Chapter 14
After dinner Kitty just simply walked upstairs and flopped down on her bed. She'd already finished her homework and had nothing planned for the rest of the evening. Ever since the sonogram that morning she hadn't been able to stop thinking about Kurt. Even though she'd been mentally telling herself to.
This was completely ridiculous. She could not actually be having feelings for Kurt. He was like her best friend. If they started a relationship it could totally screw up their friendship, not to mention the fact that the guy in question here was actually, as hard as it was to believe, pregnant.
Women had gone to therapists for less than this.
Although, on the other hand, due to some freak accidents the two of them had already seen each other naked. Not many best friends could actually claim that.
Kitty felt a blush creep up her cheeks as she remembered walking in on Kurt this morning. He was a lot fitter and more muscular than Kitty had thought he was. And besides the fur did make him look quite cute!
Kitty threw a pillow over her head to stop her train of thought.
She was not thinking about Kurt that way. She wasn't.
Everyone at the dinner table that night had been a little confused at Kurt's behavior. He had suddenly seemed much happier and relaxed than he had been for a full month.
Kitty had even heard Bobby whisper to Sam that the complete switch in behavior was a little 'unnerving.'
In the meantime, Kitty, the Professor, Hank, and Jean had all shared a private smile. Kitty and Hank had been witnesses to what was making Kurt so happy, and well, Jean and the Professor were telepathic. They could easily tell what Kurt had been thinking.
And Kurt had been practically glowing at the dinner table. He was really going to love that child.
Kitty was completely drawn out of her train of thought when the door to her room suddenly opened and slammed shut.
The sudden noise was so surprising that Kitty actually jumped up, phasing through her pillow, to look around for the source of the intrusion. She then breathed out in relief when she realized that it was simply a grumbling Rogue coming into the room.
"Geez Rogue, you like scared me half to death!" Kitty exclaimed.
Rogue opened one of the drawers on her dresser with a bang. "Yeah, and that would have been such a tragedy."
Kitty raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Okay ... somebody's got something up her butt."
Rogue glared over at Kitty. "Don't even start with me valley girl!"
Kitty whistled. "Well, ... I'm just gonna ... go and brush my teeth."
Rogue slammed her dresser drawer shut with a loud bang and turned around to face her roommate before Kitty could do anything more than jump off her bed.
"What's going on between you and mah brother?"
"Oh! So that's what this is all about!" Kitty replied with her hands on her hips.
Rogue didn't back down from Kitty's tone. If anything, she was more angered by it. "Yeah. That's what this is about. You didn't even like Kurt at first, in fact as I recall you acted completely disgusted by him. And now suddenly you're all head over heels for him! Is this just some kind of game to you kitty-cat!"
Kitty stepped back in surprise. She knew Rogue had never exactly given her blessing to ...whatever it was she and Kurt were developing into. But she never would have thought that Rogue actually suspected her of doing something so low as to play around with Kurt's feelings.
Kitty took a deep breath to calm herself down and then looked right at Rogue. "I realize you're upset about all of this Rogue, ... but how could you even excuse me of trying to hurt Kurt! He's like my best friend!"
Rogue rolled her eyes, but took a step back from Kitty. "Okay, maybe that comment was a little over the top," Rogue paused before continuing, "but excuse me if I find it a little hard to believe that you've suddenly changed your feelings completely towards Kurt."
"Why is it so hard to believe that I might actually have feelings for him?!" Kitty asked in complete frustration.
Rogue threw up her hands and shrugged. "Oh I don't know. Maybe because you always seemed so completely disgusted by him. Maybe because it's only been a two months since you broke up with Lance and he broke up with Amanda. Maybe because you always seemed to think of Kurt as a backup ..."
"Hey!" Kitty yelled, interrupting and pointing a finger at Rogue, "that is completely untrue! I have never thought of Kurt as a backup!"
Rogue rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, but Kitty wasn't quite finished.
"And besides, haven't you ever looked at someone you've known for awhile and then ... just seen them in a completely different way," Kitty asked.
Rogue sighed, and turned away from Kitty. In a weird was she'd actually been hoping that Kitty's feelings weren't genuine, because it would have made things a lot easier.
"Kitty, look, forget everything I just said, it's not important. What is important is this: Do you have any idea what it's going to be like getting involved with Kurt NOW?"
"What do you mean?" Kitty asked, "is this because of the baby?"
