I cannot believe I am going to learn the trapeze! Romana gets out of
her jeep in front of the gate for Xavier's School for Gifted Children.
She presses the buzzer by the gate and soon gets a gruff response.
"We aren't talking to reporters."
Well! Apparently not all of Kurt's friends are as friendly as he is.
Let's try this again. she presses the button again. "I'm here to see
Kurt Wagner? My name is Romana Varone."
"He's been waiting for ya, sugah!" A new female voice states as the
buzzer sounds and the gate opens. "Ya gotta forgive 'Mr. Chuckles'
there. he's like that to new people lately."
Romana makes her way to the stairs of the giant estate when a brown-
haired woman in a green turtleneck with black pants and gloves comes
through the door. "Interesting hair." Romana thinks as she notices the
white streak running down the middle of her head. "Welcome, sugah!"
she says as she stretches out her gloved hand. "Kurt is still getting
things ready, so he asked me to introduce you to the place. My name is
Rogue. Come on in!"
Romana steps through the door and she can't help but marvel at the
cherry wood architecture and smell of old money about the place, until
she feels someone staring at her. She looks to her left and sees a
short, burly looking man in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat lean against
the door jam and take out a cigar. This one is different.he reminds me
of the immortals. She stretches her hand out to him. "Mr. Chuckles, I
presume," she says as Rogue giggles behind her. "My name's Romana. I'm
a friend of Kurt's."
The man bites the end off his cigarette and spits it into his beer
can. He then looks at her hand for a second before he takes it.
"Logan.Kurt's a good friend of mine. If you hurt him in any way." he
growls.
Romana looks down at her leotard and sweatshirt clad form, and back to
the bear smoking the cigar. "Right now, Logan, I would have to say
'ditto,' cause you look much more the part." Logan squints at her for
a moment, then grunts and releases her hand.
"I'll be outside, running the survival training." He says and walks
out the door.
"The guys are gonna be sorry they missed that one," Rogue says with a
smile. "Come on, sugah. The Danger Room is this way." She walks to an
elevator and presses the button for down.
"Danger Room?" Romana asks with a slight edge to her voice. What have
I gotten myself into?
"Oh, it's just our nickname for our holographic training center."
Rogue says with chagrin. "We call it that because that's what we use
to train for danger, get it?" The door to the elevator opens and they
step in. "So how do you know Kurt?" she asks as the doors close behind
them.
"I first saw Kurt years ago at the circus in Germany. but I guess you
could say we really met at church." Romana replied. "I take it he
hasn't said a lot about me."
" I didn't say that," Rogue said with a laugh. "He just didn't say how
y'all met."
"So what about you?" Romana asked, unable to deny that slight twinge
of jealousy.
"Um. we're teammates of course, but his mother was my step-mother. so
I guess that makes me his foster-sister. sort of." Rogue says with a
slightly confused look on her face.
"You mean you were in the circus too?"
"Oh, no. not her. his real mother. But I wouldn't ask Kurt much about
it. none of us really likes to talk about her." Rogue answers with a
secretive look as the elevator stops moving and the doors open.
"Romana! I am sorry I did not greet you at der door, liebchen. I vas
getting everything ready for your lessons!" Kurt says as they step out
of the elevator. Kurt hugs her and asks, "Are you ready to fly?"
"If the great Nightcrawler is going to teach me, I am sure I can
soar!" She smiles as she sees his fur darken on his face.
"I'm not sure, but I think you made him blush!" says Rogue in a mock
whisper.
"Danke, Rogue, for showing Romana around. If you could continue aiding
us by manning der controls?" asks Kurt.
"Of course, sugah. It's nice seeing someone have a good time around
here." Rogue says with a smile as she flies up into the air and into a
control booth high above.
Wow. Romana is still looking up at where Rogue flew when Kurt laughs.
"I am afraid zat kind of flying is beyond my abilities, liebchen." He
presses some buttons on a control panel and the door of the Danger
Room opens. "Vat better place to teach you zen my old swooping
grounds? Velcome to der Bavarian Circus of Vonders!"
Romana steps in and it is like she never left the circus 20 years ago.
She stares at the bright red and white fabric of the big top
surrounding the dirt ring.the bleachers, and the trapeze high above
the net. The only thing missing was the people. Kurt notices her
looking around for them and says with a wink, "I thought ve could
practice first before you perform in front of a crowd."
