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A/N: Sorry that it took so long to update...again.
Chapter 9
The truth comes out
After dinner, Scott and Jean had a long talk with Lance and Kitty in the study. Word about the fight between Kurt and Lance had somehow gotten out and everybody in the mansion knew about it. Scott was trying his best to stay calm, because Kitty and Lance were beating themselves up over the whole thing and he didn't think (Jean didn't think, more like) that they needed him to start telling them off as well.
Lance had been the first to apologize, but it was probably because Kitty was still a bit shaken over everything that had happened in the past few hours.
Scott had excepted Lance's apology, due to a lot of persuasion on Jean's behalf. Jean then apologized to Kitty, saying that she felt horrible for believing it in the first place and then for being the partial reason for the rumor spreading throughout the school.
Kitty refused to let Scott and Jean apologize to her. She believed that the whole thing was she and Lance's fault, so she kept apologizing profusely while telling them not to worry about it.
"I can't believe we let this get so out of hand, and it hasn't even been one day." Jean said, shaking her head. "I hate to think about what you guys are going to have to put up with at school tomorrow."
"Jean, like, stop worrying about it. Who cares what everyone at school thinks?" Kitty said angrily, standing up and walking over to the window.
"Kitty, will you stop biting our heads off, we're only trying to help." Scott said.
"I think you've helped enough." Lance said, glaring at him.
"Would you like to settle this now?" Scott asked, standing up and putting his hand on his sunglasses.
"You know I would." Lance said, causing a small quake.
"Scott, leave him alone." Jean said.
Scott held his ground, refusing to let his guard down in front of the enemy.
Logan and the Professor chose that moment to enter the study. And the scene they came upon didn't put them in a better mood.
"Sit down, bub." Logan said; and Scott did, but reluctantly.
Lance smirked and watched as Logan and the Professor crossed the room to where they were all seated; well, almost all.
"Half-pint, you mind joining us?"
Kitty didn't answer; she stood where she was, looking out the window.
"Kitty, will you please join us." The Professor said, looking across the room at her.
Still, Kitty did not answer.
"Kitty?" Lance tried, getting up and starting to walk over to her. But he stopped dead when she turned to them.
Kitty was pale and shaking slightly. She seemed to not be with them; she seemed confused. Her tear-stained cheeks were visible only from the light of the setting sun shining through the window. Lance approached her slowly.
"Kitty, are you okay?" he asked, worried.
Kitty merely nodded her head, but then stopped suddenly, putting her hand to her head as if she had a headache. Lance reached out and took her hand in his, then used his other hand to feel her forehead. She was burning up.
"Kitty, come on, let's sit down." Lance said, leading her over to the couch. She followed him over to the couch they had been sitting on earlier and sat down beside of him.
She was still shivering, so Lance put his arms around her, trying to keep her warm. She leaned into him and closed her eyes.
"Could someone go get her a blanket, she's freezing." Lance said.
Jean went and got one and handed it to Lance, who wrapped it around Kitty. Once Jean sat back down and they were all settled, the Professor spoke.
"First off, I would just like to say how disappointed I am in all of you. I would not have expected this from any of you, especially Scott and Jean." He said, and Scott and Jean looked ashamed, but Scott still managed to glare at Lance; who wasn't paying the least bit of attention.
"This is going to take a lot of cleaning up. I cannot make everyone in your school forget this rumor that has spread. You are going to have to deal with this one on your own." He said, this time looking at Lance and Kitty.
Lance was becoming very worried now. Kitty was still shivering and her fever seemed to be getting worse. Then, all of a sudden, Kitty started coughing. And after a few minutes, her breathing changed; she seemed to be short of breath. Lance started panicking.
"Something's wrong with Kitty." Lance said, standing up. He picked her up and was shocked at how light she was. "We need to get her to a doctor…now!" he yelled.
"Take her to Mr. McCoy." The Professor said calmly, sensing that Kitty did, indeed, need to see a doctor.
Lance ran out of the room and down to the medical lab. Mr. McCoy was reading when he came running into the room.
"What seems to be the problem Lance?" he asked as Lance stood there with Kitty in his arms, still short of breath.
"Something's wrong with Kitty." He said, trying to remain calm.
"Put her down on this bed over here." He said, walking toward the bed.
Lance did as he was told, but stayed beside her holding her hand.
Mr. McCoy did some check-ups, and told Lance that he would have to wait outside. After a few minutes of arguing, Lance went to wait in the hall.
Scott, Jean, Logan, and the Professor joined him shortly.
Meanwhile, Mr. McCoy was running tests, trying to figure out what was wrong. Kitty's breathing had returned to normal, but she still had a fever and chills; this baffled Mr. McCoy.
After a few long hours, Beast got the answers he was looking for; though, he didn't like them one bit.
Kitty had long since fallen asleep. Mr. McCoy decided to tell the others that they could see Kitty in the morning, because she needed her rest.
When he opened the door, he was bombarded with questions. Refusing to answer anything until he had the chance to speak with Kitty himself, he ushered them all away, telling them they could see her in the morning.
A/N: Hmm…crappy chapter. Oh well.