Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men: Evolution, or any other Marvel or WB
property. The characters of Astrid and Johannes are the intellectual
property of the InterNutter, who is just lovely for letting me use them.
Notes: I watched "Ascension Part 1" Saturday on the WB. Wow. Man, I can't wait for the next episode. I love how every team has at least five people on it with the exception of the team at the Sphinx. Just Logan, Kurt and Scott. What an awesome team! Anyhow, I hope that this isn't the end of XME, and if you haven't already, you should sign the petition for the 5th season over at Beyond Evolution. I forget the website address right now, but if you put "Beyond Evolution" in search at Google, then you should find it.
Luinfirith: Hello Laura. Hey, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, because I'm not being rude when I say this, but I think you should discontinue reading this story. You seem to really want me to take a Kurtitha turn here. There's nothing wrong with that, but I'm done with the Kurtitha angle on this story. I've written one before, found it satisfying, and will do it again. But not here. Of the 120+ reviews that I've received on this story, you're the only one who doesn't seem to like it. At least three writers who I've admired for awhile now (Nemain, Taekwondodo and the InuterNutter) seem to like it, and I've never seen anyone write a better story than them. No one. So I'm sorry, but I don't feel as if I've "lost it," and no one else has voiced that I have either. The plot isn't lacking, it's just simply a "how Kurt and Kitty get together" story line. Look back at my handle in the future, and I'm sure that I'll have a new Kurtitha there soon. Until then. . .
Electric Russian: So what you're saying in your review is that the Titty is the wave of the future? I see that you've already started writing one. God speed to you, good sir. God speed.
Taineyah: Done and done! Thanks for reading.
Stormheart: As always, you were missed. Glad to see you're back, and that you like the story.
Everyone: Thank you all for continuing to read and I'm really happy that you're all enjoying it. You guys and dolls make it fun for me to write, so thanks.
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"Kitty!" Tabby exclaimed, somewhat breathless in her tone of voice.
Kitty turned her attention back to Tabby. She found herself somewhat amused at the fact that even Tabby couldn't have guessed the extent to which her feelings had grown for Kurt. Nervousness overtook her again when she glanced back at Astrid, whose face had remained blank, devoid of any readable emotion. Kitty thought about how much her blunt statement had shocked even herself. She didn't even know if she had said it to herself before.
"I'm in love with Kurt." Kitty thought to herself.
Astrid simply looked back into her eyes, cocking her head to the side. Tabby sat opposite of them, her mouth hanging open in a little "o," which would have been somewhat comical to Kitty if she weren't suddenly so scared of Astrid's response.
Astrid continued to look at Kitty until a small smile crept onto her face. Astrid looked down at her own hands, and began to laugh softly.
"Yes, yes. I figured as much, Kitty." Astrid said.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just blurted it out like that." Kitty said.
"Love is a strange emotion, Kitty. It makes us do and say zings zat ve normally vould never say or do." Astrid said.
Kitty nodded, turning her head, not able to take the look in the older woman's eyes.
"So you are in love viz my son, jah?" Astrid asked. "I suppose zat zis is time for celebration."
"You're. . .you're not mad?" Kitty asked.
"Nein. Never." Astrid replied. "Honestly, it vas written all over you ze first time I saw you two togezzer."
"It was?" Kitty asked.
"Jah. Alzough. . .you two haven't gotten up to anyzing in zat vagon, haff you?" Astrid asked, her gaze becoming hard.
"No! No! I promise that we haven't!" Kitty said frantically.
Astrid simply laughed.
"Calm down, Kitty. I vas only joking." Astrid said, laughing harder.
"You're in love with Kurt?" Tabby asked, still shocked by Kitty's statement.
"Yeah. I think I am." Kitty said, nodding her head.
"Wow." Tabby replied.
"Tabby, I do not mean to be rude, but could you leave me viz Kitty?" Astrid asked, turning her attention to Tabby.
Tabby simply sat there, continuing to stare at Kitty.
"Tabby?" Astrid repeated.
"Huh? Oh. Oh yeah, I'll see you later." Tabby said.
Tabby stood up, scooting her chair back. Shooting a look at Kitty that said "good luck," Tabby made her way out of the tent.
"Kitty?" Astrid began.
"Mhm?" Kitty squeaked out.
