The next few days passed, relatively uneventful, however, the excitement and anticipation was on the rise. The heightened activity and anticipation not so much as annoyed Logan as it set him on edge. His instincts led Logan to believe that something bad was about to happen within the mansion. Not that an invasion would be all that far fetched: one had happened only a few months previous. Logan was tempted to, on several occasions, to go out and patrol the perimeter, if only to calm his nerves and prove his instincts wrong.

Oddly enough though, what bothered him the most was not the hyper active and over excited kids, but that he hadn't seen much of Kurt. The only times Logan was in the same room as Kurt was during Danger Room practices and meals. If that. Logan couldn't seem to shrug off the guilty feeling and surfaced just beneath the stress and fatigue that surrounded teaching and coaching whenever he saw Kurt. Ororo had simply given him sympathetic smiles when he glanced around one morning at breakfast when Kurt had abruptly excused himself from the table.

Another feeling that seemed to surface alongside the guilt was a feeling of urgency: Logan was running out of time. Logan guessed that perhaps it had something to do with the fact that Christmas Day was only five days away and there was only a limited amount of time left to do something about the Kurt crisis.

An opportunity presented itself one morning, four days before Christmas Day to make amends. Logan walking to his office again and caught a scent of Kurt close by. He looked up to see Kurt hanging from his tail once more, reading a book.

"Mornin' Kurt." Logan said somewhat cautiously.

Kurt didn't look up from his book and didn't respond. Logan took a deep breath, "Finished your Christmas shopping yet?"

Kurt snorted, and continued to ignore him. Logan tried again, "I, uh, have a list of presents to buy. If you still have some stuff to buy I can take you and hit two birds with one stone."

Kurt seemed to hesitate, and then dropped his book from his perch. It almost fell on Logan's head. Kurt climbed down from his reading spot, "Your apologies? They are the worst I've ever heard. But I accept."

Logan felt a small wave of relief wash over him as Kurt agreed to go with him, but it's not like Logan was losing sleep over the Kurt crisis or anything.

"Hey, where are you going?" Logan demanded when Kurt started walking away.

Kurt looked over his shoulder and grinned, "Well, I can't go out without my make up on."