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Reviews are like drugs. Heroin. That's what they are. They're like heroin.
Notes: Anyone want to read something that I laughed my ass off at because it was so funny? Read "Love Potion 9" by Bisouretro. Great story. Anyhow. . .
RedLion: WHERE ARE YOU?!?
Yuri: What was the major error in chapter 5? I went over it, and didn't see anything wrong towards the end. Anyhow, as much as I love my reviewers, I'm afraid I can't join the Coalition Against Tabby. I dig Tabby. She's a fun character. No offense! Thanks for reading.
JDH3: By all means, spoil away (regarding your cryptic review the other day). And what's up with the "holiday surprise?" I specifically remember something about a holiday prize in your first review of this story! Thanks for reading. Always love to see your reviews.
Took-Baggins: "Beyond Evolution" is a website. It's the best site for anything about X-Men: Evolution that I've found on the internet. I'd give you the address, but it's screwing around with the story format when I upload it. Sorry. Go to Google, and put in Beyond Evolution. You'll see it.
Kitty Pryde: Thanks! And maybe you can tell from this chapter who I'm pairing Kurt with. If anyone. We'll see.
And a big thanks to everyone else who's reviewed. I've tried to write "shout outs" to a lot of people before, and it just took too much time. I think I'll do a big one in the last chapter. So if you don't see your name here, you'll probably see it soon enough. Also, a big thanks to everyone who told me what a Mary-Sue was. I've read a couple of stories like that, and I have to agree, they're not the best. Anyhow. . .
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Night had come to Bayville, and Kitty was having a hard time walking through the forest. She knew that she could just turn around and go get Scott's car. That would probably be a better idea than tromping through the forest at night. But she didn't want to risk going back to the city. Kitty and Jubilee had been very careful to not use their powers in front of anyone. Jubilee, however, had scared Amanda off with her own private fireworks show after Amanda had thrown sand in her face. Luckily, the park (where the fight had moved to) was completely empty. Amanda had stormed off. She wasn't even singed, but she didn't want to risk a fight where she would get hurt. Jubilee had thrown Kitty a look, but then apologized.
"I like Kurt, but I know I don't have a chance with him. You do. I'm sorry." Jubilee had said.
Suddenly, the earth between them blew up, and Tabby came walking up to them.
"Well, you may not stand a chance, Jubes, but I do." Tabby said, staring at Kitty.
"Look, I don't want to fight you." Kitty said, exasperated.
"Well, are you going to stay away from my Kurt?" Tabby asked.
"MY KURT!" Kitty yelled and ran at Tabby.
Tabby had thrown bomb after bomb at Kitty, but she simply phased through them. To her credit, Tabby stood her ground, but it was the ground she hit after Kitty slapped her in the face. Jubilee took off towards town, and Kitty just tromped into the woods. Which is where she was now.
Kitty thought over the events of the day, and sighed once again, very loudly. She knew how strange it was that they were all fighting over Kurt. Kurt! Kitty knew it was ridiculous, but she couldn't get the fuzzy, blue teenager out of her head. Lance seemed paltry in comparison. Kurt had everything Lance had, and more. Why hadn't she seen him earlier? Why hadn't she given him a chance a year ago? She thought back to Jean's words. She knew that Kurt was trying to get over her. She knew that he did at least LIKE Amanda. But Amanda blew him off, too. Even Kitty knew that she liked that kid she sat next to in math class. Only Kurt seemed not to know.
Kitty continued on to the mansion through the forest, thinking of what she would say to Kurt when she got him alone.
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Kurt and Jean walked down the street to a payphone. Once there, Kurt found some change left over from lunch and put it in the phone while Jean dialed.
"Wouldn't it just be easier to use your powers?" Kurt asked.
"Flying all the way here has pretty much drained me." Jean said. "Let's just try this first."
Jean put the phone to her ear, and hoped that Professor Xavier would pick it up. The phone rang and rang, and finally, it was picked up.