"First of all, I don't vant you to be nervous." Astrid said, smiling at the young woman. "I'm not mad at you, not at all. I just vant to talk to you about zis."
"Okay." Kitty said.
"First, let me ask you a question. Vhat do you see vhen you look at my son?" Astrid asked.
Kitty thought about the question for a moment. What did Astrid mean?
"Vhat do you see?" Astrid asked again.
"Um. . .I see Kurt." Kitty said, feeling as if were a lame answer.
Astrid simply smiled.
"And vhat else do you see?" Astrid asked.
"I don't know." Kitty said honestly. "My best friend."
"Vhat about his features?" Astrid asked.
"What? Like his smile? He has a really cute smile." Kitty said, and then looked apologetically at Astrid. "I'm sorry."
"For vhat? He does haff a cute smile." Astrid said. "Nozzing else?"
Kitty sat there, the look of fear in her eyes obvious.
"I'm sorry, Astrid. I don't know what you're looking for." Kitty said.
"Zat's a good answer." Astrid said.
"It was?" Kitty wondered aloud.
"Jah. You see. . .some people. . .some vomen. . .may only see his more unique features." Astrid said. "Many girls chased him around vhen he vas younger because of zem. Zey vanted to get closer to vhat zey could not understand."
"Oh." Kitty said, not quite understanding.
Astrid must have seen that in her eyes.
"You don't understand, do you?" Astrid asked.
"I'm sorry, but I don't." Kitty said.
"Zey looked at him as an object. An animal. And sometimes zey vere attracted to zat. Like Franka." Astrid said.
"Franka?" Kitty asked.
"It vas alvays more of an attraction to somezing different for her. For Kurt, vell, it vas more." Astrid said, shaking her head. "I vant to make sure zat he is not some type of conquest, Kitty."
"No! Oh God! No!" Kitty said.
"Calm yourself. I had to ask." Astrid said.
"Astrid, I do. . .I do love Kurt. He's my best friend. And more than anything, that's what I see him as when I look at him. My best friend, who'd do anything for me, and who I'd do anything for." Kitty said.
"You say it so easily, Kitty. Yet. . .you just figured it out?" Astrid asked.
Kitty nodded slowly.
"Yeah. Yeah, I did. It was just there all of a sudden. I mean, I've had feelings for him for a long time now. Even while I was with my last boyfriend, Lance, I felt jealous of Kurt's relationship with Amanda." Kitty said.
"Amanda? His girlfriend until a couple of monzths ago?" Astrid asked.
"Yeah." Kitty replied, nodding. "It took me a long time to figure out why I felt like that. And to tell you the truth, I don't even think that I knew before I got on the plane to come to Germany. All I knew was that I didn't want to be without Kurt for a month."
"Especially viz Tabby here?" Astrid asked.
"Yeah." Kitty said, her cheeks glowing red.
"Do you know how my son feels?" Astrid asked.
"No. Tabby thinks he likes me, but I don't know." Kitty said, looking down at her hands.
"Kitty. . ." Franka said after a moment of silence. ". . .do you remember vhat I said vhen I read your palm?"
Kitty nodded again without looking up at Astrid. Instead, she traced a line along the path that Astrid had traced over weeks ago, and the path that Tabby had traced over minutes ago.
"I said zat whoever you end up viz next, it vill be for ze rest of your life." Astrid said softly.
Kitty nodded.
"You're too young to realize how long zat can be. And how short. Do you zink zat you could spend ze rest of your life feeling happy in Kurt's arms?" Astrid asked.
Kitty closed her eyes and thought about it. Really, really thought about it.
"I know that I don't know how long forever can be, but I could easily spend two eternities with Kurt." Kitty said. "I'm sorry if hearing that weirds you out."
Astrid shook her head.
"Tabby said that you asked her about it." Kitty said quietly.
"Indeed. I did." Astrid said. "I've had my suspicions for a long time, Kitty."
Astrid sighed, and stood up.
"Vell, I guess zat's it." Astrid said. "I just needed to find out your intentions."
She smiled at Kitty.
"I knew zey vould be good." Astrid said.
Kitty nodded, smiling a small smile back at Astrid. She stood up as well, and then snapped her head up to look at Astrid.
"Oh! Astrid! Um. . .do you. . .do you want me to move into the RV?" Kitty asked, blushing for the 100th time that night.
