Strangers In The Night

Lucas walked into the bathroom and banged his head against the door wishing he wasn't where he was at the moment. He couldn't believe he agreed to let Zay set him up on a blind date.

The girl was completely crazy and talking about absolutely nothing and trying to get him to agree. He didn't know what she was talking about it was all confusing not to mention he was starving.

He should have picked the place and he could be enjoying actual food. Instead he was eating lettuce wrapped tofurkey. His phone buzzed in his pocket and he seen it was Zay calling him.

"Hey dude how's the date? Gretchen is hot right?" Lucas shook his head frowning. "Well you want to know how it's going? It's a disaster. This chick is talking about literally nothing man and she keeps whispering to her food."

Lucas looked around when he heard a silent giggle checking under the stalls. "No! Dude I'm not sleeping with her okay. I don't care if she's hot she crazy!" He hears it again and hangs up the phone on Zay who kept telling him kiss her to shut her up.

He bends down looking under the stalls still not seeing anything until he sees a shoe fall. "Alright who is in there? Come out!" He hears them sigh and is shocked when he sees a brunette haired girl emerging from the stall picking up her sneaker.

"Sorry I wasn't trying to spy on you I just.." She bit her lip as her cheeks turned pink and she put her shoe back on. This was so embarrassing she thought to herself just her luck to have a hot guy walk in.

"What are you doing in the men's room?" Lucas asked her as she mumbled under her breath.

"Well it's sort of embarrassing but I had to pee really bad and I came in to use the restroom and just my luck when every girl in the place has to too. So I seen nobody coming in here so..." She goes silent when she sees the look on Lucas face.

"Probably thinking crazy thoughts about me too huh?" She joked going to the sink and washing her hands. Lucas leans against the wall and looks at her through the mirror finding her ramble quite adorable.

"Nope no crazy thoughts." He tells her folding his arms across his chest. She smiles leaning on the sink mimicking him. "Well thanks." She stands putting her hair behind her ear. "I should go and let you get back to your date."

Lucas nods looking at the door and sighs dreading going back out there. She sees him hesitating and smiles walking closer to him. "Do you trust me?" She asks him holding out her hand. He looks at her weirdly but nods putting his hand in hers feeling the electricity shoot up his arm.

She giggles and walks out with him searching the restaurant. She finally finds what she was looking for and smiles. "Is that her?" She asked Lucas pointing at the blond eating his food. He groans shaking his head before telling her yes.

She looks at him and tells him to go back to his table which confuses him until she smiles telling him to trust her. He shrugs going back to his table sitting down and looking back not seeing her anymore. Probably imagined her he thought looking back at Gretchen.

He picks at the bread she left on his plate tapping his fork against it. He looks up and smiles seeing her walk towards their table but looked upset. She mouths sorry about this and before he could ask why she slaps him. "You bastard!" She cries turning on the waterworks.

"What the hell?" Gretchen shouts. She looks at her and folds her arms across her chest before looking back at Lucas. "You told me you were working late at the office tonight." Lucas bites the inside of his cheek to keep from smiling at her mad face.

"This isn't what it looks like sweetheart I can explain." Lucas tells her holding up his hands. She shakes her head putting her hands on her hips. "I had my mom watch the kids tonight so I could surprise you and we could celebrate our anniversary and this is where I find you?"

She scoffs shaking her head at him. "Is this why you didn't want to celebrate here? Because you were on a date at our table and the very spot you proposed?" Gretchen stands up tossing her napkin on the table when she starts to cry.

"I'm so sorry I didn't know." She tells her as she grabs her water tossing it at Lucas. "Jerk! Don't call me!" Lucas wipes his face and shakes his head at her. "Let's go we can explain to the twins why their father will be sleeping with the dog."

She holds out her hand and he takes it shaking his head as she bows making him do it to. Everyone in the restaurant looks at them and then begins to clap as she smiles saying and scene. They laugh as they walk out the restaurant still hand in hand.

"Okay that was insane and you could have told me what you planned to do." He tells her as they begin to walk. "Sorry I figured if you knew it wouldn't have been as believable as it was. And sorry for slapping you."

He shrugged as she led them to a food truck down the street from the restaurant. They order sandwiches and Lucas couldn't help smiling at the way she was eating hers putting the chips she grabbed into it and smashing it before eating it.

She sees him looking at her and stops mid bite lightly giggling as she takes a piece of turkey from her sandwich and eats it. "What? Do I have something on my face?" Lucas smiles shaking his head although wiping the mayo from her nose.

"Who are you? Are you like a superhero who rescues people on horrible blind dates and has dinner with them?" He asked turning red as she smiles at him making his heart beat faster. She giggles shaking her head putting her sandwich down and folding her hands on the table looking at him.

"No I'm no superhero more like a a friend to those in need." He looks at her and she starts laughing again picking up her sandwich eating it. "So your Robin Hood?" He asks picking up his own sandwich chuckling as she smiles nodding her head before biting in her sandwich.

"So dinner was fun we..." he stops when she pulls his face to hers kissing him. He was frozen at first but kisses her back as he wraps his arms around her waist and she puts her arms around his neck. They finally pull apart when both in need of air and Lucas looks at the girl in front of him with her eyes closed still.

