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The needle gleamed under the large white lights all around them.

"now hold still, this will only hurt a bit....hold still!!!!" but before he could

inject her. Her hand shot up, clawing his face. He screamed, and the others came to his

aid, but she was virtually unstoppable. No matter how much they beat her, she kept

clawing and clawing.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Aurora sat up in her bed at the institute.

"bad dreams?" asked Kurt. she turned to look at him startled.

"how the hell did you get in here?" she asked

"I bamfed"

"er...bamfed?"

"ja, Bamfed. Anyvays, I vas just vondering if maybe you vould like to go....I

don't know...maybe to get a hamburger?" he smiled cutely.

"I don't even remember what hamburger tastes like...what time is it?"

"3:00.....in the morning."

" what? You know a store that's open this late?" she propped herself up against

the bed, and brushed her long blonde hair away from her face.

"vell...I could find one."

"no, that's okay. Let's just get something to eat here. I'm sure there's something,

right?"

"ja, here, come here." Said Kurt, holding out his arms.

"actually, I think I can manage walking, but thanks." She got up from the bed and

winced in pain. He took her hand.

"you look different than most of the mutants I've seen." She said, inspecting him.

He turned away, embarrassed. "oh, no, that's a good thing. Blue is my favorite color.

Besides, I love fuzzy things...kittens, puppies..." She smiled. "hey...Kurt,

right? Um....thanks for saving me. If you hadn't been in that church, I probably

would've died there....I'm sure the priest wouldn't have liked that."

"vell I couldn't just leave you. Ice cream?" he asked, opening the fridge.

"uh...what is it? Is it good?" she looked puzzled. Kurt gasped in horror.

"you don't know vhat ice cream is? You poor poor girl!"

"no, I was a little..deprived.."

"vell, mein teurer schatz, you must try it!" He handed her a pint of ice cream, and

she dug into it with her spoon.

"this is good!" she said, between mouthfuls. "so, fuzzy....what's your story?"

"my story?"

"yeah....your story."

Kurt took a deep breath and let it all out

"Vell, I'm obviously a teleporter, and my mutter is someone from the

brotherhood, a band of evil mutants, and my best friend's name is Keety. I used to like

her, but then there vas Amanda...oh, Amanda..."

"uh-huh" Aurora cocked an eyebrow at him. "well, there goes my chance with

you, right? So who's Amanda anyway? Girlfriend?"

"used to be...until the accident...."

"accident?"
"ja. I best be getting you back to bed. Come on." He took her hand, and led her

back to the medical wing.

"hey Kurt?"

"ja?"

"about that hamburger....I think I'll take you up on that offer sometime."

"really? Vell..I'd be honored if you did."

Aurora ran to him and kissed his cheek.

"thanks again" and with that, she trotted off to her bed. For the first time in

months, Kurt was not thinking about Amanda.