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A/N: Thank you so much to all of you who reviewed! It really helps me get going on the next chapter. And I've gotten some nice compliments from a couple reviewers, so another huge thanks to you guys. Also, in response to one review, yes Evan and Amanda do seem to be moving a bit fast, though that's a bit how I wanted it to seem. A bit fast and a bit confusing possibly. I'm glad you noticed! It's going to be addressed in one of the upcoming chapters.

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Kurt spun around. He hadn't been expecting to see that. Ever. He glanced back, just to be sure he had seen Evan and Amanda together. Yeah, there they were. Right there, in the window. He turned back around and almost ran straight into Wanda, who had walked out of the shop a few minutes behind him.

"Um, hey Wanda." He said a bit nervously. Wanda looked at him a bit curiously.

"You okay, Kurt?"

"Oh fine. Really. Come on, let's go." He started to walk away when Wanda placed a hand on his arm.

"What is it?" she asked. Kurt shook his head.

"Nothing." He moved as if he was going to turn again and Wanda let him, though she turned to see what he had. She froze at the sight that met her eyes.

"Oh. I see." She said quietly. She couldn't stop the pang that went through her at the thought that maybe both she and Kitty had been wrong. Maybe it wasn't either of them that Kurt had feelings for. Maybe he still had feelings for Amanda.

Kurt paused. Something about Wanda's tone had him hesitating. He turned to look at her and was about to say something when she started walking.

"Come on. Let's get out of here."

Kurt frowned as he sat at his desk and thought about what he'd seen earlier. It wasn't that he minded the idea of Evan and Amanda together. It wasn't something he'd ever thought of but he didn't mind it. After all, he and Amanda weren't together any longer so he wasn't going to get mad about her moving on. But there was something else about the whole thing that was bugging him.

If they were a couple, why hadn't Evan said something?

They were friends. Evan was actually probably one of the best friends that he'd ever had. So why wouldn't he tell him at least?

That's what was bugging him. Evan hadn't told him. That was like…a violation of the guy code or something.

Well, okay, that wasn't entirely what was bugging him. Wanda's reaction was bugging him too. Why would she react like that to seeing Evan and Amanda together? She didn't like Evan like that, did she?

And what business of it was his if she did anyway? It's not like they were dating or anything.

Kurt sighed as he leaned back, tilting the chair back on its back legs. He supposed he could go find someone to talk to but since he'd brought them back by using his powers he had no idea who was even home. He hadn't seen Scott or Pietro around and he really didn't want to talk to one of the girls or any of the new recruits about this.

Which is exactly why he hadn't moved from his room just yet.

Kurt sighed again. He was just completely confused about all of this. And he had no idea what to do about it.

Wanda frowned as she glanced in Rogue's room only to find it empty. She hadn't been able to find Rogue or Pietro anywhere. They had to have beat she and Kurt home.

Then again, since they'd left school early, anyone would've beaten them home. But school had let out not too long ago and if Wanda knew Pietro, he would get impatient before running back home—and most likely bringing Rogue with him.

She didn't even know why she was looking for them. It didn't seem like it was that long ago when she wouldn't have even thought of looking for someone to talk to when something was bothering her. Let alone her brother or an X-Man.

Granted, she now lived with the X-Men but that wasn't the point.

She didn't really know what the point was, but she knew that that wasn't it.

Wanda groaned as she walked back into her room. The look on Kurt's face when he'd seen Evan and Amanda through the window…she didn't know how to described that. But she knew that it had hurt.

And she didn't like it.

She really wanted ice cream. Which was just another thing that was because of Kurt. Had she ever wanted ice cream before this? No. And now look at her. She was craving ice cream as comfort food.

Where the heck was Rogue?

Rogue pulled back from Pietro to find him staring down at her as if he was wondering what kind of drugs she had taken. She merely smiled at him.

"What? Are you the only one allowed to surprise someone with a kiss?" she asked, smirking a bit. Pietro merely stared at her, raising an eyebrow. Of all the things he had thought would happen, Rogue being the one to initiate a kiss hadn't been one of them.

"No." he said, shaking his head as he finally answered her question. "That's just now what I was expecting."

"Which would be the point of a surprise." Pietro rolled his eyes.

"Not the point, Rogue." Rogue tilted her head back a bit.

"And the point would be…what exactly?"

"We have now kissed four times. One of which is because you made the first move for once. Which, by the way, just proves that I was right and you need to stop thinking. But the point is, it wasn't me who initiated the kiss that time, it was you. What do you think that means?"

"That I wanted to kiss you and followed the impulse." Rogue told him. She knew that she wanted what Pietro wanted. She wanted to take that next step and go from just friends to more. But she just didn't know if she could take the risk. Almost as if he had heard her thoughts Pietro shook his head in frustration.

"You know you can be really annoying." he sighed. Rogue frowned at him. And she was supposed to be the mood killer?

Yeah, right. She didn't think so.

"Well excuse me. I don't know how you put up with me." she said sarcastically. Pietro raised an eyebrow at her.

"Oh, don't get all offended. You know you think I'm annoying sometimes."

"Try most of the time." Pietro waved a hand as if that wasn't important.

"Yeah, whatever. The point is you really need to get out of the land of denial." He held up a hand to stop whatever reply she was going to make. "No, seriously. Obviously, you're attracted to me. And again, can't say I blame you. Clearly, I'm attracted to you. I really don't see the problem, except for one. I'm not a patient guy, Rogue. And the waiting is driving me nuts but I'm willing to do it. I'm willing to wait and I'm willing to take the risk." He kept his gaze steady on hers as he said this. "The question is, are you?"

Rogue stared back at him, indecision warring inside her. She just didn't know. Would she take this risk?

Could she?

Kurt glanced up when he heard footsteps in the hall. Curious, he got up and opened his door and walked out, glancing around to see who it was. He froze when he saw Evan, who apparently hadn't spotted him.

Almost as if Evan had heard Kurt's thoughts, he looked up and stopped in his tracks at the sight of Kurt standing there.

"Um…hey man." Evan shifted a bit as he looked at him. He had just gotten back from his…whatever it had been with Amanda and he was a bit confused about it himself. And the way Kurt was looking at him wasn't really helping. "What's up?"

Kurt paused as he considered how to answer before he took a step further from his door. "I think you and I need to talk, Evan."

At that, Evan almost grimaced. He had a bad feeling about this. He didn't even know why, he just had a feeling. But he nodded anyway and headed towards Kurt's room.

"Yeah." was all he said. He held back a sigh as he did.

It was almost as if Kurt knew.