Chapter eight!
"That's my story" Miguel finished.
"Is that all?" Kyle asked. Miguel's brow furrowed. "What do you mean?"
"It kinda seems like you're leaving something out."
He lowered his head. "The way my parents found out I was a mutant... I was clearing the table and I picked up my father's coffee cup... he was cheating on my mother, and I just blurted it out. I yelled at him, I said 'How can you cheat on mom?!' They both looked shocked... my dad denied it, saying I was a freak of nature, like I said before." He paused again.
"You sure you're not a telepath?" he asked with a half smile. Kyle took his hand. "When I care about someone, I know how they feel" she whispered. She looked at him. "and I care about you."
Miguel looked shocked. "Me?" he asked. "But what about Bobby?"
Kyle sighed. "Bobby's cool" she began.
"Of course he is" Miguel interrupted. "He's the Iceman!" Kyle giggled. "Anyway" she said.
"I like him, but just as a friend... a big brother type, y'know?" Miguel nodded.
*Should I tell her I like her too?* he thought. *Why not? She told me.* He cleared his throat. "Uh, Kyle?"
"Yea?"
"I, uh... well, you like me right?" Kyle nodded. *I just said that* she thought. Miguel continued. "Well... I, um... I like you too" he sighed, relieved he finally told her. Miguel smiled as her face lit up. "Will you go out with me?" he asked before his nerve failed him.
It was Kyle's turn to sigh. She liked him...a lot. But with everything that she's been through, she didn't know if she was ready to be in a relationship. "I don't know" she said. Miguel's face fell. "Can I ask why?" he said in a low voice.
"You know what I've been through" she explained. Miguel nodded.
"I'm not sure if I'm ready to be in a relationship because of that."
"I understand." Miguel said, squeezing her hand. They rode the rest of the way in silence.
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When they got back to the mansion, the professor called Kyle into his office. "I'm glad you're safe" he said, hugging her. She was using a manual chair that had belonged to the professor a few years back. "I want you to stay safe."
"Daddy, I've made my decision about joining the X-Men" Kyle said. "I want to."
"You want to join up with us?" a voice spoke up from the door. Logan walked in. "You'll have to learn proper control of your powers."
"I know" Kyle said. She looked up at him. "Will you help?"
Logan nodded. "You got it" he said, then left.
"I understand" the professor spoke up. "that Miguel has asked you to be his girlfriend?"
"Who told you?" Kyle asked.
"Your mind has been screaming it since we got out of the van" he replied. Kyle sighed. "I don't know daddy"
"What do you want to do?" he asked.
"I want to go out with him" she said softly. Xavier smiled. "Then go ahead."
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A/N: It's not the end. One or two more chapters coming up, I just have to write them. Please review! Should she say yes?
"That's my story" Miguel finished.
"Is that all?" Kyle asked. Miguel's brow furrowed. "What do you mean?"
"It kinda seems like you're leaving something out."
He lowered his head. "The way my parents found out I was a mutant... I was clearing the table and I picked up my father's coffee cup... he was cheating on my mother, and I just blurted it out. I yelled at him, I said 'How can you cheat on mom?!' They both looked shocked... my dad denied it, saying I was a freak of nature, like I said before." He paused again.
"You sure you're not a telepath?" he asked with a half smile. Kyle took his hand. "When I care about someone, I know how they feel" she whispered. She looked at him. "and I care about you."
Miguel looked shocked. "Me?" he asked. "But what about Bobby?"
Kyle sighed. "Bobby's cool" she began.
"Of course he is" Miguel interrupted. "He's the Iceman!" Kyle giggled. "Anyway" she said.
"I like him, but just as a friend... a big brother type, y'know?" Miguel nodded.
*Should I tell her I like her too?* he thought. *Why not? She told me.* He cleared his throat. "Uh, Kyle?"
"Yea?"
"I, uh... well, you like me right?" Kyle nodded. *I just said that* she thought. Miguel continued. "Well... I, um... I like you too" he sighed, relieved he finally told her. Miguel smiled as her face lit up. "Will you go out with me?" he asked before his nerve failed him.
It was Kyle's turn to sigh. She liked him...a lot. But with everything that she's been through, she didn't know if she was ready to be in a relationship. "I don't know" she said. Miguel's face fell. "Can I ask why?" he said in a low voice.
"You know what I've been through" she explained. Miguel nodded.
"I'm not sure if I'm ready to be in a relationship because of that."
"I understand." Miguel said, squeezing her hand. They rode the rest of the way in silence.
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When they got back to the mansion, the professor called Kyle into his office. "I'm glad you're safe" he said, hugging her. She was using a manual chair that had belonged to the professor a few years back. "I want you to stay safe."
"Daddy, I've made my decision about joining the X-Men" Kyle said. "I want to."
"You want to join up with us?" a voice spoke up from the door. Logan walked in. "You'll have to learn proper control of your powers."
"I know" Kyle said. She looked up at him. "Will you help?"
Logan nodded. "You got it" he said, then left.
"I understand" the professor spoke up. "that Miguel has asked you to be his girlfriend?"
"Who told you?" Kyle asked.
"Your mind has been screaming it since we got out of the van" he replied. Kyle sighed. "I don't know daddy"
"What do you want to do?" he asked.
"I want to go out with him" she said softly. Xavier smiled. "Then go ahead."
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A/N: It's not the end. One or two more chapters coming up, I just have to write them. Please review! Should she say yes?