Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men: Evolution, or any other Marvel or WB property.

Notes: Good Lord! And here I thought that someone was holding RedLion and JDH3 hostage! I was ready to negotiate for their release. You were both missed. Anyhow, thanks for the reviews everyone! It is an uncommon pairing, so I'm surprised that everyone seems to like it. Okay, so Kurt may seem a little OOC near the end of this, but I figured he's having a lot of fun, so I didn't mind writing it that way. Also, this chapter is just a teensy, little bitty, infinitesimal racy at towards the end. Not that bad, but still the raciest I've ever written. Anyhow, hope you enjoy it.

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Kitty sat there, glaring at the two of them. She could hardly stand the sight of them, but for some reason, she couldn't look away. It was sickening. Kurt was wrapped around Tabby like some type of weird fashion accessory. And even stranger was the fact that Tabby seemed fine with it. Then again, Kitty thought, it wasn't so strange. The two had been together for almost a month and a half now. It seemed like the longer they dated, the more "cutesy" they got. Kitty almost wanted to vomit.

Kurt, Tabby, Kitty, and the rest of the X-Men were sitting in the rec room on this stormy Friday night. Kurt had begun to invite Tabby over more and more in the past couple of weeks. The rest of the students seemed fine with it. Maybe that's what bothered Kitty. Then again, maybe not.

"Do they have to be so perfect for each other?" Kitty wondered. "God, it's like, he's totally smothering her!"

She watched as Kurt's tail encircled Tabby's waist, pulling her closer to him. Tabby glanced at Kurt and smiled, then put her hand in his and draped it over her shoulders. The two became engrossed in the movie again, Kurt's tail absently stroking Tabby's stomach. Kitty just continued to glare at the two of them.

"I hate her. I hate him. I hate her. I hate him." She thought continuously.

"Hey, Kitty, pipe down." Jean said.

"I didn't say anything." Kitty said, turning to face Jean.

Jean shot her a knowing look.

"Pipe down." Jean said.

The rest of the teens looked from Jean to Kitty in confusion. They hadn't heard anything either.

"But she didn't say anything." Evan said.

"Well, she's projecting pretty loud. I don't think that she likes the movie very much. Especially the blonde character." Jean said.

"What blonde character?" Evan asked. "You mean brunette, right?"

"Oh yeah. The brunette." Jean said, never taking her eyes of off Kitty."

"Sorry." Kitty thought.

She heard Jean answer her inside her head.

"Just calm down. Kurt's happy. Don't be jealous of him." Jean projected.

"I'm not." Kitty thought.

"Then are you jealous of her?" Jean thought back at her. Even though it was a thought, Kitty could hear the teasing tone of Jean's voice.

"No!" Kitty said aloud.

The rest of the teens looked at her, confused again.

"Um, no, I don't like the blonde. I mean the brunette!" Kitty said, he face turning red.

"That was foolish." Jean projected at her.

"This movie sucks." Kitty said aloud. "Like, later everyone."

Shooting another glare at Kurt, who simply raised his eyelids, she left the room, heading towards hers.

"Kitty's been acting really weird lately." Scott said.

"Hey, at least ya don't have t' live with her." Marie said, reaching into her bowl for more popcorn.

On the loveseat where Kurt and Tabby were sitting, Tabby winked at Kurt and squeezed his hand.

"This really is working." Kurt thought. "Tabby, you're a genius."

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"Stupid Kurt. Stupid Tabby. They're both so stupid! Ugh! I can't believe them!" Kitty shouted when she reached her room. She almost hoped that the sounds would carry down to the rec room, but she knew it wouldn't.

Lying down on her bed, she could do nothing but think about the two of them. It really did make her physically ill to see them together. Kurt was always doing sweet little things for Tabby. He picked her fresh wildflowers, he made sure she was fed, he would buy her small presents. Kurt would help her with her homework, he invited her everywhere with the X- Men, he constantly talked about how much fun they had at this place or that place. When she was sick a week ago, he actually spent time at the boardinghouse taking care of her. Now THAT was weird. He had simply teleported into her room from the outside and locked her bedroom door. When Lance had apparently threatened to throw him out, Tabby stepped in and threatened Lance.

