"This is killer session!" Kitty yelled into air as she tumbled on her bed, still in her uniform.
"Well, you know Logan sessions. Ah just can't believe he made us go through bombs, weirdo guns firing out fire, and a long list of a whole others."
Kitty sat upright again, "I don't know why Logan had to make this so hard for us all. After all, look at Mr.Mccoy and Storm's sessions. They're much easier to tackle, yet they aren't as tough as his. Can you believe the last session? Instead of sleep gas, which is bad enough, he wanted us to kill our opponents with Poison Gas. Which instructor would do a thing like that?"
Rogue hesitated, "You know that guy."
Kitty rolled her eyes, "Hello? That is Logan ok? He'll kill us with his sessions! Why can't the professor say anything to that?"
"Well, do something to cool ya' self off instead of venting all ya' anger on me, Kitty."
Kitty said, "You are like so right, Rogue. I think I'll get Lance out for a walk. After all, no harm right?"
Rogue sighed, "Anything you say…"
"C'mon, professor. Surely you can do something? Esther wants out of that hell of Magneto's." Ray said.
"If she wants to join us, I'll definitely welcome her in. But she'll have to get out of Magneto's on her own. I can't so anything like what you've asked. Or else, Magneto can get students from us too. It won't be very fair, Ray." Professor Xavier said.
Ray opened the door and stepped out, "I'll tell 'er professor X. I just hope she knows what on Earth she's s'pose to do. It'll be way too…-."
"…Tough to get out of Magneto's. Why can't your Professor do anything?" Esther asked.
"Search me cos' I told you what he said already. You have to do it on your own." Ray said, as he called Esther the moment he got out of the professor's study.
"I hope he lets me. Cos' he's scary. Really scary." Esther said. "I've packed already and wait for my news, ok?"
She let her sink in her bag and grabbing her suitcase, she made her way to Magneto's.
"Come in." The door automatically opened on its own. Magneto for sure.
"Magneto, I want to join the X-men. Please, I'm begging you to let me go. Your people are tough enough already. I just wanna'…have a new start. Please, Magneto." Esther pleaded.
The metal in the room was being pulled out and Magneto let it hover round her. "If you think I'll lose you to Magneto, that's when you are wrong."
"Why? Are you afraid Xavier would do better than you? I've had enough of your attitude, Magneto. Xavier doesn't train his students as hard as you do. I want to tell you this- I'm going and that is final! I've already made up my mind and you can't stop me!" Esther used her powers. They weren't exactly telekinesis. It didn't need her head to do it, just her hands. She pushed Magneto's metal one side and through his open window, she flew out.
"Xavier may have won this round. But he'll see soon…"Magneto watched the slim figure fly in the air.
"And that was why I got you out! I had to, like, relax." Kitty said.
"Ha! So we're touring the streets now?" Lance asked. Kitty had her arm linked in his.
Kitty smiled, "Uh-huh. I was getting so bored in the institute. Outside is so much better and the air is cooler too."
"Yeah…hey!" Lance bent down to pick something up. A wallet.
Kitty's eyes darkened, "Lance, I think we should bring it back to the Police."
"Are you kidding? This'll help me pay back my bills for sure!" Lance tucked it his back pocket.
"But…that's wrong Lance! You shouldn't be, like, doing this."
Lance frowned, "Kitty, that stupid house needs this money. With Mystique gone and Magneto only supporting his precious son, I have to pay for everything else. The Jeep, the food, everything!"
Kitty shook her head, "It's still wrong Lance! You do know it!"
"Kitty, I don't have a family. I don't have some fancy institute to live in and I don't get a professor to give me allowance money. I don't have a single shit to my name! I don't have anything, unlike you!"
Kitty bit her lip, "Lance, this is the real you isn't it? You steal, you lie and you're a total hood!" She didn't care if people were watching or not. I mean, who cares?
"Right, I'll never be good enough for you!" Lance shot back.
Kitty felt her tears spilling out, "I was wrong about you, Lance. My parents, Scott, Jean and all the rest were right. How stupid I've been to stick with somebody just like you. We are so through!" Kitty wiped her tears away and ran off, leaving Lance on the streets.
They were meant to be together, weren't they? They were so happy together but he didn't have to steal, right?
She was a fool…why did it all have to end this way?
"I'm sure I'll be so happy here, Ray. And oh, thanks professor. I'll promise to follow the rules here." Esther said, pulling the curtains apart and stared out.
"Yes, but we do have dinner too. Come down now." Professor said. He just didn't see Ray smile at Esther secretly.
At the dinner table…
"Where's half-pint? She's always one of the earliest for food, just like the elf." Logan said, gruffly.
"She said she was takin a shower an hour and a half ago. She should've been down by now." Rogue said.
