CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Greg found out when Lucy's birthday was. It was the week before Halloween. She came home from class and went upstairs to wash up before dinner. Sitting in the middle of her bed was the biggest stuffed Tigger she had ever seen. She just shook her head. The chair in the corner of her room was full of stuffed Tiggers of different sizes, and both her brother and Greg needled her about having them there like a little girl. Lucy shook her head and smiled at the picture her imagination formed of Greg walking into the Disney Store and buying Tigger for her.
She went across the hall to his room, knocked on his door and went in without waiting for him to answer. He was sitting in a chair reading the paper, waiting for her; he heard her come home. He stood up and stretched, blue eyes full of mischief. "Lucy, why didn't you wait until I asked you to come in? For all you knew, I was sitting here naked." "What's your point?" Lucy retorted. Greg grinned and shook his head as he walked over to her. Apparently seeing him naked wasn't that much of an issue with her!
"What's up with Tigger?" she asked. Greg's blue eyes had turned more mischievous than they were when Lucy barged in on him. "I thought my girl needed a body guard" he said. "Oh." said Lucy. She moved closer to Greg; he was suspicious. She went up on her toes, putting one hand one his waist to steady herself, and reaching up with her other hand, she pulled Greg's head down to her. Lucy kissed him full on the mouth.
Startled at her move, Greg watched her through half open eyes. Her eyes were closed and her lips were slightly parted; she held the kiss. As he put his arms around her to hold her steady, both of her feet went flat on the floor and she put her arms around him. Her lips parted further and he slowly slipped his tongue in her mouth and really kissed her. The kiss deepened, and Greg heard a little sigh of satisfaction escape Lucy's throat as she pressed herself closer to him and he held her tighter. To Greg, it seemed like they were kissing forever, but it was only a few minutes. More sighs of satisfaction kept escaping from Lucy's throat as Greg kissed her neck and went back to her mouth, dancing his tongue around hers.
Just then, Lina called Lucy to come downstairs to help her get dinner ready. Lucy reluctantly broke away. "Thank you." she said softly, putting her fingers on his lips before she went downstairs to help her mother get dinner ready. House's lips were on fire and he had a boner. Later, when Lucy went back up to her room to get ready for bed, there was a huge silk flower arrangement on her dresser, all purple flowers and a beautifully framed picture. It was the picture the newspaper photographer took at the fund raiser. There was a card.
"For my best girl. Happy Birthday"
"Love, Greg".