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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 19:43:15 GMT -5
Kurt laughed lightly at the boys' answers as to what they wanted. He leaned forward on the back of one of the empty chairs.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 19:48:38 GMT -5
Wanda sighed slightly and looked up at Kurt. "Want to be the tie-breaker?" she teased, trying to figure out if it was worth going to two places for food.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 19:56:03 GMT -5
"Ahm, sure... just so long as they don't hate me for mien decission," he said with a laugh. He tapped his chin with two image induced fingers (meanning only one of his own). "How about... pizza," he said offering a wink to Michael.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 20:00:31 GMT -5
Michael stuck his tongue out triumphantly out at his brother. Thomas just sunk lower in his chair, sulking.
"Tell you what, we can have hamburgers tomorrow," Wanda offered in a peace offering, causing Thomas to brighten just a little.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 20:13:57 GMT -5
Kurt smiled slightly at the boys' reaction. He seemed somewhat impressed with Wanda's compromising. While he had now witnessed the Scarlet Witch as a mother now on two seperate occassions, it was still fairly odd for him to see it. While he'd never pictured Wanda as a mother, he still found the compassion a tad shocking even though she'd managed to show it to him before.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 20:21:29 GMT -5
Wanda smiled softly and gently kissed each boy on the forehead. "Stay right here," she murmured, looking sternly at each in turn. "And be good. We'll just be gone a minute to get food."
She started in the direction of the pizza stand, hoping Kurt was following her. After all, she could order for the boys but not for him. Out of the corner of her eyes, she watched the boys to make sure that they didn't leave the table.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 20:30:10 GMT -5
Kurt offered a wave to the kids before getting up to follow Wanda. It had taken a second before registering that he was, in fact, supposed to follow. But in a few strides he'd managed to catch up. His own eyes glanced back to check on the table as well.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 20:35:23 GMT -5
Wanda got into line and ordered small pieces of cheese pizza and some juice bottles for the boys and a peice of supreme for herself with a diet Coke, in desperate need of the caffine. She turned towards Kurt to indicate he should order, digging through her wallet for some cash.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 20:43:50 GMT -5
Kurt ordered a slice of pepperoni and a sprite with a slight smile. His hand on his back pocket incase Wanda didn't have enough and his wallet was needed. He honestly didn't mind paying for himself either way. He grabbed the trays. The two cheese pieces on one and the supreme and pepperoni on the other. The drinks were seperated on the trays as well. He easily held them, not faltering in balance for a moment as he waited for Wanda.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 20:49:47 GMT -5
Wanda paid with the last of her cash, hiding this fact from Kurt so he didn't feel guilty. It wasn't that she didn't have enough money, it was just that she didn't feel like using Magneto's credit cards at the moment. Even it might annoy the man.
"Do you want me to take one of the trays?" she asked, mostly out of politness. It looked like Kurt was doing just fine.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 20:56:25 GMT -5
Wanda was very lucky Kurt hadn't noticed that it was the last of her cash, otherwise he would have forced her to put her money away and he would have payed himself. But he had managed to be making sure the boys were still at the table while she was paying. At Wanda's offer he simply smiled. "Nien, I haf it," he commented confidently.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 21:01:28 GMT -5
"Okay," Wanda nodded slightly. "Thanks." She made her way back to the kids, careful to keep in step with Kurt this time. Really, she didn't know what to say to him anymore. It was just nice not to have someone expecting anything from her or not minding her kids.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 21:14:19 GMT -5
"Not a problem... vas the least I could do anyvays," he said simply with a grin as they made their way to the table. He set the trays down, putting a slice of cheese infront of each of the boys and setting their juice down for them. He set the other tray down on the table as well before sitting down and grabbing his own food. "Thanks for the pizza," he said with a large smile.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 21:21:46 GMT -5
"No problem," Wanda smiled slightly at Kurt and started picking at the toppings off of her pizza. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched the boys try and stuff the whole slices of pizza in their mouths before glupping down their juice. Grinning weakly, she reached over and rubbed the back of the nearest twin to make sure Michael didn't choke. In return, Michael just gave her this look that clearly said he thought she worried too much.
