CHAPTER 9: WHEN MOTHERS MEET
Kurt was showing his parents around after getting them settled in with Wanda's help. Wanda was enjoying the Wagners they were very warm and kind people, plus the few stories they had on Kurt would keep her laughing for days.
By now they were in the halls making sure they knew the layout around the mansion so they wouldn't get lost. Both of Kurt's parents were in awe of the mansion it was certainly a giant place to live. They were happy that Kurt was so happy although they both noticed something wrong with their son he didn't have that 'sparkle' in his eyes anymore. They were both worried but they would ask later about that, they knew something had happened especially when he called them a few times.
"Come on Rogue, Gambit had a nice evening planned out for us," Came Gambit's voice as from around a corner he was walking with Rogue. She had told him that she wanted to spend the night with Raven and Irene since she really wanted to get in some time with them together. She wasn't sure how long Irene was going to be here but she wanted to enjoy it.
"Remy ah promise that ah'll make it up to ya," She told him normally he was cute when begging but now it was getting a little annoying.
Gambit got a grin on his face and snaked his arm around her waist and he whispered into her ear, "Oh? Well Gambit is sure interested in seein' you make up for it Chere." Rogue blushed a but before elbowing him in the ribs well lightly at least just to let him know she wasn't completely under his charms. Although at times he sure didn't make it easy.
"Hey sis!" Kurt said and both Southerners looked up to see Kurt, Wanda and his parents. Kurt happily led his parents to them, "Mozher, Fazher. Zhis is Rogue mien sister."
Rogue was surprised to see them, she had left Irene and Mystique alone to have them catch up before Remy found her. "Oh, uh…well…Glad ta finally meet you Mr. and Miss. Wagner."
"Oh nonsense child," his mother said happy to finally meet this girl. "Any sister to our little boy is family to us."
Kurt's father nodded his head, "Ja, ve talked and ve vould love for you to be treated like family."
Rogue didn't know what to say she didn't even know them but they were wanting to have her a part of the family. Although technically she guessed that she was given that Kurt was her brother so in a way she already was related. "Ah…Don't know what ta say…"
"Vell yes vould be nice," Kurt grinned at her, "I mean zhey have vanted to actually meet you after the years I've talked about you. I even gave them a picture of you."
Rogue felt touched by all of this so she just nodded her head. It would be nice to be part of a larger family and she was interested in these people. Kurt talked about them all the time and they seemed like great people from his stories of them. Perhaps it was time to finally get to know the people that meant so much to her little brother.
The Wagners smiled and gently pulled her into a hug, "Zhen velcome to ze family zhen," Kurt's father said smiling at her and even Rogue had to smile a bit at that. They wouldn't exactly he 'parents' to her she already was still working on that with her mother Mystique but it would be nice to have others in the family that maybe she could get close to.
"Yes and it's so nice to finally meet you," Jimaine said and then looked to Remy, "And who is zhis young man?"
Gambit bowed to her, "Remy LeBeau madam although for a moment der Remy thought that Kurt had another sister."
Kurt's mother laughed it off while Rogue, Kurt and Wanda rolled their eyes. "Put a leash on it Gambit," Wanda sighed and the others had to agree with her. He just had that smirk on his face and gave a shrug.
"This is mah boyfriend Remy and don't let his silver tongue fool ya either." She said to them.
Gambit made a hurt face, "You wound me Chere."
Rogue gave him a stern look and the Wagners could already tell that these two had a unique relationship. They had this playful way about them it seemed nothing they said was out of malice at all. "Vell zhen I hope to get to know zhe two of you very well zhen." Mr. Wagner said smiling to them.
"Remy think dat might be interesting non?" He looked to Rogue with a grin, "We can get all sorts o' dirt on Kurt."
"Hey!" Kurt said in protest.
Rogue got a smirk on his face liking that idea, "Oh ah lahke that, ah bet you got all sorts of stories about him."
"You don't know the half of it," Wanda smiled as Kurt whined a bit.
Kurt had thought that this would be great and now he was thinking it would have been safer to just go and visit his parents like he normally did. So far everyone was against him and he could only hope that he could eventually beg his mother not to tell them too much about his more embarrassing moments. He could just tell this was going to be one really long week.
-Elsewhere-
Jean was taking a breath from her studies at the moment in the backyard. She was enjoying the weather and she needed a bit of stress release although she knew that getting her doctorate wouldn't be easy that first year had been tough and just cause of catching up of all her classes she missed because of the Hellfire Club.
So far the second year wasn't so bad but the work kept piling on, thankfully with people like Hank and even Sage proved helpful in her studies. And of course Scott was always there as well to lend her support she it was needed.
