"So, zhis vill be your room for now. A few um… 'accidents' happened vith some of zhe ozher students and ve're in zhe middle of renovation…" Kurt told Melody as he opened the door to her new room. "Mein room is vright next door, so if you need somezhing-" he teleported over to the bathroom and opened the door, "just come on over." He motioned to the door across the bathroom, telling her that was his room. Melody had a few dirty thoughts cross her mind when she saw this, but shook them away.

"Right." She said confidently. "I'll come to you if there's ANYTHING I need, okay?" Kurt smiled, not fully understanding why she was repeating what he just said.

"Ja… if you need anysing I'll do mein best to get it for you." Kurt opened his door to his room and walked in, calling back to Melody, "I zhink Jean and Ororo are going to take you clothes shopping later today…"

"Oh? Who are they?"

"Vell," said Kurt as he came back with some different clothes on, having been wearing the same clothes for a few days, "you saw Ororo vhen ve left zhe Professor's room, and Jean is a few years older zhan me, so I zhink she'll have good taste in clothes." Melody nodded. She walked around the room, fascinated with the architecture in the room.

"Do I really belong here..? I mean, with this fancy room, the nice people… where did the old me go..? And, the worse question is… will she return..?" Melody sat on her bed and tucked her knees under her chin. Kurt noticed her odd behavior and walked over to her; he sat on her bed next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"Vhat's wrong mein liebe?" Melody sighed.

"Nothing, nothing's wrong… I was just wondering what it's going to be like living here…" Kurt could tell she was lying, so he whispered in her ear,

"Honestly mein liebe, do you zhink zhat you vill trick me vith zhat lie? Come, tell me vhat's vrong." Melody sighed and bit her lip.

"Well… I just don't know if I'm going to fit in here… I mean, I LOOK like one of them… but… I don't think I'll ever BE one of them…" She pulled her knees closer to her chest and sighed, tears beginning to form in her eyes. Kurt began to make that shushing noise mothers make to calm their children down and pulled Melody in for a closer hug.

"Nein nein mein liebe…" he whispered in German. "You vill be loved by all… and if zhey have somezhing to say, zhey can say it to mein face. Ja?" Kurt puffed his chest out and began to act like he was big and muscular. Melody laughed and pushed him away. Kurt chuckled and pulled her in for another hug. "You vant to know vhy I'm here?"

"Because Xavier found you and thought that you would be a good edition to the team?" Kurt laughed.

"Nein nein nein… Zhe Professor is like a fazher to all of us. He doesn't zhink of us as underlings or somezhing like zhat… Ve're family, and nozhing vill make zhat untrue. But, nein… Zhat's not vhy I'm here. I am here to learn how to control mein abilities, even zhough I vas learning to control most of zhem from zhe time I vas birzhed…" He said referring to his appearance. "Und, I am here to help teach humans to not fear us mutants because of our powers, or appearance." Kurt kissed her head and whispered, "und zhat is vhy you're here to… To learn how to control your powers so ve can teach everyone about us. You, mein liebe, are a vonderful, talented person zhat has unknowable limits." Melody sniffled,

"Yeah, but, what if no one likes me..? Or, what if I accidently blow up the place like you said other students did..? What if, what if I hurt someone…? That's happened before… I've hurt someone that I cared for…" Melody pulled her knees as close as they could get to her chest as physically possible and let a single tear leave a trail down her face. Kurt noticed this tear and turned Melody's face towards him, looking deep into her eyes.

"Melody…" he said deeply. Melody gulped and looked into his glowing eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but Kurt placed a finger on her mouth and silenced her. "Shhh… You vill be fine. People VILL like you because I like you… You von't blow up zhe place like zhey did, and you vill not hurt anyone… It may have happened before… but it von't happen again. Ve learn from our mistakes. For instance, I learned never to scare Logan again." Melody chuckled along with Kurt, thinking of what he might've done and what Logan might've done back. She looked into his eyes again, and then buried her head in Kurt's shoulder and whispered,

"Thanks Kurt… You're the best friend anyone could ever have…" Kurt stopped for a split-second, thinking,

"Vait… vas I just friend-zoned? Mein Gott! I hope not!" Kurt swallowed nervously, and Melody sensed why. She chuckled slightly at the teen and looked up at him… She leaned towards him, and stopped just centimeters away from his lips, their hot breath mixing together.

