Chapter 2
"Thank you for my tree." Riley admitted.
Lucas grinned. "You are very welcome, but it's pretty heavy so I think I should carry it inside for you."
Her chestnut eyes saw right through him. "You're sneaky."
"I'm a gentleman, is what I am." The brunette jingled the keys and after unlocking the handle, and a deadbolt moved to unlock another deadbolt with a different key. She stepped inside and turned off the alarm. "You Ms. Matthews have a fortress."
"Thank you." He squinted his eyes, finding it funny that she took it as a compliment. "Want a beer?"
"That'd be great." The green eyed man set the tree down in front of the bay window. The doctor passed him a beer and he noticed her empty hands. "You aren't having one?"
"No, i'm on call tonight." She slipped her jacket off and then her scarf before landing on the couch. "I told you i'm married to my job."
"Serious question." The officer lifted her legs and after sitting draped them across his. "How are you?" She tilted her head to the side. "We haven't really done a whole lot of catching up."
"I'm great, staying busy." His hands rubbed across her legs.
"So busy that you couldn't find a man to sweep you off your feet?" Her jaw opened and it slowly turned into a smile.
"Holy crap! You went there." She giggled. "Wow, that was a shot to the heart. Um, I guess so. Or it could be that I just haven't found the right man, i'd rather have a kid than a man. Men are more work."
"What the? Did you just say a husband who loves you is more work than a kid?" He took a swig of beer. "I'm not drunk already am I?"
"I should hope not or I could outdrink you when I was in high school." Her brown eyes tried hard to not look directly at him. "My previous statement may not be entirely true but your child will love you no matter what."
"Why can't you find a guy who loves you no matter what? You're pretty amazing in more ways than one." He winked and watched the brunette bite her lip.
"So what about you? Do you stay so busy that you couldn't find a woman?" His large hand clutched his chest.
"That is like a shot to the heart. I'm sorry." He chuckled. "I've dated but like you I never found the right man to sweep me away."
"Oh my gosh, are you admitting your true sexuality? Am I your beard?"
Lucas revealed his dimples and stared at her. "You're really funny."
"Thank you." His eyes stirred something deep inside of her, that same feeling she had at Josh's party. "So seriously how've you been?"
He broke his stare and took a swig of beer. "Um, good. Very good." She kept picturing him shirtless and she swore she could feel his lips on her neck. His green eyes inched closer towards her.
"Okay trouble. You should probably go."
"What? Why?" He whined.
"Don't whine you sound like a dog." Lucas spanked her and laughed. "You should go because you told me what happens if we sleep together twice."
"I did?"
"Yeah, marriage proposal."
"Right, I remember." He whispered. "Are you afraid to hang out with me? Afraid you can't resist me?" Riley pinched the bridge of her nose and squeezed her eyes shut.
"Oh God, not only are you an attention whore but you're incredibly humble." The doctor swung her legs off and sauntered into the kitchen.
"Yeah don't you feel sorry for me?" He jumped on the countertop. "I crave attention but since I never get it i'm so reserved and don't know my own worth." Riley's eyes widened from shock.
"Wow, clearly you didn't get my tone of sarcasm. Secondly you are far from reserved we slept together after seeing each other for the first time in 2 years, you show up at my work, then my home, and now you're sitting on my countertop. To sum up I do not feel sorry for you, isn't that like every guy's fantasy?" She pulled some grapes out of her fridge and popped one in her mouth. "Having one night stands?"
"Technically we didn't have a one night stand. Since we saw each other at the party after, and then today." Lucas pulled a grape off the vine and ate it.
"Please have one." She joked. "You're kind of annoying, you know that?"
"So are you, maybe that's why we got along all those years ago? What do you think?"
"Hmm, maybe." Riley glanced at the ceiling recalling the memories from years ago. "Or it was probably because you kept helping and wouldn't leave when I tried to kick you out. Hey look at where we are, it's like deja vu!" The officer slid off the counter and leaned on the counter beside her.
"Can I ask you a serious question?" His smile faded when he looked at her.
