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Chapter One – Moving On Out

Lucie had been living in New York since she was 25, it had been 4 years since then, she was single, alone and nearly 30 life was just peachy. She had been living in a one-bedroom apartment just inside Manhattan for nearly a year, she had split from her partner, who happened to be the reason she moved away from her home country England in the first place. Lucie had considered moving back to England but knowing how she was going to explain to her mother that the relationship she was so certain was going to last forever didn't was something Lucie just didn't have the answer to.

Since moving out to New York Lucie had had trouble making friends, people just didn't seem to understand her English sense of humour and that bugged her big time. As much as she would hate to have to go back home and have to admit she was wrong, at this point in Lucie's life she was feeling that maybe that would be a wise decision. That was until she met someone in O'Reilly's bar. She had become a regular since moving to Manhattan, and she was very good friends with the O'Reilly's owner, Mr O'Reilly himself.

"Hey Luce! How've you been?"

Lucie smiled, she loved coming to O'Reilly's is was probably the one place where she had some decent friends.

"I've been okay Sean. Just had a rough day."

Sean laughed.

"The usual Luce?"

Lucie nodded.

"As always Sean, I have a feeling it's going to be a long night!"

With that Lucie took a sip of the frosty beer that Sean had placed down in front of her.

Lucie had been sitting at the bar chatting with Sean's wife for over an hour now. When she felt someone sit down next to her, she didn't respond she just kept focussing on Maggie and the holiday snaps that were being passed under Lucie's nose.

"Wow, I've never been there, what's it like?"

"It's amazing Luce, truly magical, it reminded me so much of something out of a fairy story."

Lucie looked down at the photo and tried to contain her laughter, the place that Maggie was talking about was in fact the biggest toilet in history.

"Mag's you do realise that its just a big toilet?"

Lucie looked up it was in fact the man that was sat down next to her that had spoken. Lucie looked him up and down, he was cop, she had seen enough to know.

"It may be a giant toilet but it was special to me."

Maggie reverted her attention back to Lucie.

"Don't worry Hun, me and Sean will make you take a break out of your busy life and take you there one day."

"Why, thank you Maggie, I'd love to."

With that Maggie smiled and walked to the other side of the bar. Lucie sighed and continued to look through the photo's she saw one of Maggie and Sean, they looked so happy together, she couldn't believe that they had been together since they were 16. Considering they were both 56 that's 40 years, Lucie couldn't get relationship to last 4 years, let alone 40. She sighed and gathered the photos together, placed them back into their packet and leaned over the bar and tucked them behind the bar safe.

She sat back down and took another sip of her beer.

The guy beside her smiled at her.

"You seem to know Sean and Maggie nearly as much as I do."

Lucie smiled, and turned to face him, she was taken aback by his looks, he was tall, black hair, bright blue eyes and the looks of angel.

"Well, I kinda, came in here on the off chance about a year ago, they treated me so well that I became a regular, what can I say its like my home from home…from home."

The guy beside her laughed.

"So you have three homes?"

Lucie laughed.

"No, but as you can probably tell I'm not a native Yank. So England is my home, my apartment in Manhattan is my home from home and this place, is my home from home home… okay that makes sense in my head."

He laughed again, he then took a sip from his bottle of beer.

"That does make sense, I'm only teasing you."

Lucie shook her head.

"Really, I couldn't tell."

The man laughed again. Lucie looked him up and down and noticed his gun and badge.

She laughed to herself while she took a swig of her drink.

"What?"

Lucie smiled again.

"Nothing…its just, do you carry your piece and have your badge on show when your of duty so that it impresses the girls?"

The man laughed.

"No that's not why, I have just come off shift, and I always carry my badge and gun just in case I get caught in a situation that requires it."

Lucie smiled and nodded her head.

"But is it working?"

Lucie burst into laughter. She liked this guy he was funny, and he seemed strangely genuine.

"Glad I could make you laugh. You seemed a little down earlier."

Lucie stopped laughing and took a drink of her beer, the man beside her did the same. Lucie smiled, and turned her head to face his.

"I'll admit looking at how loving Maggie and Sean are to each other made me feel a little down. I broke up with my partner a little over a year ago, he was the reason I moved to New York, but catching him in your bed with the one friend you thought you had in this place is enough to realise that maybe you had made a mistake."

"I'm sorry to hear that, not all guys are complete jerks though."

Lucie turned to face him again.

"I never said they were, I'm just saying he was."

The guy took a sip of his beer.

"Was he a native New Yorker?"

Lucie shook her head.

"He was born in England but moved to New York when he was 2, moved back to England when he was 20, and that's when I met him, we took the same night class. We both moved here 5 years later, 3 years after that, catch him in bed with my best mate."

The guy breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good I thought I was going to have to try and defend myself to you then."

Lucie turned towards him and raised her eyebrows.

"Who said you didn't have to try and defend yourself to me?"

The guy beside her looked a little worried, but when he saw Lucie smile he realised that she was pulling his leg.

"That was good, real funny."

Lucie smiled smugly, and finished the last of her beer.

"Can I get you another?"

Lucie smiled and nodded.

"I'd love one."

The guy called the bartender over and ordered another two beers.

"By the way, I'm Lucie."

Lucie extended her hand to the guy beside her.

"Pleasure Lucie, my names Don, but please call me Flack."

Lucie was confused.

"Flack?"

Flack laughed.

"My last name is Flack, and its what all my mates at work call me so…"

"Ooh. Then please, call me Luce, its what Maggie and Sean call me and I kinda like it."

"Sure thing."

As Lucie and Flack drank beers into the night, Sean and Maggie were stood at the other end of the bar making observations.

"I see Don has taken a fancy towards our little English girl."

Maggie nodded.

"I just hope he doesn't hurt her."

"Don's a good lad, he wouldn't do that sort of thing."

TBC