Now thought she just needed some time to herself and at the moment she was feeling better. When she sensed someone coming up behind her she felt the familiar 'greeting' in her mind. "Hey Emma," Jean said not looking back. Among telepaths it was easier to just greet the other with a mental nudge. She, Emma and Betsy did it all the time and truth was Jean was glad to not only have a few women her own age but also telepaths.
The three of them had bonded over this and had their usual 'telepath club' meetings now and then and they were very fun to have. The three of them had become close in the time they were here and she saw Emma sitting down next to her. Jean had to smile here she was pregnant and married already and Jean was already engaged. She was wondering how long until she might have a child of her own.
"Hello Jean, tell me are you busy for the moment?" Emma asked her with a serious tone. "Vincent when to get Scott and there's something the two of us wanted to ask of you."
Jean knew something was up, "Sure what's this about?"
"We want to tell you both at the same time, Vincent is going to get Scott and meet in the common room for us." Emma stood and Jean went with her. When they go there they saw Vince and Scott already talking. They looked up and smiled at their other halfs walk in, Emma sat down next to her husband as he lovingly put an arm around her waist.
Jean sat down with Scott as he asked what was on their minds, "So what's up you two?"
Vincent and Emma looked at each other for a moment and then he started to speak, "Well Emma and myself have been talking. You know that as soon as Emma is able to she wants back on the team right?"
Both of them nodding knowing that they both wanted to still be on the team, "Well we both know how life can get and that we both haven't had the best luck in life," He sighed as his wife held his hand in comfort and he gave her a small smile. "Anyway if the unforeseen happen we both wanted to have godparents for our child that will look after him or her."
Emma nodded her head she knew that it was possible that they both could be killed in action one day. "And we decided that we want you two to be the godparents that is if you're willing."
Jean and Scott were at a loss for words this was a great honor and responsibility for the two of them. "Wow…Are you guys sure?" Jean asked them, she had no idea if she and Scott would be up to something like that although she was touched that these two had asked them first.
Vincent nodded his head, "We talked a lot about this and out of everyone where we trust you two the most. You're the most responsible couple here, and you're going to be married soon and we felt our child should be raised by a couple to help give them a sense of family."
"Well I honestly don't know what to say," Scott looked to Jean then to get her view on things, "What do you think?"
Jean thought about it, it was a big responsibility but after everything maybe they could and it was only if the worst ever happened. After all they had seen death but the chances of both parents dying together were a remote one but she could understand them wanting to make sure. He reached over to Scott's hand and gently squeezed it.
He looked at her in the eyes and they didn't say anything, they didn't even use their bond. They talked without either of them as they looked inside each of them, it was only for a moment but sometimes that's all that it took for them to come to an understanding.
Scott looked at them and nodded, "Okay then we would love to be the godparents."
Both parents smiled at that glad that the two of them had accepted. "Thanks you two," Emma said to them smiling a bit, "But don't worry we don't plan on dying anytime soon we just wanted to be ready for everything."
"Thanks and for wanting to have us for this," Jean was happy they were chosen and she hoped that they never did have to step in but if they did they would look after their child for them. They were all family here and they looked out for each other.
Speaking of family this was also the point then Kurt walked in with his own family while he had been showing them around. Kurt seeing his friends smiled warmly wanting to introduce his family to them, "Hey guys I vant you all to meet mien parents."
The four of them stood up and went to welcome the Wagners to the mansion. They were pleased to finally meet Kurt's parents since he talked about them all the time it was just really nice to finally meet them. When his mother Jimaine met Emma she took a closer look at the tall blonde woman. "Excuse me but forgive me if I'm wrong but are you vith child?"
Emma was a bit surprised that she could tell she had thought she wasn't showing that much as she looked down.
"I noticed zhe slight bulge vhen you vere sitting," His wife explain.
Stephan Wagner tried not to laugh, "My vife is a very perceptive voman."
Emma smiled and pulled back her top to show the sign of her pregnancy, "Yes I'm a few months along now and pretty soon I'll start getting fat."
Vince snaked an arm around her waist pulling her close to him and kissing her cheek, "Emma you'll be beautiful still."
Jimaine smiled seeing them and the wedding bands on their hands as well. She notice even though they were young they were deeply in love. She even noticed the engagement ring on Jean's hand as well and turned to Kurt. "See Kurti, she's already married and starting on her family. And Miss Jean here with zhat ring is engaged."
"Kurti?" All four of them smirked and looked at a very embarrassed Kurt who palmed his face with a groan.
