A/N- After the breakup, Lulu seeks comfort in the arms of another man.

Chapter 1:

He has been watching her since she walked into the bar that was in the next town over. He knew that she was going to show up. She went to the bartender ordered her drink and headed to the pool table where she hustled several games of pool. He loved the way her jeans and tight sweater hugged her curves as she bent down to shoot. She kicked everyone's ass that she played. The other pool players thought she was an easy mark. He knew otherwise. The last player threw down a wad of cash on the table and threw his cue against the wall in frustration. She smiled as she counted the money, pocketed it, and took a drink of beer.

He knew her all too well. When the poo hit the fan about her boyfriend's betrayal, lies, and made her look like a fool, she just up and left town. No doubt her brothers were scourging the town looking for her, but after they beat the guy that put her heart in a blender to a bloody pulp or even torturing him. One of her brothers actually had a dungeon in his home.

He turned to the bartender, requested two of what she was drinking plus a bottle of the finest bottle of tequila that the bar had, two shot glasses, a shaker of salt, and a bowl full of limes.

"Careful pal," the bartender warned. "You might lose your shirt playing with her. I had never seen a person win so many games."

"I plan on it," he winked.

He made his way to the pool table where she was racking the balls up for the next game. He felt all the eyes in the bar on his back "Need a new victim?" He set the drinks on a table nearby. "I have been watching you."

"You have?" she asked, picking up the cue, handing him one.

"Want to talk about it?" He asked, handing her a beer. "I am a good listener, you know."

"Did come here to talk," she said as to took a gulp of her beer. "You break."

"What are the stakes?" He asked as he lined up his shot. "Looks like you cleaned up well before I came here."

He hit the balls and a striped ball went into a pocket. "You got solids, Lu."

"What do you have in mind, Johnny?" Lulu asked.

"There is a full bottle of tequila on the table over there. Every missed shot at the table we take a shot of tequila," Johnny offered. "We'll see where it goes from there."

Lulu smiled. "Prepare to take a cab home, Johnny. I don't lose."

"Famous last words, Lulu."

Johnny tired to pour the last of the tequila in the shot glass. He missed and poured most of the tequila on the table instead. "Hey barkeep, another bottle please!" He waved the bottle in the air then he took the half empty shot of tequila.

"And some more limes!" Lulu slurred as she lined up her next shot.

Johnny purposefully checked her with his hip, causing her to miss the shot. "Looks like to me that you missed, Lu."

The bartender handed Johnny another bottle of tequila and set a bowl of limes on the table. "Thanks man," Johnny said as he slipped him some money.

Johnny opened the bottle and poured Lulu a shot in her glass. "Your tequila, Lulu." He held up the glass to her.

Lulu licked the back of her hand, poured the shaker of salt on it, and then took the shot glass from Johnny. She downed the shot then sucked on a lemon. "No fair. You made me miss," she whined as she placed her empty shot glass next to the bottle.

"I never said I played fair, sweetheart," he winked. "You are a Spencer, you should know that more than anyone."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Lulu inquired.

"Take the bozos that you beat the pants off of earlier. They thought you were an easy mark. A sweet little thing that probably doesn't know how to play pool, boy you hoodwinked them."

"Hoodwinked?" Lulu echoed.

"Fooled, deceived, duped, bamboozled, and my favorite because it fits you so well, conned," Johnny explained.

"I know what the word means. It's something that Edward would have said, not you," Lulu said.

"Comparing me to your step-grandfather?" Johnny feigned outrage.

Johnny lined up his next shot; she tried to distract him like he did to her. She tried to hip check him, only to stumble into him. He missed the shot so he could catch her before she fell to the floor.

"You missed," she slurred.

"I think we better call this a draw before one us ends up on the floor for all the wrong reasons." Johnny took his cue and hers, placing them on the rack on the wall.

"Call us a cab," he asked the bartender.

"I don't want to go home, right now," Lulu said, tears filling her eyes. "He's there waiting to tell me more lies."

"When we will go somewhere else, okay? Tell the cabby to take us to the nearest motel or hotel."

The bartender smiled. "I will."

The door to the motel room banged open, Johnny and Lulu stumbled into the only room that the motel had left. Their mouths fused together in a hot kiss fueled by alcohol, hurt, and anger.

Johnny lift the hem of her shirt, his hand was on her warm flat belly. He backed her against the nearest wall. "If you want me to stop, now is a good time to tell me," he panted as he kissed her neck.

"Don't stop," she muttered softly.

Johnny didn't need anymore encouragement; he tore the sweater off of her body. Her nimble fingers began to unbutton his shirt. He caught her fingers and brought them to his mouth, kissing each tip.

He picked her up; she wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her to the bed; they shed their clothing on the way leaving a trail from the door to the bed. Johnny laid her down on the bed.

"Last time to back out, Lulu," he said, as he nuzzled her neck.

"Not a chance in hell." She kissed him back.

Johnny smiled down at her. "I was hoping that you were going to say that."