"This is amazing, Kurt! Why didn't you just do this whenever you
missed it?"
He looks around with a sigh. "Zen it vould have just been hiding in
der past. but now," he says with a smile as he takes her hand and
kisses it, "I have good reason to remember it. Aha.now we are even!"
he declares, as Romana fails to hide her blush. "Before ve begin, I
realize I never asked; do you have any training in acrobatics?"
Romana smiles slyly and takes off her sweatshirt and hands it to Kurt.
"Watch this." With practiced aplomb, Romana takes a running start and
then launches herself into a string of front flips followed by a
twisting full-body double flip in the air before nailing a landing
with Olympic flair. "I was a gymnastics teacher, too." She says with a
wink.
"Vell dip me in green paint und color me impressed," says Kurt. "But
how vell can you do it up zere?"
Romana looks up to the top of the tent and gulps. "Do we have to start
off so high?" she asks shyly.
"Nein, liebchen. Ve vill verk our vay up to der big top. Rogue, can
you put it on setting 3?" he asks loudly.
"Uno momento, sugah." Declares Rogue's voice from above, and the
trapezes start to lower to a more reasonable level that Romana thinks
she can handle. "How's zat?"
"Perfect," says Romana. "One last request though, Kurt?"
"Vat can I do for you, meine fraulien?"
"I had an early breakfast just so I could come here on an empty
stomach, because I want you to show me how you made your entrance at
the circus." Romana says and stamps her foot playfully.
"Ha, ha, okay, Romana. I vill show you. But you must remember zat you
asked me to." He says with a wink. "Now put your arms around me und
hold tight,"
Romana wraps her arms around his neck as she jokes, "Any excuse to get
a girl in your arms, right, K-wow!" Before she can finish her
sentence, they vanish with a loud 'BAMF,' and Kurt's signature whiff
of brimstone, to appear on the trapeze platform. "Ugh, " she says with
a wave of her hand. " Not exactly perfume, but I've smelled worse. So
you can just teleport with a thought? That's amazing!"
"I'm glad you feel zat way, fraulien." Kurt says with a sarcastic
smile. "Most people just get sick der first time I teleport zem. Now,"
he says as he grabs one of the trapeze bars and hands it to her,
"Vould you like to try a test swing?"
"That's why I came here, right?" she tells herself as she wraps her
hands and dusts them with powder before she grabs the bar. She then
takes a small jump and swings out into the open air of the tent and
back, where Kurt wraps his hands around her waist to steady her.
"Good! You should put your hair back in a ponytail to keep it out of
your eyes, though." Kurt says. " I have one here." Kurt gently wraps
up her hair and places it in the band. "Isn't zat better?" he leans in
and asks, his breath tickling the hairs on the back of her neck and
behind her ear, sending shivers down her spine.
"Much." she whispers, her eyes closed to the sensation.
"Now, I am going to go out to der other bar so ve can practice some
catches, okay? Just remember, if you fall, der net is zere, so go limp
und stay in ze center." Kurt then grabs the bar, and at the swing's
apex, grabs the bar with his feet and swings out under the bar to push
off it and grab the other trapeze. " Now ven I tell you, you need to
swing out, und ven you are at der apex, kick off it und let go so I
can catch you."
This is the Nightcrawler I remember, not a 'wannabe' priest with the
guilt of the world on his shoulders. " Okay, I'm ready!" Romana
announces as she tightens her grip on the bar.
"Now!"
Romana jumps and swings out. She feels the wind blow against her face
as she watches Kurt reach the apex of his swing.
"Release!" he commands, and Romana kicks her self up into the air as
she lets go of the bar. So this is what it's like. she barely has time
to think before she feels the clasp of Kurt's strong fingers around
her wrists. She looks up to see a huge pointy-toothed grin on his face
as he smiles down at her. "Now vas zat so hard? Now it's time to try
der easy part." He winks at her as he lets go of her wrists!
"I'll get you, Kurt!" Romana yells as she falls into the net and
springs over onto her feet. Gingerly she makes her way over to the
side of the net and gets ready to flip over onto the ground. Before
she can get down, however, Kurt teleports below her and raises his
hands to help her down. Romana carefully flips over the side of the
net and into his hands. As she lets go, his hands glide up her sides
until they are about her waist and he lowers her down.
"Are you all right, Romana? I didn't mean to scare you too much."