"Oh!" Astrid said and then laughed. "You know vhat Kitty? It's against my better judgement, but I zink zat I'll leave you zhere for now. At least until you two get things figured out."
"Okay." Kitty said.
Franka put her arm around the younger girl and guided her out of the tent.
"Come on, Kitty. Let's go get somezing to eat." Astrid said.
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Kurt was in the wagon, in his pajamas, lying bed. It was beginning to get late, and Kitty still hadn't come in to go to bed. He was wondering where she was and what was taking so long. He knew that he had to tell her how he felt, and soon. He had always liked her. From the moment he first set eyes on her, he had some type of feeling for her. Only. . .it seemed to Kurt that since they had been in Germany his feelings had grown for her. Could he honestly say that he loved her? He didn't know. She was his best friend, and he trusted her like he trusted no one else. He knew that his feelings for her were more than just "liking" her or "having a crush or infatuation" for her.
As he lay there, those thoughts rushing through his brain at the speed of a bullet train, the door to the wagon opened up and Kitty walked in. Kurt's heart jumped into this throat, and he immediately quit any movement or sound with the exception of his breathing.
"Kurt? Kitty whispered. "Are you still awake?"
Kurt took a moment before answering.
"Jah." He said.
"Oh. Did I wake you up?" Kitty asked.
"Nein. I've been avake." He said. "Vhere haff you been?"
"Um, with your mother." Kitty said.
"Ah." Kurt said, not knowing what else to say and scared of what he might say.
Kurt heard the sound of the privacy curtain being pulled, and then the sounds of Kitty's undressing. He swallowed out of nervousness, knowing that a naked Kitty Pryde was a mere few feet from him. He shifted in bed, trying desperately to get those thoughts out of his head before Kitty asked to cuddle again and felt his obvious arousal against her.
"Do I love her?" Kurt thought. "Is it really love? Whatever it is, I've never felt like this before."
Kitty finished getting into her bedclothes and drew the curtain back. Kurt was turned on his side, facing the wall of the wagon. Kitty felt nervous for some reason.
"Just crawl into bed. He doesn't know how you feel. He doesn't know, and you have no reason to feel embarrassed." Kitty thought to herself.
So that's just what she did. She crawled into bed next to Kurt, and lay facing the opposite direction. Their backs to each other, each were lying there, wondering what the other was thinking.
"Kurt?" Kitty ventured.
"Jawohl?" Kurt asked.
"Can I talk to you?" Kitty asked.
"Sure." Kurt replied.
"You see. . .um. . .I haven't been really honest with you." Kitty said. "About some stuff."
"Vhat type of stuff?" Kurt asked.
Kurt felt her shift in bed, felt her roll over, facing his back.
"Well, um. . .I talked to you. . . about the train, right?" Kitty asked.
"Ach. Zis train business again? Kitty, I told you, you don't need to zank me anymore for it." Kurt said.
"No, Kurt. That's not what I was going to say." Kitty said, reaching out with her arm and putting it on Kurt's shoulder to silence him.
Kurt's eyes went wide and he began to try desperately not to purr at Kitty's touch as she began to rub his shoulder with her hand.
"The train thing. . .just kind of. . .opened my eyes to some stuff." Kitty said.
"Lance?" Kurt asked in a small voice.
Kitty rolled her eyes at the mention of her ex-boyfriend's name.
"Well, yeah, I guess some stuff about him. But mostly about you." Kitty said.
"Vhat about me?" Kurt asked.
"Well. . ." Kitty began. ". . .it says a lot about someone who stays with a friend like that. It was just something that I never expected to see in my lifetime. And it made me think about how kind you are. How nice you can be."
"You're making me blush, Kitty." Kurt said while giggling.
Kitty laughed lightly at his joke, staring at the back of his head.
"Jah, vell, anyvay, zat's vhy I'm your best friend, right?" Kurt asked. "I know you'd do ze same for me."
Kitty looked at the back of his head, nodding slightly, the side of her head moving her pillow.
"Yeah. I would." Kitty said. "Kurt?"
"Jawohl?" Kurt asked.
Kitty leaned up and over and kissed him on his cheek, forcing his heart to beat faster as her soft lips gently touched him.
"Vhat vas zat for?" Kurt asked, turning to face Kitty.
