Disclaimer: I do not own X-men Evolution. If I did, you can be assured there would have been a LOT more Lancitty fics and it wouldn't be over.
Kitty hummed happily as she walked into the Institute. So far, everything was going perfectly. Unfortunately, if she had learned anything here, it was that once you thought everyone was ok, it just went all downhill, and usually pretty quickly along with some physical and property damage involved. Well, ok, a LOT of property damage.
Scott Summers, the leading big brother of the school, was sitting on the staircase. His brow relaxed in relief. Unfortunately, his obvious concern only made Kitty mad. "Were you like, waiting for me? God, Scott, what was Lance gonna do, kidnap me?"
The older teen sighed and went back to frowning. "You never know, Kitty! Something could have happened."
"How many times do I have to tell you? Lance is not a bad guy! He was really nice to me, and I'm probably going to be seeing a lot of him lately. So, like, get over it!" She pushed past him and ran up the stairs.
Rogue looked up from her book as Kitty stormed into the room they shared, slamming the door behind her. "Hello to you too," the Southerner drawled.
"I can't believe Scott!" She flopped on her bed, huffing loudly. "He treats me like a little kid! I can take care of myself, ya know?"
Her roommate shrugged. "He's big-brother Scott, he just wants to make sure you're ok. It's not like the brotherhood is known for being nice, pretty honor roll students."
"But that doesn't mean they're like the ultimate evil Scott thinks they are!" Kitty toyed with a string from her bedspread.
Rogue knew that there was no getting through to the girl. She was just as stubborn as Summers, if not more so at times. "Whatever," she finally conceded, going back to her novel.
Kitty was anxious. All this fighting with one of her best friends was making her so frustrated. She could almost go for one of Logan's training sessions. Almost.
Being in this room of utter silence besides the sounds of breathing and the occasional turning of a page was just making it worse. Kitty got up and left, groaning at the silence in the hallway as well. Why was it that whenever she wanted some time alone with peace and quiet, it never happened? Yet, when she could use some noise and chaos, everyone had suddenly turned into a mime?
She went downstairs, searching for Kurt. As annoying he could be at time, he always knew how to cheer her up and he was definitely loud. She found Jean talking on the phone, and got an idea. Scott couldn't yell at her for talking to him, unless he was going to go with the excuse that Lance had found a way to manipulate her over the phone.
Shadowcat rested against the wall, not wanting to but in on her friend's conversation. Until she heard Jean say, "I love you," into the phone. Kitty peaked around the corner. She couldn't be talking to Scott…he was home. And she had broken up with Duncan a while ago.
Jean smiled against the receiver. "I'll talk to you later. Bye, Mom."
Kitty phased through the wall in surprise. Of course Jean was talking to her family! She had left parents and a sister back in Connecticut. Besides, the redhead wasn't the ultimate Miss Popularity anymore.
Jean looked at her friend on the ground. "Oh, did you want to use the phone, Kitty? Sorry for taking it so long."
"Yeah, thanks," Kitty got up off the carpeted floor as Scott was walking down the hallway.
"Calling Alvers?" Cyclops asked.
The brunette rolled her eyes. "No, the Easter Bunny," she reached for the cordless handset from Jean Grey's outstretched palm. "Thanks, Jean."
"Kitty—" Scott started, but she phased through a wall away from them before he could finish his sentence.
She went to her bedroom, sighing in relief that Rogue had left. She sat on her bed and dialed the number for the Brotherhood.
"Hello?" A familiar male voice answered.
"Lance? It's me."
"Kitty?" His voice brightened up immediately. "Hold on a second." Even though he pulled the receiver away from his mouth, she still heard him yelling at Toad and Blob in the background to shut up. "Sorry, I'm back. What's up?"
"I just wanted to talk…It's really quiet around here for some reason. It was like, totally creepy and stuff." She relaxed back against her pillows, a smile spreading across her face for the first time in hours.
"Wish I had that problem," Lance grumbled. If she had seen him, she'd have seen him glaring in the general direction of his roommates.
"I had a nice time with you today," Kitty blushed.
