Nelliea smiled as she sat down, "So you've heard."

Professor X leans on his desk smiling, "Yes I have. Kurt was quite adamant about sharing your good news."

"Hehe, I can tell."

The Professor comes around the desk, coming up to Nelliea and takes her hand into his, "So…did you learn anything else?"

Nelliea looks down, "No, not yet. I'm still not completely sure, but I won't give up."

As she looks up the Professor can see the look of determination in her eyes. He smiles and pats her hand, telling her if she ever needs him, just say so. They make small talk as time flies and Nelliea gets up, excusing herself saying she should find Kurt. The Professor gives her directions to him and as she finds him in a gym, she sees him with one of the teens from the training exercise. He's giving him pointers and combat moves. Nelliea shakes her head as she goes up to them.

"You're doing that wrong."

Kurt gives her a look, "What are you talking about?"

She points to his raised fist, "You're hand shouldn't be so tense. That's why they're always hurting. Having the muscles loose in your hands lets the energy disports harmlessly instead of hurting you."

Kurt mulls this over in his head as he keeps his pose, "Makes sense, but I still disagree."

She tilts her head, "Wanna have a go at it then? Test it out?"

Kurt looks at her as his eyes light up. He agrees and they move to the matted section of the room, facing each other. The teen is designated referee as they raise their arms in the ready. The signal is given and Kurt makes a jump, spinning his leg. Nelliea blocks it then grabs his thigh as she swings her body forward, spinning her waist dragging him with her. She throws him into the ground but he's able to defend himself, propping back up facing her. He grins at her as he goes into a boxing pose and starts throwing punches at her. She sidesteps every punch as she back away. Seeing an opening, she grabs a flying punch and flips him over her side, twisting his arm landing her foot at his throat. Nelliea smiles down at a bewildered Kurt as applause is heard. Distracted Nelliea looks away and sees a small crowd of teens forming around them. Taking this opportunity, Kurt throws up his legs wrapping them around her neck, bringing her down and landing on her back, pinning her. He gives a small laugh in triumph as she struggles. Getting an idea, Nelliea stills and collects her strength. Without warning she pulls her legs up jumping on her feet and stands with a stunned Kurt straddling her back. She reaches back grabbing his shirt and tries throwing him again but he counters, placing his foot down and pushing back against her. Before she could be thrown off balance, she jumps and summersaults over him as he falls back letting him go. She lands beside him and pins him down with her knee at his throat and a punch poised for a strike. Both panting hard, they stare at each other, grinning foolishly as a curious feeling overcomes them both. Nelliea's grip loosens as she wonders at this new feeling but before either of them could say anything a gruff voice is heard.

"Well kid I'd say you're lacking."

She jumps off him, embarrassed as he stays on the ground staring at Wolverine, "Hey have you seen her move? It's hard to get any kind of grip on her."

"Oh there's a grip alright," Wolverine mutters to himself. Nelliea tries to hear what he said but he moves on, "But, that was some fine butt kicking you gave him. What'd you say to becoming my assistant?"

Nelliea blinks at him, "Do what?"

Wolverine crosses his arms as he drags a breath on his cigar, "I'm supposed to be teaching these brats, training them for battles. Blue boy here's suppose to help me out but because of his work he can't. I could use a good assistant that's seen actual battle. What'd you say?"

Nelliea looks around at the crowd and at Kurt as he gets up. He nods his head, encouraging her. This could be fun I guess. She nods her head at Wolverine as he gives up a cheer. The surrounding teens cheer as well before Wolverine yells at them to get back to their work out. Nelliea smiles as they mumble and grumble but follow his orders, They do love him, don't they? Kurt walks over with a smile at her as he congratulates her on her new job. Nelliea laughs as the idea of her being called teacher or professor tickles her. The rest of the day was spent in bliss as she talked and mingled with her new students and fellow mutants as Kurt went to his office, neglecting his work for too long. She met Jean and Scott, such a cute couple. She was given a tour of the school which only confused her even more. Storm, who was giving her the tour, said there were extra rooms for her if she wished to move into the mansion. Nelliea knew she should say yes, move out of Kurt's and Amanda's apartment, but she found she couldn't. She politely decline Storm's offer as she wondered at her reasoning. At the end of the tour Storm was called away from some students and Nelliea found herself at the basketball court. She found a ball laying on a bench and decided to throw a few hoops. As the light faded, Nelliea lost herself in this exercise, letting her mind wonder as the rhythmic sound of the ball swishing through the hoop lead her into a trance.

