Chapter One: Good Morning!
"Well, I think I can tell who cooked the eggs... Kurt, could you PLEASE try not to shed in them next time?" That was Scott, at breakfast with everyone else.
A properly ashamed Kurt looked at Scott and replied, "I can't help it..." He couldn't hide the smile that crept up on his face as he said "...maybe I shouldn't make breakfast anymore! Best solution, ja?"
Kurt suddenly fell to the ground as the chair somehow slid out from under him. By the looks of her, Jean-Grey had just telekinetically pulled it out... not that it wasn't well deserved, mind you. "Nice try, fuzzboy, but you aren't getting out of it that easy. Wear a raincoat next time."
"'Fuzzboy?!?' Ja, I could take 'fuzzy elf," but 'Fuzzboy?' Think of all the scrapes I've gotten you out of..." replied a rather indignant Kurt.
"And into." That was Evan's somewhat sarcastic reply. But he had a point. "Most of the things you got us out of were your fault in the first place!"
Kurt just rolled his eyes. He knew Evan well enough to give up at this point. Continuing his breakfast, Kurt decided that salt would help the eggs; his fur didn't make a palatable substitute. "Hey Scott, could you please pass the salt?"
"How? I can't reach it, I think Jean's the only one who could. Who set this table anyway?"
"Jean. Ve figured that she could do it faster. Ach, she needs to remember that none of us can reach the center! I don't think Logan would like my hanging from the chandelier again..." Logan currently looked like he couldn't care less. Waking up at about six in the morining was not his idea of a good start to a day. "Hey Jean, could you-"
"Sure thing. Here's the sausage, too." The platters in question were raised and carried to Kurt, with no viisible means of support. The X-Team was, however, quite used to such. Except...
"It alvays creeps me out ven you do that! Knowing exactly vat I'm going to say... you could at least vait for me to finish asking, ja?" Kurt was getting used to it, however.
"Sorry. Force of habit." Jean returned to her meal, and got another helping of scrambled eggs. Blue fur floated out, Jean glared at Kurt, and the fur fell on Kurt's head. "Here, thought you might want this back!" Scott chuckled as Jean did precicely what Scott wished he could have done.
Kurt, glaring at Jean, brushed himself off. A significant amout of fur fell off him, considerably more than what Jean dumped. "It's spring. Can't help it. All animals shed."
Scott sighed. "Well, as long as you don't shed too much in the hall... oh well, people will figure it came from your head, not your face!"
Kurt made a face, but breakfast continued rather uneventfully until the Professor broke the silence. "Everybody needs to get ready for school. It's Attendance Day."
Kurt looked confused. "Attendence day? Ve don't have that in Germany. Vat is it?"
The Professor smiled and said, "Thanks for asking, I have the feeling that you are not alone in your consternation... although yours is a different reason."
Scott replied, "Yeah, I didn't think it was until next week..."
The Professor continued. "It was changed yesterday. Anyway, Kurt, Attendance Day is when the school checks exactly how many classroom materials are used in one day. They assume that the entire student body is there, so everybody has to come... ill or not. Attendance Day is famous for having one kid with a cold spread it to most of the school. But if someone doesn't come, then they won't be factored into the supply consumption ratios, and may not have enough supplies."
"In english, that means that 'you better get there or you'll run out of paper.'" Scott's rather sarcastic coment was not unwelcome on the ears of Kurt.
"I better get going, then..." Everybody left the table, except for Ororo, Logan, and the Professor.
"I have a bad feeling about today... I hope nobody gets ill..." The Professor had reason to worry. Last year, the entire school was out for two days following, teachers included, due to a rampant version of the Stomach Flu. It would probably not happen again, that badly, but common colds WERE common..."
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's Note: This is my second attempt at fanfic. Bear with me here! I DO have plans for a chapter two! But feel free to speak your mind on the reviews section. I'll never learn anything if I don't hear comments from the less satisfied readers. ;-) This is my second version of the first chapter; I have changed it into HTML, fixed a few problems, etc. I'm glad people seem to like it... second chapter coming as soon as possible- if it's not up, then I'm writing it right now!