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Chapter Ten
"I know about you," Rogue said. Kitty stared.
"What about me?"
"And Logan." The color drained out of Kitty's face.
"How?"
"What?"
"How do you know?"
"You're carrying on some kind of affair with a guy who's at least old enough to be your father, and all you have to say is how do I know?"
"What do you, like, want me to say, Rogue?"
"I want you to say it's not happening!"
"Well, it happened. And it's been happening for several weeks."
"Why, Kitty?"
"Because."
"How can you do this? How can you do this to my brother?"
"Hey! Your brother *left* me, remember? I never wanted this break up. He made that decision without any regard to my feelings."
"So this is what, payback?"
"I don't expect you to understand, Rogue."
"Kitty, you can't do this."
"Why? What prevents me from doing it?"
"I'm about to, if you keep this up."
"Well tell me, Rogue. What would you do if, like, you were in my place?"
"I'd wait for Kurt to come back," she said automatically.
"You think that's what you'd do, but you'll never really know because of your powers."
"That's not true," Rogue argued, although she knew it probably was, a little.
"You know as well as anyone that it hasn't been easy for me," Kitty snapped. "I'm not hurting anyone, so why can't you just, like, let me live my life?"
"Because it is hurting someone, Kitty," Rogue said. "It hurts Kurt."
"Yeah, well, Kurt isn't here."
"But he will be."
"Not for another month. A little more, actually." Rogue sighed an irritated sigh.
"So you're saying that you don't love Kurt anymore, and that you're going to be with Logan now?"
"I didn't say that."
"Well then tell me what the hell is going on, Kitty!"
"It doesn't concern you, Rogue!" There was a loud knocking on the door, and Remy walked in.
"Leave her alone, chere."
"Remy, stay outta this," Rogue snapped.
"No," he said. He walked over to Rogue, grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room. "Let Petite figure her own life out."
"But she's—" Rogue protested.
"Sorry 'bout this, Petite," Remy said to Kitty. He shut the door behind him and Rogue.
Kitty sighed. She hated to admit that Rogue had a point or two in that argument. So what should she do now?
Rogue was furious. She glared at Remy while he lit a cigarette.
"Who the hell do you think you are, Cajun?" she demanded.
"What are you talking about, chere?"
"You had no right in get involved in that conversation."
"You were on the verge of killing her."
"I was not!"
"Maybe not kill, but you were too angry to be talking to her."
"What am I supposed to do? Sit back and let her ruin my brother's life?"
"She said it herself, chere. Your brother left her."
"Remy, he still loves her. You and I already had this conversation."
"She's depressed, Rogue. If this is the only way she's found to help herself feel better, then just let her be happy."
"But what about when Kurt gets home? Then what? She just gonna play both of them?"
"I think you and I both know she'll choose just one."
"Yeah, but which?"
Kitty knocked on the door, then phased in.
"What're you doing, Half-Pint? No one's supposed to know you come here."
"Rogue knows."
"What?"
"Rogue knows. And I think Remy does, too, because he's the one who, like, got her out of my room while she was screaming at me."
"I thought I heard some commotion earlier."
"Yeah."
"Well, that's that, then."
"Huh?"
"Listen kid, we both know it isn't going anywhere."
"Wait a minute," Kitty interrupted. "You're breaking up with me?" Logan felt a little guilty. The second time in just a few months she's been dumped.
"I wouldn't call it breaking up," he said, choosing his words carefully.
"No! I, like, came in here to break up with you!" Kitty giggled.
"So you're breaking up with me, then?"
"Well, I guess what we had wasn't exactly a relationship, anyway," Kitty said thoughtfully.
"How about we decide to make this a mutual parting, then?" Logan suggested.
"Okay," Kitty agreed. She leaned over and kissed him. "Just one last one for the road," she said. Logan smiled faintly, then kissed her one more time. Before anything else could happen, Kitty got up and phased back into her own room.
Rogue tore up the letter she had begun writing to Kurt, telling him all about Kitty and Logan.
"Hello?" a voice said.
"Hi, this is Rogue," she said. "Can I speak with Kurt?"
