Knoxville, Tennessee,
6:30
The phone rang in rooms 243 and 527.
527:
Scott slipped out from under Lance's arm.
"Hm?" Lance murmured.
"Time to wake up."
"What were we doing in the same bed?"
"You crawled in last night." Scott replied coolly.
"I did?"
"Yeah." Called Scott from the bathroom.
'Damn.' Lance thought.
Scott emerged from the bathroom, fully dressed and groomed.
"Your turn."
243:
At the phone rang, both mutants groaned, wishing it was later in the afternoon, morning at least.
"Todd?"
"Yes Kurt?"
"Vhat ze hell happened last night?"
"I don't know."
"You do! You said it!"
"Without thinking."
"Do you have a crush on me or something!?!"
7:00
The four met at the breakfast area. There was a rather awkward silence between them.
"So," Kurt broke the silence, "How was your night?" he asked Lance and Scott.
"Peaceful, surprisingly."
"Suspected to wind up dead, or worse, in love?" Todd teased.
"I'd go for dead." Growled Lace, covering up the truth with a simple lie.
7:30
Lance and Scott checked out, Scott carrying a grocery bag full of food. They were followed by Todd and Kurt.
The four got in the Jeep and drove off, just like the day before. Food in the front seat, luggage in the back.
8:45
"Ah, SHIT! We're almost out of gas!" Scott yelled
8:52
Scott swerved into the gas station, pulled up to the pump.
"Out! All of you!" he ordered, scaring Todd and Kurt out of the back.
"I'll pay." Said Lance.
"You paid last time, here's a twenty."
Todd and Kurt:
"You never answered my question, you know?"
"Which one again?"
"'Do you have a crush on me or something?'"
"Oh. That one..."
"Vell?"
"More or less..."
"How does zat vork?"
"I'm half way there, okay?"
"And how do you know you are not lying to me?"
Todd walked up to Kurt.
"This." Todd said in a serious tone Kurt had never heard before.
Todd grabbed Kurt by the hand and led him out of public sight.
"Listen, Kurt..."
"Vhat?" Kurt asked, almost nervous.
"I can't say I love you, but I'm pretty sure I can do this without hurting you." Todd said in 'the' serious tone, and allowed his lips to touch Kurt's. Kurt's body stiffened slightly. ((Author's note: Kurt is wearing his image inducer.)) Toad withdrew his head.
"S-sorry..." Todd said sheepishly.
"N-no harm done..." Kurt said, |almost| wanting more. 'Vhat has gotten into me?' Kurt mentally cursed himself, physically smiling.
"Are you sure?" Kurt nodded. "You're not very convincing."
Kurt grabbed Todd's hand and squeezed it a little, still smiling, no longer questioning. He liked the enemy.
9:00
Kurt yawned widely. Everyone else yawned in turn.
"Man, I'm tired." Scott said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Next time, I von't stay up so late." Yawned Kurt.
"Ten forty-five isn't that late." Todd yawned in response.
Lance gave a false cough that sounded like *bullshit*.
11:15
"Food?" asked Kurt.
"Yeah, food yo." Todd echoed.
"Fine, food." Scott mumbled, handing them the bag of snacks.
11:45
Scott pulled into a roadside diner's parking lot. It contained more cars than the previous one, but was still eerily empty.
The four walked into the diner, sat down and ordered their food and drink.
Todd and Kurt ordered as much caffeine as they could, just to annoy the driver.
12:00
The four got their food and started eating, quiet conversation occasionally interrupting the silent eating.
12:30
Scott pulled into a gas station.
"OKAY, EVERYBODY OUT!" he shouted.
Todd and Kurt ran to the bathroom. Lance calmly walked towards the convince store to by some more snacks and breath mints.
Scott stayed in the truck, ready to cry.
12:35
Lance slid into the jeep. By this time, Scott was holding his head in his hands, shaking.
"Hey man, got everything...what's wrong?"
Scott looked up, tear lines visible.
"I love you, that's what's wrong!" Scott cried, still shaking.
