So this is the first of the next few chapters that will revolve mostly around Lucy and Ian. Hope you enjoy it! And please review :) Thanks!

Chapter 10

Lucy woke up to her alarm bright and early Friday morning. She opened her eyes slowly, dreading the thought of getting out of bed. She rolled over to see Jack lying next to her fast asleep. Lucy reached over and stroked the curls on top of Jack's head. Jack stretched and licked Lucy's hand. "8 o'clock is too early, isn't it Jacky?" she said. She yawned and stretched before slowly making her way to her bathroom for a shower.

As she stood in the shower, Lucy couldn't help but feel excited for the day. She had to be on set by 10 AM and after shooting she was going to Ian's for a get together with a few friends. She was relieved to finally get a break after the past couple of weeks. She and Chris hadn't talked since their dinner, and she and Annie weren't speaking much since their disagreement a few nights prior. Lucy was just excited to be around people who acted like they were on her side.

Lucy got out of the shower and made her way to her closet as she tried to decide what to wear. She made her mind up on a flowy neon yellow shirt with a black mini skirt. She returned to the bathroom and finished getting around by drying her hair and applying a light amount of makeup. Since she had a little bit of time to spare, she figured she would get herself some coffee and check up on Twitter. As she went out to the kitchen and prepared a mug of coffee, Annie sleepily made her way out of her bedroom. "Morning" she said.

"Oh hey. Good morning" Lucy replied. This was the friendliest they had been in 3 days.

"Off to set early today I take it?" Annie asked.

"Yeah, I have a 10 o'clock call time. Do you want me to make you some coffee?" Lucy asked politely.

"Um yeah, sure. I could definitely use some" Annie said. "What are you doing tonight? Drew is coming over later and asked if you were going to be here".

"I won't be, actually" Lucy said. "Ian is having some people over and he invited me to come too so I will be heading over there around 7" she said, slightly nervous.

"Hmmm" Annie mustered, raising her eyebrows a little. "Okay, just wondering. Well, have fun tonight. I got to get in the shower, I have to be to work by 10 as well".

Annie left the room not saying anything more. Lucy could tell that Annie wasn't exactly happy that she was going to be spending time with Ian, but she decided that it didn't really matter what Annie thought. She wasn't going to be the only one there, so there was nothing to worry about. There wouldn't be anything to worry about if she was the only one there. Would there? Lucy sighed and rolled her eyes and figured it would be better if she just left now instead of waiting. She really didn't want to deal with Annie's confrontation. She fed Jack and left for set.

Lucy pulled into the WB parking lot with Ian pulling in seconds after. She smiled and waved at him once he parked next to her. "Whoa, Mr. Harding. Are you actually early?" she teased as she got out of her car.

"I know, it is so out of character" Ian laughed. "I woke up early this morning, I couldn't sleep. So I went to Starbucks and figured I would just come here since there isn't anything real exciting to do before noon."

"Good point. So are you excited for tonight?" she asked, making conversation.

"I think it'll be a good time" he replied. "I'll admit, I am pretty excited that you will be attending, since it has been months since we have been able to do that".

Lucy blushed. "Yeah, I am pretty excited too, Shmian".

They made their way to their respective rooms and prepared for their upcoming scenes. Lucy left her dressing room after dropping off her purse and made her way to hair and makeup. While she was in the middle of getting her hair curled Shay walked in.

"Hey Luce! How are you this morning" Shay asked cheerfully.

"I'm pretty exhausted, honestly. But I couldn't be better other than that" Lucy chuckled.

"I am so excited you are coming to Ian's tonight. And don't tell him, but I am pretty sure Ian is the most excited out of all of us" Shay said smiling.

Lucy couldn't help but blush again. She gave Shay a look. "Ha, right" she said sarcastically.

"Are you blushing, Ms. Hale?!" Shay teased. "Looks like someone else is just as excited as Ian is".

Lucy got up from her chair, excited that her hair and makeup were finished. "I am only blushing because you are teasing! And I have to go get dressed so I can start shooting" she said sticking her tongue out at Shay playfully.

Shay laughed and gave Lucy a knowing look. Lucy rolled her eyes and smiled as she left to change into the dress Aria was supposed to wear.

After 4 hours of shooting their last scene from the episode, Ian and Lucy were finished. They walked back to their rooms and dressed into their regular clothes and both walked to their cars together. "So your place at 7, right?" Lucy asked.

"Seven-ish. Whenever you want to come over is fine with me" Ian smiled. "Shay and Keegan will be on set until at least 5 so they won't be there until around that time."

Lucy smiled back. "Okay, well I will go home and get ready and I will call you."

"Can't wait" Ian said.

They went their separate ways and Lucy couldn't help but laugh about her day as she was driving home. Ian was excited for her to come over, and from what Shay said, very excited. This made Lucy feel good. She felt as if she was trying so hard to make everyone happy and it backfired. But with Ian, she didn't have to try. He was always happy to see her and she with him. She continued to think until she made it home.

As she entered her apartment she found a note from Annie saying someone was coming to repair the dent in the wall left by Chris. "Finally", she thought. Lucy made her way to her room and dropped her belongings on the bed before walking into her closet to choose an outfit for the night. She wanted to look good, but not overdone. Eventually, she settled on a simple fitted black dress. Pulling the dress from the closet, she laid it out on the bed and held different accessories up to it. Lucy settled on some gold chevron shaped earrings and a matching necklace and topped it off with her Jeffrey Campbell printed wedges. After finding the perfect outfit she made her way to the bathroom and curled her hair and reapplied some makeup. She looked at her phone and found that it was 5:40. She had plenty of time, but she was so excited she decided to change into her outfit already. Digging through her underwear drawer, she found her favorite lacy black underwear and matching pushup bra. She slipped into the undergarments and slid into her dress and shoes. Just as she was securing her earring Lucy heard her ringtone. She rushed over to find it was a text from Ian.

"Hey, just letting you know that Keegs and Shay are done at work and will probably be over early. Come over when you are ready."

Lucy's could feel her heart pounding. Why was she so nervous? She took a deep breath and replied: "Awesome! I will leave my place in 5. See you soon :)".

Grabbing her purse and keys she closed the door behind her.