((Author's Notes: The 'Crawler returns! I know I've been gone much too long, but now I return to set and ending to this story, which I just recently discovered is.. Actually pretty good. I finally feel very confident in my writing. Anyway, like I've said before, non - JAT, and it's a love triangle, which I have now dubbed Kuttyance. Please Enjoy!))



The Bayville High Drama Club Presents… Romeo & Juliet
By N I G H T C R A W L E R


Kitty awoke the next morning, Tuesday, to Rogue shaking her violently. "What's wrong with ya?! I've been tryin' to wake ya up for hours! We have ta go ta school, ya know?" She tossed Kitty her pink denim purse and then walked out the door, the revised script of Romeo and Juliet in her hand.

Kitty yawned. She'd had such a nice dream, and waking would be a shame. She'd dreamt that she had gotten the part of Juliet with Kurt, and that they did the play lovely together. She really wanted to star with him, he being her best friend and all.

She threw the covers off and walked over to the closet, where she pulled on her clothes. She walked over to the mirror, and picked up her brush, running it through her shoulder length chestnut hair lazily.

Setting that aside, she picked up her ponytail holder and put her ponytail up in instant satisfaction, and then, after applying a bit of lip gloss, exited the room.

Kurt bamfed into the room almost immediately after she'd come in. "Katzchen? I have to talk to…" He looked around at the empty beds and sighed. This would be the last time that day they'd be alone together, and he'd blown it.

He'd had the most brilliant dream the night before. He'd dreamed they had gotten the roles of Romeo and Juliet together, and had performed the play magnificently. He wanted to tell her this, as if maybe it were a premonition, but to his dismay, she'd disappeared. He'd also decided to tell her that… Oh, never mind that. To breakfast. He bamfed out without another thought.





"Kitty, why did you miss the Danger Room session this morning?" Logan snapped as she phased through the wall to breakfast. She sighed and sat down, taking her fork into hand and prodding her eggs.

"I overslept," she muttered, taking a bite. "I guess I was kind of stressed out after those auditions yesterday. I'm sorry, Logan."

Logan huffed. "Sorry doesn't cut it, Half-pint. You need all the practice you can get, and if you're late for another session, I'll have to…" However, Ororo cut him off.

"Logan, Kitty has had a lot on her mind lately. It's okay if she missed one session, but please mind you, Kitty, that you should be up and ready every day from now on?" She smiled lightly and passed a plate of sausages to Professor Xavier, who was looking quite pleased with his morning meal.

Kitty nodded, placed her napkin beside her place. " Yes ma'am. Will you excuse me?" She rose from the table and exited, just as Kurt appeared in the seat beside her.

"Guten tag, everyone!" He said with a fanged smile, stabbing his fork into a sausage link and sticking it in his mouth. "Vair's Kahtzcheen?" he asked, through a stuffed mouth.

As Rogue and Evan left the table, Jean sipped some orange juice and replied to Kurt. "She left already. And she barely touched her food." Kurt and Jean both glanced over to Kitty's place, which was close to untouched. "Maybe I should go see what's wrong with her…"

Ororo shot Jean a look--the same look she'd just gave Logan--before she rose and started collecting the plates that weren't in use anymore. "You'd all better get going to school," she said pointedly as she exited.

Jean nodded, and stood. She placed her napkin on her plate and left the room, Scott soon after. Kurt finished stuffing his face and was gone in a second, leaving only a thick smell of sulfur in the dining room.




School was happening almost like any other. Of course, it was going very lazily by for Lance. He was bored as it was, and was upset that it was only second period. It stressed him that lunch hadn't come yet, and it also got on his nerves that his teacher sent him down to the office for the second time that week.

He sat on one of the cushioned chairs in front of the front desk, staring blankly at the wall, and waiting for the bell to ring to release them to lunch. He tapped his foot impatiently, and then glanced up to the clock. 20 more minutes.

"Yeah, Mr. Hagerdy. I can, like, get that done really fast," came a voice from behind him. He knew that voice. He spun in his chair to see Kitty walking out from the guidance office. "I'll be back in like, 10 minutes, okay?" She closed the door behind her. After turning and spotting Lance, her face screwed up.

"Hey, there, Pretty-Kitty." He smirked, lounging in his chair, his feet resting on the arm. Mrs. McCloud from the desk walked over, and wriggling up her nose, picked up his foot and let it drop on the ground. Kitty giggled a bit, and Lance stood, shooting Mrs. McCloud a mean look. "So, who do you think is going to get the role for Romeo, Juliet?"

Kitty glanced over slyly, and then, with a smirk. "I think Kurt will get it. He's a really great actor. Better than.. Some people." She was talking about him, but he disregarded that. "Why? Who did you think would get it?"

"Me, of course. I'm a lot better of an actor than that fuzzy wonder.." He placed and arm around her, but she spun out of his grasp. She shook her head and left the office. Lance plopped down in his seat with a scowl. "Stupid X - geeks."