A/N: For your amusement (I hope...) I'm putting in highlights of chapters 1- 4.

Enjoy! :)

~"This is going to be one hell of a trip." Scott sighed.

"I'm not going to argue..." said Kurt.~

~"We're about as excited as you are." Lance

"THEN...look alive!"~

~"Great. Ve are all going to die." Kurt said and slouched back into his seat.~

~"'Us?'" asked Kurt. "Todd, there IS no 'us'. There is a Todd and there is a Kurt." Kurt growled at Todd.~

~"Scotty! I gotta go potty!" Todd teased Scott, yet conveyed his message at the same time.~

~"Sorry..."

"Yeah, sure you are."

"No, really."~

~"Lance, we are in the MOUNTIANS! We are lucky to have FOUND a diner!" Scott said slowly.

Todd hopped (literally) out of the truck, followed almost obediently by Kurt.~

~"Yeah. I've got two people who want to kill me in the same hotel room as I, I didn't sleep too well." Scott said sarcastically.

"I'll drive. I don't want you getting us killed." Lance offered.~

~"I'm driving." Lance demanded, snatching the keys from Scott's pocket.

"Fine, take my baby..." Scott mumbled, walking Zombie-like to the shotgun seat.~

~"Fine' I'll pull over at the next gas station! Don't wake Scott!" Lance hisses.

"Woa, someone's over-protective!" teased Todd.~

~"Hey, Scott, bathroom break. Chance to stretch your legs."

Scott smiled weakly, trying to wake up.

"Looks like you've driven my baby well." Scott commented, referring to the truck.

"Why wouldn't I?"~

~"Oh, dis iz ridiculous!" Kurt cried.

"What?"

"Can't ve at least try to be friends?"

"I guess." Todd shrugged him off.~

~"FOOD!" Kurt cried, scaring everyone.~

~"So, who gave you the truck?" he asked Scott.

"Honestly?"

"Yeah."

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"You don't."

"No one. I claimed it as my own, being its first driver and all. And, I figured we're the only two who can drive, and I didn't expect you to drive. Besides, it lives at the mansion and..."

"It's all yours then." Lance smiled, cutting Scott off, and sliding out of the truck so Scott could leave the truck alone to re-fuel.

"Let me pay this time." Lance said.~

~"Vhy are you following me?"

"I dunno." Todd shrugged. "I feel like it."~

~"Yo, bamf boy!"

"Never call me that again!" Kurt was nearly to his breaking point with Toads antics.

"Just trying to say sorry..."

"For what?" Kurt asked, stifling a yawn.

"For hating you."~

~"Really?" Kurt jerked his head towards Todd.~

"Yeah. Besides, they can't hurt each other. No unnecessary physical contact, remember?"

"Oh, really now?" Lance teasingly placed a hand on Scott's chest. To his surprise, Scott stiffened.

"Please..." said Scott, grabbing Lance's hand.

"S-sorry" Lance stuttered. Scott smiled.~

~"Didn't ve come here to sleep!?!"

"Sleep, but not sleep in."~

~"Wow you look good in black!" Todd blurted out.~

~"Do you have a crush on me or something!?!"~

~"I'd go for dead." Growled Lace, covering up the truth with a simple lie.~

~"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.~

~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."~

~"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.~

~"This trip was meant to /unite/ us!"

"And it did."~

~"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.~

~"One bed."

"You crawled in last night." Scott smirked.~

~Todd sat up in the darkness, thinking about the past.

And the future.~

~For some reason, everyone was in high spirits.~

~"I'm |learning| to trust you guys."

"Learning my ass!" Lance exclaimed. Scott smiled.~

~"You should sing more often."

"Vhy?"

"'Cause it's almost as beautiful as you are." Todd said, causing Kurt to blush.

"Thank you."

Todd switched to the middle seat.

"Vhat vill ze others say?"

"Does it matter?" asked Todd, curling up to Kurt and closing his eyes.

"Hm." Kurt sighed, "You are right. It shouldn't matter."

Kurt held Todd tightly and awaited the return of Lance and Scott.~

~"See, I'm a good driver!" Scott said. Kurt mumbled something and nothing was said by either Lance or Todd. Everyone looked at the 30-foot long skid marks Scott helped the F-250 create.~

~"I'll live with you X-Freaks." Todd teased.

"I with Todd." Said Lance. "I'm not about to leave the one I love."~

~Todd stood up to face Kurt, taking off his wristbands and shirt, revealing several scars.

"Todd...what happened...?..."

"I used to cut myself. Two years ago. I stopped, I really did."

"But vhy?"

"I hated myself."

"Vhy?"

"Because I'm, a mutant. Before I joined the Brotherhood, I didn't know anyone like me. I thought I was alone, okay?" Todd's voice had become cold, hardened, like it was at the beginning of the trip.

"Yes, it iz okay. I'm sorry for bringing this up."

"It's not your fault, though."

"But I do know how you felt. Now you can never be alone."

Todd gazed at Kurt with awe and admiration.

Kurt gathered Todd in his arms. The skin against fur sensation was enough to make both mutants' bodies stiffen and relax shortly. Kurt ran his fingers through Todd's golden hair.

In that moment, all was well...~