A/N: This is something that I have had written out in the bottom of my sock drawer for weeks now, but have yet to publish until now! If you have a weak stomach, you may want to skip this chapter… Based off of a quote in episode 2x17 "Identity":
"Did you break his heart?"
"Actually, I think I did!"
"The first in a long line, I'm sure."
"No, there haven't been that many…"
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Disclaimer: If I owned Body of Proof, I would be out shopping with Jeri Ryan right now…which I'm not. Darn
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Chapter Two: David Faulkner, Part Two
Megan Hunt's first kiss was with David Faulkner, in the tenth grade.
It was January 18th, just over four months that David and Megan had known each other. David was in Study Hall, struggling with his science homework. Megan walked in and spotted him right away. She slid into the spot next to him and smiled. "Hello."
"Hi." David pushed his textbook away and smiled, rubbing his temples to soothe away the headache that biology gave him.
"Are you alright?" Megan and David had passed the line between acquaintances and friends practically the moment they met, and now they were almost inseparable. But because Megan was a year younger than him, they only saw each other at lunch, in study hall, and sometimes after school. David would often stop by the district attorney's office to see her, because Megan would often go there to do homework and nap. It was that boring.
"Yes, I'm just having trouble with this." He grabbed the textbook and squeezed it as if to make the knowledge juice come out.
Megan chuckled. "You know, I could help you, if you want." She took the book from him. "I may be younger than you, but this sort of thing is cake to me."
"You eat it?" He smiled.
"Oh, ha ha, very funny! No, really. You could come over after school and I'll help you."
"I can't, I have work."
"Ah, yes. David the basketball – playing grocery bagger. Very sexy, by the way. Then I'll meet you at the library on Fifth Avenue, about seven o'clock?"
"Sure."
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Megan negotiated with her mother into giving her a nine o'clock curfew, which Megan was very happy with, besides the fact that she would have to do the dishes every night for…carry the two…a long time.
The Fifth Street Library was right next to the small convention center, which was right next to the Fifth Street Park. Megan loved that park when she was little. Her father would take her there every Saturday and they would catch tadpoles out of the creek. It was memories like this that made Megan Hunt truly miss her father, and made her wonder why he had died. David Faulkner reminded her of him, both with tousled black hair and wicked senses of humor. Both called her Megs, both were smart, (although David Faulkner was terrible at math and sciences, he was an amazing writer and could quote dates like a history book) and she cared for both very much.
She walked past the park to the library where she waited for David to arrive, which he did, and not a moment late like she had anticipated. They studied for an hour until the library closed, and Megan wanted to do something before she went home.
Megan told David to close his eyes as she led him to the park, or more precisely, to the bridge over the creek where she and her father would throw rocks and eat sandwiches on the weekends.
They were in the middle of the bridge and there wasn't a person in sight when Megan finally said, "Okay, you can open your eyes."
When he did he was very surprised by what he saw. The water of the creek shimmered and it was a full moon out. Light reflected onto Megan's face and made her hazely-green eyes sparkle. "Beautiful, right?" Megan smiled at him.
"Absolutely." He wasn't talking about the view.
Megan knew with all her heart that she liked David, and was pretty sure that he felt the same way. But she was nervous. She had never dated before, and her stomach fluttered a bit too much for her comfort. But she leaned forward anyway.
David was having the same feelings, and was so afraid of messing up that he grabbed the wooden railing of the bridge with one hand as he leaned in closer.
It was a bit awkward for a moment, but they managed to negotiate it – that one first kiss, the one that they compare every future kiss to, the one that they would never be able to forget.
David let go of the railing and put his hands on Megan's back while she wrapped her arms around his neck.
She pulled away first, mostly because she wasn't exactly sure when she was supposed to stop. She wasn't much of a romantic, which David obviously knew. She laughed and looked up at him. "Your breath stinks." Was all she said, and they began laughing together, an amazing first romance that neither could ever forget.
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Megan Hunt's first heartbreak was with David Faulkner, the summer after her tenth grade year. It was one day that summer, when David came over to Megan's house that their young love started to fall apart. Now, it wasn't that they stopped liking each other, it was quite the opposite. David was quite sure that he loved Megan, and was planning on telling her this on the 4th of July, which was only two days away. He had it all planned out – he was going to take her to the bridge where they shared their first kiss, wait until the fireworks started, like he remembered they had the year before, and he was going to look at her, say those three words and they would live happily ever after, the end.