"Hello?" Evan said.
"Evan." Jean said, masking her disappointment. "Is Professor Xavier there?"
"No, we haven't been able to find him." Evan said. "Um, have you seen Kurt?"
"Yeah, he's here with me." She said. Kurt gave her a questioning look.
"Oh! He is? Um, is he. . .okay?" Evan asked carefully.
"Yeah, he's fine. Don't worry, I'm not after him." She said, somewhat annoyed.
"Oh. Okay, good. So I guess he's told you what's going on?"
"Yeah, I know. Listen, we need to find Professor Xavier. The other girls aren't here in downtown anymore, but we don't know where they are." She paused. "Are they back at the mansion?"
"Well, Amara is. She's locked herself in her room. She's been crying for awhile now."
"Great." Thought Jean.
"And I think I heard a car pull up. I'm not certain who it is, but they just parked in the garage."
"Okay, that'll either be Kitty or Jubilee. Um, listen, Kurt and I are going to stay in town for a couple of hours. If you see the Professor, ask him to come down here and meet us. It's important."
"Okay, where should he meet you?" Evan asked.
"Um, tell him to meet us at the diner off of Main Street."
"Okay. What are you going to do if he doesn't get here soon?"
"I don't know. Bye." Jean said, and hung up.
"I'm never going to be able to go home, am I?" Kurt asked.
"Yes you will. Don't worry. We'll just have to wait for him. Until then. . ." she said, looking at Kurt, ". . .I guess I owe you dinner."
"Zat's ze best news I've heard all day." Kurt said, smiling.
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Evan hung up the phone, and turned to Marie.
"Well, that was Jean. Kurt's with her."
"Uh-oh." Marie said.
"No, no. She sounds fine. She said that she wasn't after him like the others." Evan said.
"Okay. Good. So what was she askin' for?"
"She wanted to know where the Professor was. We need to find him."
"Why doesn't she just use her powers?" Marie asked.
"I don't know. God, this would be so much easier if Professor X would just buy himself a cell phone."
"Well, why don't we try the communicator. If what's happenin' to Kurt is important enough for Jean to want the Professor's help, then it's important enough to disturb him where evah he is."
"Yeah, okay."
Kitty walked in at that moment, and Evan and Marie turned to look at her. She looked pretty rough, as if she had been fighting. She had dirt all over her, her hair was messed up, and she had the beginnings of a pretty good black eye.
"Um, hi Kitty." Marie said. "Are you okay?"
"Oh, yeah. I'm great. I'm going to take a shower." She said, and then paused. "Um, Kurt's not here, is he?"
"No." Evan said.
"Do you know where he is? It's really important that I talk to him."
"I have no idea where he is." Evan lied.
Kitty sighed and looked down at her feet. "Okay. Thanks Evan. Marie." And with that, she turned around and walked towards the stairs.
"You do know where is, right?" Marie asked.
"Yeah. Let's go find the Professor."
And with that, Evan and Marie turned to go down to the sublevels of the mansion.
Kitty walked upstairs to her floor, and turned towards her room. She passed by Amara's room, and could hear the girl sobbing inside. Kitty shook her head in annoyance. Why did this have to happen? Why did every other girl in the world suddenly decide to get feelings for Kurt when Kitty had just figured out her own feelings for him. She didn't know what was wrong, but she didn't really care, either. She wouldn't let any other others get their hands on him. He was hers. She felt a little guilty for the possessiveness, but she was sure that Kurt wouldn't mind it when he was sleeping in her arms. The thought made her smile, and she entered her room to get clothes, and with them in hand, went to the bathroom for a shower.
After the shower, she went to Kurt's room and phased through the door. She stood there in the dark, looking around his room. Her eyes fell on the picture of Amanda, and her expression turned into a scowl. She walked to his bedside table and picked up the picture frame. She looked at it for a moment before tearing the picture out of the frame. She phased through the floor and into her room. She found the first picture that she could and phased back up through the ceiling. She put her picture of herself into the frame, and then set it back on the table. She smiled, and sat down on the bed, waiting for Kurt.
