Lance stopped the car just outside the gates to the Institute. "So, you have fun?"

"Yeah. You?" Kitty placed her lips against his.

"Sure." Lance nodded. "I found out about the seven things you hate about me."

"And I found out about the… eight or nine things you hate about me." Kitty told him.

"Yeah." Lance laughed.

"And compared to all the great things that would take too long to write… I probably should mention the seven that I like." Kitty touched him gently on the shoulder.

"There are seven things about me you like?" Lance hid his surprise behind a smile.

"Of course. The seven things I like about you! Your hair, your eyes, your old Levis. When we kiss I'm hypnotised."

Lance smiled and stroked her face. She smiled back at him, her eyes wide and trusting, with a mischievous glint as well.

"You make me laugh, you make me cry – but I guess that's both I have to buy. Your hands in mine – when we're intertwined everything's alright. I wanna be with the one I know."

She pulled him into a deep embrace. Then she pulled off and smiled.

"And the seventh thing, I like the most that you do – you make me love you."

"That's a good thing now?" Lance smirked.

"You bet." Kitty smiled and lightly kissed him on the lips.

Then she turned around and walked straight through the gates.

Lance watched her for a second and then got into his jeep. He drove away from the X-Institute and arrived back at the brotherhood boarding house eventually.

"So your date went well? You know - the one with the X-Geek?" Pietro yawned.

"Don't call her that.." Lance smiled slightly. "But yeah, it did."

Across town, Kitty sat in her room, and picked up her list, entitled Things I Hate about Lance.

1. His Reputation.

2. His Games and Fighting.

3. He's so insecure.

4. He keeps flirting with other girls by accident.

5. My mixed emotions around him.

6. The Brotherhood – how he acts with them.

7. I think I'm in love with him.

Kitty read through the list again. She had written most of it after they had broken up. The last one she had added after they got back together, after deciding that this was still as relevant as it was when they were seperate.

Thinking, she took out her pen and wrote something below it.

8. He makes me forget about all above every time I see him.

So what do you think? You like the story?

Yes, it ties into my other story 'Let's Race'. Just a little. I thought that I should change the words around when writing what happened when Lance got home, so that it's the same dialogue in 'Let's Race.'

Don't worry - you don't need to read it. It actually has very little with Lancitty (except for one scene), and is a crossover with Maximum Ride.

Anyway... did you like it? Come on, just review. It's not that hard. Please?