Romana looks into his face and sees the bright eyed, enthusiastic
Nightcrawler she remembers from the circus, instead of the guilt-
ridden confused soul she met almost a month ago. She places her hands
on his shoulders and says gently, "Iubirea desãvârsitã alungã frica,
Kurt. Love casts out all fear."
Kurt's eyes soften as his eyes drop to her lips. Romana can feel his
tail drift up her leg until it rests in the small of her back, gently
pressing her forward into his arms.
"Romana."
"Shh," Romana's eyes drift close as she leans in and softly kisses
Kurt on the lips. Her hands drift up his neck as the kiss deepens,
Kurt's tail and arms pressing her into his body.
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Rogue smiles as she witnesses the
romantic exchange below. Took ya long enough, fuzzy.
"Ach, liebling," Kurt says with a sigh as Romana rests her head
against his shoulder and he nuzzles her ear. "Zere is so much you've
gotten me thinking about."
"The only thing you need to think about right now, iubirea, is my next
lesson. There will be no angst today!" says Romana playfully as she
kisses him on the cheek. "Do I need to climb the ladder, or are we
going to 'poof' up there again?" she asks with a raised brow.
Kurt laughs. "Very well, Romana. No vorries today." He continues in a
mock reprimand, " Der operative word however is 'bamf.' I never
'poof.'" Kurt then sweeps Romana into his arms and teleports above to
the trapeze platform. "Next I vant you to swing out und practice
flips, twists, vatever you feel comfortable vith. Each time you come
out of your move, try to extend towards der other bar so I can gauge
your timing. I'm afraid zis vill require falling into der net a few
more times, but I vill be zere to catch you." With a swirl of smoke,
Kurt then teleports down by the net and looks up at Romana. "Ready?"
"Here I go!" Romana swings out into the air and performs flips, full
body twists, reversals, and more, each time getting her moves down
closer and closer, until the next time Kurt stays up with her on the
bar. "Let's see if ve can time zis now." Kurt teleports out onto the
other bar, gains some momentum by swinging back and forth, and then
swings back to loop his legs underneath. "Now ven I say go, do your
double flip." Romana nods in readiness as she grabs the bar and
focuses on her move.
"Go!"
Romana swings out and performs a high double back flip in the air and
comes out of it fully extended, her hands stretched out. when she
hears the satisfying sounds of Kurt's hands grabbing her wrists and
she swings smoothly underneath him. Romana looks up and beams in pride
at the smile on Kurt's face.
"Wunderbar, meine liebling!" He says with pride. "Ready to go back?"
Romana nods and with the upswing he tosses her out into the air where
she smoothly spins around and grabs the other bar, swinging back to
the platform in safety. "Vait just a moment, und I vill help you
down!" he calls to her.
"That's okay, Kurt," Romana says with a smile as she makes for the
ladder. "My stomach is quite the jumble right now as it is." Kurt
drops himself to the net as Romana makes her way down, and he meets
her at the bottom.
"You vere fabulous! Very vell done for your first lessons, Romana." He
says with a hug. "In celebration, vould you give me der pleasure in
staying for dinner vith us? Jean and Scott are making a home-cooked
dinner for der older students at der school, und I vould like to have
der chance to introduce you to der rest of my friends."
"I would be honored, Kurt. Although. " She says with a wry grin, "I'm
not sure of the impression I made with 'Mr. Chuckles.'"
Kurt's look of confusion quickly changes to laughter when he says,
"You must mean Logan. He is a bit gruff vith people until you get to
know him. zen he gets vorse. You have already met Logan und Rogue.
zere is Jean and Scott, and I think Ororo und Hank are here. You'll
like Hank," Kurt says with a grin. "He's got more fur zan I do."
"I guess all I need then," says Romana as she grabs her bag, "Is a
place to shower and change!"
Rogue flies down from the booth as the circus program fades away to
the cold steel walls of the Danger Room. "I can help with that, sugah.
You can use my room."
"I vill eagerly await your return in der main hall, Romana." Kurt bows
to the both of them and kisses Romana's hand. With a swish of his tail
and a swirl of smoke, Kurt teleports and disappears.
" I wish I knew I was staying for dinner," Romana says with regret. "I
would've brought a more formal outfit."
"Don't sweat it, sugah." Rogue says with a grin as she picks up Romana's bag. "I'm always looking for an excuse to play dress-up. Let's go raid my closet."
her jeep in front of the gate for Xavier's School for Gifted Children.