Rogue threw up her arms. "Yes Kitty! Of course it is. What do you think it's going to be like dating him?"
Kitty rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to make any teasing remarks if that's what you're worried about."
Rogue glared at her. "You can really be incredibly naive sometimes Kitty. Kurt is pregnant. This isn't just some little affliction that's going to go away in a couple months or an issue of being okay with the whole thing. This is a child Kitty. Did you really think Kurt is going to have an abortion or carry a child for 9 months only to give it away?"
Kitty didn't say anything. She honestly didn't know what to say.
"I actually saw you with Kurt today in the infirmary," Rogue confessed, and then she held up her hand to keep Kitty from saying anything. "I saw the look on Kurt's face just like you did. And I did notice how happy he was at dinner. Kurt's already falling in love with this child. If you start dating him now, he's going to be questioning were the relationship is heading the entire time. And have you ever considered the fact that if it works out, you're going to end up being part of this child's life as well."
Kitty was struck speechless. Truth be told, she'd never really considered how Kurt would deal with a relationship and a baby at the same time. And she'd never considered the strings that came attached with Kurt.
Putting her face in her hands, Kitty sighed and sank down onto her bed.
"So, what are you planning to do?" Rogue asked, much more gently.
Kitty shrugged, already near tears. "I don't know Rogue. All I know is I've never felt this strongly about anyone."
Rogue walked out the door, shaking her head. "That's what I was afraid of. It might be better to end this now before either of you gets too attached."
Rogue walked out of the room and down the hall before Kitty could answer. When Kitty finally said something, it was whispered and to herself.
"It's already too late Rogue. Because I think I'm already in love with him. I think I have been for a long time."
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Kurt was aware of none of this, since he'd gone to sleep about an hour before Rogue confronted Kitty. However, he woke up in the middle of the night with a semi-growling stomach and groaned to himself.
That's when he realized that for once, his stomach was growling in hunger not nausea. Apparently someone else was awake, and hungry.
"You're insatiable," Kurt grumbled as he climbed out of bed. In the blink of an eye, Kurt quickly teleported down to the dark kitchen. Since it was well past midnight, no one else was even up.
"Hmmm, vhat do I want?" Kurt asked himself. He looked over at the fruit bowl and immediately crossed that off when his stomach dipped at the sight of the fruit.
"Okay, I get the point," Kurt growled, as his stomach continued to protest, "no fruit."
However, Kurt's stomach immediately perked up at the sight of the freezer and thoughts of ice cream.
"You've got to be kidding," Kurt said, with a chuckle, "ice cream this late at night."
Kurt only hesitated a split second before he ran for the freezer and he suddenly found himself making a very junky dish of vanilla ice cream and maple syrup.
Which is how Scott found him about 15 minutes later.
"Alright, Bobby, Ray, which of you is sneaking down for a late night ... Kurt!"
Kurt stopped in mid-bite as he suddenly heard Scott's voice. He then grinned sheepishly at the older man.
"It vasn't my idea, Scott," Kurt said, "it was all the kid's idea."
Scott grinned as he headed towards the refrigerator. "Well I guess I can let it go this once," Scott said as he opened the refrigerator, "just as long as you keep a straight face tomorrow when Bobby and Ray ask where all the milk has gone."
Kurt laughed as he watched Scott pour the last of the milk into a tall glass.
"While I'm up, do you want something to drink?" Scott asked.
"Just a glass of water please," Kurt responded.
Scott walked to the faucet and filled a glass with some tap water before taking both his and Kurt's drinks to the table. He then wrinkled his nose at what Kurt was eating.
"Is that vanilla ice cream with maple syrup on it?"
Kurt snickered at Scott's expression. "Hey! It just ... looked good."
Scott shook his head in amusement. "Let the food cravings begin."
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Okay, this is a slightly shorter chapter then some of my last few, but I really wanted to get this updated before the weekend and I was typing this up really fast. I hope everyone likes it.
And I do plan on bringing Mystique (she's not dead in this one), Magneto and the Acolytes back in pretty soon. I just need the weekend to think about how.
Anyway, ~C~ thanks for your review and witty comments. And of course thanks for your review Raskolian Phoenix. I actually left a review for one of your stories earlier today. You're a pretty good writer yourself!
