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Thank you for the reviews! And I have edited the thoughts to italics. Originally on my Microsoft Office I had them in the centre of the page but it didn't transfer to the website, but the italics look better anyway (thank you allyg1990)! Well, here is the second chapter! And who knows, maybe Kurt will cry in the future (for dvid0703) I haven't decided yet. But I do plan on making this a fairly long fanfic! I hope I don't let anyone down!

P.S. It's still April and this chapter isn't the best because it's mainly filler leading up to the good stuff. (Introductions to characters that might play big/small parts later, etc) I know it isn't fun, but I need it and it will all tie in later. Haha.

Try to Enjoy!...

Chapter 2:

Kurt moaned as he rolled over to glare at the glowing red numbers reading 6:45 that seemed to taunt him to the sound of the booming early morning radio voices.

I can't wait until summer holidays when I don't have a specified time to be up!

Kurt pushed the covers off his exhausted body, yawned, and stretched every limb, even his tail. He looked over to the balcony doors that were shaded by long white gossamer curtains. A little bit of early morning pink light seeped through the bottom of the blinds indicating another sunny day. Perfect.

Dragging himself out of bed, he grabbed a towel from his closet, ported to the men's room, stepped into an empty shower stall where he turned on the warm water and washed. Another aspect of his life that jeered at him: showering. Instead of "normal" people who washed their bodies with soap, Kurt used shampoo on every inch of his malformed body to keep his fur clean. How could that reassure you that you're not that different? Showering was just a mindless procedure that he and everyone did, but these past few months had made it especially harder for Kurt. Nothing could be hidden from his view. His entire "deformed" body was uncovered almost to remind him what he was. Ever since the "mutant scandal" all the Xavier students seemed to be reminded that they were different.

Everyone had been exposed as a mutant. He had watched as all his friend's faces were shamefully displayed over newspapers and the television. He even acted as a bystander when all of his friends were teased and victimized by the human students, while his identity remained unknown. Eventually he had realized the error of his ways and revealed himself as a mutant to the public, but unlike the rest of the Xavier students and the members of the Brotherhood, he still had another secret to his mutation that was being kept undisclosed.

Every morning Kurt would wonder when it would happen, or if it would happen. Would he be able to survive his entire high school years without the human population of Bayville High ever knowing his best kept secret? All he could do was hope and pray, which he did every day.

He finished up his shower and ported to his room. There, he dressed and grabbed his image inducer, strapped it to his furry wrist and turned it on. Masking his appearance and his heart.

From there he ported down to the kitchen. Kurt's stomach was a bottomless pit. He could eat anything at any time and a lot of it.

"Good morning Kurt. How are you?" Ororo's deep, smooth voice cooed as she walked in the kitchen holding a cup of coffee in her slender bronze hand.

"Guten tag. I'm just lovely, as always. And you?"

What a lie.

"I'm very well, thank you." Ororo chuckled. "I don't know how you maintain such a positive attitude, Kurt. You certainly do set a good example for the other students here."

"How do you figure?" Kurt muffled his sentence as he stuffed a piece of toast into his mouth before he even finished swallowing a muffin.

"Well, a lot of the students here, especially the young ones, are still dealing with the changes and their mutations. It's not easy, but you just seem show that it isn't impossible to overcome."

"Well, it's not as easy as it looks. Believe me."

"I'm sure of that. But you've only got a little over two months left of school. You've come this far, I don't think much could sink you now."

"It better not! I may not show it, but I'm pretty heavy and I'm not the best swimmer, you know."

Ororo let out a lighthearted laugh, "Go to school. I'll see you when you get home."

"Auf Wiedersehen." Kurt said, throwing his backpack over his shoulder. He grabbed another muffin and bamfed to the garage.

That day was very much like the day before. Although it was still early in the morning, just by looking at the sky, you'd know it was going to be another nice day. The sky was a radiant shade of pink; the sun a brilliant orange colour peeking behind random patches of lavender clouds. Kurt stopped shortly to admire the beauty of the morning sky before he was interrupted by something even more appealing.

"Kurt! You're not driving today, are you?

Depending on the weather, Kurt and Kitty usually drove to school. They would take turns, depending on who wanted to drive the most.

"No. Why?" Kurt playfully hid his ring of keys behind his back and watched as Kitty's face lifted into her heart-stopping smile topped off with a musical little chuckle.

"I was hoping we could walk, silly. It looks so beautiful outside, and I want to enjoy it."

Kurt swore his heart had stopped. He began to feel a little weak in the knees, which made him wonder if he would physically be able to walk to school without looking like a fool. The blood rushed back into his face, and for a rare moment, he was thankful that his holowatch was able to mask his face turning, in his case, dark blue.

"Umm… okay… sure, why not!"

"Perfect, then put your keys away." Kitty smiled again.