Kurt did all these things for Tabby, and he barely acknowledged Kitty anymore. He wasn't being rude, or distant. He simply wasn't lavishing the attention on her that she had grown accustomed to. When Kitty had been the only girl in Kurt's life, he had always been there for her, lavishing attention on HER. It had made Lance's inattention seem, like, so much less. Now that Kurt wasn't there to fill the empty places that Lance left in her heart, she was nothing but sad and lonely all of the time.

"This is stupid! I don't like that furry little dork!" Kitty said.

Picking up the phone, she dialed Lance's number. It was time to prove a point, if to no one else but herself.

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The movie had come to its conclusion, and the X-Men had scattered to different parts of the mansion. Scott and Marie had gone off to play a game of pool, Evan was playing video games, and Jean was reading in the library. Kurt and Tabby sat in the kitchen, eating a snack. Kurt always had to smile when he watched Tabby eat. She would tease him about the amount of food that he ate, but he believed that she ate a comparable amount. She could really put it away! Of course, Kurt didn't know where she put it. He had never seen her work out, or thought to ask if she did. In any case, she had a terrific figure, and unlike Kitty, she didn't watch what she ate or count the calories. She just didn't worry about it.

"You must haff ze metabolism of a hummingbird." Kurt teased. "I've never seen a voman take food ze vay you do."

"Yeah, I can put it away." She said, echoing Kurt's thoughts.

Kurt and Tabby had been acting the part of the "happy couple" for nearly two months now. It's true that they were only doing it so that they could be with other people, but they had each come to enjoy the time that they spent together. Tabby thought back to their first "date," and each time she laughed. She had such a good time with him at the movies that it hadn't seemed like a drag. Since then, they had a good time whenever they were together. Kurt was amazed. He had actually formed a strong friendship, and he couldn't be happier with the way things were going. They were always together, and whenever they were together, they had a great time.

Looking around to make certain no one could hear him, Kurt leaned closer to her.

"So, how do you plan to make zis vork?" Kurt whispered.

"Huh?" Tabby asked.

"How vill ze rest of zis plan vork? I mean, Kitty seems jealous. Lance seems jealous. So vhere do ve go from here?"

"Oh. Um, well, I don't really know. I sure the chance to drive them really crazy will present itself soon." Tabby said.

At that moment, Kitty walked in with a sly, almost triumphant smile on her face.

"Hi Kurt. Hi Tabby. Listen, will the two of you do me a favor? I'm going out with Lance. If anyone asks where we went, will you tell them we went up to the lake?" Kitty asked.

"Vhat?!? Ze lake? Viz Lance?" Kurt asked, incredulous.

"Yeah." Kitty said.

She let the two stew in their own thoughts for a moment.

"The lake." She said, smiling and walking out.

"That ought to set them straight." Kitty thought, walking out of the kitchen.

Kitty and Tabby sat there in stunned silence for a few moments.

"Verdamnt! She's going to ze lake viz Lance!" Kurt yelled after they heard the front door close.

"Calm down, calm down." Tabby said. Her face had gone red with anger and jealousy.

"Calm down? Zhere's only one reason vhy teenagers go to ze lake at night!"

"Let me think for a moment, dammit! Um. . .let's see." Tabby said.

Tabby put her head in her hands. She wondered why this had to happen now. This little game had been fun up until two minutes ago. Now little Kitty was going to the lake with her man. What was she going to do?

"Are you still zinking?" Kurt asked. He had stood up and began to pace around the room.

"Yes, yes. Just be quiet for a moment." She said. Suddenly a thought occurred to her, and she lifted her head with a smile. "Kurt?"

"Jah?"

"I think our moment has just presented itself."

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Lance looked over at Kitty. He was nervous. He had never really thought that this moment would ever come. He had just picked Kitty up in front of the mansion, and now they were on their way to the lake. He didn't know what he would do when they got there. He had looked forward to this moment for months, but now that it was here, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. Something was "off." Something definitely didn't seem right. He thought and thought, and couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Kitty sat in the passenger seat with her arms folded. She had put herself into this situation, now she had to figure out how to get out of it. This had been something of a mistake. She glanced over at Lance, who hadn't said anything but "hello" to her since she had entered his jeep. He looked just as disinterested in this as she did. This wasn't supposed to happen this way. She had expected Kurt to stop her, maybe even force her to stay at the mansion. He hadn't. He hadn't even tried to. Now she had to figure out some way out of the mess she had put herself into. She wasn't really scared, just angry at herself.

