Chapter Two
As Bobby Drake started to wake up, he found that he was all alone in Kitty's bedroom, with no sign of his best friend. The more conscious he became the confused he felt, it wasn't just the fact that Kitty was no longer in the room but of what had made her so upset in the first place. To him Kitty was always the brave on that never let anything get to her but this had obviously changed. Rising to his feet, Bobby stretched before walking out of the room and back down the corridor towards his own room.
Within 10 minutes Bobby was ready again and heading towards the Kitchen to scoff his usual breakfast meal. Ororo was stood by the cooker making the food for everyone, Rogue was sitting at her usual spot at the giant wooden table, an unusual smile plastered across her face as Bobby passed her but he didn't think much of it as he walked straight past her, Jean and Scott were sat across from her, both too hooked up in the other to notice his arrival in the room. Logan was the next X-men he passed, noticing his occasional glance at the couple of the group. Beast was indulging Forge in a complicated conversation that Bobby couldn't understand a word of. Finally he reached Ororo and after placing his food order to her looked to Kitty's seat, only to notice it vacant, with no sign of the petite girl anywhere. Sighing deeply he took the plate from Ororo's hands and sat in his usual spot and tucked in planning on searching for "the girl that walks through walls" as soon as he finished.
She hadn't meant to leave him in the dark, but the youngest of the group didn't dare tell him or anyone else what was going on. Kitty peaked her face slightly round the doorway to the Kitchen and upon seeing everyone decided against the idea, favouring to go and sit alone outside where she could be alone with her thoughts. Strolling over to the bench out looking the ocean, she sat down upon it, drawing her knees up to her chest for comfort.
It wasn't as scary as when Kitty found out she could walk through walls but it felt as heart-breaking. It didn't make her fear for her life like when the X-men battled Magneto but it made her fear for those that she was always around. It was a surprise to her the first time it happened, but every-time afterwards it was at the most inappropriate times and she couldn't control it. She had Professor Xavier to help her master Phasing but without his help she feared she could never control this.
A cold hand upon Kitty's back brought her back to her senses as Bobby took a seat beside her. He looked at her as if waiting for her to tell him what was wrong, but she still couldn't tell him. He had always let her tell him things in her own time but this was different, it would change the way he felt about her, it could have made sure he never talked to her again and there was no way she could handle that so she remained silent not daring to utter a word.
Bobby watched over the brown haired teen, hoping that she trusted him enough to explain to him what had made her so upset. He didn't want to push her into explaining but as more and more time passed he knew that she wasn't going to just tell him like she used to.
"Kitty, You can tell me anything, I promise I won't tell anyone" Bobby tried to get her to at least say something to him. But her eyes remained focused out on the ocean before her, she didn't even move. It was as if she hadn't even heard him.
"Kit-kat, you don't have to tell me whats wrong just don't block me out" Bobby was getting even more fearful at her actions. Once again she didn't answer him, or flinch at hearing the nickname that she hated so much. Even the silence scared him, he had never in all the years he'd known Kitty ever seen her not talk about something. Whenever someone said something she was always there with an answer or a sarcastic remark (mainly only directed towards him).
Kitty could see the Golden haired boy's worry, from the corner of her eye but she didn't dare even look at him for as soon as she did she knew she would tell him and hear him say the words that she dreaded to hear. She didn't want him to reject her and that was all she could see him doing, but the silent treatment was wearing her down inside. She just couldn't take it much longer.
"I'm sorry Bobby" was all she could say before she sank through the ground and into one of the underground rooms of the mansion. Once landing upon the ground she made a dash towards the chamber where the Professors lifeless body was, she needed comfort and even if he couldn't say or do anything to help her out it was at least some comfort to feel as if she had some family around her still.
Kitty sat upon the one of the chairs that were placed next to the containment chamber of Charles Xavier. It had been along time since the professor had managed to make a connection with any of the X-men but no one dared to think about the reasons that could be behind this, instead everyone made a visit down here when they could and just think. It was sort of a therapy treatment, whenever you weren't feeling good whether it be from anger, disgust, distraught or any other emotion they would come down here and by the time they returned to the seeing the rest of the X-men they were back to their normal selves as if nothing happened. But Kitty never dared come down here unless it was serious, it still hurt for her to see her original mentor in this way.
This was the only place she didn't care if someone saw her crying, so she let the tears flow down her cheeks without worry. It wasn't until she heard the door open that she tried to wipe the tears away desperately, thinking that it was Bobby but turning around she saw the face of the only person who could know something about the way she felt.