Disclaimer: I do not own DEBS or any of the characters used from the movie. They belong to Angela Robinson. This disclaimer applies to all chapters in this story.

A/N: This story is written in 2014, editing in progress, so some parts might not make sense for the chapters that have not yet been edited.

Chapter 37 - edited 04/27/2019

Amy never told anyone about her dreams, not even Max, her first and closest friend in the DEBS. Max knew she was interested in art. But all Max would do is say something nice about her drawings and that would be the end of the conversation. Never once did Max or Bobby asked her if she would want to pursue a career in that field. They just assumed that it's a hobby to her.

"I wanted to go to art school."

"Art school?"

"In Barcelona."

"You should go, you should do it."

No one has ever told her that. She's surprised this girl, this badass criminal mastermind whom she met for only a few days would encouraged her to follow her dreams as if she would do anything to make her dream come true. It's her eyes, the sincerity in those dark brown eyes. Even if her words were just plain words, she is happy to hear something else other than just compliments. But they weren't just plain words. The way she talked about her plan to fulfill her dream shows that she meant it. The way she talked about their future is enough to convince her that she has found her own future. She can no longer resist those adorable dimples, that gorgeous face, those glossy lips inching closer. Their kiss became so passionate, so intense, so deep, there is no doubt in her mind that she is the one. There is no need to wait, no need to hold back. Her arms raised up to allow her top to be taken off. She then reached out and unbuckled her lover's belt as fast as she can then collided in another passionate kiss.

"Do you love me?"

Well, that's a silly question. If she knew this will be my first time, she would know just how much. "Yes." Now stop talking. She didn't have to tell her. Their kissing continued. Their clothing then quickly removed. Oh…God. She wasn't expecting to feel like this. The sensation of her lover's naked body on top of her and the kisses on her neck are enough to cause her breathing to quicken, her heartbeat to pound faster than normal, and her mind to be free of everything except for ….

"Honey, do you want the lights off?"

"What?" The lights are already on before they started. If I want the lights off, I would have said something.

"Never mind."

She wouldn't be able to see anything with the lights off, not those lips she's kissing, not the body she's touching, and not those gorgeous eyes that are now looking steadily down at her as if waiting for approval. If confirmation is what she wants, then this will let her know that she wants to continue. She reached out, cupping those warm cheeks, then pulled her in for another deep kiss to assure her. This being her first time, she has no idea how it would feel. Her own reaction surprised herself when she let out an involuntary moan, then another and another. The sensation is indescribable, she can't think. She has no idea why Lucy is talking at this intimate moment.

"What's…that?" It's a whisper into her ear so she couldn't hear. If it's another silly question, then she plans on telling her lover to stop talking.

"Do you want stir fried tofu with vegetables or vegan lasagna for dinner?"

"What!"

Her eyes open wide. She can see the white ceiling clearly with the brightness in the room. Her heartbeat is still pounding rapidly. That usually happens after having a nightmare. But what she had is not a nightmare, it's a crazy dream. But it felt so real…because…because…Oh…my…god. Even though it isn't real, the wetness in her private area is. That feeling in her private area is. She has never had those kind of dreams before. Was it a memory from Kristin or Amy? Is that how it happened? her first time? but that's bizarre. Asking me what I want for dinner while making love…now that's crazy. Usually dreams have some truth to it. She wonders which part. Now is not the time to think about that. Now is the time to get out of bed before Lucy wakes up.

Since she woke up earlier than usual, Amy decided to go for a run around the block. It is too early to think about going back to school since the next semester doesn't start in a few more months but it's not too early to think about finding a job. Staying at home doing nothing is just too boring.

Now that she's back, there is no need to go after Michel's father. It's up to her former boss. That's what she's thinking but she's not sure if Lucy is thinking of the same thing. Does she still want revenge? If not for herself, then for all those innocent passengers and for Nadia?

After a 45 minute run with speed walking and rest in between, she had enough so she went back and took a shower before cooking breakfast for everyone.

"Good morning." Janet said after entering the kitchen.