But it didn't go that way. Because on July 2nd, Joan Hunt decided she wanted to meet David Faulkner personally, rather than just as the teenage hoodlum whom she had only seen briefly at her office.
David went to Megan's house that day to hang out with her, because it was his week off of work and he wanted to spend it with his girlfriend. Joan Hunt, as fate would have it, was also off of work that day.
Joan made it to the door microseconds before Megan did, much to the teenager's dismay.
"Hello, there." Joan said to David, judging – note the wordplay – David with every word spoken. It's amazing how much you can judge in just two words.
"Hi, I'm here to see Megan." He stuck out his hand so as to not wake the sleeping dragon that he knew was inside Joan Hunt. "You must be her mother. I'm David. Faulkner."
Joan shook his hand and moved out of the doorway. "Nice to meet you. Come on in."
David entered hesitantly and looked around. "Hi, David." Megan said from behind him. He turned around and she hugged him. Joan cleared her throat loudly and headed for the kitchen, not-so-slyly ordering them to follow.
Joan opened the refrigerator. "Would you like something to drink, David?"
"No thank you, ma'am." David was hoping to get out soon. Joan Hunt radiated this scary, demon-like quality that made David shake a bit.
"Don't be silly. You're a growing boy. Megan, go get him a cola from the cupboard in the garage." This was, of course, a tactic to get rid of Megan to give David a little talk, and all three of them knew this.
"Yes mother." Megan wanted to be fast so as to keep the conversation short, but unfortunately to open the garage, she would need the key, which was kept at the bottom of a drawer upstairs, whereas the garage was outside, which slowed Megan down.
David was incredibly uncomfortable. Joan closed the refrigerator and smiled at him. "So, David, tell me a bit about yourself."
This was code for "tell me your full name, address, mother's maiden name, your social security number and I'll need a blood sample, two pints should do."
"Well, I'm a straight – A student, thanks to Megan. She's been helping me in science. She's very smart."
"Of course she is."
"Yes, well, I'm hoping to get a scholarship from Duke University to play basketball."
"North Carolina? That's awfully far away."
This was code for "you aren't taking my daughter anywhere and I think I'll take that blood sample with my vampire fangs, much more dangerous than needles."
"I suppose, but it's a great opportunity and it's something I love to do – "
"I'm back!" Megan nearly ran in, carrying a bottle of soda. "I'll just put this key away and we can go to the library, David."
This was code for "I'm busting you out of this joint as soon as I go upstairs and put this away." Megan nearly sprinted upstairs.
"Yes, well, something you love to do isn't always what puts food on the table, now is it, young man?"
"I suppose, but I think that if you're passionate about something than you – "
"Alright!" Megan entered the room panting and put a hand on David's shoulder. "Well, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation but I think we should get going."
Joan waved this away. "Megan, may I speak to you for a moment?"
This was code for "get your butt over here or I will cut off your head and hang it over the fireplace."
Megan sighed. "Yes, mother. " She looked to David. "Go ahead and start the car, I'll be there in a second."
David nodded and did as she said.
"What is it, mother?" Megan said, trying not to sound too sarcastic.
"I don't want you seeing this boy anymore." She said, like she was just saying that Megan's clothes didn't match.
"What? Why not? He's a perfect gentleman, and he's smart and – "
" And he has no concept of reality and will have you living on the streets with two children and an empty bank account!"
"How do you get that from three minutes of conversation with him? You can't make me stay away from him!"
"Yes, I can! Now you are going to tell him that you are never going to see him again or you can get out of my house and never come back! Do you hear me, young lady?"
Megan clenched her jaw. Tears welled up in her eyes and she stormed away, out the door and towards David's car.
"Hey, Megs. Ready to go?" He leaned over and opened her door for her.
"I'm sorry, but I can't." Megan looked over her shoulder and saw her mother looking at her through the window.
"Why not?"
"My mother says I'm not allowed to see you anymore."
David frowned. "What? Why?"
"Because, she just does. And, I'm sorry, David, I just can't afford to be kicked out right now. Please understand – "
"No!" He got out of the car and ran to her side. "Megan, I love you. Please just come with me. You can live with me! I promise I'll – "
"Just stop! Don't make promises you know you can't keep. I'm sorry David."
"Megs…"
"Just go." She hung her head as he slowly walked around to the driver's side of his car.
"Megan, please, I understand that – "
"Leave! Now!" She yelled and started to cry.
And that was the last time she ever saw him, her first love, David Faulkner.
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That's kind of the end of David and Megan's romance. Don't worry, be happy! I'll have more chapters up soon!
