By Saturday, unnoticed by Elizabeth, the students at the Institute had nearly all figured out that Todd and Elizabeth weren't speaking to each other. Especially, when she didn't leave for her usual walk in the woods. Elizabeth spent some time with the other students in the common rooms but she left before too long. She just didn't feel like being around a lot of people yet. She was unaware that conflicting rumors were going around as to who had broken up with whom. Kurt had confronted Todd and they'd nearly come to blows when Todd had refused to tell him anything. Kitty had asked Lance but Lance had only shrugged and told he hadn't been there for the fight. Lance had been at work on Saturday and he'd missed the drama so he didn't know how serious the fight was or what they had fought over.
"They seemed great on Friday. He came over to pick her up for that movie that just came out and they were really sweet together," Kitty fretted to Kurt.
"It's probably for the best," Kurt grumbled, "She's way out of his league. Toad smells bad and he's with the Brotherhood."
"You're just jealous," Kitty accused him, but without much heat, "She's obviously upset. I haven't seen her do anything but study and work on her homework for over a week. She didn't even leave her room last Sunday."
"She was sick," Kurt protested weakly. Kitty looked at him like he'd said the stupidest thing she'd ever heard.
"According to Lance, they broke up on Saturday last week," Kitty threw up her hands, "Like, I don't know how you can be so oblivious. She, totally, didn't have a cold. She has a broken heart."
"She deserves better," Kurt argued stubbornly, "Toad's just a thug with body odor."
"He's been better since he started dating her," Kitty pointed out, trying to be reasonable, "Like, Toad started going to class more regularly. He even started selling his sketches online instead of stealing. Remember how Elizabeth was so totally proud of him and couldn't stop talking about it? Over the summer Toad even picked up a job washing dishes at the diner. Lance says he's been brushing his teeth." The last wouldn't have meant much to Kitty, except that Lance seemed to think that it was a big deal.
"He probably did something terrible that Elizabeth doesn't want us to know about," Kurt's distaste was implacable, "Maybe he broke up with her because he was only using her to get information about the Institute and she wasn't giving them anything."
"I wish we knew what really happened," Kitty was frustrated, "I don't know what we should do to help her."
"We should help her get over him," Kurt told her, "We just need to cheer her up and she'll realize that she's better off without him."
Kitty shrugged, "Unless they still love each other and it's just a fight. Did Todd say that they'd broken up? I know Lance says they broke up, but Pietro is the one who said it. I tried asking Elizabeth about it but it was like prying teeth and she told me she didn't want to talk about it."
"Todd didn't tell me anything," Kurt growled, "Sniveling little jerk said it wasn't any of my business."
"She's so private about her life," Kitty murmured, "But I'm worried about her."
"She'll be fine," Kurt insisted, dismissing Kitty's concern.