Meeting of Souls

Chapter 3

by EvoScott5

Ben entered the rec room to find the other students already there. Xavier cleared his throat and everyone got quiet. "The reason I called you all here is to introduce someone who is a student here but has been attending Bayville University for the past several months. His name is Benjamin Christopher."

Ben waved to the others, "hello." The Professor then went about introducing the recruits but before he got to the older students Ben stopped him, wanting to guess each one for himself.

He turned to Evan first. "You must be Evan since you're the only guy here who could be related to Miss Munroe." Evan nodded and Ben turned to Kurt. "The cool looking fuzzy dude there has to be Kurt."

"You really I'm cool looking?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah. Of course I do." He then turned to the brown haired girl next to Kurt on the couch. "Kitty, right?"

"Yep." Kitty giggled a bit and smiled.

Ben knew Scott already so he looked to the goth girl beside Scott. "Rogue I presume?" Rogue just nodded and it was then that Ben noticed her holding hands with Scott. Ben turned to Scott with a quizzical look on his face.

"I'll tell you later."

"Ok." Ben now began to look around for Jean. She was the one person he had really wanted to see and was now having difficult time finding her. Then all of a sudden out of the corner of his eye he saw some red. Turning towards it he spotted Jean sitting in a chair a bit away from the rest of the students. He froze in place just blinking. The description she had given him hadn't prepared him for this nor did it do her justice. She was gorgeous. *Oh my gosh, she's hot."

Both Jean and Xavier heard his thoughts rather loudly with Xavier smiling a bit at the young man and Jean blushing a bit from the compliment. Xavier cleared the silence by telling the students they were dismissed. The students left the rec room to go do various things around the mansion. Kitty followed Kurt out, Scott and Rogue left together and the recruits split off with the boys going one way and the girls another. Soon only Jean and Ben were left in the rec room together. "Hi," Jean said.

"Hi."

"So I guess we finally get to meet now, huh?"

"Yeah."

Jean stood up and walked over to him where the two hugged. Jean felt something warm shoot through her as they had a brief hug but she couldn't figure out why. Ben had just felt really nervous next to a girl as beautiful as Jean. "So do you like the Institute so far?"

"Yeah, I do. It's also really nice to finally get to talk to everyone face to face, especially you." Ben smiled at her and Jean smiled back.

"Yeah I know. Why don't I show you around?"

"Sounds good to me."

Jean and Ben left the rec room to begin the full tour which Ben hadn't really gotten yet. He had only gotten a small tour of the essential things around the mansion, such as his room, the kitchen, and the rec room.

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Scott and Rogue headed upstairs to Scott's room where they shared a kiss before sitting on Scott's bed. "So was that what you were expecting when you saw Ben?"

"I wasn't really expecting anything. He was a bit surprised though when he saw us holding hands," Rogue said.

"I think he was more surprised because he was wondering when it happened. He was the one who helped me decide between you and Jean in the first place. Ok, actually he just told me to follow my heart wherever that may lead and to do something for myself for a change."

"So am I," Rogue replied and then kissed Scott softly on the lips. From there the two made out until dinner.

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Kitty found Kurt in his room. "Kurt, may I come in?"

"Sure. Something I can do for you, Kitty?" Kurt asked.

"I was just worried about you after what happened yesterday, are you like ok?" Kitty asked, a concerned look on her face.

Kurt could tell she was genuinely concerned about him and he smiled at her. "Yeah, I'm ok." Kitty didn't seem convinced but she accepted his answer anyway.

"Kurt there's something I've been meaning to tell you for long time now," Kitty started, clearly nervous.

"What is it, Kitty?" Kurt wondered if Kitty did like him as more than a friend and prayed that was the case.

"I know I dated Lance for a while but I really liked someone else more."

"Who?" Kurt asked getting nervous.

Kitty took a deep breath and responded. "You."

Kurt just blinked. "Me?"

Kitty nodded as she moved closer to Kurt. Then something over took them and they just kissed. It was a fiery, passionate kiss and it was all they were lost in it.

"Wow," Kurt exclaimed after they broke the kiss.

"Yeah," Kitty said sheepishly.

They sat down on Kurt's bed and cuddled and chatted until dinner.

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There's chapter 3. I'm not sure when I'll get chapter 4 done but hopefully soon. Thanks for reading.