What do You Mean You Can't Make up Your Mind?
The Misfit Kids and Shipwreck were sitting around the kitchen, minus Todd and Lance. "How long is this gonna take?" Pietro grumbled.
"Be patient," Wanda told him. "He'll be here."
Just then Todd teleported into the room. "Well it took you long enough!" Pietro snapped. "Did you find out anything?"
"Are you kidding? I heard the whole thing," Todd told them.
"Well spill it!" Shipwreck told him.
"Okay it's like this," Todd told them. "First of all Xavier called in Kitty for a private meeting. Of course you know when he says private he invites Jean, Rogue and Storm in as well as the entire place listens in through the keyhole."
"Yeah and you were there as well," Althea said. "We know that."
"No I was outside stuck to the roof just above an open window," Todd told them. "But I could still see and hear everything."
"They didn't spot you?" Fred asked.
"Nah," Todd shook his head. "First off that Wolverine guy wasn't there. He was out for a drive or something. Plus I got this band aid on my head that those psychic's can't touch, see?" Todd peeled off what appeared to be a flesh colored band-aid on his forehead. In reality it was a device that prevented telepaths from entering one's mind.
"So what happened?" Pietro asked.
"First off Xavier says," Todd then did an impression of Xavier. "Now Kitty, normally I don't like to involve myself in the private lives of my students, but since things have gotten so out of hand I feel I must intervene."
"Hey you do him pretty good Toad," Fred commented.
"Thanks," Todd grinned, feeling proud of himself. "I've been practicing."
"Fine we know the Toad can act," Pietro growled. "Will you get on with it already?"
"Hey I'm trying to set the mood here!" Todd snapped.
"Quit interrupting him Pietro," Althea told him. "Go on."
"Okay," Todd continued. "Then he says stuff about how things are getting out of control and the situation's gotten out of hand. Blah. Blah. Blah. Then Rogue puts in her two cents in on how Kitty's love life is driving the entire mansion nuts. Of course Kitty tells them that it ain't her fault that Lance and Peter are going at it all the time."
"Yeah, right!" Fred huffed.
"That's pretty much what Rogue said," Todd told him. "And of course Kitty kinda took umbrage at that. Just when I thought that the two of them were about to get into a fist fight, Storm breaks it up."
"She shouldn't have," Althea said. "Somebody oughta slap some sense into that girl."
"Well then Storm takes over," Todd went on. "She tells him that it's not only not doing her any good always going back and forth between those two lunatics, but it ain't fair to Colossus and Avalanche either."
"Damn right it isn't," Pietro grumbled.
"Who are you to talk?" Wanda snapped. "You were always dating more than one girl at the same time!"
"Yeah what about the Sadie Hawkins Dance where you walked in with not one but four dates?" Fred pointed out.
"He's got a point," Xi said.
"You went to a dance with four girls at the same time?" Shipwreck looked at him. "Kid, I'm impressed!"
"Way to go Pop!" Althea slapped him on the head. "See that's the problem! If a guy does it it's a mark of manhood, but if a girl does it she's a slut!"
"That's not true!" Pietro snapped. "I consider myself just as much a slut as the next girl. Wait a minute…that didn't come out right."
"No kidding," Shipwreck winced.
"I'm talking about that I don't pretend that I'm anything else than what I am," Pietro told them.
"With your personality it would be hard not to," Xi remarked.
"Look I make no bones about it," Pietro told them. "Right from the start I let the girl know that I'm not ready for a commitment. I'm just out for a good time and if she doesn't like it she's free to go. Of course most of them don't go. They know they may not have a lasting relationship with me, but boy will they have fun while it lasts! I don't go around making other girls fight over me to inflate my ego!"
"Oh yeah?" Fred asked. "What about that party we crashed last Halloween?"
"Okay first of all those cheerleaders were drunk way before we even got there," Pietro told them. "And they were ready to fight over anything! Second I only suggested the lime Jell-O because I didn't want my new suit to be caked in mud. I mean mud wrestling is a bit barbaric as well as messy."
"Oh yeah you reek of class," Todd said sarcastically.
"That's not what I smell," Wanda sneered.
"Can we get back to what's important here?" Pietro asked. "Go ahead Toad, tell us what happened next."
"Okay uh…where was I?" Todd scratched his head. "Oh right, Storm was saying that it wasn't fair to Lance and Metal Muscles and that she had to decide one way or the other and soon!"
"Good!" Althea nodded.
