If you are reading this letter it means that I have already passed on to the next world. I just want you to know that I will always be with you and that even if our love on earth was cut short, we still have an eternity to continue wherever we had left of. Even if I've stopped living in this world, it doesn't mean that you should. Please go back living your life as best as you can because when I see you cry, it hurts me to know that the reason you're crying is because of me. You'll always be in my heart, and I hope that I'll always be in yours. I love you more than my heart will allow me to.

Lance

If there comes a day we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever. (Lance Alvers)

Kitty held the letter close to her heart as a single tear rolled down her cheek.

"I love you Lance. I always have, I always will."