Chapter 5: Loss of Control
The next morning, Ali got up, showered and dressed and headed downstairs to eat breakfast. Once she arrived in the kitchen, she saw Kurt and he looked up and smiled at her, making her almost melt. She went and sat down next to him on his left, and he said, "Good morning, beautiful!" and he leaned over and kissed her. When he pulled back, Ali smiled and said, "Good morning to you, too!" Kurt put his left hand on her leg, and she looped her right hand in his. Jean came in and she sat down opposite Ali and pulled the cereal towards her. She flashed Ali a grin, and she grinned back and said, "Morning, Jeanie!" Jean scowled and raised an eyebrow, and Ali laughed and said, "Sorry, I know you hate that nickname. I couldn't resist!"
Then, a weird thing happened. As Kurt squeezed Ali's hand affectionately, Ali felt a sudden feeling of lust and love sweep into her. She shifted a little and coughed, and Kurt turned to her and said, "Are you alright, babe?" and she looked at him and said, "I'm fine, Kurt." During breakfast, it was all she could do to not jump Kurt right there in front of everyone, and she was extremely relieved when it was time to leave for Bayville University.
She grabbed her book bag, threw it over her shoulder and followed Kurt out to his car. She hopped in the front seat next to him, and Evan, Kitty and Rogue climbed into the back. Kurt started the car, then he draped his arm across Ali's shoulders and, with a swift kiss to her cheek, he pulled out of the driveway and the teenagers made their way to the college.
As they were driving, Ali heard Evan and Kitty flirting in the backseat and occasionally exchanging kisses, and she felt a deep annoyance, mixed with jealousy and sadness. The only thing was, though, that those were not her feelings. Why should she be feeling annoyed; the two were obviously in love, and since Kitty was one of her best friends, she was happy for her. As for the jealousy, she had a perfect boyfriend, and she wasn't the least bit sad. Ali shrugged it off, and soon, the teens were at Bayville University.
Kurt, Ali and Rogue separated from Evan and Kitty and went to their first class, Chorus. The three went inside the Performance Hall and sat down next to each other. In the time that it took the Professor to arrive, more students started to mill into the room, and unexplainably, Ali was hit with all types of emotion. Extreme anger, sadness, annoyingly perky, and disappointment, and she leaned forward in her chair and gripped her head, grimacing in pain. Kurt put a hand on her back and said, "Hey, Ali. Baby, what's wrong?" and Rogue leaned forward and said, "Yeah, Al. You alright?" Ali sat up and said, "Yeah, guys. I'm fine!"
So, the Chorus class passed normally, and after, Kurt left Ali with a kiss and went to his next class, and Ali went to gym. The next couple of classes went without anything happening, and Ali figured that maybe everything before was just in her head.
That is, that's how she felt up until lunch. That's where everything turned bad.
Ali, Kurt, Evan, Rogue and Kitty were sitting together, and everything was going fine, until the resident bitch on campus, Chastity Marlin, entered. Evan looked up and sighed, saying, "Oh, no. Here were go again" and Kitty's eyes narrowed viciously, because Chastity had her heavily mascara-ed eyes on Evan for a while now, and she lived to piss Kitty off. Well, actually, she pissed everyone off, but Kitty especially. She scanned the cafeteria and as soon as she spotted Kitty, she grinned maliciously. She called out in a high-pitched voice, "Oh, Katherine!" and Kitty set her jaw and let out a heavy breath. That's when everyone knew that she was annoyed to breaking point. Chastity waltzed over to the teens and said, "Well, if it isn't our favorite losers. Katherine, is that a new shirt?" and she leaned forward and felt it, saying, "I love it; It would be perfect for my dog to chew on!" Chastity's dim-witted friends laughed behind her, and Kitty put down her sandwich and muttered dangerously, "My dead grandmother knitted this for me. So, maybe you should shut the fuck up before I knock you on your flat ass, Chastity." Everyone at the table laughed, and Chastity glowered and said nastily, "Your grandmother made that piece of trash? What was she, stupid and blind?"
Kitty had started to shake, and she raised her eyes, glaring at Chastity so hard that if looks could kill, she would have been incinerated immediately. Ali suddenly had a strong urge to beat the shit out of Chastity, and she stood up, said, "Hey, bitch…." Chastity turned to her and said, "What do you want, loser?" and before anybody could react, Ali lashed out and punched Chastity right in her face. The whole cafeteria stopped dead, and everyone was staring at Ali and Chastity. Chastity cried out, "You bitch!" and she lunged at Ali, who side stepped her and kicked her squarely on her ass, making her cry out and hold her flat backside. She whipped around and glared at Ali, and she gave a scream of rage and ran at Ali, tackling her to the floor. Everyone jumped up and ran to the scene, forming a circle around them, and Kurt, Kitty, Rogue and Evan were trying to break them up.
The whole cafeteria was crying, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" and Ali struggled to get Chastity off of her, yelling in pain as she pulled her hair so hard that she almost yanked it out of her head. Ali head-butted Chastity, who grunted in pain and fell backwards off of her, and Ali scrambled and straddled Chastity, punching her repeatedly in the face. Finally, Rogue and Kurt managed to separate the two girls, Kurt holding Ali back while Rogue had Chastity by her arms. Ali was breathing heavily as if she had just run a thousand miles, and she screamed out, "You're a fucking bitch, Chastity. If you learned when to shut your fucking mouth, then maybe, just maybe, you would have been spared the ass-beating you just received. Bitch!!" and Kurt walked Ali out of the cafeteria, Rogue releasing Chastity and following them with Evan and Kitty in tow.
Kurt then released Ali, and he said, "Ali, what the hell has gotten into you? If a teacher had walked in, you could've been in serious trouble." Ali said, "I know. I don't know what came over me; I just had an overwhelming urge to beat the crap out of her. I felt so pissed off at her, but, it wasn't my emotions, I know that!" Then, Ali screamed out in pain as everyone came flooding out of the cafeteria, and she gripped her head again, falling to her knees. Kurt knelt down beside her and said, "Ali, are you okay?" and Ali said through gritted teeth, "Make it stop, Kurt!" He said, "What? Make what stop?" Ali cried out, "Too many emotions! The pain; All that pain!" she then screamed out in agony, making Kurt jump back, and he looked up at Evan, Kitty and Rogue, saying, "What's wrong with her?" Rogue stepped forward and said, "I think I know, Kurt. I read about this before; I think Ali's an empath." Kurt then said, "What the hell's an empath?" and Rogue said, "It's a person who can feel other people's emotions. I think that's the reason for the fight Ali started back in the caf. Kitty was trying to control her emotions, and Ali must've channeled them." Kurt then said, "That could be the reason why she's been acting weird all day." Rogue then said, "Kurt, we have to get her to the Professor. If she doesn't learn how to control her powers, she could die!"
Kurt's eyes grew wide, and he said, "Come on, Ali! We have to get you to the institute." He stood Ali up and swept her into his arms bridal style, and he fished his keys out of his pocket and threw them to Rogue, saying, "here, sis. You three can take my car; I'm gonna port to the manor!" Rogue nodded, and Kurt looked down at his girlfriend, who had started to cry from the emotional beating she was receiving. With a kiss to her forehead, Kurt whispered in her ear, "You're gonna be fine, Ali. I won't let anything happen to you, mein engel" and he teleported to the manor.