Chapter Five: The Rehearsal
Driving out of the school limits Lucia scoots over some sitting next to Herro and with her left hand she takes his right hand and holds it in hers. Looking down on her he smiles and kisses her on the top of her head and she leans in resting her head on his shoulder and her body against his. Letting go of her hand he wraps his arm around her shoulder and smiles as he turns on the radio to be listing to Dj Sammy - Heaven. Thinking in his mind he felt like he was in Heaven and puts his arm back around Lucia's shoulder. Lucia staring out in front of her on the road she smiled as Hirro took a turn down a side road and makes it into Lucia's development. Waiting at home Katty, Casey, and Carrie sat down at the dinner table in the kitchen where the florescent was just above them. The table a fine golden pine color with comfortable cushions on the chairs everyone waited for Lucia's arrival. Carrie seeing head lights pulling up in the drive way she gets up and runs over to a window that was near the garage and waited to watch. Lucia hoping out of the truck she grabs her things and walks to the front door. Stopping she turns and looks back at Hirro and gives a wave to come to her. Shutting the engines off Carrie ran back to the kitchen to let everyone know. Walking in the front door Lucia dropped her things by the door and takes Hirro's hand into hers and walks towards the kitchen. Both of them peering into the light her mother smiled and she walks over to Hirro. "Back in one piece I see...Very good thank you for bringing her home." "No problem...I would have taken them all back here but...I think you had it all under control." Saying with a grin on his face. Lucia now holding onto his arm with both hands all of her friends get up and looked at Lucia. Lucia's mother taking Hirro by the hand she shows him the living room as Lucia and everyone went upstairs and got ready. The sun now gone and the moon coming to, The stars peered out on by one like fire flies on a warm summer night. The warm wind blowing in from the east, Lucia turns on her radio to be hearing Simple Plan - I do anything. All of them getting ready for a band rehearsal down stairs in the garage. Lucia in the bathroom with Carrie and Katty and Casey fixing up on there hair. Lucia walking out with her white with the red star on it with her black baggy UFO pants with red embroidery. Carrie with her favorite blue tee bunny on it Lucia puts on the rest of her accessories with her arm guards and her bracelets. Everyone else was finished and ready to go. Downstairs waited Hirro patience he heard them come down and he stood up and saw Lucia with her punk outfit and ready to jam. He smiled and walks over to her with a golly grin on his face. He caress her face gently as she takes his hand and they all walked to the garage. Her mother smiled gently and walked upstairs. As Lucia flipped the switch the light came to life. One by one each of the florescent lights came to life like it was day inside. A few feet from the door was a black drum set with six drums and the large in the center. The symbols and accessories along with it. Near it was a microphone and a keyboard. A few feet away was three guitars, a red one with Lucia's name in black on the back, a black one with Casey's name in silver, and a dark blue one with Leon's name on it written in gold. On the other side of the room stood three microphones and some amps. Walking in the room Hirro grabbed a seat near the garage door and watched them all. Lucia standing right in front of the garage doors they open and came walking in Leon. Dropping his cigarette on the ground and stepping on it with his foot he looks up to see everyone and he puts his right up in the air and slams it down into Lucia's left hand shacking it. "Hey sup?...bout time you got home so we can practice." Saying Leon as he walks over to his guitar and straps it on over his shoulder. "Yeah sorry though...lets get this place started okay." Saying with a smile as she looks back at Herro and blows him a kiss. Smiling he puts his hand up and closes it making it look as if he caught the kiss. Smiling everyone that came out on her front lawn at night started to come. Hirro seeing so many people come he slides the chair in the corner where he got a better view and something was at mist. A young lad came out of his house across the street and sat there on his porch steps. Lucia staring at him she wonder who he was. With everyone ready and a small hand full of people on her lawn she smiled and holding her favorite pick with her thumb, middle, and pointer finger she ran it across the strings tuning it some. Walking up to the microphone she licked her lips and with her right with her pick she waved it lightly near her waste and Katty at the drums started to play. Leon and Carrie chimed in next as Casey played the keys. Lucia humming a sweet tune she ran her finger with the pick across the strings playing something like never heard before.
