A/N: I had extra time this weekend, and I decided to spend it on this, since people have been sad about updates. Don't expect this on a regular basis though! This is a one-time thing!


Kurt's arms stretched above him as he finally convinced himself to crawl out of bed. He yawned as he slid out from his blanket. As he stood up, he noticed with more than a little soreness that Evan had not been lying about the shelf's…uncomfortableness. He rubbed his back as he padded across the small room to grab his trench coat. Even though he was going to be sore, this was still a better night's sleep than he had gotten in almost a year. He had slept too many nights on cold concrete without a blanket to be ungrateful of cold concrete with one. Kurt let out another yawn as he pulled his creaky door open.

He walked into the main room to find Kitty and Rogue already there, bickering about something that Kurt couldn't hear.

"Good morning" he interjected into their conversation.

They both quickly spun around. "Oh! Hey Kurt! Um, how long have you been standing there?" Was Kitty blushing?

"Just voke up. Vhat's going on?"

"Oh nothing! Nothing is going on. Nope. Nothing."

Kurt just raised his eyebrows at her. Rogue let out a snort and Kitty's face got redder. "Rogue!"

"I didn't say nothin'!" Rogue replied with a smirk, lifting her gloved hands up in mock defense. Kitty just glared at her. Sometimes, she just wanted to wipe the smirk off of that annoying little—

"Vhat's going on?" Kurt interrupted Kitty's thought. She snapped her head back to him.

"Nothing!" This provoked another snort from Rogue, and in turn, provoked another glare from Kitty.

Rogue finally cut off Kitty's glare and turned to Kurt. "Kitty's embarrassed."

"Rogue!"

"About vhat?" Kurt asked, ignoring Kitty's protests.

"She doesn't want to take you on a supply run, but if you'll be stayin', you're gonna need to know how."

"ROGUE!"

"What?" Rogue turned to Kitty with a mockingly innocent look on her face. Kitty replied by lunging out of her chair and tackling Rogue to the ground.

After the girls rolled around for a while, Kurt finally collected himself and interrupted. "I don't mind going."

Kitty suddenly looked up from where she had Rogue pinned. "Really?"

"Really. Like Rogue said, I need to learn." Honestly, Kurt had no idea what the girls had been talking about, or what he would need to do, but he was getting concerned about Kitty's general welfare on the ground. It was obvious that both of the girls were pretty evenly matched (it seemed that there was an unspoken rule regarding no-powers), but Rogue's long sleeves kept getting pulled back farther and farther and Kitty's short ones offered little protection. If Rogue's powers were really as bad as she had said—

Rogue took advantage of Kurt's distraction and pinned Kitty to the ground. Kitty's shocked face revealed how off guard she had been as she twisted uselessly against Rogue's iron-grip. Kurt let a small chuckle escape his lips. Kitty looked adorable, struggling like a little kid who had been caught stealing out of the cookie jar.

"Say Uncle!"

Kitty glared back. "Bite me." Rogue wasted no time in twisting Kitty's arm behind her back.

"Uncle! Uncle!"

Rogue rolled off of her and smirked as she readjusted her gloves. Kitty just stuck her tongue out at her as she dusted off her shirt.

"So vhat are ve doing?" He asked as Kitty walked over to the table again.

"It seems that I am taking you on a supply run." She shot Rogue a look before tossing a piece of beef jerky to Kurt. "Eat up; we have some walking to do."


Kitty played with a loose thread on her shirt as she tried to ignore Rogue. It wasn't working. "Kit, you know you have to."

"And why do I have to?" She wasn't even trying to hide the whiny tone in her voice anymore.

"We are runnin' low on food again. Besides, if he's gonna stay, we're gonna need some additional supplies for his room."

Kitty knew Rogue only was telling the truth, but she really didn't want Kurt to find out how they got their stuff, let alone have to help her do it. I mean it was just so…embarrassing!

"Kitty, you know you have to." Kitty just looked up, glaring at Rogue.

"Kitty, don't even. You knew this was going to happen when you brought him back last night. You knew it the second you walked in the door."

It was true. She had. But she didn't think it would be so soon! "Why do we have to do it TODAY? I mean, he just got here! It hasn't even been 24 hours and—"

"And he was gonna find out some time, so it's better that we find out now what kind of guy he is now. I'm sure he's dealt with worse. He's been livin' this life too Kitty. He's not like—"

"I know!"

Not like Lance. Kurt would understand what they needed to do to survive. Lance had lived his whole life as a spoiled only-child. His family had even accepted him when they found out about his mutation. But Lance was Lance, so when he didn't get what he wanted, he ran away, claiming that they wouldn't buy him a car because he was a 'freak'. God Lance was stupid. But he acted like such a bad boy, and Kitty fell for it. God, she was stupid.

She was stupid to think that after a lifetime of meals on silver platters, he would immediately—how did he put it? Oh yes, 'stoop to their level'—just for her. He thought himself too good to scavenge.

Rogue said aloud what Kitty was thinking. "That guy was a prick."

Kitty gritted her teeth. "I know."

"I mean, he comes in here, thinking he's all that, but the second he has to lift a finger—"

"I know!" Kitty hated this conversation. "I was naïve and stupid. Happy?"

"No need to get so touchy." Kitty just rolled her eyes. Rogue grabbed her arm and waited for Kitty to look her in the eye. "But you are still takin' him today."

Kitty groaned so loudly she didn't hear the door open behind them.