Well, here's chapter two! ^_^ I forgot to mention on the last author's note that these one shots aren't related to one another, unless I specifically say that some are. Also, THANK YOU to Bluejay20 and tx peppa for following the story. And THANK YOU to Sporks and my sister, Angel, for reviewing! You guys are really amazing! :)

Sporks: I'm glad you enjoyed the first chapter! I appreciate the fact that you read it! :D As for the Kurt/Amanda thing, I appreciate you asking nicely (really, more people should do stuff like that) and of course I'll write a chapter about them! ^_^ I don't hate Amanda (I actually used to be a Kurt/Amanda fan and still am a little, but I've really been converted to the Kurtty side). I think Amanda is a great character, though. :) I was going to write that for this chapter, but inspiration for that one shot hasn't arrived yet. When it does, though, I'll post the chapter. :D Thanks for suggesting a couple! ^_^

Angel: Awww! Thank you! ^_^ Love you too and thank you SO much for reading! You're amazing! :) 3

Now, I might as well go ahead and put a warning up here for people who want to know who this chapter will be about. Um... it's a mixture of a few things. It's Kurtty friendship, with mentions of Kitty/Lance and Kurt/Amanda. The real point of this chapter was a bit of friendship, but it also has some one sided Kitty/Jamie. I thought the kid deserved a chapter for Valentine's Day. What can I say? He's adorable. Enjoy! :)


Chapter Two: Big Surprises in Small Packages

"Will you be my Valentine?"

That was literally the first thing Kitty Pryde saw when she woke up on the morning of Valentine's Day. And by literally, well... It was right in front of her face. Right on her face, actually. Someone had apparently taped a red heart to her ceiling while she was asleep the night before. Sometime during the night the tape had, presumably, gotten tired of holding the nice, homemade red heart up and allowed it to fall down onto her face.

At first Kitty had been annoyed, but then she'd read the card. Just her luck, though - no one had signed it. Gosh, some of those boys at the Institute could be so cowardly. She would agree to nothing until she knew who the mysterious sender was - and how they'd managed to tape the card directly above her head without her noticing.

As she got dressed and ready for the day, she wondered exactly who, at the Institute, would even want to be her Valentine. It definitely wasn't any of the adults, or Scott. She doubted it was Roberto or Sam. And unless Bobby was messing with her, it wasn't him.

Kurt... well, he might would give her a Valentine's Day card, but that still wouldn't explain how he got it onto the ceiling. Evan couldn't have been the one either. He wasn't likely to send anyone something so thoughtful, and besides, he would've just spiked it to the ceiling.

There was still a possibility it could be one of the younger mutants, and Kurt. She'd just assume it was the blue elf for now and give him a chance to admit to giving her the card later.

In fact, she thought breakfast would actually be the perfect chance for him to open up about it. "Good morning," she greeted, putting up her hair as she headed into the dining area.

Kurt was sitting in the chair next to where she usually sat, piling some bacon onto his plate. "Morning, Keety," he greeted, grinning at her as she took a seat beside him. "Sleep vell?"

Ah. Just as she had suspected - it was him. "Yeah," she responded, eying him suspiciously. "I mean, I did until I, like, woke up with a paper on my f-" She stopped herself when she realized she'd taken a seat on something on her chair. She stood up and picked up the paper she'd sat on. It was yet another one of those red hearts - this one had a pink rose attached to it, one she'd, thankfully, not managed to squish. "Want to know who I am? Follow the rose petals."

Kitty glanced over her shoulder in time to notice a trail of rose petals leading out of the room.

"Looks like someone has a secret admirer," Kurt sang, his fangs showing when he smiled widely at her.

Her eyebrows furrowed. "You mean it wasn't..." she trailed off, her gaze following the rose petals on the floor.

"Vell, don't you vant to know who it is?"

She nodded slowly. "I guess so." She took one last look at the fuzzy elf before heading out of the room. She had been almost sure it was Kurt, but now that it wasn't... Who could it be?

The hallway felt like it extended on forever, but in reality, it was probably one of the shortest in the mansion. Kitty, in a way, didn't want to know who the admirer was. For all she knew, it was just some stupid prank. Hopefully everyone had already thought better of making her angry, though.

The rose petals were beautiful, even considering they were just lying on the floor. Whoever her admirer was, unless this was a trick, was sure to be a sweet, thoughtful guy.

