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Blondie 20000: Tnx for the review. I am working on something with Mary and Jack.

Harper stood there amazed at Jack. She felt butterflies in her stomach just for a second as she was looking at her prince Charming. But then she shakes the feeling off.

He pulls his hand into a handshake and she takes it "I'm Jack, by the way. Jack Smith."

She smiles "Harper... And I have the perfect book for you."

"That would be great."

Jack and Harper enter her apartment. She told him before she had the book he wanted back at her place.

"Come in."

Jack enters looking around. Harper thinks for a second and then says "Ok, I'm just realizing it's weird that I brought you to my place. That's weird. I'm weird."

"It's fine. I think." Jack replies. "You needed to get that book, right?"

"I just don't want you to think I'm...I'm not putting the moves on you."

Jack frowns in confusion "The moves?"

"I'll just go get the book."

As she leaves to go to the bedroom, Jack pull out a silver coin from his pocket and sets it on the ground. He shouts out to her " Hey, do you mind...Is it ok if I ask you about the woman that was hustling you at the library?"

Jack takes out a bottle of holy water, pours it over his hands and rubs it in.

"Ough, I boy I knew passed away recently. It was horrible. The authorities have been asking a lot of questions, but I don't know anything... "

Jack's phone starts vibrating. He pulls it out and sees it was Mary. He quickly puts it away.

"...This is all so difficult" she says walking back in the room.

"I'm sorry about your friend."

"Thanks." Then she notices a coin on the floor. "Is this yours?" she bends down and picks it up. She hands it over to him, proving silver doesn't affect her. "Sorry, I must have dropped that."

"Your hand is wet." She smiles, proving holy water doesn't affect her either. Her and Jack both laugh. Jack coughs saying Christo. "Did you say something?" she asks proving the word has no meaning to her.

He smiles back "I'm just nervous." And he really was.

"Come here. Have a seat." She sits on the couch and points next to her.

"So, where are you from?"

"I am from a little town in Kansas called Lebanon. It is actually smaller then this one."

"Wow. My family has been here for generations. I'm the last one."

Then Jack noticed a picture on the stand. "Is that your boyfriend?"

She sighs "I'm single. Perpetually. But Vance was my boyfriend. After high school he wanted to leave town. I told him we didn't need to, we could see the world in books. Which I know, sounds way too sappy. And he left anyway."

Jack looks at her feeling sorry for her "Without you?"

She nods and sighs, but keeps her eyes focused on Jack. Jack keep looking at her too.

After a minute she continues "I don't blame him... But that... That was the beginning of my bad luck...I just... I try to stay optimistic."

Jack nods understanding "Me too. I had some... not so great stuff happen to me in my past. Trying to be positive can be hard."

They keep gazing into each other's eyes. Felt like a perfect moment for a kiss until Jacks phone started vibrating again. He pulls it out, but she puts her hand over it and asks still gazing at him "Jack? Do you believe in love at first sight?"

Jack replies "Do you...

...Mind if I used the bathroom?" ruining the moment.

He goes in the bathroom and calls Mary, pacing nervously around.

"Jack?"

"Mary? I'm at Harper's place. The silver and the holy water didn't do anything, so she's not a demon. Where are you? Because, if Harper is not a monster, then I'm 99% sure she's in love with me."

"I'm not sure about it, Jack." Mary replies.

"Ok, but she was looking at me with these googly eyes, and then she asked me..."

"Jack..."

"If she is, then I need to know everything about sex."

"Jack, would you listen? The guy she works with is dead – Mary dodges a bullet – Something bit out his throat. So we have bigger things to worry about now."

"Ok, what should I do?"

"Something is off about Harper. Or at least the people around her."

"She said she had bad luck. Maybe she's cursed."

"Seems more like the guys around her a cursed."

"Guys like me?"

"Yeah, just keep her there..." and the line gets cut off.

"Mary? Mary?"

He walks out of the bathroom looking confused, not knowing what to do."

"Are you upset?" Harper asks.

"What?"

"I freaked you out, didn't I? I'm sorry. Sometimes I can come off as intense."

Jack puts on a fake smile "No! You're fine. I'm fine." She smiles and walks over to him and gazes into his eyes. Then she leans forward and kisses him. Jack was baffled. He kept his eyes opened for a moment and then closed them, starting to enjoy the kiss.

The kiss comes to sudden stop as Mary runs in, shutting the door behind her. Harper starts screaming, but Jack tries to calm her. "No, no, it's ok. We're here to help you."

"Hi, I'm Mary, I work with Jack. We're not FBI." Mary says stacking furniture on the front door. "We're here to save you."

"Save me from what?"

Then there was intense pounding on the door. They could hear someone growling behind it. They slowly back away. "That." Mary says.

"Who is out there?"

"It's not a who. First I thought it was a ghost, but then it punched me." Mary replies and then she spots Vance's picture. "Who is this?"

"That's my old boyfriend Vance."

"How did he die?"

"Die? I think he lives in Connecticut."

"Harper!" someone yelled her name from the other side of the door. The voice was rough and had a anger tone to it.

She screams and says "Vance?"

"Ok, so we are dealing with a zombie." Mary says.

"A zombie?" Jack asks.

Mary looks around for silver and she finds a butter knife. She takes it and hands Jack her knife. "Silver can hurt it, maybe slow it down, but there is only one way to stop these things."

Vance barges in. His eyes were completely white, his skin with a grey tone to it. He stares at them for a second and then charges at Mary.