They walked down the cement path towards the gates of the mansion that lead to the street talking about school and other trivial teenage banter. Kurt let Kitty do most of the talking. He was too caught up in Kitty's exquisiteness that seemed to fit perfectly with the surroundings of the picturesque morning. He watched how the sun reflected off Kitty's china blue eyes. The grass was still sprinkled with early morning dew sending a million little sparkles off the lawn that surrounded the driveway. Kurt was in silent awe of her captivating splendor. Her usually auburn hair looked as if it had golden highlights from the suns luminous rays. Her face was a soft, pale, peach colour that harmonized how soft her skin actually was, and her rounded face was topped off with full, apricot coloured, pouting lips.

Kurt thought to himself:

God broke them all when He made her… He must have made me with what was left over.

Another one of those comfortable silences passed as they continued on their trip to school. Kitty was the first, as always, to break it.

"Got any plans for the weekend?"

"Me?"

"No, that squirrel in the bushes. Yeah, you."

"First of all touché for the Kurtism. Secondly, I don't have any plans. I'll probably just do any homework that I'll probably get swamped with on Friday."

"What makes you think you'll get stuck with a load of homework?"

"I have ever since I started this semester. I swear, during the switch between semesters all the teachers went to a meeting and decided that all mutant students were to get double the homework. It's ridiculous."

"I can't say I've been swamped too much on the weekends."

"Really? Maybe it's just the male mutants."

"Or, maybe it's all in your head."

Kurt looked over at Kitty and couldn't help but smile when he saw her good-natured expression.

"Probably. What about you? What are you doing Miss. Populaire?" Kurt added extra emphasis on the last word, even making it sound French; due to how little of an impact the whole mutant affair seemed to have had on Kitty's social life.

"I'm not too sure. I think a few friends were planning on going to Rock and Bowl on Friday night."

"What friends?"

Kitty looked up at him with a puzzled expression on her face.

"What do you mean 'What friends'? I have friends outside of the mansion you know!"

"No! No, I didn't mean it that way! I meant 'what friends' like: who. You know? Like, 'Oh what group of friends are you going with'. Get it?"

Kitty let out a short little giggle and then smiled at how nervous Kurt had been at the thought of him offending her.

"What's so funny?"

"Kurt, it's not that big of a deal. And to answer your question, I'm going with my school friends Amy, Courtney and Dana. I had asked Rogue to join us but she and Amy don't see eye to eye."

"I see."

"Do you want to come seeing as you haven't got anything better to do?"

Is she stupid? I'm not going to risk anything when I've gone this far without a slip up.

"I'll think about it."

"Oh come on! You never go out anywhere unless it's with mansion people. You'll have fun!"

"I said I'd think about it."

"Fine, but the offer is still on the table."

"Are you sure you want to put it there? I'll probably eat it."

"Just know that you're more than welcome to join us."

"I'll keep that in mind."

Time had passed again with more small chit chat as Kurt and Kitty finally made it to school. The sun had risen since they left the mansion turning from its brilliant shade of orange to more of a golden burst of light in the now faded pink and pale blue sky. They walked through the courtyard of the school where Kitty had spotted a group of her friends waving at her. Kitty grabbed Kurt's hand.

"Come on."

"No, Kitty. The bell is going to ring any second and my locker is all the way on the other side of the school from my first period class."

Kitty's expression dropped a bit but then she smiled.

"Alright, well thanks for walking with me."

"Any time. I'll see you at lunch."

Kitty watched as Kurt waved before turning towards the doors of the school. She knew they could relate in a way with keeping a discomforting secret. She had lived for three years with the secret of her mutation to the entire school staying very cautious and always on alert as not to expose herself to anyone. She could only imagine how Kurt felt. He was almost as bad as Rogue. With Rogue at least she didn't mind covering herself up and giving off a vibe that she didn't want to be touched through her gothic image. But Kurt was such a personable individual. Although Rogue had to be cautious more than anyone else, she at least didn't have more mutation to hide from everyone. The human students were aware that her power was absorption and they were warned not to touch her bare skin. No one was warned about Kurt.

Kitty had so many stupid questions in her mind about how Kurt got through the day without any mistakes and how he did every day things. She wondered, like she had asked the day before, what he did with his tail. She knew from personal experience that that tail of his had a mind of its own. Where did he put it so it didn't fling out? How did he manage to make his posture seem upright like everyone else when in reality he was hunched over? How did he manage not to let anyone make contact with his fur? And how would she ask those questions without offending him?

Those are stupid questions anyway. I don't want to hurt his feelings. He's my best friend! I shouldn't even be thinking them!

"Kitty!" a voice called.

"Coming!"

Kurt walked through the hallways to his locker. He kept his eyes focused on empty space in front of him ignoring any eye contact with anyone else, human and mutant alike. Usually he would make the effort to look at people and smile, but Kitty did hit a nerve the day before and he didn't feel like it.

Thank God for long sleeves.

Kurt always wore long sleeves to school. Even during the warmer months. He would rather be hot than worry if someone was going to brush up against his bare arm and feel his fur instead of the skin of a normal arm. At some times Kurt was thankful for certain aspects of his mutation. His hearing for example, was like that of a cat's. His pointed ears made it easy for him to hear acute noises giving him catlike reflexes. He could weave in and out of the sea of people in the hallways without making any unwanted contact. Here and there his covered arms would brush up against someone, but his inducer had the image of a long sleeved shirt, so they didn't think anything of it. But then again Kurt thought:

I wouldn't need sensitive hearing if I didn't have to worry about touching anyone.

