Mutants in the Haunted Hotel
Part 4
A/N: Hi. Oh, and if we didn't make it clear in the previous chapter: Kurt's inducer is working fine. It's the watch part of the inducer that isn't working. So he just doesn't know the time. He isn't wandering around all blue.
Bonus Pairings: Jott & Loro (???)
Disclaimer: If we owned it…this would be a TV special.
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Rogue turned around slowly to face Remy again.
"Did we just see that? Was I hallucinating?" She asked, feeling shaken.
"If you were hallucinating, so was Remy," he replied, with a small shrug. She nodded slowly. They stood there, eyes locked, trying to somehow psychically figure out what had just happened. They were interrupted by the return of Kurt and Kitty.
"Hey guys!" Kitty smiled. She had had a feeling those two would end up in the same place, "We think it's, like, gonna storm. We heard thunder. Whoa, it looks like a disaster area in here." Rogue turned her shocked gaze to her roommate.
"You mean, y'all didn't see him?"
"See who?" Kurt asked, not really caring. This was possibly the best evening of his life.
"The ghost, Bleu, the ghost," Remy said, mirroring Rogue's expression. Kurt frowned and Kitty wrinkled her nose.
"Ghost?"
"He was right there," Rogue pointed, "And he said 'help me'."
"And everything fell down," Remy added, gesturing at the mostly empty shelves and the remnants of the chandelier.
"Sure…" Kurt trailed off. The four stood in silence for a few moments before Kitty started to laugh.
"Oh, yeah, very funny guys. Haunted hotel, ghosts. Ha ha. Like, you didn't have to make such a huge mess just to make us believe your story." Rogue looked enraged.
"Us? We didn't make this mess! It was the ghost!" Kitty frowned.
"Like, we already know you're joking. You can stop playing around now."
"Ja." Kurt agreed. "It's not that funny anymore."
"I'm not kidding," Rogue growled, "There was a ghost here!" The tension in the room crackled until the door swung open once again.
"My, what happened here?" Des Carlson entered, looking only mildly surprised to see the disaster area once called the library.
"Remy and Rogue trashed it for their ghost story," Kitty replied, rolling her eyes.
"Not true!" Remy exclaimed, stepping forward, "Monsieur, there was a ghost here!" Des looked from Kitty to Remy and slowly nodded.
"I thought as much."
"What? Mr. Carlson, you can't really believe there was a ghost here!"
"Well," Des straightened his jacket and gave Kurt a meaningful look, "It is a 'haunted' hotel. It makes sense there would be ghosts."
"I don't know," Kitty said doubtfully. Rogue nodded triumphantly.
"We told ya," she said hands on her hips.
"Well," Des spoke up again. "Now that this is settled you all wouldn't mind cleaning up this mess, would you? I would stay and help, but I have some important business to attend to." With that he quickly scooted out the door, not waiting for their reply.
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"I can't believe this," Scott leaned up against the garage wall and pulled his sleeves back down from around his elbows. His car wouldn't start. It had never given him any trouble before and now…
"How's it coming?" Jean asked, entering. Scott shook his head.
"Not good. Sorry Jean. Looks like no movie today." Jean sighed. She had really been looking forward to going on an actual date with Scott instead of just hanging around the Institute.
"Hey, why don't you ask Logan if you can borrow his truck?" Jean suggested. Scott shrugged. It was worth a shot. He turned to go back into the mansion to find the older mutant, and was surprised when he walked right out into the garage.
"Logan, hey." Logan turned and fixed him with a suspicious stare.
"What do you want?"
"Well, my car won't start and I was wondering if we could borrow-" Logan shook his head, cutting Scott off.
"No one drives the truck but me. Besides, I'm using it."
"Using it? Where are you-"
"Hey Logan, I'm ready," Ororo entered the garage and walked over to Logan. Scott and Jean stared and Logan blushed grumpily.
"Lets go," he growled, turning away as quickly as he could. Scott and Jean exchanged a look. Logan and Ororo? That was something they hadn't expected.
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" So, like how was your date with Remy, Rogue?" Kitty giggled, laying on her cushiony (A/N: Charmin' Ultra…) bed. Rogue lay on the bed next to her. The relaxing room was welcomed after the long clean-up of the chaotic library.
" Oh, it was fi-HEY! IT WAS NOT A DATE!" Rogue shouted back. Cooling down she added sulkily, "I didn't even know he was going to be there."
"Ah, you mean it was a pleasant surprise!" Kitty ducked laughing, as a pillow whizzed over her head. Rogue sighed. Kitty had obviously brought up the subject hoping that Rogue would ask her how her date had been.
"Alright Kitty, how was your date?"
"Well I'm, like, totally glad you asked!" Kitty rearranged herself on the bed. "It was like so wonderful! See Kurt was like totally sitting on this park bench, in this, like, really nice grey shirt. It was kind of wrinkly, but not really, and…" Rogue tuned Kitty out as she launched into an amazingly long, incredibly detailed, and exceedingly boring epic of her hour long date with Kurt. He saved me. She reflected. What am I thinking? Any yahoo could have pushed me out of the way. It was probably just a reflex. But he hurt himself in the process. Well it's not like he could help it! Yes, he could……He could of just let you be crushed.
"Hey! Are you, like, even listening to me?!" Kitty's sharp tone jerked Rogue back to reality.
"What? Oh, yeah!" Kitty pursed her lips.
"Then what did I just say?" she asked.
"You said, umm, uh" Rogue searched for a likely comment, "You said Kurt's a sweetheart?" Kitty sighed.
"True, but pay closer attention. Where was I?" Kitty thought for a second then remembered and continued. Rogue tried very hard to pay attention this time. She just had one more thought invading her concentration. Seeing Remy in the library hadn't been a pleasant surprise. She had been hoping he would be there.
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"Sounds like quite the epic romance," Remy commented at the end of Kurt's tale.
"I wish…" Kurt sighed, "But I don't know if she likes me. Well, I know she likes me. I just don't know if she likes me likes me." Remy didn't say anything. He could tell Kurt just wanted to talk. Sure enough, Kurt continued, "I really like her, but what if she doesn't like me back? It would be awful. I want to tell her how I feel…but if she doesn't feel the same way, she'll feel weird around me. Then she won't even be my friend anymore. And what about the whole 'blue' thing? I don't know how she really really feels about that. I mean, it's one thing to know that I'm blue and fuzzy and another to actually feel me being blue and fuzzy. And I only have three fingers! How could it ever work?" He paused to take a deep breath and Remy took the opportunity to pat his knee.
"Don't you worry, Bleu. Remy is sure Chaton doesn't mind the blueness."
"But how do I know for sure?"
"Ask if she likes Smurfs?" Remy suggested with a shrug. Kurt smiled.
"Yeah, that's not too obvious. I've got to tell her sometime…how?"
"Why are you asking Remy?"
"Well, you're always the one who has a girlfriend," Kurt pointed out, "You must know something about telling girls how you feel." Remy laughed shortly.
"True, Remy knows how to treat the ladies. But is unable to make the one he really likes believe him."
"That probably wouldn't be a problem for me…Kitty knows I wouldn't joke about that kind of thing. Just tell me how to tell her. Please?" He made his best puppy-dog face. Remy spread his hands and sighed.
"Some things cannot be taught, mon ami. Love must find it's own way."
"That's deep," Kurt said, surprised. Remy nodded solemnly then smiled.
"Remy read it in a fortune cookie."
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The four met up again as they made their way towards the dining room for lunch. Kitty gave Kurt a wide grin which he returned nervously. Let love find it's way…he chanted to himself. Remy smiled