"Melody? Melody?" called out a few voices in the hall. Ororo, Jean, and Kurt went around the corner and searched for the new girl.

"I hope she didn't leave…" Kurt said nervously.

"No Kurt, she didn't leave. I sense her somewhere near by…" Jean said as she moved her hands over her temples. "Actually, Gambit and Bobby are with her… and their paces are increasing…" Kurt suddenly got nervous, knowing the two had a way with words.

"Come on, let's find her…" he said as he ran in front of the two girls. Ororo gave Jean a look and Jean simply smiled.

"It's cute how he worries for her." Jean telepathically told Ororo. The Ethiopian nodded and chuckled. As they walked, Kurt's heightened sense of smell found Melody in the game room. The three came just in time to hear,

"NO! How? How could zhis happen to me?" they opened the door to find Gambit almost in tears, Bobby laughing his head off, and Melody slowly gathering up what appeared to be a few hundred dollars in cash.

"Well well well! Look what we have here! Gambit mon cheri, you have lost and have just gifted me with a cool five hundred dollars." Melody gave her best at a Cajun accent and Gambit just sulked. Kurt started to laugh along with Bobby, and Gambit looked up.

"Leetle blue one!" He said as he laid his eyes on Kurt. "Take zhees she-devil away from me and my money. She cleaned me out!" Gambit got up and walked out of the room, grumbling about Melody. Melody gathered the money from largest to smallest bills and put them facing the correct way. Everyone else watched her do the tedious task. She looked up, and grinned sheepishly.

"Heh… Sorry… force of habit…" Kurt nodded, knowing what that feels like.

"I zhought I vas zhe only vone zhat did zhat…" Melody laughed.

"Obviously not." She stood and put the cards and everything away, color coded and arranged from smallest to largest poker chips. Once more, she looked up and gave a glare to everyone. "Don't you judge me…" Bobby and Kurt put their hands up and surrendered, not wanting to make this "she-devil" mad. Ororo and Jean laughed, and then said,

"Come one Melody, let's get you some clothes that DON'T look like you pulled them from Goodwill." Not knowing that that's where she got them. Melody smiled sheepishly and went with them.

Well after a good three and a half hours of shopping (I know, a small amount of time for you girls out there), Melody had managed to find about ten outfits; Jean, on the other hand… Well let's just say that they couldn't carry it all and had to call in some of the students. When the FINALLY got back into the mansion after unloading all of Jean's clothes (she tipped everyone that helped in a way of saying sorry), it was time for dinner. Everyone went down to eat while Melody changed into something that didn't have pit-stains bigger than a die-hard NASCAR fan. She finally found herself in the dining room and found a seat.

"Where's Kurt?" she asked, looking around. Logan chuckled and sat on the seat next to her, leaving one open for Kurt also next to Melody.

"He'll be down in a bit. For now…" Logan looked deep into Melody's eyes, trying to think of a topic to talk about while giving her the "to bed with me" eyes. Melody smirked sexily and hit his arm slightly, whispering in his ear,

"Calm down Wolverine… The calm and steady hunter gets the prize." She winked at him, having been informed while shopping of Logan's intentions. She didn't really mind the attention, but she knew that Kurt would be hurt deeply if she flirted too much, so she stopped the conversation there. Melody looked away from the horny-"hyena of the north" and smiled at some of the other students who started talking with her. Logan smiled,

"Hot damn… the things I would do to you right now if there weren't kids here…" Logan licked his lips, hoping no one saw him lust after this girl. However, his hope did not come true. As soon as Logan sat down, Kurt walked into the room. Just about fuming with anger, he walked to his seat, making sure to hit Logan with his tail.

"OW!" Logan rubbed where the tail hit, and looked around for the culprit.