"So how was your night so far?" he asked, trying to bide time as he figured out what was wrong.

"Crappy." Kitty said.

"Why?" Lance asked.

"No reason. I'm just sick of watching Kurt and Tabby together. They make me sick."

"I know! I can't believe he was at the boardinghouse for that entire week. You wanna talk about being sick? Try thinking about the two of them behind locked doors."

"Whatever. I totally don't know what he sees in her." Kitty said.

"I don't know what she sees in him. Besides, ya know, hairballs." Lance said.

"Oh, do we have to start this again? I have an idea, let's just drop the subject." Kitty said.

"Fine." Lance said angrily as he pulled up next to the lake.

Cars were parked sporadically in a hidden area off to one of the sides of the lake. Kitty recognized each car as belonging to a student at school. This is where the teens came to be alone. This is where many teens had lost their virginity. And this is where Kitty had asked Lance to take her tonight. Lance parked further away from those cars, and sat there, simply staring out of the window. Kitty continued to do the same, except her arms were still folded against her chest, as if it was a defense.

"Great. Now I'm where I wanted to be and with who just two months ago. Only now, I don't want to be here with her at all." Lance thought. "I wonder what she expects tonight. Jesus, I hope not what I think."

Kitty sighed, very loudly.

"He'd better not even try anything." Kitty thought. "This plan sucks."

"So, what do you want to do?" Lance asked aloud.

"I don't know." Kitty said. "I guess. . .you wanna make out, right?"

"Uh. . ." Lance said.

"Well, don't make me twist your arm, Lance." Kitty said, beginning to shift her anger from herself to Lance.

"Yeah. Yeah, I guess." Lance said, moving towards her.

The kiss was cold and had no passion from either party. That's when the lights shone in their faces.

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"There! There! That's them! In Lance's jeep!" Tabby said.

Kurt looked ahead and saw Lance's jeep in his headlights. Smiling, he pulled off to the side so that it would look as if they hadn't noticed Kitty and Lance. He stopped, and put the van in park. Shutting off the lights, he giggled and turned to Tabby.

"Now vhat?" he asked.

"Um, I guess we need to make a little bit of noise, just so that they know it's us." Tabby said.

"Noise? I zink zat zey need to see us." Kurt said.

"See us? How?" Tabby asked.

Kurt moved to the back of the van. In the back, behind the last seat, was a utility case. Logan liked to be prepared, and had packed the case with stuff in case of an accident or emergency. Opening the case, Kurt saw a couple of spare uniforms, a couple of communicators, a small stash of money (which Kurt thought to himself to remember), identification cards for anyone old enough to drive at the Institute, and a couple of sundry items. He found what he was looking for, and turned back to Tabby before he pulled them out.

"Are you vearing undergarments?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah. Why?"

Kurt pulled three towels from the case. He threw them to Tabby, who caught them, looking confused.

"Take off your clothes." Kurt said, wiggling out of his jeans.

"What?" Tabby asked, incredulous.

"Ve're going swimming." Kurt said, smiling.

Realization dawned on Tabby, who smiled back and began to wiggle out of her own jeans.

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Kitty looked over at the van. It was in the most secluded spot available.

"Whoever parked there must be serious about being alone." Lance said.

"That van. . ." Kitty said, peering through the dark.

"What about it?" Lance asked.

"That's the X-Van! That's someone from the Institute!" Kitty nearly screamed. She pulled the seat release, and threw herself back, her seat reclining into the back.

Lance looked at her and followed suit.

"What's wrong?" Lance asked.

"Oh, nothing except that there's a good chance that it could be Logan." She whispered

"Logan?" Lance asked in surprise. "Why would he be out here?"

"I don't know! Who else would come out here, though? Not Scott. Not Jean. Not Evan." She said, beginning to count off who it could be.

"Not Marie." She said. "And that leaves. . ."

"Kurt?" Lance asked. "No way. Kurt and Tabby?"

Kitty's mouth dropped into a little "o" of surprise at the exact moment that they heard Kurt and Tabby giggle, and then a splash.