"Good morning. Janet. I'm making tofu scramble. Do you want some?" Amy said as she poured the tofu scramble on a plate.

"No thanks."

"How about a vegetable omelette?"

"Okay. I'll make the coffee."

Amy asked Scud the same question when he came in.

"Ham and egg croissant" Scud said.

"Do you know what she would want?"

"no idea…she probably won't wake up til later…and…she'll probably have a headache after last night."

Scud was right. Lucy did sleep thru the morning. Apologizing is necessary so Amy took the opportunity to do so after waking her up. It wasn't as awkward as she thought it would be. Lucy accepted her apology without hesitation and even apologized for not telling her everything. So for that, she made lunch, dinner and breakfast the next day which didn't turn out as well as she had hoped. At least, the omelete didn't. It's a little burnt because she took her eyes off it longer than she should. It's Lucy's fault because she surprised everyone for waking up so early. It's Lucy's fault because she's not wearing casual sweatpants.

"Don't eat too much of this stuff, it'll go right to your hips." Lucy said to Janet whom she noticed hasn't been eating as healthy as Amy.

"Don't worry about me. I joined the gym." Janet said, then takes another bite of the omelette.

"Oh, good. You can go with her." Lucy takes a sip of coffee and immediately noticed 6 pairs of eyes looking at her after putting it down.

"What does that mean?" Scud asked, sensing that Lucy is giving them a hint.

"I'm going to visit Uncle Nick today."

That explains why she's dressed up. "Is he alright?"

"He's not feeling well. He said he wants to see me." Lucy said.

"I'll go with you."

"Scud, I need you to be here. This is why I didn't tell you."

"Where are you going?" Amy asked, just realizing that she has an uncle?

"Canada."

"For how long?" Janet asked.

"3 weeks." Lucy said after taking a spoonful of oatmeal. "So Scud, while I'm not here, maybe you can take Amy to Barcelona. Do you remember we lived in Barcelona?" Lucy asked Amy but knew she wouldn't. "You always wanted to go to Barcelona. Now that you're getting better, you can go with them. Janet, do you want to go to Barcelona?"

"I want to go." Janet nodded her head vigorously.

"Good…it's been a really long time since we all had a vacation. This would be a good time." She is aware they're all staring especially Amy so she takes this time to tell Amy about where they used to live in Barcelona, the places they went to, specifically the art museums where Amy used to spend hours in which bored the heck out of her. This is to let Scud know to plan ahead and be prepared to be bored.

After breakfast, there is plenty of time before boarding. No need to wait at the airport. One luggage of clothing is all she needs. Watching tv is a good way to pass the time so she takes a seat on the couch while aware that Amy just took a seat next to her.

She's right. The future proved it. If she had never fallen in love with me, her life would be better. She wouldn't have amnesia. She wouldn't have been brainwashed. She wouldn't have lost four years of her life, not knowing who she really is. She wouldn't be in danger. She would be married and have kids by now. Now that she's not in love with me, this would be a good time to end this relationship. It would be better for her.

Lucy continued to flip thru the channels until she heard the question being asked. "What?"

"Tell me about that night when you kidnapped me...I mean us…Janet and I…she said you drove us to some bar inside a tunnel…"

Oh. Janet knows but she doesn't know everything. Details are important. "mm…you didn't want to talk to me at first, then I asked you about your thesis." Lucy told her what she can remember. "You thought I wanted to kill you. Then I told you I didn't kill those guys in Antarctica and Peru."

"That's it?" Amy frowned in confusion when Lucy stopped talking but then realized she needed a moment to think.

"I felt offended by how you thought of me after you said I was incapable of loving or being loved. You apologized, then you told me that you broke up with your boyfriend hours before."

"I finally broke up with him. Thank goodness." The day I almost kissed her is the day I broke up with him. Huh…interesting. "So that's it?" That's not romantic. That's not interesting. That's just a casual conversation between two people getting to know each other.

"…you told me how you didn't like your ex and you wanted…more." If she can't remember what that felt like, then so be it. "Then you brought up the blind date that you interrupted when you tried to capture me. We laughed about it. We shared stories. We...connected."