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 21:34:01 GMT -5
Kurt laughed slightly at Michael's expression before taking a bite of his piece of pizza. He was trying his best not to completely devour it in one bite since having a faster metabolism somehow has an effect on one's table manners (or at least that was his theory) and would possibly set a poor example for the twins.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 26, 2006 21:44:54 GMT -5
Michael finished in record time and then crawled into Wanda's lap. She smiled slightly down at him, running her free hand through his hair as she continued to eat. It was only then that she noticed a bandage on the inside of one of his elbows, an all too familar sight from her experimentation days.
"What happened, sweetie?" she asked softly.
Michael frowned and looked away from her. "Granpa said not to tell... said you'd get mad..."
And that made Wanda's blood run cold. She looked over to Thomas, who also avoided looking at her. Damnit, damnit... what the hell did he do to them?
"I'm not mad," she murmured, looking over at Kurt with concern clearly etched on her face. "Not at you."
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Post by vapor on Oct 26, 2006 23:12:32 GMT -5
Kurt spotted the band-aid and it somewhat snapped into his head as to what could have happened. If his image inducer was off though, it would have been very obvious that whatever that band-aid implied bothered him since his fur was standing on end. He brought a hand to gently touch Wanda's shoulder to provide comfort.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 27, 2006 12:21:55 GMT -5
Wanda looked over at Kurt, holding Michael close to her. "I don't suppose the Institute has a spare room?" she asked weakly. Taking the boys home was out of the question, at least until she was sure she wan't going to shred everyone who could be associated with Magneto. And at least the Institute was equipped with hospital area in case whatever happened had bad effects... much better equipped than any emergency room.
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Post by vapor on Oct 27, 2006 14:55:02 GMT -5
Kurt looked fairly surprised at the question before nodded. "Ja, we haf lots of available rooms," he said before giving her shoulder a squeaze. "We haf anything you'd need there for the boys as vell." Part of him felt a little bit of ache for Wanda's situation.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 27, 2006 15:05:11 GMT -5
"I'm not looking to become an X-Man or anything," Wanda clarified. "Trust me, I hate Xavier more than you will ever know. But it's safer for the boys... away from Magneto... at least until I can scrounage enough money together to get an apartment or something..." She frowned slightly, looking down at the child still in her lap. It wasn't that she didn't have money, it was that all her money was tied up in Magneto's accounts. His way of keeping track of her, she supposed.
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Post by vapor on Oct 27, 2006 17:47:41 GMT -5
"I vasn't implying that you vanted to become one," he said simply with a shrug. Kurt's eyes went to the children for a brief moment before looking back at Wanda "I'm sure you and the boys vill be more than velcome to stay as long as you need," he offered in a slight smile as he took his hand from Wanda's shoulder and took a sip of his drink.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 27, 2006 17:52:48 GMT -5
Wanda nodded slightly, looking down at the child in her lap. "Thank you," she said softly. ""For putting up with me... for helping me..." Thomas had finished his pizza by then, sliding off his chair and toddling up to Wanda. She helped him into her lap, cleaning some pizza sauce off his face with a napkin.
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Post by vapor on Oct 27, 2006 17:59:40 GMT -5
"It's not a problem," Kurt said with a warm smile as he finished his pizza. "I am sure you vould do the same for me if I needed your help," he said simply with a shrug. There wasn't a hint of doubt in that statement. He still thought everyone was capable of being good, even if they had tried to maim him only a day before.
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Post by Analyse on Oct 27, 2006 18:07:39 GMT -5
Wanda smiled slightly at Kurt, rocking her children slightly. Her own pizza remained half eaten, but she wasn't hungry anymore. "I suppose I would." In her lap, the twins had taken to amusing themselves by poking each other.
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Post by vapor on Oct 27, 2006 19:28:27 GMT -5
Kurt nodded and took another drink of his soda. He wasn't exactly surfe what he should say. Guarenteeing that everything would be okay would be wrong, saying something about the Institute could be inappropriate. "If you vant to split rent vhen you are done vith the Institute let me know," he said quietly. He scratched the back of his head. After all, he had stated he wasn't particularly happy at Xavier's at this point.
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