"I didn't know you knew what that was. Sure."
"How are you? After, everything that happened?" He bit his lip and stared into her eyes. The brunette sighed and clenched her jaw.
"I'm-" Her phone started to ring. She slid the green phone on her screen still staring at the man in her apartment.
"This is Dr. Matthews." Her stomach was in knots and couldn't be more grateful that her phone interrupted their conversation. "How many centimeters is she dilated?" Lucas' eyes were so dreamy, just as she remembered. "4? Okay I will head down there, tell her I said to keep her legs closed, I want to see those twins. Thanks!" Still staring at Lucas she ended the phone call. "I have to go." The doctor broke eye contact and moved to put her jacket back on.
"Want a ride?"
"No, thank you though. I won't have a way to get back." Riley hunched over to put her shoes on. The officer sauntered towards her.
"Well, i'll walk you out." The brunette set the alarm and opened the door, hurriedly locking the deadbolts behind her. They were waiting on the elevator when she felt him staring. "So, where do you keep your gun when you're at the hospital?"
Her eyes moved to the left, glancing at him. "It stays in my car officer."
"Do you park in the parking garage?"
She nodded. "Why?"
"Just be careful." He whispered.
"Lucas Friar, is that emotions i'm hearing?" The doctor adjusted her purse and exhaled as she stepped outside.
"I have emotions Dr. Matthews, you should remember them well." She released a small smile while opening her car door. "Have a nice night Riley."
The brunette exhaled again, hoping to send out her nerves along with the breath. "Good night Lucas."
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Hey peaches.
Hey pretty. What are you doing?
Filling out some paperwork on this lovely Friday night. You?
Registering with Josh, do NOT give your future husband the scan gun when you register. I'm having to delete a punching bag and numerous other items off the registry.
What future husband?
There was a knock on her door.
The one you're gonna get. Josh has a friend you can go on a date with.
Riley had her hand on the door knob but continued to talk. No, i'm not doing any more blind dates.
He's so sweet and so cute. The brunette opened the door and wasn't as surprised as she should've been. A super sexy smirk appeared on his face.
I can't do sweet, i'll chew him up and spit him out.
Lucas immediately was pulled into her conversation.
Riley gestured for Lucas to come inside. Come on give him a chance. I want to go on double dates with you.
Double dates are overrated and completely invasive.
I'm going to set you up for our Christmas party. Her eyes moved towards the man in her apartment.
No don't. I already have a date.
You do?
Um, yeah. Hold on.
Riley placed her phone on mute. "Lucas!"
"Yeeeesss." The officer already knew where this was going and looked so cute when he was being smug.
"Please?" Her chestnut eyes were pleading.
"Please what Riley?"
"Will you be my date to my friends Christmas party? I really don't want to be set up again."
"Hmm." The brunette got tired of waiting and took her phone off of mute and put it on speaker, she'd just lie.
Yes peaches, I have a date. So no need to set me up.
I don't believe you.
That's rude.
What, is he going to be sick the day of the party?
That's rude too.
The phone flew out of her hands. This is Lucas, I promise I won't be sick the day of the party.
Lucas? Why have I never heard of you?
You are now. And clearly she isn't lying since i'm at her apartment.
Riley snatched her phone back.
I'll talk to you later Maya. Love you bye.
Wait-
"You're welcome." The officer uttered.
"You're so arrogant."
"When's the party?" The brunette passed him a beer and his fingers lightly touched hers.
"You aren't going! I was lying about having a date since you wouldn't answer."
"She didn't believe you so I helped out." He admitted with pride.
Riley scoffed. "You're going to be sick."
"No, I just promised I wouldn't be sick, you don't want me to go back on my word do you?" She leaned against the counter and the green eyed man took a step closer. "Let me be your date." She felt butterflies as he inched even closer. His fingers moved some hair out of her face.
"You really don't understand the meaning of a one time thing do you?"
He chuckled lightly. "I know what it means. That doesn't mean I wanted to do it with you though."
She tried to hide the smile. "You said you could help me with the one night stand."