"Scott...this isn't like you."
"I've realized that."
"All that is good will work out in the end."
Bathroom:
Kurt, washing his hands, sung to himself softly, a German song no one would recognize.
"Didn't know you could sing, yo." Todd snuck up behind Kurt. Kurt jumped and whirled around, splashing Todd with soapy water.
"Sorry 'bout that, but don't sneak up on me!" Kurt said, turning off the water.
"It's alright man, I deserved that."
Kurt dried his hands.
"You deserve nothing negative." Kurt protested.
"That's all I got."
"Oh, so I'm negative?" Kurt asked, folding his arms and leaning against a wall.
"You mean..." Kurt nodded. Todd practically knocked him over. Kurt was slammed against a wall.
"We're together?" Todd finished his sentence. Kurt nodded again, hitting his head on the wall every time his head went back.
Todd nuzzled into Kurt's chest.
"Todd...I've never seen you like this."
"Neither have I Kurt, neither have I..."
"Hm." Kurt sighed, running his fingers through Todd's hair.
12:40
Truck:
Scott was still crying, Lance trying to comfort him.
"Scott?"
"Lance?" Scott looked down at Lance's feet.
"EXACTLY what's wrong with 'us'?"
"You're the Brotherhood, I'm the X-Men. Our teams need us."
"This trip was meant to /unite/ us!"
"And it did."
Todd and Kurt slid into the backseat.
"Let us go." Said Scott, tears still in his eyes.
5:00
"Alright guys, here's ten for the both of you, go but dinner. Scott said to Todd and Kurt, indicating the gas station convince store they had stopped at.
The two younger mutants grinned and slid out of the backseat.
"What about us?" Lance asked.
"We'll get food as soon as we get gas."
"My turn to pay." Lance smiled, walking to the convince store before Scott had time to object.
6:00
Scott pulled into the parking lot of a Motel 6.
"Here we are, Mobile, Alabama!" he said. The four got out of the truck and walked into the lobby.
It was a plain wood-decorated lobby, a few pictures.
Again, there were two rooms available. Rooms 163 and 242. Todd took the keys to 163, and Scott to 242.
6:15
163:
Kurt flopped down on the bed and winced. It was harder than the Holiday Inn beds.
"What's the matter?"
"Hard mattress..." Kurt replied sheepishly.
Todd laid down next to Kurt.
"You're right." Todd groaned.
"You're funny when you complain." Kurt smiled.
"Oh, really now?" Kurt nodded in reply. Todd jumped on Kurt, who let out a small scream of surprise. Before Kurt knew it, he was on his back, Todd laying on top of him. Todd grabbed Kurt's wrist and took off his image inducer.
"Now this is the Kurt I know." Todd smiled.
Kurt smiled, although tears welled in his eyes. Todd whipped them away.
"This is the Kurt I've wanted to kiss..." Todd whispered in Kurt's ear. He awaited a go-ahead signal from Kurt.
Kurt looked shocked, no one had ever said something like that to him before.
"If you're not ready..." Todd paused and sat up, still on Kurt. "Just say so."
"No. I'm ready." Kurt said definitively.
Todd leaned in, slowly. And then sat up.
"Iz zere something wrong."
"Just a minor detail." Said Todd, straddling Kurt, and then kissing him. Kurt couldn't believe it. Some one liked him in his true blue form.
242:
Shirts off, both older mutants were ready for bed.
"A lot of drivin' ta do tomorrow."
"Yeah." Scott sighed.
"One bed."
"You crawled in last night." Scott smirked.
9:50
163:
Both younger mutants ready for bed, Kurt was shirtless. Todd was tracing patterns in the fur on Kurt's chest. Kurt giggled.
"Todd, quit it!"
"Why?"
"It tickles. Alright?" Kurt asked, laughing.
"Oh fine." Todd pouted.
"M'dear, you have exhausted me."
"I'll let you sleep." Todd replied, turning off the light.
"Thank you." Kurt mumbled and started to drift asleep.
Todd sat up in the darkness, thinking about the past.
