The Demon and the Kitten chapter two
She woke up that morning to find a CD on her bedside table. It looked like a mix CD. It said "Track 7" on the sticky note in Kurt's beautiful script.
She put it in her clock radio, and changed the track. The Sugababes "Ugly" started playing.
It really was a beautiful song, but the lines that hit her hardest were:
When I was 7
They said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren't the same
I asked my parents if I was OK
They said you're more beautiful
And that's the way they show they wish
They had your smile
So my confidence was up for a while
I got real comfortable with my own style
I knew that they were only jealous cos
People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
My personality reflects me
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you
There was a time when I felt like I cared…
…People made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn't know my body would change
I grew taller than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something bad to make them feel great
People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
My personality reflects me
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you…
…Everybody talks bad about somebody
And never realizes how it affects somebody
And you can bet it won't be forgotten…
…People are all the same
(Oh, oh, oh)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah)
My personality reflects me
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, so are you)
So are you
So are you
The tears pricked her eyes again. "What have I done? I do love him… oh, I didn't mean to hurt him," she whispered to noone.
She glanced at the sticky note. She hadn't noticed before how the bottom edge was folded back. She picked it up and looked:
It was my foster sister.
Kitty was absolutely crestfallen… foster sister? He'd never mentioned any siblings besides Rogue before! And she had called him ugly! Of all the horrible things to say! She didn't know what to do with herself. She disdained any thought of food, so breakfast was out. She changed into some sweats and headed for the danger room.
She tried to calm herself as she walked through the crowded streets of Jerusalem. It was winter, and there were menorahs in all the shop windows… this was how it was the only time she had ever gone, when she was nine and her parents took her there to celebrate Hannukah.
"Katzchen…"
The silky German voice startled her out of her reverie. She looked around her simulated holiday street and found him nowhere. Concentration broken, she headed up to the kitchen. She knew she'd need some kind of food, Scott and Jean were gone, so Logan would be taking the Danger Room Session Leader role today.
She made her way, uncharacteristically silent, through the arguments and wayward chatter of the dining room. She sat down in the next to last chair available and started to eat her Rice Krispies begrudgingly.
She felt something grab her foot and pull her under the table.
Suddenly, she was in the woods that surrounded the institute.