"Pretend like everything is fine...Smile like life is perfect...Outside its beautiful...Inside its a nightmare...Pretend like the world is perfect like life is peachy..." Singing with such grace and everyone in a daze where they thought fairy tails were true and fantasy lands exists. Lucia picking the sound and the rest making a loud in roar of music and the back singer with Carrie and Katty.
"Inside I'm going insane...Outside I act like everything is perfect...Look at her smile...its perfect...Pretending of course...Imagination the best of it...Inside its too ugly for words...For this is what you have done to her..." Singing with more beauty and talent Katty chimes in and make the song a hit for the night. The young boy that sat across the street got up and walks over to her lawn. Herro in her daze and her fantasy he is enjoying the performance as the song makes it's last turn.
"this is what you have made her into...Outside she's a model, inside she's a monster...Wish this time you'd die...Wish this time you'd learn...Wish this time you'd admit your mistakes and regret you living to this day..." The young boy standing now on her lawn near a couple that sat on a blanket he smiled and listens more. Lucia singing the last chorus she smiled at Hirro and saw the young as the song went silent into an instrumental for 1:20 minutes.
"Inside I'm going insane...Outside I act like everything is perfect...Look at her smile...its perfect...Pretending of course...Imagination the best of it...Inside its too ugly for words...For this is what you have done to her...For this is what you have done to her..." The song end with Lucia stringing off her last few strings and it goes silent with them standing there. A roar come out and a wave of hands showed as everyone stood to there feet and clapped. Lucia smiling brightly about her work, and Hirro stands up walking over to Lucia giving her a tightly packed hug. Lucia staring at the kid that stood there clapping his hands some and walks forward but stops and doesn't go near the light. The night went on as Lucia and her friends played more songs till it hit 11:30 at night when the group separated into the night and the small handful of people vanished but that one boy stayed. Hirro leaving right after the group had been gone and Lucia left to put everything away he walked up to her. "Hello...." His voice filled with passion but was deep and his smile was nothing like Lucia had ever seen. "Hi, who are you...I saw you watching me." Saying as she walks up to him with her guitar in front of her. "My name is Brian...I know your name already by your friends saying there good byes." "Yes I bet you do....so you must be new to these parts aren't you?" saying as she set her guitar to the side. "Yes actually I am...I heard you play...you sound like a siren." Smiling as she takes a few steps closer to her. Stepping into the Light more he wore this black tank top and he was taller much taller then Lucia and his body was most definitely built and his smile pure as rain. She blushed some as he had gotten closer to her. Stopping right in front of her looking down at her some she looks up at him. "Thank you.." she drifted off into his beautiful blue eyes that had drawn her to him. Looking at him she stepped back and takes a better look to him. His hair was dark brown and was long enough that came down to the tips of his ears. It was buzzed underneath giving it more of a manly look and the look on his face gave something off and wanting her to know what it was. The wind blows in giving a chill down her back and he walks forward to her. "I don't bite...Hard." Saying with a grin on his face and Lucia laughing some. Taking out a pen in her back pocket she pulls out his right hand and starts to right on it. Finishing she steps back and smiles. "Good night Brian...I will see you tomorrow at the bus stop." Walking into the back kitchen door she shuts the light out as he walks back across the street looking at his hand. smiling he runs across the street and into his home and up the wooden steps with at the top was a dark green carpet and his room at the end of the hallway. Turning on his bed room light and sitting down on his bed he stares at his hand and smiles.
