Romance is Nothing But Trouble

"I've got a date with an angel…" Lance hummed as he fixed himself up in the mirror. He was wearing a black jacket with a white shirt unbuttoned at the top and black pants.

"More like a date with the devil," Spyder groaned as she passed his room.

"She's got that right," Todd folded his arms. Todd, Fred and Pietro were hanging out in Lance's room deciding to bug him about his latest escapade into 'Kitty-it is'.

"I can't believe Colossus finally ditched Kitty after all this!" Pietro said.

"Well I always said he was a smart guy," Fred smirked. "And he has a lot more willpower than Lance."

"That's for sure," Todd nodded.

"Say whatever you like," Lance told them.

"Good we will," Pietro quipped.

"Nothing is going to bring me down," Lance continued.

"Not even the harsh glare of reality," Fred sighed. "He's gonna crash and burn."

"Oh yeah," Pietro nodded.

"Look now that the way to Kitty is finally clear there's nothing going to stop me now!" Lance told them.

"Five will get you ten he blows it within a week," Pietro said to Todd.

"Nah I give it two weeks," Todd said.

"I am not going to blow it!" Lance shouted.

"Yeah right!" Fred scoffed. "We've heard that one before!"

"Well this time…" Lance began when an explosion interrupted him. "What the? Are we under attack?"

"No my sisters are having one of their 'disagreements'," Althea told them as she ran by.

"Oh this I gotta see," Lance said as he and the others followed her.

"YOUR FAULT! YOUR FAULT! YOUR FAULT!" The three sisters were using their telekinetic powers to fly around the room shooting psychic lightning at each other. Of course they were missing and wrecking the room instead.

"Uh, Al what do we do?" Angelica gulped as the Misfits watched the mayhem.

"Besides get it on tape and put it on pay per view?" Arcade asked.

"Wanda…" Althea sighed. "Would you mind?"

"No problem," Wanda took careful aim and hexed the girls, stopping their powers and making them fall to the ground.

"YOU WRECKED OUR ROOM!" Each triplet screamed at the other. "NUH UH! SHE DID! NO SHE DID!"

"KNOCK IT OFF!" Althea shouted in a voice that was so scary it made everyone jump.

"Sorry…" The triplets gulped and stopped fighting.

"Whoa…" Todd blinked. "You gotta teach me that trick."

"All right what are you three fighting about this week?" Althea asked.

"She lost one of our teleporter watches!" Each Triplet pointed to another one at the same time. "No way! You lost it! No you did!"

"You lost a teleporter watch?" Wanda yelped. "Don't you realize how dangerous it could be if it fell into the wrong hands?"

That's when Shipwreck teleported into the room. He had on a Goofy hat, several stickers on his clothes and stank of beer. "Hey there!" He said rather drunkenly. "It's a small world after all!"

"I give you exhibit A," Wanda pointed out. "You've been sneaking into Epcot and drinking at all those pubs in the World Showcase again haven't you?"

"What gave me away?" Shipwreck innocently blinked.

"Well the choice in headgear for starters," Althea pulled off a sticker from his chest, taking a few hairs with it. "Not to mention all these World Travel stickers."

"OW! That hurt!" Shipwreck winced.

"See what I mean?" Wanda told the girls.

"Relax Wanda I know my sisters may be airheads sometimes but they know better than to lose something like that," Althea sighed. She then pulled off another sticker. "Although I think I have another clue to where it might have gone."

"OW!" Shipwreck winced. "Why do you always suspect me? Okay stupid question but maybe I just borrowed it? Oh wait I have my own…"

"Yeah well maybe someone else took it," Lance said. "You guys have been making quite a lot of 'em lately."

"SHEILD put in a special order," Daria shrugged.

"Well it's not like anybody just walked in off the street and took it," Shipwreck slurred. "These things are pretty complicated. Look at all the little dials and wires and stuff. It took me a week to figure it out. You have to be really…."

Just then Claudius and Barney teleported into the room holding several stuffed Disney characters and candy. "MINE!" Claudius giggled happily.

"Toys!" Barney grinned. "Mickey Mouse!"

"I'm not even gonna ask…" Althea groaned as she removed the watches from the toddler's wrists. "I think the mystery has been solved."

"Well this is embarrassing," Shipwreck hiccuped. Then he passed out.

"Tell me something I don't know," Althea groaned.

"Should we…?" Angelica asked.

"Leave him there," Wanda said. "Trust me on this."

"Those are only two of the three that are missing," Brittany said.

"I thought you said there was only one missing?" Angelica glared at the girls.

"Oops," Brittany gulped.

"Way to go blabbermouth!" Quinn glared at her.

"She never could keep a secret," Daria said.

"Did you check the Mass Device and use it's tracking capabilities?" Arcade asked the Triplets.

"Duh," Quinn rolled her eyes.

"First thing we did," Brittany said.

"It came up empty on one of them so that must mean it's busted and Brittany broke it!" Daria shouted.

"No way! Quinn did!"

"Nuh uh! Daira's to blame!"

"Am not!"

"It's Brittany's fault!"

"No it's yours!"

"Yours!"

"Yours!"