"Me too!" There was surprise in his voice, but a happy surprise. "I actually got all my homework done for once too. You're a good study partner. We could, um…maybe do it again sometime?"
"That'd be great. I can't tomorrow though, I have to make up a science lab after school. And now I guess I have to find a ride home too. Scott and I aren't exactly the best of friends," She winced at her last comment. It was obvious that Scott and Lance weren't exactly buddies.
Lance snorted. "I'm not surprised. Look, I'm sure I'll have to stay after anyway, I kinda blew off some meetings to see you, so I can give you a ride when we're finished."
"You shouldn't have done that! It like, won't help to make a bad impression right off." Inside, Kitty was flattered. "I'll take you up on that ride offer though."
"Great. And, um, since you're busy tomorrow, how about Friday? We could discuss the project over maybe—" He mumbled off towards the end.
"What was that?" She strained her ears to hear.
"I said…maybe over something to eat…or something…" Lance cleared his throat.
Kitty sprung up from her relaxed position in bed. Was he asking her out? "S-Sure!"
"Really?" He sounded surprised that she had actually accepted. "Ok, then, cool…Uh…where do you wanna go?"
"Well, there's this—" A knock on her door cut her off. "Hold on a sec." She covered the mouthpiece with her hand. "What do you want, Scott?"
The door opened, revealing not Scott, but the fuzzy blue elf. "Uh, hi, there."
"Sorry, Kurt. I thought you were Scott."
"I kinda figured that." He ran a hand through his hair. "I just came to let you know dinner was ready."
"Thanks. I'll be down in a sec." As an afterthought, she added, "And like since when do you use the door?"
"Since Rogue told me you were in a bad mood," after a smile to his best friend, the German teleported out with a 'bamf.'"
Kitty looked back at the phone. "Lance?"
"I'm still here."
"Oh, good. I have to go though, dinner and all." Disappointment coated her voice.
"Oh. Well, you gotta eat, I guess." His disappointment sounded even greater than hers.
"See you tomorrow?" She reminded him.
"Right, see you tomorrow. Bye, Kitty."
"Bye, Lance." Reluctantly, she pressed the "Off" button on the phone. Kitty ran downstairs, placing the handset back in the cradle. With so many people in the house needing to use the phone, any chance it got to charge was welcomed, and anyone who forgot to put it back was usually scolded by a teacher, or whichever student wanted to use it but couldn't.
Everyone was running around the kitchen, filling their plates, asking Bobby to cool their drinks, and just finding a place to sit. Kitty managed to snag a spot between Kurt and Amara, which was luckily all the way across the table from a certain glasses wearing teenager.
The fuzzy blue wonder passed her a plate with spaghetti and meatballs on it, as well as a glass of chilled root beer courtesy of Ice Man. After everyone got settled, conversation flowed easily as people chatted about their day. Kitty's usually cheery voice was missing though, and it was noticeable. As she passed him the basket of garlic rolls, the professor asked, "Kitty, are you feeling ok?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, fine, Professor. I'm just tired." She twirled pasta around her fork. "Oh, hey, like, is it ok if I go out on Friday? I promise I'll be back by curfew, and as soon as I figure out where I'm going I'll let you know."
"Of course, Kitty." He smiled at her.
"You haven't figured out where you're going yet?" Ororo asked.
"Well, we just made the plans."
Logan raised an eyebrow. "We?"
Kitty suddenly focused on her plate, "Uh…well…I'm going with Lance. You see, we're partners on this Health project, and we have to get together to work on it, and he just figured that since we both have to eat, we might as well grab something to eat and study at the same time. Like, kill two birds with one stone, and stuff."
Professor Xavier nodded. "That's perfectly logical."
The entire table turned to Scott, waiting for his slick comment. Surprisingly enough, he didn't say anything, just stuffed half a meatball in his mouth, scowling between each chew.
Dinner ended shortly after, and it was Kurt, Jean and Kitty's turn to clean up the kitchen after Bobby and Sam cleared the table. "So, Lance asked you out?" Jean asked in the gossipy older sister way.
Kitty beamed, rising off a plate under the running water. "Uh huh."
