This is the edited version. There is an 'M' rated version (Finding Their Way M) if you want to read the chapter in its entirety.
Chapter 6
Kurt was getting the ingredients he needed for their dinner. He was going to make a stir fry; he had the sliced vegetables, diced chicken and the sauce ready. He turned the heat under the wok on. Jane was watching him. He loved to cook and took every opportunity to do so. She walked into the kitchen and wrapped her arms around him from the back and rested her face onto his back. He placed one of his hands on top of hers briefly. She unwound her hands from his body and kissed his cheek before she leapt up and sat on the counter by his side. Kurt chuckled. He began to cook the vegetables; once they were ready he emptied them into a bowl. He then placed the chicken pieces into the wok. He picked up the bowl of cooked vegetables and faced Jane. He pierced a piece and held it to Jane's mouth. Jane gave him a look.
"It's green!"
"I know its green, its broccoli." Kurt stated
"You know the only green things I eat are Spinach, M&Ms and Jello."
"C'mon, it tastes nice!"
"It's a mini tree!"
"So what? You liked the cauliflower last week. Just think of it as the green version of cauliflower."
"It was covered in cheese sauce; anything would taste great with that lovely rich thick cheese sauce!"
"C'mon Jane, just one bite?" coerced Kurt
"Uh-uh." Jane shook her head
Kurt took the chicken off the heat and emptied the pieces into another bowl and switched the heat of the stove top off.
"Sawyer's tried it! He was much more mature than you!"
At this Jane raised her eyebrows and noticed that Kurt couldn't maintain eye contact. It took him a while before he could look at her in the eye.
"So Sawyer came up to you one day and said 'Oh Uncle Kurt please feed me broccoli.'?"
Kurt was fidgeting.
"Not exactly, no." admitted Kurt
"So how exactly did it happen?"
"Well I may have encouraged him a little…"
"And by 'encourage' you mean…?"
"I may have persuaded him."
"How?"
"Reasoning with him?"
"Hmmm, and does this reasoning have anything to do with candy?"
"I don't think I know what you're talking about."
"So you didn't BRIBE your eleven year old nephew with candy so he would eat the mini trees?"
"No I did not!"
Jane didn't believe it, she knew there was no way Sawyer would willingly eat the green vegetable.
"Weller, what did you do to poor Sawyer? Did you threaten to ground him? Take his computer game thingy away?"
"Hey don't go feeling sorry for 'poor Sawyer' he's a little con artist!"
He realised his mistake as soon as finished speaking and clamped his mouth shut.
"Why? What did he do?"
Kurt was silent and avoiding her gaze so she decided to get the big guns out.
"Ok, don't worry about it, I'll just ask Sarah if she would have approved of whatever method 'Uncle Kurt' used to get her son to eat his greens."
She was about to move to jump off of the counter when Kurt was right there in front of her and his arms on either side of her trapping her where she sat.
"You don't need to do that. She's probably asleep now; you don't want to disturb them…"
"It's six o'clock!"
"They like to get to bed early!"
"Really? You know I will just call her tomorrow instead!"
Kurt dropped his chin to his chest in defeat.
"Fine!"
He looked into her eyes and saw the mirth in them from winning this round.
"Don't feel sorry for 'poor Sawyer'!"
"Why?"
"Why? Why? Because he's a little con artist that's why!"
Jane couldn't help but giggle at Kurt's mini rant.
"What did he do?"
"Well, me being the good uncle that I am, when you were out on a girls night, I was trying to get him to eat his vegetables because they're good for you!"
Kurt emphasized the last bit for her but she just smiled back.
"Anyway I thought I may be able to persuade him…"
"How?"
"…by…giving him a piece of candy for every piece of broccoli he ate." Kurt mumbled
"I'm sorry? I didn't quite hear you." Jane said with a wide smile
"I offered him a piece of candy for every piece of broccoli he ate, satisfied?"
"Hmmm, I wonder what Sarah would think about you BRIBING her son?"
"It wasn't really a bribe more like a …negotiation."
"Keep telling yourself that! When she finds out, I knew nothing about it and you're on your own. You know she will find out!"
His shoulders slumped.
"Anyway, the little…'angel' refused the deal!"
"Hold on, are you telling me that your candy mad nephew said no to candy? Are you serious?"
"Unfortunately yes, I am serious! He didn't want candy, he wanted something else…"
Jane was completely confused as to what Sawyer could want more than chocolate.
"What did he want?"
"Cold hard cash!"
Jane stared at him in shock for a while before she burst out laughing. She was nearly doubled over with laughter, Kurt just stood there with a sardonic look on his face which made her laugh even more.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, your sweet innocent 11 year old nephew conned you a big bad FBI agent into paying him with money to eat broccoli? That's priceless!"
"Oh it had a price trust me! My wallet is feeling it!"
"How much did he charge?"
Kurt turned a lovely shade of pink at the question.
"Weller? A quarter for each piece?"
Kurt shook his head no.
"He managed to get a dollar for each piece out of you?"
Again Kurt shook his head and turned a deeper shade of red.
"Weller…" Jane hesitated "…how much did Sawyer charge?"