"Then why is she taking so long?" Jean asked, bringing the green stuff to her mouth.
"But she did look kinda' weird ta' me. Her eyes were red when she got back and she didn't wanna tell me why too." Rogue stated.
"I think I'll want to port in and check." Kurt said.
"Are you nuts? She's a girl, Kurt. And she's in the bathroom?" Amara reminded him.
"Then, how?" Kurt rubbed his head.
"I know. Just teleport in with your eyes blindfolded and bring a girl in with you." Scott said.
"How about me?" Jean volunteered for the job.
"Yes, Jean will be just fine. And I don't want to pry either." Professor said.
Kurt blindfolded his eyes with the table-cloth and grabbed Jean and ported them both in Kitty's Bathroom. "Don't vorry Kitty. I'm blindfolded." Kurt said, in case he shocked her.
Kitty wasn't taking a bath. She was crying. "What are you…guys doing here?"
Jean opened the door, "we noticed you weren't in the dinner group, Kitty. We came to check. What happened?"
Kitty swallowed, "He lied to me."
Kurt asked, "Who did?"
"Lance. He said he liked me. Why did he have to steal then?" Kitty said, and then, poured out the story to them both.
"See? I told you, Kitty. You should have listened to me. Lance isn't some great and good guy you think he really is. Inside, he just steals, he cheats and he doesn't deserve someone as special as you." Jean was sitting beside Kitty on her bed.
Kurt was passing tissues to Kitty, "Here. Jean's right. What's the point?"
"The point is this." Kitty pulled the Star of David necklace from her neck, leaving only a cut.
Kitty dropped the necklace on the floor. She just knew they were so over.
Lance avalanched the house again.
"Man, that's the one-hundredth time tonight. What's with him?" Tabitha yelled, hoping Lance would hear.
"He's been like that since he came back from his walk with his pretty-Kitty." Toad said. More tremors.
"What happened?" Blob asked.
"I say he's gone from nuts to nuttier! Somebody, stop that before he tears this house apart and bury us alive!" Tabitha whined loudly.
"Ha! Leave it to me!" Pietro zipped upstairs. The closer he got to Lance's room, the shakier the ground under his feet became.
Knocks. "Lance?" Pietro asked, and then pushed the door open. It was almost depressing. Lance had torn the room totally apart.
The wallpaper was stripped off. The table and chair laid on the floor and the place was absolutely depressing. But what caught his eye most was the picture that laid on the ground. A picture of he and Kitty, smiling so happily in the picture. The frame was broken but the picture was Ok.
Pietro picked it up. "Lance?" he repeated. Lance was just sitting on his bed, with his hands buried in his face.
"Kitty gotcha mad right?" Pietro asked. "Figured that out since I found this." Pietro left the photo beside Lance.
"You know, sometimes, girls are really hard to impress. They just leave you guessing what they want, and…"
"Shut up!" Lance screamed, "You shut up and get your ass moving! Don't talk about Kitty like trash!" He made the ground shake.
"Man, you are even harder to impress!" Pietro slammed the door shut.
Lance gazed down at the picture of the smiling Kitty.
She was right. He was a hood. He felt so horrible too. Some guy he was anyways.
If he wanted to choose, he'd have kitty back any day.
Would this still be possible?
"I wonder if Kitty's coming down for breakfast." Scott said, as he set the table.
"Man, word spread and everyone knows what happened between Kitty and you-know-who." Bobby said.
Esther looked sad for Kitty, "But she's just skipping all her meals. I dunnoe, but what if she skips school next?"
"She's a school freak. She won't, rite?" Rogue said.
Kurt shrugged, "Isn't it hard to say now?"
Ray pointed outside, "Hey, there's Kitty. She's heading out of the gate already…with her school bag that is."
"Well, at least now we know what she doing and where she's going right?" Esther asked.
"Kitty's stupid, tryin to numb herself like not eating and stuff." Bobby said.
"Yeah, let's just hope I can catch up with her." Jean said and rushed out of the room, grabbing her bag too.
Scott yelled, "Jean! What about your sandwich?"
Jean called back, "Uh, eat it for me, will you?"
She dashed outside and hopped into her SUV. Then, she drove it out of the institute and caught Kitty sitting outside. She was crying and all her books were strewn out in front of her.
Jean stopped her car and got out. "Kitty?"
Kitty looked up and spotted Jean Grey looking at her. She immediately wiped her eyes and picked up her books and notes. "I'm fine," Kitty choked.
Jean opened the door of her SUV with her telekinesis. "Hop on. I'll give you a lift to Bayville High."
Kitty nodded and phase into her seat, settling down.
"You know Alvers is just a jerk. Why get mad at somebody like him?" Jean asked, as she drove.
Kitty stared out of the window, "I'm not, Ok?"