"For being such a good friend." Kitty whispered.
Kurt's body felt as if it were on fire, a fire he would gratefully burn in for the rest of his life if given the chance.
"Vell, zen, I guess you deserve one too." Kurt said, leaning over and kissing her.
His lips fell to the corner of her cheeks. Whether it was a mistake or a miscalculation on distance, Kitty didn't know. He pulled back, and Kitty looked into her eyes. She could swear that she saw her feelings and desires mirrored in his face. He was leaning over, his elbow propping him up so that his face was over hers.
"Well, then. . .here's a kiss for being so nice to me when I broke up with Lance, and for being there for me during the actual relationship." Kitty said, planting a kiss on Kurt's face in the same area where he had kissed her.
Kurt smiled, and bent to kiss her again. This time he landed a chaste kiss on the lips. More of peck than anything.
"Zat's for being zhere for me during ze down times of my relationship viz Amanda, and for forgiving me for not telling you about breaking up viz her. And for not telling you about Franka." Kurt said.
"Don't you think I deserve a different one for that? Two different things. . ." Kitty said, stopped in her speech by a softer peck on the lips from Kurt.
"Is zat better?" Kurt whispered.
"Yeah." Kitty said, breathless, not noticing that her arms were encircling Kurt's neck.
Kurt didn't seem to notice either, so entranced he was by Kitty's eyes.
"Well, then, this is for all the times that I ran from you, afraid of what you looked like." Kitty said, kissing him softly on the lips, lingering for only a fraction of a second.
"Vhat about vhen I held ze mistletoe over your head at Christmas zat year?" Kurt asked.
Kitty giggled and kissed him on the lips again, lingering for a second longer this time.
Both of the teens realized at a sub-conscience level that the game they were playing was leading to something more. What had started out as a game between two flirty friends was slowly becoming more adult. Something that both had buried inside of them for fear of the other one seeing was slowly coming to the surface, and it scared the hell out of them. However, neither one wanted to stop. Neither could resist the feeling of the other's lips on theirs, and each continued to think of a reason to kiss the other.
"Zis is for putting up viz me, and seeing a part of me zat no one else took ze time to see." Kurt whispered to her, leaning and kissing her again.
Kitty closed her eyes.
"Okay, it's "go time," Kitty." Kitty thought to herself.
Opening her eyes, Kitty looked at Kurt's lips and said a silent prayer.
"Okay, then, Kurt. This is for being you, and for what you mean to me." Kitty whispered.
Using her arms, which were circled around his neck, she gently guided his face down toward hers, and kissed him full on, her lips massaging his. There was no chance for this kiss to be mistaken as chaste. Kurt seemed to freeze for a couple of seconds in her arms, but Kitty continued, resigning herself to show him her feelings for him through her actions. Kurt's lips slowly melded to the kiss, and he seemed to melt in her arms. Parting her lips ever so slightly, she slid her tongue along his lips. Kurt moaned at the sensation, and parted his own mouth, his tongue slipping out to meet hers. Kitty whimpered, speeding up the kiss as Kurt's tail brushed up against her bare leg before encircling it, the spaded tip tracing lines on her skin.
Kitty rolled further onto her back. Kurt moved off to the side as he brought his hand up to cup her chin and then her cheek as they deepened the kiss. Kitty arched her back, pressing her body against his as she moaned his name into his mouth. The kiss gained speed, both participants seeming to be in frantic need of their tongue in the other's mouth. Kurt moved to lay on top of her, Kitty spreading her legs to facilitate the position.
Suddenly, Kurt pulled back, an almost horrified look on his face.
"Kitty! Oh, mein Gott! I'm so sorry!" Kurt yelped, moving off of her and to the corner of the bed.
"Wha. . .?" Kitty began, looking confused at Kurt's sudden change in demeanor.
"I'm so sorry. Please don't be mad at me! Please?" Kurt whispered fiercely.
"Kurt, calm down. Please, calm down." Kitty said in her best placating voice.
Kurt did quiet down, his ragged breathing filling the room.
"I guess we need to talk." Kitty said.
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Okay, that's where I'm leaving you for a day or so. Sorry about that. I'm sorry if everyone feels that there is no plot here, but this is just a little romantic lark, and that's what I meant to write, so if anyone else feels as if there's a lack of action, angst. . .pathos, I'm sorry.
