Frustrated, she shook her head. "But, I've had them for less than a week…" She sighed. "So what is this, exactly?"
"It appears that you are able to 'swim' through air. You are able to do this by manipulating the water molecules that are in the air." The professor paused for a moment. "We can deal with this later." He manuevered his chair so he was facing the door. "Kitty, Kurt, come in."
The two shyly opened the door and walked into the office. "So as you all have probably guessed, you are going to be punished for what happened early," he told the teens formally.
"Yes, professor," they all mumbled with their heads down.
"Well, first of all, you won't leave the mansion besides school for the next week." Their spirits slightly lifted at the pretty soft punishment. "Haley, you will have extra training lessons everyday until the others' punishments end. This will help you especially now that your powers are developing further." Their spirits all dropped. The hope of getting off easy was gone "Kitty, you will tutor Evan for the rest of the semester. Kurt, you will cook all the meals for the same time."
"Yes, professor," they said in unison.
"You may go now."
The three nodded, slowly walked out the door. Once outside, they all groaned. "Sorry about that, you guys," Kurt mumbled as he leaned against the wall.
Haley put her hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about it…" He looked up smiled at her. She noticed her heart flutter.
"Sorry about almost killing you."
She laughed and grinned wryly. "Just don't steal Kitty's i-pod again."
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"Haley," Quicksilver greeted the blonde the next day at school.
She bit her lip, not knowing what to do. "Hey, Pietro…" He wrapped his arm around her bare stomach, causing tingles to spread on her skin. She pulled away instantly. "Watch it," the teen warned him.
He was taken aback. Pointing to himself he asked, "Am I the only one who remembers yesterday?"
"No, I remember. I'm just still not sure if it's such a good idea. I don't know if it's right."
Haley's deep galre caught Pietro off gaurd. "Right?" he asked, not understanding.
"Yeah, I'll see you later…" She walked away leaving, Pietro speechless for possibly the first time in his life.
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"I can't believe this," Kurt complained, dragging his feet along. "Swimming!"
"What's so wrong with swimming?" Haley asked, a little offended by his lack of enthusiasm.
"Easy for you to say water girl. You don't have fur… How are we supposed to explain the potential blue fur in the pool?"
"They'll think it was Jared," Haley said, referring to the guy who had his hair dyed almost the exact same color as Kurt's fur.
He sighed. "I guess that will work."
"Of course it will." She sighed, frustrated. "I can't believe I can't go anywhere for a week. I mean sure I don't have that many friends around here besides you guys, but it's still depressing." She stopped herself short, hoping not to sound too whiney.
"Yah, well I think Kitty has it worst. She has to tutor Evan." He cracked a smile. "That won't be an easy task."
Haley scrunched her nose. "I can only imagine. Well, I'll see you later blue boy."
She sighed as the walked away from each other. She wasn't sure what to do. Every minute she spent with Nightcrawler made her like him more. Was the entire thing Pietro just lust?
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Kurt sat on the ledge of his balcony. It was past dinnertime, and he had already done his homework. Being grounded, he had nothing to do. He closed his eyes for a moment, letting the cool breeze whip against his face.
Getting an idea, he teleported to outside of Haley's door. He knocked on it three times. "Come in," she said. He skipped the door part and teleported to her bed.
"Hey, Kurt," she said, smelling the brimstone from behind her. She was currently IM'ing some of her Florida friends. "What's up?"
"Nothing, it is so boring around here," he complained to his preoccupied friend. "How about you?"
"My ex is apparently missing. I don't really care about him though; he's a dick." Haley sent another message and then clicked to close a window. She turned around on her chair to give him her undivided attention. "Where is everyone?"
"Out," he responded curtly.
"They're so lucky. What about Kitty?"
"She's sleeping."
Haley arched an eyebrow at this. "At six thirty?"
"It's a cat nap," he said with a smile, admiring his pun.
She laughed and flopped on her bed next to him. Kurt wiggled over a little to give her more room. "I am exhausted," she emphasized each word. "Two training sessions in a row is torture. Why do they have to punish us so badly?"
Kurt mocked seriousness. "So we can learn responsibility and how to control our powers." She whacked him, not wanting to hear about it. Relaxing, closed her eyes.
"I might need to take a cat nap too," Haley murmured to him.
"Don't do that! I will be alone then." He yawned, his eye getting droopy. "Great now I'm tired too!"
Haley didn't reply. He muttered, "Haley?" She was asleep, and within a minute Kurt was too.
"Haley, do you have a CD I can borrow?" Kitty asked as she phased through the door. "I'm getting tired of my music collection." She saw the two lying on the bed together and giggled to herself and walked out.
Oh, sorry about the shortness. Kind of a filler chapter. Trust me ;)