Part Twenty-One.
Kurt was staring out the window of the kitchen. His tail was on the ground, limp. Everyone was there for breakfast. Scott leaned over to Kitty.
"What's the matter with Kurt?"
"Melinda and Melanie left last night. Its going to be a week or two before they're back."
Evan shoved a mouthful of eggs into hi mouth before joining the conversation.
"I wonder if one of their sisters would be interested in me...I heard that Mandy is pretty good at singing."
"That's her power, Evan."
Kurt teleported in front of them and hung from the ceiling.
"If you guys are going to talk about mein Melinda's family, can you try to do it so everyone can't hear you?"
"S-Sorry, Kurt."
He sighed depressed. His tail was swinging back and forth sadly.
"She won't be back for so long."
Professor Xavier smiled as he drank his coffee. Kurt was head over heels for Melinda. The day after their first date, when Kitty asked Kurt if Melinda was his girlfriend, he was so flustered he teleported outside! When he teleported back, Melinda answered Kitty's question as 'yes.' When she asked Kurt if that was right, he nodded nervously and teleported back into his room.
"Kurt, do your parents know about Melinda?"
Kurt's tail whirled around his left leg.
"I-I was planning on telling them soon."
"They don't know?!" Jean and Kitty shouted.
"W-Well..."
"Give the dude a break," Evan said. "You think its easy for a guy to tell his parents he has a girlfriend?"
Scott joined in.
"Yeah. Especially when they've never met or seen the girl."
Kitty and Jean stomped over to Kurt.
"Where are the pictures?"
Kurt tried to back away.
"What pictures?"
"We know you and Melinda have taken more pictures than anyone in Hollywood!"
"Melanie is always taking your picture!"
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Kurt took Jean, Kitty, Evan, Scott, and Professor Xavier to his room. Jean and Kitty insisted that the other boys come.
"Where are-AW!! Kitty, look at this!"
On the nightstand by his bed, there was a picture of Kurt and Melinda. They were at the park and Melinda was on a swing, Kurt was behind her holding her.
"There's more over here!"
On the dressers and in the drawers were more. Some were Melinda and Kurt, some were Melinda and Melanie, but there were more with just Melinda.
"Wow...Kurt...there are over twenty pictures here."
Kurt was very embarrassed. He didn't want them to see all of that.
"All right! To the copy machine!"
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At the Brotherhood house, things weren't exactly sunshine and daisies.
"Toad! What happened to all the food?!"
Pietro, Lance, and Fred went out for a little bit, the shelves were filled with food, and now they were empty. They searched the kitchen but there wasn't a trace of food.
"Leave me alone!" Toad shouted from upstairs.
The three ran upstairs and saw Toad on his bed, without a shirt, surrounded by empty food wrappers. The tv was on a soap opera.
"What the heck are you watching?"
"Shut up! Can't you see Raphael is about to leave Christy whose carrying his baby because he discovered he was gay and is in love with Thomas who is engaged to Samantha but in reality is his old high school classmate who wants revenge!"
"Wait. Isn't Thomas the real father of Christy's baby?"
"Pietro! You're not helping!"
"No. Thomas isn't the father. The father is Thomas' brother, Richard."
"You too, Freddy?! Toad, why are you watching this?!"
"I MISS MY MELANIE!!! I can't take it! A few days I can handle but more than a WEEK?! I'm going nuts!!"
The phone next to the bed started ringing. Pietro answered it.
"Hello? Hey! I miss you. I'm just sitting here in Toad's room, mising you like crazy and watching soap operas. Toad? He went out partying with Lance. Something about 'getting some ass.' I don't know why he would when he is lucky enough to have a woman like you. Why if I had you, I'd-"
"GIVE ME THE PHONE!!"
Toad hopped around his room trying to catch Pietro who was saying nasty stuff into the phone. Blob started eating some chips with Lance as they watched the soap opera and their teammates.
"So let's see. Melanie is with her identical sisters while Toad is here but trying to snatch the phone away from the sex-maniac friend Pietro who is crazy about Melanie."
"I wonder how much we could make if we recorded this and sent it to America's Funniest Home Videos."
"It would be hard explaining ow his tongue is shooting out to ten feet while the other is running around faster than the road runner on crack."
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Kurt was on the phone in the Xavier Institute. Jean and Kitty were watching.
"Hello?"
"Mom? Hi."
"Kurt! My baby! Hold on!"
Kurt sighed as he heard his father coming over and his mom turning on the speaker phone.
"How are you doing, son?"
"We miss you!"
"I'm good. Everyone here is really nice. Um...there is kind of something I have to tell you."
"You can tell us anything, Kurt."
"What is it?"
"Um...there's this...."
"Oh my..."
"DID YOU MEET A GIRL!?!"
Kurt yanked the phone away as his parents screamed and squealed in joy. Jean and Kitty looked at him.
"You tell them?"
"They figured it out."
"KURT! Who is she?!"
"What does she look like?!"
"Mom. Dad. I'm sending a few pictures through the mail of her. And I might bring her up for the holidays."
Kurt had to yank the phone away again as his mother started yelling excitedly.
"Our baby has a girlfriend!!"
"What's her name?"
"M-Melinda. Melinda Wilbur."
"Wilbur. As in...Martin Wilbur?! The supermodel?!"
"No! As in Mandy the actress! And the boy band! 180! They are so adorable!"
"They are all related. She's really nice, smart, kind...pretty."
Now Kurt held the phone away as far as he could to shield him from his mothers crying.
"My little boy!! You have to bring her here as soon as you can!!"
"Okay, Mom."
"Nice work, Son. Remember to treat her nice."
"I will, Dad."
"We are so happy for you, sweetheart."
"Take care."
"Love you guys."
Jean and Kitty 'awwed' when Kurt ended the call.
"That was so cute...I think."
"I didn't understand a word but it sounded like they were excited!"
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In Hollywood, Melanie and Melinda were heading to the condo that Maxwell owned. He normally liked to keep to himself but thought it would be nice to have Melinda and Melanie to stay for the trip there. All of the brothers and sisters were flying in, except for the band. They were stuck on their tour. At Maxwell's place, they were having a family dinner.
"I would like to propose a toast," Melanie said standing up.
"To Maya, Megan, and Mandy. I know your movie will reach the top of the charts! And to Melody and Martin, I hope your tour of Paris this upcoming fall season will be as glamourous as the clothes you'll be wearing!"
"Cheers!"
When Melanie sat back down, her other brothers started pouting.
"Why didn't you say anything about us?"
She groaned and stood back up.
"To Maxwell, I hope you'll fix the bodies of Hollywood's oldest for many years to come! To Malcolm, make sure you win every case when you become A.D.A! Also, I have quite a few friends who might be arrested...and I need you to help them if they need it."
"Thank you," they said in unison.
Everyone was dressed casually, since tomorrow the big premiere would require formal wear.
"So, Melanie and...'Melinda'...how is everything in Bayville?"
"Yeah. Did you bring pictures of your friends?"
"Wel'll show you them after dinner."
"Nope. Now."
Melinda groaned and pulled them out of her pocket.
"Their names are on the back."
"Ooohhh. This Pietro is a hottie."
"That's not something you say in front of your older brothers, Melody."
"He is!"
"I hear we're getting new students in a little bit though."
"Who is Kurt?"
"He's a guy from Germany. Really nice guy."
"Ew! This Todd guy is disgusting!" Martin said making a face.
"Like you're one to talk!"