Well this is great I guess…swish…I mean, now I've got a place right? Friends…swish…students, people who I already think of as family…swish…But what about Kurt? What…swish…do I think of him? My heart…swish swish…says love but it's not logical. We've only just met…swish…didn't we?

…the blue star…

Nelliea stops as she hears Nigella's voice in her head. It was the first time she's ever heard it outside of meditation. That fact startled her and she was startled even more as she realized what was said, 'the blue star.' Is she talking about Kurt? He's the blue star? Well he is blue. As these thoughts mull over in her, a figure emerges from the shadows behind Nelliea.

As she turns, passing the ball back and forth between her hands she looks up, "Oh, hey Amanda. How was work today?"

Nelliea tries to plaster a smile on her face as Amanda comes into the glow of the streetlight, not smiling, "What are you still doing here?"

Still touchy, "Well, I was shooting some hoops. I didn't realize it's gotten this late. Sorry."

Nelliea tries again to smile but as Amanda comes up to her, she pokes a finger at her, "What the hell are you doing here? Who gives you the right to come here and mess everything up?!"

Anger burns in Amanda's eyes as Nelliea tries to keep her own anger in control, "Mess what up? Your fun with Kurt's feelings?"

Amanda steps back like she's been slapped fueling Nelliea's rage, "Yeah that's right. I know the only reason you keep him around is to feel better about your own self. Well grow a pair and grow up!"

Amanda's eyes ice over as she yells back, ignoring the swirling energy around her, "Shut the fuck up! You have no idea what you're talking about!"

"The fuck I don't! You force him to pretend to be something he's not in his own home! What the hell kind of friend does that?! Certainly one who doesn't care about him!"

"I don't force him to be anything! He wears that watch of his own validation!"

"Fuck he don't! He only wears it so you won't freak out! He hasn't worn it all day and I don't anyone's ever seen him smile this much!"

The swirling energy spins faster, flinging their hair against their faces, they don't even notice, "He's fucking human! He should act like it!"

"HE'S NOT HUMAN! HE'S A DAMN MUTANT AND SHOULD BE DAMN PROUD! HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO FORCE NORMALITY ON HIM!"

The yelling and swirling energy alerted everyone in the mansion as they run out to see what was happening. Kurt who came back with Amanda was chatting with Bobby when he noticed the swirling winds outside and knew it was Nelliea. He leaves Bobby to wonder out the window as he pops into the courtyard, seeing and hearing the yelling match between Nelliea and Amanda. Their voices became louder to be heard over the whistling wind and he jumps, trying to pull Amanda out of the way of a swinging branch but it only phases through her. He screams for Nelliea to stop but she can't hear her. As a crowd gathers Storm and Wolverine appear, worried about the students' safety and try to keep them back. Out of ideas, Kurt pops behind Nelliea, grabbing her and flashing away before she could react and taking her out into the middle of the neighboring sea. He dunks her in the cold water, cooling her head and takes her to the school infirmary, wrapping a towel around her. He rubs her arms as she refuses to look at him. He can feel the waves of disappointment and shame coming off her.

He reals his head trying to think of something to say when she speaks, "I'm sorry you had to get wet. I usually have better control over myself but she…she just rubs me the wrong way."

Kurt's hands still on her arms as he stares at her. He puts his finger under her chin, bringing her face up to look at him. As he sees her beautiful deep blue eyes, swimming with unshed tears pleading with him, he touches his lips to hers. At first she couldn't move from shock but as she tries to back away he simply wraps his arms around her, bringing her close, deepening the kiss. As his tongue rubs against hers his fingers run through her silky hair, pulling her head back. Her breathe hisses out as she tries to remember how to breath, racking her fingernails down his back as the kiss transports her faster than he ever could. They break to breathe again and stare into each other's eyes. Nelliea lays her head on his shoulders as unwelcomed tears flood her eyes. Kurt slowly rocks her as she sheds tears upon tears of untold cries. She clutches his back as the sobs rack her lungs. Droplets of black energy forms and rain down from the ceiling, alarming Kurt but it only puddles and seeps through the floor. Nelliea holds on to him tight as her sobs quicken then subside away. Silence befalls the room as the black rain dies away. Nelliea doesn't move and keeps her head buried in Kurt's neck as he rubs her back.

"I'm sorry you had to see me like this," She mumbles into his neck, her breath tickling him, "I always seem to lose whatever control I have when it comes to you. Why is this happening to me?"

