Anna

She has to be alright...

Lance was sitting across from Kitty holding her hand waiting on the doctor. She had said that there had been some change in Anna's condition, but had either scatter-brainedly or intentionally had not informed them of whether the change was good or not. So Lance sat with Kitty and tried to comfort her the best way that he knew how. While they were sitting in silence he was trying to come up with a plan to murder Pietro, but he had yet to come up with anything painful enough. What Logan had told him days before made sense. If Pietro got rid of Kitty's constant reminder of Lance, maybe she would stay with him.

What News?

Please, let it be good...

Kitty looked up at Lance glad to know he was there for her. She studied his face. He looked almost nothing like his daughter, but there temperament's were exactly the same. When Anna was upset she'd let you know, and come to think of it her eyes sort of rolled back into her head when she got angry. Kitty grinned thinking about it. I have a mini Avalanche. As she thought harder she realized that all the things that made Anna precious to her were all a part of Lance to. She looked at him and waited for him to meet her eyes. When he finally did she whispered to him, "I love you." His eyes grew wide and he drew her into an enormous hug. She grinned as he whispered the same three words back to her.

"Miss Pryde, I believe you wanted to speak to me," Dr. Grey stated.

You Don't Deserve Me

She deserves better...

Pietro ran to the hospital. He needed to see Kitty. He had to tell her to be with Lance. He had a temper, but at least he could control it somewhat. I just have to stay away from her, or I'll hurt her just like I hurt Anna. He ran to the front doors of the hospital and then decided that he'd better walk or risk being thrown out. Mutants still freaked most people out. After asking the receptionist for Anna Pryde's room number he walked to it. The first thing he saw as he entered the waiting area for the floor disconcerted him. He saw Kitty hugging Lance and crying all over him. Probably bad timing, but he had to do this. "Kitty," he began slowly and watched her turn to face him. "I need to speak with you."

The Reaction

Why the hell does he want to talk to her...

Lance watched as Kitty walked to Pietro. Then he walked to Dr. Grey knowing that Kitty could keep Pietro away from her if things got out of hand. "Thank you for taking such good care of our daughter."

"It's nothing really it's the reason I wanted to be a pediatrician in the first place."

"Now, that she's starting to come out of her coma can we see her?"

"If her mother is alright with it both of you can see her after I give her the meds."

"I can't thank you enough."

The End

That certainly made things easier...

Kitty watched Pietro leave and then turned back to Lance. "Dr. Grey said we can see her now." She nodded in a bit of a daze. "What did Speedy want?"

"He wanted to break things off with me, he said something about having a cruel streak that wouldn't die." Kitty walked into the hospital room with Lance and started crying again at the sight of her little girl sitting up in the bed.

"Mommy, why are you sad," the little voice asked.

"I think Mommy's crying because she's happy," Lance whispered to his daughter. "And if it's alright with you, I want to make her even happier."

"How?"

"You promise to keep it a secret?" Anna nodded enthusiastically.

"I'm gonna ask Mommy to marry me as soon as you get better enough to take home." Anna squealed and Kitty looked over at the two of them. "You'll find out soon," Lance promised.

Numbeh 013- Thanks as always for the review! I'm so glad you've enjoyed the story so far and I hope you loved the ending!

xX Juno Xx- Glad you think it's perfection! Hope you aren't too dissappointed that it's finished though!

artistic-angel825- Thanks for the birthday wishes it was nice until my mom had an unholy fit, the whole story's kinda sad for Pietro. I might have to write anther one where he gets the girl to apologize, but don't get your hopes up I write as ideas come to me and good ones are rare!

felinefairy100- Well, here's what happened. Hope I cleaned up the mess enough for you to understand it. Leave me your e-mail address in a review if you want me to answer any questions though- that goes for all of you!

Evil Lobster Girl- Lance isn't going to kill him, but he seriously considered it. Now Pietro just wants to kill himself, but no worries the speed demon won't in this story- Trust me I know I wrote it. LOL.

MarvelGirl09- Hope you're happy with Kitty's choice, and Anna will make a full recovery. I promise!

So, it's finished. I'm sorry if y'all were expecting a 20 chapter story, but I can barely read those, much less write one. Besides I felt the story was getting to be a teeny bit repetitive and we can't have that, now can we? Thanks for all the reviews and if you read the ending please tell me what you thought! Personally, I think the ending is a bit weak, but maybe that's simply because I wrote it? let me know!!!!!!