Title:
In The End
Disclaimer:
still don't own anything.
Chapter
9: A Kiss
Lulu stared at the card and the picture sitting in front of her. All the clues finally fit together.
Pain was shooting through her body, her brain wanting to let go. "Lulu, come on, you need to hold on for me." A voice said. Her eyes were almost shut but she could still see the man holding her, he had tears in his eyes. "Please, for me. I love you, Lulu."
It all came back to her. "Um, Elizabeth, would you excuse me a minute?" without waiting for an answer she got up and ran out the door. She knew that she only had fifteen more minutes before her break was up, but this was something that she had to do.
Lulu had run all the way to the flower shop and darted inside. "Mark." She said breathlessly. "I need… to send… a card… to… Milo…" she breathed out.
"Oh, you did find out I see." Mark smiled. "Sure." He handed her a card and rang her up. Quickly she paid him and scribbled her card to Milo. She had already planned out what she wanted to say to him. Putting the card into a red envelope, keeping up pretenses, and signing his name on the front. "Thanks! I'm late!" She almost squeaked with frustration and ran as fast as she could out of the store and down the street.
x
"You know, Georgie, she isn't coming back, right?" Maxi said. "She doesn't give a hoot about this job, anyway she's a good for nothing—"
Carly turned around from her place with Sonny and Max "Excuse me, but that is my cousin you are talking about and—"
"And my sister-in-law, and I think I speak for both Carly and I when I say, don't talk bad about her." Elizabeth cut in.
At that very moment Lulu came running in at top speed. "Oh my god, Georgie, I'm not late am I?" She asked out of breath yet again.
"No, go punch in then finish eating." Georgie said laughing. She had to admit Lulu was defiantly something else.
"Um, Georgie, aren't you go to defend me at all? I mean I'm getting attacked by your new best friends' family here." Maxi started rudely.
"Honestly Maxi, I think I'm just going to let Lulu handle her family. I mean you were bad mouthing her and she wasn't here to defend herself so her family took up that honor." Georgie said, she was so tired of bailing Maxi out.
"What's going to be left to me?" Lulu asked as she came back out.
"I'm for some reason supposed to trust you to call you family off. But you could never help me because your better than me, isn't that right? Don't make me tell Lucky that you're being mean to me." Maxi started.
"Carly, Liz, thank you for defending me… I'll get it now." Lulu said. Carly and Elizabeth both went back to their tables and sat down but still watching Lulu. "Go ahead and say whatever you want to about me Maxi, but I have some advice for you… Click your heels together and say 'I need a life'." Lulu walked away from Maxi's table with a smile on her face
"Georgie, I'm sorry…" Lulu was looking down because she couldn't keep the smile off her face.
"Please, no reason to apologize to me… she keeps bad mouthing you, at least you make your comments to her face." Georgie left it at that. She may not have liked Lulu saying somewhat mean things to Maxi but she had to admit what Lulu said was pretty amusing.
x
Back at the flower shop, Mark called Milo to let him know that he had a card waiting for him. At the moment that Mark hung up with Milo, his other employer came in.
"Hello Mark, when are we going to catch the Spencer girl and bring down Sonny Corinthos?"
"Within the week sir." Mark replied.
"I'm glad to hear that. I was beginning to think that you weren't going to catch her."
"She'll be her within the next two days sir. Her secret admirer will come in here to—" Mark started but was cut off by his employer.
"Do not go for the bodyguard. He is too smart to walk into something like this. The Spencer girl won't know its coming though. You have to catch her to get the bodyguard to go to Sonny Corinthos and Carly Corinthos."
"Yes sir, everything will work out fine." Mark said.
"It's good to hear my trust in you isn't misplaced."
x
"Hey, I got a phone call saying something about a card?" Milo came in and asked.
"Um yea. Here you go." Mark smiled and handed the card over to Milo. "Would you like to leave an arrangement for Ms. Spencer?"
"No, I'll talk to her now." Milo smiled as he was leaving. He got into his car and drove to "Kelly's". 'I know she's working… she probably thinks I'm a loony now…' his thoughts were interrupted by a knocking at his window. When he looked up he was surprised to see Lulu standing there. Then looking at the clock seeing that it was nine at night he realized that "Kelly's" closed at nine, so she was out for the night. Quickly he opened the door and let Lulu in.
"Hey…" Milo had no idea how to start this conversation off.
"Hey… " Lulu looked down in his hand to see the card she left for him. It was still unopened. "I um… I'm sorry to bother you." Just as she was about to get out, Milo grabbed her hand.
"Wait! Please!" Lulu looked at him, confusion in her face. "I was just about to read your card. Please wait, I would like to talk to you about… everything… if you'll listen." The more Milo spoke, the more he blushed and Lulu could tell that he was getting more and more nervous too.
"Okay, I'll wait."
Milo opened the card and started to read. As he continued to read the card he smiled. That was something that no one had ever promised him. Setting the card down on the cup holder, he didn't make a move for a few minutes. Lulu starting to get nervous made to grab the door handle and let herself out.
Throwing caution to the wind, he caught her left arm in his right hand to keep her in the car and his left hand caught her neck to pull him towards her. As forceful as the gesture seemed, the kiss was just as gentle. The kiss started softly then urgency kicked in, and they both realized exactly how much they really cared about each other. What you can learn from a kiss.
