Lexi was in the living room at leopards Den. Trying to mend Daniels blow up chair. Her 5 year old brother is a major pain the neck! Always bugging her. He's only little though so she forgave him.

"Stupid freaking tiny holes you can never find!" she muttered.

She'd usually never have agreed to do this but he had pleaded and she didn't see him much since she went off to Uni. She stuck the chair in a bucket of water and finally sat the bubbles indicating the miniscule hole. She pulled the chair out of the bucket and dried it. Lay the patch over the hole to remind her where it is. Evan came charging into the room. Was ranting about her flirting with Ash at the bar. Sexy smiles and winking. Nothing too serious. Wasn't like she flashed him like the other waitress did.

"Look Evan all that is none of your business." she said calmly. "You can't treat me like Liv I'm not your sister!"

"Too right your not!" he muttered. "He'll only use you for one thing!" Evan warned.

Lexi smiled cockily. "Maybe I'll use HIM!" she declared and opened the superglue.

Evan's jaw dropped and his heart stopped for a second. His eyes widened and turned to a liquid blue. He crossed the remaining space between them and grabbed her hand. Unfortunately it was the one that had been holding the superglue before she dropped it, it squirted over his palm. When he grabbed her hand it bonded to hers instantly. Both yanked their hands but they were stuck tight!

"Your clever!" she yelled at Evan. "Now I'm stuck to you!"

"I'm sure you'll survive! We'll find a way to separate!"

"This is superglue idiot!" she hissed. The pulled him so he sat beside her as Caroline walked in. Covered their hands with a pillow. "Act normal!" she hissed though her fake smile. "We'll find Dupe. He'll sort this!"

"You two ok? I heard shouting." Caroline asked.

"Yeah I'm just mending Daniels blow up chair." Lexi said normally.

"Yeah fine. Brilliant. Fantastic." Evan said drolly. Lexi elbowed him and smiled wider at Caroline.

Her eyes narrowed. "What is going on?"

"Nothing!" they echoed together. Matching innocent expressions.

"If there's something I'll know." Caroline warned.

"O we know, we'd never be able to hide anything from you." Lexi said seriously.

Caroline frowned and left the room. A few seconds later Evan was about to stand up.

"Wait." Lexi whispered. Picked the blow up chair with her free hand a second later Caroline's head appeared in the doorway.

"Hello again." Lexi said.

Caroline walked away grumbling.

"C'mon!" Lexi said dropping the chair and pulling him beside her.

"I'm gonna phone Ash!" Evan drawled.

"Why?"

"Coz if he knew you were my girl he wouldn't go near you!"

"I am NOT your girl!"

"Sweetheart your super glued to me. I'd say that's a big indicator your attracted to me!"

"That is your fault! You planned this didn't you? To make me look stupid!"

"No one has to try and make you look daft sweetheart, you do it well enough by yourself!"

"Don't call me sweetheart!" Lexi said angrily.

He smiled cockily. "O and about planning it yeah darling I just wanna hold your hand!"

Lexi's breath caught and for a second she stared at him. Until Amie walked from her bedroom and squealed. Lexi put her hand over her lip trying to quiet her. She knelt down.

"Amie be quiet!" she pleaded.

"Your holding hands and making kissy faces!" she giggled. "I tell mummy!"

"NO!" they both said together. Amie laughed louder. And Lexi gestured again for her to keep quiet. "Look if you be quiet I'll get you that Barbie rapunzel doll you wanted. But you can't tell anyone I held Evans hand!"

"Do you and Evan love each other?" she asked dreamily.

Lexi snorted.

"He's my friend and I hold hands with my friends. I hold your hand too." Lexi said softly.

"You're my big sister though is he like a big sister too?"

Amie hadn't grasped the differences between boys and girls yet.

Lexi grinned. "Yeah he is exactly like a big sister!"

Evan yanked her hand and she fell on her bum. "Anyway remember." she made a zip motion across her lips. "Or no rapunzel Barbie doll!"