And the future.
6:30
The phone rang in rooms 243 and 527.
527:
Scott slipped out from under Lance's arm.
"Hm?" Lance murmured.
"Time to wake up."
"What were we doing in the same bed?"
"You crawled in last night." Scott replied coolly.
"I did?"
"Yeah." Called Scott from the bathroom.
'Damn.' Lance thought.
Scott emerged from the bathroom, fully dressed and groomed.
"Your turn."
243:
At the phone rang, both mutants groaned, wishing it was later in the afternoon, morning at least.
"Todd?"
"Yes Kurt?"
"Vhat ze hell happened last night?"
"I don't know."
"You do! You said it!"
"Without thinking."
"Do you have a crush on me or something!?!"
7:00
The four met at the breakfast area. There was a rather awkward silence between them.
"So," Kurt broke the silence, "How was your night?" he asked Lance and Scott.
"Peaceful, surprisingly."
"Suspected to wind up dead, or worse, in love?" Todd teased.
"I'd go for dead." Growled Lace, covering up the truth with a simple lie.
7:30
Lance and Scott checked out, Scott carrying a grocery bag full of food. They were followed by Todd and Kurt.
The four got in the Jeep and drove off, just like the day before. Food in the front seat, luggage in the back.
8:45
"Ah, SHIT! We're almost out of gas!" Scott yelled
8:52
Scott swerved into the gas station, pulled up to the pump.
"Out! All of you!" he ordered, scaring Todd and Kurt out of the back.
"I'll pay." Said Lance.
"You paid last time, here's a twenty."
Todd and Kurt:
"You never answered my question, you know?"
"Which one again?"
"'Do you have a crush on me or something?'"
"Oh. That one..."
"Vell?"
"More or less..."
"How does zat vork?"
"I'm half way there, okay?"
"And how do you know you are not lying to me?"
Todd walked up to Kurt.
"This." Todd said in a serious tone Kurt had never heard before.
Todd grabbed Kurt by the hand and led him out of public sight.
"Listen, Kurt..."
"Vhat?" Kurt asked, almost nervous.
"I can't say I love you, but I'm pretty sure I can do this without hurting you." Todd said in 'the' serious tone, and allowed his lips to touch Kurt's. Kurt's body stiffened slightly. ((Author's note: Kurt is wearing his image inducer.)) Toad withdrew his head.
"S-sorry..." Todd said sheepishly.
"N-no harm done..." Kurt said, |almost| wanting more. 'Vhat has gotten into me?' Kurt mentally cursed himself, physically smiling.
"Are you sure?" Kurt nodded. "You're not very convincing."
Kurt grabbed Todd's hand and squeezed it a little, still smiling, no longer questioning. He liked the enemy.
9:00
Kurt yawned widely. Everyone else yawned in turn.
"Man, I'm tired." Scott said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Next time, I von't stay up so late." Yawned Kurt.
"Ten forty-five isn't that late." Todd yawned in response.
Lance gave a false cough that sounded like *bullshit*.
11:15
"Food?" asked Kurt.
"Yeah, food yo." Todd echoed.
"Fine, food." Scott mumbled, handing them the bag of snacks.
11:45
Scott pulled into a roadside diner's parking lot. It contained more cars than the previous one, but was still eerily empty.
The four walked into the diner, sat down and ordered their food and drink.
Todd and Kurt ordered as much caffeine as they could, just to annoy the driver.
12:00
The four got their food and started eating, quiet conversation occasionally interrupting the silent eating.
12:30
Scott pulled into a gas station.
"OKAY, EVERYBODY OUT!" he shouted.
Todd and Kurt ran to the bathroom. Lance calmly walked towards the convince store to by some more snacks and breath mints.
Scott stayed in the truck, ready to cry.
12:35
Lance slid into the jeep. By this time, Scott was holding his head in his hands, shaking.
"Hey man, got everything...what's wrong?"
Scott looked up, tear lines visible.
"I love you, that's what's wrong!" Scott cried, still shaking.
"Scott...this isn't like you."
