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ONE MONTH LATER

As he drove to Livi's house, he thought about what all had transpired in the last month. He had told Alanna and Sam about Lucas and Alanna was excited to have a big brother. She even knew some sign language from school, so she was happy to be able to use it on someone! Alanna really wanted to meet him, but Randy still wanted to have some more one-on-one time with Lucas and really focus on him for a little while longer. But he promised Alanna he would let Lucas know that she wanted to meet him really bad. Not to mention how excited the rest of his family was to meet him.

Randy had also been trying hard to learn sign language, but was struggling with it. But he was able to start a conversation, and talk about food. He was trying hard to learn more, he wished he could show Livi that he had really made progress, but damn he just couldn't grasp it!

Livi and Randy had been texting back and forth even more since they met face-to-face. Now they were texting throughout the day and even into the night. They've even text a bit flirty sometimes, but Livi would kibosh it. She didn't want to risk anything for Lucas's sake.

Randy pulled up and rang the doorbell. Normally he arrived early afternoon, but this time he was getting there right around dinnertime because of an interview he had to do first. He was hoping Livi would consider letting him take Lucas for a week and introduce him to his family and Alanna. He didn't know when yet, but he was hoping they could work that out. And if he could take Lucas for a week, maybe he could help him learn sign language better than the videos online.

Livi opened the door in a very hot-looking little, black dress with silver heels and her hair had soft, falling curls. Randy was shocked, she looked amazing! "Hey Randy, come on in."

"Whoa…aren't you looking very beautiful tonight? What's the special occasion, you remembered I was coming into town?" Randy asked with a cocky smile but was trying to hide his attraction.

"Ha Ha funny. No, I'm being a nice friend and accompanying my friend to a speed-dating session tonight and since I haven't gone out in a date in quite awhile, I thought I'd live it up a bit." Livi replied with her own smile. In her mind, she really wanted to tease him a bit, but she held herself back. "Lucas is in his room, he's excited to go and stay at a hotel with you. Now are you sure you're ready to have him one-on-one? This is the first time you guys are going to have just the two of you, and you have to make sure he's up and ready for school and that his homework gets done and I know that can be a lot, and I'm sure you'll be fine, but you know how I worry." She began to ramble.

Randy reached out and put a finger to her lips, "Shh…it's ok. Him and I will be just fine. His lip-reading has gotten better and my signing is slowly coming along. Trust me, we'll be fine."

Livi was scared to lock eyes with him, his touch made her knees weak. But before she had to figure out what to do, Lucas came out and called VERY loudly, "DAD!"

"Hi Lucas!" Randy signed happily and hugged him tight. "Are you ready to come with me?"

"Yes! I'll grab my stuff." Lucas signed and ran back to his room. He emerged with his backpack and his overnight bag. "Ready!" Then Lucas went and hugged Livi, "Have fun with Tina, be careful and don't date losers."

"So funny aren't ya?" She signed and hugged him. "Love you, be good. See you Friday after school, don't forget to ride the bus home."

Lucas nodded and went back over by Randy. Randy handed Lucas the keys and pointed towards the door for him to put his stuff in the car. Then he looked at Livi, "So, is now a good time to ask a favor, or should I wait till Friday and stop over then?"

She looked at him with a questioning look, "Let me see how tonight goes, and I'll let you know."

"Deal, have a good time." Randy said, he quickly kissed her cheek and left.

She laughed as she watched him take off with Lucas. She really hoped this went well for them. It was going to be a learning curve, but Randy had a lot of experience with Alanna so she wasn't too worried…it was just the fact that he didn't know a lot of sign language yet.

A few minutes later she saw Tina's car pull into her driveway. She walked out with a smile, "Hey girl!"

Tina opened her door and stood up, "Hi! Did Randy grab Lucas yet?"

"Yup, they're gone." Livi said as she got in the car.

Tina got back in, "Did Randy's eyes pop out of his head when he saw you?"

She blushed hard as she buckled her seatbelt; "Yeah…but I put them back in his head. We're not having any of that."

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Tina said as she began to drive. "I sure hope tonight goes well."

"Me too! I could totally use a cutie to date right now. Lucas is happier than I've ever seen him."