The petals stopped just short of a closed door at the end of the hallway. She was standing there, deciding on whether or not she should open it when, suddenly, she heard a bamf and then Nightcrawler appeared in front of her. "Oh, Kurt," she muttered, not exactly disappointed, but not as curious as she had been before. It was clear what was going on here. It really had been him all along. She wasn't surprised that it was her favorite elf. After all, it wasn't like he'd never tried to impress her.

The only thing different about this situation compared to any other one was... well, even though she hated to admit it, him trying to impress her, this time around, was working. And working well.

Unfortunately, though, she really liked Lance, and this couldn't change anything between her and Kurt. They were great friends, but that's all.

He seemed confused, and was about to say something, when she wrapped her arms around him in a big bear hug. "Aw, Fuzzy. This was so sweet. Thank you."

"Vhat?"

She laughed. "Next time just tell me, though. We can be honest with each other, right?"

"Ja..." He nodded slowly as she pulled away and headed back down the hallway to the dining room.

Suddenly, the door behind him swung open and out stepped one heartbroken twelve year old. "Look what you've done," Jamie mumbled, throwing a yellow rose down onto the floor. He glared up at Kurt, trying not to pout, even though this really wasn't the best day ever.

Kurt's eyebrows furrowed. "Vhat did I do?"

"I was trying to win Kitty over and you ruined everything," he explained, a disgusted look on his face. "She doesn't even know I exist and now she's in love with you."

"Keety?" Kurt repeated. "In love vith me? Vhat makes you zink..."

"Oh, isn't it obvious? She hugged you and everything - and she smiled! She thinks you're the greatest person on the planet or something. My plan didn't even work..."

Nightcrawler seemed stuck on the idea of Kitty liking him. Before he'd met Amanda, he'd been crazy about her. And now she decided it was time to like him back? Really?

He loved Amanda - a lot - but even so, the idea of Kitty finally coming around didn't sound so bad. He just wondered what had changed her mind. Maybe now would be a good time to find out...

Without another word, he 'ported out of the room and into the dining room, dangling off the chandelier right in front of Kitty. No one else had gotten to breakfast yet, other than Logan, who sat by the window, reading the paper.

"Katzchen," Kurt whispered, not wanting Wolverine to overhear, "you said ve can tell each other anyzing, right?"

Kitty looked up at him from where she was eating fruit for breakfast. The bacon he'd left at his spot made her shudder just thinking of how unhealthy it was. "Yeah. Totally. But you don't have to, like, explain anything, Kurt. I understand."

He had no idea what the heck she was talking about, but nodded, anyway. "Ja. Is there anyzing you vould like to tell me?" He winked at her, grinning.

She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Kurt was expecting her to say something. Clearly, he was expecting her to love him. Lance was the one she really loved, though. She just didn't want to break Kurt's heart - especially not after all those nice things he'd done for her. "Listen... Kurt, I... I mean, it's really complicated, y'know?"

He nodded, teleporting down to his chair to sit next to her. "I know, but it's not so hard to admit these zings. I already know vhat you are going to say."

Kitty's face lit up. "You do?" she asked, relief flooding through her. "Well... that's great! Thanks for understanding, Kurt!"

"Of course, Katzchen." He smiled. "I understand, but... vhat made you start feeling zis way?" He glanced down at his hands. "It vas the fur, vasn't it? L-"

Her eyes widened. How could he think that? "Oh, no, Kurt! It wasn't your fur!" she assured him quickly, putting a comforting arm around him. "It was definitely not the fur, I promise!"

He felt like someone had just punched him in the stomach. "You don't like it?"

"No, I love it!" she exclaimed.

"Vhat...?" His eyebrows knitted together in confusion as she gave him another big hug.

Poor Fuzzy, she thought. He's, like, so self conscious sometimes.

Logan looked up from the newspaper to stare at the strange scene before him. Those crazy kids... always up to something. "Mind tellin' me what's goin' on here?" he questioned, raising his eyebrows at them. He'd tuned the conversation out before, but it was strange to see Kitty hugging the elf so hard - and she looked so sad.

She pulled away from Kurt, giving him a sorrowful look before turning back to Wolverine. "Kurt and I were just, like, sorting some things out."

The older man nodded slowly, shooting Nightcrawler an unexplainable look. Kurt shrugged in return.

He looked back at Kitty, unsure of what to say now. "How long have you been feeling this w-"

She interrupted him. "Since the very beginning, Kurt." She hated saying this to him right now, when he was clearly going through so much doubt in his mind, but it needed to be out in the open now, so it wouldn't get worse later. "I thought you, like, understood that, though."

The very beginning? Kurt couldn't believe his ears. Why hadn't she told him before, then? Why was she keeping all her feelings inside? And what about Lance? Where had that relationship come from?

