Chapter 4

Sheridan came out of her room and said, "What are you guys up to now?" looking at Mel and Luis who were just looking back at her.

"I'm waiting for my answer." Sheridan said with a raised eyebrow.

"Um… we want to go for ice-cream and we want you to come with us." Mel answered.

"Right now?" asked Sheridan

"Yeah please aunt Sheridan." She said looking up at her.

"Luis, you are going to let her go. What if Antonio and Liz find out?" she asked turning to look at Luis.

"They won't find out. We'll go from the back and they are all already asleep." Luis answered.

"Can we go please aunt Sheridan?" Mel asked again hoping she would say yes.

"Fine but if your mommy and daddy find out I will not be responsible you and your uncle Luis will be." She said looking at both of them.

"YAY!!" She jumped up and down happily.

***THE NEXT MORNING***

Pilar was in the kitchen making break fast for everyone. Liz and Paloma were helping Pilar with the break fast. Everyone else was still sleeping. Pilar and Liz decided to wake them up after they finish-making break fast.

"Mom?" Liz said breaking the silence

"Hmm"

"Do you think there is something going on with Luis and Sheridan?" Liz asked

"Oh, you've been noticing it too." Pilar answered

"Yeah, did you see the way they look at each other? I mean they've known each other since they were babies but now something has changed. Something is different between them."

"I've been noticing that too. I've never seen Sheridan look at Luis the way she does now or Luis. There is definitely something going on with them. However, I think we should let them do what ever they want. They are both eighteen now. But I wouldn't mind if they dated. I know Katherine always said she wanted Luis and Sheridan together. But I would like them to see them selves if they have feelings for each other or not." Pilar said eager herself to see Luis and Sheridan together. She knew they both loved each other very much but did they love each other that way. That was the question.

"I totally agree. I would want to see them together not that we don't see them together. They can't even stay away from each other that long. They do everything together, I've never seen them do anything with out each other." Said Liz.

"Yeah now why don't we go up stairs and wake everyone up." Pilar suggested.

"Ok" Liz nodded.

Liz went to wake Antonio up, Paloma went to her room to wake Sheridan and Theresa and Pilar went to wake Martine up. Sheridan, Theresa and Martine woke up instantly but Antonio was having problems. He was keep asking for "two more minutes" like a baby.

"Tony wake up already."

"Liz just give me two more minutes. I am tired please." "He turned his back on Liz.

Liz smiled, he can act like such a baby but he was still her life.

"Tony I've been waking you up for fifteen minutes now." She said she as she kissed his cheek.

Antonio grabbed her arm and now Liz was on top of him. Liz looked into his eyes and smiled at him. He smiled back and said "Good morning"

"Good morning to you too sleepy head" Liz replied gazing in to his eyes.

Liz kissed his lips softly and tried to get off of him so he can get of from the bed but Antonio wouldn't let go of her.

"Tony let me go, you are the only one in bed right now, and what if Mel walks on us like that." Liz said trying to get away from him so she can go down stairs to help Pilar with everything else.

"First I don't think every one is awake yet well at least not Melissa and Luis because if they were Mel would be here first. And second Mel wouldn't mind seeing us like that, she knows how much her daddy loves her mommy." He said kissing her passionately. Liz kissed him back but before things get out of hand, she pulled away. She knew him very well. He was trying to trick her but sadly, it didn't work.

"I love you."

"I love you too, now get up." Liz told him as she got off of him and went down stairs.

Antonio got off the bed and went to take a quick shower.

Sheridan was ready to go down stairs but she stopped when she saw Luis' room door closed. She knew Mel and he were still sleeping so decided to wake both of them up. She knew it was going to be one hell of a morning when Luis tells everyone about him leaving for three years, just thinking about him leaving made her sad and she was almost in tears.

She opened the door slowly and saw Luis watching Mel sleep. Luis always loved to watch Mel and Sheridan a sleep. He was trying to wake Mel up by placing kisses on her forehead and cheek, but she just giggled. She didn't open her eyes though. Luis looked up and saw Sheridan standing on the door.

"Good morning" said Sheridan walking towards the other side of the bed and sat down. Now Mel was laying between Luis and Sheridan.

" Morning Sheridan." Luis answer and kissed Sheridan on the cheek.

"What is this, Mel is still sleeping. She is usually the first one to wake up." Said Sheridan knowing that she was probably very tired.

"Yeah well she slept late too. She was probably tired from yesterday because usually she is always kicking me at night and last night she didn't even kick me once." Luis said laughing.

"Yeah I know she does the same when she is in my bed." Sheridan said and joined in the laughter.

"I think we should wake her up, because everyone else is already down stairs." Sheridan suggested.

"Yeah. I think I'll take a quick shower and then wake her up or I take a quick shower and you wake her up now."

"I'll wake her up."

As soon as Luis closed, the bathroom door Mel opened her eyes. She smiled at Sheridan.

"Good morning aunty Sheridan."

"Morning Mel, I was about to wake you up." Sheridan told Mel.