"Right?! Let's keep our fingers crossed." Tina replied.

Two hours later, Livi was bored out of her skull. The few guys that weren't completely wrong for her were either put off by the fact that she had a 10yr old son or by the fact that she had a 10-year-old son who was deaf. Tina had hit it off with a guy who actually seemed pretty decent and they were at the bar laughing and flirting.

She was playing around on her Facebook on her phone when it vibrated in her hand. "How is speed dating going?" the text from Randy read.

"Ugh…Tina scored the only decent guy. So I'm just waiting for them to finish because she drove." She text back.

"Sorry they were all losers. You know, I should show you what a real date is like." Randy text her back.

Livi giggled as she quickly replied, "LOL. Thanks for the offer. How are you two doing?"

"Great! Never better." Randy text back as he covered a sleeping Lucas up with the blanket. "He's asleep."

"That's great. Get some sleep Randy, school alarm rings early. Good night." Livi text as she put her phone away.

"Good night Olivia." He text and turned the tv off and closed his eyes.

The days passed quickly and soon it was Friday morning. Livi loved having a flexible schedule and so she had worked 4-10 hour days so she could have Friday off. She decided to be nice and make Randy breakfast since he was coming over to hang out for a bit and talk to her about some favor he wanted to ask of her.

Randy pulled up and rang the doorbell after dropping Lucas off at school. He was wearing a baggy hoodie, a t-shirt under that, and jeans. Nice and comfy.

Livi answered the door in almost the same style outfit. She smiled, "Good morning! Hope you're hungry, I made you breakfast."

"Shut up, you made me breakfast? Wow, I didn't even earn it." He said with a wink as he walked in.

"Ha Ha…aren't you just the funny one this morning?" Livi said as she closed the door behind him.

Randy sat down at the table and she brought him a cup of coffee. "So how was your visit? I'm guessing all went well. Your texts were all positive."

"Yeah, we had a great time. I definitely need to work on my signing though, but Lucas REALLY helped me out. We always had his homework done and his outfit picked out for the next day."

Livi smiled, "That's really great! What kind of favor do you want to talk to me about?"

Randy took a drink of his coffee, then took one more, "I really want to take Lucas for a week. I think he's ready to meet my parents and to meet Alanna. Plus, he would love to see what my life on the road is like, I have my own bus so he wouldn't be with any naughty shenanigans that can go on. And then he can see what my house is like and maybe set up a room there?"

She turned around and looked at him for a minute. Livi knew in her heart that Lucas would love to do it. "Well…school is out for the Summer soon. And, I think that would be ok."

"You know, you could come too if you'd like." Randy said with a cocky smile.

"Wouldn't you like that?" She joked. Then she turned and began to dish up his plate with eggs, bacon and toast.

He chuckled, "Well, you can't blame a guy for trying with a smart, beautiful woman who can make a breakfast like this."

She dished up her own plate and sat down at the table with him, "How's work Randy?"

He nods, "It's been really good. Good matches, good travel, appearances have been fun…What about you?"

"Work is good. Doesn't change much, but I'm ok with that." She said as she ate her breakfast.

They laughed and talked about Lucas's school, and his grades, then they talked about different summer activities for Lucas that he wanted to do. They were having a really nice parental talk between the two of them. Randy sat there with Livi and they both drank their coffee and ate their breakfast, and it felt SO nice.

Randy's phone went off and when he looked it was the alarm showing that the time had come for him to head off to the airport. "Alright, time for me to head out."

Livi nodded and stood up. "I hope you have a safe flight."

"Thanks, I have a date tonight after the show, we'll see if I have better luck than you did." Randy said as he gave Livi a good, tight hug.

She hugged him back and smiled at him, "No kidding. Good luck."

Randy stared into her eyes for a moment, then smiled, "Thanks. I'll text you when I land."

"Just like you always do." She teased.

"Bye Olivia." Randy kissed her on the cheek good-bye, then he headed out.

Livi watched as Randy left. God it was hard to not give in, but she knew that she just couldn't. Could she?

**Next chapter, Randy's bringing Lucas home to meet the rest of the family! And what is blossoming between Randy and Livi? Please read and review!**