A/N: This is kind of a random chapter. I'm not even sure if it's important, but I posted it anyway :P

Chapter Six

Esmeralda Van Holtz

"So, Kitty, tell us about Logan." Anastasia pryed.

"Well like nobody knows just how old he is due to his mutation. He has like this abnormal healing ability, andamatium claws and skeleton, superhuman senses, and strength. He's rough on the outside but Kurt and I think there's this soft spot in there somewhere that he lets nobody see. Rogue is like his daughter, so be nice to her and I am sure that you'll like attract him. Plus with the outfit I have in mind, he like won't be able to resist you!"

I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the same worried expression that I was sure was on my face as well.

We pulled into the mall parking lot and Kitty dragged me and my sisters through the mall and to a goth punk store that had a LOT of leather.

"Um… Kitty?" Gwyndolyn asked, with concern in her voice.

"I know what I'm doing, Gwyndolyn." Kitty responded, with a smile.

And that's what scares me. I thought to myself.

Kitty asked, "What's your size, Esmeralda?"

"12 pants and medium shirt."

Kitty nodded and continued her search in the leather. She pulled off a pair of leather pants, leather jacket and moved to a different rack to find a sky blue top and biker boots.

"Go try these on."

I went into the dressing room and pulled the clothes onto my body. I looked in the mirror and loved the whole outfit. Except the boots.

I walked out and Kitty said, "The boots have to go. I need to call Rogue. This is her expertise."

Kitty made a phone call and in the corner of the store, Kurt and Rogue appeared.

"Kitty, what am Ah doing here?"

"You need to like find Esmeralda some shoes. I can't get it right."

"Okay. Ah will be a minute."

Rogue grabbed my arm with her gloved hand and pulled me towards the shoes.

"You need these." Rogue finally said, holding a pair of knee high boots.

"Pants untucked or tucked?"

Rogue put the shoes back and grabbed an ankle high version of the previous pair. I slipped them on and walked over to Kitty.

She squealed and said, "Perfect! Kurt, what do you think?"

"If Logan doesn't notice you, ve have a serious problem." Kurt answered.

"Ah agree."

For one second, I thought I saw Rogue smile.

I looked in the mirror and the ankle boots definatly looked better than the biker boots. I smiled at myself and went back into the dressing room to get back into my regular clothes and to the check out.

When we left, we let Kurt and Rogue teleport back in the back seat of the car for human purposes and we drove back.

"Kitty, when am I to wear this outrageous outfit?" I asked.

"Tonight. The students eat at one end of the table and the teachers eat at the other end. You will be fine. I just hope this works."

Later That Night…

I walked out of my room wearing the outfit that we had bought earlier. My two sisters smiled at me and walked behind me for support. They dressed up a little as well.

Anastasia whispered to me, "Don't be so nervous, Ez."

I shrugged and kept walking to the dining hall. As soon as I entered, all eyes were on me. I kept walking and saw that Logan was checking me out.

Mission accomplished.

I would have to thank Kitty later.

The entire time that supper was going on, Logan kept looking at me. It was exhilirating and terrifying at the same time.

After Supper…

I saw Logan coming towards me and I said to my sisters, "I will talk to ya'll later."

They nodded, giving me a slight hug for strength and left. Gwyndolyn looked back once and gave me a thumb up that I knew meant "Go get 'im tiger." I laughed at my sister's gesture and turned to face Logan.

"Hello, Logan."

"Ez, what are you wearing?"

It surprised me that he called me Ez. Only my sisters and parents had ever called me that.

"Apparently, a lot of leather." I replied with a grin.

"I see that and I like it." he whispered to me.

I smiled and turned invisible just to tease him.

"Oh come on." Logan whinned.

I turned visible again and Logan suggested, "Wanna go for a walk?"

I nodded and we walked out of the doors of the mansion.

Jean said to me mentally, "Be careful, Esmeralda."

I answered, "No worries, Jean. I can handle this."

She left my head, so to speak, as Logan and I walked down the sidewalk to the fountain. We sat there and just talked about random things. He told me to tell him about myself. So I did.

"My parents are Daniel and Amelia Van Holtz. Their X-Men names are Tank and Ghost. My sisters and I grew up in Paris, Texas, my mother's hometown. We were homeschooled through mutant tutors and when it came mine and Anastasia's time to go into a real high school, we decided to come to the Institute instead. The three of us don't regret that decision. Then we went to college and got our degrees and came back home a couple weeks ago to visit our parents, whom we hadn't seen in years. My mother was killed by a mutant named Mystique the day we came home. Now my sisters and I are here and my dad is out trying to find Mystique and kill her."

He looked at me blankly, as if he had nothing to say to that last line, and I didn't expect him to.

"I'm sorry." Logan finally said and gave me a small hug.

I definatly wasn't expecting that.

"What about you, Logan?"

"I don't remember much of my past."

"Is it worse not knowing?"

"At times it frustrates me that I can't remember certain things about myself, like my real name."

"The professor-"

"Has tried and can only tell me so much."

It was my turn to apologize.

He shrugged like he was accustomed to his way of life and how little he knew about himself.

We sat there talking for over two hours and it was now ten o'clock.

"I will walk you to your room." Logan offered.

"I would like that, thanks."

"No problem."

We walked in silence through the doors, up the steps, and to the rooms of the teachers. When we got to my room, I turned to look at Logan and that's when he did what I least expected him to do.

He kissed me.

Gwyndolyn Van Holtz

As sly as my older sister and I were, we watched what went on between Logan and Esmeralda in the hallway thanks to Anastasia's invisibility. As soon as Logan went in for the kiss, we had to look away.

Anastasia teleported us to her room and the first thing she said was, "Well that moved quickly."

"I'd say. I can't wait until they go official. They are just so…perfect." I answered, with a slight squeal.

Anastasia commented, "Okay, Gwynie. Calm down; you're getting too excited over there. We don't need you hyperventalating now."

I made a pouty face at my older sister and then Esmeralda texted me to let us know that it was okay to come over to her room now. I teleported us over there and Esmeralda was lying on her bed, grin on her face and looking more alive than we have ever seen her before.

"Tell us what happened." Anastasia demanded of our older sister, even though we already knew part of it.

"Well we walked out to the water fountain and talked. I told him about us and all that stuff. Then he offered to walk me back to my room. Then he kissed me when we got to the door of my room."

Anastasia and I put surprised looks on our faces and I asked Esmeralda "Is he a good kisser?"

She smiled and said, "Yes."