I don't own X-men Evolution or anything to do with Marvel or the WB. I'm just playing with the characters.
A little scene setting: Originally there was another story that kind of connected this so to set things straight, it takes place in Britain on an island called Muir Isle. Dr. Moria MacTaggart has her lab there and Excalibur headquarters is there too. Excalibur is a superhero group composed of adults, at this time being Kitty, Kurt, Piotr, Rayne, Pete Wisdom, and possibly others although that's not important for this story as they don't warrant even a mention. Jamie is also present, helping out Moria in her lab but is only 17 or 18. Okay? Okay.
It had been Pete Wisdom who eyed her from across the bar she had gone to with Rayne. It had been Pete Wisdom who Kitty had defended when he wanted to join Excalibur. It had been Pete Wisdom who everyone had said would eventually break her heart. It had been Kitty Pryde who had just broken his.
"Kitty?" someone called quietly. She looked up from where she was sitting along the rocky shore of Muir Island. The water crashed against the rocks in the dark night, pierced only by the light coming from the windows of Excalibur headquarters. Or was she on the side with Moira's laboratory? She didn't really know. People who are running away don't really pay attention to where they're going. "Everybody's been looking for you."
"Everybody?" she asked Rayne, her eyes full of tears. The nineteen-year-old girl sat down on a rock next to the one Kitty was on.
"Well, Moira and Sean thought we ought to let you unwind on your own but Jamie, Theresa, and I have been looking for you."
"I didn't mean to worry anybody. I just needed to be out of there," she told her, looking back out at the sea.
"Kurt's looking for you too," Rayne said softly. Kitty blinked her eyes hard, trying to fight back the tears. Rayne scooted closer to her, slipping onto the same large rock and rubbing her back. "Want to tell me what happened?" Kitty shook her head, not entirely trusting herself to speak. "You sure? I'm a real good listener," Rayne told her before changing into wolf form and lying down with her head on Kitty's knee. A choked laugh came out of Kitty's mouth.
"It'd bore you." Rayne raised her head from Kitty's knee and shook it. "You really don't mind?" Again she shook her head. Kitty sighed as Rayne turned back into a human and sat next to her on the rock again.
"Tell me what happened," she said. Kitty managed a weak smile.
"Kurt decided to give me a cooking lesson after I burnt my mac and cheese yesterday, remember?"
"All too well," Rayne said, wrinkling her nose.
"So this afternoon I went into the kitchen and he said he was going to teach me how to make something simple. He told me to go get a bowl and a spoon and measuring cups while he pulled out ingredients. Then he asked me to grab the muffin pan…
"We're making muffins?" Kitty asked him. "Why muffins?"
"I don't want the floor here to ever suffer as badly as the floor in the Xavier Institute."
"That was one time."
"Yes, one time before Professor Xavier banned you from entering the kitchen again."
"He did not ban me!"
"He banned you from entering unsupervised."
"Fine, but it wasn't all because of the muffins."
"It was too! Would you like me to call Scott or Rogue and ask?" he questioned, learning slightly closer to her to make his point. Her heart thudded against her chest and she pulled a strand of her long hair away from her face. It was falling down in curls today; she hadn't bothered to straighten it this morning. Kurt pulled back.
"Okay, okay, you win," Kitty told him. "Teach me how to make better muffins."
"Muffins that do not bounce or break floors or cut through counter tops," Kurt added.
"Yes," she sighed, glaring at him playfully.
"Good. Now let's start by preheating the oven."
"Can't you just set it at a higher temperature when you put the muffins in?" Kurt sighed loudly at her question. "I take that as a no?" Kitty asked.
"Kitty, do you know what happens when things get put in an oven that's too hot?"
"They burn?"
"So what happens to muffins when the oven goes past the temperature it's supposed to be at?"
"They burn?" Kitty suggested meekly. Kurt nodded and then handed her a measuring cup.
"You can measure out the flour."
"So we worked on the muffins together and other than my turning them purple by smashing the blueberries in the batter it went alright," Kitty told Rayne. "We put them in the oven and we sat around talking normally, you know?"
"Normally like normal conversation or normally like conversation between you and Kurt?" Rayne asked.
"Aren't they the same?"
"At this point no. You and Kurt have been friends for so long that if you get lost in the conversation nobody else can really keep up."
"It's not that bad."
"So it was that type of conversation?"