Later.
Notes: I watched "Ascension Part 1" Saturday on the WB. Wow. Man, I can't wait for the next episode. I love how every team has at least five people on it with the exception of the team at the Sphinx. Just Logan, Kurt and Scott. What an awesome team! Anyhow, I hope that this isn't the end of XME, and if you haven't already, you should sign the petition for the 5th season over at Beyond Evolution. I forget the website address right now, but if you put "Beyond Evolution" in search at Google, then you should find it.
Luinfirith: Hello Laura. Hey, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, because I'm not being rude when I say this, but I think you should discontinue reading this story. You seem to really want me to take a Kurtitha turn here. There's nothing wrong with that, but I'm done with the Kurtitha angle on this story. I've written one before, found it satisfying, and will do it again. But not here. Of the 120+ reviews that I've received on this story, you're the only one who doesn't seem to like it. At least three writers who I've admired for awhile now (Nemain, Taekwondodo and the InuterNutter) seem to like it, and I've never seen anyone write a better story than them. No one. So I'm sorry, but I don't feel as if I've "lost it," and no one else has voiced that I have either. The plot isn't lacking, it's just simply a "how Kurt and Kitty get together" story line. Look back at my handle in the future, and I'm sure that I'll have a new Kurtitha there soon. Until then. . .
Electric Russian: So what you're saying in your review is that the Titty is the wave of the future? I see that you've already started writing one. God speed to you, good sir. God speed.
Taineyah: Done and done! Thanks for reading.
Stormheart: As always, you were missed. Glad to see you're back, and that you like the story.
Everyone: Thank you all for continuing to read and I'm really happy that you're all enjoying it. You guys and dolls make it fun for me to write, so thanks.
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"Kitty!" Tabby exclaimed, somewhat breathless in her tone of voice.
Kitty turned her attention back to Tabby. She found herself somewhat amused at the fact that even Tabby couldn't have guessed the extent to which her feelings had grown for Kurt. Nervousness overtook her again when she glanced back at Astrid, whose face had remained blank, devoid of any readable emotion. Kitty thought about how much her blunt statement had shocked even herself. She didn't even know if she had said it to herself before.
"I'm in love with Kurt." Kitty thought to herself.
Astrid simply looked back into her eyes, cocking her head to the side. Tabby sat opposite of them, her mouth hanging open in a little "o," which would have been somewhat comical to Kitty if she weren't suddenly so scared of Astrid's response.
Astrid continued to look at Kitty until a small smile crept onto her face. Astrid looked down at her own hands, and began to laugh softly.
"Yes, yes. I figured as much, Kitty." Astrid said.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just blurted it out like that." Kitty said.
"Love is a strange emotion, Kitty. It makes us do and say zings zat ve normally vould never say or do." Astrid said.
Kitty nodded, turning her head, not able to take the look in the older woman's eyes.
"So you are in love viz my son, jah?" Astrid asked. "I suppose zat zis is time for celebration."
"You're. . .you're not mad?" Kitty asked.
"Nein. Never." Astrid replied. "Honestly, it vas written all over you ze first time I saw you two togezzer."
"It was?" Kitty asked.
"Jah. Alzough. . .you two haven't gotten up to anyzing in zat vagon, haff you?" Astrid asked, her gaze becoming hard.
"No! No! I promise that we haven't!" Kitty said frantically.
Astrid simply laughed.
"Calm down, Kitty. I vas only joking." Astrid said, laughing harder.
"You're in love with Kurt?" Tabby asked, still shocked by Kitty's statement.
"Yeah. I think I am." Kitty said, nodding her head.
"Wow." Tabby replied.
"Tabby, I do not mean to be rude, but could you leave me viz Kitty?" Astrid asked, turning her attention to Tabby.
Tabby simply sat there, continuing to stare at Kitty.
"Tabby?" Astrid repeated.
"Huh? Oh. Oh yeah, I'll see you later." Tabby said.
Tabby stood up, scooting her chair back. Shooting a look at Kitty that said "good luck," Tabby made her way out of the tent.
"Kitty?" Astrid began.
"Mhm?" Kitty squeaked out.
"First of all, I don't vant you to be nervous." Astrid said, smiling at the young woman. "I'm not mad at you, not at all. I just vant to talk to you about zis."