Kurt smiles as he doesn't answer, knowing the reason why. Kurt continued to rub her back as her grip loosens but does not move.

"Can you take me to her?" Nelliea keeps her head buried, not wanting to show him her face as his hand pauses.

"To Amanda? Why would you want that?"

Nelliea sits back and finally looks him in the eyes, only seeing concern as she squeezes his hands in hers, "I need to apologize to her in person."

Kurt smiles and wonders at her strength as he caresses her cheek, nodding his head. They poof into the air and appear in a dorm room where Storm is consoling a weeping Amanda. They look up at the sound of their appearing and Amanda sees Nelliea standing there, holding hands with Kurt. She glares at her and starts screaming at her to let him go. She yells all kinds of accusations at her while trying to pull their hands apart. Nelliea lets go as Amanda stands between them pushing Nelliea away. Kurt tries to stop her, getting angry himself but Nelliea holds her hand up stopping him. As Amanda's voice weakens, she stops screaming, huffing for breath as tears streak down her face.

Nelliea faces her and takes a deep breath, calmly speaking, "Amanda, I'm so sorry that we had to meet this way and that we could never be friends. I honestly don't know if we could ever be friends, even if we meet under different circumstances. But I had no right to become mad at you nor did I have any right to lose control of my powers and endanger you and everyone around you. I'm so sorry."

Nelliea turns and walks out the door, intending to leave out of their lives. Amanda gives a sigh of relief as Nelliea walks out and turns to Kurt. She tries to cup his face but he gently grabs her wrist pulling her away from him.

The flimsy smile that was on her face faded as a cold hard look crosses his eyes, "Move out."

Time stills as shock reverberates through her and before she could recover he's gone in a puff of smoke, going after her. Amanda collapses as Storm rushes over embracing her as the young girl goes into another fit of sobs. Storm stares at the door after those two, proud of him finally following his heart and standing up for himself, but still sad at the way things had to unfold. Nelliea reaches the front entrance without running into anyone else to which she is grateful. Before she could go out the door her hand is grabbed behind her as she's whirled around.

"Where the hell are you going?!"

Nelliea can only stare as Kurt stands before her, holding tightly onto her hand, refusing to let her go as her jaw drops, "Wha-…what are you doing? Shouldn't you be with Amanda?"

Kurt pulls her closer ignoring the stares they're getting, "What are you talking about?"

Nelliea's breath catches in her throat as she looks at all the stares around them while Kurt wraps his arms around her, "What are you doing? Everyone's staring. You're supposed to be with Amanda. That's what you wanted right?"

Kurt glares at everyone watching until they get the message and leave them be. As they're alone once more he brings his face back to Nelliea and puts his forehead against hers.

"I'm right where I want to be. I want to be with you Nelliea…I want to be with you Nigella."

Nelliea's eyes brighten as he calls her by her real name. She sneaks her arms around his neck as she smiles into his lips, bringing them closer to hers. A steaming kiss envelops them both as they're lost in their world. This time Nelliea had the presence of mind to keep tight control of the reins so as to not let her powers go astray. Luckily the kiss ended before she was put to the real test as Kurt pulls back.

He leans over and whispers into her ear, "Why don't we take this home? There're still too many eyes watching."

Nelliea looks over his head and sees people still watching them from the corners of the hallways. She gives a slight chuckle as she grabs on tight and feeling the air whoosh around them. They're back in his place and he slowly lowers her down on his bed as he climbs on top of her, kissing and licking her neck. Spasms of pure pleasure erupt throughout her body as she feels his tongue playing against her skin, feeling his soft fur rub against her skin as she pulls him close, wrapping her legs around him. The sound of rattling reaches her ears and she pulls her eye open to see swirling black energy flooding the room around them. She tries to speak but slowly loses her mind as he continues to do amazing things to her neck with his mouth. She claws at his back and her eyes glaze over as she's brought to a blinding edge when his hands start roaming her body. She's finally able to gasp out a sound that was a mixture of pleasure and alarm. Kurt only took it as a sound to continue and starts bringing his hand down to her stomach. Before he could go further her Soul-Self grabs some medal and slams it across the room startling Kurt. With his mouth free of her neck she's finally able to put two cohesive thoughts together and disports the remaining energy in the room. Kurt looks around in shock as various pieces of clothing falls on his head. Nelliea lays beneath him, laughing at the look on his face as he pulls a sock from his head.

"I guess we'll have to work on that."

Nelliea laughs as she reaches up for him, bringing him down for another kiss, "Or something like that."