"Sorry I don't know why I did tha..." she gets cut off by Lucas pulling her back to him kissing her once again. She wraps her arms tighter around his neck while he wrapped his arms around her waist lifting her off the ground.

He sets her back down on the ground opening his eyes and cupping her cheek. "I don't want this night to end." He whispers watching the smile appear on her face. She kisses him again sighing into the kiss before pulling away resting her head on his.

"I don't either." She whispers clutching his shirt in her hand. "What's your name?" Lucas whispers watching as she opens her eyes looking at him. He nervously chuckles stepping back rubbing his neck. "I should have told you mine too from the beginning huh? It's..." He gets cut off by her covering his mouth.

"I'm sorry but instead of telling each other our names we just enjoy our time together. Let's not spoil it with names. Maybe we'll meet again. Okay?" She lowers her hand and Lucas smiles at her kissing her. "So you're okay with this?" He nods his head as he slips his hand in hers.

"If this gets me to spend more time with you I'm okay with it." She bounces as they begin to walk around talking well into the morning. Lucas was enjoying spending time with the brown eye beauty that he didn't want it to end so he prolonged their walk to the subway.

"I know what you're doing mister?" He looks at her and smiles at her. "What do you mean I'm just walking with you." She giggles shaking her head as they walk down to the subway platform. "So this is me." She tells him pointing at the train that pulls up. He nods as he wraps his arms around her waist.

She smiles wrapping her arms around his neck shaking her head again. "Kiss me." She tells him as he smiles pulling her to him. "Tell me your name?" He whispers as they pull apart and they walk closer to the train. She kisses him once more and just as she was about to say her name the doors close.

"For someone who claimed to have a horrible date you seem extremely chipper this morning." Zay tells him the next day as he yawns pouring himself coffee. "I did have a good time and it wasn't because of Gretchen." Zay looks at him with wide eyes as Lucas goes to his room.

"Who? Tell me?" Zay asks sitting on the edge of his bed as Lucas leaned against the dresser. Lucas chuckles as he tells him all about the night he had and the beautiful brown eye girl he spent it with.

"Dude you met this amazing girl and didn't get her name or number?" Lucas nods as Zay hits him upside the head. "What is wrong with you she sounds amazing." Lucas shakes his head punching Zay in the arm before throwing himself down on his bed. "I know and she was just about to tell me her name when the doors closed."

Zay chuckles running out the room telling him maybe they weren't meant to be as Lucas throws a pillow at him. He knew he was partly right but she told him maybe they would see each other again and he was determined.

He went back to the restaurant asking the hostess if she knew who she was. She tells him no and he sighs heading for the food truck they had dinner at. He still didn't see her and no one knew who she was. He searched everywhere they had went hoping to run into her with no luck.

"Dude it's time to give up on this imaginary girl?" Zay tells him after a week of Lucas looking for her. "I'm not giving up we just keep missing each other I know it." Lucas tells him. Zay comes out fixing his tie as he shakes his head at him.

"Dude get dress Vanessa has a friend she wants you to meet." Lucas gets up shaking his head going back to his room. "No I'm still looking for the girl. She's the one dude I know it." Zay sighs sitting on his bed with him.

"Okay how about we compromise? You come out with us and I help you figure out who this girl is. Deal?" He holds out his hand and Lucas shakes it. "Fine but you pay for dinner." Zay groans but agrees as Lucas gets dress.

"So do you even know what this girl looks like?" Lucas asks loosening his tie wishing he stayed home. "I don't know much just that she is a school teacher and Vanessa met her at some bakery." He nods as he drums his fingers on the table while zay looked at his phone.

He looks around the restaurant and smiles widely when he spots her. "Zay there she is." Zay looks but doesn't see anyone telling Lucas where as Lucas sighs losing sight of her. "She was just there by the hostess stand." Zay shakes his head as Lucas looks at his phone while Vanessa walks up to them with her friend.

"Hey you two this..." She gets cut off by Lucas looking up spotting the girl he had been searching for standing with his best friend's girlfriend. He chuckles softly as she smiles at him before standing up and kissing her. "Hold up am I missing something here?" Zay asks as they pull apart lightly laughing.

"I'm Lucas." He tells her holding out his hand to her. She smiles putting her hand in his shaking it. "I'm Riley."

Six years later

"That's how you met mom? In the boys room? Gross?" Their five year old son Adam says sticking out his tongue making Lucas and Riley chuckle. "You asks how I met your mother so I told you." Lucas tells him ruffling his hair.

"I think it's pretty." Adam's twin sister Penny says smiling as her parents kiss them each goodnight. "Yeah but it's still gross." Adam tells them as they walk out their room. "Do you think it was gross the way we met?" Riley asks as they head to the living room.

Lucas shakes his head kissing hers. "If I did then Gretchen would have been their mother." He shivers making Riley giggle as she puts her arms around his neck. "Yeah and you guys would be eating tofu dinners. Gross."

Lucas kisses her as she smiles. "I can't believe you would have kept searching for me if I wasn't friends with Vanessa?" Riley tells him always loving what he tells her next. "Of course I would have. I knew after that day I would marry you."

"Me too." She whispers as he cups her cheek. "Although what really sealed the deal was you in the men's bathroom." She's gasps playfully hitting him as he picks her up kissing her again.