I'm really sorry, guys! On going health problem flared up again, resulting in a lovely trip to the hospital (I should have my own room there by now! LOL), OK, here's the second part! The instalment before (chapter 3) was getting too long! And yes, Ellie is like me, we'll both forgive guys for anything!!

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Ellie saw Kurt standing in the doorway. He shook his head at her before storming off.

"Kurt!" Cried Ellie, as she pushed Lance off. She scrambled off of the sofa and ran after him. "Kurt, wait, please. Just Stop!" She yelled.

Kurt wheeled around and grabbed her arm, "You vant to vake the whole mansion?" he hissed and teleported to the garden.

"Kurt, look, I'm sorry... What you saw, well, it wasn't what you saw." Started Ellie, trying to explain everything all at once.

"Vhat I saw vas you kissing Lance Alvers. Did I imagine it?" His eyes were dangerously narrow.

"No, Kurt." Ellie said, she took a deep breath, "I tried to call Alex, but, his mother said he'd gone out with Rhonda, my best friend. Like a date. I just walked out and sat out here for a while. I was crying and I forgot everything, but how much it hurt." She broke off and stared at the ground.

Kurt's face softened, "You should have come to me, Lieb." He put his hand under her chin, and bought her face up.

"I know, I just forgot everything. I was out there for hours and then Lance came and gave me his coat. He sat and listened to me while I cried and told him everything. He was nice to me."

"Nice? Lance is only nice vhen he vants something. And vhat that vas that is obvious." Spat Kurt.

"No, that's not true. He asked me if I wanted to watch a film, I said yes. I wanted to keep my mind off of Alex and Rhonda. You had gone to sleep. I didn't want to be on my own." Ellie shot back.

"You could have come and voken me." Ellie knew Kurt was hurt, she could feel it.

'He's upset that I confided in someone else?' She thought, before she could say anything Kurt started again.

"And this isn't even about having no one to confide in. You vere kissing him."

Ellie finally saw red, "My God! What is your problem? I mean really? Yes, I kissed Lance, hell, I even liked it, but I did it because I needed to! I haven't seen Alex in a month, and now he's seeing Rhonda, without even telling me. I felt betrayed, foolish and, yeah, I wanted to get even. So I let Lance kiss me. I needed to feel human again." Ellie turned to go back into the house. She hadn't been this mad in a long time.

Kurt put his hand on her shoulder, "Ellie, wait." She turned back to him.

"Lance is a user. He vill only cause you pain. I'm your friend, vhy not confide in me?"

"Why are you doing this? He's just a guy. He was nice to me, that's all. He didn't force me to kiss him. You don't own me, Kurt."

She started back to the house again. Kurt sighed and teleported in front of her. Ellie, still trapped in her rage, didn't expect it. She shrieked and fell back in shock.

She sat on the grass and glared at Kurt, "So not content with upsetting me and trying to dictate my life, now you've given me a wet ass!"

Kurt went to help her up, "I didn't mean to scare you, Lieb."

Ellie had had enough. Kurt could feel the anger coming off of her in waves. He bent and took hold of her hand to help her up. She got to her feet.

Kurt looked into her eyes, "I'm sorry. I didn't vant to upset you. Can we talk about this sanely?" He held onto her arms.

Ellie was past sane. The anger she felt at Alex and Rhonda had surfaced, she could taste the hurt and tears began to well in her eyes, causing her to get even angrier. She pushed Kurt off and went to walk around him, but he tried to block her.

"Ellie. This has all gotten out of hand." She could feel the emotions rushing through her body and she pushed him. As she did she felt a bolt of energy go through her arms. Kurt flew back and smashed into a flowerbed, a hundred yards away. Ellie landed on her back.

She stood up and looked at Kurt, who was flat out amid the violas. She was about to go to him, when she realised her arms felt like they were on fire. She fell to the ground and screamed.

Lights began to appear all over the mansion. Logan came running out with his claws unsheathed He saw Ellie crouched on the ground and ran to her. Sheathing his claws he picked her up. He turned and saw Scott helping Kurt to his feet.

"Are you OK, Elf? He asked.

Kurt nodded, "Ja, just a little shaken. What happened?"

"I dunno, Kid, but she needs to see the Prof.". Logan carried the half conscious Ellie to the infirmary.

Xavier was already there with Ororo. He held smelling salts under Ellie's nose until she came round.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

Ellie was shaking, "My arms... Kurt and I were fighting and I pushed him.. I felt something go down my arms and it threw him across the lawn... I threw him.. My arms burn so much."

