disclaimer: The X-Men are owned by Marvel and I am just borrowing them to give a better life to Jenny, though it started the other way around.

pre-note: This story takes place between chapters 4 and 5 of "Human and the Demon" and depicts the hazards of dating a mutant and Jenny's typical reaction to those who wouldn't like said dating.

Picnic
by Dizi

Kurt held out the bag of frozen peas and Jenny gently placed it on her swollen eye as she leaned back against the couch in the rec-room.

"I am truly sorry, liebling." He again tried to apologize, but Jenny just waved a hand at him.

Logan was leaning against the wall laughing quietly.

Walking in with a purposeful stride, Bishop crossed his arms over his broad chest. "I'm not Logan and I'm not laughing. What happened?"

Glancing at him, Kurt opened his mouth to speak but Jenny beat him to it.

Sitting up straight, she held the peas in place with one hand and pointed at Kurt with the other. "It's his fault!"

"I haf apologized, liebchen." he protested.

"But you should have let me hit her." she grumbled back.

Bishop just frowned darkly at them with a steady gaze.

"Ve vere hafing a picnic in ze park near Jenny's house," Kurt gestured to the basket by the wall, "and anozer couple valked by. Ze voman made a comment. Somezing about Jenny being 'hard-up'."

Bishop and Logan looked at Jenny and she defended herself, "I was only going to throw my napkin at her then."

They both looked back to Kurt.

"Zen ze man said somezing about Jenny vould be sick from eating in my presence. I may haf tripped him vith my tail." he admitted.

"It was really funny." Jenny grinned at the memory.

"She did not like ze vay you laughed. She may not have attacked if you had not laughed so hard."

"I couldn't help it." Jenny giggled. "I especially liked the way he spit out the grass."

"She tried to stomp on my tail. Jenny became... upset."

Briefly, Bishop closed his eyes. He had an idea where this was going.

"I like your tail." she looked at it thrashing behind him. "And I could have taken her if you hadn't stopped me."

"Ze man vas getting up and I did not vant a fight to ruin our time togezer."

"Yeah, that's why you tripped the guy, huh?" Jenny asked dryly. "She had no right! They ruined our picnic!"

"You vere wunderbar, an amazon." Kurt changed tactics, not wanting her to get 'upset' again. "But I do not need you to defend me. I am able to ignore ze ignorant."

"So, some people tried to pick a fight and a woman punched you?" Bishop interrupted.

"Not exactly." Kurt said sheepishly. "She started to go after ze woman and--"

"And he grabbed me from behind so she got in a lucky shot! I could have taken her!" Jenny shouted.

"Zis vould not have happened if I had been vearing ze image-inducer." Kurt admonished.

"Fine. Next time we go out in public, wear it." she grumbled. "But I'm stating for the record, again, that I don't like it."

"Damn it, Jenny!" Bishop burst out, interrupting them again as Logan again started laughing. "When are you going to learn not to do this? You could get hurt!"

A stubborn look fixed itself on her face. This was an old argument.

"You must both go, now." Kurt ordered. "Ve are going to haf our picnic here."

"We could watch a movie, too." Jenny suggested eager to move on. "I think 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' is coming on."

"Ja, I like ze fencing in it..."

Leaving them alone, Logan gave Bishop a big grin. "If nothin' else they're good fer a laugh."

Bishop didn't answer.

I thought it good to remind everyone how Jenny feels about anti-mutant sentiments while also showing how used to it Kurt is. I hope you like this little episode from the first weeks of Jenny and Kurt dating.

Thanks for reading!
Dizi