"Ah… I'm sorry Logan. Mein tail has a mind of its own. It does vhat ever it vants to." Logan huffed in a "it's okay" manner. Melody tried to hold back her laughter and ended up just biting her lips in an attempt to keep back the laughter. Kurt sat down and scooted closer to Melody, wrapping his tail around her leg in, trying to reclaim his girl. The girl chuckled and waited for the meal to start. Soon, Ororo wheeled in the Professor to his spot at the head of the table. Logan leaned to Melody and said,

"Every time all the students and professors are together, we have a grand meal." Melody nodded and whispered "ooh". Kurt mumbled to himself about Logan and began to pray for his meal. Food flew and dishes clanged as the bowls and plates were passed "incorrectly"* to the students. Melody smiled and watched everyone smile and laugh. She glanced at Logan and found him stabbing a steak in front of him with one claw. He picked it up and was about to put it down, when he noticed Melody watching him. He smirked, winked, then whispered,

"The calm and steady may get the prize, but being a bit dangerous with the hunt is just as fun and effective." Melody smiled at the older man, looking him up and down, taking in all his flaws, and all his perfections. She turned her attention to the blue teen sitting on the other side of her. Watching him pray, she found it somewhat humorous.

"He looks like he could have just walked out of a horror movie, and he's praying?" She chuckled at the "elf-cat" not fully understanding his past.**She rubbed his arm and played with his tail, breaking his concentration of praying. He opened one glowing eye and chuckled. He finished his prayer quickly and proceeded to get food for him and Melody.

"So, are you two like, a couple now?" asked a certain Californian. Kurt blushed, and turned to Kitty sitting across and a little diagonal from them. Thinking of what happened a few hours ago, Kurt said quietly,

"Um… vell… I don't vreally know…" (AN: by the way… Kurt and Melody DID NOT do "it", so stop fangirling already) Kurt looked to Melody for help; she noticed this and stepped in,

"Those are our intentions, but we think that it would be best to get to know each-other more before we make a completely solid commitment and relationship." Melody smiled innocently as Kurt nodded his head in agreement.

"Oh… that's like, sooo boring." Kitty said with a disgusted face. "You aren't young forever you know… Like, have a life!" She flipped her hair and started talking to someone next to her. Kurt sighed in relief and shook his head.

"I'm sorry about her. She tends to get into ozher people's business." Melody chuckled and watched Kurt talk with everyone. Watching him smile and talk with people made her smile as well. Well dinner went along with little to no interruptions, and immediately afterwards, Professor Xavier hit his water glass with a spoon. Everyone turned their attention to the noise just in time to see the glass shatter. The man just looked at it, and carried on with what he was about to say.

"Well, as some of you may have noticed, I have some smashing news." Everyone chuckled politely at the pun, everyone but Kurt who found it so funny it caused him to tumble back in his chair. Melody face-palmed and Professor Xavier did the same good naturedly. "Well, as you can tell, we have a new student. Melody, please stand and introduce yourself." Melody blushed and stood slowly, making sure she didn't hit the-still-laughing Kurt with her chair.

"Um… Hi… My name is Melody… I'm fifteen and I'm glad to be at this school for a test run." At the mention of her age, Logan (who was taking a drink) suddenly choked on his water and started coughing up a storm. Melody patted him on the back, not realizing she was the one that caused the coughing fit. Kurt had stopped laughing and was trying to sit back down in his chair when he heard the news. He was so shocked, it caused HIM to fall out of his chair again and hit his head on the table.

"What do you mean you're fifteen?" asked Kurt and Logan in unison after they caught their breath, standing right in front of her, their faces just a few inches from her face. Melody pulled back from the two men and said,

"What..? You didn't know..? How old do I look to you two..?"

"Oh my God…" said Logan as he sat back down in his chair. His face was a bright red as he regretted thinking those lustful thoughts about a minor.

"Mein Gott…" Kurt did the same as Logan and sat down, leaving Melody standing by herself.

"Well… this is awkward…" she whispered as she slunk down into her chair. Students coughed awkwardly as the Professor face-palmed.

* the "correct" way to pass plates of food is to the right. They were just passing it every which-way.

** Melody is unaware that Kurt is actually half demon. See Sarah? I TOLD you I was gonna fix it! XD and yes, I'm still thinking about that... -.-'