New Teams, Old Problems

Chapter 12: Erik Leaves for a Few Months, and THIS Is What Happens

Kate and Kurt had a suitcase full of swimwear and clothes for much warmer weather for the long weekend they planned to take for their anniversary — though Kate had been a bit surprised when Kurt suggested they let Logan and K babysit Krissy instead of taking her with them. Not that she minded the time alone with her gorgeous Elf; he just seemed to have an ulterior motive.

Though when she questioned him on it, and he admitted to her that he'd found the legal guardianship paperwork... she very quickly and loudly joined the 'let the ferals watch the baby' club.

"She totally loves you, so she shouldn't give you any trouble," Kate told K as she was getting ready to leave.

"I'm really not worried about it, but thanks for the vote of confidence," K said with a little laugh. "She'll be fine. Have fun."

"You too," Kate insisted with a little grin. "Try not to teach her any swear words while we're gone. I know she's little, but knowing you two..." She grinned a bit wider.

"It'll be in Japanese if we do. You know ... compromise," K told her as she picked up Krissy and tickled her, resulting in squeaking giggles from the little elfling.

Kate rolled her eyes before Kurt teleported in with a wide grin to snag her around the waist. "Are you ready to go, liebling?" he asked as he gently kissed her forehead. "Or are you still going over the list of things K already knows about our kleine Prinzessin?"

"Can't blame me for worrying over our princess," she shot back with a little smile as she wrapped her arms around his middle and pulled herself closer. "All those months of you being overprotective must have rubbed off on me."

He gave her an impish grin before he kissed her properly and then looked up at K. "We'll see you in a few days," he said simply.

"Take your time," K said. "She'll be fine."

"I know she will," he replied before he teleported the two of them off to a hidden atoll for some privacy and a break from everything that was going on around them.

Kate had to laugh when she realized that he'd brought them right to the water's edge; she could feel the waves gently lapping around their feet. "You — you got my socks wet," she said, poking him in the center of the chest.

"Then you should take them off," he replied with a troublemaking grin.

She matched his grin for a second before she flat tackled him into the water with a cry of, "turnabout!" that had him laughing as both of them were soaked through to the skin when the waves crashed over them.

When the wave subsided and they both caught their breath, Kate hooked her arms around his neck and gave him her broadest grin as she pushed her own sopping hair out of her face. "You're soaking, fuzzy Elf. Soaking wet. You really should hang out those clothes to dry."

"That's a fine idea," he replied with a little laugh. "Happy Anniversary."

"Frohes Jubiläum," she replied before she wrapped him up in a long and very tender kiss.

Scott and Annie were driving back to the mansion after visiting with Annie's sister and her family. Leslie Ann had gotten over her fear of telling anyone about her powers pretty quickly, so visits to the family now consisted of the enthusiastic little girl trying her very best to grow flowers for her mom and sister — and her dad had a miniature rose pressed into his wallet from her as well that he was proud to show off to anyone that asked about his little girl.

So everyone was in a fairly good mood on the drive back, including the twins, who each had little wreaths of flowers that their Aunt Rachel had made for them out of the flowers Leslie Ann grew and were having the time of their lives comparing their wreaths to each other.