"Well, there'll be no talking to Scott for the rest of the week," Jean mused, stacking cups in the dishwasher.
"Lance isn't a bad guy, Jean!" Kurt took the bowl out of Kitty's hand before she could break it.
"I didn't say he was! Calm down," the redhead arranged the silverware in the dishwasher. "I was just saying that Scott's probably going to be in a bad mood. I promise it was nothing against Lance."
Kitty sighed. "Ok. Thanks."
Kurt tapped her shoulder. "Why don't I finish washing the dishes and you can put all the leftovers in the fridge. You're a lot better at organizing it than I am."
She smiled at him. "Sure, Kurt." She opened the large refrigerator, putting all the new Tupperware in front, since she knew someone would probably finish it tonight for a midnight snack. A new bottle caught her eye. "Frappuccino? Who drinks this?"
Jean looked up from setting the dishwasher to wash. "Oh, it's mine. You want half? I'll split it with you."
"Thanks! I've never tried it before," Kitty took it out, slipping the last Tupperware in it's now empty place.
"They're really good. Don't forget to shake it first though, so everything doesn't end up settled at the bottom," Jean instructed as she grabbed a disposable plastic cup from the shelf.
Kitty nodded, shaking the bottle. Suddenly, there was a loud crash of broken glass. Kurt grabbed Jean and teleported to the other side of the kitchen. "What was that?" The blue boy asked in shock.
Kitty got control of herself, and looked at the bottle. "The…the bottom fell out."
"What?" Jean and Kurt both asked.
"The bottom just fell out!" Kitty looked at the floor, which was now coated in coffee, along with her socks and the bottom of her pants.
"I can't believe that…Stand still for a second, Kitty, I don't want you to get hurt," Jean levitated the broken piece of glass with her telekinesis and dropped it on the counter. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine. Wet, but fine."
"I'll go get the mop," Kurt said, teleporting out of the kitchen, then back in a few minutes later with a mop and bucket.
"Why don't you go get changed, Kitty? Kurt and I can handle this, and I'll go return that bottle tomorrow. Just put it on the counter so I can show them the proof." Jean put a comforting hand on the younger girl's shoulder. She could tell Kitty was shaken up. She didn't even phase through the spill when the glass fell out of the bottom; if it hadn't broken up into two large pieces, Kitty's legs would not be a pretty sight.
"I think I'll do that. Thanks, Jean." Kitty went upstairs, and after gathering some clean pajamas from her room, took over the bathroom. She ran the hot water, trying to calm herself down. Somehow, she didn't see this as a very good omen at all.
A/N: Ok, so not much Lancitty action in this one besides their conversation, but I needed to get everyone in here, and who can resist our fuzzy blue elf? By the way, the whole Frappuccino bottle thing actually happened to me today, so I took that as some inspiration. You know something is wrong when Starbuck's bottles start attacking you…
Questions, comments, reactions and reviews are greatly appreciated.
Review responses:
DOJ: I'm so glad you like it! This is my first XME fic, and I'm trying so hard to keep everything in character. I hope you keep reading!
Emi: Thank you, deary.
Kitrazzle Fayn: Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it!
El Diablo: There are certainly not enough Lancitty fics out there. People need to shape up and start writing some! But until they do, I hope you'll keep reading mine.
Intense Gamer: Oh, I love Pietro, he will be in there eventually, as soon as I can think of dialogue good enough to provide for him. I'll just have to watch my DVDs over and over and over again till I can get him down. Or just ask Richard Cox to do him when I meet him this summer. I hope you enjoy it and keep reading!
Lance Avalanche Alvers: Glad you like it!
Anc7: You will be getting your wish soon, I promise. Though I don't think Professor X or any of the other teachers will approve of Lance and Kitty in the same house. And especially not Scott. I'm so happy you think it's funny!
Sakura Kuonji: Well of course people have to get in the way of the relationship. If that didn't happen, I wouldn't be writing it! And for some reason Microsoft Word has kunai in the dictionary, but not Kuonji. Freaky. We'll have to create more Lance/Scott chaos, because there's no point in writing an XME fic without it. Or maybe I just like chaos…