She presses the buzzer by the gate and soon gets a gruff response.
"We aren't talking to reporters."
Well! Apparently not all of Kurt's friends are as friendly as he is.
Let's try this again. she presses the button again. "I'm here to see
Kurt Wagner? My name is Romana Varone."
"He's been waiting for ya, sugah!" A new female voice states as the
buzzer sounds and the gate opens. "Ya gotta forgive 'Mr. Chuckles'
there. he's like that to new people lately."
Romana makes her way to the stairs of the giant estate when a brown-
haired woman in a green turtleneck with black pants and gloves comes
through the door. "Interesting hair." Romana thinks as she notices the
white streak running down the middle of her head. "Welcome, sugah!"
she says as she stretches out her gloved hand. "Kurt is still getting
things ready, so he asked me to introduce you to the place. My name is
Rogue. Come on in!"
Romana steps through the door and she can't help but marvel at the
cherry wood architecture and smell of old money about the place, until
she feels someone staring at her. She looks to her left and sees a
short, burly looking man in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat lean against
the door jam and take out a cigar. This one is different.he reminds me
of the immortals. She stretches her hand out to him. "Mr. Chuckles, I
presume," she says as Rogue giggles behind her. "My name's Romana. I'm
a friend of Kurt's."
The man bites the end off his cigarette and spits it into his beer
can. He then looks at her hand for a second before he takes it.
"Logan.Kurt's a good friend of mine. If you hurt him in any way." he
growls.
Romana looks down at her leotard and sweatshirt clad form, and back to
the bear smoking the cigar. "Right now, Logan, I would have to say
'ditto,' cause you look much more the part." Logan squints at her for
a moment, then grunts and releases her hand.
"I'll be outside, running the survival training." He says and walks
out the door.
"The guys are gonna be sorry they missed that one," Rogue says with a
smile. "Come on, sugah. The Danger Room is this way." She walks to an
elevator and presses the button for down.
"Danger Room?" Romana asks with a slight edge to her voice. What have
I gotten myself into?
"Oh, it's just our nickname for our holographic training center."
Rogue says with chagrin. "We call it that because that's what we use
to train for danger, get it?" The door to the elevator opens and they
step in. "So how do you know Kurt?" she asks as the doors close behind
them.
"I first saw Kurt years ago at the circus in Germany. but I guess you
could say we really met at church." Romana replied. "I take it he
hasn't said a lot about me."
" I didn't say that," Rogue said with a laugh. "He just didn't say how
y'all met."
"So what about you?" Romana asked, unable to deny that slight twinge
of jealousy.
"Um. we're teammates of course, but his mother was my step-mother. so
I guess that makes me his foster-sister. sort of." Rogue says with a
slightly confused look on her face.
"You mean you were in the circus too?"
"Oh, no. not her. his real mother. But I wouldn't ask Kurt much about
it. none of us really likes to talk about her." Rogue answers with a
secretive look as the elevator stops moving and the doors open.
"Romana! I am sorry I did not greet you at der door, liebchen. I vas
getting everything ready for your lessons!" Kurt says as they step out
of the elevator. Kurt hugs her and asks, "Are you ready to fly?"
"If the great Nightcrawler is going to teach me, I am sure I can
soar!" She smiles as she sees his fur darken on his face.
"I'm not sure, but I think you made him blush!" says Rogue in a mock
whisper.
"Danke, Rogue, for showing Romana around. If you could continue aiding
us by manning der controls?" asks Kurt.
"Of course, sugah. It's nice seeing someone have a good time around
here." Rogue says with a smile as she flies up into the air and into a
control booth high above.
Wow. Romana is still looking up at where Rogue flew when Kurt laughs.
"I am afraid zat kind of flying is beyond my abilities, liebchen." He
presses some buttons on a control panel and the door of the Danger
Room opens. "Vat better place to teach you zen my old swooping
grounds? Velcome to der Bavarian Circus of Vonders!"
Romana steps in and it is like she never left the circus 20 years ago.
She stares at the bright red and white fabric of the big top
surrounding the dirt ring.the bleachers, and the trapeze high above
the net. The only thing missing was the people. Kurt notices her
looking around for them and says with a wink, "I thought ve could
practice first before you perform in front of a crowd."