Ororo gave Ellie a pain killing injection. Presently she stopped shaking.

Xavier looked thoughtful, "You were angry?"

"Yes, it was a stupid argument, but I was so mad at him. Then I felt this ... wave go down my arms. Like a pulse." She stopped and looked at the Professor.

Logan exchanged a look with Xavier, "Do you think her power's are growin'?" he asked.

"It would appear so. Ellie, do you know how your power works?"

Ellie shook her head, "No, it just does. I know I can repress it sometimes. But I don't know how."

"You give off emotion in waves, like a speaker give sound waves or like I am able to give out waves from my mind. I think what happened tonight was that you were able focus them, quite unconsciously, and charge them. That's how you blasted Kurt. You focused your energy into a very powerful wave."

"So my power's are growing? This isn't a one off?"

"We shall have to look further into this, of course. The move from your home, the new school, having to make new friends. This has all been stressful for you. It would be safe to assume that this is another part of your mutation."

Ellie winced at the word 'mutation'. She hopped down from the gurney, "Can I go to bed? I'm pretty beat."

"Of course, we shall talk more in the morning. Good night." Said Xavier as she walked to the lift.

"Night." Said Ellie, distractedly. 'What did I do to Kurt? I'd better go and see him and apologise.' She thought.

She exited the lift and walked to Kurt's door. Hesitantly, she knocked. Scott opened it. He nodded as if reading her mind and walked out past her. Ellie walked in and closed the door.

Kurt was sat in his bed, eating a tub of ice cream. Despite herself, Ellie smiled. She moved to the bed.

"Glad to see what happened hasn't affected your appetite any." She said, as she sat on the edge of the bed.

Kurt grinned at her, "I takes a lot more than being blasted across the garden to make me refuse ice cream."

Ellie felt like a weight was lifted off of her shoulders, "So, you're not mad?"

Kurt swallowed a mouthful of Phish Food, "Nope. I've had vorse. And I kind of pushed you into it."

"I didn't realise I could do 'it'" Laughed Ellie, "The Prof. says my powers are growing. I'm sorry they 'grew' on you.

Kurt smiled and handed Ellie another spoon, "I got you one. I knew you'd be back. Girls love the fuzzy dude."

"So sure, were you?" Teased Ellie taking a spoonful of Ben and Jerry's.

"No, I thought vas seeing double." When he saw Ellie's face drop, he added, "Just kidding."

"I'm sorry, Kurt, about Lance, about leaving you on your own, about blasting you across the garden... There's a sentence I never thought I'd say."

"So, vhat is really the matter? All that anger couldn't have been for me?" Said Kurt, his eyes glowed with compassion.

Ellie looked downcast. She felt like a complete idiot, "I must be the only girl in the world who can dumped by a guy she wasn't even dating from a different state, and blow one of her friends half way across a garden." She tried to smile.

Kurt reached out and tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear, "Then he's a jerk. And you can do much better." He didn't mention that he thought she could do much better than Lance as well.

Ellie made a non-committed noise. She moved up the bed and sat next to Kurt. She leaned back onto the headboard.

"I guess my fantasies about Alex clouded my opinion of him. Do you think you can ever go from being someone's best friend to the love of their life?"

Kurt finished the ice cream and put the container on his bedside table, turning back to Ellie, he said simply, "Yes."

Ellie looked at him, curious by the bluntness of his reply, "Just like that? Yes?"

"Yes," Kurt repeated, "Sometimes it's better, you already know them. Look at Ross and Rachel"

"I didn't know you were a 'Friends' fan! And look how they ended up!" Ellie smiled and rested her head against Kurt's shoulder. Suddenly she was sleepy. 'Just for a minute.' She thought closing her eyes.

"They'll get back together! Mark my words!" He said. When she didn't reply and Kurt felt her droop slightly, he moved her head onto a pillow. He looked at her for a minute, before covering her with the blanket and climbing out of bed. He paused and turned, "Goodnight, Lieb." He whispered. He went to the closet and pulled out a sleeping bag. As he unrolled it on the floor, he caught sight of himself in the mirror.

"Vhat a night." He said to his reflection.

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Ellie felt the sunlight hit her face and she rolled over. She kept her eyes closed hoping she'd go back to sleep. When she realised that she was awake, she opened them and blinked. Her eyes travelled around the room.

'OK, this isn't my room.' She thought. Just then she heard something moving on the floor, she looked over the side and saw Kurt, in a sleeping bag, roll over. When he saw her, he smiled.