"Hey Brian Give me a call my number is 856-629-8529 see you at school ^_^"
He re-writes the number down on a piece of paper and pins it up on a bulletin board above his desk. Shutting out his light he went to sleep and as for Lucia she stared out her window watching his and looks at up at the ceiling when his light when out. Humming a tune she has been working on she gets up and walks over to her dresser and taking red boxers and a red tank top she walks into the bath room and jumps out of her cloths that she was wearing today and into her Jammies. Looking at the sink she picks up her red and black toothbrush out from its holder and grabs the Mentadent toothpaste and squeezes some on the toothbrush. Placing back to tube on the counter she thrusts the toothbrush with paste into her mouth and starts to brush her teeth but kept going into a daze of some sort. She shook her head harshly and continued to brush her teeth. Spitting out the foamy toothpaste and rinsing her mouth out with water she cleans her brush and puts it back in her holder. Walking back into her room she sits down on her bed and grabs her black brush and starts to brush her hair. Making her hair shiny and healthy she places her brush down and leans over turning out her light letting in only the moon light sky into her room and she opens her window some letting out some of the heat in her room and out into the open. Laying down on her bed she gets comfy. Laying there for 15 minutes she was already asleep but something was happening? A figure showed it's self from the moon light sky as it pushed opened her window quietly and jumps over her bed and lands on the ground like a cat. It walks over to her and kneels down beside her staring at her beautiful face as it caressed her softly. Turning her head lightly it back off a few inches but gets back closer. Lucia unaware of this creature staring at her she continued to sleep as it sat there all night watching her. The sun was beginning to rise as it stood up. Leaning down it kissed her forehead and jumps back out the window as Lucia turned over to her other side. The time was 5:30 a.m. and the moon started to fade away but still was reveling out in day but the stars died out like a fire. Her alarm going off making the sounds of an ocean morning and hearing the seagulls chirping and cawing. Rising her right arm and with her hand she slams it down on the alarm clock and rolls back over. Looking at her window with half open eyes she see's the sun coming up fast and before it would hit her eyes she gets up and walks into the bathroom taking a pee. Sitting there with her forehead in her palms she thought as she went to relieve her self. Finishing with her pee, she did what had to be done and gets up flushing the toilet and turns on the hott water in the shower as her mother came into the room with a laundry basket. She picks up pieces of clothing off the floor and tossed them into the basket. Looking in the basket to pulls out a new set of clean dark blue baggie jeans and a red top with a black dragon on it with Japanese writing with flames and sets it down on her bed and walks out of her room. Lucia walking out of the bathroom with nothing on and in her birthday suit she grabs her cloths and takes it in the bathroom and shuts the door half way. Putting her cloths on the toilet seat she turn the ice cold water on and she jumps in feeling the warm water. Cleansing herself she feels some of a weird feeling in her stomach and wants to puke. Finishing her shower she quickly jumps out and pushes her cloths off the toilet seat and pushes the seat up and puts her face in the toilet and spills her last night's dinner in the toilet. Backing off from the toilet whipping her mouth and leaning against the glass shower doors she grabs the towel off the rack and wraps herself around it. Getting up and flushing the toilet she walks down stairs in her towel and waltz's into the kitchen. "Mom I think I am sick..." saying in a groggy voice. "Hmm?...well come here" He mother saying as she looks up from her morning paper. Lucia walking over she kneels down next to her mother as she places her hand on her forehead and then on her cheeks. "Go get dressed and bring down the thermometer." "Okay." Lucia gets up and walks back up stairs to her room. She walks into the bathroom and picks up her clean cloths that were thrown on the floor. She takes off her towel and puts on her tee shirt and her underwear with her pants. Putting a towel around her neck she walks down stairs and into the bathroom down there and walks over to the medicine cabinet and takes out a plastic tube containing the thermometer in it. She shuts off the light and back out to the kitchen. she sits down next to her mother as she pops the cape off the tube and slides out the thermometer. Her mother looked at her with a smile as she got up and walks