This is the story about Kitty and Lance's brief relationship. I've never been that crazy about the character Avalanche (Lance Alvers) but I was intrigued by the idea of an X-Men/Brotherhood (or Acolytes) relationship (and the Rogue/Gambit thing has been done way to often :D)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned in the story.

Chapter 1

Prologue

How was I going to tell her? How was I going to tell her that I couldn't… No… that I wouldn't live without her. That every time I was in the same room as her, my mind couldn't concentrate on anything else than her shining brown hair. That her smile made every bone in my body melt. That when she laughed, I felt that I could do anything in the world. How was I going to tell her that I loved her?

House of the Brotherhood 8.30 AM

"Lance! Get outta that freakin' bathroom! You've been in there for forty-five minutes!" Fred yelled. Twenty minutes had hardly past since I stepped into the bathroom, but it was understandable that Fred was inpatient. After all it must take quiet a long time showering when you weigh over 400 pounds. Anyway, I was getting ready for school. I had chemistry with Kitty today and I was planning on asking her out. But because of my limited experience with girls I was very nervous. Where would I take her? The house was totally ruled out, since even Toad was beginning to complain about the dirtiness of every room. The old arcade? No way. A restaurant? Maybe, but where would I get the money? Maybe I could… SLAM! The bathroom door flew through the room and almost hit me. "What the hell are you doing Blob!" I yelled at Fred who had apparently smashed the door off its hinges. "Quit hogging the bathroom Lance!" Fred yelled back at me. I didn't bother putting up a fight with Fred so I headed for the main door and yelled: "I'm going to school". Before the door slammed I heard Pietro call out: "Why?"

Bayville High 9.03 AM

So, my first lesson was P.E. I hadn't been at school that much so I had had to ask someone from my class what lesson was on first.

Of course the only one I could find was the arrogant X-Man Scott: "I haven't seen you Brotherhood-morons at school for a long time… You think you're to smart for education? Well you're really not. You're…" he began. I wanted to make the roof fall down on his stupid face, but before I could execute such an action, Scott was interrupted… By her. She was standing behind Scott and the other X-Men, but now she moved in front of them and said: "Knock it off". She took my hand (my face was probably the same color as Scott's optic blast at that time) and pulled in direction of the football field. "Your first lesson is P.E… Locker room's right next to the field", she said and smiled. "Thanks. Kitty I… I want to say something to you… or ask you something… No, say something to you…" I began but got very nervous. Kitty made a giggling sound, and looked in my eyes. I hate myself for not saying what I really wanted to say. What I needed to tell her. But I was way to nervous, so all I could produce was: "Thanks!" Kitty looked skeptical at me. "You just said that thirty seconds ago", Kitty said. "Oh… I… Are you sure?" I asked her and suddenly I wanted to drop a roof on my own head instead of Scott's. How could I be so stupid? "Well, I'll see you later. We have chemistry later, you know. You gonna be there?", Kitty asked. "Yeah of course", I said.

Kitty left and I walked the rest of the way to the locker rooms. Scott and the other male X-Men were standing in the locker room when I stepped in. They talked and laughed, but as soon as they saw me in there, they stopped. While I was changing my clothes, Kurt was apparently making faces behind my back, 'cause the others couldn't stop laughing.

"All right ladies!" the coach yelled out. "Start up with 10 laps around the field, then we can play some football! The teams will be decided after you've run the laps", he commanded.

I began to run as soon as he had mentioned the amount of laps. I wanted to get a lead, so I didn't have to run next to the X-Men. As I ran around the football field I noticed that Kitty and the other girls from my class were playing basketball at the basketball court. I almost ran into one of the benches, because I was looking at Kitty.

"Summers you'll be the quarterback of team red, Daniels you'll play halfback, and by the way nice job in last week's basketball game! Wagner you'll be receiver", the coach said. While he was calling out the other names I was trying to get another glimpse of Kitty. "And that's it, let's play football… Oh, Alvers you've decided to show up today. What's the occasion?" the coach asked. He liked Scott and his friends, and apparently he could feel the rivalry, so he hated me. "You'll play… Defensive end on team blue", he said. "Now play some football!"

After we had put on the football-gear the match began. I was not very good at football but I saw that the girls had gathered around the field and I wanted to show off now that Kitty was looking. Scott's team started on offense. That meant that I was on the field too. I looked at my teammates. Apparently the coach thought that it would be a good idea to put all the football players on one team… Team red. I got in position. I was supposed to cover a receiver (Tom Michaels who had been on the football team for two years) but I decided to go for a blitz instead. The play went terrible: Scott saw that Michaels was all open and threw the ball to him. Michaels took down three of my teammates on the way to the end zone. One of them got injured and he was also our quarterback so I had to take over the position since none of the others had even a scratch of skill.

I messed up both first and second down but on third down I threw a ball to the tight end who carried it for almost twenty yards. I instantly looked up at Kitty who was the only one cheering for my team. I threw two incomplete passes and got sacked once. Then we had to punt the ball. Evan returned it almost all the way to the end zone. I tried tackle him but Scott was blocking for him and he tackled me before I could even think about putting in the hit. Scott reached out for my hand to help me up but I was too angry to take his hand. I got up and went into position. Scott's team was at the 9-yard line. I was supposed to cover Michaels but once again I decided to aim for Scott instead. It wasn't hard to predict the result: Scott threw the ball to Michaels and after scoring another touchdown he received lots of cheers from the girls. The play was over but I continued my run against Scott. I hit him much harder than originally intended. He fell to the ground: "My leg", he groaned. The other players came rushing to him. "What the hell are you playing at Alvers", one of them yelled. Most of the girls came down on the field too. Some of them rushed over to Scott to offer him a ride to the doctor's. Kitty came down on the field too: "What was that, Lance?" she asked. She wasn't smiling now. She looked very angry: I had never seen her this way before. "I… I…" I didn't know what to say to her. I regretted my actions but there was nothing I could do about it now. "You could have broken his leg, Lance. I thought you were different than your Brotherhood friends. But you're just the same… And to think that I actually liked you…" she said. I saw a tear running down her cheek as she turned around and ran.

I didn't know what to do. After seeing Kitty cry I was stunned. Must of all I wanted to disappear… So I decided that I would.

I went home (I was relieved to see that none of the others were there) and packed my stuff. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I just wanted to… Disappear was the only word I could come up with.

Knowing that Kitty had really liked me and that I threw it all away was more than my mind could handle.

Pietro had an old motorcycle parked in front of the house. I tossed most of my cash on his desk and took the keys. I had a bit of trouble finding out how to start the bike. When I finally got it to start the tailpipe blew a cloud of smoke right into my face. I kicked the tailpipe in anger. It had no effect other than releasing a little bit of my anger.

As I drove down the road with the sun in my eyes I could feel a tear running down my cheek...

Note: Thanks for reading! I originally intended this story to be a one-shot but after I began writing it I decided to make a couple of chapters instead… I don't really know when I'll get the chance to write another chapter (hopefully soon :D) since I'm starting school and have a hole lot of tests in a couple of days. I really hope you like it… Reviews are always appreciated! And happy new year!