I just found out that my profile was set up to only accept signed reviews. Of I changed that, but
why is that even an option? I would think any writer would take whatever reviews they could
get. Why be picky? I'm definitely not. Review anyone who wants too. You can even flame if
you want, I want to know people's opinions.
Thank you to Sioned136, Lucky439, Lady MR, and MizzMarvel for reviewing my last story. It's
very much appreciated
Disclaimer: You know the drill. Characters used without permission, yada, yada, yada... My last
story was quite serious and angsty. This one is pure fluffy bunny fun.
~***~ mean's italics. I can't figure out how to do italics! Someone out there has to know.
"So, I'll meet you at 7:30, then?" Amanda was doing a poor job at hiding her excitement. She
was acting every bit like a teenager the week before Valentine's Day. One who's boyfriend was
planning something mysterious.
Kurt, who was feeling quite pleased with himself, responded, "Ja, at the usual place. One of these
days maybe I'll be able to come to your house again." That was the only sore point of the
evening, sneaking around Amanda's parents. The two were even walking home from school
today, in the middle of February, just because the long distance meant more time together.
"They're starting to come around. I've just about got both my folks convinced the mess with
Todd wasn't your fault. But my Dad's still saying you're still to dangerous to hang around with.
'There are lots of boys in high school who don't even have enemies, let alone super-powered
ones.'" Amanda's attempted baritone sounded nothing like her father, but Kurt was laughing
anyway. She was pretty sure her parents would eventually accept Kurt, but, dang, it seemed to be
taking a long time. "Just a hint? Please...I can't wait four more days," and now for the puppy
dog eyes
"That would spoil the surprise," Kurt, who was feeling even more pleased with himself by the
minute, answered with a grin.
"Alright," an exaggerated long suffering sigh, "If I have to wait. Hey, you can tell what you're
doing for Rogue, that's not a secret."
~Rogue? How did Rogue get into this conversation?~ "Huh?"
"Rogue. Your sister." Amanda's expression seemed to question his intelligence.
~Yes, she is my sister, what does that have to do with anything?~ "What?" he was honestly
confused now, did Americans do something for their sisters on Valentine's?
Another long suffering sigh, bemoaning male perception. She needed to use small words. "Rogue,
your sister, who has the "touching" problem. Don't you think this holiday is going to be hard on
her? Don't you think it would be nice if her brother sent her flowers or something to make her
feel better? Personally, I would probably want candy instead. Every problem is more bearable
with chocolate. But you know her better, what do you think she'd like best? Kurt?"
Kurt was still reeling from being pronounced a bad brother, ~How was I supposed to know this?~
took a moment to respond. "Chocolate, I guess, Gambit's probably going to give her flowers."
Instant interest and shock from his girlfriend., "Who?! Rogue has a boyfriend? And you didn't
tell me! Who is he? Is he a new Institute guy? He has one of those funny names..."
"Funny names?"
"Yes, Nightcrawler, don't you think Gambit is a funny sounding name?"
~Oh, now sarcasm.~ Now he was a bad brother and keeping secrets from his girlfriend. Just little
ones about Mesmero, Apocalypse and the impending destruction of the world. He just didn't
want her to worry her, that was all.
"No it's not funny at all. Alright, he's not really new. He's looking into the Institute, but we
don't know if he's staying yet." Sounds reasonable. Better than he's one on Magneto's people
who's currently hanging around a lot to help research the third key and prevent the Apocalypse,
literally. The Professor and Magneto had declared a cease fire in order to stop Mesmero. Since
the Professor had more resources and was better with research, he was spending most of his time
trying to find the third key. Magneto had sent Gambit, who being a professional thief, knew a
frightening amount about antiques and art history. So Gambit was at the Institute quite a bit and
all of his spare, non-researching time, had been devoted to hitting on Rogue.
"But he likes Rogue?' This subject was possibly even more interesting than Valentine's. Kurt's
lonely, antisocial sister has a boyfriend!
"Yeah. He's kind of a flirt, but he spends more time talking to Rogue than to all the other girls put
together. And she's the only one he gives flowers." ~ If Rogue already had someone giving her
flowers maybe that means I'm off the hook as a bad brother!~
"He's sent her flowers before?"
"Mostly just ones he swipes from Storm's green house, and Rogue usually tells him to take a hike
or jump off a cliff, but she doesn't say it as mean as she could. And I've heard her when she's
meant it."
Amanda was grinning,"That's so cool! Maybe we can double with them sometime. I still can't
believe you didn't tell me this though."
