ORORO

The dance one of the biggest rooms of the school, all the furniture had been moved out of the room to create a large dancing area. One side had chairs all along the wall for the children who did not feel like dancing during the slow songs. A stage had been set up with a microphone so if the students wished they could do karaoke. So far none of the students were brave enough to sing in public. Ororo looked around the room, she saw many of her students and some politely said hello. She noticed Kitty was Piotr's date and all he could do was stare at her. Bobby and Rogue were with them and neither of them looked like they wanted to be with the other. She scanned the room for Kurt but she couldn't see him anywhere and her heart sank. Maybe he decided not to come, maybe he just went back up to his room and stayed there. He did not come to help them set up so maybe he just didn't feel up to it tonight. As she was thinking of all the reasons Kurt had not to show up a pair of hands slide over her eyes. Hands with only three fingers....

"Kurt, is that you?" she asked playfully.

"Very good, mein liebe. How did you know it was me?" The grin on his face told her that he knew the answer to the question already. He lowered his hands so he was hugging her waist and whispered in her ear, "Is everyone behaving themselves?"

She sighed and replied "Everyone but you. We teacher's are supposed to set an example you know."

He grinned mischievously and responded, "I know but I can't help it." With that he walked over to Logan on the other side of the room and there was a little spring in his step.

MARIE

Rogue had not taken her eyes off Nightcrawler since he entered the room. She saw it all, him teasing Ms. Munroe and whispering in her ear. She wished that Bobby would do that sometimes. It's not his fault he can't, it's mine, she thought. She knew that Bobby had a hard time with not being able to touch her and all, he had tried to find ways around it; like when they had ran away to his house but inevitably her power had hurt him once again. Rogue looked at Bobby who was standing next to Kitty and Piotr, his glare was so cold that she actually shivered. She excused herself from the group to go and talk with Logan and Kurt.

"Hey guys!" she said coming up behind Kurt. Logan merely nodded and keep sipping something that Rogue didn't recognise, probably beer, she thought. Kurt's voice broke through her thoughts and she moved so she could face him.

"How are you feeling this night, mein fräuliene?" He asked looking solemn.

She flashed him a quick smile and answered "Much better. Yourself?"

He looked briefly over in the direction of where Ms. Munroe was standing and answered, "Very much better. I think that maybe your friend Piotr is getting to know Kätzchen far too well." Rogue glanced over her shoulder and saw that Kitty was locked in an embrace with Piotr; she could tell what they were doing. Well, Kitty, you finally got what you wanted she thought. She smiled then returned her attention to the two men in front of her.

"What do you guys think of the music?" she asked.

"Meh." came Logan's reply. Kurt's was only a little longer.

"It is...different then what I am accustomed to."

He looked across the room at Ms. Munroe and a soft expression crossed his face. Rogue also turned to look at her and realised she was coming this way. Rogue decided to go and be with her "date" even though she knew all she'd get from him was icy glares.

"Nice to talk to you guys" she said as she slipped away.

ORORO

Ororo decided to go over and talk to Kurt. She met Logan's eyes and he just nodded and stalked off. She had dressed up for the occasion but that was just a cover, the real reason she did was for Kurt. She had on a midnight blue velvet shirt and matching pants, the shirt had a low neckline. Around her throat she wore a beautiful yellow diamond necklace. Kurt stood there just looking at her in amazement, he turned around to ask Logan for support but he had disappeared.

"So, are the children behaving themselves?" she asked repeating his earlier question.

He stared at her and all he could get out was "Ah...well..."

She smiled and slipped her arm around his waist and asked, "So, does that mean you like how I look tonight?"

He looked her up and down and answered, "Yes, you are looking very beauty tonight."

Ororo giggled, she knew that a major sign of his nervousness was that his English started to slip. She stood with him listening to the music and said, "It seems like no one has the nerve to sing in front of an audience."

He looked at the stage, then her and smiled. He then said very casually, "Well we will just have to give them some courage, nein?" He strode over to the other side of the room too look for a song he liked in their booklet. She almost laughed when he picked the song "So I Need You" by Three Doors Down, one of her favourite bands. He tapped the microphone to see if it was working then as the song started he sang along with it.

"If you could step into my head, tell me would you still love me? And if you woke up in my bed tell me, would you still hold me?..." As he sang more and more students gathered around the stage area and cheered and clapped. When it came to the chorus he looked right at her and sang as if to her, "Whoa, whoa, can't let you go, my little girl. Because you're holding up my world, so I need you..." She blushed and smiled, listening attentively and an even bigger grin stretched across his face. He continued and the girls screamed and the guys gave cat calls as a joke. Everyone cheered him on and finally when the song ended he gave a large sweeping bow and disappeared and appeared right next to her.