His broad shoulders moved up towards his ears and lifted her on the counter. "I did. Plus, I wanted you, can you blame me? Once we started I knew I wanted you more than once." Lucas' rough hand slid up her thigh.
"That's called ecstasy." She whispered.
"It's called attraction. You're absolutely beautiful." His lips touched her ear as he continued to whisper, Riley was in a daze. "You're so sexy and funny." He closed his green eyes while his lips touched her neck. "Let me be your date Riley. You won't regret it." His lips touched her neck again before pulling away.
"Fine, you've convinced me." The doctor whispered and gulped before continuing. "This Friday night. 7 o'clock, i'll give you the address."
He disagreed. "I'm going to pick you up."
"I don't go places where I can't leave on my own." He revealed his dimples. She couldn't develop feelings for him, especially since she wasn't sure if the IVF worked or not. The waters would definitely be easier if it didn't work. But she wanted a baby, she was almost 30 and had no relationship prospects, until now. She had to keep fighting him off, she had to.
"I'll give you my spare set of keys." The brunette bit the inside of her cheek. "Out of curiosity, why not? Why don't you go places where you can't leave on your own?" Riley hopped off the counter and meandered away from the situation where all she wanted to do was tear his clothes off.
"You ask a lot of questions."
"I'm a police officer. It's part of the job." The doctor sat on the couch and continued working on her paperwork, completely ignoring the question. "You don't open up much do you?" They sat in silence and she found his hand on her thigh. "Well let me tell you something about me then. Ask me anything." Her chestnut eyes moved towards him. She was trying to fight off every natural instinct. Her back leaned against the couch, quickly glancing at his hand that was still resting on her thigh.
"I don't know what to ask you."
"Okay i'll ramble till you make me stop." She giggled, he was really sweet. "I don't get along with cats, they hate me for some reason. I love steak, the only sweet thing I eat are brownies and ice cream, everything else weirds me out." He laughed at the confused look on her face. "I know i'm odd."
"Okay I got one!" He turned his body to face her and waited with a grin. "Did you always want to be a police officer?"
"Original. I like it." She rolled her eyes at the sarcasm. He laughed, "no actually I was a marine for awhile, right out of highschool actually. When we met 2 years ago I had only been on the force for a few months."
"I didn't know you were a marine." He slowly nodded his head, she stared into Lucas' green eyes. "What made you want to do that?" Riley found herself intrigued in conversation.
"I needed some discipline. I was a troublemaker in school." Her sight moved from his eyes to his lips, remembering them on her neck and other parts of her. "And that is what I got. For sure." He joked. "I was sick of being an ass."
"That's pretty cool though that you wanted to help yourself. A lot of people don't want to change. But you are still an ass." The silence was filled with grins, stares and butterflies.
"Can I ask you a question?" Riley squinted her eyes shut and reluctantly agreed. "Can-" His hand found itself on her cheek. "Can I-" She just knew he was going to kiss her but the fire in his eyes faded. "Can I ask you why you wanted a one night stand?"
A small feeling in the pit of her stomach made her feel a little disappointed. "I don't really know, actually Maya is the one who brought it up. You offered and I mean look at you! It had been awhile, more than awhile and it was impulse. Plus I already knew you. My turn, why did you fight in school?"
Lucas exhaled sharply. "I don't really know actually, i'd like to think it was a phase and let me be clear I only fought assholes." She giggled. "I was angry a lot. You can't ask why yet, it's my turn. Did you ever think about me in the past 2 years?" The officer nonchalantly moved closer.
"If I said yes, then your ego would skyrocket." The brunette smiled.
"And if you said no?" She found herself staring at his lips.
Her breath was shaky. "Then i'd be lying." His lips crashed onto hers, his hand running up her thigh. "Lucas."
"Yeah." His lips continued kissing her lips and neck. She wanted to tell him to stop but it felt so good, every kiss was electrifing. Lucas' hand ran through her hair.
"Wait!" The brunette placed her hand on his chest. "We um, it was a one night stand right?"