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"Okay, so this was a good plan, Fuzzy." Tabby whispered.

"You zink?" Kurt asked.

Tabby glanced over his shoulder and saw two heads pop up in Lance's jeep.

"I know. Come on, let's swim further away."

"Vhy?" Kurt asked.

"Don't want them to hear us, that's why. Let's go to where they can "just" see us." Tabby said.

"Okay."

Together they swam a distance far enough away that Kitty and Lance wouldn't be able to hear them.

"Are zay still vatching us?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah, Blue." Tabby said, glancing over his shoulder again. "We better make this look good."

As cold as the water was, both of them blushed as they moved closer. Kurt's arms circled around Tabby, and her skin tingled where he touched her. They both looked unsure of themselves, even though they had to act like this at least twice a week. Neither of them had gotten used to it, and she trembled when they touched. Kurt closed his eyes, and held her close. The two of them stood there, up to their shoulders in the water, simply holding each other.

"Are zey still vatching?" Kurt asked in a whisper. His head was spinning, and he didn't know why.

Tabby closed her eyes and laid her cheek against his furry one.

"Yeah." She said, her voice breathless.

"So, vhat? Zis makes our eighteenth date?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah. Something like that." Tabby said. In truth, she was barely listening to him. Sometimes, very rarely, she wondered why Kitty would want Lance when Kurt was such a great guy. It didn't happen often, and she always blew the thought off. She was wrapped up in that feeling now.

"Um. . .do you zink. . .you know. . .zat ve should. . .kiss?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah." Tabby responded immediately. "You know, just so that. . .they are. . ya know. . ."

"Jah." Kurt said, looking into her eyes.

Their faces came forward slowly, both of their eyes closing as their lips came closer to each other. Tabby put her hand to Kurt's face, her hand caressing the felt-like fur on his cheek. Their lips brushed by each other, and Kurt felt her warm breath on him. Their kiss was slow, sweet, and deep. There was nothing even resembling awkwardness in that kiss. They lost themselves in it. Under the water, Kurt's tail circled her waist, the spaded tip rubbing against her bare stomach. The simple action drove waves of heat across her body. They held each other tighter, deepening the kiss and losing themselves in it.

The cold water suddenly didn't feel very cold anymore. They could feel nothing but each other.

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"That jerk!" Kitty thought.

"I'm going to kill him." Thought Lance.

"That is who I, like, think it is. Right?" Kitty asked.

"Yeah. Yeah it is." Lance said.

"Do you think that they know we're here?" Kitty asked.

"I don't think that they know anybody's here."

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Tabby broke the kiss slowly, her mouth parting one last time so that her tongue could meet with Kurt's. She slowly brought her head back, and opened her eyes. Kurt was staring at her, his eyes half closed. Tabby came towards him again, perhaps for another kiss, but Kurt shook his head slightly, as if just waking up. Tabby backed away, a look of chagrin on her face, which Kurt didn't see. Both were heavily blushing, and neither wanted to other to know.

"So, um. . .yeah." Tabby said. "Maybe we should go back to the van."

"In just a minute." Kurt said, looking embarrassed.

"No, let's go back now." Tabby said, moving to go back to the van.

"Nein, nein! Just. . .vait a moment." Kurt said.

Tabby finally caught the embarrassed look on Kurt's face.

"Why. . .oh." Tabby said, realizing why and breaking into a grin. "Good thing the water's pretty cold, huh Blue Boy?"

"Jah, jah." Kurt said, amused, embarrassed and exasperated all at the same time. "Vell, you know. . .zat vas. . .some kiss."

Tabby looked into his eyes, becoming serious again.

"Yeah. Yeah it was." She said.

"Are zey still looking?" Kurt asked.

Tabby swam around in a circle, pretending to tread water after she turned around.

"Yeah, they are. You okay yet?" She asked, turning back to him and grinning.

"As okay as I'll ever be." Kurt said.

Together they both moved back to the shore.

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Lance and Kitty watched from Lance's jeep. Neither could believe what they had seen. Both were deeply bothered by it, and they were beginning to think that they knew why. Both suddenly realized that they envied someone else in a different relationship. Lance found himself envying Kurt, and Kitty found herself envying Tabby. Neither wanted to deal with those feelings right now, however, so they settled on silently hating Kurt and Tabby.