"I'm sorry. I don't—"
"Milo, please don't apologize. I loved it. And I think I'm falling for you." Lulu smiled one of her rare real smiles. "As much as I would love to stay here all night with you, I have to be going home." Lulu started heading out the door again. As Milo pulled her back again, her lips almost against his, his eyes looking into hers.
"I'll take you." He whisper. "I'd take you to the end of the earth and back again if you asked me."
It was her turn to lose control this time. She pressed her lips against his forcefully, begging him to deepen the kiss which he did so willingly. And within moments they were apart again breathing hard. "Well, I guess I should thank you for the offer but, I have to go home now." Lulu was still smiling. 'How do I deserve him?' she asked herself.
x
The arrived at the Quartermain mansion around nine-thirty and Dillon was standing in the doorway looking for Lulu. "I'd love to give him a piece of my mind." Milo growled.
"Don't worry Milo, I'll tell him off enough for the both of us." Lulu said. "Want to walk me to the door?"
"I'd love to. I'll be around to let you out myself… how is that?" They were both smiling as Milo got out of the car and went around to the passenger side. He opened her door for her and offered her his hand. She took it with a smile and lead the way up the walk towards the front door. "Thank you for the honor of driving you home Ms. Spencer."
"Thank you Mr. Giambetti, for the ride home. And for that kiss. May I?" she asked him, hope in her eyes.
Milo slowly leaned down and placed a soft and gentle kiss upon the girls' lips. "Good night, Leslie Lu." He smiled and walked back to his car. Just before he got in the car, he watched her go in the house. Smiling to himself, he got in and re-read the card.
"A
kiss on the hand is really quite grand,
A
kiss on the cheek is really neat.
A
kiss on the lips with your hands on my hips
Would
make me totally weak."
He finally drove back to the Corinthos house with a smile on his face.
x
"What was that about Lulu?!" Dillon shouted at her back.
"What was what? Milo giving me a ride home? Or what happened on the porch before he left? I'll tell what that was. It was something honest and something true! It was a real kiss. One that most girls would die for." Lulu growled. "And you really hurt him by taking credit for the stuff he did. I should have known that you were so full of it." She gave a forced laugh, "I should have known that when Spinelli said that there was a phony around he was talking about you. But no, I gave you the benefit of the doubt and thought he was in his alternate reality again. I guess that is what I get, huh?" she glared at him. "I thought I loved you and you threw all right back in my face. Yea, maybe I deserved it. But Milo didn't… don't ever hurt him again." With that, Lulu turned around and stormed up to her room.
x
"Milo, where have you been?" Sonny asked.
"Sorry, Ms. Spencer needed a ride home… so I gave her one." Milo said timidly.
"I thought we were clear on you weren't to see her?" Sonny started. "I thought you didn't want anything happening to her again? I know what Carly told you, but I am your boss."
Milo could only stare at Sonny with confusion. 'Now this is just aggravating and frustrating.' "Yes sir. Lulu and I are just friends Mr. C., nothing more." Milo stared down at the ground thinking about the card that was in his jacket pocket.
"That is good to hear. I know my wife would like it if you and Lulu started a relationship, but I just can't see it working. I'm trying to protect both you and Lulu." Sonny said sounding official. He then left Milo in the foyer to his thoughts.
x
Up in her room Lulu was thinking about all the kisses she had shared with Milo tonight. 'Wow, what an eventful night.' She couldn't help thinking. She was lying on her bed, all her cards from Milo surrounding her. 'Milo is such a sweetheart. I hope one day him and I can have a date.'
"Lulu, it's me, open up." She heard Dillon call through her locked bedroom door.
"Go away, I don't want to talk to you!" Lulu shouted.
"I'm not going away until you tell me you're not going to see that mobster." He paused for a moment "Oh! I get it! You're trying to get back at me and make me think you're dating him. Honestly Lulu, you had me going there."
Lulu stormed over to her door, unlocked it and wrenched it open. "How dare you?! I don't know who you think you are but let me tell you something. I have found a guy who knows my past, accepts it and still likes me for me. Milo and I are not dating yet, but when and if we do, it will not be to get back at you." She snarled. She slammed and locked the door again just as her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered. The number that had come up wasn't one that she knew.
"Hey Lulu, I have something for you. It's from Milo, meet me down by the docks so I can give it to you, alright?" the voice on the other end quickly said. Whoever it had been, hung up before she could answer.
x
Lulu had shoved all her notes from Milo in her backpack and headed out the door. She couldn't wait to see what he had arranged for tonight. Rushing out her bedroom door as fast as she could, blowing past Dillon yelling "Don't wait up for me!" she flew from the Quartermain house like the devil was after her.
Unbeknownst to Lulu, she was heading into a trap. Milo had nothing set up for her. But she did have something waiting for her.
Now thank you to all who reviewed! Sorry, for the wait, writers block.
IlovetowriteSMP: The part were Lulu told Maxie off... it was even fun to write. I've always thought that Sonny and Carly were perfect for each other. She has to fix where he interferes, or interferes with his orders... not to sure which...
dizzydame: yes, the writers in the show need to take a hint... lol
runningwolf1986: I shall continue... lol
JC Morgan: Thanks!
Jen Drake: I figured the writers played the grudge angle too long, now Lulu should try and make things right with her and Georgie.
heartbreaker91: Thanks!