"This is amazing, Kurt! Why didn't you just do this whenever you
missed it?"
He looks around with a sigh. "Zen it vould have just been hiding in
der past. but now," he says with a smile as he takes her hand and
kisses it, "I have good reason to remember it. Aha.now we are even!"
he declares, as Romana fails to hide her blush. "Before ve begin, I
realize I never asked; do you have any training in acrobatics?"
Romana smiles slyly and takes off her sweatshirt and hands it to Kurt.
"Watch this." With practiced aplomb, Romana takes a running start and
then launches herself into a string of front flips followed by a
twisting full-body double flip in the air before nailing a landing
with Olympic flair. "I was a gymnastics teacher, too." She says with a
wink.
"Vell dip me in green paint und color me impressed," says Kurt. "But
how vell can you do it up zere?"
Romana looks up to the top of the tent and gulps. "Do we have to start
off so high?" she asks shyly.
"Nein, liebchen. Ve vill verk our vay up to der big top. Rogue, can
you put it on setting 3?" he asks loudly.
"Uno momento, sugah." Declares Rogue's voice from above, and the
trapezes start to lower to a more reasonable level that Romana thinks
she can handle. "How's zat?"
"Perfect," says Romana. "One last request though, Kurt?"
"Vat can I do for you, meine fraulien?"
"I had an early breakfast just so I could come here on an empty
stomach, because I want you to show me how you made your entrance at
the circus." Romana says and stamps her foot playfully.
"Ha, ha, okay, Romana. I vill show you. But you must remember zat you
asked me to." He says with a wink. "Now put your arms around me und
hold tight,"
Romana wraps her arms around his neck as she jokes, "Any excuse to get
a girl in your arms, right, K-wow!" Before she can finish her
sentence, they vanish with a loud 'BAMF,' and Kurt's signature whiff
of brimstone, to appear on the trapeze platform. "Ugh, " she says with
a wave of her hand. " Not exactly perfume, but I've smelled worse. So
you can just teleport with a thought? That's amazing!"
"I'm glad you feel zat way, fraulien." Kurt says with a sarcastic
smile. "Most people just get sick der first time I teleport zem. Now,"
he says as he grabs one of the trapeze bars and hands it to her,
"Vould you like to try a test swing?"
"That's why I came here, right?" she tells herself as she wraps her
hands and dusts them with powder before she grabs the bar. She then
takes a small jump and swings out into the open air of the tent and
back, where Kurt wraps his hands around her waist to steady her.
"Good! You should put your hair back in a ponytail to keep it out of
your eyes, though." Kurt says. " I have one here." Kurt gently wraps
up her hair and places it in the band. "Isn't zat better?" he leans in
and asks, his breath tickling the hairs on the back of her neck and
behind her ear, sending shivers down her spine.
"Much." she whispers, her eyes closed to the sensation.
"Now, I am going to go out to der other bar so ve can practice some
catches, okay? Just remember, if you fall, der net is zere, so go limp
und stay in ze center." Kurt then grabs the bar, and at the swing's
apex, grabs the bar with his feet and swings out under the bar to push
off it and grab the other trapeze. " Now ven I tell you, you need to
swing out, und ven you are at der apex, kick off it und let go so I
can catch you."
This is the Nightcrawler I remember, not a 'wannabe' priest with the
guilt of the world on his shoulders. " Okay, I'm ready!" Romana
announces as she tightens her grip on the bar.
"Now!"
Romana jumps and swings out. She feels the wind blow against her face
as she watches Kurt reach the apex of his swing.
"Release!" he commands, and Romana kicks her self up into the air as
she lets go of the bar. So this is what it's like. she barely has time
to think before she feels the clasp of Kurt's strong fingers around
her wrists. She looks up to see a huge pointy-toothed grin on his face
as he smiles down at her. "Now vas zat so hard? Now it's time to try
der easy part." He winks at her as he lets go of her wrists!
"I'll get you, Kurt!" Romana yells as she falls into the net and
springs over onto her feet. Gingerly she makes her way over to the
side of the net and gets ready to flip over onto the ground. Before
she can get down, however, Kurt teleports below her and raises his
hands to help her down. Romana carefully flips over the side of the
net and into his hands. As she lets go, his hands glide up her sides
until they are about her waist and he lowers her down.
"Are you all right, Romana? I didn't mean to scare you too much."