"Guten Morgen!. Did you sleep vell?"

"Like the dead. Why am in your room?" Asked Ellie.

Kurt crawled out of his sleeping bag and stretched, "You fell asleep. I didn't vant to vake you. I slept on the floor."

Ellie stood up, "You could have sent me packing you know. This is your room."

Kurt laughed, "Vell, I vant to shower and get dressed, so I vill have to ask you to leave." Ellie smiled and left the room.

Later, showered and changed, she headed towards Xavier study to discuss her new power, when she bumped into Lance. He grinned at her and casually leaned against the wall.

"Heard you gave Nightcrawler a bit of a shock last night." He said.

"That was an accident. I wanted to talk to you anyway." Said Ellie, she felt filled with a confidence, she assumed it was from Lance.

"Really? Was it about out little kiss?" He leaned in towards her. Ellie's heart fluttered.

"Yes, I like you Lance. But, last night I was upset. I'm sorry, but I can't handle anything other than friendship at the minute. Plus my powers are growing and I need to focus on that. Are you OK with that, I mean I don't know what you expected to happen."

Lance looked disappointed, but he covered it well. "It's fine, but the offer's here if you need a shoulder to cry on."

Ellie grinned at him and nodded, "Thanks!"

She walked into Xavier's office.

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By Wednesday, Ellie felt on top of the world. She had worked out a routine with the Professor and Logan and was training to control her new power. She was doing pretty well too.

She could blast small objects without much effort, but she was still having difficulty getting enough power to knock over larger objects. Now that she could gage how much power she needed, depending on the size of the object, she marvelled at how she managed to blast Kurt across the lawn.

The other high spot was Monday night. She was returning from the danger room and was pretty drained. She just planned to have a shower and go to bed.

She heard the phone ring and was surprised when Jean handed it to her.

"Who is it? My mum?" She asked.

"A boy. I think its Alex." Said Jean, "Do you want me to make up some excuse?"

"No, I want to tell him what I think of him. Thanks" Said Ellie, taking the phone.

"Hello, Alex?" She said rather tersely.

"Hey, Ell. Look I'm so sorry about Saturday. I forgot. And then when my mum said she told you where I was, I thought I'd have to explain.." Said Alex, his voice sounded meek. Ellie felt her heart melt slightly.

"You thought you'd have to explain that you are seeing my best friend and couldn't be bothered to tell me?"

"No, Rhonda was dumped, some stupid jock guy she was seeing. She was upset. I didn't know what to do. I always assumed that when girls were dumped it involved ice cream."

Ellie felt herself break into a smile, "Sometimes. So you took her out?"

"No, I asked her what you would do. Believe me, the latest Reese Witherspoon is not my idea of a good night out."

Ellie was about to reply, when he continued, "And I thought about coming to see you. If it's OK with your professor, that is, I was going to come this weekend .. Ell?"

Ellie felt her heart pound, "Really? I mean it'll be fine with him. Oh, Lex. I hoped so much that this was a misunderstanding."

"So you forgive me? Yes! I miss you like mad!"

"I miss you too! I'll talk to my Professor and call you back tomorrow! OK"

"OK, and Ell? I'm sorry!"

Ellie said bye and rung off. She ran to the study and spoke briefly to the Professor. He agreed to let Alex stay for the weekend, especially as he already knew what the institute really was.

The rest of the week flew by, with Ellie getting more excited everyday, by the time she was about to leave for the station on Friday afternoon, everyone else in the mansion could feel it. Scott offered to give her a ride and they arrived just in time to see the train pull out.

Ellie looked around and saw him. He had cut his hair, and it was now spiked. He looked different somehow to her. He seemed full of confidence.

She ran up and hugged him. Alex dropped his bag and wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm so glad you're here. I forgotten what this felt like." She said, as she let go.

"You look good! But tired. Are you over exerting yourself?" He asked, looking at Ellie with concern.

"I developed a new power and it's taking some training. I'm OK." She smiled, lost in his eyes. Then, she remembered Scott, "Oh, Alex, this is Scott Summers, Scott, this is Alex Hargreaves."

Alex offered his hand out to Scott, who shook it.

"Hey, Scott. Nice to meet you. So, you looking after my girl?" Laughed Alex, as he wrapped am arm around Ellie, who had gone into raptures at being called 'Alex's girl'.

"We try!" Scott laughed and they walked to the car.

