After a time ...

you may find that having ...

is not so pleasing a thing after all ...

as wanting.

It is not logical,

but it is often true.

-Spoken by Spock in an episode called Amok Time Told to me by LyranFan who got the plot of the story on its first chapter

(I reloaded this since I have the tendency of confusing people with whose talking plus I didn't proofread and got Kitty becoming a super valley girl, lol. Thanks Jojo) **************************************************************************** **

The next morning Kitty ran downstairs not to miss her ride with Scott, who was kindly giving her a ride to school. She managed to reach him before he left to get her.

"Took you long enough," he said exasperatedly. She rolled her eyes and sat in the front seat of the car. She leaned back and closed her eyes. Scott looked at her through his peripheral vision; he almost jumped when he heard her voice.

"So, what do you, like, have to do today that you hafta be there early?" she asked. When he didn't answer she turned his way, he was slightly red. "Well?" She insisted. Scott cleared his throat.

"Well, nothing really, I just don't think that it's appropriate for you to be waiting around for a bus at this time in the morning." Scott muttered.

"It's seven thirty?" she half laughed, half shouted. Scott just blushed a little deeper and gave her a glare. "Anyway, I decided to end things with Lance," she revealed. Scott turned her way suddenly. "Watch out!" she shouted. Scott swerved, almost hitting a mail box.

"You could have phased us through," he said. "Why are you ending things?" He asked, out of curiosity. He had been trying for a while to end things between her and Lance to no avail and it surprised him that she would do it so willingly just because of a little dullness. Kitty simply shrugged.

"Well, last night he called and he was just so boring, ya know? And I had a better time talking to you at the burger joint than I had with him on the phone and we, like, barely spoke about anything," she said, shrugging her shoulders. Scott just continued to drive the car and gave her a glance now and than, not really believing her decision. They finally arrived at the school and Kitty waved at Scott and ran off, not paying him any more attention.

"Hey Scott," Jean marched up to him after Kitty left, her advanced class would start in twenty minutes and she'd only be there for an hour or so. "What are you doing here so early?" she asked. Scott shrugged, mimicking Kitty's actions.

"I just thought I'd drop Kitty off," He gave her a smile and half- hoped she'd get a little jealous (I am not bashing her it was in an episode of Evo with Rogue and Scott during Christmas time) but she barely moved a muscle.

"That's nice," she than stood there in front of him, her book lying against her chest and they just stared at each other, her smiling and him with an eyebrow cocked upwards. "Well I have to go, bye Scott." She gave him a peck on the cheek and walked away. Scott sighed heavily.

"Yeah, real nice," he muttered. He pulled out the notebook he had borrowed from Kitty the night before from the seat behind him where he threw his books that morning. She would need it for her next class. He pondered on whether to take it to her now. On the one hand he had class with her and could easily take it to her than, but on the other hand, he was bored out of his mind and needed something to do.

Making up his mind he peeked into her classroom through the window on the door and began to wave wildly at her when she didn't turn his way. Suddenly it banged open, his hands mid air and the teacher gave him a glare.

"Is there something you need?" She asked. He thought about the book in his hand.

"Um, uh, no, wrong class," he chuckled nervously and began to walk away. A few minutes later Kitty came out with a wooden bathroom pass.

"Smooth move Scott," she said, her voice high with suppressed laughter. He laughed along with her.

"Yeah that was dumb." He said half smiling.

"So what do you want me for?" She asked, assuming correctly that he was waving his hands like an idiot for a reason.

"You left this," he said. He handed her the notebook and she glanced at it and back up at him.

"No comment." She simply stated. He looked about nervously and had a thought in the midst of the silence.

"Want to go to dinner with me today, I had a reservation but Jean said that she had a study date tonight or something and I don't feel like staying in."

"Sure Scott that would be totally cool." Kitty said, grinning. He smiled at her; he hadn't hung out with a friend since dating Jean and decided that the time away from her would make the relationship seem less, well, less boring.

"Great, you have to wear something nice since this isn't the same place we ate at yesterday," he said, she gave him a saucy wink.

"Awesome, than I guess it's a date," and with that she went back to her class, notebook at hand."

***

The scene after school was not a happy one.

"What do you mean it's over?" Lance asked. He was beside himself. He couldn't believe that this was happening.

"Well, I don't know about you but things have gone no where but down hill. I think we can, like, both do much better than we're doing now." Lance groaned and banged the wall beside him; the ground shook a little with every surge of anger. Kitty on the other hand was not afraid since she knew he wouldn't hurt her.

"Fine, but it won't be me regretting it in a long run," and with that he walked away, the earth still trembling. She sighed in relief and walked over to the front of the school, planning to take the bus home. She was surprised to see Scott's car outside.

A touch on her shoulder made her jump slightly. "It's just me," Scott said. She gave a relieved smile and they entered the car. Through the rear view mirror she saw Jean waving at them and she wondered why she was still at the school; Kitty saw her leave with some guy from her advanced study class.

"Don't you get jealous when you see her with other guys?" she asked, hoping not to stir the waters. Scott shrugged as he put the car in reverse.

"I used to, but not anymore." And with that he drove off.

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Oh yeah, this will be a slooooooow series. Not in length but to where they get to the good stuff. Oh well! I promise to update faster, you see what happened was I left all my stories to update on the same day.stupid huh? yeah I know *sigh* :) Vayanse con Dios!

Sam