Thanks go out to all my loyal readers! If they can even manage to stumble over to the keyboard. Just kidding! :)
After dinner Kitty just simply walked upstairs and flopped down on her bed. She'd already finished her homework and had nothing planned for the rest of the evening. Ever since the sonogram that morning she hadn't been able to stop thinking about Kurt. Even though she'd been mentally telling herself to.
This was completely ridiculous. She could not actually be having feelings for Kurt. He was like her best friend. If they started a relationship it could totally screw up their friendship, not to mention the fact that the guy in question here was actually, as hard as it was to believe, pregnant.
Women had gone to therapists for less than this.
Although, on the other hand, due to some freak accidents the two of them had already seen each other naked. Not many best friends could actually claim that.
Kitty felt a blush creep up her cheeks as she remembered walking in on Kurt this morning. He was a lot fitter and more muscular than Kitty had thought he was. And besides the fur did make him look quite cute!
Kitty threw a pillow over her head to stop her train of thought.
She was not thinking about Kurt that way. She wasn't.
Everyone at the dinner table that night had been a little confused at Kurt's behavior. He had suddenly seemed much happier and relaxed than he had been for a full month.
Kitty had even heard Bobby whisper to Sam that the complete switch in behavior was a little 'unnerving.'
In the meantime, Kitty, the Professor, Hank, and Jean had all shared a private smile. Kitty and Hank had been witnesses to what was making Kurt so happy, and well, Jean and the Professor were telepathic. They could easily tell what Kurt had been thinking.
And Kurt had been practically glowing at the dinner table. He was really going to love that child.
Kitty was completely drawn out of her train of thought when the door to her room suddenly opened and slammed shut.
The sudden noise was so surprising that Kitty actually jumped up, phasing through her pillow, to look around for the source of the intrusion. She then breathed out in relief when she realized that it was simply a grumbling Rogue coming into the room.
"Geez Rogue, you like scared me half to death!" Kitty exclaimed.
Rogue opened one of the drawers on her dresser with a bang. "Yeah, and that would have been such a tragedy."
Kitty raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Okay ... somebody's got something up her butt."
Rogue glared over at Kitty. "Don't even start with me valley girl!"
Kitty whistled. "Well, ... I'm just gonna ... go and brush my teeth."
Rogue slammed her dresser drawer shut with a loud bang and turned around to face her roommate before Kitty could do anything more than jump off her bed.
"What's going on between you and mah brother?"
"Oh! So that's what this is all about!" Kitty replied with her hands on her hips.
Rogue didn't back down from Kitty's tone. If anything, she was more angered by it. "Yeah. That's what this is about. You didn't even like Kurt at first, in fact as I recall you acted completely disgusted by him. And now suddenly you're all head over heels for him! Is this just some kind of game to you kitty-cat!"
Kitty stepped back in surprise. She knew Rogue had never exactly given her blessing to ...whatever it was she and Kurt were developing into. But she never would have thought that Rogue actually suspected her of doing something so low as to play around with Kurt's feelings.
Kitty took a deep breath to calm herself down and then looked right at Rogue. "I realize you're upset about all of this Rogue, ... but how could you even excuse me of trying to hurt Kurt! He's like my best friend!"
Rogue rolled her eyes, but took a step back from Kitty. "Okay, maybe that comment was a little over the top," Rogue paused before continuing, "but excuse me if I find it a little hard to believe that you've suddenly changed your feelings completely towards Kurt."
"Why is it so hard to believe that I might actually have feelings for him?!" Kitty asked in complete frustration.
Rogue threw up her hands and shrugged. "Oh I don't know. Maybe because you always seemed so completely disgusted by him. Maybe because it's only been a two months since you broke up with Lance and he broke up with Amanda. Maybe because you always seemed to think of Kurt as a backup ..."
"Hey!" Kitty yelled, interrupting and pointing a finger at Rogue, "that is completely untrue! I have never thought of Kurt as a backup!"
Rogue rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, but Kitty wasn't quite finished.
"And besides, haven't you ever looked at someone you've known for awhile and then ... just seen them in a completely different way," Kitty asked.
Rogue sighed, and turned away from Kitty. In a weird was she'd actually been hoping that Kitty's feelings weren't genuine, because it would have made things a lot easier.
"Kitty, look, forget everything I just said, it's not important. What is important is this: Do you have any idea what it's going to be like getting involved with Kurt NOW?"
"What do you mean?" Kitty asked, "is this because of the baby?"