over to the stove were she had made breakfast for Lucia. Eggs, bacon, hash browns, and a bagel with cream cheese. She placed it in front of her and sat back down as she slides across the table a glass of orange juice. Lucia take out the thermometer and hands it to her mother as she picks up her fork and starts to eat the eggs and the hash browns. Her mother read it and her eyes widen. "Lucia when your done eating your going to bed....your temperature is 102 degrees." "What!...that can't be true." "Yes it is...your staying home...when your finished go back to bed okay. I will call the school to let them know." Saying her mother as she walks over to the phone and dials for the school. Lucia giving a weird look she got up and headed for her room to get her back pack. Running up the stairs quickly she opens her bedroom door and grabs her pack off the floor near her nightstand and walks out shutting her door. Walking down the stairs she opens the front door and heads for her bus stop. Walking down the side walk she stopped and saw Brian there waiting for her. Walking slowly she crosses the street and heads towards him. "Well your out early" Saying with a smile as she stands next to him. "Yeah well I just wanted to see you this morning." Saying as he smiled back at her. "Really now? Well I am here but I wont probably soon...I am sick so my mother says." "What!...stay home if your sick...come on." He takes her hand and walks back to her home. Stunned she didn't know what to do and grips his hand. He looks over his shoulder and at her as he wonder why she griped. They crossed the street and he knocked on the front door. Her mother walking to the door she opens it and has wide eyes. "Missing something?" saying with a smile. "Lucia...what are you doing out here get inside and back to bed your sick...thank you ugh...well what's your name boy?" saying with worriment. "Brian...I am a friend of Lucia's" saying as he looks back over to Lucia and see's her face bright red. "Well thank you Brain now Lucia get inside and off to bed." saying as she walks away from the door and back into eth kitchen. "Lucia get better okay." "Yes I will...don't worry about me.." saying with a red face and a little laughter to her voice. "No I will.." He bends down and kisses her softly on the lips and lets go of her hand as he runs off back to eth buss stop. Her eyes closes and her hand still in the same position she stood there for quite a while. Opening her eyes again she watched him as he ran off to the bus stop and she walks in and tossed her backpack off to eth side and runs upstairs. Pushing her bedroom door open she jumps onto her bed and pushes open her curtains and opens her window. She sits there with her elbows on the sill and she watched him. He stared up at her window and waved to her and smiled. She waved backed and he roared out like a roster and she laughs watching him being himself. The large yellow bus pulls up to there stop and he runs on and heads towards the back where he sat and watched her from the window as they drove by. She laid down on her bed staring up at the ceiling thinking to her self. -what am I doing...I love Herro but...Brain what's going on! things are out of line now...have I fallen for two sweet guys or for the wrong reasons.- She laid there still and silent her eyes grew heavy and laying in a diagonal position her head fell to it's side and she went into a deep sleep.
Driving out of the school limits Lucia scoots over some sitting next to Herro and with her left hand she takes his right hand and holds it in hers. Looking down on her he smiles and kisses her on the top of her head and she leans in resting her head on his shoulder and her body against his. Letting go of her hand he wraps his arm around her shoulder and smiles as he turns on the radio to be listing to Dj Sammy - Heaven. Thinking in his mind he felt like he was in Heaven and puts his arm back around Lucia's shoulder. Lucia staring out in front of her on the road she smiled as Hirro took a turn down a side road and makes it into Lucia's development. Waiting at home Katty, Casey, and Carrie sat down at the dinner table in the kitchen where the florescent was just above them. The table a fine golden pine color with comfortable cushions on the chairs everyone waited for Lucia's arrival. Carrie seeing head lights pulling up in the drive way she gets up and runs over to a window that was near the garage and waited to watch. Lucia hoping out of the truck she grabs her things and walks to the front door. Stopping she turns and looks back at Hirro and gives a wave to come to her. Shutting the engines off Carrie ran back to the kitchen to let everyone know. Walking in the front door Lucia dropped her things by the door and takes Hirro's hand into hers and walks towards the kitchen. Both of them peering into the light her mother smiled