The elf sighed. "Keety...I zink you should know something..."

She nodded. "Sure. What is it, Kurt?"

"Vell... I really like Amanda - a lot." He wished he would shut up before he broke his best friend's heart, but he couldn't help it. This needed to be said, before it was too late.

Shadowcat smiled softly. "Of course you do, Fuzzy. That's great. It's just what I wanted to hear, you know?"

He was taken aback by this and could only blink at her for a second. "...Vhy?"

"Because I, like, know how much you two care about each other - and I want you to be happy."

Now it was Kurt's turn to reach out and hug her. That was one of the most selfless things anyone had done. She loved him so much that she'd put what he wanted before what she wanted. "Oh, Katzchen. Danke."

She laughed and accepted the hug, even though she had no idea what she could've done to deserve a hug.

Logan glanced up from his paper again to witness the second hug. He sighed. Valentine's Day obviously made everyone crazy.

As if proving his point, Jamie came running into the room at that moment, wearing a tuxedo and holding a bouquet of blue roses. He needed to make an entrance, if he wanted to win Kitty over. Roberto and Sam walked in, both of them dressed up as well. The trio stood tall, all looking very professional and fancy.

"I'm here... here in..." Jamie tried, sighing when he couldn't remember. He turned to Roberto, lowering his voice. "What do I say?"

Roberto whispered something to Jamie as Sam rolled his eyes.

By now, Kitty and Kurt had pulled out of the hug and were staring at the guys.

"I'm here in the name of love!" Jamie proclaimed proudly.

He motioned to Sam and Roberto for them to step forward. Simultaneously, each of them handed Kitty a box of heart-shaped candies. One of the boxes had "Be Mine" written on the front, but someone had, with permanent marker, marked out "Mine" and sloppily scribbled "Jamie's" next to it.

"What-" Kitty began, but Roberto put a finger to her lips.

"Ssh," he interrupted. "Don't speak. Instead, let your heart speak for you."

Kurt and Kitty exchanged a look just before Sam and Roberto backed away, allowing Jamie to step forward.

"Katherine, dear, it is my greatest wish to make you happy," he told her, taking one of her hands in his. "It was I who left the heart on your ceiling, I who left the trail of rose petals, and I who was left in the shadows, forgotten by you because of another admirer."

Sam and Roberto shot Kurt a look so Jamie wouldn't have to.

"It comes as no surprise that you would get the attention of many others," he continued, "but none of them could be as loyal as I. You are the-" He stopped again, glancing back at his friends. "The what?" he whispered.

"That old, ugly spot I got on my apron while cooking," Sam replied, causing everyone to glare at him. "I mean... the old, ugly spot on my apron that I love, because it reminds me that, yes, we can grow from old, ugly mistakes."

Roberto rolled his eyes, noticing how offended Kitty looked. He turned back to Jamie. "Say, 'You are the water to my well, the dream to my daydream. You're the sunshine when it's raining, the living definition of the word beautiful. And with that, I have one question for you."

Jamie smiled. "I'll take it from here. Thanks, guys." He turned back to Kitty. "Pretend I said all that." He cleared his throat. "Now, my question is simple: Katherine Pryde, will you be the Katniss to my Peeta?"

Logan mumbled something incoherent under his breath, Roberto face palmed, Sam and Kurt chuckled, and Kitty seemed like she would burst with happiness at Jamie's words.

He handed her the blue roses. "Will you?"

Kitty knew she would never really been in love with Jamie, but he was a great kid. Lance hadn't even called her for Valentine's Day, and apparently Kurt hadn't been as romantic as she'd thought; so she guessed it wouldn't hurt to hang out with her favorite twelve year old for a day. "I'll be your Valentine," she promised. "But, like, after today, we can only be good friends, all right?"

His face lit up like Logan's did just before a Danger Room session. "Okay!" He grabbed her by the arm. "Let's go, my cutie pie!"

Kitty laughed, standing up. "Thanks, Jamie - for everything." She kissed him on the top of the head, smiling to herself.

That kid would make some girl very happy one day.


I really don't know enough about Roberto or Sam. I hope they were in character. xD

ALSO, a lot of credit for this chapter goes to both of my little sisters. Angel suggested that Kurt believes Kitty likes him and the "will you be the Katniss to my Peeta" thing is something our youngest sister said a while back, except the other way around. I got her permission to put it in the story, though! ^_^ So, I owe them both a huge thank you. :)

Thanks for reading! ^_^ I'm still open to suggestions and ideas, if you guys have any. :] I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! :D