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Kurt ate his omelet and ordered another side of bacon and hashbrowns. Jean sighed, wondering exactly how large the bill was going to be. She had forgotten how much Kurt could eat, and immediately regretted offering to pay for his dinner. He had already eaten two hamburgers, two sides of fries, a B.L.T., a plate of cheese sticks, and then had ordered the omelet. Now he was ordering more potatoes and bacon? She could almost feel her wallet getting lighter. She, however, knew that she deserved it. Kurt was in a horrible position because of her. Jean continued to look out of the windows of the diner from time to time. She knew that Kitty, Amanda, and Jubilee had all left downtown. She also knew, however, that Tabby was still around. She couldn't feel her anywhere close, though, so she wasn't that worried.
"So how long are ve going to vait here?" Kurt asked.
"As long as we have to. You'll have to stop eating eventually, though. I only have so much money." Jean said.
"Don't vorry, Jean. I'm not making you pay for anyzing beyond ze first hamburger." Kurt said with a smile, pulling out his own wad of cash.
"Where'd you get all of that?"
"I've been saving it up for Amanda's birzday present. I don't zink it matters if I spend it now." Kurt said.
Jean smiled and shook her head. Poor Kurt. Jean looked around the diner once more and then decided that it was safe to leave Kurt alone for a couple of moments.
"Okay, you wait right here. If you see Tabby outside, duck." Jean said.
"Vhere are you going?" Kurt asked, suddenly frightened.
"Just to the bathroom. I'll be back in a couple of moments."
"Okay." He said, and watched as she walked off.
The waitress brought the rest of his food to him. Kurt picked up a piece of bacon and chewed on it, lost in thought. He couldn't believe what had happened today. And Jean had said something that was of particular interest to him. She had said that she hadn't changed their feelings for him, that she had simply shown them who and what he really was. Then she had said that she believed some of them may have already harbored those feelings for him. But which one? Kurt thought and thought. Tabby? Possibly. Of course, she harbored feelings for, oh, just about EVERYONE. Amanda? Probably. If anyone, she'd be the one to have feelings for him. Kitty? Kurt sighed very loudly and put his head in his hands.
"I vish." Kurt said, thinking about Kitty.
"You wish what, Mr. Wagner?" he heard.
Kurt looked up and relief washed over his face. Ororo Munroe was standing there, looking down at him.
"Ach! Ms. Munroe! I'm so glad to see you!" Kurt said.
"Yes, it's good to see you. Now we have to go quickly." Ororo said, taking his hand.
"But, ve're vaiting here for ze Professor. Jean is still in ze restroom." Kurt said, looking over his shoulder at the bathrooms.
"Yes, well, we'll meet up with them later." Ororo said, pulling Kurt forward.
"Vell, hold on, I have to at least leave some money for my food." Kurt said, and threw down a couple of bills onto the table. "Zhere, zat vill cover everyzing but my first. . .whoa!"
Kurt didn't get to finish as Ororo pulled him out of the door. Jean walked out of the bathroom and went to sit back down. Seeing Kurt wasn't there, she panicked for a moment. Then she tried to calm down. Maybe he was just in the bathroom, she thought. Looking down at the table, she noticed the money that Kurt had left just moments ago. She reached out with her TK, and felt for Kurt. She "found" him being pulled down Main Street. Who was pulling him? She concentrated harder and that's when she realized. . .
"Oh no! Dammit!" Jean said, dropping a twenty-dollar bill on the table and running out of the diner.
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Amanda got home and changed. She discarded her muddy, singed clothing in the trashcan in her bathroom and promptly got dressed again. Afterwards, she got back in her car and drove to the Xavier Institute.
