Chapter 2

Kurt sat in the living room of the Institute in his baggy gray hoodie and red flannel pajama pants. He stuffed another spoonful of the rich chocolate fudge ice cream into his mouth with a poutty face. Slowly, he wriggled into a comfortable position on the couch, letting his tail hang off, and huffed sadly. On the tv a pirate ranted drunkly with a girl as they danced around a huge fire. It was one of Kurt's most recent favorite Pirate movies , Pirates of the Carribean. He knew all the lines by heart. "And really bad eggs!" he said in unison with Jack Sparrow, who then fell to the ground lifting the rum bottle above his head. No one was at the Mansion. Logan and Rahne Sinclare (Wolfsbane) had gone in to town to get her a new pair of pants, since she ripped her last ones while they were in the woods. Logan had offered Kurt a chance to go into town with them, but he refused, saying his inducer had broken...which was a lie. Kurt knew that three was a crowd and he didn't want to ruin thier fun with his bad vibes. Kitty, Rouge, and Jubilee had gone to the mall. They also offered Kurt a chance to go with them. But he, again, refused with the same lie he had given Logan. He didn't want to feel awkward with the girls. Scott, Jean, Remy, and Ororo went to the movies and out to lunch together, on a double date, as they often did. Not seeing Ororo's face, especially in his sad mood made him feel even more sorry for himself. Professor X, Henry Macoy (Beast) and many of the new recruits , as well as the rest of the old recruits, had gone out on a quick mission before the fight tonight. Then other new recruits who didn't go on the mission, were spending their day at the beach. "humpf" Kurt signed as he finished of the entire pint of the chocolate fudge ice cream. He had been working on it all morning, and that's usually what he did when he was in one of his "feel sorry for yourself" moods, which was pretty rare. Being alone today just made things worse. What Logan had said the night before was getting to him. "Even if you win the match tonight doesn't mean you'll win her heart." he had said, or something like that. Kurt could really remember in the mood he was in. "Maybe he's right...Ororo vill never be mine."he signed. Then he placed the empty pint on the floor and turned his attention back to the movie. Oh, how he loved Pirate movies, especially the old ones. He loved Treasure Island, the really old movie. But often, just for a change of pace, he'd watch Muppet Treasure Island, or Treasure Planet, which were based on the original Treasure Island. Kurt liked them because they made him laugh, and he loved to laugh and to make others laugh. But today he just didn't feel like laughing. "Life's not fair!" he said angrily to himself. "Vhy? Vhy can't I be loved?!" He bared his teeth as though he were a dog defending its food. I vish I could have the love of a voman. Vhy do Logan, Remy, Scott and Piotr get all ze girls? Vhats Logan got zat i don't? Doesn'tHe realize zat Rayne isn't ze only girl zat has ze hots for him? Just about all ze girls vant him....I guess it is because he actually looks normal...I'm such a freak...Kurt thought, feeling even more sorry for himself now. But then something rang in his head. He had completely forgotten about the girl that had approached him last night. What was her name? Had he forgotten already? He focus long and hard, trying to remember. Oh, It was Dani, Dani Moonstar. That was it. Then he remembered what she had said. " Your my favorite." she had said and she wanted to see him there tonight. " Vhat time is it?" he asked looking at the clock. It read 5:00 pm. "5:00!!!!!!" he shouted spastically. Suddenly his energy had returned and he felt as happy as he did after he had won the match the night before, now that he felt that some one actually liked him. A door creek open. "KURT?!" a voice yelled. " We're back!" It was Ororo and the others. Kurt paniced. He didn't want the others to see him, not like this. Quickly he sprung up, and removed the dvd from the player and placed it in his hoodie pocket. With his tail he grabbed the spoon and empty ice cream pint, and turned off the tv. Then he teleported to the kitchen, trashing the pint and slinging the spoon in the sink, and with a final Bamf he teleported upstairs, running to his room to change for the fight club.