Romana looks into his face and sees the bright eyed, enthusiastic
Nightcrawler she remembers from the circus, instead of the guilt-
ridden confused soul she met almost a month ago. She places her hands
on his shoulders and says gently, "Iubirea desãvârsitã alungã frica,
Kurt. Love casts out all fear."
Kurt's eyes soften as his eyes drop to her lips. Romana can feel his
tail drift up her leg until it rests in the small of her back, gently
pressing her forward into his arms.
"Romana."
"Shh," Romana's eyes drift close as she leans in and softly kisses
Kurt on the lips. Her hands drift up his neck as the kiss deepens,
Kurt's tail and arms pressing her into his body.
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Rogue smiles as she witnesses the
romantic exchange below. Took ya long enough, fuzzy.
"Ach, liebling," Kurt says with a sigh as Romana rests her head
against his shoulder and he nuzzles her ear. "Zere is so much you've
gotten me thinking about."
"The only thing you need to think about right now, iubirea, is my next
lesson. There will be no angst today!" says Romana playfully as she
kisses him on the cheek. "Do I need to climb the ladder, or are we
going to 'poof' up there again?" she asks with a raised brow.
Kurt laughs. "Very well, Romana. No vorries today." He continues in a
mock reprimand, " Der operative word however is 'bamf.' I never
'poof.'" Kurt then sweeps Romana into his arms and teleports above to
the trapeze platform. "Next I vant you to swing out und practice
flips, twists, vatever you feel comfortable vith. Each time you come
out of your move, try to extend towards der other bar so I can gauge
your timing. I'm afraid zis vill require falling into der net a few
more times, but I vill be zere to catch you." With a swirl of smoke,
Kurt then teleports down by the net and looks up at Romana. "Ready?"
"Here I go!" Romana swings out into the air and performs flips, full
body twists, reversals, and more, each time getting her moves down
closer and closer, until the next time Kurt stays up with her on the
bar. "Let's see if ve can time zis now." Kurt teleports out onto the
other bar, gains some momentum by swinging back and forth, and then
swings back to loop his legs underneath. "Now ven I say go, do your
double flip." Romana nods in readiness as she grabs the bar and
focuses on her move.
"Go!"
Romana swings out and performs a high double back flip in the air and
comes out of it fully extended, her hands stretched out. when she
hears the satisfying sounds of Kurt's hands grabbing her wrists and
she swings smoothly underneath him. Romana looks up and beams in pride
at the smile on Kurt's face.
"Wunderbar, meine liebling!" He says with pride. "Ready to go back?"
Romana nods and with the upswing he tosses her out into the air where
she smoothly spins around and grabs the other bar, swinging back to
the platform in safety. "Vait just a moment, und I vill help you
down!" he calls to her.
"That's okay, Kurt," Romana says with a smile as she makes for the
ladder. "My stomach is quite the jumble right now as it is." Kurt
drops himself to the net as Romana makes her way down, and he meets
her at the bottom.
"You vere fabulous! Very vell done for your first lessons, Romana." He
says with a hug. "In celebration, vould you give me der pleasure in
staying for dinner vith us? Jean and Scott are making a home-cooked
dinner for der older students at der school, und I vould like to have
der chance to introduce you to der rest of my friends."
"I would be honored, Kurt. Although. " She says with a wry grin, "I'm
not sure of the impression I made with 'Mr. Chuckles.'"
Kurt's look of confusion quickly changes to laughter when he says,
"You must mean Logan. He is a bit gruff vith people until you get to
know him. zen he gets vorse. You have already met Logan und Rogue.
zere is Jean and Scott, and I think Ororo und Hank are here. You'll
like Hank," Kurt says with a grin. "He's got more fur zan I do."
"I guess all I need then," says Romana as she grabs her bag, "Is a
place to shower and change!"
Rogue flies down from the booth as the circus program fades away to
the cold steel walls of the Danger Room. "I can help with that, sugah.
You can use my room."
"I vill eagerly await your return in der main hall, Romana." Kurt bows
to the both of them and kisses Romana's hand. With a swish of his tail
and a swirl of smoke, Kurt teleports and disappears.
" I wish I knew I was staying for dinner," Romana says with regret. "I
would've brought a more formal outfit."
"Don't sweat it, sugah." Rogue says with a grin as she picks up Romana's bag. "I'm always looking for an excuse to play dress-up. Let's go raid my closet."
