Happy Campers -- The second night, take 2
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xp_logs Scott and Kitty take some time to relax and talk about things
Unrolling her sleeping bag, Kitty's shoulders were tense. Despite her attempts to keep a cheerful nature, now that it was just her and Scott, Kitty felt herself starting to deflate. She sat down on the bag, her legs crossed and ran her fingers through her hair as she looked at Scott. "Some day, huh?"
Scott let out a breath, the air rushing out of his lungs in a soft sigh as he turned his brown eyes on Kitty and nodded slowly. "Yeah," he scrubbed his hand through his hair, eyes narrowing as he glanced around them before lowering himself to sit next to her, slipping an arm around her shoulders. "Not exactly the first day of the break I was hoping for."
"Me neither." She glanced over at him. "You know, the whole time I was away from Xavier's, it seemed like nothing like this ever happened. I could almost forget it all. Until..." Kitty's gaze drifted as she recalled that night, now so long ago, when the world had tilted just slightly enough to destroy her world. Or so it had felt at the time.
Scott pressed his lips together tightly, using his arm around her shoulder to pull Kitty closer to him. He recognised the way her voice trailed off, the thousand yard stare in her eyes, he'd done it himself countless times, knew the memories she was reliving. "Until it caught up with you when you were least expecting it," he finished for her softly, "till it threw you a curve ball."
"Yeah...I guess I shouldn't talk about it. It shouldn't matter anymore but...I still think about it from time to time." Kitty sighed. "The life unlived, I guess." She forced herself away from the tiny longing that still sprung up inside, the desire for a normal life. "Hey, that life was boring though, wasn't it?"
She smiled. "So what happens next on this break of ours?"
Scott felt the corners of his mouth curling up into a small smile, the woman under his arm bringing a happy look to his eyes as he glanced down at her. "Well we've started off with a ransacked cabin and a brooding host so I'm thinking that...we've found ourselves in a horror story and the animals are all gonna unite against us," he declared with a straight face.
"That sounds like something out of a Joss Whedon movie," she laughed. "But maybe we'll get lucky. This could be a start to an adventure story--maybe there's treasure in those woods!"
Scott laughed as he glanced over at Kitty and shook his head, "Nah, never going to happen," he denied as the corners of his mouth curved up into a small smile. "I've already used up all the luck any guy can ever ask to have."
"Bad luck?" she teased.
"The worst," he agreed, playfully as he gave her a little squeeze, "And since it's all your fault, just what do you intend to do about it?"
"Wait and see," Kitty grinned. She paused, then turned serious. "So, do you think we need to worry about what happened?"
Scott grinned right back at her for a moment before he shook his head. "Not right now, if they were still around then Logan would have found them when we arrived. But tomorrow, it's not anyone who would just wreck someone's cabin. Either it's targeted, or the case of caught up in someone else." He gave her a small smile, "but we can figure that out tomorrow if we need to step in."
"Tomorrow is another day," she agreed, nestling into Scott's shoulder. "Time for some shut eye then? Or?" Kitty playfully arched an eyebrow at him.
Scott laughed and shook his head fondly as he glanced down at her, "You know it's a wonder I do manage to get any sleep with you around," he noted wryly. "Well you did mention something about making up the bad luck to me," he allowed with a grin as he leant closer to her.
"That probably won't help you sleep..." Kitty laughed playfully, tapping him on the chest. "But if you insist..."
The man laughed, shaking his head as he grinned at her, "Well, in this case, I'll just have to take that risk, you know for the greater good. I wouldn't want you to labour under that debt for longer than you need to," he teased playfully as his arm tightened around the woman, drawing her closer.
Unrolling her sleeping bag, Kitty's shoulders were tense. Despite her attempts to keep a cheerful nature, now that it was just her and Scott, Kitty felt herself starting to deflate. She sat down on the bag, her legs crossed and ran her fingers through her hair as she looked at Scott. "Some day, huh?"
Scott let out a breath, the air rushing out of his lungs in a soft sigh as he turned his brown eyes on Kitty and nodded slowly. "Yeah," he scrubbed his hand through his hair, eyes narrowing as he glanced around them before lowering himself to sit next to her, slipping an arm around her shoulders. "Not exactly the first day of the break I was hoping for."
"Me neither." She glanced over at him. "You know, the whole time I was away from Xavier's, it seemed like nothing like this ever happened. I could almost forget it all. Until..." Kitty's gaze drifted as she recalled that night, now so long ago, when the world had tilted just slightly enough to destroy her world. Or so it had felt at the time.
Scott pressed his lips together tightly, using his arm around her shoulder to pull Kitty closer to him. He recognised the way her voice trailed off, the thousand yard stare in her eyes, he'd done it himself countless times, knew the memories she was reliving. "Until it caught up with you when you were least expecting it," he finished for her softly, "till it threw you a curve ball."
"Yeah...I guess I shouldn't talk about it. It shouldn't matter anymore but...I still think about it from time to time." Kitty sighed. "The life unlived, I guess." She forced herself away from the tiny longing that still sprung up inside, the desire for a normal life. "Hey, that life was boring though, wasn't it?"
She smiled. "So what happens next on this break of ours?"
Scott felt the corners of his mouth curling up into a small smile, the woman under his arm bringing a happy look to his eyes as he glanced down at her. "Well we've started off with a ransacked cabin and a brooding host so I'm thinking that...we've found ourselves in a horror story and the animals are all gonna unite against us," he declared with a straight face.
"That sounds like something out of a Joss Whedon movie," she laughed. "But maybe we'll get lucky. This could be a start to an adventure story--maybe there's treasure in those woods!"
Scott laughed as he glanced over at Kitty and shook his head, "Nah, never going to happen," he denied as the corners of his mouth curved up into a small smile. "I've already used up all the luck any guy can ever ask to have."
"Bad luck?" she teased.
"The worst," he agreed, playfully as he gave her a little squeeze, "And since it's all your fault, just what do you intend to do about it?"
"Wait and see," Kitty grinned. She paused, then turned serious. "So, do you think we need to worry about what happened?"
Scott grinned right back at her for a moment before he shook his head. "Not right now, if they were still around then Logan would have found them when we arrived. But tomorrow, it's not anyone who would just wreck someone's cabin. Either it's targeted, or the case of caught up in someone else." He gave her a small smile, "but we can figure that out tomorrow if we need to step in."
"Tomorrow is another day," she agreed, nestling into Scott's shoulder. "Time for some shut eye then? Or?" Kitty playfully arched an eyebrow at him.
Scott laughed and shook his head fondly as he glanced down at her, "You know it's a wonder I do manage to get any sleep with you around," he noted wryly. "Well you did mention something about making up the bad luck to me," he allowed with a grin as he leant closer to her.
"That probably won't help you sleep..." Kitty laughed playfully, tapping him on the chest. "But if you insist..."
The man laughed, shaking his head as he grinned at her, "Well, in this case, I'll just have to take that risk, you know for the greater good. I wouldn't want you to labour under that debt for longer than you need to," he teased playfully as his arm tightened around the woman, drawing her closer.
