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Meaning Of Love

By the Untalented JOxER

Chapter three

Lucas drove down the highway, checking every single second if his hair was
alright. He had driven with the top down for a mile or two and when he looked
at the rear view mirror, he hair was a disaster. He then quickly put the top up
but it was too late for his hair. Lucas tried to smooth out some of the hair
that stood up but once it was down, it would shoot back up again. 'I look like
Alfalfa' Lucas thought as he thought the date was beginning to be a disaster.

Lucas came upon Johnson's road and made a sharp left turn. Lucas slowed down
and began to search for the number 1214. Lucas looked at each house, they were
pretty middle class style homes. Not too fancy and not to poor. Lucas came
upon the house and parked his car outside. He quickly made another check on his
hair only to be disappointed, it was still not staying down. Lucas threw his
hands up in frustration and stepped out of the car. Lucas began to think what
to say, it was the first time the two would have been on a date date.

Back in the hotel where they met, they did have a brief lunch together but it
was cut short when she had to leave to go back to school. Dayna had been
visiting a family member that just had checked into the hotel and it was the
only time she had to visit them. They exchanged email address and other than
talking all day or chatting away on the internex, Lucas and Dayna never had been
out before. Before Lucas could think about their past conversations, Lucas'
foot came in contact with something heavy and headed for the concrete floor.
Lucas got up quickly and dusted himself off. 'Not a good sign' Lucas thought as
he turned to see what had made him fall. It was a small tricycle that was now
upside down and the little wheels spinning. Lucas made his way to the door with
out tripping on anything and rang the door bell. Lucas put on a smile as
someone opened the door but yelled when something came in contact with his face.

"Gotya!" a little boy yelled as Lucas wiped his face. The little boy pointed
the rubber arrow gun at Lucas, ready to fire again. "Who are ya, we know
nothin! Nothin I say!" The little boy chanted.

"Nothing? Are you sure? I am looking for Dayna."

"Dayna? Dayna not here."

"What?" Lucas asked

"No Dayna in this house. No sir.!" The little boy said, beginning to close the
door.

"Wait!" Lucas said as he stuck his foot on the doorway, "what if I pay you for
some information? Will you tell me then?"

"How much ya talkin about?" the little boy said as he crossed his arms

"A dollar?"

"Hum.. make it two and I will show you her diary!" Before Lucas could say deal,
an angry looking Dayna appeared.

"Oh no you don't you little bugger." Dayna said as she picked up the little boy
by the waist and yelled for her father. Dayna smiled at Lucas as she held a
kicking boy in her arms. "Sorry about him, Steven is a secret spy and no one is
suppose to know he is here." Dayna said as she winked.

"Don't worry, I don't know any Steven." Lucas played as he remembered Dayna
talking about her little brother and sister. Lucas was about to ask about the
little Suzy when she made her own appearance. Suzy came in, holding her little
doll and whacked it over Stevens head. Steven gave out a loud cry and kicked
harder to be let go. Dayna couldn't hold the kid anymore and let him go chase
after his little sister.

"I swear I need to get out of here!" Dayna said as her father came in, holding
little Suzy, protecting her from the evil Steven. "Dad, I want you to meet
Lucas. Lucas, this is my dad." Dayna said as Lucas pulled out his hand and
shook the strong mans hand.

"So your the reason our phone line is always busy?" Dayna's dad joked.

"Sorry Mr. Patterson." Lucas apologized

"No apologized.. just playing with you. By the way, its Dan."

"Thank you Dan. Don't worry about Dayna, I will have her home by midnight."

"Very well. Have a good time Dayna." Dan said as Dayna began to put on her
jacket. She quickly got her small purse and kissed her father good bye. She
messed up little Suzy hair only to get a smack over the head by her doll. Suzy
laughed as her big sister rubbed her head. Dayna then bent down to say good bye
to Steven.

"Pss.. you made need this." Steven said as he handed her the rubber arrow gun.
Dayna took the gun and put it in her purse.

