Neighbours

Fan Fiction

It all Begins With a Choice

Chapter One

Lucas Fitzgerald stretched in bed and looked around for a few seconds, he wasn't sure why, but his bedroom had changed. His dirty clothes were not on the floor where he kept them, they were draped over a chair in the corner. He couldn't remember purchasing the chair that his clothes were on, suddenly he became disorientated until he realized that this wasn't his bedroom, and he wasn't lying in his bed. Then, just like that he realized exactly where he was, and exactly what had happened, as a very large grin appeared on his face he felt some movement on the other side of the bed and turned to look, there, completely naked was his ex sister-in-law Libby Kennedy and she was asleep. Lucas could feel the grin on his face growing and getting even bigger than he thought he could manage, as the events of the previous evening came back to him slowly and he remembered the wonderful affair that he and Libby were in the middle of. It had all started the evening of Ringo and Donna's wedding. Where they had slept together many times while everyone else was having a good time at the reception, after they had almost got caught out by Libby's mum, Susan and son, Ben they had returned to the reception. Now three weeks down the line Lucas and Libby could remember how many opportunities they had taken to have sex, but not how many times they had actually done it.

He was just deciding whether to sneak out and leave Libby a note or wait until she woke up and then made a quick dash for it with her full knowledge. However, he didn't have the time to make that decision because Libby woke up, rolled over and stared sleepily into his eyes.

"Hey" Libby went a little red and grinned knowingly "how are you"

"fine" Lucas whispered in response reading Libby's grin and answering it with his own telling grin getting bigger and bigger "and you?"

"I'm okay" Libby looked up at the clock on her bedroom and thanked god that it was a Saturday "do you think we've got time for one more before we have to get up"

"Oh, I don't know" Lucas answered cheekily "what if someone comes in or hears us"

"yeah, you're probably right" Libby's grin was wiped from her face and a disappointed look appeared in it's place "I'm surprised Ben hasn't come in already"

"What?" Lucas looked very worried and shocked by this "what if he comes in and sees me?"

"it's okay" Libby reassured him "Ben knows about Paul being in hospital so I'm just going to tell him that it's not very nice at yours so you're staying here"

"Good idea" Lucas noticed one flaw in her plan "that doesn't explain why we're both naked though"

they looked at each other and both jumped up throwing on boxers, knickers, socks, jeans shirts and anything else that would make them look less conspicuous they had finally got dressed, and looked like they were just two friends chatting in one of their bedrooms. As if on cue Ben opened his mum's door and walked into the situation.

"Hey, uncle Lucas" Ben sat down on his mums bed in the position where until about ten minutes previously Lucas had been laying naked. "what are you doing here"

"Erm," Lucas looked at Libby for a few seconds, Lucas had forgotten what the cover story was and needed a lot of help from her

"Rebecca and Declan need some time alone" Libby said, truthfully "so Lucas stayed here last night"

"In your bed?" Ben was growing up and wasn't as sweet or stupid as Libby seemed to give him credit for "why didn't he sleep on the sofa?"

"he did sweetie" Libby lied through her teeth "he just came in for a chat this morning, isn't that right, Lucas?"

"Sure" Lucas answered rather unconvincingly "for a chat"

"Can I go and see Callum?" Ben changed the subject, both Libby and Lucas were unsure of whether Ben believed them or not, Lucas thought he probably didn't

"Sure honey" Libby responded trying to stop herself from blushing "have a good time"

"do you think he believed us?" Lucas seemed very worried about what was happening, he didn't really want to hurt Ben which he knew he would if his relationship with Libby didn't work out "I'm not sure"

"Me neither" Libby agreed "we will just have to wait and see what happens"

"I'm going to have to stay on the sofa for a little while aren't I?" Lucas smiled and laughed, he wanted what he had told Ben to be just a little bit true

"Yes" Libby responded, silently celebrating in her head that that evening Lucas would be just the other side of her wall, waiting to come and have sex with her "I'll have to clear it with mum and dad but it should be fine"

Lucas looked down on the floor and looked around for anything that he had forgotten to put on, or put in the bin. He couldn't see anything so he lent forward to give Libby a kiss and then crept out of the room. He had his fingers crossed that he could, on tiptoe, creep out of Libby's room, out of the house and into his own without anyone noticing, he didn't think that he would manage it but stranger things have happened so he gave it a try. It didn't work. He stepped out of Libby's room and into the living area to come face to face with Libby's parents Karl and Susan sitting at the table eating breakfast

"Hello Lucas" Karl looked up from where he was eating his very buttered toast "are you okay"

"Sure" Lucas was very embarrassed, he didn't know where to put his head his hands or his eyes

"Good evening?" Susan couldn't hold in her amusement with the situation, it was obvious to Susan exactly what they had been doing, and if anyone needed to be told, that was just about to come.

"Lucas" Zeke Kinski, Libby's step brother walked out of his room took one look at Lucas and burst out laughing "so you were the nose that was coming from Libby's room all night?"

well, that was it. Lucas wanted the ground to open up and swallow him there and then. Now everyone, except Ben, who had gone to play with Callum, knew exactly what Lucas and Libby had been doing.