Hai Guys :3 Thanks for being so patient, ya know Summer vay-cay, busy busy busy, but I haven't forgotten about cha, I just don't really know what to write anymore, but I'm trying, if there's anything you think would be a good addition, or an idea you have, message me, let me know, and we'll see if it fits into the grand scheme of things :)

Anywho, read, and enjoy

It's been a few days since Joey was here, and I had realized this morning that I haven't seen Lucus in almost a week, not since he left me at the Dean's office, he doesn't know about the whole T.J. situation, but I think he understood that I needed some time. I felt my phone buzz and looked down

One New Message

Hey, you ok? Haven't heard from you in a while, I miss your pretty face :3

-Lucus

Well then, speak of the devil...

I'm fine, I miss you too. Are you free? We can go get coffee and I'll tell you what happened :)

Oh! Yum! I'll meet you there in 15?

-Lucus

See you soon!

I made my way to the coffee shop, and Lucus was there when I came in, and he had my favorite drink sitting on the table

"Hello beautiful!" He said happily when he saw me, he stood up and hugged me

"Hey Lucus! I missed you" I said, hugging him back "But you don't need to buy my drinks" I said, when I sat down and took a sip

"Its like $3 it's not like I bought you a house"

"Yea, well, at least you got the right drink" I said, and we both laughed a little, when the laugh faded, he looked up at me with a sympathetic serious look on his face

"So why did you hit her Ash?"

And I told him, everything, and he understood why I didn't tell him in the first place.

"Well, wanna hear some good news?" He said, suddenly looking happy

"Of course I want to hear good news!" I said, finally, something I can be happy about

"Well, I met someone." He paused "His names James, you know, the one from our art class? Well the day after the whole punch fiasco when you weren't there, we started talking, and he gave me his number"

"That's great!" I said happily

"Yea, well I'm actually supposed to go meet him soon, but I wanted to see you and tell you about him" He said sheepishly

"Oh, well by all means, don't let me keep you here" I said and stood up, he thanked me, gave me a hug, and I walked back to my dorm feeling better, yet somehow worse. When I finally got back Jessica was sitting on her bed, looking really unhappy

"You ok?" I asked

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine, just disappointed, Darren was supposed to come, but he can't cause of the storms"

"What storms?" I asked

"It's supposed to storm tonight, they cancelled all night classes so that people aren't walking around" Just then there was a clap of thunder "And so it starts" She said leaning back on her bed

My eyes widened and I quickly ran out the door, no doubt leaving a confused Jessica behind, I had been doing that alot lately

My destination was a little pizza place a few blocks away, I was hoping I would be able to get it before the rain started, but it was already sprinkling, so I didn't think I would get so lucky

And of course, by the time I got back, my hair was completely drenched, but luckily nothing beneath my sweatshirt got wet. I walked down a vaguely familiar hallway to a door I had only been to once before, and knocked.

When T.J. answered he looked very surprised to see me "W-What are you doing here? And why are you all wet?" He asked, then he looked down at what I was carrying

"I know how you feel about storms" I said

"I'm fine, I've gotten over that" I almost believed him, till there was another clap of thunder, and he jumped nearly three feet in the air "Ok, maybe not, do you want to come in?" He asked, then moved out of the way as I stepped past him

"Did you really go out in the middle of a storm to get pizza?" he asked

"Yea, its your favorite, extra cheese, pepperoni, and half sausage, I know that you like sausage, but after a while get sick of it, but still want more pizza" I paused "Oh, and I got Dr. Pepper, I hope it's still your favorite, but I couldn't get cups" I said, as I sat the pizza on his desk

"You're amazing" He said with a chuckle, "But your soaked, you wanna go change or something?" He asked

"No, I don't want to leave you alone again, besides, it's just my jeans, not a big deal, they'll dry" I said, taking off my wet sweatshirt and hanging it over a chair

"Well then here" He said, and tossed me a towel and a pair of sweatpants

"Thanks" I said, and he stepped out into the hallway. While I was changing, I looked over and noticed a picture hanging over his desk, and suddenly something flashed through my mind

"Spinelli?" The girl said "You mean the chick from the picture?"

The first day I went to go see T.J. Becca had said that to him as I was walking away, I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I guess I probably should have. I never thought that T.J. would still have the drawing I gave him before he left. It was a smaller version of my 'masterpiece' that I drew on the playground in elementary school. Only this one was much more detailed. In this one people actually had faces. I took out a few things, but also made some additions, it was the gang in the front, with the tree, the dock, the school, Kelsos, and old Rusty around us. It had taken me a very long time to finish, but it was well worth it.

I must have been staring at it for longer than I thought, because T.J. walked in "Sorry, I was out there for a while, and assumed you were done changing, I-" He stopped when he noticed what I was looking at

"You still have this?" I asked

"Yea, did you think I was going to throw it out? It means alot to me" He said, the last part a bit quieter

"Well I didn't think you would have thrown it away, but I didn't expect it to be hanging on your wall"

"You giving me that picture is the only good memory I have of that day" He said, and my mind went to the green jacket hanging in the closet back in my dorm, the picture to him, is like the jacket to me.

Without saying anything else, he handed me the bottle of soda pop, turned on a movie, grabbed the pizza, and sat next to me. We didn't say much, just ate, and watched the movie, T.J. flinched everytime the thunder clashed, but never said anything about it. I was right about the pizza, he had two slices of sausage, then switched to pepperoni. We were more than half way through the second movie when the loudest clap of thunder we had heard all night went off, and also managed to cut out the power, sending T.J. a foot off the bed. Out of instinct I guess, I wrapped my arms around him, and he quickly did the same to me and I laid my head on his chest. We still remained silent, just sitting in the darkness together, eventually falling asleep still in each others arms.

Well there you have it, I really really hope you liked it :)

Sorry it's short, but this is probably going to be the usual length of these unless I get some really really good idea :/

This chapter was actually inspired by a storm we had a while back. Usually I enjoy storms, but this one really freaked me out :p

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