Jean chuckled, "That's when you can't fool a telepath, Kitty. I score in that."
"Just get out of my head, Jean."
"You know I care for you as a friend, Kitty. I'm just showing concern and I want you well."
Kitty shot back, "Don't bother about me. I'm just fine, see?"
It was pretty quiet for awhile. Kitty spotted her school in the front. "Drop me at the gate, Jean."
"Well, if you want any help…"
"I don't need help." Kitty said. She watched Jean's car drive off and thought about how horrible she'd been. Why did she have to do all this? All her friends weren't at fault. It was her problem.
Kitty felt someone touch her shoulder and spun back. Lance. He was the last person she wanted to see on earth.
"Don't touch me." Kitty said and started to walk off.
Lance caught up with her and blocked her way. "Kitty, listen. About last time, I…-."
"Forget last time. You and I are over. I've got nothing to with you and you don't have half a thing to do with me either."
Kitty felt so mean to Lance. But however, she had to be. She's finally seen all his true colors. And he realized she didn't wear the Star of David necklace anymore too.
"Listen to me, Kitty. I don't want this, I want us to…"
"Lance, how many times must I state that we're over? It's you who made us break-up. You and your stupid attitude. Like, get out of my way now, Lance."
"Yeah, leave her alone, shake-down!" Scott yelled from the back.
"Or eat spikes!" Evan growled.
Lance felt like rocking the place, "Try me." Kitty looked at all her friends, standing behind her. "Thanks guys, but I want to be alone." She gave Lance one last look and phased through him. Then, she ran away.
All the X-men gave Lance dirty looks. But he forced himself not to use his powers and blow his cover. What's the use of all this?
"Bad day?" Rogue said. She was the only one, which stayed behind.
"What do you know anyway? Nothing!" Lance said, leaning on the wall.
"More than ya do. Kitty still have feelings for you or else, she won't be crying all night. Do something and prove ya'. Man, where do ya brains go?" Rogue said, and walked off.
Lance looked at Rogue go. She probably wasn't lying.
"But what can someone as useless as me do?" Lance asked himself.
"She's still feeling rotten?" Scott asked.
Jean opened her eyes, "Yes. I've spotted her in the girls' bathroom. She won't come out for Lunch; she's just burying herself in work and study."
Scott shook his head, "But this won't do."
"Believe me, I've tried. She's just…not listening to me. She even told me stay out of he head this morning."
Scott cinged, "Man, to think she's one of the happy-go-lucky types like kurt."
"Used to be. We can't do anything if she won't eat."
"Thank god, she still bathes." Scott rubbed his chin.
"Yeah, but it still won't do. Nothing will do."
Scott nodded, "So, how's things between you and Duncan?"
"Not very good. He's just always…caring about himself. I know him, Scott. He'd rather be with his video games and friends than me. But how about you and Taryn?"
"Not good either. I broke off with her."
"But why?"
"Because…we don't fit together. I don't…really feel any connection with her, Jean. Not like…you know."
"You know what? Tell me." Jean urged.
"You know…like you."
Jean paused, "We really need to get things out between us."
"What do you mean?"
"You know, I like you too. You don't like Taryn, and I don't fit with Duncan. Aren't we a pretty good…pair?"
Scott smiled, "Tell me about it."
"Lance, stop staring already!" tabitha crept up on Lance, when she saw he had his eyes on a cartain kitty-Kat.
"Tab, are you crazy? If Kitty spots me looking at her like this, she'll have my life, got it?"
Tabitha sighed, "Hey, look, she's already broke-up with you so that's IT!"
"No, it's not!"
"Is too! And it won't be easy to go near her if she has so many X-bodyguards with her. I say you better give up."
"Tell you somethin' Tabitha. I won't give up."
"Your stinking attitude sucks, Lance. And it would be hard too. Don't say I didn't warn you cos I just did." Tabby strode off.
Lance stared at his own feet, when Kitty happened to walk by.
"Lance! Now you're stalking on me?" kitty shouted.
"No, it's not what you think."
"Lance, can you just stop it? It's just one stupid day and you've been following me non-stop. Can you just…?"
"I got it, Kitty. I'll stop following you. Your business is none of mine, cos' I'm officially out of your life. I just thought you loved me." He walked away from Kitty, making kitty feel so bad inside.
Kitty leaned against a locker, with tears spilling out. "I thought I did…"
Has she gone way too far already?
She really didn't want him out of her life.
This was insane! She wanted to stop this, to end it.
But how?
She had to know how.
Inside, Kitty Pryde knew she had forgiven lance, but her brain and her body weren't doing as their told. Because of her strong pride…this was what she had became.
It was her fault. It was!
Kitty whispered the name she had loved so much…Lance…