Kitty sat down on the edge of the bathtub and stared moodily at her reflection in the mirror. She was a complete mess. She hadn't had any sleep in the past two nights and she felt awful. Her head hurt and basically just about every part of her body hurt and getting up in the morning to go to wait on tables every day was just plain old torture. She hadn't even been eating very well from the past couple of days. She felt like she was going to throw up every time she ate something so she just didn't. But she knew that there wasn't much she could do about any of this stuff. She couldn't quit the job. She desperately needed the money. She would have to pitch in with the rent and her savings were quickly shrinking. She pushed all the unpleasant thoughts out of her head and tried to concentrate on getting ready instead.

She closed her eyes and took a deep claming breath but instead of feeling more relaxed her mind went back to all the times she had spend with Piotr and how amazing she had felt when she had been with him and her eyes filled with tears so easily as they seemed to these days and she broke down and clutching her aching head in her hands she cried until she couldn't squeeze out a tear to save her life.

She had thought that she was strong enough to go through everything alone. She would be able to do everything for their baby right but she had been so wrong. She couldn't handle it anymore. Every single morning when she woke up she wished so desperately that she had never woken up. She lay awake most of the nights recalling all the times they had spent together and all the dreams they had built up.

It all seemed so long ago. Her life was so different now. Just a week ago she had been a completely different person with a perfect life and here now it was all falling apart. She turned away as the bitter tears filled her eyes and tried to forget all those evenings that she had spent with him. She had never once dreamed that she would ever be in this situation. She ached for Piotr. Somehow she just knew that if her were here she would get through it all. She would be able to put up with just about anything if she had just him with her.

She heard Tabitha's concerned voice through the door "Hey Kitty are you okay? You've been in there for a long time now and I was wondering if everything is okay."

"No everything is not okay" Kitty wanted to scream but she calmed herself down and after washing her face she came out of the bathroom grinning. "Sorry I took so long. I'm done. It's all yours now." Tabitha looked at her uncertainly for a minute before thanking her and stepped into the bathroom.

Kitty found Rogue in the kitchen reading the newspaper. She smiled weakly at her before she went to get herself something to eat. She noticed some coffee and poured herself some. "Maybe that will help make me wake up a little" she thought to herself but as she was about to take a sip she felt sick to the stomach. The smell of the coffee was nauseating, Kitty poured it down the drain and cleaned her mug. She had completely lost her appetite. She sat down next to Rogue instead. Rogue put her paper down and turning to the younger girl she said, " Since it is our day off meh and Tabitha were planning to go out and do some sight-seeing. We have been here for almost two weeks now and have seen absolutely nothing of the place except the crab 'n' conch so we wanted to go out today. You wanna come?" Kitty shook her head and said, "Thanks but I don't fell too good so if you like don't mind I would prefer a day of rest."

Rogue looked a little worried but Kitty convinced her that she was perfectly fine she only needed a day of rest that's all and Rogue finally agreed and the two girls set off together after Tabitha finally came out after her shower.

After she had locked the doors Kitty plopped down in front of the TV and tried to find something to watch that would cheer her up. She didn't find anything and finally settled to watch "Ghost". It was just beginning when she heard the doorbell ring. Cursing she got up off her spot on the couch and opened the door to find Lance standing outside with a huge grin on his face.

"Hi. Where are Rogue and Tabby?" He asked as Kitty opened the door.

" They went out to like take a tour of the city."

"Oh okay. It is just that John hasn't come home yet and I lost the spare keys so I'm locked outside."

"Come on in. You can stay here until John gets back if you like."

"That would be great. Thanks."

He sat down on the couch next to Kitty. He frowned slightly as he saw what she was watching but didn't say anything and they sat in stony silence for a while. They had never really talked to each other before and had no idea what to say or do. Finally Kitty grabbed the remote and murmuring "This is so like depressing" she changed the channel.

Lance took a deep breath and said "Finally."

Kitty looked at him for a second before she burst out laughing. Lance looked at her confused for a second and then finally realizing that he had said that out loud he blushed a deep crimson. He wanted to slap himself for saying that out loud. He opened his mouth to apologize to her but she just waved his apology away and it was in that weird and unexpected way that the ice broke between that 2 of them and they finally agreed on watching one channel when the power went out.

"And just when we finally agreed on something too." Said Kitty frowning slightly. Lance got off the couch and sat cross- legged on the floor and Kitty did the same. They racked their brains trying to come up with a way of entertaining themselves but finally just settled down to just talking bout just about anything and everything. After a while Kitty mustered up the nerve to ask him why he had left and come to Venice and for the first time since he met Tabitha he told someone about everything that had ever happened to him all his life and how he had ended up as he did. How he had been abandoned as a kid and everything that he had learned to cope with how he had learnt to survive and how guilty he felt for dragging Tabby into this mess to and finally the real reason why he had left. Kitty sensed that he was uncomfortable after he had finished and so launched into her own story. Her perfect life with the perfect parents the perfect friends the perfect boyfriend and then the drastic change. She told him things that she had never dared to admit to herself but that had been gnawing her all the time. She missed her parents so much but she knew that she could never go back to them again. She even told him how helpless she felt some days when she opened her eyes and realized that she was completely alone.

And the two of them talked about just about everything that had been bothering them for the past few weeks and when they were done they felt a lot better and felt a ot more comfortable around each other.

Kitty was actually wishing he could have stayed longer when John finally got home and Lance had left. The power was back and she resumed her place on the couch and flipped through the channels wishing that the girls would get back soon.

It wasn't long before they returned and Kitty greatly cheered up by her talk with Lance listened eagerly to them as they told her about the trip and she as she snuggled into bed after lunch for a quick nap she smiled slightly as she closed her eyes and remembered something that Lance had said and for the first time in weeks she slept peacefully.

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