Excalibur

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters featured in this story. Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Colossus are Copyright Marvel, and are used without permission. This is a none profit story, written for fun and entertainment.

Shout outs: Thanks to GIZMAC, Otak the Canadian, Mimi the Witch, and my own personal friend, JobbyShipper for your reviews. I'm glad the three of you (Excluding JS) are all Kurtty fans... Us Kurtty Shippers have to stick together. Long live Kurt and Kitty.

Chapter 1

"Hasn't Keety ever heard of "Three's a Crowd"?"

Kurt sat in the back of a car, heading towards New York, or more so, the Laguardia Airport. Beside him sat Kitty Pryde, happily looking out the window, while Piotr Rasputin held a friendly conversation with Bobby Drake, who agreed to drive the three to the Airport.

The time had come, the University would be beginning in less then a week. It had been a while since Kitty had organized this whole thing with Kurt and Piotr, the reason they remained at the mansion this long was because they didn't want to leave until they really needed to. Piotr didn't mind. They had already searched for a place to live, close by to the Universities Campus, but not quite on it. It was a two bedroom apartment. Kurt had agreed that he would share the room with Piotr because he felt that Kitty deserved her own room. Kitty had told Kurt it wouldn't matter if she were in the same room as the boys, as long as she had her own bed, teasingly mocking the boys that they couldn't sleep with her.

Kurt continued to watch Kitty, as she looked out to the outside world. For the two of them, this was the first time since arriving at the Institute that they were ever leaving their home. Not much had changed since they were teens. Besides school ending, and the fact that many were thinking of going off into the work force, Xavier had said that the Institute was always a home for all mutants.

Kurt didn't know what to expect with the upcoming years of his life he would spend in England. He just knew everything would be fine because Kitty Pryde would be with him, along with his friend Piotr Rasputin. One thing Kurt felt uneasy about this was the fact Piotr was going, Kurt knew of this crush Kitty had on the Russian, and like any other guy, he was jealous. Of course, he didn't let it get in the way of a friendship, and the two hit it off quite nicely. He couldn't tell if Piotr's feelings for her were returned. He hoped not, or he would surely loose the battle for Kitty's heart, but then felt that he should just be happy for her.

"This is going to be awkward."

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Katherine "Kitty" Pryde looked out the window as she passed through Westchester County. She was excited. What more could a girl ask for. She would be going to University, getting an Education, and she wouldn't have to do it alone. She was grateful that Piotr had agreed to join her, and although she wasn't thinking in it, a part of her, deep down, was more grateful her best friend would be with her.

Her parents would be happy now, even if she hadn't decided on a job she would ever get, if anything, their little girl was thinking about an education.

"Education, Pryde. That's all it's going to be, time to leave Mutants, X-Men, and Phasing back in Bayville... Education comes first."

To get by in her new life style, she would have to give up being a "Super Hero." All three of them did. Sure, the X-Men were a team of heroes. But, the world wasn't really ready for them, so, their identities had been kept a secret, never leaving American Authorities. Kitty Pryde could leave her life again, before the world knew her as the mutant, Shadowcat. Although she knew she wouldn't be able to live without using her powers in her life, she just agreed to herself that she wouldn't let it get out of hand.

Speaking of clean slates, her mind feel upon her best friend. Kurt would now be able to walk the streets, with his inducer, and be happy again. Kitty knew he had the right to as his blue, fuzzy self, but knew if they wanted any Privacy with their school work, they'd have to keep their identities secret. So, Forge had built Kurt a new Image Inducer, and Kitty had actually helped. Just in case it were ever to break down, and Forge wasn't in the area of Europe to fix it, Kitty could take care of the problem. She had to admit, she was intelligent, but didn't like being called a Brainiac.

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"Here we are." Bobby called to the others.

He stopped the car at the section the three needed to catch their flight. Bobby stepped out, and took the bags out of the back, handing them over to the strong Piotr, were he carried them to the curb. This was it.

Kitty was the first to approach Bobby, she hugged him, and said her Good-Byes, reminding him to hug everyone back at the mansion for her. Next, Piotr came over to him and gave him a hearty pat on the back. He walked back over to the bags, and along with Kitty, they walked over to the checking area, where they would check the bags. Bobby turned to Kurt.