"It doesn't have to be. It can be a two time thing, preferably more." He whispered and leaned in for another butterfly causing kiss. Her brown eyes smiled, but she rose from the couch anyways. She'd been debating on whether or not to tell him about the IVF and realized very quickly she was still too scared. She knew it would scare him off, even though she was constantly busy with work, the doctor truly enjoyed the attention he gave her. "What's wrong?"
"I guess it's mere confusion." She suggested. "What's happening here?" Lucas followed her lead and stood in front of her.
"I don't know." His arms reached for the sky as he removed his shirt. "I really don't, well-" The officer cut himself off and flexed his abs. His arms were larger than she remembered, in 2 years he had changed a lot, which sucked because he was already extremely attractive and now he was her kryptonite. "I mean, we're 2 adults who find each other sexy."
"I never said I found you sexy." The doctor whispered as he inched closer.
"You haven't looked into my eyes since I took off my shirt." The brunette licked her lips and touched his abs, subconsciously counting just to make sure they were all there.
"I like your eyes."
The right side of his lip turned upward. "I like your smile." The officer lifted her off the ground and sauntered towards the closed door he knew was her bedroom.
"I love your body." He gently laid her on the bed and felt his ego boost.
"What a coincidence, I love your body." Lucas worked to remove her tanktop and his lips instantly met her chest. "I love these two." She giggled as he sucked on her nipples after hastily tearing off her bra.
"Are we gonna do this again?" She questioned while biting her lip.
"Hell yeah we are!" Riley smiled and got on top.
She was capable of getting only two words out before ravaging him, "thank God."
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Riley opened her eyes the next morning and was still in the daze where she had no idea what was going on. In her own little world where in that moment, nothing was complicated, nothing was confusing, and most of all nothing happened last night. Her eyes closed again, taking advantage of sleeping in, last night was one of the few where she didn't have to go to the hospital. The brunette rolled over and her arm landed on a muscular body. Her chestnut brown eyes opened and a high pitched shriek escaped her mouth.
Lucas was startled awake. "Holy crap Riles, what happened?"
"You're here."
His dimples became very apparent. "You didn't seem too upset last night." The brunette became very aware all of a sudden that her arm was draped on his abs, quickly removing it from its relaxed position Riley rolled on her back.
"Hook ups don't stay the night." She mumbled, trying not to look in his eyes.
"That hurts." His green eyes somehow made their way into her focus. "Just admit it, you like me."
"Wait, what is today?" Riley threw herself into a sitting position. "Saturday or Sunday?" She hastily started looking for her phone.
"It's Saturday, why? You have plans that you just now thought of to get rid of me?" The doctor yanked the sheets off the bed to cover up and started her shower.
"I wish I was that clever. But, no. I actually do have plans." He heard the shower door open and close, deciding very rapidly he would join her. "Hey, no."
"Hey, yes. There's no breakfast, you could at least offer me a shower."
Her eyes narrowed into a stare, realizing the man from last night had disappeared into the seemingly annoying one standing in front of her. "You absolutely can, after I have one."
"I'm already in here. Please." Different personality, same persuasive eyes. The doctor agreed with reluctance. "So where are you going?"
"Dance lessons, my friend Maya is getting married and her fiancee, my uncle Josh can't dance to save his life. I promised to go with them." His hand ran down her side.
"You need a partner?" No matter how annoying he can be, his hands still felt good on her. The only thing she could get out was a light scoff. "You're so annoying." He whispered.
"I was going to say the same thing about you." She giggled and turned around to look at him. "If i'm so annoying, why do you keep coming over?"
Lucas bit his cheek, which was super cute. "I guess i'm attracted to annoying."
"You're attracted to the sex that you get, and because you look like a Greek God it's hard to say no." Riley pushed the shower door open and dried off with a fluffy red towel after turning her curling iron on.
"It could be the sex, but it could be your award winning personality." He raised his voice to speak over the shower before popping his head out of the door.
"Pot calling the kettle black." She stated.
His lip pouted. "Okay so I won't go to the dance lessons. What're you doing tonight?" Her head leaned towards her shoulder. "Do you want me to say it?"