"They're coming back to the shore." Lance said.

"Yeah. They're probably gonna, like, go sex each other up back in the van. Oh, I can't wait to tell Mr. Logan!" she said.

They watched Tabby and Kurt towel off after getting out of the lake. Lance couldn't help but notice how great Tabby looked in her undergarments. Kitty couldn't help but notice how built Kurt was, now that the water was making his fur cling to his body. They continued to watch as Kurt and Tabby walked, hand in hand, back to the van. Lance expected to hear the van start up again and leave, as did Kitty. But that didn't happen. Instead, they watched Kurt and Tabby crawl towards the back of the van, and then disappear.

"I told you! They're gonna do it!" Kitty said, moaning due to the pain in her heart.

"No. No they won't." Lance said. "I'll kill him if he does."

"Why does it matter so much to you?" Kitty said, turning back to Lance.

Lance stopped looking for a moment, turning his attention back to Kitty.

"It doesn't! Why do you care so much?" he challenged.

"Oh, shut up." Kitty said, bringing her seat back up to it's normal height and resuming her "arms crossed" position.

Lance brought his seat back up, but continued to look over his shoulder at the van.

That's when the van began to rock.

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Inside the van, Tabby was giggling. So was Kurt. The two were lying close to each other in the seat in the back of the van. They were throwing their weight back and forth, causing the van to shake.

"We should make noises!" Tabby said.

"Vhat kind of noises?" Kurt asked through his laughter.

"You know! Like, sex noises!" Tabby said.

Kurt looked thoughtful for a moment, and then made the strangest noise that Tabby had ever heard in her life. When he was finished, he looked at her for approval while continuing to rock the van.

"Kurt, we want them to think that we're having sex. Not killing an ostrich." Tabby said, laughing so hard that tears were forming at the corners of her eyes.

"Shut up! So I'm not all zat experienced. Please, show me how it is done!" Kurt teased back.

Tabby playfully cleared her throat, and then let out some of the loudest moans that Kurt had ever heard.

"Oh man, zat VAS hot!" Kurt laughed. "Okay, okay! Let me try!"

Kurt mimicked her moans, making his louder. Tabby reached up and slowly unlatched the window, pushing it open. She was sure that Kitty and Lance wouldn't be able to see the movement in the dark. Then she joined Kurt, moaning his name while he moaned hers. She had to admit that they sounded pretty good. Each tried to contain their laughter through the moaning and name-calling. Seconds later, they heard the sound of Lance's jeep start, and then peel out. They stopped rocking the van and moaning, and peeked up through the windows. Lance and Kitty were gone. They looked at each other, and then broke up in laughter.

"Zat vas awesome!" Kurt exclaimed.

"Yup. Now they hate us, and want us at the same time. Time for the final stage of our little plan." Tabby said.

"Vhich vould entail?"

"We ask them out on a double date, of course. There's no way that they're gonna turn us down." Tabby said.

"You're devious. But in a good vay." Kurt laughed.

Both settled down and crawled back up to the front.

"So, when this is all over, you're gonna have Kitty and I'll have Lance hopefully, right?" Tabby asked, turning gears and becoming serious again.

"Um, jah. I guess so." Kurt said.

"Well, does that mean that we can't hang out anymore?" Tabby asked, looking down at her hands.

"Um, nein! Ve vill still hang out! All of ze time." Kurt said.

"But you'll be busy with Kitty most of the time, right?"

"Vell, you'll be busy viz Lance, remember?" Kurt asked.

"Oh yeah. Yeah. That's right." She said slowly, sadly.

"Listen, let's get you home before Lance get's zhere." Kurt said, starting the van.

"Yeah. Good idea." Tabby said.

Kurt put the van in gear, and then they were gone.

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Little bit of a long chapter, no? Anyhow, hope you all enjoyed it. And hey! Incase I haven't told you, everyone should avoid "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," and "Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" like the plague. I'm sorry to offend you if you liked either one, but man, did I ever think that they sucked. I should have gone to see "Spy Kids: 3D" instead. Even if it sucked, at least it has the novelty of being in 3D. Anyhow, have the next chapter up soon.

Later.