Wanda smiled as she crossed her arms looking at Kurt, "Oh yeah I know, I am so going to have so much fun with that one." Kurt just groaned this would be all over the mansion by the end of the day and they would all love a chance to use this. It was going to be a rough couple of weeks.
Unfortunately at that time was when Mystique just had to enter the room while showing Irene around as well. Kurt saw this and if he could have he would have paled. This was the one thing that he had been worried about, with both of his mothers meeting together.
Mystique stopped for a moment and she knew who these people were. Kurt talked about them, and she always got this pang of jealousy about these two people. Kurt would always see them as his parents and he was only just now viewing her as a mother, but now there was the woman that had raised him all his life, had done all the things that she hadn't been there to do.
The Wagners didn't need to be told who the woman was, they knew already given that the blue skin and yellow eyes were key to that since they were much like Kurt. The next few moments no one spoke and even Irene could feel the shift and all the tension building up.
'This doesn't look good,' Jean said as she linked herself up with the others.
'I know,' Kurt sighed in his head seeing them and almost feeling the room getting a bit colder.
"What's going on?" Irene asked breaking the silence, she couldn't tell what was making everyone tense and she didn't like it.
"Kurt's…Parents the Wagners are here visiting," Mystique explained and now Irene got the source of the tension.
The Wagners weren't sure what to do, they had heard about Mystique living here but they hadn't known how to handle things when they finally met her. They both had mixed feelings about this woman, who abandoned her son although they were grateful to have raised their son, then all the pain she had caused him and Rogue. Now she was here trying to be the mother that she should have been.
Stephan was the first to break the ice as he nodded his head to the ladies, "Yes, I am Stephan Wagner and zhis is mien vife Jimaine." Kurt's mother just nodded coldly to the other woman but keeping her tongue in check she didn't want to make this anymore difficult then she needed it to be on Kurt.
But she still didn't like the woman after all the things she had done to her son and his friends it was hard to just let all that go. Also the fact that she had even fought against Kurt, she couldn't even imagine harming Kurt in anyway.
Mystique didn't much care for the other woman either mainly because she had been the one for Kurt all that time. She held him when he cried, was then when he walked, his first words she had it all and raised Kurt better then she knew she could have.
"I think maybe it's time for you to show me that garden," Irene stated thinking it would be best to get these two out of the same room.
"Yes I think that would be best," Mystique said as she led Irene out the door.
'Man and I thought Emma could be cold when she wanted to be,' Scott thought seeing those two give each other cold looks. For a minute there he thought they might get into an argument.
'I heard that Summers,' Emma's voice rang through his head.
'So did I we're all still linked,' Vince said in the same tone of voice and Scott noticed the two giving him small glares.
Scott had forgotten that he didn't mean for it come out like that, Emma did had this cold persona she used sometimes to hide her emotions behind and he really didn't mean for them to hear that either. 'Guys I'm sorry I didn't mean for it to come out like that.'
He looked to Jean for help but she shook her head a little amused at how he got into this, 'Leave me out of this you got yourself into this mess Scott.'
Emma looked to her husband, 'You sure you don't want to ask Logan and Ororo to be the godparents or Betsy and Warren?' Vince made a face like he was thinking about it although he caught the subtle way she was giving off some of her emotions so him.
She wasn't actually angry with Scott but messing with him was a little fun so he decided to join in as well. Besides seeing the normally clam and collect Scott sweating it out was a nice change to see in him and rare too.
While Scott tried to dig himself out of that Kurt went over to his mother he had hoped for things to go a bit more smoothly but he knew that it wouldn't. "Mama did you have to be so cold?"
She looked at him and sighed, "I am sorry Kurt but I am still not used to zhat voman being a part of your life. You used to be very upset vith her and it's just hard to let go of all of zhat."
Kurt had to admit it took him and Rogue time for them to start trusting their mother again, after months they had finally managed to get a small sense of trust working between them all. His parents would only be here for a week and he doubted they would get alone in that short a time. "I guess…Just please try to be civil to each other…For me?"
His father patted him on the shoulder, "Ve vill, if only for you son." He looked at his wife and she nodded her head she may not like the woman but she would try at least for the sake of her son. Kurt and Wanda thought it best to maybe show them around but away from where Mystique said they would be headed.
Jean watched them and sighed this wasn't going to be easy see could see that and looked to see Scott still trying to dig his way out. She had to smile she knew by now the other two were just playing with him but it was too funny.
She's let him suffer for a few more minutes before she would step in to 'safe' him as it were. She loved Scott but sometimes he needed a little reminder how to be humbled down sometimes.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 10: THE REAL ISSUES
Kurt's mothers have a talk and everything comes out in it.