"So then what happened, Kurt?" Iceman asked eagerly, practically jumping out of his skin as he spoke. Kurt smirked at the large audience he had, then continued with his tall tale.

"Well, even Wolverine was screaming at this point. It was actually disturbing, to say the least." The children looked at their blue friend in awe. '

"Wolverine screamed?' Magma asked, her eyes widening and voice shaking.

"." Kurt said, eyes sparkling. "He was howling like a baby."

"A baby?"

"A B-A-B-Y." The kids could hardly contain their laughter.

"Kurt, could I have a word with you for a moment?" a deep, wise voice whispered calmly from behind. He slowly turned to face the Professor who he had grown to love and admire…

I am in so much trouble. He thought miserably.

"Uh…yes…sir." Kurt replied, his head drooping.

"Good." The Professor smiled warmly. "Children, run along. You wouldn't want to be late to Scott's lecture today. I heard that it is profound. I know you're not in AP, but…"

"Yes, professor." They all muttered, rolling their eyes and proceeding anywhere but Scott's classroom.

Kurt shuffled his feet nervously. He didn't want to think about how much trouble he'd be in. Finally, the Professor turned to him and smiled warmly.

"How are you this fine Saturday?"

"A little on the tired side, but good. How are you?"

"I'm fine, Kurt. Thank you for your concern. Now on the subject of your tiredness, just what were you telling the kids about what happened last night?" he asked.

Kurt grinned sheepishly, twisting a small strand of his hair between his fingers.

"Nothing too drastic, Professor. I was mostly exaggerating your guys' reactions and stuff like that. I don't know what happened."

"Nor do I. But Beast did a couple tests on our Kitty and she is perfectly fine, no permanent damage. We couldn't quite explain what happened to her, though. But we suspect that she may have had a seizure, possibly from a severe lack of sleep, which is actually fairly common. But I think you should take some time to visit her. One of the first things she started to talk about was you, and she probably is lonely sitting around in that stuffy room all day."

"Sure, I'll go and say hi." He patted his shoulder.

"Thank you, Kurt." With this, he wheeled away.

Kurt let out a stream of held breath, his heart rate slowly returning to normal. He was terrified that some terrible punishment loomed overhead, but going to see Kitty wasn't going to be too hard. Or so he thought.