and she walks over to Hirro. "Back in one piece I see...Very good thank you for bringing her home." "No problem...I would have taken them all back here but...I think you had it all under control." Saying with a grin on his face. Lucia now holding onto his arm with both hands all of her friends get up and looked at Lucia. Lucia's mother taking Hirro by the hand she shows him the living room as Lucia and everyone went upstairs and got ready. The sun now gone and the moon coming to, The stars peered out on by one like fire flies on a warm summer night. The warm wind blowing in from the east, Lucia turns on her radio to be hearing Simple Plan - I do anything. All of them getting ready for a band rehearsal down stairs in the garage. Lucia in the bathroom with Carrie and Katty and Casey fixing up on there hair. Lucia walking out with her white with the red star on it with her black baggy UFO pants with red embroidery. Carrie with her favorite blue tee bunny on it Lucia puts on the rest of her accessories with her arm guards and her bracelets. Everyone else was finished and ready to go. Downstairs waited Hirro patience he heard them come down and he stood up and saw Lucia with her punk outfit and ready to jam. He smiled and walks over to her with a golly grin on his face. He caress her face gently as she takes his hand and they all walked to the garage. Her mother smiled gently and walked upstairs. As Lucia flipped the switch the light came to life. One by one each of the florescent lights came to life like it was day inside. A few feet from the door was a black drum set with six drums and the large in the center. The symbols and accessories along with it. Near it was a microphone and a keyboard. A few feet away was three guitars, a red one with Lucia's name in black on the back, a black one with Casey's name in silver, and a dark blue one with Leon's name on it written in gold. On the other side of the room stood three microphones and some amps. Walking in the room Hirro grabbed a seat near the garage door and watched them all. Lucia standing right in front of the garage doors they open and came walking in Leon. Dropping his cigarette on the ground and stepping on it with his foot he looks up to see everyone and he puts his right up in the air and slams it down into Lucia's left hand shacking it. "Hey sup?...bout time you got home so we can practice." Saying Leon as he walks over to his guitar and straps it on over his shoulder. "Yeah sorry though...lets get this place started okay." Saying with a smile as she looks back at Herro and blows him a kiss. Smiling he puts his hand up and closes it making it look as if he caught the kiss. Smiling everyone that came out on her front lawn at night started to come. Hirro seeing so many people come he slides the chair in the corner where he got a better view and something was at mist. A young lad came out of his house across the street and sat there on his porch steps. Lucia staring at him she wonder who he was. With everyone ready and a small hand full of people on her lawn she smiled and holding her favorite pick with her thumb, middle, and pointer finger she ran it across the strings tuning it some. Walking up to the microphone she licked her lips and with her right with her pick she waved it lightly near her waste and Katty at the drums started to play. Leon and Carrie chimed in next as Casey played the keys. Lucia humming a sweet tune she ran her finger with the pick across the strings playing something like never heard before.
"Pretend like everything is fine...Smile like life is perfect...Outside its beautiful...Inside its a nightmare...Pretend like the world is perfect like life is peachy..." Singing with such grace and everyone in a daze where they thought fairy tails were true and fantasy lands exists. Lucia picking the sound and the rest making a loud in roar of music and the back singer with Carrie and Katty.
"Inside I'm going insane...Outside I act like everything is perfect...Look at her smile...its perfect...Pretending of course...Imagination the best of it...Inside its too ugly for words...For this is what you have done to her..." Singing with more beauty and talent Katty chimes in and make the song a hit for the night. The young boy that sat across the street got up and walks over to her lawn. Herro in her daze and her fantasy he is enjoying the performance as the song makes it's last turn.
"this is what you have made her into...Outside she's a model, inside she's a monster...Wish this time you'd die...Wish this time you'd learn...Wish this time you'd admit your mistakes and regret you living to this day..." The young boy standing now on her lawn near a couple that sat on a blanket he smiled and listens more. Lucia singing the last chorus she smiled at Hirro and saw the young as the song went silent into an instrumental for 1:20 minutes.