"$5." Kurt replied reluctantly
"$5 for a plate of broccoli isn't too bad."
"Per piece." Kurt mumbled
"I'm sorry what?"
"Per piece, $5 per piece!"
There was a stunned silence. Jane averted her gaze and kept her lips together.
"Oh just let it out, I know you want to!"
Laughter filled the kitchen. Jane reached for him and held his shoulders.
"Awwww poor baby! How much did he take you for?"
"$50!"
"You're a good uncle!" chuckled Jane
"You haven't heard the whole story yet!"
"What else happened?"
"Well the next day at work we somehow got onto the topic of fussy eaters remember?"
Jane thought back and then nodded her head at the memory.
"Well do you remember how Reade was impressed by Sawyer eating all his vegetables after needing only a little prompting?"
Jane nodded and remembered the conversation and covered her mouth with her hand to stop the laughter coming out.
"…well Sarah's already given me a head's up with what vegetables Sawyer doesn't eat, so whenever I make any of them and he says he doesn't want any I say 'that's fine but you won't grow up to be tall and strong like your Uncle Kurt', then he takes a double helping! He even likes broccoli now, Brussel sprouts he tolerates but I consider both of those a win!"
"Laugh it up! I was conned by an eleven year old!"
"Well, look on the bright side; he wants to be like you!"
"Hmm."
"Ok, so how are you going to persuade me to eat it? I'm no pushover! Candy will not work with me!"
Jane placed her hands on his shoulders again.
"How about $1 per piece?"
"I'm cheaper than your nephew? I don't think so!"
"I just thought you wouldn't take advantage of me!"
"Nice try mister but try again!"
Kurt looked at her and then smirked. Jane shivered at the look which Kurt felt and made him smile wider. Kurt moved closer.
"Well I know one thing you can't resist…"
"Which is…?" whispered Jane
Kurt kissed her cheek.
"Will that be payment enough?" Kurt asked
"For eating a mini tree, I don't think so!"
"How about…"
He then proceeded to kiss her on the temple. He felt her sigh when his lips made contact. He knew she loved it when he kissed her temple.
"You're on the right track."
"Hmmmm, where else can I kiss you?"
Kurt had a twinkle in his eye before he moved forward and cupped her cheek with his right hand while his left went to her hip. His mouth descended on hers and they shared a slow passionate kiss. When they came up for air they leaned back slightly to look at each other and both found the same ridiculous smile on the other that they knew was on their face. Kurt was still caressing her cheek and Jane had wrapped her arms around his neck and they moved forward for another kiss. She would scrape her fingers through his scalp as their tongues danced together, he loved it whenever she did that and this time was no exception. She opened her legs and he stepped into the space so he was closer to her. Jane wanted to be nearer to him so she wrapped her legs around him bringing him closer to her not that he was complaining if the groan that came from him was anything to go by. They carried on kissing for a while, every so often coming up for the required air. Kurt had moved both his arms around Jane's lower back so there was hardly any space between them. The next time they came up for air they just stared into each other's eyes, a silent conversation happening between the two. Kurt seemed satisfied by what he saw in her eyes so he checked that the stove top was switched off before catching Jane's gaze again and again seeing the same message in her eyes, he wrapped his arms tighter around her and she did the same with her legs and he carried her to their bedroom, moving his arms to under her backside, while catching her mouth again. They made it to the bedroom without incident; the apartment wasn't that big, Jane pulled away from the kiss.
"Lock the door!"
At Kurt's puzzled look Jane explained.
"Just in case."
Jane then continued to capture Kurt's mouth while Kurt blindly closed and locked the bedroom door. He took them to the bed and he sat down. They came up for air and Kurt started to kiss her neck something which she enjoyed as she arched her back bringing her even closer contact with him. He went back to her mouth; he couldn't get enough of it. They eventually came up and both were breathing heavily, they stared at each other their chests in sync, again another conversation was happening without any words. Kurt was confident with what he saw in Jane's eyes.
Later…
"What are you doing all the way over there?"
She shrugged.
"Get over here now, you've literally slept on me for ages and after what just happened there is no way you're not sleeping on me now ok?"
He saw the relief in her eyes as she moved to him and when she climbed on top of him he felt her sigh in relief. He put his hands on her back and was stroking them up and down. He noticed that she was eyeing his shirt to the side so he reached out and got it and proceeded to put it on her, helping her head through the hole and then her arms through the sleeves, as he pulled the shirt down he moved his arms back under the shirt to caress her back as he was moving them down to take them from under the shirt she shot him a vicious look that said 'don't even think about', so he left his hands stroking her back and he could have sworn that she purred at the touch.
She leaned forward to kiss him and when they pulled apart she looked into his eyes.
"I love you Weller."
"I love you Jane."
"Hey you better get some rest; you're going to need it for rounds 2 through 5!" murmured Jane
"Excuse me?"
"Hmmm?"
"Rounds 2 through 5?" asked Kurt
"Yeah, that's a conservative estimate by the way, there are a few things I want to reciprocate, there's somethings that I want to try, well the top things on my list I want to try! We couldn't try everything tonight. I did tell you I thought and dreamt about this a lot!"