Her eyes said irate, but not too irate. ~ Maybe I can still save this conversation.~ "This is Rogue
we're talking about. She's still not sure that she likes him or that he's even staying. She would
have killed me if I'd said anything."
"Guess, you're right," ~Yes! Good brother and good boyfriend again!~ "So what is Scott doing
for Jean?"
An involuntary scoff escapes his lips, "I don't think Scott knows what month it is, let alone what
holiday is coming up. He's studying like crazy for the SAT's and working on a problem at the
Institute" Don't say "third key."
Amanda's expression was aghast, "You can let him forget Valentine's!"
~Now I'm a bad friend!?!~
"Duncan told Taryn, who told Brad, who told Gina, that he missed Jean and was thinking of
asking her out on Valentine's! You can't let Scott forget and than look bad to Jean when Duncan
shows up and even Rogue's got someone, who's not even officially her boyfriend doing
something for her!"
Judging from Amanda's tone, clearly this proposed scenario was worse than Mesmero and
Apocalypse combined. What the scenario was exactly took a minute for Kurt to ascertain. Gina
told Brad..told Duncan? Duncan? "Duncan wants Jean back? But she's with Scott now."
"Yes! But Duncan doesn't care! He probably thinks Jean will jump at the chance to have the star
quarterback back!"
"But Jean won't dump Scott just because he forgot some holiday," ~This is all so confusing.~
"That's not the point!" Could boys be any more dense! More small words were needed "Just
remind Scott about Valentine's Day and everything will be fine." The last was delivered in a calm
placating manner, as if Kurt was the one who thought the world would end if Valentine's went
badly.
"OK, OK...I'll make sure Scott doesn't forget." ~I'm still not sure why this is important, but it
clearly is, so it's best not to argue. Even though I don't want to talk to Scott about his
girlfriend, interrupt his research, risk a lecture on what really important...Amanda just kissed me
on the cheek!~
"You're awful sweet, and awful cute, if you don't mind me saying so."
"Don't mind at all," ~Yes! Good brother, good boyfriend and good friend! Score one for the fuzzy
dude!~
Okay, Amanda is a bit of a girly-girl in this story, but it fits with the story and I don't think
they've showed enough of her on the show to know what exactly her character's like. More
people will showing up in Chap. 2.
why is that even an option? I would think any writer would take whatever reviews they could
get. Why be picky? I'm definitely not. Review anyone who wants too. You can even flame if
you want, I want to know people's opinions.
Thank you to Sioned136, Lucky439, Lady MR, and MizzMarvel for reviewing my last story. It's
very much appreciated
Disclaimer: You know the drill. Characters used without permission, yada, yada, yada... My last
story was quite serious and angsty. This one is pure fluffy bunny fun.
~***~ mean's italics. I can't figure out how to do italics! Someone out there has to know.
"So, I'll meet you at 7:30, then?" Amanda was doing a poor job at hiding her excitement. She
was acting every bit like a teenager the week before Valentine's Day. One who's boyfriend was
planning something mysterious.
Kurt, who was feeling quite pleased with himself, responded, "Ja, at the usual place. One of these
days maybe I'll be able to come to your house again." That was the only sore point of the
evening, sneaking around Amanda's parents. The two were even walking home from school
today, in the middle of February, just because the long distance meant more time together.
"They're starting to come around. I've just about got both my folks convinced the mess with
Todd wasn't your fault. But my Dad's still saying you're still to dangerous to hang around with.
'There are lots of boys in high school who don't even have enemies, let alone super-powered
ones.'" Amanda's attempted baritone sounded nothing like her father, but Kurt was laughing
anyway. She was pretty sure her parents would eventually accept Kurt, but, dang, it seemed to be
taking a long time. "Just a hint? Please...I can't wait four more days," and now for the puppy
dog eyes
"That would spoil the surprise," Kurt, who was feeling even more pleased with himself by the
minute, answered with a grin.
"Alright," an exaggerated long suffering sigh, "If I have to wait. Hey, you can tell what you're
doing for Rogue, that's not a secret."
~Rogue? How did Rogue get into this conversation?~ "Huh?"
"Rogue. Your sister." Amanda's expression seemed to question his intelligence.
~Yes, she is my sister, what does that have to do with anything?~ "What?" he was honestly
confused now, did Americans do something for their sisters on Valentine's?