Amie nodded and walked away making zipping motions over her mouth

"I am seriously offended here!" he told her.

"Well…." she said standing up.

"Hey I am all man. Maybe if your nice to me I'll show you one time!" he said cockily.

"In your dreams!" she retorted.

"More like in yours!" he quipped.

The reached the front door, walked downstairs and went to walk in opposite directions. They glared at each other,

"This way!" she yanked.

"No this way!" he yanked back.

Soon they were yanking each other in opposite directions pulling as hard as they could.

"Caroline is going to catch us!" he warned.

"Simple solution, go my way!" Lexi replied.

"What's so good about your way?"

"I picked it of course!"

"O and there's no arguing with that logic is there!" he said sarcastically.

"Actually no!"

They heard footsteps and ran in her direction. As soon as they reached the storage sheds Lexi whooped. "I win! I win!"

Evan rolled his eyes.

Dupe came out of the hut.

"So I was right!" she said.

Dupe looked at their joined hands. "Aw is it love?" he asked.

Lexi gave Evan a dirty look.

"He superglued his hand to mine coz he said he's desperately in love with me. When I tried to let him down gently he took drastic measures!"

"Evan I had no idea you were so romantic!" Dupe laughed.

"No it wasn't…" He glared at Lexi. "I'm gonna murder you!"

"See now he's saying he's gonna kill me if I don't love him!" Lexi quipped.

"Evan you need to work on your chat up lines." Dupe said laughing more.

"I'm glad your having so much fun at my expense meanwhile I'm superglue to chuckles the evil clown. Sent to torture me!" Evan said frustrated.

"Hey Ev you super glued us together. Your such a masochist!" Lexi laughed.

"This!" he pointed to their hands. "Is YOUR fault!" he told her.

"Excuse me? You grabbed my hand!" she retorted.

"You squirted superglue on mine!"

"You squeezed my hand which squeezed the super glue onto your hand. See your fault!"

"Don't argue with a woman Ev. You'll never win. You'll die a valiant but unnecessary death tying!" Dupe was having immense fun here.

"Please help me Dupe!" Lexi pleaded.

"Hot water and soap. If that doesn't work hospital."

Lexi was playfully disgusted. "You mean I have to be seen in public holding your hand. Heaven help my reputation!" she said dramatically. Smiling at him.

"You've been out with worse." he said dryly.

"What the hell does that mean?" she asked seriously.

"Back off Evan!" Dupe warned.

"Well you went out with Ethan and held his hand!" he told her all of a sudden they weren't playing anymore.

"Thanks Dupe!" Lexi said. "I'll sort this!" she yanked Evans' hand so hard he almost tripped.

"You're an idiot Ev! You should say sorry!" Dupe called after them.

(-)

They were soon both stood in the bathroom. She filled the sink with bubble bath and filled it with hot water. Squirted shower gel and shampoo in the nooks and cranny's between their hands. Thrust their hand under the water. Let the superglue soak for a while. Sat in a awkward silence. She was irate. Her eyes looked so beautiful when full of fire and passion. He mused.

"About the Ethan comment." Evan started.

She pulled at their hands. Sure she felt s slight give.

"SHUT UP! You shouldn't talk about something you know nothing about!"

"Your too good for him. If he's willing to up and leave you like that." he told her softly.

"You don't know anything about us! What we meant to each other!" she spat.

"I do. He used to talk about you all the time to me about you." Evan said quietly.

She dropped her head. "He left me. Didn't tell me why. I found that out off Liv. I still miss him sometimes. He was my best friend!"

He patted her free hand with his.

"I'm over him now. I think." she said. "I just can't have people belittling what we had. He was a big part of my life for years and I honestly thought we'd last forever. My immaturity showing I guess. The thing was I never doubted he loved me. And…." she trailed off.

"And." Evan coaxed.

"I was pregnant." she said softly. "We were gonna have a child and he didn't even know."

"Aw Lex, what happened?"

"I miscarried 3 weeks after my dad died. I was 8 weeks. I was a mess for a while."