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Tabitha pushed the pedal to the floor and accelerated. The curving roads led up the hill, and towards the Xavier Institute. She'd wait for Kurt to get back, and until then, she'd have some fun with Kitty. Jubilee, too, if she was around.
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Jubilee knocked on Amara's door. She could hear Amara crying from inside, and wondered how long she had been crying. When Amara opened the door, they both realized the mutual feelings they had, and Jubilee fell in to Amara, and both held each other as they continued to cry over "the one that got away."
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Kurt followed Ororo to an alley off of Main Street, and then she turned to him, taking his hands in hers.
"Okay, Kurt. We're going back to the mansion. Don't worry. I won't let any harm come to you. Ever." She said, her eyes going somewhat misty.
"Um, okay." Kurt said. She was behaving strangely, but maybe it had to do with what was going on. And then the realization hit him, and he tried to yank backwards. "Ororo, are you. . ."
"Don't worry, my dearest, everything will be fine." She said, and then kissed his cheek before taking to the air.
Kurt wanted to scream. He wanted to run. He wanted to teleport away. But at the velocity at which Storm was flying, he'd hit the ground hard. Too hard.
"Where are we going Storm?" Kurt asked, shouting into the wind.
"Home, dearest. Home." She said.
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Jean looked up over the forest and saw the two of them.
"Lord. We'll be lucky if only half of the town sees them." She said, and cursed to herself. She knew that she couldn't risk being seen. There had already been too much "mutant activity" in town that night for her tastes. Cursing again, Jean ran towards the forest, hoping that at least flying over an uninhabited portion of town would lessen her chances of being seen.
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Short chapter. Sorry. I think that there are two more chapters in this story. And that's about it. Anyhow, I'm trying to think of what I may write next. I'm thinking it'll probably be an Evan/Marie story. I don't know why I dig them as a couple. I'm not even that big an Evan fan. I think that may get in the way if I decide to try to write it. It's not like I hate the guy. I don't. I save hatred only for Lance. Anyhow. . .
Later.
Reviews are like drugs. Heroin. That's what they are. They're like heroin.
Notes: Anyone want to read something that I laughed my ass off at because it was so funny? Read "Love Potion 9" by Bisouretro. Great story. Anyhow. . .
RedLion: WHERE ARE YOU?!?
Yuri: What was the major error in chapter 5? I went over it, and didn't see anything wrong towards the end. Anyhow, as much as I love my reviewers, I'm afraid I can't join the Coalition Against Tabby. I dig Tabby. She's a fun character. No offense! Thanks for reading.
JDH3: By all means, spoil away (regarding your cryptic review the other day). And what's up with the "holiday surprise?" I specifically remember something about a holiday prize in your first review of this story! Thanks for reading. Always love to see your reviews.
Took-Baggins: "Beyond Evolution" is a website. It's the best site for anything about X-Men: Evolution that I've found on the internet. I'd give you the address, but it's screwing around with the story format when I upload it. Sorry. Go to Google, and put in Beyond Evolution. You'll see it.
Kitty Pryde: Thanks! And maybe you can tell from this chapter who I'm pairing Kurt with. If anyone. We'll see.
And a big thanks to everyone else who's reviewed. I've tried to write "shout outs" to a lot of people before, and it just took too much time. I think I'll do a big one in the last chapter. So if you don't see your name here, you'll probably see it soon enough. Also, a big thanks to everyone who told me what a Mary-Sue was. I've read a couple of stories like that, and I have to agree, they're not the best. Anyhow. . .
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Night had come to Bayville, and Kitty was having a hard time walking through the forest. She knew that she could just turn around and go get Scott's car. That would probably be a better idea than tromping through the forest at night. But she didn't want to risk going back to the city. Kitty and Jubilee had been very careful to not use their powers in front of anyone. Jubilee, however, had scared Amanda off with her own private fireworks show after Amanda had thrown sand in her face. Luckily, the park (where the fight had moved to) was completely empty. Amanda had stormed off. She wasn't even singed, but she didn't want to risk a fight where she would get hurt. Jubilee had thrown Kitty a look, but then apologized.