He got to his locker, put away his bag, grabbed his books and headed for class. The bell rang and Kurt arrived at his class in perfect time; English class. Thankfully his English teacher, Mr. Butler had the class' seating arrangement in alphabetical order, thus having Kurt sit in the far back corner beside a window, which he loved. Mr. Butler was a strong but caring man who didn't seem at all affected by the revealing of mutants to the school. He was in his mid thirties with short dark brown hair, a harshly featured face covered with tanned skin. He made English a comfortable place for Kurt to be in by almost never calling on him to answer any questions. Not because of Kurt being a mutant, but because Mr. Butler knew English was Kurt's second language, which Kurt found as a good excuse not to pay attention.

As the class proceeded, Kurt, like many other days, gazed out the window. He remembered how he grew up looking out windows in his home in Germany. Most of his life was spent secluded and cooped up inside his home hidden from society. None of his neighbours or even his parent's friends knew about him and the only family he had ever known was his parents and his grandparents from his father's side. He had missed out on so much due to the tremendous, unwanted attention he would draw to himself in public because of the body he was "cursed" with. He had never attended a real school until he moved to Bayville to live with the professor when he was fifteen. He never even had any friends his own age let alone had any kind of communication with anyone other than his family. He wasn't even allowed outside in the daytime incase someone saw him. His only access to the outside world in daylight was through a large window in his parent's bedroom. At night, he was free to go outside.

Kurt just stared and thought about everything. He never really used to think about his mutations that often. It wasn't until the world, especially Bayville, had been fully informed about the existence of mutants. Bayville seemed to be "mutant city" due to the Xavier institute, so Bayville High had become a scarier place for mutants now that their secret was out. First it was a secret so nobody would be frightened or hurt, then it became so nobody got expelled. Kurt could only imagine the consequence for covering an appearance as extravagant as his. Principal Kelly had put out a new school law that any mutant who used their powers was to be punished according to the extremity of their ways, and any mutant who failed to mention what they were, was to be rejected their education at Bayville High. Even though all those changes had been made to ensure the human population attending schools with mutants would be safe, Kurt just didn't think about it that much. Why did Kitty have to make those comments the day before? All it did was send a flurry of unwelcome superfluous thoughts through his head. But he couldn't deny that he was crazy about her.

Kurt's other classes went by uneventful. Nothing really interesting happened and all Kurt could wait for was lunch for two reasons. One: he was starving. Two: Kitty. Physics was what Kurt had before lunch. The clock ticked and Kurt watched as the minutes passed and finally read twelve ten indicating lunch hour. Kurt grabbed his books and almost flawlessly passed through the busy hallways to his locker without touching a single person. But he still managed to gain some unwanted attention.

"Does anyone know about blue-boy yet?" Pietro asked to the other members of the Brotherhood.

Pietro, Todd, Lance, Blob and Tabitha were standing in the hallway. Pietro was leaning against a locker with his arms folded across his chest. Todd was on his hands and knees looking under a water fountain for some extra change. Blob was standing beside Pietro and Lance while Tabitha leaned her hip against the water fountain.

Todd looked down the hall as Kurt reached his locker.

"I dunno. Why do you care?"

"Let me ask you this. Do you feel justified that all of us and the little X-nerds have been exposed and he hasn't?"

"No…"

"Exactly!"

Lance spoke up.

"Who cares, Pietro? Does it really matter?"

"You're only standing up for him because you little pretty Kitty is friends with that blue wad of fuzz."

"No it isn't. I don't care about her. I just don't see the point. We get it. He's a mutant; does everyone need to know the rest?"

"I can't believe what I'm hearing! Have you gone soft? You always used to go on and on about how you couldn't wait to give that blue furred freak his due."

Lance still had feelings for Kitty and even if she didn't have any for him, he still tried to avoid anything that would potentially hurt her and he knew Kurt was a good friend to her.

"Actually, Pietro. I think that was me." Todd's crassly voice interrupted.

"Regardless, it isn't fair. And we need to bring some justice to Bayville High. Besides, Tabby, what was their stupid little motto? Aren't they a team or something stupid like that?"

"Something along those lines."

"Well then if all of them have been revealed, then all of them will be."

"Yeah! There is no "I" in team!" Blob dimwittedly chortled.

Tabitha looked at him disgustedly and shook her head.

"You're so stupid. And Pietro, I'm with Lance. Is there any point risking our asses just to expose Kurt?"

"Yeah, we're already on the verge of expulsion."

"Well, you two can sit back and join the sidelines then. He will be revealed before graduation. Mark my words."

Well, chapter two is done. Like I said, it was mainly filler and just information based. Don't give up on me just yet! I promise you're going to get into it from the next chapter on! Read and Review! :) No hate though. (Chapter Three coming very soon)