Lance needed to find Kitty the next day. He wanted to warn her about Pietro, who had been wearing a smug smile ever since he finished "thinking." That stupid smile probably wasn't good news for the X-men. It never was. Luckily, he found her alone at her locker. Lance walked right up to her without hesitation.

"Hey," she said when she saw him. She continued gathering the stuff she needed for her first class of her day out of her locker.

"Hey…" he replied, not sure how to explain the situation to her. He never had really thought through what he was going to say, so he now planned on dancing around the subject until he figured out what to do.

"What is it?" Kitty asked sharply, sensing that something was up.

Lance rubbed the back of his neck. He had been caughte. "Well, you see Pietro-" He caught a glance of Kitty's death glare triggered by this name. He inwardly cringed at that look.

"Pietro what?" she asked impatiently.

"He's up to something. I don't know what. He hasn't told us anything yet. I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Lance felt so stupid as the words tumbled out of his mouth. What was wrong with him? How come he just couldn't form better sentences? He looked back up at Kitty's death glare and remembered way. She was scary as hell when she wanted to be.

Kitty slammed her locker, "He better stay away from Haley. If that dick messes with her, he'll find himself stuck inside of Blob!" Then, she walked away. Lance stood there in shock, wondering if that would really happen.

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School was over, and Haley was just finishing getting her things from her locker. This day had been more exhausting from thre previous one, probably because of the Danger Room session they had yesterday. When she closed her locker, Pietro was leaning against the it. "Hello," he said, a smirk on his face.

"Hey. Look…I'm sorry about lunch yesterday," she apologized, feeling bad about how he had been treated by her friends.

He waved it away. "Really was nothing big."

"Really?" she asked surprised. Haley studied his face to see if there was a hint of lie in it. However, then she remembered that she wasn't really good at reading people's expressions.

"Well," Pietro dragged out. "On one condition."

Haley frowned. She knew there had to be something. She was just hoping that it wasn't unreasonable. "What would that be?" Haley asked suspiciously.

"This…" He quickly gripped her hips and pulled her in for a kiss. She hadn't had any time to think about it. Originally, Haley tried to pull away, but his grip was strong and it felt kind of good. She hadn't been kissed in months. It was a nice change of pace for her.

They broke a moment for air. They stared at each other with questioning eyes. Then, to both of their surprise, they started kissing again.

Meanwhile, Kitty and Kurt were searching for Haley. "Ugh," Kitty sighed in frustration. "Where is that girl? I don't wanna have to walk home. Scott is so impatient."

"Well, we should be able to find her soon…" Kitty replied. Kurt looked down at his watch. Each moment that they didn't find Haley was another moment that Scott might have "forgotten" to take them home. "At least, I hope so."

They turned the corner. Kitty was greeted by the image of Haley and Pietro making out against the lockers. It felt like a knife in her gut. She was furious at Haley. Luckily, Kurt hadn't spotted the two yet. Wanting to spare his feelings, she grabbed his wrist and pulled him away from the scene.

"What are you doing?" he asked as she tugged him along.

Kitty frowned, trying to make up a lie as fast as she could. "I…uh…I think I left one of my books in the library."

"Can't that wait?"

"I might forget, Kurt!" she said with urgency.

Haley finally broke the kiss. "Pietro…" she breathed. "This isn't right."

He furrowed his brow. "It felt pretty right to me."

She shook her head. "I mean, we are supposed to hate each other! Everyone at the institute cannot stand you. I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual for you."

"That's ridiculous! I mean Kitty and Lance are together. Why should it be any different for us?" he asked, worried that he might not get what he wanted.

Haley remembered what Kitty had said the night before and became angry. Why was it okay for her to date someone from the Brotherhood and not her? Some friend! "Are you saying…Kitty and Lance are going out?" she double checked.

"Well, yeah…"

She nodded, slowly. "That's what I thought you said…" Haley turned and left, stuck in her thoughts.

"Uh…so see you tomorrow!" Pietro called after the silent girl. He leaned against the locker and sighed, hoping he hadn't ruined his chances.

Scott was outside the school, leaning against his car. He wished that the younger kids would be faster. Then, he saw Haley storm out of the school. What had took that girl so long?

"You need a ride?" he called to her. She continued walking, not even bothering to so much as look at him. "I'll take that as a no," he mumbled to himself.

Great! He has waited all this time for Kitty and Kurt to find Haley, and she wasn't even riding. Where were the two, anyway? He sighed and continued to wait. Life could be so unfair sometimes.

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When she got to the mansion, Haley rushed to go find Kitty. She thought that maybe a walk would calm her down. However, she didn't feel any less angry at Kitty.

She decided to go to her room and maybe give herself a few more minutes before she exploded at Kitty. Maybe it was all just a misunderstanding. At least she hoped it was. It had to be a misunderstading. A few minutes later, Haley found herself pacing across her bedroom floor; her blood still boiling.

There was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" she asked harshly.

"Kitty…"

"Come in," she said, deciding to get it over with. Haley didn't want to stay mad, and it appeared that she wasn't going to calm down any time soon. She just needed to get this over and done with.

Little did she know, that Kitty was mad too.