Another long suffering sigh, bemoaning male perception. She needed to use small words. "Rogue,
your sister, who has the "touching" problem. Don't you think this holiday is going to be hard on
her? Don't you think it would be nice if her brother sent her flowers or something to make her
feel better? Personally, I would probably want candy instead. Every problem is more bearable
with chocolate. But you know her better, what do you think she'd like best? Kurt?"
Kurt was still reeling from being pronounced a bad brother, ~How was I supposed to know this?~
took a moment to respond. "Chocolate, I guess, Gambit's probably going to give her flowers."
Instant interest and shock from his girlfriend., "Who?! Rogue has a boyfriend? And you didn't
tell me! Who is he? Is he a new Institute guy? He has one of those funny names..."
"Funny names?"
"Yes, Nightcrawler, don't you think Gambit is a funny sounding name?"
~Oh, now sarcasm.~ Now he was a bad brother and keeping secrets from his girlfriend. Just little
ones about Mesmero, Apocalypse and the impending destruction of the world. He just didn't
want her to worry her, that was all.
"No it's not funny at all. Alright, he's not really new. He's looking into the Institute, but we
don't know if he's staying yet." Sounds reasonable. Better than he's one on Magneto's people
who's currently hanging around a lot to help research the third key and prevent the Apocalypse,
literally. The Professor and Magneto had declared a cease fire in order to stop Mesmero. Since
the Professor had more resources and was better with research, he was spending most of his time
trying to find the third key. Magneto had sent Gambit, who being a professional thief, knew a
frightening amount about antiques and art history. So Gambit was at the Institute quite a bit and
all of his spare, non-researching time, had been devoted to hitting on Rogue.
"But he likes Rogue?' This subject was possibly even more interesting than Valentine's. Kurt's
lonely, antisocial sister has a boyfriend!
"Yeah. He's kind of a flirt, but he spends more time talking to Rogue than to all the other girls put
together. And she's the only one he gives flowers." ~ If Rogue already had someone giving her
flowers maybe that means I'm off the hook as a bad brother!~
"He's sent her flowers before?"
"Mostly just ones he swipes from Storm's green house, and Rogue usually tells him to take a hike
or jump off a cliff, but she doesn't say it as mean as she could. And I've heard her when she's
meant it."
Amanda was grinning,"That's so cool! Maybe we can double with them sometime. I still can't
believe you didn't tell me this though."
Her eyes said irate, but not too irate. ~ Maybe I can still save this conversation.~ "This is Rogue
we're talking about. She's still not sure that she likes him or that he's even staying. She would
have killed me if I'd said anything."
"Guess, you're right," ~Yes! Good brother and good boyfriend again!~ "So what is Scott doing
for Jean?"
An involuntary scoff escapes his lips, "I don't think Scott knows what month it is, let alone what
holiday is coming up. He's studying like crazy for the SAT's and working on a problem at the
Institute" Don't say "third key."
Amanda's expression was aghast, "You can let him forget Valentine's!"
~Now I'm a bad friend!?!~
"Duncan told Taryn, who told Brad, who told Gina, that he missed Jean and was thinking of
asking her out on Valentine's! You can't let Scott forget and than look bad to Jean when Duncan
shows up and even Rogue's got someone, who's not even officially her boyfriend doing
something for her!"
Judging from Amanda's tone, clearly this proposed scenario was worse than Mesmero and
Apocalypse combined. What the scenario was exactly took a minute for Kurt to ascertain. Gina
told Brad..told Duncan? Duncan? "Duncan wants Jean back? But she's with Scott now."
"Yes! But Duncan doesn't care! He probably thinks Jean will jump at the chance to have the star
quarterback back!"
"But Jean won't dump Scott just because he forgot some holiday," ~This is all so confusing.~
"That's not the point!" Could boys be any more dense! More small words were needed "Just
remind Scott about Valentine's Day and everything will be fine." The last was delivered in a calm
placating manner, as if Kurt was the one who thought the world would end if Valentine's went
badly.
"OK, OK...I'll make sure Scott doesn't forget." ~I'm still not sure why this is important, but it
clearly is, so it's best not to argue. Even though I don't want to talk to Scott about his
girlfriend, interrupt his research, risk a lecture on what really important...Amanda just kissed me
on the cheek!~
"You're awful sweet, and awful cute, if you don't mind me saying so."
"Don't mind at all," ~Yes! Good brother, good boyfriend and good friend! Score one for the fuzzy
dude!~
Okay, Amanda is a bit of a girly-girl in this story, but it fits with the story and I don't think
they've showed enough of her on the show to know what exactly her character's like. More
people will showing up in Chap. 2.