"Inside I'm going insane...Outside I act like everything is perfect...Look at her smile...its perfect...Pretending of course...Imagination the best of it...Inside its too ugly for words...For this is what you have done to her...For this is what you have done to her..." The song end with Lucia stringing off her last few strings and it goes silent with them standing there. A roar come out and a wave of hands showed as everyone stood to there feet and clapped. Lucia smiling brightly about her work, and Hirro stands up walking over to Lucia giving her a tightly packed hug. Lucia staring at the kid that stood there clapping his hands some and walks forward but stops and doesn't go near the light. The night went on as Lucia and her friends played more songs till it hit 11:30 at night when the group separated into the night and the small handful of people vanished but that one boy stayed. Hirro leaving right after the group had been gone and Lucia left to put everything away he walked up to her. "Hello...." His voice filled with passion but was deep and his smile was nothing like Lucia had ever seen. "Hi, who are you...I saw you watching me." Saying as she walks up to him with her guitar in front of her. "My name is Brian...I know your name already by your friends saying there good byes." "Yes I bet you do....so you must be new to these parts aren't you?" saying as she set her guitar to the side. "Yes actually I am...I heard you play...you sound like a siren." Smiling as she takes a few steps closer to her. Stepping into the Light more he wore this black tank top and he was taller much taller then Lucia and his body was most definitely built and his smile pure as rain. She blushed some as he had gotten closer to her. Stopping right in front of her looking down at her some she looks up at him. "Thank you.." she drifted off into his beautiful blue eyes that had drawn her to him. Looking at him she stepped back and takes a better look to him. His hair was dark brown and was long enough that came down to the tips of his ears. It was buzzed underneath giving it more of a manly look and the look on his face gave something off and wanting her to know what it was. The wind blows in giving a chill down her back and he walks forward to her. "I don't bite...Hard." Saying with a grin on his face and Lucia laughing some. Taking out a pen in her back pocket she pulls out his right hand and starts to right on it. Finishing she steps back and smiles. "Good night Brian...I will see you tomorrow at the bus stop." Walking into the back kitchen door she shuts the light out as he walks back across the street looking at his hand. smiling he runs across the street and into his home and up the wooden steps with at the top was a dark green carpet and his room at the end of the hallway. Turning on his bed room light and sitting down on his bed he stares at his hand and smiles.
"Hey Brian Give me a call my number is 856-629-8529 see you at school ^_^"
He re-writes the number down on a piece of paper and pins it up on a bulletin board above his desk. Shutting out his light he went to sleep and as for Lucia she stared out her window watching his and looks at up at the ceiling when his light when out. Humming a tune she has been working on she gets up and walks over to her dresser and taking red boxers and a red tank top she walks into the bath room and jumps out of her cloths that she was wearing today and into her Jammies. Looking at the sink she picks up her red and black toothbrush out from its holder and grabs the Mentadent toothpaste and squeezes some on the toothbrush. Placing back to tube on the counter she thrusts the toothbrush with paste into her mouth and starts to brush her teeth but kept going into a daze of some sort. She shook her head harshly and continued to brush her teeth. Spitting out the foamy toothpaste and rinsing her mouth out with water she cleans her brush and puts it back in her holder. Walking back into her room she sits down on her bed and grabs her black brush and starts to brush her hair. Making her hair shiny and healthy she places her brush down and leans over turning out her light letting in only the moon light sky into her room and she opens her window some letting out some of the heat in her room and out into the open. Laying down on her bed she gets comfy. Laying there for 15 minutes she was already asleep but something was happening? A figure showed it's self from the moon light sky as it pushed opened her window quietly and jumps over her bed and lands on the ground like a cat. It walks over to her and kneels down beside her staring at her beautiful face as it caressed her softly. Turning her head lightly it back off a few inches but gets back closer. Lucia unaware of this creature staring at her she continued to sleep as it sat there all night watching her. The sun was beginning to rise as it stood up. Leaning down it kissed her forehead and jumps back out the window as Lucia turned over to her other side. The time was 5:30 a.m. and the moon started to fade away but still was reveling out in day but the stars died out like a fire. Her alarm going off making the sounds of an ocean morning and hearing the seagulls chirping and cawing. Rising her right arm and with her hand she slams it down on the alarm clock and rolls back over. Looking at her window with half open eyes she see's the sun coming up fast and before it would hit her eyes she gets up and walks into the bathroom taking a pee. Sitting there with her forehead in her palms she thought as she went to relieve her self. Finishing with her