Chapter Eleven: Teenage Pranks

Chapter Eleven: Teenage Pranks

"Father," his lonely prayer begins as Kurt Wagner neals beside his bed in the quiet afternoon. "Please grant me the wisdom and compassion to go forth from this moment and take my place in this world."

His hands, consisting of only three fingers grasp tighter together as words seem to fall from his lips and transcend into thought alone. In this silent moment, he thinks of the past he never truly knew. His first memories were in the circus, growing up with the Wagner family, knowing he was adopted, but none the less, a member of their gypsy brotherhood. Throughout his life he had been agile and graceful. His sweet soul had the potential to reach out and touch the darkest of hearts.

Despite this young man's grace, he appeared most disgraceful to those around him, picking up the name of demon by most. He tried to close out their words and whispers. Sometimes the wallowing sounds grew to loud to be ignored, and in the still of the night, he would cry. He would cry and he would turn to God.

Kurt looks up from his bed as he finishes his prayers and looks upon the assemblage of children outside. Most of them were his age, and for the most part, very understanding. When taken into regards the history he has shared with his peers, kurt wouldn't really allow himself the chance to be seen by others, let alone spoken to. And now, as before, Kurt sits and stares at them.

"C'mon, Kitty!" Jubilee encouraged as she ran her fingers through her short black hair and chomped her gum. "There ain't a single reason for you to sit there and wait!" Jubilation Lee was a very enthusiastic and sometimes loud girl who had grown up in the malls of Claifornia. naturally, she feared nothing.

"She's right, Kitty," Danielle added as she pulled her long black hair into a ponytail. Danielle Moonstar was another fearless friend. Dani was a telepath and knew that the proposition layed bfore kitty made her uneasy, but nonetheless, it was worth a shot.

"You guys," Kitty began as she leaned down on the picnic table, "I'm not sure I should do this. I mean, what if I get caught and the Prof--"

"Professor sends me away and I never learn to control my powers and I blah, blah, blah..." Jubilee added in her usual manner of high superiority. "Kitty," Jubille patronizes, "I think the Prof would be quite proud of seeing you learning how to use your powers like this."

"Once again," Dani added, "she has a point. How could it possibly hurt anyone?"

Kitty sat back and hesitated her answers and figitated uncontrollably. Finally, "Fine!" kitty shouted, reluctantly. "I'll do it!"

Scott Summers opens the door and leads his darling Jean Grey into their room. She seems to be going in and out of cosciousness, yet staying alert and awake. It is almost as if she falls in and out of comatose seizures. She walks over to her bed and sits down and falls back and smiles.

"Home, sweet home!" Jean calls out as she throws her pillows back and props her head up.

Scott smiles at her, showing just how lovely this woman can be, not caring about what someone might think and just doing what her heart desires. He walks over to the bed and sits beside her and leans back into the pillows on his side. Jean curls up beside him and lays her head on his stomach as he runs his fingers through her hair.

After a few moments of silence, Jean looks up at her fiance. "What are you thinking?" she asks him with wonderment in her eyes.

Scott smiles coyly at her. "You're the psychic, darling..."

"...can't you figure it out," Jean finishes. "That isn't what I meant, Scott." Jean adds. "If I wanted to know what you were thinking, I would simply get into that gutter of yours and dig around. I want to talk, Scott. Hear what you think through you're own words, not just symbols and thought patterns."

"Well," Scott begins, "of course I am thinking about how much I love you and how beautiful you look."

"Flattery will get you nowhere, Scott." Jean comments.

"It is the truth, my dearest," Scott adds.

"Well," Jean nercously replies, "let me rephrase that. What do you think about me now, after what has happened the past few days."

Scott hesitates at first as he lifts Jean up at eye level. "Like I said before: All I can think about is how much I love you." He shifts so that he and Jean face each other. "It doesn't really matter what kind of threats or obstacles we face, Jean. As long as we face them together. I love you Jean Grey. I always have and always will. Nothing will ever be more important to me than that."

Jean smiles as a tear falls from her eyes and she and Scott engage in a kiss.

"Heaven help me," Katherine Pryde silently prays as she lifts herself up and begins to float from level to level of the mansion on the outside of the house, weaving in and out of walls, trying to find what she was sent after. She knows where it is, as per say, whos room it is in, but she can't quite recall which room was his.

Jubilee and Dani sit outside and think about what is taking her so long. It isn't a massive ordeal, they just want to see what they are like, nothing more. At this age, a teenager tries everything. A genuine cigar left over by Logan isn't that big of a deal. They just want to know what it is like.

Inside the mansion, Kitty finds the prize she has searched for and continues along the mansions levels until she can reach the roof. There, she will ancounce to her friends that she has what they are looking for by being the first to smoke it.

Kitty stands tall on the roof as she holds it high above her head like a trophy. Jubilee and Dani look up and cheer as they see they picked a winner! Kitty pulls the matches out of her pocket and strikes one. The fire sparks up and she drags the cigar.

"-koff-hack-hyack!" are the only sounds you can hear, as Kitty realizes that smoking is bad. She tries to maintain her compsure, but feels flacid like a leaf in the wind. She holds on to her knees, hoping to steady herself, but with the sudden rush she recieved, she plummets from the roof and free falls towards the ground.

*BAMF*