NOTE: Hey, everyone! Sorry this chapter is so short, but I promise ch 30 is longer!

Jubilee sat in her chair, glancing up every few seconds to see if Bobby was looking at her. But of course he wasn't. For some unknown reason, her best friend was avoiding her like the plague. Jubilee could hardly touch the food and was barely listening to the dragging conversation, her heart heavy. The joy the morning's good news had brought, with Rogue and her friends again, and her date with Lance tomorrow, seemed to fall away, at the first fight she'd had with Bobby. Was it a fight if one friend ignored the other?

It certainly was, Jubilee thought miserably, looking across the table at Bobby. Bobby had always been there for her. When she had been at her worst, distraught over Rogue's betrayal, he'd comforted her. So when Lance asked her out, why couldn't he share her joy? Why couldn't he be happy for her? Jubilee racked her brain at what could have upset Bobby so much that he couldn't even look at her, let alone talk to her.

You need to stop thinking about this and making yourself miserable, Jubilee thought trying to put the image of Bobby's handsome face out of her head. Kurt is back, and you should be paying attention, Jubilee chided herself. Throwing one last forlorn look at Bobby, she tried her best to ignore the way Lance and Rogue looked at each other and listen to the conversation. Jubilee looked up to see Kurt's face full of shock, his spoon suspended in mid-air.

"What?" Kurt sputtered. Jubilee frowned as she saw Kitty's face turn red for the second time that night. Kitty had been blushing a lot these days, Jubilee noted. But hardly anything threw Kurt off center..what were they talking about?

"How long have you and Kitty been dating?" Pietro repeated. Dr. Grey's mouth opened in shock. There was a palpable silence as everyone looked at each other in puzzlement.

"We aren't-," Kurt began, finally.

With a panicked look, Kitty spoke up quickly, nearly toppling her glass of water in the process. "What he means," Kitty said desperately, cutting him off, "is that we wanted to wait to tell everybody about us. We've been dating a long time. A really long time," Kitty finished, looking around at the table, her eyes pleading with them not to contradict her. Kurt looked over at Kitty, his eyebrows raised.

"Oh really, just how long?" Logan asked, looking back from the baffled Kurt to Kitty, who was gulping down water as if she were dying of thirst.

Jubilee felt sympathetic for the tight spot Kitty had managed to get herself into. I might as well try to help her out, Jubilee thought, clearing her throat.

"I knew about their relationship. They've been dating about..about um, 3 years ," Jubilee said, randomly picking a number.

"But, Kurt has only been at the mansion for 2 years," Mr. Summers pointed out.

"You been dating him since you were 13?!" Todd said incredulously.

Jubilee watched the drama unfold, but felt her thoughts still drift to Bobby. We'll make up and be friends again soon, Jubilee tried to comfort herself. But looking at Bobby's tight-lipped expression, and his hooded eyes, she wasn't so sure anymore.