Saturday Sunrise at Galactica Point

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There's a soft drizzle falling, but off to the east, the sun rises clear and bright over the horizon. Gulls and sandpipers take their turns investigating the tidbits the tide has deposited, and a small chihuahua in a black Speedo is darting from tide pool to crab to bird to interesting bit of kelp.

Above the waterline, hiding from the raindrops under a rainbow umbrella, a blonde sits and watches the sunrise. The morning is cool, with the promise of humid warmth later.

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The trip out to the store was always fun for Kurt, or at least he made it that way.

In a series of hops, he teleported across town, deciding to go a new route, and add more to his memory of locations. After all, it would help him get around faster if needed.

And so it was with a cloud of black smoke, and a soft *BAMF!* He appeared just behind the blonde. He took a moment to regard her before getting ready to teleport again, and realized he knew this one.

"Fraulein Elle?" He said cautiously.

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She peeked out from under the umbrella and smiled warmly at him.

"Gooten Morgan, Kurt!" she said, German with more than a touch of Valley girl, "Vee gates?"

She blinked twice and her smile faded. "Did I say that wrong?"

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Kurt hid a smile. "Uh, ja....ja zhat was wunderbol, Elle." He moved closer. "What are you doing out here on such a dreary morning?"

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"Dreary? It's gorgeous!" she said, cocking her head as the smile returned. "Just look at that sunrise...off over there just waiting to reach land. The day is full of potential and I'm right here watching it be born. Makes me happy. What about you?" she asked cheerfully and adjusting the umbrella. "Do you want to sit with me under here?" she offered.

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Kurt nodded with a smile, and somersaulted over to her, swinging around a flagpole and landing neatly beside her.

"Looking out over the water at the sun, ja...it is herrlich. Gorgeous," He smiled. "You have a bit of the sun in you as well, lieblen."

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"I was Miss Hawaiian Tropic." she chirped, scrunching up her shoulders, "Plus I'm a California girl. We're born with the sunshine in us I think."

She held her hand out from under the umbrella until her fingers dripped. "And the rain makes things grow because of that whole water cycle thing. I think the raindrops must be disappointed here because they only just came in off the ocean and now they're falling back into it."

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Kurt furrowed his brows. He had never looked at it that way.

"You have such a wunderbol way of looking at things," He said softly.

"Where does it come from? That insight you use? Und the outlook you have?"

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She turned her head and looked at him curiously. "I don't know, Kurt. It's just...hmm. I've never really thought about it. Well, like, ok. It's not like there aren't bad things and stuff, but if you only focus on those things you get all emo and before you know it you're dying your hair black and sitting in the basement staring at a candle or something like Margot's little sister."

She looked back out over the ocean and smilled at the sunrise, closing her eyes, "But if you concentrate on what's good and beautiful in the world, the bad things are easier to deal with because every single day brings something new and special. You know?" she asked innocently.

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Kurt absolutely beamed. "Ja," He was excited. "I have always hoped to find such as that." He felt like dancing. "You should teach that lesson to everyone, ja?"

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"I'm trying. One smile at a time." she said, giggling and leaning against him. "Smiles just spread, and they don't cost anything at all. You just have to be nice. I don't know why people find it so hard. Like at Harvard there was this boy and he was so...not happy. I smiled at him every day, and I finally started giving him a hug after class. By the time we graduated, he had turned into one of the most outgoing, caring people you've ever met. And it wasn't just me, you know. But, yeah. It's, like, contagious. Happy-itis."

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"Happy-itis," Kurt repeated with a smile. "Ja, a disease, but one that heals instead of hurts."

He got a nearly devious look on his face. "I almost wonder if zhere is such a disease, ja? People would want their doctor's to give them exposure to it."

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"Oh, don't be silly. If there were, people wouldn't need Prozac!" she exclaimed. "Besides, if you have a problem with your happiness, you can just come sit by me. I'll perk you up in no time, Kurt. You should really see the world through my eyes. It's super." she added with a sharp nod.

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"Und if I were Jean, or the Professor I could see the world through your eyes," Kurt smiled. "But it's not all gloom with me fraulein. I see the world through rather glücklich eyes at times."

He looked upward toward the heavens. "I can remember before my faith was shaken. When everything was bright, shining with the light of the Lord."

He gazed back at her, one hand touching her cheek. "It's like you carry that light, ja? Reminding me zhat there is a God und that He loves us all."

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"For real? Neat!" She pressed her cheek to his hand and smiled brightly as the drizzle faded and stopped for a while.

"I don't know about carrying any Godlight, but life's a pretty precious thing and if you don't snap it up, then you're just really wasting it. It's like if you don't grab the Chanel dress off the rack at the clearance sale, you just know some older lady with wide hips is going to take it and she won't be able to work it as well but you've lost your chance and it's never going to come again. You totally have to carpe every diem, Kurt. Do you?"

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Kurt laughed loudly.

"It's funny because it almost works. Comparing life to clothes shopping."

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"Shopping is life." she said seriously as she raised her eyebrows. "But you didn't answer my question, silly. Do you sieze the day? Everyday? It really does help you appreciate the beauty in things."

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Kurt started to answer then looked down and shook his head sadly.

"I used to, ja." He started. "Every day, I tried. But....shall we say that sometimes things change."

He looked back up. "But I'm always willing to learn, lieblen."

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"Why don't you start today?" she asked softly as she laid her hand on his arm. "You just watched a beautiful sunrise on the edge of the land with me...what do you want to do now? Every moment is full of possibilities, Kurt. Take a chance!" she exclaimed as she pushed back the umbrella and jumped up.

In just a tiny tank top with a picture of Rob Thomas on it and pink and blue madras shorts, she began to spin in the rain with her arms spread wide. "What do you want, Kurt?" she called as she giggled in the rain.

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Kurt grinned. "Und are you willing to take chances too?"

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She stopped abruptly, listing a bit to catch her balance and fight off the dizziness. "Of course! I live for chances. You're not really alive unless you take chances. Jeez." she laughed as she brushed a saturated lock of hair back off her face.

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"Then how would you like to travel as I do?"

Kurt grinned like a mad grinning fool. "Care to experience the city in hops and leaps?"

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"Really?" she asked, her smile growing wide and her eyes sparkling in the morning sunshine. "Yes! Oh my God, yes!" she exclaimed, bouncing a little and calling Bruiser.

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Kurt smiled fondly at Elle as she gathered up her dog. He bowed and stepped closer to her.

"So, where would you like to go first, my dear?"

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"Well, I should take Bruiser home. He doesn't have the same zhwah de veev that I do."

French with a Valley accent. At least she's consistant.

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Kurt restrained from rolling his eyes. Well, from rolling them much.

He took Elle in his arms and pulled her close. A scent of her perfume wafted across his nose, or with her? Could have been her natural fragrance.

He took a deep breath and cautioned her. "Hold on, fraulein, and don't panic."

*BAMF!*

And just like that, a moment of chilling darkness, and then on her front stoop.

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Elle deposited Bruiser and shook off the shock of moving so quickly from one place to another.

"Wow, Kurt! I could do that all day! How cool...you wanna? Come on." she said, wrapping her arms around him. "Do it again. (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/880101.html?thread=34794981#t34794981)"

And that's all it took.

*BAMF*