Half an hour later they were back at the institute. Ellie introduced Alex to everyone, except Kurt, who was strangely absent. Alex proved to be charming and witty. The only slight mishap was when he asked Lance what his powers were.

Lance was still peeved that Alex had shown up. He had assumed with him out of the way, he could go after Ellie again. So given the opportunity he shook the whole room.

"Lance!" Cried Ellie, as Alex grabbed the sofa to stay up. He stopped and walked out. Ellie knew he was mad, but she didn't want to explain how things were with her and Alex at the time. She didn't know herself.

"Wow! This is going to be an interesting weekend." Laughed Alex. Ellie smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. She was beginning to realise that Alex didn't understand her world.

"So what about this Kurt kid? You said you were quite tight. Where is he?" Asked Alex as they wondered to the dining room.

"I don't know. I haven't seen him all day." Replied Ellie, she felt really bad. First, she had upset Lance, and now Kurt wasn't there. She knew Kurt still thought Alex was a jerk, but there was no need to stay away.

'I'll find him later.' She thought.

After dinner, Alex and Ellie sat on the sofa and watched True Lies with Scott, Jean and Evan. Lance had avoided them after he met Alex. He, Rogue, Pietro and Kitty had headed to a new club in Bayville.

As usual, Scott and Evan started discussing how they'd beat Arnie up, Alex surprised Ellie by joining in. He had never been interested in 'jock stuff', as he dubbed it. The film had nearly ended when Kurt 'ported into the room, making Alex jumped in shock.

Ellie introduced him to Alex. He was pleasant enough, but Ellie could feel the dislike coming off of him. He sat down and stared at the TV.

When the film ended, Alex stretched and stood up. He turned to Ellie, "Want to go and hang out upstairs."

She saw Kurt shoot her a dirty look, but ignored him. She nodded, "OK."

They went to Alex's room. He was staying in the spare room next to Logan's. Ellie had a feeling Logan had arranged this to prevent any late night 'visits'. 'He should move to the room next to Pietro then.' Thought Ellie wirily.

She shut the door after herself and instantly Alex turned and kissed her. When he pulled away, he took her hand and led her to the bed.

Ellie's stomach was doing flips. She sat down next to him, " I really did miss you. When your mum said you were out with Ronnie, I got so upset." She neglected to mention that she had kissed Lance.

Alex kissed her again, when he finished he said, "Let me make it up to you.

"What do you mean? How?" Ellie asked, with a very strong suspicion she already knew the answer.

"I thought you and I could, you know, take our relationship to the next level." He replied with a grin. Ellie looked at him in surprise and disgust.

"I don't even know what level we're at now. And I don't want to. I'm not ready." She stood up and walked to the door. Alex groaned and fell backwards onto the bed, covering his face with his hands. "Why are you being such a priss? I thought you cared about me!"

She turned, "Alex, I don't know why, but, you've changed. If you want to have a relationship with me, then consider my feelings. It's not hard. Everyone else seems to be able to sense them."

"Is this about that Kurt kid?" He asked spitefully.

"No, but he's becoming my best friend. He listens to me. Besides, that's all we are, friends." Ellie could feel the tears and opened the door. 'Don't let him see you cry.' She thought.

She stepped out into the hall and sagged against the door. She wiped her eyes and walked to the kitchen. She found Lance sat at the table eating an apple.

"Hey Cutie! How's Prince Charming?" He asked. Ellie scowled at him, more from confusion over Alex behaviour than Lance's comment.

She got a drink and sat across from him. They sat in silence for a few minutes, before she asked, "Lance? If you were with a girl, you supposedly cared a lot about, would you try and pressure her into ... you know?"

Lance looked at her confused for a moment and then stood up, "I'll kill him!"

"No! Please!" He sat back down, "He didn't try to force me or anything, just emotional blackmail. I just don't think I know him anymore."

"What does your heart tell you?" He asked. Ellie looked into his brown eyes. She knew the answer.

"I don't know." She lied, she knew she liked Lance, but this was all so confusing. The guy she was supposed to be crazy about was upstairs. She knew, deep down, she had to end things between them. How had everything got so mixed up?

'When he gives me a good enough excuse, I will.' She thought. But, she knew when he went home on Sunday, they wouldn't be the same anymore.

She stood up and walked round to Lance. She bent down and hugged him, "Thanks."

Lance looked presently surprised, "Hey, no problem. And by the way, I would make a great rebound."

Ellie whacked him on the arm, and smiled. She went to her room, as she turned on the light, Alex stood up. He had been sat on her bed. He started talking before she could open her mouth.

