Author's Note: Howday, y'all! I told you I didn't have much to do this summer... I hope to make this story a bit shorter... However, according to my approximation... my thought is "HAHA yeah right"... sighs My brain is annoyingly good at creating novels... when all I want is a good short story... I need a lobotomy... Oh well! More for my very few readers to enjoy! I have another X-men Fic that I've started and will post after I finish this one... And several other fan fics that aren't X-men... shamed look

Chapter 30: The First Kiss Is Never Good

They all nodded in agreement before running into a crowd of males grouped together in the courtyard of the school. They were all looking up to the top of the victory bell, where Alara sat, smiling wickedly down at the others and waving at random. Kurt, Kitty, and Jean pushed their way through the crowd and got to the bottom of the bell where several guys were trying to climb up to the top.

"What the heck are you guys doing?" Kitty yelled at the guys trying to climb.

"She said she'd let whoever climbed to the top have a kiss," one replied before falling off.

"But it's impossible because it wasn't made to be climbed," another one continued before falling off.

Kurt, Kitty and Jean looked at the bell. It had four slender poles leading up to the bell, which had a rope hanging from the center of it. And on top of the four poles and the bell, Alara sat, swinging her feet back and forth. She looked down at the people and blew kisses randomly into the crowd. The boys, and the occasional teacher, reacted with glee. Rolling their eyes, Kitty and Jean walked over to the bell and looked at it. Alara noticed the sudden interest by the two girls.

"Ah hah! So you see how my revenge goes, eh? I make them beg like dogs for the thing they reject constantly!" she called out to them. She then turned to the crowd below and roared, "BEG LIKE DOGS!"

Much to the disgust of the two girls and Kurt, every other person in the courtyard got onto their knees and began acting like dogs begging to be thrown a bone. Alara laughed wickedly.

"Structure is stable, but it looks like it hasn't been used in a billion years," Jean observed quietly, ignoring Alara's comments.

"That's because the hinges on the bell rusted tight," Kitty replied, tugging on the rope.

Suddenly, Kurt had an idea. He walked over to the rope and started to climb up towards the bell.

"KURT! What are you doing?" Kitty yelled up at him.

"I'm getting to the top," he replied.

Jean folded her arms across her chest.

"He just wants that kiss," she grumbled.

"Ha, ha. Very funny, Jean. You make me vant to laugh," Kurt snapped.

He got up to the golden bell and climbed on top of it. Alara looked over in surprise and stood on two of the poles.

"How did you get up here?" she asked, curiously.

"I climbed," Kurt replied quickly.

She smiled and walked over to him cautiously on the poles.

"Then you get your kiss," she replied.

The closer she got, the more Kurt felt as though he was burning with desire. His knees started to buckle and Jean looked up to see her affect on Kurt. She closed her eyes and put a mental block on him, allowing him to stand straight and think clearly. Alara blinked.

"Why didn't you fall off?" she asked smirking. "All the others who have gotten this far fell off by now."

Kurt opened his mouth to say something, but she leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. Kurt blinked in surprise and felt as though all of his energy was being sucked out through his lips. Although his holowatch didn't reveal it, his fur started to turn pale and his eyes had turned from a deep yellow, to a light pastel. He shoved her away just before he collapsed, retaining some of his energy. She collapsed onto the bars, but caught herself just before she fell. Everyone below them gasped.

Suddenly, a helicopter flew in above them as Alara stood back up on the bars. She looked up curiously and saw that it had a big blue X on its side before something hit her in the neck. She swayed a bit before falling forward. Kurt, by using the last of his energy, caught her and held her so that she didn't fall to the ground. Quickly, mental power lifted them up and Jean made it seem to the others who were watching that they were being pulled up by a rope as opposed to some invisible force. As soon as they were in the helicopter, it soared back to the institution.

Kitty and Jean sighed in relief. The men around her blinked a moment as the hypnotic feeling disappeared. Quickly, the crowd was filled with mutters about, "How did I get here?" and "Why am I not in class?" while the teachers that were there began ushering the students back inside.

Scott appeared and walked over to Jean smiling.

"Hey Jean. What are you doing here?"

Jean folded her arms and glared until Kitty put her hand on her shoulder and said, "He didn't know what he was doing, Jean. Don't hold it against him."

Jean smiled and hugged Scott. Scott looked confused, but smiled and hugged her back.

"Nice to see you too."