"I like Kurt, but I know I don't have a chance with him. You do. I'm sorry." Jubilee had said.
Suddenly, the earth between them blew up, and Tabby came walking up to them.
"Well, you may not stand a chance, Jubes, but I do." Tabby said, staring at Kitty.
"Look, I don't want to fight you." Kitty said, exasperated.
"Well, are you going to stay away from my Kurt?" Tabby asked.
"MY KURT!" Kitty yelled and ran at Tabby.
Tabby had thrown bomb after bomb at Kitty, but she simply phased through them. To her credit, Tabby stood her ground, but it was the ground she hit after Kitty slapped her in the face. Jubilee took off towards town, and Kitty just tromped into the woods. Which is where she was now.
Kitty thought over the events of the day, and sighed once again, very loudly. She knew how strange it was that they were all fighting over Kurt. Kurt! Kitty knew it was ridiculous, but she couldn't get the fuzzy, blue teenager out of her head. Lance seemed paltry in comparison. Kurt had everything Lance had, and more. Why hadn't she seen him earlier? Why hadn't she given him a chance a year ago? She thought back to Jean's words. She knew that Kurt was trying to get over her. She knew that he did at least LIKE Amanda. But Amanda blew him off, too. Even Kitty knew that she liked that kid she sat next to in math class. Only Kurt seemed not to know.
Kitty continued on to the mansion through the forest, thinking of what she would say to Kurt when she got him alone.
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Kurt and Jean walked down the street to a payphone. Once there, Kurt found some change left over from lunch and put it in the phone while Jean dialed.
"Wouldn't it just be easier to use your powers?" Kurt asked.
"Flying all the way here has pretty much drained me." Jean said. "Let's just try this first."
Jean put the phone to her ear, and hoped that Professor Xavier would pick it up. The phone rang and rang, and finally, it was picked up.
"Hello?" Evan said.
"Evan." Jean said, masking her disappointment. "Is Professor Xavier there?"
"No, we haven't been able to find him." Evan said. "Um, have you seen Kurt?"
"Yeah, he's here with me." She said. Kurt gave her a questioning look.
"Oh! He is? Um, is he. . .okay?" Evan asked carefully.
"Yeah, he's fine. Don't worry, I'm not after him." She said, somewhat annoyed.
"Oh. Okay, good. So I guess he's told you what's going on?"
"Yeah, I know. Listen, we need to find Professor Xavier. The other girls aren't here in downtown anymore, but we don't know where they are." She paused. "Are they back at the mansion?"
"Well, Amara is. She's locked herself in her room. She's been crying for awhile now."
"Great." Thought Jean.
"And I think I heard a car pull up. I'm not certain who it is, but they just parked in the garage."
"Okay, that'll either be Kitty or Jubilee. Um, listen, Kurt and I are going to stay in town for a couple of hours. If you see the Professor, ask him to come down here and meet us. It's important."
"Okay, where should he meet you?" Evan asked.
"Um, tell him to meet us at the diner off of Main Street."
"Okay. What are you going to do if he doesn't get here soon?"
"I don't know. Bye." Jean said, and hung up.
"I'm never going to be able to go home, am I?" Kurt asked.
"Yes you will. Don't worry. We'll just have to wait for him. Until then. . ." she said, looking at Kurt, ". . .I guess I owe you dinner."
"Zat's ze best news I've heard all day." Kurt said, smiling.
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Evan hung up the phone, and turned to Marie.
"Well, that was Jean. Kurt's with her."
"Uh-oh." Marie said.
"No, no. She sounds fine. She said that she wasn't after him like the others." Evan said.
"Okay. Good. So what was she askin' for?"
"She wanted to know where the Professor was. We need to find him."
"Why doesn't she just use her powers?" Marie asked.