pee, she did what had to be done and gets up flushing the toilet and turns on the hott water in the shower as her mother came into the room with a laundry basket. She picks up pieces of clothing off the floor and tossed them into the basket. Looking in the basket to pulls out a new set of clean dark blue baggie jeans and a red top with a black dragon on it with Japanese writing with flames and sets it down on her bed and walks out of her room. Lucia walking out of the bathroom with nothing on and in her birthday suit she grabs her cloths and takes it in the bathroom and shuts the door half way. Putting her cloths on the toilet seat she turn the ice cold water on and she jumps in feeling the warm water. Cleansing herself she feels some of a weird feeling in her stomach and wants to puke. Finishing her shower she quickly jumps out and pushes her cloths off the toilet seat and pushes the seat up and puts her face in the toilet and spills her last night's dinner in the toilet. Backing off from the toilet whipping her mouth and leaning against the glass shower doors she grabs the towel off the rack and wraps herself around it. Getting up and flushing the toilet she walks down stairs in her towel and waltz's into the kitchen. "Mom I think I am sick..." saying in a groggy voice. "Hmm?...well come here" He mother saying as she looks up from her morning paper. Lucia walking over she kneels down next to her mother as she places her hand on her forehead and then on her cheeks. "Go get dressed and bring down the thermometer." "Okay." Lucia gets up and walks back up stairs to her room. She walks into the bathroom and picks up her clean cloths that were thrown on the floor. She takes off her towel and puts on her tee shirt and her underwear with her pants. Putting a towel around her neck she walks down stairs and into the bathroom down there and walks over to the medicine cabinet and takes out a plastic tube containing the thermometer in it. She shuts off the light and back out to the kitchen. she sits down next to her mother as she pops the cape off the tube and slides out the thermometer. Her mother looked at her with a smile as she got up and walks over to the stove were she had made breakfast for Lucia. Eggs, bacon, hash browns, and a bagel with cream cheese. She placed it in front of her and sat back down as she slides across the table a glass of orange juice. Lucia take out the thermometer and hands it to her mother as she picks up her fork and starts to eat the eggs and the hash browns. Her mother read it and her eyes widen. "Lucia when your done eating your going to bed....your temperature is 102 degrees." "What!...that can't be true." "Yes it is...your staying home...when your finished go back to bed okay. I will call the school to let them know." Saying her mother as she walks over to the phone and dials for the school. Lucia giving a weird look she got up and headed for her room to get her back pack. Running up the stairs quickly she opens her bedroom door and grabs her pack off the floor near her nightstand and walks out shutting her door. Walking down the stairs she opens the front door and heads for her bus stop. Walking down the side walk she stopped and saw Brian there waiting for her. Walking slowly she crosses the street and heads towards him. "Well your out early" Saying with a smile as she stands next to him. "Yeah well I just wanted to see you this morning." Saying as he smiled back at her. "Really now? Well I am here but I wont probably soon...I am sick so my mother says." "What!...stay home if your sick...come on." He takes her hand and walks back to her home. Stunned she didn't know what to do and grips his hand. He looks over his shoulder and at her as he wonder why she griped. They crossed the street and he knocked on the front door. Her mother walking to the door she opens it and has wide eyes. "Missing something?" saying with a smile. "Lucia...what are you doing out here get inside and back to bed your sick...thank you ugh...well what's your name boy?" saying with worriment. "Brian...I am a friend of Lucia's" saying as he looks back over to Lucia and see's her face bright red. "Well thank you Brain now Lucia get inside and off to bed." saying as she walks away from the door and back into eth kitchen. "Lucia get better okay." "Yes I will...don't worry about me.." saying with a red face and a little laughter to her voice. "No I will.." He bends down and kisses her softly on the lips and lets go of her hand as he runs off back to eth buss stop. Her eyes closes and her hand still in the same position she stood there for quite a while. Opening her eyes again she watched him as he ran off to the bus stop and she walks in and tossed her backpack off to eth side and runs upstairs. Pushing her bedroom door open she jumps onto her bed and pushes open her curtains and opens her window. She sits there with her elbows on the sill and she watched him. He stared up at her window and waved to her and smiled. She waved backed and he roared out like a roster and she laughs watching him being himself. The large yellow bus pulls up to there stop and he runs on and heads towards the back where he sat and watched her from the window as they drove by. She laid down on her bed staring up at the ceiling thinking to her self. -what am I doing...I love Herro but...Brain what's going on! things are out of line now...have I fallen for two sweet guys or for the wrong reasons.- She laid there still and silent her eyes grew heavy and laying in a diagonal position her head fell to it's side and she went into a deep sleep.