"I'm sorry. I was going to come and look for you, but these guys are your friends and their powers scare me a little. I was a dick. I was thinking with my ... , well not my head anyway. Look, sleep on it, but can we talk tomorrow, seriously? Things have started to get weird for me."

"Me too. We'll go for a walk in the morning. What's that?" She noticed he was holding an envelope.

"Oh, I forgot to give you this. It's from Rhonda. Probably full of her account with that guy and how she needs you to call her." He said the last part while rolling his eyes. "Call her anyway. I'm sick of hearing about it."

Alex handed her the letter and kissed her on the cheek. After he had left, Ellie opened the letter and sat down to read it.

After she had read it, she re-read it. Ellie lowered it and stared at the wall.

'She's lying. This isn't possible!' She screwed it up and stood up. She couldn't even remember exactly what she had just read, just certain phrases 'Alex and I are together now.' 'He won't tell you the truth, but I will.' 'He doesn't care about you, he's only there to break it off with you.' And the one, which made her heart break, 'He'd rather be with a human, not a freak.'

Ellie felt tears well. It all made sense, the movie, the change in him, why Rhonda hadn't called.

"That Bastard!" She shouted. She threw open her door and stormed out. Jean's door opened at her shout.

"Ellie? Are you ok?" The red head asked. She looked shocked, she could feel the anger coming off of her.

Ellie was in a blind rage, she slammed open Alex's bedroom door and threw the letter in his surprised face.

"You Bastard!" She repeated, breathing heavily. Alex picked up the letter and read it. He looked at Ellie, and over her shoulder where the rest of the team had gathered.

"You lied to me. How could you. If you didn't want to be with me why didn't you just tell me?" She spat.

"Ellie, I can explain. Rhonda is lying. She . she wants to get with me and this is her way of splitting us up." He stammered. He realised what a dangerous position he was in. Who knew what these mutants could do to him.

Ellie knew he was lying and stepped forward. "Leave .. Now!" She hissed. When he didn't move she grabbed his bag and walked to the window, she threw it out. Alex tried to stop her, but his bag hit the ground and the contents spilled over the drive.

"Get out." She said.

Alex remained where he was. Suddenly he started to smirk at her. "I suppose all things must end. She's right though, Rhonda, I mean. I don't want you. When I realised what you were, when I had thought about it, I felt ill. Truth is I just came here to see what screwing a mutant would be like." He laughed at her.

Ellie felt her arms begin to burn. Scott noticed what she was doing and cried, "Ellie, no! You'll kill him."

She didn't care. She blasted him with everything she had and he flew backward out of the window. Jean ran up and managed to stop him before he hit the ground. As she lowered him down slowly, Scott, Pietro and Rogue ran outside. Ellie turned and walked out.

Logan and the Professor were outside by the time she got to the front door. Alex glared at her, and picked up his bag. "Freaks. You will never be accepted as our equals. We'll find some way to stop your kind."

Logan stepped forward and unsheathed his claws, "Start walking, or you'll find that you have no knee caps, Bub."

Alex eyed Logan's claws and walked up the drive. Ellie watched him leave, when he was out of sight, she turned and said, "I'm sorry, Professor. I lost control."

Xavier looked at her. He had felt her pain when she had read the letter, he had read it through her eyes. He smiled, "No, that's why you are here."

Logan put his hand on her shoulder, "Next time, I would recommend that you just punch guys, when they hurt you. It still hurts them, but I doubt you could send someone through a window."

Ellie smiled. She felt a hand on her arm and saw Lance.

"I'm sorry he hurt you." He said.

"Well, I think I scared the crap out of him, so we're even." She said.

"Well, let me restore your faith in the male half of the species. Wanna go to a club tomorrow? I mean, most of the other guys are coming, but I though you might wanna come 'with' me?"

He gave her puppy eyes, and she smiled. She knew she needed to let loose and she liked Lance anyway.

"Mr. Alvers. I would love to be your date." She laughed.

Lance bowed and offered her his arm, "Then let me escort you to your room, my good lady!"

Ellie laughed as she took his arm and walked up the stairs with him.

Kurt walked in behind them and saw that Lance now had his arm around Ellie. He glared. He cared a lot about Ellie and he was glad that they were such good friends, but he knew that she would get hurt with Lance. He was too wild.

He made up his mind to go clubbing with the rest of them. That way he could keep an eye on her.

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Will Ellie get with Lance? Why is Kurt being so protective of her?

I PROMISE to update sooner this time!