"I suppose so," Kitty sighed, looking out at the sea still crashing upon the rocks. Rayne put a light hand on her shoulder.
"What happened next?"
Kurt pulled them out and set them on the stovetop. For a moment they both stared at them until finally Kurt reached out and grabbed one, tossing it from hand to hand as it steamed before picking off a small part out of it and putting it in his mouth.
"How bad is the damage?" Kitty asked him. Kurt tossed her the hot muffin, which she caught and set down on the table before pulling off another small piece to try. She smiled as she looked up at Kurt who had grabbed another one. "It didn't break my teeth or cut the table!" she yelped happily, picking up the muffin again and then throwing it on the ground. It made a sad, squishy splat and Kitty squealed happily, grabbing Kurt's arms as he shoved the last of his muffin in his mouth, looking alarmed. "It didn't bounce either! I helped make something that isn't deadly!" Kurt swallowed and began to laugh.
"Thank you," she told him, letting go of her arms, looking at the ground.
"Kitty, what's wrong?" he asked her.
"I- nothing Kurt."
"You do not lie very well," he told her. She looked up at him, her eyes wide and rather sad. "You should go back to bouncing. It suits you better." Kitty smiled at him, shifting her hair again.
"Do you like Pete?" she asked him suddenly. He looked at her strangely for an instant and then looked away, moving to start cleaning up the dishes.
"I think he's a good member of the team when he wants to be," Kurt answered.
"I mean, Pete and me," Kitty asked quietly. She stood in the middle of the kitchen, feeling unsure. Kurt didn't answer and at first she thought that he hadn't heard her. She was about to repeat the question when he spoke.
"I'm afraid that he's going to break your heart, the same as Piotr and Moira are worried," he told her. He turned around from the sink to face her. Her face was troubled but she met his eyes. Quickly he turned away.
"Is that all?" she asked him. He blinked hard and looked down, leaning against the sink, his hands on the edge of the counter.
"Why do you need to know more?"
"I just-"
He turned around. "Kitty, did something happen? You can tell me. If he-"
"Nothing happened. Well, not now. Something did happen but that was a long time ago, before him even I think. I don't even know- Kurt I…" she ended mid-sentence and looked at him again. His yellow eyes met hers before she suddenly stepped forward. He placed one hand on her shoulder.
"You can tell me if something happened. We're friends, Kitty."
Her head whirled. She could feel an answer coming up in her throat but her mind got jumbled and instead she took a step closer still and tilted her head upwards, slipping onto her toes for a moment to reach his mouth before he leaned his own head down.
Suddenly he pulled away. "Kitty what-"
"Kitty!" someone else yelled. She turned toward the kitchen doorway and saw Pete Wisdom standing there, looking as though he had just been shot and wounded. She looked between startled Kurt and hurt Pete and then she took off running. Her steps pounded through Excalibur headquarters and out the door into the cool outdoors of Muir Island. It was only her feet in control, her head spinning away as she crossed the rocks, barely noticing her stumbles, trying to run until her head finally caught up. Pete caught up with her first.
"Kitty," he said, grabbing her shoulder. She pulled away from him, unable to look at him. "Kitty please," he begged. She drew her arms around her chest still refusing to turn. Tears threatened to enter her eyes. Pete reached out and slipped his hand around her chin, gently turning her face towards his, leaning his face near hers. His lips pressed against hers but she didn't press back. After a second she pulled away and looked toward the ground. Pete cussed.
"I knew it! I knew it this entire time, Kitty! I thought since you said you liked me it would go away but-" He swore again and turned his back, starting to walk away. Kitty stood there stumbling for something to say.
"Pete," she struggled out. He whipped around, his eyes glaring.
"What?"
"I- I'm sorry I-"
"Well I'm glad you're sorry Kitty!" he yelled at her then ran his hand through his hair. He sighed. "Well, no, no I'm not." A swear broke his lips again and his hand ran through his hair again. It now stood completely on end. Kitty looked down again. "I was falling in love with you, Kitty and I told myself- I told myself I was imagining things, that you really were just friends, that you were falling in love with me and not already in love with him. And you looked me in the eyes and told me, you told me you were just friends!" he roared. His hands went around her shoulders and he gave her a shake as tears formed in his eyes. "You lied Kitty, you lied! How long!"
"I- how long what?" she asked, tears beginning in her own eyes.
He swore again. "How long have you been seeing him!"
