Chapter 37: The Second First Day of School

Alara stretched and yawned, kicking off the covers of her bed. She got up, walking into the bathroom to take a shower and yawned sleepily. After a brief shower, she got out, wrapping up in a towel.

"Ugh. First day of school. How fun," she muttered sleepily, not noticing the loud 'Bamph' which came from the other side of the door.

Using her now under control powers, she swung the door open wide as she had seen Jean do, her towel starting to slip. Wandering out into her bedroom, she froze. Kurt stood there looking at the pictures she had hung on the wall.

"Diese Fotos sieht gut aus," Kurt remarked, glancing over at her. He then turned and stared at her. Her hair dripped on the floor, leaving a puddle beneath her. Her face was bright red and she clutched her towel tightly around her body. Kurt blushed and smiled awkwardly.

"Oh. Sorry," he murmured, turning around.

She smiled.

"Well, it's not like you did it on purpose," she murmured.

She walked around Kurt to her dresser and pulled out a bright blue sundress with sandals and a pair of blue shorts with a green t-shirt.

"Which one?" she asked.

"Dress," Kurt replied quickly.

Alara smiled, putting the shorts and shirts back in. Then she grabbed undergarments out of the bottom drawer and walked back towards the bathroom. After a moment, she came back out, holding her hair in a bunch.

"Kurt, this is going to be a bit awkward, but can you zip this dress up? I still have to practice with my telekinesis because last time I tried to zip up, it got stuck, so I need you to do it for me."

She turned around, her back facing Kurt. Her whole back showed down to her waist and her deep blue bra stood out in contrast. Kurt closed his eyes, swallowing hard. With a shaking hand, he grabbed the zipper and pulled. It didn't budge. He pulled it again and it still didn't move.

Growling in frustration, he grabbed the dress below the zipper and yanked the zipper up to the top. Then he let go of the dress, absent-mindedly smoothing the wrinkles out on the back. Alara, thinking the growling was something else, jumped in surprise and spun around to face Kurt, who didn't quite realize why she had jumped away. He then blinked, realizing what he had done, and blushed. Alara stared at him a minute before they both started laughing. Alara put an arm around Kurt's shoulders and a kiss on his cheek before they walked out. They met up with Kitty and Rogue and walked to Scott's car for their usual ride to school. Kitty pulled Kurt behind while Rogue distracted Alara.

"So. Rouge and I are, like, dying to know. Did you kiss her or not?" Kitty asked.

"Vell… I… Ve… I'm not going to tell you," Kurt mumbled, turning red.

"I KNEW IT! YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU?"

Alara looked back questioningly, but kept talking to Rogue, who also looked back anxiously. Kurt looked at his feet while Kitty laughed.

"It vas only vonce."

Kitty smirked.

"That's not what Logan said."

Kurt looked up.

"Vhat? Vhat did he say?" Kurt asked, growling.

"He said that you were hanging all over her like an animal and that she was a 'poor, hewpwess, widdle girl' that was being taken advantage of," Kitty mimicked.

Kurt grumbled under his breath as they got into Scott's car. As Scott started it, he smirked and said to Kurt, "Hey, Lady Killer. How's it goin?"

Kurt glared at Scott.

"Oh be qviet."

Kitty sat on one side of Kurt and Alara on the other. Rogue sat in front next to Scott, who she kept glancing at nervously. As they got closer to school, Kurt suddenly couldn't breathe. The weight of Kitty and Alara leaning on him was enormous. He gasped for air.

"Vhat are you two doing? Trying to kill me?" he groaned.

Alara looked up at him from where she was pressing up against the right side of his chest.

"I'm sorry," she whimpered. "I'm just nervous."

Kitty looked at Kurt, wrapping her arms around his left arm.

"We're still 'going out,' remember? Everyone thinks that we're a couple."

Kurt sighed and Scott smirked.

"Got yourself too many women, eh Kurt?" he mocked.

"Yeah. Vomen just can't get enough of the blue, fuzzy guy."

As they pulled up to school, Alara got out and held her schedule and school map, squeezing them between her fists. They began to form holes by the time she walked up to the building. Looking around, she saw Kurt and Kitty walk into the building together, Kurt looking back at Alara nervously. She took a deep breath, stepped inside, and sighed. It seemed relatively normal. She noticed a familiar face standing at his locker, his white hair giving his identity away easily. She held her new notebook and pen tightly, ones that were for school and not memories, and ran up to Pietro calling out his name. He turned and smiled at her.