Chapter 5

After that night, Kitty was up for a rude awakening. "Oh my gosh," she threw her covers off of her body. She was late to school and everyone had left already. She ran everywhere around the mansion hoping to find someone, anyone that could give her a ride.

"What's the hurry my child?" Ororo stopped Kitty in her tracks. Kitty couldn't have been more happier to see their resident weather goddess.

"Ms. Munroe--" she had to catch her breath.

"Don't worry, come with me. I was just heading into town anyway." Ororo walked over to the front door as Kitty followed behind.

First period, that's all she missed, she was lucky enough to meet up with one of her friends and get the homework in the between periods. Kitty then went to her next class and completely forgot about the fact that she had to select and recite a poem from the Romantic Era.

"I'm like really sorry Mr. Spencer. I was up really late last night . . . um, helping my friend. I'm sort of her tutor and--" Kitty hated to lie and couldn't stand anyone who lied to her, but this was a drastic step she had to take.

"I expected better from you Ms. Pryde, but," he wrote down something on his clipboard and looked back up to her. "If you recite your poem next time and do a good job, I'll greatly reward you with half credit." Kitty took this offer and went back to her seat. She could feel all eyes on her. Considered to be the smartest one in the class, she now felt like the dumbest.

Kitty had long awaited for the bell to ring and release them for lunch. Once this happened, the entire class piled out into the hall and when Kitty made it through the crowd, she was escorted to the cafeteria by Peter.

"Hey Kitty!" Kurt shouted down the hall, jumping up to get her attention. "Kitty!" He called again, but she didn't turn around.

"Come on Kurt, we'll meet her outside with the others." Rogue walked with him to the snack bar line, as they both saw Kitty and Peter enter into the cafeteria and out of sight.

When Kurt and Rogue arrived outside, Kurt waited anxiously for Kitty to get there. "Kurt calm down, what's the matter with you?" Scott pulled him back in his seat after the people who opened the door of the school walked out.

"Kitty decided to spend lunch period with Peter," Rogue put herself into the conversation.

"Well, what's the matter with that?" Jean asked curiously. "She has the right to eat with whomever she wants. It's not like she's obligated to only eat with us." Kurt looked at her as if she had just said some foul word.

"So you don't care that she hangs around with that guy? You don't care if she could get hurt?"

"I didn't say I didn't care. I'll be concerned, but I'm not going to be paranoid about it." Jean kept her cool about the conversation, but she knew that at any moment Kurt was going to snap. And just as she predicted, Kurt jolted out of his seat and trudged to the back door.

"Kurt, where are you going?" Scott called but Kurt was already inside when Scott said this, slamming the door behind him.

After that Evan stood up. "Well where are you going now?" Scott asked him.

"What Jean said, I'm not obligated to eat with you guys all the time. I've got other friends you know." Then Evan left also. Casually Rogue got up and left with no explanation at all.

"Well, it's just you and me now, Scott." Jean expressed. Scott looked at the empty seats his friends and teammates all abandoned him. The team was falling apart.

Meanwhile, inside the cafeteria Kitty and Peter sat down at one of the tables. "Do you not think we should sit with your friends?"

"I live with them 24/7. One lunch period wouldn't hurt." Kitty explained. They both sat down together. All the girls in the hall stared at Kitty disgusted. They were jealous. All the guys whispered with their friends. They were completely disappointed. Kitty didn't care about anyone else in the room, Peter sat with her and that's all she did care about at the moment.

"Would Peter Rasputin come to the principal's office immediately. Peter Rasputin." There was an abrupt silence. Kitty watched Peter exit the cafeteria before finishing his lunch.

Peter walked down the silent hallway only occasionally hearing voices inside the classrooms he passed. "Thank you for coming Mr. Rasputin," Principal Kelly announced. "Your uncle called about a family emergency and has released you from the premises. You are to immediately report to your house, those were his exact words."

Peter stood there confused. Uncle? He had no relatives in America. Then the thought came to him, he turned around and walked out of Kelly's office. Kurt saw Peter walking out of the building. "Hey Peter, where you going?" Kurt caught up with him before he left.

"Family emergency." Peter replied in a rush, and threw open the doors.

"Family huh? I knew there was something funny about you." Kurt looked around to see if anyone was coming. He opened the door and saw Peter leave off with a man wearing black sunglasses.