Chapter 17
Weeks went by as March flew into April and Kurt entered his second month in the pregnancy. Neither Kurt nor the other X-men heard any word form either Magneto or Mystique. The Professor had even asked Ororo and Logan to go over to the Brotherhood boarding house to see if they could find out any information. As it turned out, both Pietro and Mystique were missing and no one in the Brotherhood.
And Logan and Ororo had had one heck of a time getting away from the Brotherhood boarding house before Wanda used her powers to demand what was going on.
Most of the new recruits had been snickering about that incident for several days until Logan growled at them so fiercely that they finally stopped.
And Kurt managed to take all of this in stride. Nothing his mother did surprised him anymore. He also had a feeling that the Professor wouldn't be able to find Magneto, Pietro, or any of the Acolytes until they wanted to be found.
And besides, Kurt had enough to deal with without worrying about the location of a bunch of slime balls.
Between the off and on cramping at night, the occasional emotional outbursts that were starting on Kurt, the never ending morning sickness, and him having to constantly get up and pee in the middle of the night, Kurt was forever in a state of exhaustion.
Eventually his school even started to show some signs of neglect. Luckily for Kurt, Kitty and Rogue had mended fences by then and helped him with his homework on occasion. Kitty would work on the assignment, and after she was done she'd give the completed work to Rogue. Rogue would then forge the assignment in Kurt's handwriting.
Although where Rogue learned to do that, Kurt wasn't sure he wanted to know.
And it was also fortunate that Kitty and Rogue were on good terms, because these days Kurt needed all the support he could get.
Like this morning.
Kurt groaned as he pushed his way into the kitchen. He'd gotten into the habit of eating in there in the past few weeks after the others had already cooked their breakfast ... and the smell of eggs had been cleared out.
Unfortunately that scent still had the ability to start making Kurt retch at the drop of the hat ... whether he had any food in his stomach or not.
Scott was sitting at the kitchen table when Kurt walked up to him and sat down, practically dragging his feet in the process.
"I take it this isn't a very good morning?" Scott asked, as he continued to read his newspaper. Scott had been the unfortunate one who'd gone to wake up Kurt that morning ... only to find out that Kurt had vomited all over his bed. Trying to keep his own vile down, Scott had barely managed to half drag, half carry Kurt to the bathroom before the young German had proceeded to empty out his entire stomach.
Kurt groaned again as he looked up at Scott. "Is it my imagination or is more coming out than going in?!"
"Come on. Let's not talk about that right now," Jean said, coming into the kitchen with Kitty and Rogue. The three of them, along with Scott, had gotten in the habit of eating in the kitchen with Kurt ... even if it often cost them their appetites.
Scott threw a mock glare at Jean. "Hey! You didn't have to witness it this morning."
Kurt started to stand up before they broke into an argument. "I should probably go and clean it up before school."
Both Kitty and Rogue stopped him as he turned around. "No need Kurt," Rogue said.
"Yeah, like Ororo and Logan kind of already stripped your bed and are getting the mattress cleaned at this moment," Kitty added.
Kurt groaned and sank back into his chair. "Zhey didn't have to do that!"
Rogue rolled her eyes at Kurt's reaction while Kitty just smiled and ran her fingers through his hair. She'd started to do that quite a bit lately since it helped to calm him down ... but, also his hair was so soft.
Jean, in the meantime, decided to change the subject. "Well your parents are coming in later tonight Kurt. You've gotta be looking forward to that."
Kurt nodded, but only half-heartedly. "Yeah, but I'm also kind of nervous to. I haven't seen them in such a long time and ... I'm still kind of freaked out about how they're going to react."
Jean and Rogue looked at each other and remained silent, not knowing how to reassure Kurt since neither of them had any idea how the Wagners were going to take all of this either. Luckily, Kitty was able to calm him down just by rubbing his shoulders so that by the time Scott jumped up and said it was time to head out, Kurt was completely calmed down.
However, none of the girls had had anything to eat so they each grabbed a piece of fruit on their way out of the kitchen.
"Hey, didn't you want to grab something to eat Fuzzy?" Kitty asked.
