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TricaLee says: Excellent! So when does Sabretooth make his entrance?
Like I said before, Sabretooth will be in future chapters. Actually, he should pop up in like… a chapter… or two… yeah. Thanks for the review!
The sweet smell of food drifted through the mansion. It slipped under the door and into a bedroom before enveloping a sleeping mutant. Her green cat eyes fluttered open. She sat up and followed the scent down the stairs and to the kitchen.
"Out," shouted an older mutant at Charlie when she entered the tiled room. Her mouth watered at the savory smell but the cook continued to shoo her out. "Get out. It won't be ready for a half hour!"
Defeated, Charlie decided to roam the mansion until lunch. She passed the occupied classrooms and the occasional student. Some of the doors were closed while others were open and the voices of the teachers reached her ears.
As she walked, Charlie heard a commotion from one of the rooms. The door was ajar and, unable to contain her curiosity, she peeked in. Children were running ramped, destroying the room and screaming like banshees.
Logan ran from kid to kid trying to persuade them to stop what they were doing. Each time he tried to reprimand a child, another one would distract him.
"You," he barked at Charlie as she observed the chaos and tumult. "Get in here and help me."
"Why are they so hyper," Charlie asked as she stepped into the classroom.
Logan turned to grab a little boy as he said, "They wanted candy so I gave them some."
Charlie rolled her eyes. "You never give children candy."
"Well how should I know," he growled dangerously at her. "Ororo usually teaches them. I had to take over while she helped another teacher with something."
With a sigh Charlie climbed up on a table. "Hey," she shouted loudly over the din. Most of the kids looked up to her. "Who wants to see a neat trick?"
The eager children all turned their eyes to her and began to jump up and down in their excitement. "I do! I do," some called while others shouted "Me, me!"
"Alright," said Charlie. "I'll need a handkerchief and a penny. Do any of you have one?"
A little boy emptied his pockets of pennies and gave one to Charlie. Several of the kids scrambled over to the teacher's desk where they fought over the tissues. Eventually one of the kids grabbed one and brought it to Charlie.
"Okay." She put the penny on her hand. "This is a magic trick. There's nothing up my sleeves," she said as she showed them the short sleeves of her shirt. "And nothing in my tail," she waggled her tail at them. "Now, I have the penny in my hand." Charlie bent down so they could all see. "I'm placing the magical hankie over the penny," she said while doing so. "I'm going to say the magic words. Eyhay Oganlay. Urtkay andway emay areway officlay!" The last word was emphasized for effect.
Charlie pulled the hankie off the palm of her hand and showed them. "Ooh's" and "Ah's" escaped their little lips when they saw that the penny was gone.
"Want to see if I can bring it back," she asked, receiving yeses from all.
Charlie placed the handkerchief back on the palm of her hand and said ridiculous words. When she pulled the tissue off, all of the kids were in awe to see the penny had returned.
They all began to shout and scream some more. Some demanded that she do it again while other kids wanted to see a different trick.
"Calm down," Charlie laughed. "Let's play a game. Simon says?" The kids all jumped in excitement. "I'll go first." The kids all spread out and began to watch Charlie. "Simon says… touch your nose." All of the kids did so. "Simon says… pull your ears." Again they did it. "Pat your tummy. Oh," she said. "You're out!" Some of the kids sat down and watched as everyone else continued. "Simon says… wiggle your tail!"
While Charlie wiggled her long tail the children protested. "Okay, okay. Simon says touch your toes."
It took about ten minutes for Charlie to get all but one kid out. The little girl took Charlie's spot and began to lead the class in the game.
"Where'd you learn to deal with thelittle monsters," asked Logan as Charlie joined him at the front of the room.
Charlie shrugged. "My oldest brother had a baby when I was twelve. You learn fast."
Logan grunted and said, "So you and the elf are finally official?" Charlie nodded, glad he picked up on her pig-latin. "I was wondering when you two would get that over with. The way you two were ogling each other constantly was enough to make anyone gag."
Charlie's green eyes glared at him. "Hey, kids," she shouted. "Mr. Logan says he wants to be Simon."
It was Logan's turn to glare as the little boys and girls expressed their joy. He began to chase Charlie around the classroom. "I'm gonna kill ya," he hollered at her.
The day wore on and Charlie wandered around the Institute, trying to find things to amuse her until she saw Kurt again. Most of the day was spent beatingteenagers at pinball and video games.
Finally the time came and Charlie stretched out on the couch. Kurt bamfed! into the rec room and smiled when he saw her.
"Hallo," he greeted as he sat down beside her.
"Hi, Kurt." Charlie couldn't help but grin at the handsome blue mutant. "Ready to help me with my lesson?"
"Vhy don't you just go over ze guidelines and let ze kids get used to ze stuff," he asked as his yellow eyes searched hers.
"Okay," she said with a shrug. "Sounds good to me. What movie are we watching?"
"I vas hoping for a vestern," he said sheepishly. "But I have zeen zem all."
Charlie smiled. "One more time won't hurt."
Kurt grinned, showing his pointy white teeth. He put on "Dances With Wolves" and settled on the couch. Kurt had his arm around Charlie whose head rested on his shoulder.
As the movie came to a close, Kurt leaned into Charlie. She looked up at him as his face slowly drew nearer, she could feel his warm breath on her face. His blue lips met hers in a short innocent kiss before he pulled back slightly.
For a long moment they just stared into each other's eyes. Then Charlie leaned forward to return the kiss. Her pale lips hovered over his, one hand resting lightly on his cheek, feeling the angelic markings.
"Oh," said a voice from the hall. "I'll just leave you two lovebirds alone." Logan walked away, snickering to himself.
"Right," said Charlie getting up and shutting the TV off.
"Vhere are you going," asked Kurt, getting up.
Charlie looked from him to the door. "To kill Logan," she said flatly.
Laughing, Kurt took her hand. "Come. You have a class to teach tomorrow. You need your rest."
With their fingers laced in their odd fashion, the two young mutants made their way upthe stairs. Silently, they padded down the halls while hoping no one would wake up.
Finally they reached their doors. Kurt stepped towards his own door but Charlie was still holding his hand. His yellow eyes turned to her and he could see the cat eyes looking back at him.
"I've gotten too used to sleeping with you, Kurt." Charlie whispered in the dark. That sounded so raunchy.
She could see him shake his head. "My religion voudln't allow it," he said sadly.
Her hand squeezed his slightly and she said, "We can sleep in the same bed can't we, just no sex, right?"
There was a long silence. "Ja," Kurt finally said. "Ve could do zat."
The door creaked slightly as they slipped into the room. There was a dark lump on the bed which Charlie could clearly as a tabby cat.
"Why is he in here with you," Captain asked, keeping his eyes closed.
"I'm sorry my Cap," Charlie mewed. "Would you mind sharing the bed?"
The cat opened his eyes and regarded the two mutants with contempt. "I suppose," he said with a sigh.
Captain made room while Charlie and Kurt slipped into the bed. The blue mutant wrapped his arms around Charlie who moved a little closer.
"Gute nacht," he whispered to her.
Night, Kurt," she whispered back.
A short Chapter, I know. Don't hurt me!