"Thanks for looking out for me." She said as she kissed Steven good bye. Steven
began to wipe his face where his big sister had kissed him. Lucas took her my
her arm and lead her away from the house. Dan stood in the doorway and smiled
as Lucas opened the car door for Dayna. Dayna turned and waved again to her
family. Suzy began to yell "Dayna's got a boyfriend" as Lucas got into the
driver side and turned on the car.

"Thank you so much for taking me out of that house!" Dayna said as Lucas put the
car on drive.

"No problem It is an honor." Lucas said. "You look great."

"Thanks. I still don't know what you have planned. I hope this outfit will do."
Dayna said as she tugged on her black dress and coat outfit.

"You look perfect. Besides, why ruin a surprise by telling you about it." Lucas
said

"It still is not fair. So , how's your project going?" Dayna said, trying one of
her old famous tricks...

"Great actually. It is almost done. I still have to get some nicks and stuff
but other than that, perfect."

"Good to hear my little genius is keeping himself busy. So where are we going?"

"No you don't! You tricked me that last time you asked me a question I didnt
want to answer. Not this time, it is a surprise.!"

"Fine fine fine. Hows ya dad?"

"He's ok. Can you believe he gave me this car." Lucas knew which dad she was
talking about. The question he didn't want to answer a while back was about his
past. Lucas couldn't think of a reason not to but it wasn't just everyday you
tell people about your past. It took Dayna a whole hour just for him to open
up. Lucas thought that Dayna would have dumped him in a flash once she learned
what kind of freak Lucas was. But it was the total opposite. Dayna felt sorry
for Lucas about what he went through but mostly, she kept reminding him that it
was all in the past, what counts is now and the future.

"It is a great car. I prefer SUVS myself but this is great too."

"SUVS?"

"Yeah! Better look out for those babies, they are powerful. Do you know where
you are going?"

"Yeah, the Garden is not th.." Dayna began to laugh. "You.. you are so mean."

"Why? That I can easily play with your little mind? The Garden sounds great."
Dayna smiled

"Hey, you tricked me. But you are going to pay for that!"

"Nothing but big talk."

Lucas and Dayna arrived to the Garden and Lucas stopped his red car just outside
the door. A valet came around and opened the door for Dayna and Lucas handed
him the keys. The valet gave him a number and Lucas shoved it into his pocket.
Lucas had opened the door and told the greeter he had a reservation. A waiter
came around and led the a wing of the restaurant just for two people and had a
great view of the ocean. There was soft music playing and some of the couples
were dancing a slow tone. 'such a perfect night' Lucas thought

"Its such a perfect night." Dayna stated almost reading Lucas mind, as the
waiter gave them the menus and asked if they wanted anything to drink. Lucas
ordered a coke and Dayna ordered a ginger ale.

"Oh my gosh Lucas, these meals cost too much. You should have put yourself to
this kind of trouble just for me. I would be happy with a nice happy meal from
McDonalds." Dayna said as she stared at the two figured prices.

"It is not to much and believe me, you deserve more." Lucas said. "What's
wrong?" Lucas asked as Dayna gasped.

"Do you know how much they want for water!" Dayna said a little bit too loud and
the couple near them told them to hush. Dayna giggled and whispered the amount.
Lucas laughed but shook his head, it was no problem. He had plenty of money and
Dayna knew it too. There was nothing the teen had not said to Dayna, she had
known from Lucas' work on the seaQuest to his stupid stuff he did when he was
kid. Dayna had done the same but there was still a lot of things the two didn't
know about each other. The waiter came in and brought there drinks and asked if
they were ready to order. They both asked for a few more minutes more and the
waiter agreed.

"How did you hear about this place?"

"My dad took Kristen here once and he had mentioned that they have the best food
and service around. I had to see for myself and of course I couldn't go alone."

"Good thing I am here to offer my services! I don't charge that much, lets say
10 bucks an hour."

"Guess I should take you home now, I don't have that kind of cash for what I
have planned."