"I don't know. God, this would be so much easier if Professor X would just buy himself a cell phone."
"Well, why don't we try the communicator. If what's happenin' to Kurt is important enough for Jean to want the Professor's help, then it's important enough to disturb him where evah he is."
"Yeah, okay."
Kitty walked in at that moment, and Evan and Marie turned to look at her. She looked pretty rough, as if she had been fighting. She had dirt all over her, her hair was messed up, and she had the beginnings of a pretty good black eye.
"Um, hi Kitty." Marie said. "Are you okay?"
"Oh, yeah. I'm great. I'm going to take a shower." She said, and then paused. "Um, Kurt's not here, is he?"
"No." Evan said.
"Do you know where he is? It's really important that I talk to him."
"I have no idea where he is." Evan lied.
Kitty sighed and looked down at her feet. "Okay. Thanks Evan. Marie." And with that, she turned around and walked towards the stairs.
"You do know where is, right?" Marie asked.
"Yeah. Let's go find the Professor."
And with that, Evan and Marie turned to go down to the sublevels of the mansion.
Kitty walked upstairs to her floor, and turned towards her room. She passed by Amara's room, and could hear the girl sobbing inside. Kitty shook her head in annoyance. Why did this have to happen? Why did every other girl in the world suddenly decide to get feelings for Kurt when Kitty had just figured out her own feelings for him. She didn't know what was wrong, but she didn't really care, either. She wouldn't let any other others get their hands on him. He was hers. She felt a little guilty for the possessiveness, but she was sure that Kurt wouldn't mind it when he was sleeping in her arms. The thought made her smile, and she entered her room to get clothes, and with them in hand, went to the bathroom for a shower.
After the shower, she went to Kurt's room and phased through the door. She stood there in the dark, looking around his room. Her eyes fell on the picture of Amanda, and her expression turned into a scowl. She walked to his bedside table and picked up the picture frame. She looked at it for a moment before tearing the picture out of the frame. She phased through the floor and into her room. She found the first picture that she could and phased back up through the ceiling. She put her picture of herself into the frame, and then set it back on the table. She smiled, and sat down on the bed, waiting for Kurt.
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Kurt ate his omelet and ordered another side of bacon and hashbrowns. Jean sighed, wondering exactly how large the bill was going to be. She had forgotten how much Kurt could eat, and immediately regretted offering to pay for his dinner. He had already eaten two hamburgers, two sides of fries, a B.L.T., a plate of cheese sticks, and then had ordered the omelet. Now he was ordering more potatoes and bacon? She could almost feel her wallet getting lighter. She, however, knew that she deserved it. Kurt was in a horrible position because of her. Jean continued to look out of the windows of the diner from time to time. She knew that Kitty, Amanda, and Jubilee had all left downtown. She also knew, however, that Tabby was still around. She couldn't feel her anywhere close, though, so she wasn't that worried.
"So how long are ve going to vait here?" Kurt asked.
"As long as we have to. You'll have to stop eating eventually, though. I only have so much money." Jean said.
"Don't vorry, Jean. I'm not making you pay for anyzing beyond ze first hamburger." Kurt said with a smile, pulling out his own wad of cash.
"Where'd you get all of that?"
"I've been saving it up for Amanda's birzday present. I don't zink it matters if I spend it now." Kurt said.
Jean smiled and shook her head. Poor Kurt. Jean looked around the diner once more and then decided that it was safe to leave Kurt alone for a couple of moments.
"Okay, you wait right here. If you see Tabby outside, duck." Jean said.
"Vhere are you going?" Kurt asked, suddenly frightened.
"Just to the bathroom. I'll be back in a couple of moments."
"Okay." He said, and watched as she walked off.