Chapter Ten
"I know about you," Rogue said. Kitty stared.
"What about me?"
"And Logan." The color drained out of Kitty's face.
"How?"
"What?"
"How do you know?"
"You're carrying on some kind of affair with a guy who's at least old enough to be your father, and all you have to say is how do I know?"
"What do you, like, want me to say, Rogue?"
"I want you to say it's not happening!"
"Well, it happened. And it's been happening for several weeks."
"Why, Kitty?"
"Because."
"How can you do this? How can you do this to my brother?"
"Hey! Your brother *left* me, remember? I never wanted this break up. He made that decision without any regard to my feelings."
"So this is what, payback?"
"I don't expect you to understand, Rogue."
"Kitty, you can't do this."
"Why? What prevents me from doing it?"
"I'm about to, if you keep this up."
"Well tell me, Rogue. What would you do if, like, you were in my place?"
"I'd wait for Kurt to come back," she said automatically.
"You think that's what you'd do, but you'll never really know because of your powers."
"That's not true," Rogue argued, although she knew it probably was, a little.
"You know as well as anyone that it hasn't been easy for me," Kitty snapped. "I'm not hurting anyone, so why can't you just, like, let me live my life?"
"Because it is hurting someone, Kitty," Rogue said. "It hurts Kurt."
"Yeah, well, Kurt isn't here."
"But he will be."
"Not for another month. A little more, actually." Rogue sighed an irritated sigh.
"So you're saying that you don't love Kurt anymore, and that you're going to be with Logan now?"
"I didn't say that."
"Well then tell me what the hell is going on, Kitty!"
"It doesn't concern you, Rogue!" There was a loud knocking on the door, and Remy walked in.
"Leave her alone, chere."
"Remy, stay outta this," Rogue snapped.
"No," he said. He walked over to Rogue, grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room. "Let Petite figure her own life out."
"But she's—" Rogue protested.
"Sorry 'bout this, Petite," Remy said to Kitty. He shut the door behind him and Rogue.
Kitty sighed. She hated to admit that Rogue had a point or two in that argument. So what should she do now?
Rogue was furious. She glared at Remy while he lit a cigarette.
"Who the hell do you think you are, Cajun?" she demanded.
"What are you talking about, chere?"
"You had no right in get involved in that conversation."
"You were on the verge of killing her."
"I was not!"
"Maybe not kill, but you were too angry to be talking to her."
"What am I supposed to do? Sit back and let her ruin my brother's life?"
"She said it herself, chere. Your brother left her."
"Remy, he still loves her. You and I already had this conversation."
"She's depressed, Rogue. If this is the only way she's found to help herself feel better, then just let her be happy."
"But what about when Kurt gets home? Then what? She just gonna play both of them?"
"I think you and I both know she'll choose just one."
"Yeah, but which?"
Kitty knocked on the door, then phased in.
"What're you doing, Half-Pint? No one's supposed to know you come here."
"Rogue knows."
"What?"
"Rogue knows. And I think Remy does, too, because he's the one who, like, got her out of my room while she was screaming at me."
"I thought I heard some commotion earlier."
"Yeah."
"Well, that's that, then."
"Huh?"
"Listen kid, we both know it isn't going anywhere."
"Wait a minute," Kitty interrupted. "You're breaking up with me?" Logan felt a little guilty. The second time in just a few months she's been dumped.
"I wouldn't call it breaking up," he said, choosing his words carefully.
"No! I, like, came in here to break up with you!" Kitty giggled.
"So you're breaking up with me, then?"
"Well, I guess what we had wasn't exactly a relationship, anyway," Kitty said thoughtfully.
"How about we decide to make this a mutual parting, then?" Logan suggested.
"Okay," Kitty agreed. She leaned over and kissed him. "Just one last one for the road," she said. Logan smiled faintly, then kissed her one more time. Before anything else could happen, Kitty got up and phased back into her own room.
Rogue tore up the letter she had begun writing to Kurt, telling him all about Kitty and Logan.
"Hello?" a voice said.
"Hi, this is Rogue," she said. "Can I speak with Kurt?"