xp_logs | Kurt and Rachel, Friday (Reply)

Kurt and Rachel have their first gymnastics lesson, which goes well. Once Rachel comes down off the ceiling.

"Rachel, please come down. I can come to the ceiling if I must, but only to the corner, and I will not be able to teach you from there."

Kurt looked helplessly up at the toddler who was currently turning cartwheels above his head.

"Oooooo," was the cheerful reply. Rachel finally seemed to notice the imploring look Kurt was giving her, and drifted down towards the floor. "Hi," she said happily.

"Hi", he said solemnly in return, crouching to her level with a pleased and relieved smile. "Did your father show you what we will be doing today?" A lot more could be got across with projection than with words at this stage, after all, and he consciously 'sent' the question at the same time as speaking it.

Rachel projected right back at him. The image was of her doing cartwheels on the ground, Kurt hovering over her. In the projection, he bore rather more of a resemblance to a large blue stuffed toy than
he did in real life. "Yay," Rachel said very seriously.

Kurt couldn't help laughing, reaching a three-fingered hand to ruffle her hair. "Yes, that. And perhaps a few new things as well." He sent her an image of somersaults, as an example.

Rachel tilted her head at him in an gesture uncannily reminiscent of her father's. "Fun," she said after a moment, happily. She sat down on the mats, poking them with her hands, making a thoughtful sound.

"It is fun, yes", he said with a smile. "Would you like to try?"

"Yes!" The answer was exuberant and immediate.

"Then please... try one."

Rachel pushed herself up on her hands with a pondering look - and managed, after a moment, a perfectly passable somersault that didn't appear to be telekinetically assisted. She looked up at Kurt inquisitively.

Kurt beamed at her outright, especially noting her choice not to use her powers. "That was very good, Rachel. Especially for a first try."

Rachel sat up, patting at the mats again as if ensuring herself that yes, she was doing this on solid ground. "Yes!" She pushed herself back up semi-upright, both hands on the mats. "Yes?"

"Very much yes", Kurt confirmed, deciding to let her get really comfortable with somersaults before he introduced anything else. "It was very good, but now is the time to practice. As many times as you
like."

Rachel patted the mats again, thoughtfully - then levitated a few inches into the air and eyed Kurt as she hovered. The image of him doing a somersault came to him very clearly.

He raised his eyebrows, amused. "You wish me to do one? Well, why not. Physical demonstration may help even further than telepathic." And, without hesitation, he dropped and performed a perfect somersault.

Rachel clapped her hands gleefully, giggling. She bounced back down to the floor and did another somersault. "Whee!"

"You, Miss Kinross", came the smiling comment, "may just have picked it up even faster than I did."

Rachel gazed up at him happily, then, quite unexpectedly, pulled herself to her feet and threw herself at him, cuddling quite unashamedly as Kurt instinctively put his arms around her to steady her. "Hi," she
piped up, her thoughts brushing against his like golden champagne bubbles, full of warmth. "Hi?"

There was nothing quite like being hugged by a toddler, Kurt decided. And that sensation in his mind... "Hello."

Rachel poked at his arm, looking intrigued by the blue skin, and then looked up at him with one of those huge baby smiles.

There was really no resisting, if there'd ever been. Bending his legs slightly, he swooped her up in his arms and glanced up, fixing the trapeze in his mind. The next moment, they were sitting on it.

#WHEEEEEE!#