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Authors Note: I'd love to have any URLs you have of Storm, Wolverine or Storm/Wolverine sites Wolviesfan! (btw, thanks for the URL you did send me!! ^_^) My updates will be as frequent as possible and I'm hoping to finish both my stories before XM2. As for the second chapter of Morning Gossip, well, it's coming along.
Authors Note2: I believe Rogue is not ready to admit, much less, accept Kurt as her brother. But don't worry Molotov, there will be some Rogue/Kurt bonding eventually!! Wolviesfan, the spelling mistake has been corrected!! Trunks-Girl, when Remy says, he means: "Saw this beauty (necklace) and it remind Remy of another petite belle (Rouge)." In other words, he noticed that she didn't have a gothic cross and she was a Goth, so he decided to buy her one. Oh and belle means beauty in this context.
Now the story!! ^_^
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Kurt was upset. He didn't understand why his sister didn't want to be his sister. He sighed and picked at his ice cream.
"Cheer up Kurt!" I must be look really blue! Kitty doesn't use zat tone of voice unless she's cheering some one up, usually zat's Rogue.
Kurt ignored her and continued to stare at his ice cream.
Oblivious to his subtle message of "get the hell out of here and let me be upset in peace" that he most likely learned from his sister, Kitty continued to talk as if he was paying attention to her (which he was, but no one had a right to be as cheerful as Kitty while he was down in the dumps. But since he still harbored an attraction for her, he decided she was worth enough to at least listen to, if not pay attention to.): "Rogue is, like, going through a hard time! She like totally flipped out not long ago, and now she knows you're her brother, which she never thought of you like that before…and well, she's overwhelmed. It's too soon for her to deal with. I promise you, after Christmas, she'll be back to her old self and ready to tackle the world with her 'bite me' attitude and matching personality. Just give her time, she'll come around, you'll see."
Not looking up from his ice cream, Kurt answered, "You zink, so?"
"I know so!"
"Thanks" Kurt looked up at Kitty and gave her a small smile, which was interrupted by a yell.
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Jamie was a happy child. He had his ice cream. He was a very happy child.
He was so happy, that he wasn't looking where he was going and tripped over Ray's outstretched leg (which had been left outstretched on purpose, as Amara had dared him to). His lovely bowl of ice cream went flying and he cried out at the loose of his precious ice cream, before he hit the floor and made three copies of himself.
But no one was paying attention to his mutant power as the whole restaurant (well, most of the restaurant, Amara and Ray were laughing, Jean and Scott were oblivious, and so were Kurt and Kitty) was looking at the flying bowl of ice cream and how it turned upside down and landed on Amara.
Upset that her dare backfired, and embarrassed that she was covered in chocolate ice cream with a bowl on her head, she gave a growl (which sounded remarkably like Logan) and yelled, "Jamie you are sooo dead!! This is a new blouse!!" before chasing after him.
The four Jamies scattered in four different directions as Amara chased one, then another, then another, and so on and so forth.
Chairs were over turned; foods fell off tables and were dropped by people that Amara had bumped into. In short, it was a huge mess.
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Logan was seething. This was exactly why he didn't want to come in the first place.
"QUIET!!!"
His yell effectively stopped everything.
"Everybody out, we're going home!!!"
"But-" Bobby began.
"NOW!"
Bobby pouted, but obeyed. As did the rest of the students.
Logan willed himself to calm down, not too successfully, but he was calm enough not kill anyone. He stepped outside. Looking at the kids scrabbling to the cars, he noticed that Stripes was missing.
Looking around, he noticed her purple jacket (even through the heavy snowfall) and yelled: "Stripes, get your ass over here!"
He could have sworn she was talking to someone.
"Coming!"
He dismissed it and opened the X Van, and sat the driver's set.
No one dared to talk on the way back.
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As the girls walked to Jean's car, Jean said, "If you get any ice cream on my car, you're cleaning it up."
Amara's eyes became slits as she answered through clenched teeth, "Bite me" before getting into the car and sitting by the window.
Jean wisely stayed silent as she noticed Amara's murderous expression.
Just then Rogue ran up and the rest of the girls got in and sat down.
As they made their way back to the institute, Kitty turned her head to face Rogue, ready to chide her about giving Kurt a hard time, when something caught her eye.
It was a necklace, with a gothic cross being the only thing that adored the thin gold chain.
"Rogue, where did you get that?"
"What?" Answered Rogue in a disinterested tone.
"The necklace." That sparked everyone's interest. Jean sat up straighter and Amara looked away from the window to stare questioningly at Rogue. But Rogue was oblivious; she instead brought her hand up and fingered the necklace a second before answering.
"Ah…bought it."
The hesitant pause told Kitty everything she needed to know.
"He gave it to you, didn't he?" Kitty smiled.
"He did not!" came the agitated response.
"Who the hell is this guy?" Jean asked.
"No one."
"Kitty?"
"A Romeo for our resident Juliet." Kitty remarked.
Rogue just glared.
"Well, what does he look like?" Amara spoke for the first time, her inner romantic getting the best of her.
"An angel with demon eyes." Kitty enjoyed the looks of confusion from her teammates and ignored Rogue's murderous glare.
"Huh?" Amara answered.
"Could you be a little more specific Kitty? I mean he could be a danger to the team."
"He is, but lighten up. It's not everyday you see Rogue in love."
"If he's a danger, then you should stop seeing him." Jean said in a concerned tone.
