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Jessie's Girl

Lockwood's POV

I was in the middle of cleaning my rapier when I was interrupted by somebody walking into the room. I looked up and my jaw dropped.

Standing in front of me was Lucy. And she looked gorgeous. She had on a dark red dress that went down to her knees, her hair was slightly curled, and she was wearing a little bit of makeup.

"Hey, Lockwood," she smiled. "I just came in here to grab my purse before I left." She then walked over to her desk to grab everything she needed, while I kept watching her like an idiot.

I was tapped on the shoulder by Holly, who also decided to join us. "You might want to close your mouth. You're catching flies," she joked and sat down on the sofa next to me.

I put down my rapier and turned towards her. "What's going on?" I whispered. Clearly, no one informed me about anything that was happening tonight.

"Lucy has date," she whispered back to me with a smile. "She met him at the store the other night and they had an instant connection."

I tried to ignore the jealousy that was building up inside of me, but it was no use. I liked Lucy a lot. I've always had. I just wish I was as brave as this random guy who thought it was okay to ask out my girl.

I was about to reply to her when the doorbell rang from upstairs. "That's probably Jessie," Lucy announced. "I should get going. I'll be back before our case tonight."

Lucy went up the stairs, with Holly and I close behind. I was eager to see who this Jessie guy was.

She opened the door and smiled once she saw Jessie. "Hey," she grinned.

He smiled back at her and handed her a bouquet of flowers. I heard Holly squeal next to me.

Remembering we were there, Lucy stepped aside and introduced us. "Jessie, these are my friends. That's Holly and that's-,"

"I'm Lockwood," I interrupted and firmly shook his hand. I made sure to do it harder than usually to try and scare him off. "Listen, the girl you are taking out tonight is very important to me and if anything happens to her, I will personally end you," I stated.

Jessie smiled back at me as if he wasn't intimidated at all. "Got it. I will bring her back in the same condition she left the house in. Now we really should be going, Lucy."

"Right, of course," Lucy replied, glaring at me as if I did something wrong. "I'll see you guys later," she stated and followed her date out of the house."

Once the door was closed, I turned to Holly and frowned, "I have a bad feeling about him," I stated. I wasn't lying. I just felt like he was using Lucy in some way.

Holly snorted. "Why? Cause he isn't you?" She smiled. "I know the way you feel about her and even though I don't mind Jessie, I'm still team Lockwood."

She was right. I was very jealous. I should be taking Lucy out, not him. I should be the one that Lucy dressed up for. Not some guy she just meet at the freaking store. And Holly was right about me being the right choice for her. I just had to get Lucy to see that.

All of a sudden, I knew what I had to do. I smiled at Holly. "I have the perfect plan".

Two hours later, Holly and I were sitting on the other side of the restaurant where Lucy and Jessie were currently on their date. I sneaked a peek at their table and saw that they were sitting very close to each other and laughing at something Jessie just said.

"This isn't good," I whispered to Holly. "He's totally winning her over!"

Holly squeezed my arm reassuringly. "Relax, Lockwood. Everything is going to work out."

I tried by best to believe her. It just felt so wrong to see Lucy with another guy. It should be my joke that she's laughing at.

Holly continued, "Besides, what does he have that you don't?"

"Lucy," I said sadly. Holly looked at me with a sad smile.

"I should've told her how I felt ages ago. If I did, we wouldn't be in this situation," I confessed.

Holly took a moment to think about what I said. "Lockwood, listen. Maybe you should've told her how you felt, but I believe everything happens for a reason. I shouldn't be telling you this, but I'm pretty sure Lucy feels the same way about you, that you do about her. And by what she told me about Jessie earlier, I think it's probably going to be a one time thing," she confessed.

I glanced over at Lucy. Maybe Holly was right. The more I looked at them, the more I could see that it probably wouldn't work out. Lucy was smiling, yes, but it wasn't like the ones she give me. I just had to hang on to the hope that she would realize that she was making a big mistake by being with him.

Holly smiled at me. "You really like her, don't you?"

Still looking at Lucy, I sighed and nodded. "More than words can say."

Holly was about to say something else, when she suddenly gasped and spilled my glass of water in the process. "Lockwood, look!" She exclaimed and pointed towards the couple.

I turned about and boy, what happened next really made me mad. All I saw was Jessie leaning in to kiss my girl. That was all it took for me to throw down my fork, push my chair back roughly, and march right on over to her table.

Lucy was the one who noticed me first. She leaned away from Jessie and glared at me. "Lockwood! What the hell are you doing here?"

Holly ran over to us and smiled innocently. "Hey, Lucy! Fancy seeing you here!"

Jessie threw his hands down on the table and stood up. "Dude!" He yelled at me, causing the whole restaurant to stare at us. "What is your problem!?"

I crossed my arms and glared at him. "My problem is you thinking it is okay to date her, let alone kiss her!"

"It's date!" Jessie yelled. "Only a stupid date that my friends dared me to go on. I could care less about this stupid date and this stupid gir-!"

That did it. "Don't finish that sentence!" I threatened and then proceeded to punch him right in the face. He fell over and collapsed onto the table.

He got up and was about to fight back when a security guard broke us up. "All four of you get out of this restaurant before I arrest all of you!"

Once we were out of the restaurant, Jessie went his separate way, leaving just Holly, Lucy, and me.

"I'm so embarrassed," Lucy whispered to Holly.

Holly gave her a little hug. "Jessie was an idiot. Trust me, there's so many better guys out there."

Lucy nodded and turned so her eyes met mine. Once she saw me, I knew she was pissed and so did Holly.

"I'm just going to go over there," Holly whispered and walked across the street, clearly giving us some alone time.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Lucy yelled, her face very red. I could see tears building up in her beautiful eyes.

I took a deep breath. "That guy was a jerk! I had to do something!"

Lucy shook her head. "You shouldn't have been here at all! I'm not your responsibly, Lockwood! She cried with a shaky voice.

Is that what she thought? That I was here because I saw her as some type of obligation? That was the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And that's saying a lot since I'm living with George.

"Of course you're not my responsibly!" I cried back. "But you're important to me and I just wanted to make sure you were okay!"

Lucy closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I just don't understand why you couldn't just let me go on a date with him! Why did you have to ruin everything?"

"Because he doesn't love you like I do! Because, he was only here because his friends dared him to do it! You deserve more than that, Luce! So much more." I admitted. I sighed and kicked the trash can next to me, letting all my anger about Jessie out.

She stared back in shock. "You love me?" she asked quietly.

I nodded and stepped closer to her. "I've loved you since the moment you walked into my house all those months ago," I whispered and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.

All of a sudden, I got the courage to do what I knew was the only thing to do at the moment; I kissed her. She didn't kiss back at first, making me a little nervous. I pulled away and looked at her. After a moment, she reached up and pulled me back in for another kiss. My arm wrapped around her waist and I pulled her closer to me. We were both smiling as we kissed and I knew then that I made the right choice.

After a few more seconds, we pulled away, both breathing heavily. "I love you, too," she whispered.

I grinned at her. "You don't know how long I've been waiting to do that," I confessed, my arms still around her waist.

She smiled back at me. "Well you can do that whenever you want."

"Whenever?" I asked, with a big smile still plastered on my face.

"Whenever," she confirmed as I pulled her back in for another kiss.