The next morning, Lulu turned over in bed. She had a massive headache. Her mouth was dry as a desert. What happened last night? The last thing she remembered was packing her things at Dante's and handing Michael her key as he pleaded his big brother's case.

"Lulu, just wait, please. Dante will be home in a few minutes. You can talk to him then," Michael said. "Give him a chance to explain. I am sure he has an explanation for everything."

"I'm through talking to him. He is just going to spout lies to me anyway. I am not going to listen to a word that he has to say, ever. You tell him that." Lulu pushed past him and went into the elevator and the doors shut behind her.

She looked around; she was in a motel room that she didn't recognize. She pulled back the sheet she was naked. Lulu wrapped herself in a sheet then got out of bed. She was alone in the room, she noticed that her clothes were neatly folded and stacked on a chair near including her bra and panties that were on top.

"What happened last night?" she asked aloud as she put on her panties and bra.

She was just about to put on the rest of her clothes when the motel room door opened. "Good you are awake. I brought you a bottle of aspirin and some water to chase it down."

"Johnny?" Lulu asked, shocked.

She dropped her sheet in shock.

"Yeah, who did you think it was?" Johnny reached into the bag to retrieve the bottle of aspirin and a bottle of water.

Lulu picked up the sheet and wrapped it tightly around herself. Johnny laughed. "Relax, Lu it's nothing that I haven't seen before."

Johnny walked across the room, handing her the bottle of water and aspirin. "This should help with the headache. You- well we drank a lot last night."

Lulu dumped four white pills in her hand and swallowed them with a gulp of water. "What do you remember from last night? All I am coming up with is blanks."

Johnny reached into the bag again. "I got coffee and bagels too. I got your favorite cream cheese. I even remember how you took your coffee."

Johnny held out the coffee and bagel to her. She took them from him and took a sip of her coffee.

"This tastes like heaven. You are stalling. You don't remember much either do you?" Lulu asked. "I woke up naked and alone in bed. My clothes were neatly folded on the chair"

Johnny smirked. "I couldn't have you tripping over them now could I? They were a trail from the door to the bed."

"We had sex last night?" Lulu asked.

Johnny laughed. "From the looks of the room when I woke up this morning, we had sex multiple times on multiple furnishings in this room."

Lulu tried to hide behind her coffee cup. "Oh God, I am sorry."

"Sorry for what?" Johnny asked.

"For using you to forget him."

Dante entered his loft. He was exhausted; he had been searching for Lulu all night and came up empty handed. Her family had completely shut him out. Tracy told him if they heard from Lulu they will not tell him anything. Maxie slammed the door in his face. He narrowly dodged being beaten to a pulp by Ethan and Nikolas. Lucky told him to leave his sister alone. Edward threatened to sic Alice on him when he showed up at the Quatermain's. Tracy threatened to cut off his manhood if he ever looked at Lulu again.

Michael was sitting on the sofa drinking a cup of coffee. "Hey Dante."

"Hey," Dante returned. "Lulu didn't call, did she?"

"Actually she came by got her stuff last night and left you this." Michael handed Dante Lulu's key.

Dante stared at the flat metal object in his hand. It was really over. She left him. "Did she say anything at all?"

"I tried to convince her to stay and hear you out. I really tried. She said that you were just going to lie to her again and she wouldn't believe you anyway."

Tears welled up in Dante's eyes. "Why didn't I just tell her the truth? She would be here with me instead of God's knows where."

Michael held up his hands. "Don't look at me. I have no idea where she is. I haven't heard from her either. None of the family has. They were not snowing you, Dante. Nikolas wants to report her missing but there hasn't been enough time that passed."

"If you hear from her, would you tell me?" Dante asked.

"I don't know. She would put me in an awkward position. You two are both my family. I think that is why she hasn't contacted me yet," Michael said. "She doesn't want me to be put in the middle."

"I totally blew it, didn't I?" Dante sighed.

"Yes you did, big brother," Michael confirmed. "Now what are you going to do about it?"

Johnny smiled as he drank his coffee. "Feel free to use me to forget him anytime you want, Lulu."

"I just came to the bar to shoot pool and try and forget. I …."

"Didn't mean for this to happen?" Johnny finished. "Is that your way to say that you regret what happened last night?"

"No!" Lulu cried. "I didn't mean that. I am glad that you showed up last night. Those bikers weren't too keen when I beat them at pool."

"So you are glad that we made love last night?" Johnny asked.

Lulu nodded. "I am glad that it happened. Are you?"

Johnny smiled. "Yea, I have been waiting for you to give me a second chance for a long time. I realized that Olivia was just a place holder for you. I was never in love with her. I was in lust with her."

"What are you saying, Johnny?" Lulu asked.

"I am asking you to give me another chance, Lulu. We can make it work this time. Your family likes me better than Dante. Tracy even said so. What do you say?"

Lulu smiled. "I would like that a lot. If you lie to me just once, I am kicking you to the curb."

Johnny crossed the room in two quick strides. He took the breakfast items from her hands, placing them on the dressing. He messed with the sheet until it pooled at her feet. He unsnapped her bra in one swift motion. "Let's celebrate, shall we?"

Should I continue?