"I was awaked when you came in the room. Uncle Luis already woke me up when he was kissing me, it was gross. He didn't even brush his teeth." She told Sheridan.

Sheridan laughed at that one. She knew just how Mel felt because she felt the same way when Luis did that to her. He used to wake her up with kisses on her forehead, and Sheridan always told him he was gross. But he always told her she was beautiful.

"Yeah I know, what do you say we go get you ready so we can go downstairs." Sheridan said as she got up from the bed.

"Ok" Mel said jumping off the bed.

***AT THE BREAKFAST***

Everyone was talking about what they were doing today. Sheridan and Luis were sitting next to each other. They both had hands together under the table and squeezed it.

"Luis don't you have something to tell everyone?" She asked Luis even though it was so hard to ask.

"Ohh yeah I do. Mom, dad I got in for the Harmony Police department." Luis told his parents and everyone else.

Everyone congratulate him. Everyone was very happy except Sheridan. Well, she was happy but she knew everyone would be sad as well when they find out; he was leaving for three years.

"But my training starts right after our graduation and I have to leave for three years for my police training." Luis told everyone but this time everyone went silent. None spoke. Actually, Mel started crying she just ran up to Luis' room.

After Mel ran out of the kitchen Liz spoke "Luis I'm so sorry, I'll go check on her." She said as she started to get up Luis spoke "Liz I'll go why don't you finish your breakfast."

Liz just nodded.

Luis went to Mel's room but didn't see her there and then he knew where she would be. She was always in Luis' room when she was sad. Luis then went to his room and saw Mel laying on the bed and crying really hard. He knew she was not happy and he hated seeing her cry. Hell, he hated himself for doing that to her but he had no choice. He walked up to his bed and sat next to where Mel was laying.

Luis bent down and whispered in her ear "Mel baby please look at me"

But she cried even harder and yelled " GO AWAY! I HATE YOU!!"

Luis was taken back by her words. He knew she has never been hurt like that before and he was responsible for making her cry like that but he was still hurt.

"Fine be that way" Luis said in a low voice and started to get up from the bed. He was almost at the door when he heard Mel's voice.

"Uncle Luis please don't leave me." She said getting up from bed and ran into Luis's arm.

Luis hugged her so tight as she cried on his shoulder. Some how the tears started coming down her cheeks too.

"Mel baby, please stop crying, I hate seeing you cry. You know I won't be gone for long its only three years and I will come home for Christmas, Aunty Sheridan's tennis championship game, and may be even for Valentines day. I will call you everyday before you go to bed. I promise. Remember the laptop I gave aunty Sheridan for her birthday, well maybe if she lets you use it I will e-mail you too. I am going to miss you the most. What do you say we go ask aunty Sheridan to let you use her laptop when I am away?" he asked Mel who was still crying but not as hard as she was crying before.

"Of course she can use it anytime she wants." Said Sheridan who was standing at the door, tears in her own eyes.

"I guess I wasn't the only one who didn't want you to go" She said as she sat next to Luis. Now Sheridan rested her head on his shoulders and he had his hands around her waist. Mel was in Luis' lap. Who was resting her head on his chest. It was so sweet to see all three of them so close and together. What they didn't know that some one took their picture like that. Ethan went to his room and took out his camera and took three pictures of all three of them sitting together.

A few minutes later Luis, Mel and Sheridan went downstairs in the living room and saw everyone sitting waiting for them.

"Sheridan are you ok?" Paloma and Miguel asked in union knowing she was very hurt.

Mel was still standing next to Luis. Sheridan sat next to Martine. Who squeezed her hand. Martine knew Luis and Sheridan loved each other very much. They loved each other more than anything in the world and it was hard for Sheridan to see that Luis will be leaving for so long. Sheridan looked at Martine and smiled but Martine knew very well it wasn't her smile because there was no happiness in her eyes, she was sad, her eyes didn't lightened up like they always did.

"Come on guys, I am not going until after my graduation. And we still have four and half months." He said trying to make everyone understand. He knew everyone would understand but Mel and Sheridan. He decided he would spend as much as time with both of them before he left he could. He was sad too but he wished he could do something like open a training school here but who was he to open something like that?

"Congratulations big brother can't wait to see you as Harmony's finest cop ever." Ethan said chuckling.

"Yeah big brother, girls will be all over you." Miguel said hugging his brother.

"Miguel!" said everyone at once.

"What, we all know all the girls are all over him at school, and well he is just always with Sheridan, no offence Sheridan, I love you." He said looking at Sheridan whose eyes were red from crying.

"Non taken little brother." She said smiling knowing how hot Luis is.

"Would you stop talking about girls here, Sheridan is my best friend and I love her but that doesn't mean I can't go out with anyone else." He explained.

Sheridan was kind of hurt but she knew she had no right to be because its not like they both were dating or anything not that she wouldn't mind.

Liz and Pilar saw the look on Sheridans face and then looked at each other. They knew she loved him but he didn't see that and hoped he would soon.

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