A month or so later the funfair was in town, all the kids at the institute were dead excited about that Friday when they'd be allowed to go and check it out.

Franky and Jade had finally admitted to the world that they were an item, to the happiness and relief of almost everyone.

'How come she gets him?' asked Jubilee moodily to Amara as they studied hard for the big Math test the next day. 'I'll tell you why, because she's best friends with his little sister.'

'Wouldn't that be a bad thing?' asked Bobby, chewing on his pencil as he tried to work out a particularly difficult equation. 'I mean, your little sister's best friend? That would make things awkward, wouldn't it?'

'What would you know?' snapped the dark haired girl, throwing a rubber at him across the table. He laughed as he threw it back.

Jade and Franky were always together, whispering things in each others ears, kissing and canoodling, cuddling, etc… It meant that Vixen had noone to hang around with, so she started spending all her time with Kurt.

'So are we gonna go to the fair on Friday?' she asked out of the blue as they did their homework (well, Kurt did his homework, Vixen was doodling absent-mindedly).

'Of course!' replied Kurt laughing, 'Why wouldn't we go?' he scratched his ear with his ruler. 'Don't you wanna go?'

'Well duh!' exclaimed the girl, putting the final touches on her latest doodle (a cheeseburger). 'I dunno… it's just that… well someone told me what happened last time the funfair was in town. I thought maybe you wouldn't wanna go, and if you don't go I'd wanna stay here with you. You know… keep you company.' He looked up at her and saw her look away, blushing but he didn't say anything.

'Doesn't Pietro want to go?' he asked, looking back down at his Biology graphics, which were about as comprehensible as rocket science.

'Well…' she started hesitantly, not knowing how to put her words. 'I dunno… he asked me… but I umm… said I had to wash my hair.' Nightcrawler chuckled.

'You lied to him?' he asked smiling at her, she nodded guiltily. 'Is this relationship not going where you want it to?' he asked, feeling a little self-conscious.

'I… don't know.' she admitted shrugging again. 'It's really hard now, well, now that I'm not with him all the time any more. And he's kinda the enemy, well… you know. He's not much of a good guy, is he?' Kurt shrugged.