"Ah don't love him, and he's the one that keeps following mah!" Rogue yelled.
With that, she got out of the car (as they had arrived at the institute) and made her way to her room. But not before slamming all the doors in her way.
Ah hate her!!
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The sun was just beginning to set, and the students loitered around in the living room, when Bobby suddenly sat up.
"Guys, aren't we missing someone?"
Jean frowned, "No, everybody's here."
"Then how come it's so quiet?" Bobby demanded.
"I think we're all too full to cause trouble." Replied Ray.
"That's true, but I can't shake the feeling that we forgot someone…"
"Don't worry Bobby, like there's totally nothing for you to worry about. Everyone's here! Except for Rogue, she's in her room fuming. And the instructors, their around here somewhere. Other then that, we're all like totally here." Kitty replied.
"I guess." Bobby shook his head as if to chase the feeling away. Suddenly he brightened. "Let's play Monopoly."
Everyone groaned.
"That'll take forever!" Ray whined.
"It's not lahk we have anythin bettah to do." Sam replied.
"We could always do a Danger Room session." Scott teased.
"You know, Monopoly sounds wonderful, let's play!" Kurt quickly suggested. Everyone agreed.
Just as they were going to head to the game room, Amara spoke up.
"What's Monopoly?"
Bobby smiled mischievously. He walked up to her and put his arm around her shoulders.
"Don't worry Princess, I'll teach you."
Amara looked ill.
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Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, Tabitha had just finished causing havoc in the kitchen and was ready to rejoin her teammates. She walked through the crowded restaurant and arrived at the table that she had sat at, only to find an older couple and their kids.
"Guys?"
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It was the next day and Logan had left before any of the students were up to go to New York. He had taken the car. He was going Christmas shopping and he hated shopping. But this was Christmas, and therefore an exception.
On the way there, he made a pit stop to buy Jamie's present (the kid was just too cute for his own good) and had gotten him a $25 Gift Card from Best Buy, as he didn't know what the kid would want.
Upon reaching the mall (as it had just opened, he didn't have too much trouble getting a spot. That is if you ignored his road rage and screaming), he headed to the nearest men's store (Gap) and bought a tan sweater for Sam, a black one for Ray, a green one for Roberto, a blue one for the Elf, a white one of the Popsicle, a red one for Slim (which would look horrible on him. Logan respected him, not liked him.), a gray sweater for Chuck (come to think of it, he gave him the same one last year), and yellow one for Hank (in honor for his yellow hair).
Then he stepped into a small shop that sold Beanies and other stuffed toys. In the end, Logan bought a tiger for Amara, a jaguar for Tabitha, a white kitty for Half Pint, and a brown bear for Red.
For Stripes, he finally decided on getting her a book. The assistant at the bookstore was very helpful (and very cute) and she pointed to the horror section, and suggested Guilty Pleasures. He had shrugged and bought all nine books in the on going series.
I always did a have a soft spot for her.
Smirking, he left the store (and the mall) and dropped off the stuff into the car. He then headed (after getting back into the mall) for the food court, ordered from a Chinese food stand, and enjoyed his orange chicken and egg roll immensely.
And then came time for shopping for Ororo. He had saved that till last, as he had no idea what to give her. He could have bought her a stuffed animal, but it wasn't special enough. Perfume stank, literally. And he'd rather roast in hell then enter a Bath & Body Works or a candle shop. Plants were too predictable and he had no fashion sense. That left jewelry.
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The assistant looked at the rugged, yet handsome men before him, and sighed.
Another window shopper.
He plastered a smile on his face and watched the only costumer in the shop. Just then a wealthy looking woman entered the shop and he turned his attention to her.
Fifteen minutes and a bracelet later, the assistant noticed that the strange man hadn't left.
That's odd; window shoppers never stick around longer then a few minutes.
Shoving the thought aside, he went to help a more modest looking couple pick out semi expensive wedding rings.
Satisfied at having made another successful sale, he failed to notice the wild looking man beside him.
"I've decided what I wanted, bub." With that the stranger turned around and walked to the more expensive display case. The assistant was confused, but if the guy could pay, he had absolutely no problem with the way he looked.
"This one." The stranger had pointed to a necklace. The chain was silver, as was the centerpiece. However, the centerpiece was shaped into a snowflake, with small diamonds and emeralds embellishing it.
The guy's practically drooling over it! It is nice, I'll admit…Well, if he's rich enough to buy this baby, lets see if I can coax him into buy more then one piece.
"Would you like to buy the matching accessories? There's the headpiece, the earrings, the bracelet, the anklet, and I believe we also have a ring." He gave the speech as cheerfully and sincerely as he could, after all hadn't he said the same thing at least ten thousand times in the past week alone?
"Nah…Well…"
"You do want to treat the lady like the princess she is, don't you?" Come on, bite the bait!
"More like a goddess." The stranger smirked. "Fine, I'll take the earrings and necklace."
Gotcha.
"Come this way." Smiling at his success, the assistant led the stranger to the cashier.
"Check or Credit."
"Credit."
Swiping the card, he was pleased to find that it wasn't maxed out. Packing the necklace and earrings into a black velvet case, he put the case into a box, and then into a gift bag.
Handing the bag to the stranger, he said, "Have a nice day sir, and Merry Christmas."
"You too bub."
Another sale. I am the king! All must bow down before my greatness!!
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