The waitress brought the rest of his food to him. Kurt picked up a piece of bacon and chewed on it, lost in thought. He couldn't believe what had happened today. And Jean had said something that was of particular interest to him. She had said that she hadn't changed their feelings for him, that she had simply shown them who and what he really was. Then she had said that she believed some of them may have already harbored those feelings for him. But which one? Kurt thought and thought. Tabby? Possibly. Of course, she harbored feelings for, oh, just about EVERYONE. Amanda? Probably. If anyone, she'd be the one to have feelings for him. Kitty? Kurt sighed very loudly and put his head in his hands.
"I vish." Kurt said, thinking about Kitty.
"You wish what, Mr. Wagner?" he heard.
Kurt looked up and relief washed over his face. Ororo Munroe was standing there, looking down at him.
"Ach! Ms. Munroe! I'm so glad to see you!" Kurt said.
"Yes, it's good to see you. Now we have to go quickly." Ororo said, taking his hand.
"But, ve're vaiting here for ze Professor. Jean is still in ze restroom." Kurt said, looking over his shoulder at the bathrooms.
"Yes, well, we'll meet up with them later." Ororo said, pulling Kurt forward.
"Vell, hold on, I have to at least leave some money for my food." Kurt said, and threw down a couple of bills onto the table. "Zhere, zat vill cover everyzing but my first. . .whoa!"
Kurt didn't get to finish as Ororo pulled him out of the door. Jean walked out of the bathroom and went to sit back down. Seeing Kurt wasn't there, she panicked for a moment. Then she tried to calm down. Maybe he was just in the bathroom, she thought. Looking down at the table, she noticed the money that Kurt had left just moments ago. She reached out with her TK, and felt for Kurt. She "found" him being pulled down Main Street. Who was pulling him? She concentrated harder and that's when she realized. . .
"Oh no! Dammit!" Jean said, dropping a twenty-dollar bill on the table and running out of the diner.
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Amanda got home and changed. She discarded her muddy, singed clothing in the trashcan in her bathroom and promptly got dressed again. Afterwards, she got back in her car and drove to the Xavier Institute.
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Tabitha pushed the pedal to the floor and accelerated. The curving roads led up the hill, and towards the Xavier Institute. She'd wait for Kurt to get back, and until then, she'd have some fun with Kitty. Jubilee, too, if she was around.
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Jubilee knocked on Amara's door. She could hear Amara crying from inside, and wondered how long she had been crying. When Amara opened the door, they both realized the mutual feelings they had, and Jubilee fell in to Amara, and both held each other as they continued to cry over "the one that got away."
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Kurt followed Ororo to an alley off of Main Street, and then she turned to him, taking his hands in hers.
"Okay, Kurt. We're going back to the mansion. Don't worry. I won't let any harm come to you. Ever." She said, her eyes going somewhat misty.
"Um, okay." Kurt said. She was behaving strangely, but maybe it had to do with what was going on. And then the realization hit him, and he tried to yank backwards. "Ororo, are you. . ."
"Don't worry, my dearest, everything will be fine." She said, and then kissed his cheek before taking to the air.
Kurt wanted to scream. He wanted to run. He wanted to teleport away. But at the velocity at which Storm was flying, he'd hit the ground hard. Too hard.
"Where are we going Storm?" Kurt asked, shouting into the wind.
"Home, dearest. Home." She said.
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Jean looked up over the forest and saw the two of them.
"Lord. We'll be lucky if only half of the town sees them." She said, and cursed to herself. She knew that she couldn't risk being seen. There had already been too much "mutant activity" in town that night for her tastes. Cursing again, Jean ran towards the forest, hoping that at least flying over an uninhabited portion of town would lessen her chances of being seen.
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Short chapter. Sorry. I think that there are two more chapters in this story. And that's about it. Anyhow, I'm trying to think of what I may write next. I'm thinking it'll probably be an Evan/Marie story. I don't know why I dig them as a couple. I'm not even that big an Evan fan. I think that may get in the way if I decide to try to write it. It's not like I hate the guy. I don't. I save hatred only for Lance. Anyhow. . .
Later.