"Kurt…" Melody whispered in a barely audible tone.

"Yes Melody?" Kurt whispered back in an equally as inaudible tone.

"I'll skip the drama, you weren't friend-zoned." And with that, she evaporated the space between their lips and kissed him, gently and sweetly. Kurt's eyes where open with surprise, but they soon closed in complete and utter bliss. Kurt began to kiss back, enjoying the new sensation he was feeling. Melody was enjoying it just as much, if not more than Kurt. When she felt Kurt's mouth open, she slipped her tongue inside, causing Kurt to open his eyes once more; but with Melody's tongue poking and prodding his, his eyes quickly shut once more. The two kissed until all tears were gone; and at that point, Melody didn't even remember why she was crying. She melted into Kurt after the kissing was done and sighed a contented sigh. Kurt patted her head and kissed it, relishing the taste Melody left in his mouth.

Kurt was later called away by one of the students, so he had to help with them; that left Melody to wander the mansion alone until Ororo and Jean were ready. Ororo was ready to go, but she had to help Kurt, and she said she would be done in at least fifteen minutes. Jean, on the other hand, she was still trying to decide what to wear, she hadn't even started on her hair or makeup yet. Melody sighed at this thought and wondered why people were so obsessed with makeup anyway. Now, she had worn makeup before, don't get her wrong, but she didn't really like putting it on. Anyway, enough with the random chit-chat; Melody soon found herself near a game room, where she heard some people talking. Opening the door just enough to look in, Melody saw two people, one teen around her age with short blonde hair, and a tall man that seemed in his mid-twenties, maybe early thirties with a thick Louisiana accent.

"Hey man, you wanna do something before you go?" asked the teen.

"What do you mean, like poker?" the older one asked. He began to chuckle at the thought. "Leetle man, you know no one can beat me at any card game." And at that, he pulled a deck of cards out of thin air and started to play with them. The younger one frowned.

"You know Gambit, if you didn't cheat, then maybe some people would actually want to play with you." He glared at "Gambit" and the older man seemed appalled at the thought.

"Moi? Mon petit ami*, I never cheat. You just don't know talent when you see eet." The cards in his hands began to dance around in the air, doing aerial tricks that airmen could only dream about. Melody soon found herself entranced by these cards and walked into the room to watch the airshow. The two men looked towards her and smiled.

"Are you lost, mon cheri**?" asked Gambit. Melody snapped back into reality and blushed slightly.

"No, I'm not. But thank you for being worried." Gambit chuckled at her and walked over to Melody.

"Mon cheri, how does eet feel to be zhe most beautiful woman een zhee entire room...?" He tilted her chin up to him and smiled down on her. Melody looked into his red eyes and sensed that he was in love with another. She chuckled and removed his hand from her chin.

"I'm sorry Gambit, but I don't think your Rogue would like you flirting with another girl. Especially one that's under legal limits." Gambit's face flushed as he realized he was hitting on a minor.

"I-I... Désolé…***" Gambit walked away from Melody and walked to the other side of the room, near a poker table. The teen laughed when the man was gone from hearing range. Melody turned and blushed, having forgotten he was here.

"Man, you really did a number on him. He had no idea you were younger than eighteen." The teen walked over to her and stuck his hand out. "The name's Bobby, Bobby Drake; and I'm assuming your name is 'Gorgeous'?" Melody shook her head and grabbed the hand.

"Actually it's Melody. But you were close enough." She winked at Bobby and walked over to Gambit, still blushing slightly. "Hey Gambit." The man looked up and nodded at the girl. "I'm sure you're not the best poker player here." She stood with one hand on her hip and smirked. "I'm pretty good too." Gambit smirked as well and moved a chair.

"Prove eet." Melody smiled and sat down, waving Bobby over. Bobby did as he was told, and the game began.

* My little friend...

** My dear...

*** Sorry...