"So then…I let you…kiss me." Amy asked, still confused.

"Yup…but then…."

"Lucy, have you seen my pink sweater?"

After Lucy shook her head, Janet left the living room.

"…as I was saying, Janet interrupted us just when were about to…"

"oh" Amy slumped back against the couch. That did absolutely nothing. That doesn't make me want to kiss her. "Did you forget anything?"

"Nope."

"Are you sure? I mean…did something happened in the club? Like a fight broke out and you saved me or ….."

"That's my club. Nobody starts a fight in my club."

…whoah…where did that come from? That voice is different, no longer gentle. That look is different, like a different personality just came out. She's… "Hey, is that her?"

Lucy turned towards the tv then changed the channel.

"Hey, change it back."

"I want to watch the news." Lucy continued changing the channels until Amy tried to grab it from her.

"Change it back!" Amy tried to reach behind her but couldn't.

Scud immediately came out to see what's going on. Janet did too and didn't have to ask to know what Amy is trying to do.

"Janet, hold onto her!"

Janet immediately takes one step...back. Lucy might have changed a lot but she's still Lucy Diamond. Even if she tries, she wouldn't be able to. "umm…I don't think…"

"Lucy! I want to watch that!" Amy tried again but failed again. There are no buttons behind the tv so she knew she can't change it manually.

Scud has no idea why but knew that Lucy must have her reason. Joking around isn't the reason.

"alpha, alpha, pi" Amy rolled her eyes at Janet who shook her head. "pi, alpha, alpa…sigma" Janet didn't shake her head this time.

Whatever that means, Lucy knows it's a code between the two former DEB agents. What else could it be? It's obvious but Amy isn't doing anything, just sitting there with her arms crossed with a look of frustration. As for Janet who is still standing behind her, she's not moving either. So something is up, but what?

Janet gasped out loud the moment she saw what Amy did because she wasn't expecting Amy to do that. She was expecting Amy to hold onto Lucy so that she can take the remote. Oh shoot. Janet immediately took the remote from behind Lucy. "Um…Amy…I got it."

Amy pulled back and saw that Lucy still has her eyes closed. She has no choice. Yelling didn't work. Certainly sweet talking won't. So there's only one way. That's what she learned in the Art of seduction 101 class. I guess that works on women too. Luckily she never had to do that in any of the missions she went on, because what it requires is to give that person the most passionate kiss as if you're kissing your lover, which means she just French kissed her.

What…just happened? The moment Amy sat on her, her mouth was captured in a kiss. It happened so fast, her mind and body reacted instantly and spontaneously, releasing the remote to hold her while reciprocating the kiss that became deep. God, I'm going to miss that. That was unexpected because she didn't think Amy would do that…for a remote control… in front of Scud and Janet? She doesn't seem to be grossed out by it. She seemed to have enjoyed it as much as she did. But last night's kiss told her otherwise…one kiss on the lips, Amy jerked back so fast like her lips had been poisoned.

Last night, she did have a few alcoholic drinks but that was it. She wanted to get drunk but she couldn't. Drinking almost took her life last time; she vowed she would never let it happen again. She knew exactly who took her pants and bra off last night. She was surprised when Amy offered to look after her. She was even more surprised when Amy wanted to kiss her. But she was disappointed with the questions asked. Why would I fall in love with you? Why would I give up everything to be with you? Hearing those questions broke her heart because Amy would be the only one who knows the answer to that.

"Amy" Getting a shush from Amy and Janet, she turned her attention towards the tv like everyone else including Scud who by now should understand why she changed the channel but the fact is she did it without thinking it thru. She shouldn't have because what she did would only caused others to wonder why.

"So first, I would like to congratulate you on winning the song of the year." The host said. Applause can be heard.

"Thank you."

"I would like to say that I personally absolutely love…love…lovvvvvve this song….and I admit, on television, it made me cry…" The host said as she raised her right hand. "…and don't tell me for those of you who heard this song didn't make you cry…" She pointed to the audience. "Raise your hands if you cried when you heard this song…c'mon…admit it…I did." Most of the audiences raised their hands. "…oh c'mon guys…admit it…there's no need to hide it, nothing to be embarrassed about…"

Lucy laughed along with everyone else because if she didn't, it would raise suspicion. Anyways, she did find the host to be funny.