"WILL YOU SHUT UP?" Wanda screamed. "That's better…"

"Maybe it's in your junk pile?" Althea sighed as she opened a closet door. A huge amount of broken inventions, metal things and other stuff tumbled out.

"That could be a possibility," Brittany blinked. "Or maybe the babies did take it again and they hid it somewhere."

"What do you mean again?" Althea shouted. "This isn't the first time?" She looked at the two toddlers. "That's it, I'm searching your room!"

"As interesting as all this has been," Lance sighed. "I have a date to get ready for."

"And screw up," Todd added.

"I AM NOT GONNA SCREW IT UP!" Lance shouted. The house shook.

"AVALANCE!" Roadblock screamed from downstairs as something broke.

"Oops," Lance gulped.

"Yeah you're in control," Arcade snickered.

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Kitty was looking at two different outfits she held in her hand. "I don't know what to do! Besides choosing which outfit I look better in that is. But this breakup with Peter is really getting to me! Why would he push me away now when he needs me the most? Why didn't I fight harder to keep us together? Maybe what he said was right. But why does it feel like it was wrong?"

"Why are you doing this in my room?" Rogue tried to drown her out by placing a pillow over her ears.

"If it is wrong and I do still have feelings for Peter why am I just going on a date with Lance like nothing's wrong?" Kitty asked as she looked at a blue outfit. "But if I decide to break up with Lance and go for Peter that doesn't mean he'll take me back. And I can't exactly break up with Lance right now. I mean I've been through a lot these past months and he's always been there for me."

"I don't know what the hell I did in a previous life but I am sure paying for it now…" Rogue moaned. "It was bad enough rooming with her in the first place…."

"Lance has really come a long way since the old days but in some cases it's like he's never changed at all," Kitty continued.

"Some things never change. Now she spends even more time in my room than she did when we were sharing it!" Rogue groaned.

"I mean I don't know what to do with him sometimes!" Kitty groaned as she looked at a red dress. "I never have the same problems with him as I do with Peter. On the other hand I could say the same thing about Peter. I don't know what to do. Rogue what should I do? The red or the blue dress?"

"I can't absorb her…" Rogue said. "Then she would be in my head again for several hours…I know. Where did I hide my baseball bat?"

"Rogue I'm like serious here!"

"So am I! Kitty you are two 'likes' away from getting knocked out of the park!"

"Rogue this whole thing has got me so confused! I need some advice!"

"You need a lobotomy that's what you need."

"Rogue…"

"Kitty you couldn't choose between the two of them so Peter chose for you and that's what's ticking you off," Rogue snapped. "So now you're in here ticking me off with your whining. Yeah Peter dumped you. It hurts. But can you honestly say that you don't have any real feelings for Lance?"

"No I can't. You're right," Kitty sighed. "You're right. I have only myself to blame. I really do love Lance. I should try to make this work and just put any romantic feelings for Peter out of my mind."

"You have been out of your mind since this whole stupid love triangle started!" Rogue snapped. "And then slowly driving us all out of our minds!"

"I know but…" Kitty sighed and looked at the dress. "Do you think the blue dress is better for tonight or what?"

"AGGGHHH!" Rogue screamed as she stormed out of the room.

"Hey you didn't answer my question!" Kitty shouted after her.

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"So they're still arguing about showing that FOH tape as evidence?" Warren asked Logan as they walked through the kitchen.

"It's been two days since Matthews admitted what happened and still they won't let the Porcupine out," Logan shook his head.

"Man this trial is really screwed up," Warren sighed. "So what's with all the talk about going out tonight?"

"Some of the kids that are in couples are taking a trip to an amusement park," Logan explained. "Scott and Jean, Sam and Tabitha…"

"CRAZY! SHE'S MAKING ME CRAZY!" Rogue shouted as she stormed into the kitchen.

"Kitty and Lance…" Warren added.

"Who said that name?" Rogue gave him a look.

"And that's my cue to hide in my room," Warren quickly left."

"Okay Stripes, what happened?" Logan asked.

"Kitty…" Rogue's eye twitched. "Talking about Lance and Peter…in my room…for the past two hours…"

"Oh boy…" Logan gulped. "Uh Rogue…Maybe you should skip Danger Room practice tomorrow?"

"Oh no…" Rogue began to laugh. "No I wanna be there. Maybe I'll get lucky and a laser will hit her or a big heavy weight will fall on her. Maybe I could help it fall on her…"

"You know I think you've been under a little bit of stress lately…" Logan was starting to feel very afraid. "You should definitely skip Danger Room practice tomorrow. Maybe for the rest of the week."

"AGGGHH!" Jubilee stomped into the room screaming. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

"Kitty?" Rogue asked.

"How did you ever guess?" Jubilee asked sarcastically.

"At least you didn't have her for two hours," Rogue told her.

"Oh yeah?" Jubilee looked at her. "I was in the bathroom and she walks right through the door and starts talking to me. Despite the fact I was a little busy at the time she still kept talking!"

"She probably didn't even notice," Rogue snapped. "Self absorbed little…"

"What time is Danger Room practice?" Jubilee had a look in her eye.

"It's cancelled!" Logan said quickly. "The whole room needs a rehaul. No practice for about a week. Uh I gotta go now…" He could not get out of the room fast enough.

Next: The evening's 'festivities' continue, until someone trashes the party!