"I've realized that."
"All that is good will work out in the end."
Bathroom:
Kurt, washing his hands, sung to himself softly, a German song no one would recognize.
"Didn't know you could sing, yo." Todd snuck up behind Kurt. Kurt jumped and whirled around, splashing Todd with soapy water.
"Sorry 'bout that, but don't sneak up on me!" Kurt said, turning off the water.
"It's alright man, I deserved that."
Kurt dried his hands.
"You deserve nothing negative." Kurt protested.
"That's all I got."
"Oh, so I'm negative?" Kurt asked, folding his arms and leaning against a wall.
"You mean..." Kurt nodded. Todd practically knocked him over. Kurt was slammed against a wall.
"We're together?" Todd finished his sentence. Kurt nodded again, hitting his head on the wall every time his head went back.
Todd nuzzled into Kurt's chest.
"Todd...I've never seen you like this."
"Neither have I Kurt, neither have I..."
"Hm." Kurt sighed, running his fingers through Todd's hair.
12:40
Truck:
Scott was still crying, Lance trying to comfort him.
"Scott?"
"Lance?" Scott looked down at Lance's feet.
"EXACTLY what's wrong with 'us'?"
"You're the Brotherhood, I'm the X-Men. Our teams need us."
"This trip was meant to /unite/ us!"
"And it did."
Todd and Kurt slid into the backseat.
"Let us go." Said Scott, tears still in his eyes.
5:00
"Alright guys, here's ten for the both of you, go but dinner. Scott said to Todd and Kurt, indicating the gas station convince store they had stopped at.
The two younger mutants grinned and slid out of the backseat.
"What about us?" Lance asked.
"We'll get food as soon as we get gas."
"My turn to pay." Lance smiled, walking to the convince store before Scott had time to object.
6:00
Scott pulled into the parking lot of a Motel 6.
"Here we are, Mobile, Alabama!" he said. The four got out of the truck and walked into the lobby.
It was a plain wood-decorated lobby, a few pictures.
Again, there were two rooms available. Rooms 163 and 242. Todd took the keys to 163, and Scott to 242.
6:15
163:
Kurt flopped down on the bed and winced. It was harder than the Holiday Inn beds.
"What's the matter?"
"Hard mattress..." Kurt replied sheepishly.
Todd laid down next to Kurt.
"You're right." Todd groaned.
"You're funny when you complain." Kurt smiled.
"Oh, really now?" Kurt nodded in reply. Todd jumped on Kurt, who let out a small scream of surprise. Before Kurt knew it, he was on his back, Todd laying on top of him. Todd grabbed Kurt's wrist and took off his image inducer.
"Now this is the Kurt I know." Todd smiled.
Kurt smiled, although tears welled in his eyes. Todd whipped them away.
"This is the Kurt I've wanted to kiss..." Todd whispered in Kurt's ear. He awaited a go-ahead signal from Kurt.
Kurt looked shocked, no one had ever said something like that to him before.
"If you're not ready..." Todd paused and sat up, still on Kurt. "Just say so."
"No. I'm ready." Kurt said definitively.
Todd leaned in, slowly. And then sat up.
"Iz zere something wrong."
"Just a minor detail." Said Todd, straddling Kurt, and then kissing him. Kurt couldn't believe it. Some one liked him in his true blue form.
242:
Shirts off, both older mutants were ready for bed.
"A lot of drivin' ta do tomorrow."
"Yeah." Scott sighed.
"One bed."
"You crawled in last night." Scott smirked.
9:50
163:
Both younger mutants ready for bed, Kurt was shirtless. Todd was tracing patterns in the fur on Kurt's chest. Kurt giggled.
"Todd, quit it!"
"Why?"
"It tickles. Alright?" Kurt asked, laughing.
"Oh fine." Todd pouted.
"M'dear, you have exhausted me."
"I'll let you sleep." Todd replied, turning off the light.
"Thank you." Kurt mumbled and started to drift asleep.
Todd sat up in the darkness, thinking about the past.
And the future.