"Okay." Kitty said.
"First, let me ask you a question. Vhat do you see vhen you look at my son?" Astrid asked.
Kitty thought about the question for a moment. What did Astrid mean?
"Vhat do you see?" Astrid asked again.
"Um. . .I see Kurt." Kitty said, feeling as if were a lame answer.
Astrid simply smiled.
"And vhat else do you see?" Astrid asked.
"I don't know." Kitty said honestly. "My best friend."
"Vhat about his features?" Astrid asked.
"What? Like his smile? He has a really cute smile." Kitty said, and then looked apologetically at Astrid. "I'm sorry."
"For vhat? He does haff a cute smile." Astrid said. "Nozzing else?"
Kitty sat there, the look of fear in her eyes obvious.
"I'm sorry, Astrid. I don't know what you're looking for." Kitty said.
"Zat's a good answer." Astrid said.
"It was?" Kitty wondered aloud.
"Jah. You see. . .some people. . .some vomen. . .may only see his more unique features." Astrid said. "Many girls chased him around vhen he vas younger because of zem. Zey vanted to get closer to vhat zey could not understand."
"Oh." Kitty said, not quite understanding.
Astrid must have seen that in her eyes.
"You don't understand, do you?" Astrid asked.
"I'm sorry, but I don't." Kitty said.
"Zey looked at him as an object. An animal. And sometimes zey vere attracted to zat. Like Franka." Astrid said.
"Franka?" Kitty asked.
"It vas alvays more of an attraction to somezing different for her. For Kurt, vell, it vas more." Astrid said, shaking her head. "I vant to make sure zat he is not some type of conquest, Kitty."
"No! Oh God! No!" Kitty said.
"Calm yourself. I had to ask." Astrid said.
"Astrid, I do. . .I do love Kurt. He's my best friend. And more than anything, that's what I see him as when I look at him. My best friend, who'd do anything for me, and who I'd do anything for." Kitty said.
"You say it so easily, Kitty. Yet. . .you just figured it out?" Astrid asked.
Kitty nodded slowly.
"Yeah. Yeah, I did. It was just there all of a sudden. I mean, I've had feelings for him for a long time now. Even while I was with my last boyfriend, Lance, I felt jealous of Kurt's relationship with Amanda." Kitty said.
"Amanda? His girlfriend until a couple of monzths ago?" Astrid asked.
"Yeah." Kitty replied, nodding. "It took me a long time to figure out why I felt like that. And to tell you the truth, I don't even think that I knew before I got on the plane to come to Germany. All I knew was that I didn't want to be without Kurt for a month."
"Especially viz Tabby here?" Astrid asked.
"Yeah." Kitty said, her cheeks glowing red.
"Do you know how my son feels?" Astrid asked.
"No. Tabby thinks he likes me, but I don't know." Kitty said, looking down at her hands.
"Kitty. . ." Franka said after a moment of silence. ". . .do you remember vhat I said vhen I read your palm?"
Kitty nodded again without looking up at Astrid. Instead, she traced a line along the path that Astrid had traced over weeks ago, and the path that Tabby had traced over minutes ago.
"I said zat whoever you end up viz next, it vill be for ze rest of your life." Astrid said softly.
Kitty nodded.
"You're too young to realize how long zat can be. And how short. Do you zink zat you could spend ze rest of your life feeling happy in Kurt's arms?" Astrid asked.
Kitty closed her eyes and thought about it. Really, really thought about it.
"I know that I don't know how long forever can be, but I could easily spend two eternities with Kurt." Kitty said. "I'm sorry if hearing that weirds you out."
Astrid shook her head.
"Tabby said that you asked her about it." Kitty said quietly.
"Indeed. I did." Astrid said. "I've had my suspicions for a long time, Kitty."
Astrid sighed, and stood up.
"Vell, I guess zat's it." Astrid said. "I just needed to find out your intentions."
She smiled at Kitty.
"I knew zey vould be good." Astrid said.
Kitty nodded, smiling a small smile back at Astrid. She stood up as well, and then snapped her head up to look at Astrid.
"Oh! Astrid! Um. . .do you. . .do you want me to move into the RV?" Kitty asked, blushing for the 100th time that night.
