Disclaimer: Still not mine.

Chapter 21

A mysterious visitor

It had been about two weeks since the party and since Rogue found out she was pregnant. Rogue was now about two and a half months along and she was doing fine. Kitty and Tabby had promised to take her baby shopping once she got closer to the due date.

Logan had taken the news in his own way. He was happy for them; he just wouldn't show it. Remy was more than happy and you would never see him very far from Rogue; though, that wasn't really that big of a change.

They were actually out of town at the moment. Kitty wasn't really sure where they were. They just said they were going on vacation and that they'd be back in a week.

Kitty was still taking her medication, only this time her hair started to fall out. This really upset her. She had gone to the salon the other day and had her hair cut. It was now above her shoulders. Kitty didn't really like it; she always preferred her hair longer.

She sat their, staring at herself in the mirror, no longer liking what she saw. She would lose all of her hair soon, she knew as much. The professor told her that he could supply her with an image inducer that would make it seem as if she never lost it. She thanked him and decided that would be better than a wig.

Her and Lance had been talking a lot about getting married lately. They still hadn't picked a date, but they had agreed on a month: February. Lance was thinking more along the lines of the end of the month; and Kitty had no problem with that.

"So, how about the 20th?" she asked.

"Sounds good to me, pretty Kitty." He said, smiling at her.

"I like, so can't wait." She said, excited.

Lance loved to see her this way, considering she was hardly ever happy anymore. He loved her so much and it hurt him to know that he couldn't protect her from everything. He sighed, knowing that these thoughts would get him nowhere.

"Lance, what are you thinking about?" she asked softly, noticing that he seemed upset; she sat down beside him on his bed.

"What?" he asked, looking at her. "Oh, nothing…" he said.

She hated it when he did this. Locked his emotions up deep inside. It even hurt her to know that he didn't want to talk to her about whatever it was that was bothering him. He noticed the hurt look on her face and sighed.

"Just thinking about you." He said quietly. "It…it hurts to know I can't do anything about…you know." He said, looking her in the eyes.

"Yeah, but Lance, I can't do anything either." She said, leaning her head on his shoulder. "But you're helping me through it, even if you don't realize it." she said yawning and closing her eyes.

Lance sighed and kissed her head. He then stood up as she moved back to lay under his blankets. He smiled as he watched her snuggle up to his pillow. Lance left the room and went downstairs looking for Pietro. He found him and Tabby lying on the couch watching TV. He smirked at this.

"Well isn't this precious." He said walking over to him. "I hope you guys are behaving."

"Aw, come on Lance." Tabitha pouted, looking up at him. "We know not to do anything unless we're behind closed doors." She laughed. Lance and Pietro laughed too.

"So, what's going on?" Pietro asked, as they sat up.

"Not much, I was just wondering what you guys were up to tonight." He said.

"Well, considering that this storm doesn't seem to be letting up, probably sitting around here, maybe watching a movie or something, why?" Tabby said.

"Just wondering."

"Where's Kitty?" Pietro asked.

"Asleep."

"Why is she always so tired? You guys having some fun when you're alone or something?" Tabby said, smirking.

"Shut up Tabby." Lance said, making a small quake that only caused her to smirk even more.

"Alright alright, enough." Pietro said, seeing a fight brewing. "How about we all watch a movie tonight. You can even pick."

"Aw, I wanted to pick." Tabby said, pouting again.

Lance laughed as he watched the two. They were impossible. He went back up to his room and decided to practice his guitar until Kitty woke up.

Later that night around nine, Kitty, Lance, Pietro, Tabby, Kurt, Amanda, Bobby, Jubilee, Roberto, and Rahne were all gathered in the rec. room debating over what movie they were going to watch.

After about ten minutes of arguing, they finally settled on "The Butterfly Effect". After that, they all settled down and faced the TV as Pietro put the movie in. Lance and Kitty were in the chair, Kitty in his lap. Kurt, Amanda, Bobby, and Jubilee were on the couch. Roberto and Rahne were in the other chair. And Pietro and Tabby were on beanbags on the floor.

Kitty had never really liked these kinds of movies, but this one was okay. It kind of freaked her out though. She had pretty much been clinging to Lance the whole time. It didn't really help that it was storming outside, either.

Kitty couldn't believe what they were about to do to the dog; it made her sick. She was getting ready to look away when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Kitty said, jumping up a little too quickly.

She all but ran out of the room to get to the door. She couldn't see who was there; they seemed to be wearing a cloak or something. She opened the door and let the person in out of the storm. The person walked in and thanked Kitty.

That voice, it seems very familiar. She thought, looking at the person.

"Are you like, okay?" she asked, then she thought about it for a few seconds and asked, "Who are you?"

They person pulled back their hood, revealing someone Kitty was not expecting to see.

A/N: Hmm…who is this mystery person? Guess it right and I'll give you cookies.