"Let's show the video, please."

Lucy heard the song before but has never seen the video. …Ohh… Isn't that… That's Paris but that's not why the location looked familiar. No wonder it made no sense, it's not a commercial. Now it makes sense. The scene at the airport with the airplanes signified where they met. The place near the La Seine where they ran into the three bullies, that signified the island where she told her ex-boyfriend that they can't be together. Oh shit. Now seeing herself on screen, she realized the mistake she made to be standing on the famous bridge. Thank goodness the focus is not on the bridge. Thank goodness the people on the bridge are too small to tell. Thank goodness the video ends with a tear on the megastar's face, looking up at the sky which should attract the attention of all the viewers.

"Isn't that one of the most touching songs you ever heard?" After the applause from the audience came to a halt, the megastar thanked them again. "Now, tell us. I know you've been asked this many times before. There are a lot of speculations. They say it's about one of your exes. Is this true?"

Silence can be heard. Lucy is also curious to know how she will respond.

"Well, every song that I wrote has a special meaning to me. At that moment, that's how I felt. Sometimes it takes years to finish one song and sometimes…"

"You're not going to tell us, are you?" The way the host asked while tapping her fingers on the arm of the sofa made everyone laugh again. "Well, can you tell us if you're dating this guy?" The host pointed to a large screen showing the megastar walking along with a young man. "How about this guy?" Another picture appeared on the screen. "No?" The host continued to show another picture. "This guy?"

"That's my father!" The megastar responded in a shocked voice which caused everyone to burst in laughter.

"Now everyone has been waiting for this moment. You said you're going to tell us something that you haven't told anyone yet."

"Yes."

"Are you getting married?"

Another round of laughter came from the audience. What caused them to burst out laughing even harder is when a man in the audience shouted 'NNNO!".

"I'm kidding!" The host shouted back.

That's hilarious. Lucy herself again laughed like Janet, Scud and Amy.

"I'm working on a new song and this one has a happy tune to it."

"Because that's how you feel right now, happy…" The interviewer said in an obvious tone.

"Yes. I am."

"Who inspired you to write the new song?"

"Well, I think that everyone has a moment in their life where they would feel sad and once they get thru that, they would…."

"You're not going to tell us."

This time, the megastar apologized politely.

Smart girl. Don't tell them anything.

"What's the name of the song?"

"mmm…I haven't decided yet…but I have a few ideas…it could be…I have something to say…or…let me know where you are…or…call me, my guardian angel."

"Oh…so the song is about guardian angels?"

"No…not really."

Laughter again can be heard. "Hey, she's funny." Janet said and Amy agreed.

"Marry me!"

"Security…watch him…."

Janet again is laughing the loudest out of all of them.

"One last question." The host read from a card. "This is from one of your biggest fans. Ready?"

"Yes. I'm ready." The megastar responded in a serious tone, then chuckled which created more laughter.

"Have you ever done something so crazy that you never ever thought you would do?"

"Yes."

A sound of 'ooohhhh" came from the audience.

"Really? Did you regretted afterwards?" the host leaned forward.

"No"

It's obvious what the next question would be.

"What did you do?"

Knowing how well the megastar has been handling herself, Lucy has no doubt that she would be able to answer the question without telling anyone the truth.

"I…"

Lucy noticed that Janet is doing the same thing as the host, leaning forward. Is there a need to?

"I…once…ate a whole plate of meat lover's omelette with ham, bacon, sausage, onions, oily, greasy home fries right before a photoshoot…"

"You're kidding?" The host pretended to be shocked, causing everyone to laugh.

Lucy knows exactly what she's referring to. She was the one who fed her the meat lover's omelette at the hotel but she didn't eat all of it. And the craziest thing the megastar did is probably…

"So…what were you going to say?" Amy asked. Now that the host has ended, she can see why Ashley likes the megastar.