"Oh!" Astrid said and then laughed. "You know vhat Kitty? It's against my better judgement, but I zink zat I'll leave you zhere for now. At least until you two get things figured out."
"Okay." Kitty said.
Franka put her arm around the younger girl and guided her out of the tent.
"Come on, Kitty. Let's go get somezing to eat." Astrid said.
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Kurt was in the wagon, in his pajamas, lying bed. It was beginning to get late, and Kitty still hadn't come in to go to bed. He was wondering where she was and what was taking so long. He knew that he had to tell her how he felt, and soon. He had always liked her. From the moment he first set eyes on her, he had some type of feeling for her. Only. . .it seemed to Kurt that since they had been in Germany his feelings had grown for her. Could he honestly say that he loved her? He didn't know. She was his best friend, and he trusted her like he trusted no one else. He knew that his feelings for her were more than just "liking" her or "having a crush or infatuation" for her.
As he lay there, those thoughts rushing through his brain at the speed of a bullet train, the door to the wagon opened up and Kitty walked in. Kurt's heart jumped into this throat, and he immediately quit any movement or sound with the exception of his breathing.
"Kurt? Kitty whispered. "Are you still awake?"
Kurt took a moment before answering.
"Jah." He said.
"Oh. Did I wake you up?" Kitty asked.
"Nein. I've been avake." He said. "Vhere haff you been?"
"Um, with your mother." Kitty said.
"Ah." Kurt said, not knowing what else to say and scared of what he might say.
Kurt heard the sound of the privacy curtain being pulled, and then the sounds of Kitty's undressing. He swallowed out of nervousness, knowing that a naked Kitty Pryde was a mere few feet from him. He shifted in bed, trying desperately to get those thoughts out of his head before Kitty asked to cuddle again and felt his obvious arousal against her.
"Do I love her?" Kurt thought. "Is it really love? Whatever it is, I've never felt like this before."
Kitty finished getting into her bedclothes and drew the curtain back. Kurt was turned on his side, facing the wall of the wagon. Kitty felt nervous for some reason.
"Just crawl into bed. He doesn't know how you feel. He doesn't know, and you have no reason to feel embarrassed." Kitty thought to herself.
So that's just what she did. She crawled into bed next to Kurt, and lay facing the opposite direction. Their backs to each other, each were lying there, wondering what the other was thinking.
"Kurt?" Kitty ventured.
"Jawohl?" Kurt asked.
"Can I talk to you?" Kitty asked.
"Sure." Kurt replied.
"You see. . .um. . .I haven't been really honest with you." Kitty said. "About some stuff."
"Vhat type of stuff?" Kurt asked.
Kurt felt her shift in bed, felt her roll over, facing his back.
"Well, um. . .I talked to you. . . about the train, right?" Kitty asked.
"Ach. Zis train business again? Kitty, I told you, you don't need to zank me anymore for it." Kurt said.
"No, Kurt. That's not what I was going to say." Kitty said, reaching out with her arm and putting it on Kurt's shoulder to silence him.
Kurt's eyes went wide and he began to try desperately not to purr at Kitty's touch as she began to rub his shoulder with her hand.
"The train thing. . .just kind of. . .opened my eyes to some stuff." Kitty said.
"Lance?" Kurt asked in a small voice.
Kitty rolled her eyes at the mention of her ex-boyfriend's name.
"Well, yeah, I guess some stuff about him. But mostly about you." Kitty said.
"Vhat about me?" Kurt asked.
"Well. . ." Kitty began. ". . .it says a lot about someone who stays with a friend like that. It was just something that I never expected to see in my lifetime. And it made me think about how kind you are. How nice you can be."
"You're making me blush, Kitty." Kurt said while giggling.
Kitty laughed lightly at his joke, staring at the back of his head.
"Jah, vell, anyvay, zat's vhy I'm your best friend, right?" Kurt asked. "I know you'd do ze same for me."
Kitty looked at the back of his head, nodding slightly, the side of her head moving her pillow.
"Yeah. I would." Kitty said. "Kurt?"
"Jawohl?" Kurt asked.
Kitty leaned up and over and kissed him on his cheek, forcing his heart to beat faster as her soft lips gently touched him.
"Vhat vas zat for?" Kurt asked, turning to face Kitty.
"For being such a good friend." Kitty whispered.
