nevanna | Ficlet: "If Not Now"

Fandom: X-Men: Evolution
Pairing: Kitty/Lance
Disclaimer: The title is from the Tracy Chapman song of the same name. I do not own the featured characters, and I do not profit from their use.
Summary: "I'm not really surprised when we end up fighting something at school events."
Words: 215
Notes: Set directly after the Season 2 episode "Shadow Dance." Written for the "new dress" prompt at

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If Not Now

“You looked really good tonight,” Lance says as they walk out to the parking lot.

“Thanks.” Kitty wasn’t sure at first whether she wanted to buy a new dress – after all, Lance has seen her in her pajamas, and covered with dust, and sweating through her uniform – but the outfit that caught her eye was on sale, she liked the color, and she loves any excuse to dress up. “I had fun.”

“Before or after the monsters crashed the party?”

“I kind of expect that by now, you know?” Kitty replies. “I mean, not, like, scaly lizard things from another dimension. But I’m not really surprised when we end up fighting something at school events.”

“It was pretty cool to fight them together.”

Kitty wants to say something about how they would have had more chances to do just that if he had stayed with the X-Men, or bring up all the times that they’ve ended up fighting each other in the past, or ask whether she’s the only one who’s afraid that it will end up happening again in the future. There might be a time for all of those fears, but it isn’t right now. Now is the time to say, “I think so, too,” and lift her face for a good-night kiss.