My World Is Over
"What's going on?" Amara asked the next day. "What happened to the party?"
"Uh…It's going to be delayed for a few hours," Jean said hesitantly.
"Why?" Amara asked.
"Didn't you hear?" Tabitha asked. "Kitty's folks are getting a divorce!"
"What? No!" Amara gasped. "Why?"
"Well for starters her old man is gay," Tabitha said. "Turns out he's been dating the uncle of one of her friends back home."
"No way!" Amara gasped.
"And the gossip mill just keeps churning," Logan sighed as he walked in.
"Poor Kitty," Jean sighed. "No wonder she's upset!"
"But that's not all," Tabitha continued.
"There's more?" Amara asked. "What?"
"Mom you're dating a guy who's only 24 years old and you're worried about my relationships?" Kitty shouted from the next room.
"Wow…" Jean winced.
"It's not going too well in there," Logan let out a breath.
"YOU INVITED HIM HERE TODAY?" Kitty screamed.
"What?" Logan turned around. "Excuse me…" He ran back into the room. Immediately the girls headed for the door to listen in.
"I can't believe this!" Kitty shouted. "First Dad's gay and Mom has a younger boyfriend! This is unbelievable!"
"Kitty calm down," Xavier said.
"Calm down? Calm down? After hearing this on my birthday you expect me to calm down? I AM CALM! CONSIDERING THE SITUATION I AM PERFECTLY FINE!"
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea," Mrs. Pryde sighed.
"You think?" Mr. Pryde snapped.
"What's this I hear about you inviting someone here?" Logan growled.
"Well I called last night," Mrs. Pryde said. "I thought it would be all right since he was a mutant too."
"You're dating a mutant?" Xavier asked.
"Wait how did you meet a 24 year old mutant and start dating him?" Kitty asked. "Who is he? What are his powers? This is insane!"
"Well in answer to your questions his name is Jesse and he can create low level force fields," She said. "They're reflective like a mirror. It's kind of a funny story really. Honey remember about a year ago I had to go to Seattle on business?"
"Yeah," Kitty nodded.
"Well I couldn't get a cab to the conference center so I decided to take the subway," She explained. "And on the subway there was a slight accident. The subway somehow derailed slightly and there was a slight electrical fire."
"Oh my god Mom why didn't you tell me about this?" Kitty gasped.
"Nothing happened," Mrs. Pryde said. "That's what I'm trying to tell you. I was alone in the car except for this young man. And then there was this explosion and the next thing I know I was protected by this force field. Long story short…"
"Too late," Mr. Pryde sighed.
"We got to talking later on and found out we had a lot in common," Mrs. Pryde glared at her husband. "He was adopted like I was for example."
"You never told me you were adopted," Kitty blinked. "Wait a minute what am I saying? So you've been dating this guy a year? What does he do for a living?"
"Oh he's a video DJ on that new music channel, Funk or whatever it's called," She said. "He runs some kind of show on Saturday too on the radio."
"Wait a minute!" Tabitha burst in. "Are you talking about Jesse D the VJ/DJ on the Funk Fresh Channel? The guy who hosts Saturday Morning Car-Tunes? I love that guy! He is so cool!"
"Why don't you just come on in?" Logan asked sarcastically.
"Oh let them listen in the whole mansion's gonna know about it sooner or later!" Kitty groaned. "I've heard of that guy. He's pretty cute. WHAT AM I SAYING?"
"Cute? Girl wait until Paige hears about this!" Tabitha shrieked. "She has posters of him all over her side of the wall! She's gonna flip! HEY PAIGE! GUESS WHAT?" She ran off with Amara screaming happily.
"Well I'm glad somebody's gonna be happy on my birthday today!" Kitty snapped. "No offense Mom but this is not the present I had in mind!"
"Kitty I'm sorry we didn't mean to spring this on you," Mr. Pryde said. "I suppose we should tell you the rest."
"There's more?" Kitty blinked.
"Kitty the divorce is in a few weeks," Mrs. Pryde said.
"That fast?" Kitty gasped. "Well I guess counseling is way out of the question now!"
"I'll be staying in Northbrook but your mother…" Mr. Pryde said.
"I'm moving to New York," She said. "So I'll be closer to you. But we are going to sell the house."
"Okay," Kitty staggered. "Excuse me please…" She ran through the walls up to her room. Half an hour later when Logan came to get her the room was a mess and her eyes were read with tears. She was holding Lockheed on her lap who was sympathetically licking her face.
"You okay Half Pint?" Logan asked.
"Oh yeah Logan I'm peachy keen!" Kitty said sarcastically. "My parents are divorcing, my dad is gay, my mom is shacking up with a younger guy who happens to be a celebrity and my childhood home is gone! What do you think? How could this happen? How?"
"I don't know," Logan sighed. "Man we have been on a run of bad luck lately."
"Understatement of the century," Kitty sighed. "I know my parents love me and are supportive of me but right now I wanna strangle them! How could they do this to me?"