Rogue threw up her arms. "Yes Kitty! Of course it is. What do you think it's going to be like dating him?"
Kitty rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to make any teasing remarks if that's what you're worried about."
Rogue glared at her. "You can really be incredibly naive sometimes Kitty. Kurt is pregnant. This isn't just some little affliction that's going to go away in a couple months or an issue of being okay with the whole thing. This is a child Kitty. Did you really think Kurt is going to have an abortion or carry a child for 9 months only to give it away?"
Kitty didn't say anything. She honestly didn't know what to say.
"I actually saw you with Kurt today in the infirmary," Rogue confessed, and then she held up her hand to keep Kitty from saying anything. "I saw the look on Kurt's face just like you did. And I did notice how happy he was at dinner. Kurt's already falling in love with this child. If you start dating him now, he's going to be questioning were the relationship is heading the entire time. And have you ever considered the fact that if it works out, you're going to end up being part of this child's life as well."
Kitty was struck speechless. Truth be told, she'd never really considered how Kurt would deal with a relationship and a baby at the same time. And she'd never considered the strings that came attached with Kurt.
Putting her face in her hands, Kitty sighed and sank down onto her bed.
"So, what are you planning to do?" Rogue asked, much more gently.
Kitty shrugged, already near tears. "I don't know Rogue. All I know is I've never felt this strongly about anyone."
Rogue walked out the door, shaking her head. "That's what I was afraid of. It might be better to end this now before either of you gets too attached."
Rogue walked out of the room and down the hall before Kitty could answer. When Kitty finally said something, it was whispered and to herself.
"It's already too late Rogue. Because I think I'm already in love with him. I think I have been for a long time."
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Kurt was aware of none of this, since he'd gone to sleep about an hour before Rogue confronted Kitty. However, he woke up in the middle of the night with a semi-growling stomach and groaned to himself.
That's when he realized that for once, his stomach was growling in hunger not nausea. Apparently someone else was awake, and hungry.
"You're insatiable," Kurt grumbled as he climbed out of bed. In the blink of an eye, Kurt quickly teleported down to the dark kitchen. Since it was well past midnight, no one else was even up.
"Hmmm, vhat do I want?" Kurt asked himself. He looked over at the fruit bowl and immediately crossed that off when his stomach dipped at the sight of the fruit.
"Okay, I get the point," Kurt growled, as his stomach continued to protest, "no fruit."
However, Kurt's stomach immediately perked up at the sight of the freezer and thoughts of ice cream.
"You've got to be kidding," Kurt said, with a chuckle, "ice cream this late at night."
Kurt only hesitated a split second before he ran for the freezer and he suddenly found himself making a very junky dish of vanilla ice cream and maple syrup.
Which is how Scott found him about 15 minutes later.
"Alright, Bobby, Ray, which of you is sneaking down for a late night ... Kurt!"
Kurt stopped in mid-bite as he suddenly heard Scott's voice. He then grinned sheepishly at the older man.
"It vasn't my idea, Scott," Kurt said, "it was all the kid's idea."
Scott grinned as he headed towards the refrigerator. "Well I guess I can let it go this once," Scott said as he opened the refrigerator, "just as long as you keep a straight face tomorrow when Bobby and Ray ask where all the milk has gone."
Kurt laughed as he watched Scott pour the last of the milk into a tall glass.
"While I'm up, do you want something to drink?" Scott asked.
"Just a glass of water please," Kurt responded.
Scott walked to the faucet and filled a glass with some tap water before taking both his and Kurt's drinks to the table. He then wrinkled his nose at what Kurt was eating.
"Is that vanilla ice cream with maple syrup on it?"
Kurt snickered at Scott's expression. "Hey! It just ... looked good."
Scott shook his head in amusement. "Let the food cravings begin."
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Okay, this is a slightly shorter chapter then some of my last few, but I really wanted to get this updated before the weekend and I was typing this up really fast. I hope everyone likes it.
And I do plan on bringing Mystique (she's not dead in this one), Magneto and the Acolytes back in pretty soon. I just need the weekend to think about how.
Anyway, ~C~ thanks for your review and witty comments. And of course thanks for your review Raskolian Phoenix. I actually left a review for one of your stories earlier today. You're a pretty good writer yourself!
Thanks go out to all my loyal readers! If they can even manage to stumble over to the keyboard. Just kidding! :)