In response, Kurt dropped his backpack, clamped his mouth shut, turned on his heel and ran into the nearest bathroom. The door quickly slammed shut behind him.
Kitty winced as she turned around to face Scott, Rogue, and Jean who were all giving her looks that said 'you idiot.'
Kitty shrugged at their looks. "I guess that's a no."
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By the time Kurt had calmed down enough and gotten out of the bathroom, everyone was already late.
Jean had run ahead because she had an early class, but Scott had to wait for Rogue, Kitty, and Kurt. And then on top of everything else, there was bad traffic from the school to the mansion so that Scott managed to pull up in front of Bayville High just as the bell rang.
"Ah man!" Kurt groaned. "As if my morning wasn't bad enough, now I have to deal with a pissed off Principal!"
Rogue and Kitty also grumbled as they climbed out of the car. "And I doubt Kelly is gonna give any of us a break," Rogue said.
"Well, ... good luck," Scott said with a shrug as he drove off and the three teens raced into the building. They were hoping to make it to their lockers without anyone seeing them ... unfortunately Principal Kelly had been waiting for them outside the office.
"Don't tell me the three of you actually expect to be getting off that easy," Principal Kelly said with a warning tone in his voice.
Rogue and Kitty both slumped with their backs to the lockers behind them while Kurt half growled, half groaned and dropped his head into a locker.
This was all he needed. A morning getting a lecture from Principal Kelly.
Although Principal Kelly allowed the three of them to go to their first period classes, it was only so they could get their assignments and report back to the office. Where they proceeded to listen to a half an hour lecture from Principal Kelly.
If Kurt's blood hadn't been boiling so high he probably would have fallen asleep from the monotonous tone the Principal was babbling in.
In the meantime, Rogue was trying to ignore him while Kitty was frowning.
Luckily the bell signaling the end of first period saved them. Since the Principal gestured for the three of them to start heading out.
"So, to make sure you're not late again, I'm assigning two weeks of detention and 5 hours of community service for the three of you," Principal Kelly said.
Rogue, Kitty, and Kurt all looked up at their Principal in complete disbelief.
"For being only a couple minutes late!" Rogue exclaimed.
"Yeah! This is a complete double standard!" Kitty said adding to Rogue's comment.
Principal Kelly narrowed his eyes at the two girls. "You just head on to your next class."
Kitty and Rogue both pushed their way out of the office still grumbling, but Kurt wheeled around to face the Principal.
It might have been a mood swing or just a result of exhaustion which made him growl at the Principal.
"If we had been regular students, you would have just given us a couple days of detention. But instead we get punished for something we have no control over! Great job Principal Kelly!"
Kurt hissed out the Principal's name with such venom that he chased after Kurt as the teen power walked out of the office.
"Now just a minute you ..."
Kurt closed his eyes in horror as the Principal's hand closed over his wrist. He was vaguely aware of Kitty and Rogue gasping and the complete silence that engulfed the hallway.
Then there were screams from a couple girls.
Several comments of 'what the heck is that' and some comments of a less pleasant nature.
'Please this isn't happening. Please God no! Tell me this is all a dream!'
Kurt slowly opened his eyes to see that his prayers had gone completely unanswered.
Principal Kelly was still standing there in complete shock.
Beside Kurt, Kitty and Rogue were both dead white.
Principal Kelly slowly removed his hand from Kurt's wrist and the image inducer it had inadvertently closed over.
An image inducer which now covered the wrist of a very visible blue fuzzy arm.
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Okay, this is a little bit of a shorter chapter than usual, but I had to get this one finished before the weekend ... I just had.
Sorry to leave everyone in such a cliff hanger. BUT I HAD TO GET THIS CHAPTER DONE!!!
Sorry, I had a brainstorm this night.
Anyway, stay tuned next week for the conclusion. Principal Kelly has another confrontation with the mutants (I won't say in what form) and then of course I have Kurt's parents to bring in. Since nobody ever seems to do that ... I figured in a situation were Kurt is going through something like this, Kurt's parents would be informed.
I hope everyone likes the update.