"Things happen kid," Logan sighed. "Sometimes you gotta roll with the punches."
"You really lousy at counseling you know that?"
"Yeah I know. Do you wanna send your folks home and cancel the party? I mean…"
"No I want to still talk to my parents," Kitty sighed. "I just needed a good freak out! You know what I mean."
"Are you sure?" Logan asked. "I mean if you're not up to it…"
"I'll be fine Logan," Kitty sighed. "Don't cancel the party. I mean everything's been so rotten for all of us for so long and we all really need a break of some kind. Besides, at least I don't have to worry about my parent's reactions to getting arrested or the situation between Peter and Lance."
"Don't forget the dragon," Logan pointed to Lockheed. Lockheed harrumphed.
"Yeah well like I said, I might as well just bottom this whole day out!" Kitty threw up her hands. "I've had worse. Not many that's worse but this ranks among the top five. Okay let's put this in perspective. I'm not going to be shot at today by a giant Sentinel, outed as a mutant, captured or experimented on. I can deal with this."
"That's the spirit Half Pint," Logan said.
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"Is that him?" Paige jumped up and down at the window. "Is that him?"
"Geeze Paige could you be any more enthusiastic?" Kitty groaned. "Calm down."
Coming up the stairs to the Institute was a very handsome young man with brown hair with dyed blond and orange streaks. He has a charming smile and a black leather jacket that showed off his muscled physique that looked more appropriate for a bodybuilder. He wore jeans, boots and an orange shirt and a silver earring and was carrying a bouquet of roses.
"Wow…" Kitty blinked. "Mom he's hot. What am I saying?"
"If you like that type," Mr. Pryde sniffed.
"Well what's your type?" Tabitha asked.
"Dad please don't answer that," Kitty groaned. "I'm barely hanging on as it is."
"Hey there," The young man winked at Mrs. Pryde when they entered the door. "Sorry to spoil the party. I'm…"
"We know who you are!" Paige squealed. "Oh my god you're Jesse D! And you're a mutant like us! That is so cool! I am a huge fan!"
"Ever since she got to the Institute she's been glued to the TV set," Kitty explained. "To this day we regret introducing her to cable."
"Kitty right?" Jesse D asked. "Look I know this is kind of weird and this isn't a bribe or anything, but I'd like you to have this. Birthday present," He gave her the roses.
"Well he has manners I'll give him that," Mr. Pryde sighed.
"Good to see you too Richard," Jesse D grinned. "You must be Charles Xavier. It's nice to finally meet you." He shook his hand.
"Likewise Mr…." Xavier paused.
"Delgado," Jesse D said. "But please call me Jesse D. Mr. Delgado is my father."
"Did you say Delgado?" Jean asked.
"It's got to be a coincidence," Scott said.
"What's a coincidence?" Althea and Todd walked in. "Hey! Jesse! What are you doing here?"
"I was gonna ask you the same think Shorty," Jesse D. grinned. "Haven't seen you in ages! What are you doing here?"
"Here for the party why else?" Althea grinned. "But what about you?"
"You know each other?" Mr. Pryde asked.
"I should," Althea said. "He's my cousin."
"Cousin?" Kitty gasped. "Did you say…Cousin? As in relative cousin? As in my mom is dating a Misfit's cousin?"
"Yeah that pretty much sums it up," Todd nodded. "Hi there! I'm dating your cousin. I'm Todd Tolensky. Call me Toad."
"Yeah I heard all about you," Jesse D shook his hand.
"Sorry to say we can't say the same about you," Logan blinked.
"Your cousin is a VJ star?" Tabitha looked at Althea. "Damn girl that is so cool!"
"And your mom's dating him," Paige said to Kitty. "That is so… weird."
"I think I am going to be sick…" Kitty moaned.
"Professor did you know about this?" Scott asked.
"There was no way I could know about this!" Xavier said. "There are literally thousands of mutants in Cerebro's database and it's updated nearly every day! It's impossible to know them all!"
"Okay…Okay…" Kitty swayed. "My dad is gay…I can deal. He's dating my old friend's uncle…weird but I can handle that. My mom is dating a younger man…Okay…This is the new thing. No problem. But to have her dating a relative of the Misfits! This is one thing too many!"
"Hey I just thought of something," Todd said. "If your mom marries Jesse here and I marry Althea…We'll be related!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Kitty screamed and ran for her life.
"Kitty!" Mrs. Pryde shouted. "Wait!"
"Pumpkin come back!" Mr. Pryde ran after her. "I HOPE YOU AND YOUR BOY TOY ARE HAPPY!"
"She's not taking this well is she?" Todd asked.
"I don't blame her," Scott moaned. "I think I'm going to be sick!"
"I guess now's not a good time for an autograph huh?" Paige asked Jesse D.
"First Logan gets a clone, then the whole mess with school and Apocalypse," Bobby said ticking them off. "Then Rogue pushes her mom off a cliff, the disaster with the media and now this!"
"It's turning into a freaking soap opera around here," Logan groaned.