"Are you going to tell me what they are?"
"No you need your rest first. I will tell you though that you probably should buy two or three boxes of condoms at a time. Make sure you leave a few boxes at my place and in BOTH our go bags!"
"I don't think that's the purpose of a go bag."
"Look, if we have to go somewhere we'll have clothes and toiletries ready for us, supposing we have a little down time or we finish early? I'm telling you right now if there is an opportunity for us to make love and we can't because you didn't pack any condoms you better be ready to make it up to me or else!"
"Sleep, we can carry on this conversation later." Said Kurt
Kurt kissed her head and she kissed his chest above his heart and snuggled down onto his chest with his arms wrapped around her under his shirt.
He became aware that someone was watching him, when he opened his eyes he realised it was Jane who was on top of his chest like usual but she was resting her chin on her layered hands as if waiting for him to awake but waiting patiently. It seemed as if she had something on her mind.
"Hey are you ok? You seem to have something on your mind?"
She nodded. A silent Jane wasn't a good sign, she could talk to him about anything, and she knew that.
"Do you want to share what's on your mind?"
Another nod.
"I'm not going to like this am I? Did I hurt you earlier…."
She moved her body further up his, held his cheek and kissed him with all her heart and rested her forehead against his.
"You could never hurt me." Jane whispered
He sighed in relief, he didn't know what he'd do if he hurt her. He removed a hand from her back and tucked some hair behind her ear and caressed her cheek.
"What's on your mind?"
"I want to tell you something but you may not be receptive…"
"You can tell me anything. I promise I'll listen. Should we get dressed?"
Jane shook her head no. She opened and closed her mouth a few times but no sound would come out. Kurt rubbed his thumb across her cheek in an attempt to relax her and it did. She smiled at him and then began to speak.
"When I was with Oscar…" Jane winced at this
She felt Kurt stiffen and she implored him with her eyes to hear her out, he breathed out slowly and nodded at her to continue. She let out a sigh of relief.
"…when I was with Oscar, it wasn't anything like this. I assumed it would be the same with you. It was more …functional…than anything. It was just for the release. It must have been muscle memory that I knew what to do with him. Technically he was my first well the first I could remember as I had no frame of reference…"
Kurt nodded for her to continue.
"…I had some dreams soon after we met…"
At Kurt's blank look she elaborated.
"…you know dreams?"
At his look of realisation she sighed. He found it amusing that she couldn't say 'sex dream' after what they did earlier.
"Anyway I was with a man and I liked the dream, it made me feel alive. Each successive dream was more vivid. I thought it and hoped it was you. As I had more dreams, the man I was with had a tattoo on his inside arm, I was disappointed as I knew it couldn't be you, but it didn't stop me from every time I had a dream I would look at your arm and see if for some reason you decided to get permanent ink of a tree. Then Oscar came into the picture. I didn't want to believe him but he had that video of me on his phone, it was me but it wasn't at the same time. Then I saw the tattoo on his arm. Things between us, you and me, were not great; I had to pull away from you as he was threatening your life. One thing led to another and we ended up having sex. It was two people wanting company, wanting release, at least on my part, it was always in some dingy basement not exactly romantic, it was always…efficient, that's the best way I can describe it. After the first time I …just thought of you when he was kissing and touching me, actually I thought of you A LOT! Apparently, and I have no recollection of this so Oscar could have been lying although I don't know to what end, apparently I called out your name each and every time. If that was the case why did he come back for more? It doesn't make any sense. He told me just before I killed him. Like I said I expected it to be the same with you, but a little better, than it was with Oscar as that was my only frame of reference. I had no idea that it would be so amazing, that's an understatement but I can't even think of the right words. I think all my senses were on overload from the moment you carried me into our bedroom. I loved every second of it even the sweet but unnecessary times you hesitated just in case I wasn't ready, you are a true gentleman. My body is still humming in pleasure from what you did to me. I will remember this as 'my first time', which is technically true…"
Kurt raised his eyebrow in question.
"…well it is true, with Oscar it was sex plain and simple, in every way, but with you, it was the first time we made love so it counts as my first!"
Kurt stared at her for a few moments and pulled her down for a kiss. When they parted he had a massive smile on his face which was so open that she had one on her face as well.
"It goes both ways you know. You're my first as well. I've had sex before but you're my first, the last and the only one that I've made and will make love with!" declared Kurt
They smiled at each other.
"You know you were wrong right?" Kurt stated
"Hmmm?"
"Well you were definitely the loud one! I think EVERYONE in the building heard you!"
"Ok, I admit I was…not as quiet as I could be but it's all your fault!"
"How did you come to that conclusion?"
"Well you made me feel so loved that I had to express my feelings in some way! So it was your fault which technically means you were the louder one!"
"Riiiight! But the fact is that everyone would have heard a female voice!"
"At least everyone will know your name now!"
"True but I like the way you say my name or should I say scream my name!"
"Hmmm at least you know what you have to do to get me to say your first name!"
"I don't care whether you use my first name or surname as long as you're with me I'm happy!"