"Say what?" Her hands moved to curl her long brown hair.
"I like you Riley. It isn't just about sex for me." The green eyed man closed the shower door. They stayed silent, for the first time ever since they both always had something to say. Lucas couldn't like her, she could be pregnant. Riley couldn't let herself like him, but if she allowed herself to be honest she already did.
"Lucas, don't. I've got some stuff going on, you really need more attention than originally anticipated and unfortunately I can't give that to you." Her tone held disappointment and it was evident.
"It's not the attention, it's the 'you'. You can give me you." The doctor didn't hear the shower door open when she smiled. "Ah ha, see you like the fact that I like you." Her expression quickly changed from a smile to a straight face. He shut the shower off and stepped out. "I know what you've got going on, work." That's not all, she thought. "I get it, you love your job, and it keeps you busy. But, can I be bold?"
Riley giggled. "Aren't you always?"
He nodded in agreement and licked his lips. "Your job is helping enrich other peoples lives with kids, don't you want that for yourself?" The brunette set the curling iron down and sauntered towards her closet. She didn't want to tell him that in a few days she could be pregnant with some random sperm donor. That would definitely scare him off. "Fine, don't answer. I know you do."
Riley stepped out of her closet in her jeans and heels. "I'm working on it."
"Work harder and go on a date with me tonight." There was no sarcasm, he wasn't even slightly annoying when he asked that. Lucas clenched his jaw, seemingly nervous about her answer which again made him cuter. "I'll be here at 7." Her heels clacked into her bedroom. "This is the part where you say-" The green eyed man saw her load a magazine and click the safety on.
"This is the part where I say what?" Riley put it in a holster and covered it up with a blazer.
"You're so hot." The brunette tried to hide her blush.
"Mmm, no i'm not going to say that. Would you hurry please? I'm supposed to be there in 20 minutes." Really she just wanted him to put on a shirt his shoulders and abs were making her wish she didn't have to leave.
"If you say you'll go on a date with me tonight at 7 o'clock."
"You're my date to the Christmas party next weekend." The doctor put both of her cellphones in her pocket.
"That's like a week away."
Riley put a thumbs up and grabbed her purse. "You are absolutely correct it is a week away."
"I'll be here at 7." Lucas' strong hands turned her around to face him and his lips touched hers. The brunette didn't push him away, her entire body tingled.
The brunette gulped and nodded her head while staring into his eyes. "Okay."
"Thank you. Now i'll hurry."
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Maya was laying on Riley's couch, and was not taking the hints that Riley was dropping to get her to leave. It was 6:45 and she didn't want the blonde to see Lucas. "Peaches don't you and Josh have plans tonight it's a Saturday?"
"No, not really. I was hoping you would want to hang out with me since you love me so much." The doctor bit the inside of her cheek. She wanted to scream 'Maya get out' but she didn't feel like arguing today. "Aren't you on call?"
"Yes m'am. I got several false alarms today but no babies."
The blue eyed girl sat up. "Speaking of babies." Her eyebrows raised for the brunette to spill the beans.
"I take a test on Monday."
"Won't that mess up your date on Friday?" Maya smirked sarcastically. Apparently still not believing she would actually bring someone.
"It's a one time thing. He's cute but-" She cut herself off, noticing the clock. "You should probably head out peaches."
The blue eyed girl pouted. "Why?"
"I have a feeling it's going to be a busy night and i'm wanting to hit the sack since i'm a little sleepy." The blonde stood up and sauntered towards the kitchen.
"Peaches, how long have we been friends?" Riley tried to keep her back turned to her since she looked like a deer in headlights.
"Since middle school so going on 16 years." The brunette mumbled.
"So if I said I knew when you were lying, would you believe me?"
The doctor laughed at the ridiculous notion, or not so ridiculous. "What are you talking about?" Riley looped her arm through Maya's and sauntered towards the door. "I'm just sleepy honey. You understand, ya' know dancing all day." The brunette opened the door and there he was all 6 foot 2 inches of him.
Maya giggled. "Tired huh?"
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