7

The Halloween Dance

The night of the dance was here and the students all gradually got more and more worked up. The dance was fancy dress, which made things much easier and gave the teens more choice of what to wear.

Nearly all of the residents of the mansion (that went to Bayville High) were going, all except Rogue, Spyke and Boom-boom. The news of Tabitha not going was like music to everyone else's ears.

Mark was pretty exited about the upcoming dance and didn't have a clue what he would be wearing. He still only had a small collection of clothes, so he had to do the best he could with the best he had.

Kurt said he would meet Mark in the front hall of the Mansion, and they would go to Bayville High from there. He had deliberately kept his costume a secret from Mark, saying it was a surprise, so Mark decided to do the same.

It had taken him a good deal of time browsing and scouring the countless Fancy-Dress, Charity and random shops in Bayville, but Mark had eventually managed to find a good enough costume.

Mark had decided to go as Link from the Legend of Zelda games. He had found a green tunic in a fancy dress shop, along with some white tights. He got a white top, some boots and gloves from charity shops and he got some fake elf ears, fabric to make a hat and a sword and shield from other bizarre shops.

All together they looked great, and Mark couldn't wait to see what Kurt was wearing. He put all the parts of his costume on and went downstairs. Kitty was dressed as an 18th Century Lady, Alex was a pretty convincing Mummie, Bobby Drake was dressed as Dracula and Tabitha was a Witch…she was dressed as one too. Evan was as distasteful as always and had decided to dress up as Hitler.

Mark's eyes searched for Kurt, looking everywhere without drawing too much attention to it. There was no sign of the boy and Mark decided to talk to Alex until Kurt showed up.

Before long there was a familiar hand on his shoulder and Mark turned around to see Kurt in full costume. He was dressed as a rather dashing Pirate, and it looked surprisingly good on him.

"Hey, I wondered where you were" Sid Mark, smiling. "Nice costume"

"You too" he said. "You look good in tights…" he added quietly so no-one else could hear.

"Silence" said Mark jokingly. "What time does this thing start then?"

"Seven, shall we leave?"

"If you want."

Together they left the others and walked slowly to the High School. Once they were down the road a little way, Kurt took Mark's hand and moved closer to him. All around them were little children trick or treating. They all looked so hellish and evil, and then there were the costumes.

Mark usually liked children, but not when they were foraging for sweets; that was when they got really vicious.

When Kurt and Mark arrived, there was a really strange old man as the DJ and he was playing really loud and crazy dance music that made the pair laugh. They just sat for a while, shouting over the music, laughing at strange dancers and telling jokes.

Eventually the DJ changed the music and put on fun dance music, such as the Macarena and The Timewarp. Kurt still didn't want to dance to them, so Mark made him. Even if he said he didn't dance, he did to these, everyone had to!

It took Mark the fist halves of the songs to teach Kurt the dance moves, but eventually he got the hang of them and they danced together for the last half. These songs took up the good part of the night and soon there was only a few people there.

This was when the DJ decided to put some time in for slow dances. Everyone seemed to pair up almost instantly. Kitty and Evan, Bobby and Tabitha, Rogue and Lance. Kurt started to walk of the dance floor, but Mark grabbed his hand and pulled him back into an embrace to the sound of Ronan Keating.

"People will see"

"Then let them see, its late, no-one cares, it's just a dance."

Kurt pulled away again. This time Mark didn't pull him back, realising Kurt really didn't want to dance. He went to follow him but the boy had gone, he had stormed off.

Mark went to sit at a table on the sidelines. What had he done that was so bad? Kurt was overreacting to the extreme. After a few minutes Mark got bored and decided to go looking for the fuzz ball.

Kurt himself had in fact gotten so embarrassed he decided to go outside to be alone. It was unlike him to be embarrassed, and he realised that he liked Mark so much he had become nervous and scared, something that had never happened before.

Sadly, Amanda had seen him heading outside and had followed him. She clearly had the hots for Kurt, but he just didn't feel anything for her. She came and sat beside him and started to talk.

"You ok?"

"Yeah, its just a bit hot in there, that's all."

"Tell me about it." She said, leaving a long pause before continuing to talk. "I'm glad you came, it was nice to see you. I like your costume too, its cool."

"Thanks, yours is nice too." He replied, not wanting to sound rude.

"Kurt…" she said, looking at the boy.

"Yes…" he replied, looking back.

She slowly moved closer, and then planted a kiss on his lips. Kurt was so unsure of what was going on he did nothing to react. Instead, Mark reacted for him, because he had just walked in to find Kurt kissing someone else, after just storming away from him, this did not look good and Kurt knew it!

"Oh dear god…Mark!!!" he called as he ran after the escaping teen.

Mark ran as hard as he could, sprinting though the dance hall, knocking Alex down, unable to see him due to the amount of tears flowing from his eyes. He ran all the way back to the mansion, filled with a sudden sense of loathing for Kurt. In his anger and distress, he began to throw all his worldly necessities into his school bag before slinging it over his shoulder and striding out of the door.

He had nowhere to go, and he knew it. He got to the door and it was not Kurt who greeted him. It was in fact someone different altogether. The look on his face was sort of understanding, and on the same level as the boy. Mark did not want to stop though, so he kept on walking

"Where ya' goin' kiddo?" Asked Logan, walking in front of the door.

"I… I don't know." He said honestly. Logan grabbed him as he tried to get past, holding him tightly. Mark thrashed about wildly, desperately trying to break free. Tears still streaming from his eyes. "Let go of me! ... Let… Let go…" he shouted, struggling in the arms of Wolverine.

Eventually the tears and sadness got the better of him and he sank to the ground, Logan going with him, still holding him tightly, attempting to console him. Mark slumped into Logan's embrace, crying with no sign of end.

Not long after Logan caught Mark, the rest of the residents turned up, including Kurt. By this point the messy haired, puffy eyed and sniffing teen was sat in front of the fire, knee's held to his chest, gazing deep into the flames. He failed to notice Kurt come in, but when the boy sat next to him, he promptly got up to leave.

Kurt followed him pleading. "It wasn't what it looked like, I swear, I'm sorry!"

"Seal it Kurt! I don't want to talk to you at the moment."

"Please!" he said, stepping in front of Mark.

"Leave me alone!" He shouted, using a vase full of nearby water to slap the blue youth, leaving him shocked for a moment before he continued his efforts to follow Mark.

"Hey, leave the kid alone Kurt! I don't know what didn't look like what it looked like, and quite frankly I don't think its any of my business, but whatever it is you need to give him time." Said Rogue, once again giving him good advice.