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((I was under the opinion that i was anything but adorable.... i dunno maybe its a freudian slip wink ))

Nich sighed he bent down to examine his ankle. It burned like it was being cooked in a pot of oil, but the infecdtion wasnt bad, and the lacerations were many, but shallow. The bleeding had all but stopped, and come were already scabbing over. When he heard her offhand confessions though he straightened up.

His suave nature was back and so was his confidence. He sighed deeply as he realized he was once again pushing back his desire for compassion, not because he didnt need some, but just because it was inconvenient to his goals... which always seemed to be too valorous for his own good.He ran his fingers into his hair as he stared at the floor so she couldnt see his eyes.

"Well you know those stories where the heroic personality crashes out of the chaos in a blaze of glory, limpingand dying but still strong enough to protect the damzel in distress? Well , i tend to be one of those guys..."

Then he smiled up at her and laughed a little at his warm sarcasm.

"So i geuss, i dunno you could always tell meabout it... more in depth if you wanted. Or hell, keep me company awhile, im not taking off from here for a good while... "

His speech cut off abruptly not because he was done talking but because his eyes had spaced out. his right eyelid began to blink rapidly, and the left pupil rolled backward. He fell back toward the window jsut then. the sensation jarred him awake, and he regained his footing after stumbling a bit. This turn in his concious meant he'd lost a ******** of blood. He looked at his right wrist which was still bleeding pretty bad to find he had an arterial laceration, which in lamens terms meant he was screwin the eternal pooch, and pissing on mortality's shoe.

"Man... I ... Ugh..." He shook his head." I need a lighter... "

Nich's hand started to shake as he took the lighter he hated this part... talking would make it easier though.

"I dont do wrong... regret is pointless, and morals are over-rated. Your right about the flirting with pretty girls and the palm dancing, though your wrong about..."

He paused as he reached into his back pocket. he grunted when his weight shifted, and with his right hand he lit the lighter, and in his left he flicked open a pocket knife and started to heat it.

"quite a bit too. I dont generally take advantage of anything like that, and as for goals... well... didnt i already tell you that i get bored alot?"

He flicked off the lighter and his breath quickened. The knife was smoking and was probablly intensely hot by now...

"Ya my goals are all but non-existant, and i could definately use the comapny of someone telling me a story right about now."

His voice caught as the hardness of his bravado faltered, ittook him until then to realize she'd helped him... alot. He wasnt used to that.... and it took him quite awhile to realize the beautiful smell on the air was her...

Nich was taken aback... his hands were shaking but thats because of a whole nother reason... this kid seemed pretty cool if a little uptight.

"Naw man... i just got chased by the fuzz, bitten by a dog, drug through barbed wire and fell into a cellar full of broken glass.... and now burned."

With that he smiled and pressed the hot edge to his skin where the bleeding hadnt stopped.

"Sonuvvarottenmotherwhore"

His stream of profanitys didnt help the pain he lt though, and when he pulled the knife away he had a nice little crescent scar, and no more bleeding.... hs tsabbed the knife into a step behind him and laid back beside it.

"ya man... i dunno i just had a rough night, and ii thought it was gonna get worse with all you here, but id have to say that this hasnt been a wasted venture... sorry if i didnt get your name though...I cant recall it."

Nich was thoroughly confused but he resolved he needed to do something other than sit there... so he stood up and offer his favorite companion a hand to follow him. he knew by now she was crazy for him,and he couldnt say that he didnt get the butterflies everytime he looked at her, but for now he'd stick with walking her home in the morning... for now... what he really wanted to know was that he hadnt stumbled onto some crazy satanic ritual full of people being nice while really planning to sacrifice him.

"so... uhh, may i ask what the hell is going on here? You guys arent satanists are you?"

The girl's words struck a chord with him, but he couldnt discuss things like that with this adderly guy around... although, he wasnt bitter about his presence. there was plenty of time for that later.

he couldnt resist smiling at her again, even if she was just trying to make him fell better....or a satanist.

Nich took his arm from around her... it made him feel uncomfortable. Her touch gave him the most elated feeling on his insides, like he hadnt lived until that moment, but at the same time... he didnt feel right touching people. Maybe its cus he was lonely alot, maybe because he subconciously liked being alone, but he really hoped this girl would stay with him... at least for a little while.

"Well i figured id take a seat back where you were before I made my entrance. I dunno maybe one of the other satanists could tell me whats going on. In all seriousness though... i havent a clue what so many people are doing in abandoned house... ..."

He paused for a moment he was just about to make a joke about sruining their orgy when he realized that he would be angry to even hear that because that meant this beautiful girl was involved...

"I really would like to know whats up."

He smiled as the girl teased him she hadnt answered his question yyet though.

"You could run... but I'd catch you. I outran two cops even after the dog bit me, not to mention i could porbably ignore the pain just as well as i am now. My ankle still works, it just hurts. So in closing id catch you... but i dunno..."
He lowered his voice and drew close to her until he was speaking in her ear.
" somethin about the rain has always seemed sexy to me."

As he stepped back he ave her a very sultry and inappropriate wink... he didnt care though. he meant it as a joke, but thats not to say it was untrue... she could take it how she wanted..."

"Although... I'd still like to know why YOURE here."

e remembered her clumsy back-handed confessions and his heart darkened, but it couldnt compare to how nervous he felt lying on top of her. He had pushed her back when he fell, and placed both hands on either side of her body, but his face couldnt be half a foot from hers. She was smiling, but he didnt know what the hell he would do.

the nervousness and conditioning won in the ned and he rolled off of her and sat beside her. He sat with one leg outstretched, and his hands closed around his other knee which was slightly bent.

"I know why you left whereveer you were... not why you came here. Escaping is a completely different thing than hiding... why hide here? The fuzz dont even want to come here, and arrest a broken up disturber of the peace... what is it about this place that i dont know?"

Nich looked taken aback for a moment, not because of her position in relativity ot himself, but because of what she had said.

"This house is haunted?"

He said this in barely an audible whisper. Then his face split into a wide grin.

"The fuzz didnt follow me here cus this house is haunted... thats hilarious... I know im a sceptic, but cmon i didnt know people actually took stuff like this seriously."

Just then the rain intensified and a chill ran down his spine. he shivvered a bit, but shook it off. Every bone of logic in his body told him that stuff like ghosts was bullshit, and being a firm atheist he could have cared less about afterlefe. Although he couldnt help the feelings he got sometimes. He called it the willies, whenever he knew things were weird. He didnt think about it too much, but this was one of those situations... it was wierd.

Thats when he noticed she had leant closer again. She wasnt lettingup on him at all. he decided itwas abetter idea to just not fight it. He smiled at her as her slight scent drifted across his nostrils. His heart was beating incredibly fast, and he loved it. He lived for moments like this, but they'd never come from a girl.