"I haven't! We haven't. He doesn't even-"
"Don't give me that shit!" he yelled, giving her a shake again. Kitty pulled away from him, tears in both their eyes. "I've seen him, Kitty, I've seen him watch you!"
"We've never done anything! I was the one who kissed him!" Pete glared before cussing again and turning his back.
"I should have known Kitty," he muttered and then walked away, leaving Kitty alone. She sank down on the rocks where she was, staying there until Rayne had found her.
"Was he right then?" Rayne asked her.
"About what?" Kitty questioned tiredly.
"Kurt."
"I wasn't- I'm not seeing Kurt. I don't even know if he likes me as anything more than a friend. I-"
"I meant, was Pete right? Are you in love with him?" Kitty blinked hard. Her stomach tumbled. She hadn't really thought about it, not directly. Every time the thought of love had entered her head she had pushed it aside because it wasn't Pete who came to her mind. It was Kurt. Kurt had dated other people and she had convinced herself that she didn't like him, that they were only friends, good friends. He had been dating someone when she'd started dating Pete. She had tried not to notice that none of his relationships had lasted long; she had tried not to notice that his girlfriends, no matter how nice drove her nuts; she had tried not to notice that she laughed hardest with him; she had tried not to notice that it was him she most often turned to when she felt close to tears; she had tried not to notice that he haunted her dreams.
"Yes," she said softly. "Rayne, I am. I've tried not to think I am but I know I am." She started to cry and Rayne slid to her side, letting Kitty's head rest on her shoulder. "I'm in love with Kurt. I'm in love with Kurt." She continued to cry quietly until Rayne got to her feet and pulled on Kitty's hand to get her up.
"Where are we going?" Kitty yelped, slipping her hand away and then brushing away her tears.
"We're going back to headquarters and you're going to find Kurt," Rayne told her, tugging at her hand again. This time Kitty didn't slip it away.
"I don't want to. I've made enough of a fool out of myself for one day, thank you very much. I'm not going back to headquarters tonight. I'll go- I'll go sleep in Moria's lab. Or I'll-"
"Why would you do that Kitty?" Kurt asked. Her head darted to the shadows where he had been sitting, hidden in the same indigo color. Rayne stopped tugging her hand and slid away, gliding through her transformation to a wolf as she went.
"I don't want to- I," she stopped as he came closer to her. She began to walk away, vaguely in the direction of headquarters.
"I've been listening to you."
"The whole time?" she asked angrily, stopping in her trek.
"Only since Rayne asked you if Pete was- if he was right about you being- with me being. I was going to just interrupt you but then I heard what you were talking about and I wanted to know." Kitty began to walk again. Kurt followed. "Kitty, what you said, did you…"
"I- Kurt it-" she began then looked at his face in the dim light cast by the outside of headquarters. She stopped where she was and he got closer. "I meant it," she said softly. His response was quiet yet made her mind explode. His warm lips slipped on to hers, fitting comfortably against them for a moment before she leaned into a hug, resting her head on his shoulder. It seemed forever and yet no time at all before they separated.
"I'm cold," she said quietly. Rayne was long gone. He nodded and put an arm around her, letting them walk back toward headquarters together. At the sound of the door Piotr's voice rang through the house.
"That's not Pete is it? Do you know what's going on? I got back and he was leaving for some-" Piotr stopped as he entered the room, his hand frozen on the back of his head where he was ruffling his short hair, and saw Kitty with Kurt's arm around her waist, her head nuzzled toward his neck.
"Finally," he muttered and then turned toward the living area again.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kurt called after him. Kitty broke the embrace and grabbed his hand, pulling them both toward the living area, feeling her face turn bright red.
"Was it that obvious?" she asked.
"Both of you have been completely obvious about it for I don't know how long," Rayne laughed as they entered the living room. Jamie was sprawled out on the couch, snorting.
"At least since she came here," Piotr said. "Kurt insisted to me they were only friends but-" Kitty noticed Kurt turning a little purple, a red blush swarming under his blue fur, and he squeezed her hand before teleporting into the kitchen. She smiled gratefully.
"Muffin?" he asked, handing her a now cold muffin. She laughed lightly before he placed down the dome shaped bread on the table and leaned close to her. Her eyes closed as his lips drew near to hers.
I have one more story that has Kurt and Kitty in it though since my other story with them hasn't even been reviewed once I don't think I'll post it. It's mainly Rogue/Remy anyway. Anyway, I'd be really grateful if you review this one! Please?
