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CHAP 8

"Professor?" shortly after he and Aurora's talk, Kurt ventured back to see Xavier.

"Is there any vay that, maybe....I mean...did you try to find whoever or vhatever

you need from Aurora on Cerebro yet?"

"believe me, Kurt, I've tried. Magneto is missing! Cerebro isn't picking him up

anywhere!" said the professor, sadly. "if there was any way I could do this without

having that poor girl have to remember and re-live that place, I would."

"I'm just afraid, Herr Professor. Afraid I von't be able to help her...vhat if

they come looking for her? Vhat if they find her and I'm not able to save her?

Like...like.."

"Like Amanda, Kurt?"

"yes...like Amanda..my Amanda.."

Back at Rogue and Kitty's room, Rogue was climbing out of her bed to sit next to

Aurora.

"the thing with Amanda all happened last year. It was really..a bad ordeal fer'

Kurt t'go through, ya' know?" explained Rogue

"yeah....where is she now?"

Kitty and Rogue shifted uncomfortably.

"maybe we should like, change the subject, huh?" suggested Kitty. "Kurt might

not want us telling her this."

"I understand." Said Aurora.

"no, Kittey', she deserves to hear this!" protested Rogue

"well why does she like, even want to hear it so bad?" Kitty shot back.

"because I think I'm falling for him!" Aurora spoke up. She clapped her hands

over her mouth.

"you are fallin' for blue boy?" asked Rogue, in shock.

"yes....truthfully, I-I think I am." Stated Aurora matter-of-factly. Kitty felt

pang of jealousy shoot through her chest, but brushed it off.

"I guess we can tell her..." decided Kitty after a moments silence.

"So...where is Amanda now?" asked Aurora

"shugah..she's dead."

"dead?"

"yeah. It all started last year. Amanda was comin' 'round the house a lot to see

Kurt. turns out some of the local boys took an interest in her business. One of them

happened to fancy Amanda. Afta' they found her going here, well..they just couldn't

have that. Later on, Kurt took Amanda out on a date. They ended up on her favorite spot,

a cliff overlooking the lake. They were having the time of their lives. Little did they

know, they were bein' followed. The boys who saw her come to the institute followed

them there. There, a fight broke out between the three men and Kurt. Kurt was injured,

and knocked unconscious. Everything was blurry to him...but he still heard her

screams.." Explained Rogue.

"th-they killed her?" Aurora stammered.

"The one boy who had taken a fancy to her tried to talk to her, tried to explain

how he felt. Unfortunately he backed her up to the cliff, and she slipped and fell. She

died. Shortly after, Kurt shook it off, and began to look for her. He looked everywhere

until there was no other place to look...except one. He was afraid to look, but slowly

and cautiously he peered down at her. It was too late. She had fallen onto the shore and

was already dying. He teleported down to her and took her face into his hands. She told

him she was sorry, and slowly died in his arms." Rogue finished, solemnly.

"w-wow. What happened to the boys who followed them?" Aurora asked, eyes

wide

"they turned themselves in like, a week later. Cracked and told the whole story.

The police like, already knew, though. Kurt told them. Lucky for Kurt those guys turned

themselves in, cause he was like, the prime suspect!" Said Kitty.

"he's never forgiven himself. We've tried to tell him it's not his fault, he was

unconscious, there was nothing he could do, but he's convinced otherwise." Rogue

stated.

"poor Kurt! my god, I feel so terrible for him." Aurora gasped, choking back

tears. "I think I need to talk to him." She walked out of the room, looking for Kurt.

"Kurt!!!!! Kurt!!!!!"

"yes, Aurora? Vhat vould you like?" he appeared out of nowhere.

"I have something to tell you..."