"What, no tip? If I'm gonna be treated like a Taxi service, I gotta be paid."

'Same old Bobby.' "Danke for the ride, freund." Kurt said, offering his hand out to Bobby. Bobby looked down at the human hand, he knew was really blue, then looked back up to Kurt, he wrapped his arms around him.

"Ahh... Come on, we're friends, we can't do the mushy gooshy hug stuff cause we're guys, but I skip over that rule."

Kurt was taken back, but returned the hug.

"Alright, now listen Kurt. There's one thing I want to make sure you do for me, alright? Do not give up on Kitty, you hear? We're all rooting for you back at the mansion, you two were made for each other, she just doesn't see it yet. You gotta make the first move."

"I don't want to risk our friendship, Bobby." Kurt said, uneasy.

"I know, but, would you rather remain "Just Friends" for your whole life, your body and soul probably couldn't take the torture." Kurt had to agree with him. He nodded. "Alright, buddy, keep in touch with us." Bobby waved his final good-bye to the Elf, and drove off. Kurt sighed and turned into the Airport, where Kitty and Piotr were waiting for him, the bags had been checked.

"What took you, Fuzzy?"

"Bobby, he had to tell me something important..."

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To Kurt's displeasure, the seating arrangements had already been planned, thanks to the seat numbers on the tickets. The plane was set up with two seats to a row on one side, and three on the other. Kitty and Piotr were sitting with each other, while Kurt was two rows up from them. He cursed under his breathe.

Walking onto the plane, Kurt saw where he was seated. Aisle seat, Row Seventeen. Two rows behind Kitty and Piotr. He was on the right side of the plane, where as they were on the left. Piotr had the Window seat, where as Kitty had to aisle.

"I'm surprised Keety doesn't want to see out the window." Kurt said to himself. But, unbenounced to him, she really did.

Piotrs ticket gave him the right to sit in the Window seat, and since Kurt was sitting in his assigned seat, Piotr sat in his. Kitty wondered if she could ask if Piotr could switch with her, so she could see out the window, but she didn't want to bother him. After a while though, she couldn't help but ask.

"Pete, I was wondering... Could we please trade seats? I haven't been on many planes before, and I was wondering if I could have the window seat."

Kurt thought to himself. "Great, perfect opportunity for Piotr to be a Gentleman and offer his seat to mein Katchen... Wait... She isn't mein..." He sadly reminded himself. He then blocked out the noise around him so he could hear their conversation.

Piotr would have gladly given up his seat to Kitty, although, one problem he always found on planes was keeping his decision from being the one Kitty wanted to hear.

"I'm sorry, Katya, but I have trouble sitting in the Aisle seats on the Aeroplanes. My arms usually take the Aisle space up, and the people have trouble getting through."

Kurt was shocked by his answer. He then looked at Kitty, who looked disappointed.

"Ohh... I see... That's okay... Then."

This was Kurt's time to catch a break, he quickly jumped in on the discussion. "Keety, you could sit where I am sitting." Kurt had forgotten he wasn't sitting in a good position either.

"Oh gee, Kurt... Yeah, I'll switch my Aisle seat for yours." She didn't mean to be rude, but she was a little upset, and Kurt just made things worse.

When Kitty snapped back at Kurt, Kurt sunk into his seat, defeated, his flight would probably be terrible now that he made Kitty angry. "Great, this is going to be a long flight..."

Piotr didn't like to see the young lady upset, but it was for the good of the crew, he thought. He turned to her

"I tell you what, when we are lifting off and landing, I'll let you lean over me to see out the window."

Kitty looked up at Piotr, her eyes widened. "Oh thanks Pete!" She gave him a hug, but Kurt wasn't amused. He just sat with his arms folded. He turned to the person sitting next to him, and couldn't help but say to her.

"If Katchen had seen the Wedding Singer, she would have known that's a move a jerk would have made."

The woman just looked back at him with a raised eyebrow.

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Authors Notes: I don't know, I'm a little disappointed in this chapter really. I have these ideas in my head, but they don't seem like they're any good when I write them out. I'll apologize for this chapter, and promise that the actual story will pick up when they are in England. Don't forget to read my new Fan Fic, "Till It's Gone."