Here is chapter 6 everybody... enjoy!

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"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15..."

The sound of Lizzy and Kurt playing hide and seek rang through Jess's ears as she finished up washing the dishes from breakfast. She laughed as she remembered how Kurt had barely a chance to chew his food before Lizzy had dragged him upstairs encouraging him to play with her.

Jess hurried up the stairs at the sound of Lizzy laughing and running throughout the house in a playful manner. She turned the corner to find Kurt scattering though the closets and the sort in a unsuccessful attempt to find the missing child. She laughed inexpertly, and he turned around reciting:

"So are you going to just stand there and watch me struggle, or are you actually going to help me out here?"

Jess hung her head low and pointed to the old laundry shoot the lingered secretly on the wall.

"I'm a pro at this." She said with a wink.

"Oh is that so?" He said.

"I've got lots of experience at finding...silly children!" She screamed before she opened the door and Lizzy magically sprang out and rang past the two in a hurried effort not to get tagged.

"No fair!" Screamed Kurt behind her. "You know this house better than I do!" He and Jess went trailing after the energetic child yet she seemed to be too fast for both of them. Finally she stopped at the coffee table in the living room and screamed.

"Base!"

Kurt and Jess shortly came up behind her and joined her in catching their breath. Kurt looked at Jess who seemed somewhat annoyed and decided to make lighthearted of the situation.

"Hey Lizzy..." He said kneeling down to her level. "Do you want to see a trick?"

"Sure!" She exclaimed with a jump. It was Kurt's turn to turn around and look at Jess with a wink. She smiled yet kept her head tilted as though she was confused. But before she even got to respond Kurt who had been stand right in front of her disappeared and left nothing but a bamf sound and a thick blue smoke that once again smelled like brimstone.

Jess and her sister stood baffled and in silence for a moment each totally and completely confused at what had just happened. Yet when Lizzy's eyes widened and the smell returned she turned around quickly tripping on the rug below her as she did so.

Kurt didn't really have time to react before Jess began falling face first on the floor. So he let his instincts take over and his arms reached out for her as he telaported in front of her and stopped her one foot before she hit the floor.

And they stood there for a brief moment, which Jess later on appreciated because it really gave her a chance to observe the scars plastered to his face in a very particular form. They looked self-inflicted and a sad thought entered her heart at that thought. Kurt seemed like such a great person, why in the world why he want to hurt himself like that?

Kurt also had time to observe the beautiful blonde in front of him. Her eyes glimmered a look of sadness and he wondered if it was his embrace that had made her question the moment. He could smell an apple and pomegranate scent coming from the streaks of hair that had fallen out of her sloppy pony tail. She really was a lovely creature, and at that moment he wanted nothing more than to hold her for the rest of his life.

Lizzy stood by in amazement. "Wow! That was really cool!"

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The rest of the day continued in the same fashion. Kurt was basically held hostage by the annoying Lizzy as she, Jess, and Kurt played several games of hide and seek, tag, twister, and shoots and latter. But the day became particularly interesting when Jess and Lizzy attempted to teach Kurt how to make Easy Mac...it was not an easy lesson.

In fact Kurt and Jess found themselves laughing on the kitchen floor at all the water that had boiled over while they were trying to save Lizzy from getting stuck in the laundry shoot. Jess had to admit it was kind of nice, despite the sound relationship she had with her 'friends' she thought it was odd that she felt so incredibly conformable around Kurt. And most guys, (including Lucas) lost their patience within a matter of minutes with Lizzy. But Kurt had actually endured her for several hours... How great was that? She thought to herself as Kurt helped her up. There eyes met again in an intense glare before he tried to turn off the stove completely. Yet Lizzy's singing startled him and before he knew it the spade of his tail landed on the back burner that the pot had been resting on just moments ago.

He screamed and his knees fell to the floor. But Jess was at his side in a moment checking his fresh wound.

"Lizzy get me the first aid kit!" She screamed upstairs.

After the pain had subsided slightly Kurt swallowed hard and murmured under his breath.

"No really...I'm OK."

"Like hell you are." Retorted Jess. She opened the small white box Lizzy had brought to her in a haste and quickly applied the necessary fixtures, and patched the wound with a quick certainty. She leaned down next to him and applied a little pressure to the bandage, teasing him with the power she had at the moment.

He nearly stopped breathing when she looked down at him and smiled slightly while tenting to his wound. The feel of her fingers on his tail made him shiver slightly. But he had to admit that he liked it. He actually didn't even mind the crushing feel of fire on his tail, her touch was so cool and so conforting. Her hands were obviously not callused unlike his and were small and smooth. It was that moment when he really felt deprived from the touch of a woman.

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The movie was almost ending when the sun was going down. Lizzy was nearly snoring as she was lying peacefully in the middle of the floor with a pillow under her stomach. Jess and Kurt were sitting soundly on the sofa just enjoying each others company. And after the movie was over the two of them found themselves talking about past experiences in a shushed whisper.

"Kurt..." She started. Yet she was nervous at the question she was about to ask, so she stared down at the floor and bit her lip soundly until she thought she tasted blood.

"Where did all those scars come from?" His silence made her regret the question and when he reached to a chain around his neck she wasn't sure what he was doing... But then he reviled a small crucifix. He later explained that each scar represented a sin he had committed in his lifetime...a symbol of the wrong he had done.

Jess pondered that for a moment. "But why Kurt? I mean everyone does things that they regret...things that they're ashamed of. But that's just part of living. There's nothing wrong with that."

"Well according to a lot of people I'm not human." He responded.

"Well..." She said placing a hand behind her head. "Well I suppose ignorance is bliss.. God..." She sighed. "I can't stand the ignorance out race can produce."

She seemed distraught at this and stared off into space with a scowl placed firmly on her face. So he placed a gentle hand on her own.

...She looked up and smiled. He was beginning to really admire that smile.