"And you had to go through that alone?" Evan asked anger laced his tone.

"I had Missy and Liv." she told him.

"But they weren't who you needed huh?"

She shook her head.

"You want a hug?" he asked.

"I'm ok." she replied.

They pulled a little and their hands loosened.

"Dupe got something right for once." he joked.

She nodded sadly.

"Sod it!" he stood up and pulled her to him. Put his free arm around her. Making sure their glued hands stayed in the water." I am sorry about everything I said. And bringing up a sore subject for you. I don't wanna hurt you." he murmured in her ear as they hugged tightly.

She pulled back slightly. "Thanks Evan. I feel better now."

Lexi looked at his face then. Their eyes met and held. They both felt an instinctive magnetic pull and moved their heads at the same time. Then someone knocked on the bathroom door and the moment was broken. They jumped apart. The rest of the glue on their hands gave too.

"I'll be a minute!" Evan said shakily. God he's nearly kissed Lexi.

"Ok." Alice replied they heard footsteps receding.

Lexi ran from the bathroom quickly their non kiss spinning in her head.

(X)

Lexi smiled as his story came to an end. They had talked later. Blamed it on heightened emotions and it was a lapse. I mean they even like each other! She had never got over the urge of wanting to kiss him though. Wondered if his lips would be hard or soft. If he would be gentle or kiss her with passion and need. O she had kissed other men in university but his mouth, his lips intrigued her. She stared at it at times. Well anyway they spoke often face to face and on the phone. But weren't officially a couple well Liv told her no on was calling them that to their face but behind their back was another matter! And he hadn't kissed her yet! Serious frustration time. She was gonna talk to him when he got here. She was 23 and he 25. So they were mature and not kids. Maybe get to know each other better. a lot better. She was ready to settle down in a few years and although she and Evan were a long way off that he was nice and she cared so that's a start! She didn't love him yet but feelings grew over time. And she did like him A LOT!

Her phone rang. An unfamiliar number. Her thought of Evan had made her jovial. She picked up her phone.

"Hey handsome you changed your number?" she asked laughing.

No answer.

"Hello?" she asked.

The phone disconnected. Probably a wrong number and she had seriously embarrassed herself. She blushed bright red. She was thinking about getting her number changed. the only reason she had kept it was to see if Ethan called at first. And then it was just easier than changing. But he hadn't called. And never would! She hoped he was ok and happy. He'd had it tough as a kid and he still is and always would be her first love. A piece of her heart will always belong to him for that reason alone. But times changed, and she had to move on. Evan was part of her future now.

Her phone rang again. She did recognise this number. Evan.

"Hello." she said softly.

"Hey Lex, you home?" he asked.

"Yeah I am. In my room."

"God I'll be there to se you tomorrow."

"I go to work at 12." she told him.

"I'll on the veranda at 6."

"That's great. Quiet empty house." she murmured.

"I missed you. Haven't seen you in ages." he admitted shyly.

"Yeah. I missed you too."

"Look Lex I was gonna wait til tomorrow to ask you this but I can't wait. Now that your home for good do you want to….you know be in a relationship with me. Like exclusively me and you?"

Lexi smiled. "I was gonna ask you that tomorrow too." she admitted.

"Oooo a modern woman."

"Yeah and my dad taught me that if you want something go for it. Life's too short to mess on! And I decided that I want you."

"I agree with your dad. And you. Well I want you not me."

Lexi laughed.

"I'll see you on the veranda tomorrow."

"You bet!"

Lexi disconnected the call. Put her clothes away then lay back on her bed and smiled. Life was great. Everything was finally going her way. Now to spend some time with her mother, brother and sister.

A/N a lil lex/evan memory chapter. does any1 think they cud go sumwhere?

A/N jst a lil side note it was actually evan who lexi was supposed to get with and have a relationship in ties that bind. bt then i dreamed up the ethan character in and liked him so much more. (i know evan is older, probs how she ended up wi ethan 2 tbh) thanx 4 reading