"I… don't remember." Lucy didn't forget. She just didn't want to ask the question in front of Janet and Scud. There will be time later. This would be a good time to go to the bathroom to look at herself in the mirror to see if the kiss left anything on her face since she noticed that Scud has been taking glances at her in an odd way.

After Scud also left the living room, this would be a good time to ask Amy "What was that?"

"What?"

"Do you remember something?" Janet asked.

"No."

"Then why did you kiss her?"

"so you can get the remote from her." The first code was to tell Janet to hold onto Lucy but since Janet won't, she reversed the code which Janet agreed to. "That's the only way to distract her. It's just a kiss." Holding onto her isn't going to work.

"just a kiss? Umm…Amy, that wasn't…just a kiss. That kiss turned her on. Are you….."

"No, I'm not. Janet. That was just to distract her and it worked."

"Ssso…"

Whatever Janet is going to ask, she didn't wait to find out because what she saw, she needs to ignore her. "Wait. I want to go." With nothing to do, she might as well go with them to the airport and to avoid Janet's questions. Janet is right though. Kissing her is to distract her but she also did it to see how it feels and to see if it would remind her of the past. What she found was that she didn't feel weird about it and it didn't make her gag. That was the first deep kiss she had given to anyone as far as she can remember. She is certain she never did that with Bobby. After pulling away from the kiss, seeing those eyes still closed somehow did look familiar like she had seen her in that state before. But where? When? Does it matter? That feeling just isn't there.

The time is finally here. No need for a hug since it's only going to be 3 weeks. But since Janet wants it, Lucy welcomes it. No need to give them a signal either. Scud and Janet know what to do. Standing in front of Amy, Lucy smiles as she takes in every detail of her former lover. She can't let her know what she's thinking. Even if she knows, it wouldn't make a difference because the fact is Amy doesn't love her anymore. She again felt the sharp pain in her heart.

"Don't go to France or Italy. It's not safe to go there right now." Because of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, it wouldn't be safe to go there. It made her wonder if Helene even has time to look for the fraudster.

"I know."

Since they're all alone and she can't think of anything else to say, Lucy would like to know:

"Why did you kiss me?"

"to distract you."

"You know, there are other ways to distract me."

"It's more effective. That's how they taught us."

"oh…" Not what Lucy is expecting to hear. "So you've used this method before on…someone else?" She hoped not. Amy never told her about this.

"you're the first."

Oh, that's good to know. Lucy opened her arms, expecting Amy to give her a hug and she did. "I'm sorry."

"sorry for what?" That's what she kept saying that night.

"I'm sorry for those times that you've cried because of me. I'm sorry for not noticing that you weren't feeling well. I'm sorry for not recognizing you. I'm sorry for…"

"…stop…I understand. You don't have to apologize."

Lucy is happy to hear it. I'm sorry...I can't keep my promise.

"You should put a heat pack on that?"

"hm…what?"

"your bruise…on your forearm" Amy said. No one else noticed but she did. That's because the long sleeve covered it. That's because she was the one who woke her up that night.

"oh…yea…bump into the coffee table that night…I think…" Smiling, Lucy shrugged, letting Amy know that she too had no idea how she got that. "Take care of yourself." A sharp pain again coursed through her heart. She leaned forward to give her a quick short kiss on her cheek before before heading towards the departure gate.

"Have a nice...trip." Amy said, watching Lucy heading towards the departure gate.

The car ride back seems quieter than normal even though Janet is already talking about the trip to Barcelona. If Scud isn't driving, he probably would have more to say. "Am I the only one who feels something's wrong?"

"Wrong? What do you mean?" Janet asked.

"She's acting…strange. I don't know…there's something…odd."

"Amy, I think if anyone is acting strange here, it would be you. You French kissed her."

"I did that to distract her." Amy said as she rolled her eyes.

Inside the plane's lavatory, Lucy pressed on the bruise after drying her hands.

"Shit...still hurts."

Not as much as that night, but she definitely did not expect to get a visible bruise.

"You never would've been able to touch me if you didn't attack me from behind."

She let out a deep breath while looking in the mirror.

"You better take care of her."