Kurt's body felt as if it were on fire, a fire he would gratefully burn in for the rest of his life if given the chance.
"Vell, zen, I guess you deserve one too." Kurt said, leaning over and kissing her.
His lips fell to the corner of her cheeks. Whether it was a mistake or a miscalculation on distance, Kitty didn't know. He pulled back, and Kitty looked into her eyes. She could swear that she saw her feelings and desires mirrored in his face. He was leaning over, his elbow propping him up so that his face was over hers.
"Well, then. . .here's a kiss for being so nice to me when I broke up with Lance, and for being there for me during the actual relationship." Kitty said, planting a kiss on Kurt's face in the same area where he had kissed her.
Kurt smiled, and bent to kiss her again. This time he landed a chaste kiss on the lips. More of peck than anything.
"Zat's for being zhere for me during ze down times of my relationship viz Amanda, and for forgiving me for not telling you about breaking up viz her. And for not telling you about Franka." Kurt said.
"Don't you think I deserve a different one for that? Two different things. . ." Kitty said, stopped in her speech by a softer peck on the lips from Kurt.
"Is zat better?" Kurt whispered.
"Yeah." Kitty said, breathless, not noticing that her arms were encircling Kurt's neck.
Kurt didn't seem to notice either, so entranced he was by Kitty's eyes.
"Well, then, this is for all the times that I ran from you, afraid of what you looked like." Kitty said, kissing him softly on the lips, lingering for only a fraction of a second.
"Vhat about vhen I held ze mistletoe over your head at Christmas zat year?" Kurt asked.
Kitty giggled and kissed him on the lips again, lingering for a second longer this time.
Both of the teens realized at a sub-conscience level that the game they were playing was leading to something more. What had started out as a game between two flirty friends was slowly becoming more adult. Something that both had buried inside of them for fear of the other one seeing was slowly coming to the surface, and it scared the hell out of them. However, neither one wanted to stop. Neither could resist the feeling of the other's lips on theirs, and each continued to think of a reason to kiss the other.
"Zis is for putting up viz me, and seeing a part of me zat no one else took ze time to see." Kurt whispered to her, leaning and kissing her again.
Kitty closed her eyes.
"Okay, it's "go time," Kitty." Kitty thought to herself.
Opening her eyes, Kitty looked at Kurt's lips and said a silent prayer.
"Okay, then, Kurt. This is for being you, and for what you mean to me." Kitty whispered.
Using her arms, which were circled around his neck, she gently guided his face down toward hers, and kissed him full on, her lips massaging his. There was no chance for this kiss to be mistaken as chaste. Kurt seemed to freeze for a couple of seconds in her arms, but Kitty continued, resigning herself to show him her feelings for him through her actions. Kurt's lips slowly melded to the kiss, and he seemed to melt in her arms. Parting her lips ever so slightly, she slid her tongue along his lips. Kurt moaned at the sensation, and parted his own mouth, his tongue slipping out to meet hers. Kitty whimpered, speeding up the kiss as Kurt's tail brushed up against her bare leg before encircling it, the spaded tip tracing lines on her skin.
Kitty rolled further onto her back. Kurt moved off to the side as he brought his hand up to cup her chin and then her cheek as they deepened the kiss. Kitty arched her back, pressing her body against his as she moaned his name into his mouth. The kiss gained speed, both participants seeming to be in frantic need of their tongue in the other's mouth. Kurt moved to lay on top of her, Kitty spreading her legs to facilitate the position.
Suddenly, Kurt pulled back, an almost horrified look on his face.
"Kitty! Oh, mein Gott! I'm so sorry!" Kurt yelped, moving off of her and to the corner of the bed.
"Wha. . .?" Kitty began, looking confused at Kurt's sudden change in demeanor.
"I'm so sorry. Please don't be mad at me! Please?" Kurt whispered fiercely.
"Kurt, calm down. Please, calm down." Kitty said in her best placating voice.
Kurt did quiet down, his ragged breathing filling the room.
"I guess we need to talk." Kitty said.
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Okay, that's where I'm leaving you for a day or so. Sorry about that. I'm sorry if everyone feels that there is no plot here, but this is just a little romantic lark, and that's what I meant to write, so if anyone else feels as if there's a lack of action, angst. . .pathos, I'm sorry.
Later.