~Ice~
Weeks went by as March flew into April and Kurt entered his second month in the pregnancy. Neither Kurt nor the other X-men heard any word form either Magneto or Mystique. The Professor had even asked Ororo and Logan to go over to the Brotherhood boarding house to see if they could find out any information. As it turned out, both Pietro and Mystique were missing and no one in the Brotherhood.
And Logan and Ororo had had one heck of a time getting away from the Brotherhood boarding house before Wanda used her powers to demand what was going on.
Most of the new recruits had been snickering about that incident for several days until Logan growled at them so fiercely that they finally stopped.
And Kurt managed to take all of this in stride. Nothing his mother did surprised him anymore. He also had a feeling that the Professor wouldn't be able to find Magneto, Pietro, or any of the Acolytes until they wanted to be found.
And besides, Kurt had enough to deal with without worrying about the location of a bunch of slime balls.
Between the off and on cramping at night, the occasional emotional outbursts that were starting on Kurt, the never ending morning sickness, and him having to constantly get up and pee in the middle of the night, Kurt was forever in a state of exhaustion.
Eventually his school even started to show some signs of neglect. Luckily for Kurt, Kitty and Rogue had mended fences by then and helped him with his homework on occasion. Kitty would work on the assignment, and after she was done she'd give the completed work to Rogue. Rogue would then forge the assignment in Kurt's handwriting.
Although where Rogue learned to do that, Kurt wasn't sure he wanted to know.
And it was also fortunate that Kitty and Rogue were on good terms, because these days Kurt needed all the support he could get.
Like this morning.
Kurt groaned as he pushed his way into the kitchen. He'd gotten into the habit of eating in there in the past few weeks after the others had already cooked their breakfast ... and the smell of eggs had been cleared out.
Unfortunately that scent still had the ability to start making Kurt retch at the drop of the hat ... whether he had any food in his stomach or not.
Scott was sitting at the kitchen table when Kurt walked up to him and sat down, practically dragging his feet in the process.
"I take it this isn't a very good morning?" Scott asked, as he continued to read his newspaper. Scott had been the unfortunate one who'd gone to wake up Kurt that morning ... only to find out that Kurt had vomited all over his bed. Trying to keep his own vile down, Scott had barely managed to half drag, half carry Kurt to the bathroom before the young German had proceeded to empty out his entire stomach.
Kurt groaned again as he looked up at Scott. "Is it my imagination or is more coming out than going in?!"
"Come on. Let's not talk about that right now," Jean said, coming into the kitchen with Kitty and Rogue. The three of them, along with Scott, had gotten in the habit of eating in the kitchen with Kurt ... even if it often cost them their appetites.
Scott threw a mock glare at Jean. "Hey! You didn't have to witness it this morning."
Kurt started to stand up before they broke into an argument. "I should probably go and clean it up before school."
Both Kitty and Rogue stopped him as he turned around. "No need Kurt," Rogue said.
"Yeah, like Ororo and Logan kind of already stripped your bed and are getting the mattress cleaned at this moment," Kitty added.
Kurt groaned and sank back into his chair. "Zhey didn't have to do that!"
Rogue rolled her eyes at Kurt's reaction while Kitty just smiled and ran her fingers through his hair. She'd started to do that quite a bit lately since it helped to calm him down ... but, also his hair was so soft.
Jean, in the meantime, decided to change the subject. "Well your parents are coming in later tonight Kurt. You've gotta be looking forward to that."
Kurt nodded, but only half-heartedly. "Yeah, but I'm also kind of nervous to. I haven't seen them in such a long time and ... I'm still kind of freaked out about how they're going to react."
Jean and Rogue looked at each other and remained silent, not knowing how to reassure Kurt since neither of them had any idea how the Wagners were going to take all of this either. Luckily, Kitty was able to calm him down just by rubbing his shoulders so that by the time Scott jumped up and said it was time to head out, Kurt was completely calmed down.
However, none of the girls had had anything to eat so they each grabbed a piece of fruit on their way out of the kitchen.
"Hey, didn't you want to grab something to eat Fuzzy?" Kitty asked.