"Not really," Todd said. "Because then Kitty starts putting on a sobbing act."
"What for?" Pietro asked.
"Because then she tells 'em that she can't choose!" Todd said, exasperated. "Because she was in love with the both of 'em!"
"Oh for crying out loud!" Pietro slapped his forehead.
"I don't believe it!" Fred groaned.
"Believe it," Todd said. "Even Xavier did. He said he could tell by her confused thoughts she really did have feelings for the two of 'em!"
"What a ditz!" Wanda snapped.
"Then she starts babbling on how hard it was being in love with two guys at the same time and not being able to choose," Todd remarked.
"Oh the poor thing," Wanda said sarcastically.
"And she goes on about every time she thinks she's made a decision she thinks of something else and she's back where she started," Todd said. "That she can't decide between the two of 'em. And then Summers shouts through the keyhole, 'That's easy! Dump Alvers'! Well after the commotion died down Xavier suggested that Kitty take the next few days to seriously think about the two of them and how much they mean to her."
"Let me guess," Fred remarked. "Everyone starts putting pressure on Kitty to dump Lance, am I right?"
"Not exactly. Jean started sticking up for Peter. But then Xavier says that Kitty shouldn't dismiss Lance right away either. They did have a history together and he really does care for Kitty. Why I will never know," Todd said.
"Wait let me get this straight," Pietro stopped him. "Old Baldy is in favor of those two being together?"
"That's a surprise," Shipwreck admitted.
"Well then he makes this remark on how Kitty dating a Misfit isn't necessarily a bad thing," Todd told them. "As how that would strengthen relations between the two teams."
"Okay that's not a surprise," Pietro remarked.
"Well then Jean says that maybe it's not such a good thing for us to be on such good terms with the Misfits if it meant sacrificing Kitty's happiness," Todd continued. "By now Kitty is getting fed up and she tells Kitty at least it's a better reason than going out with a jock in order to be more popular."
"Who Hoo! Good one!" Fred grinned.
"Then Rogue says that maybe Pietro had a point when he was comparing her to Kitty and that's when Jean really hit the roof," Todd told them. "As well as a few other things."
"I can imagine," Pietro snickered.
"Well how did it end?" Wanda asked.
"Oh it ain't over," Todd told her. "They're still fighting about it."
"Well then what the heck are you still doing here?" Shipwreck snapped. "Go back there and find out what's going on!"
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"Well did you find out anything?" Bobby asked as Kurt teleported into the kitchen. Remy, Scott, Sam, Ray and Roberto were there as well.
"Is the fight over?" Roberto asked.
"Well yeah," Kurt told them. "Storm finally managed to split them up and now Jean and Rogue are in another room."
"So how did it end?" Ray asked. "Spill it!"
"Well while the Professor went down to the infirmary to get some bandages, Kitty kept going on about how great Colossus was to her and how nice he is to Storm," Kurt explained.
"Why did the Professor need to go…?" Scott started to ask.
"Let's just say Jean's aim was a little off today and leave it at that," Kurt sighed. "Anyway then she goes on about how nice Lance is to her and how much the two of them have been through."
"Well somebody should tell her how much trouble he put her through," Remy remarked.
"She mentioned that. She said that no matter what he's done in the past she can't help but forgive him because he's really sorry about it," Kurt groaned.
"And she believes that?" Scott grumbled. "So is she gonna make up her mind or not?"
"She doesn't know," Kurt raised his hands.
"Well is she gonna do something about it?" Roberto asked.
"She doesn't know," Kurt said.
"Well what is she gonna do?" Bobby asked.
"She doesn't know," Kurt said.
"Well what is Xavier gonna do?" Scott asked.
"He doesn't know," Kurt sighed. "But he made it clear that he wasn't going to interfere."
"So in other words this big meeting was a total waste of time!" Ray groaned.
"I don't get it," Bobby asked. "Peter's a great guy. How can Kitty be in love with a guy like him and at the same time be in love with a jerk like Lance?"
"Don't look at me," Scott sighed. "I used to ask the same thing about Duncan."
"We all used to ask about the same thing with Duncan," Ray remarked. "And he was an even bigger jerk than Lance! Even Xavier couldn't figure it out and he's a telepath."
"I dunno," Remy shrugged. "Who knows what goes on in the minds of women? Lord, even with Rogue Remy never know from one day to the next. But Remy do know one thing, the man that does figure them out, he's gonna make so much money, he'll make Bill Gates look like an ice cream salesman."