In response, Kurt dropped his backpack, clamped his mouth shut, turned on his heel and ran into the nearest bathroom. The door quickly slammed shut behind him.
Kitty winced as she turned around to face Scott, Rogue, and Jean who were all giving her looks that said 'you idiot.'
Kitty shrugged at their looks. "I guess that's a no."
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By the time Kurt had calmed down enough and gotten out of the bathroom, everyone was already late.
Jean had run ahead because she had an early class, but Scott had to wait for Rogue, Kitty, and Kurt. And then on top of everything else, there was bad traffic from the school to the mansion so that Scott managed to pull up in front of Bayville High just as the bell rang.
"Ah man!" Kurt groaned. "As if my morning wasn't bad enough, now I have to deal with a pissed off Principal!"
Rogue and Kitty also grumbled as they climbed out of the car. "And I doubt Kelly is gonna give any of us a break," Rogue said.
"Well, ... good luck," Scott said with a shrug as he drove off and the three teens raced into the building. They were hoping to make it to their lockers without anyone seeing them ... unfortunately Principal Kelly had been waiting for them outside the office.
"Don't tell me the three of you actually expect to be getting off that easy," Principal Kelly said with a warning tone in his voice.
Rogue and Kitty both slumped with their backs to the lockers behind them while Kurt half growled, half groaned and dropped his head into a locker.
This was all he needed. A morning getting a lecture from Principal Kelly.
Although Principal Kelly allowed the three of them to go to their first period classes, it was only so they could get their assignments and report back to the office. Where they proceeded to listen to a half an hour lecture from Principal Kelly.
If Kurt's blood hadn't been boiling so high he probably would have fallen asleep from the monotonous tone the Principal was babbling in.
In the meantime, Rogue was trying to ignore him while Kitty was frowning.
Luckily the bell signaling the end of first period saved them. Since the Principal gestured for the three of them to start heading out.
"So, to make sure you're not late again, I'm assigning two weeks of detention and 5 hours of community service for the three of you," Principal Kelly said.
Rogue, Kitty, and Kurt all looked up at their Principal in complete disbelief.
"For being only a couple minutes late!" Rogue exclaimed.
"Yeah! This is a complete double standard!" Kitty said adding to Rogue's comment.
Principal Kelly narrowed his eyes at the two girls. "You just head on to your next class."
Kitty and Rogue both pushed their way out of the office still grumbling, but Kurt wheeled around to face the Principal.
It might have been a mood swing or just a result of exhaustion which made him growl at the Principal.
"If we had been regular students, you would have just given us a couple days of detention. But instead we get punished for something we have no control over! Great job Principal Kelly!"
Kurt hissed out the Principal's name with such venom that he chased after Kurt as the teen power walked out of the office.
"Now just a minute you ..."
Kurt closed his eyes in horror as the Principal's hand closed over his wrist. He was vaguely aware of Kitty and Rogue gasping and the complete silence that engulfed the hallway.
Then there were screams from a couple girls.
Several comments of 'what the heck is that' and some comments of a less pleasant nature.
'Please this isn't happening. Please God no! Tell me this is all a dream!'
Kurt slowly opened his eyes to see that his prayers had gone completely unanswered.
Principal Kelly was still standing there in complete shock.
Beside Kurt, Kitty and Rogue were both dead white.
Principal Kelly slowly removed his hand from Kurt's wrist and the image inducer it had inadvertently closed over.
An image inducer which now covered the wrist of a very visible blue fuzzy arm.
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Okay, this is a little bit of a shorter chapter than usual, but I had to get this one finished before the weekend ... I just had.
Sorry to leave everyone in such a cliff hanger. BUT I HAD TO GET THIS CHAPTER DONE!!!
Sorry, I had a brainstorm this night.
Anyway, stay tuned next week for the conclusion. Principal Kelly has another confrontation with the mutants (I won't say in what form) and then of course I have Kurt's parents to bring in. Since nobody ever seems to do that ... I figured in a situation were Kurt is going through something like this, Kurt's parents would be informed.
I hope everyone likes the update.
~Ice~