"If you can offered the glass of water and some crackers, you can afford me!"
Dayna laughed. Lucas smiled, he enjoyed her laugh and it was a shouting sound
to go along with the music.

"So what are you going to order?" Lucas asked

"You mean I can eat!"

"Ok Dayna, yes you can eat at no extra charge!"

"The chicken salad sounds good. Oh, and the onion blossom! It is a must have!"
Dayna said with excitement

"You've been here before?"

"NO! My dad took my mom out once and they brought home the left over's and it
was an onion blossom from another restaurant, it was good."

"I think I will have an onion blossom too and... I think I will have the
spaghetti." Lucas spotted their waiter and hauled him down. They ordered and
Dayna laughed as the waiter asked her if she wanted salad or soup with the meal.

"I am having a salad for dinner and I get to have a small one before the big
one?" The waiter laughed but asked again. "The soup sounds good. I will have
that." Dayna replied and Lucas began to order his meal. He headed toward the
salad and ordered a side of dinner rolls. The waiter told them it would be
around 20 minutes for the food but the two couple didn't mind. The waiter left
and Lucas was lost. He wanted to ask Dayna to dance but he could think of what
to say. He had to be smooth and cool, not just- come dance with me.

"Lovely music they are playing." Lucas began.

"Yeah, I love to Tango."

"Tango! I never knew that!"

"You never asked."

"All I know is the basic dancing, unless you count head banging dancing."

"I can teach you.. come on." Dayna said as she began to stir in her seat.

"No, I mean. I don't want to look like a fool or anything."

"You will not, besides, I think you will love dancing with me. Unless you want
me to go to the single section of this restaurant and find someone that will
dance with me."

Lucas got up in a second. "Fine, teach me."

"That's my boy."

Lucas and Dayna entered the dance floor and made there way to the center of the
floor. Dayna began to talk Lucas through the simple foot work. Lucas was doing
ok when he accidentally stepped on Dayna foot. Lucas apologized but Dayna
laughed. It didn't bother her, she continued to teach Lucas to tango. Dayna
whispered to his ear to tip her and Lucas did. She then told him to turn her on
the count of three and Lucas did. He was starting to get the hang of Tango when
Dayna asked him to go faster. Lucas began to get nerves as they danced faster
and again, stepped on Dayna's foot. Dayna asked to go slow again and for
awhile, they slowed dance tango. The music was closing and Dayna asked him to
tip her again. Lucas did and upon bringing her right side up again, he leaned
over and kissed her. Dayna kissed back and stopped when the music stopped.

"I have been waiting to do that since the first time I met you." Lucas said as
they both walked back to their table.

"That is a long time. Was it worth it?"

"Worth the wait!" Lucas said as he pulled out the chair for Dayna. Lucas made
his way to his chair as they both saw their side food already waiting for them.
It seemed that the dancing made their hunger greater and began to eat. Lucas
began to eat his salad and Dayna laughed. Lucas held his fork in place as he
asked what was so funny.

"I think the soup has been waiting for a long time, it is cold." Dayna said and
made Lucas laugh. A big mistake. Lucas contents of the fork tipped over and
fell on his lap. His nice slacks were now stained with ranch sauce and fresh
lettuce. Dayna didn't laugh and handed him some clean paper towels for him to
clean up. Lucas cussed under his breath as the stain got worse.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I just ruined my pants." Dayna began to giggle.

"What comes around..." Dayna said as she remembered the first time the two met,
it was her pants that wee ruin, now it was Lucas' pants.

"Haha.. funny." Lucas said as he gave up on the stain and continued to eat his
salad. After they finished their side food, the dinner meal was coming along.
Dayna's eyes went wide as they placed a giant salad in front of her. Lucas also
was shock to see the endless spaghetti plate the waiter placed in from of him.
The waiter said to enjoy their food and left to refill their drinks.

"Oh my, I never knew it was going to be this big!" Dayna said as she thought
where to begin eating on the giant salad.

"I think this spaghetti is going to last me a long time.. maybe till next week."
Lucas said as they began to eat.

"So tell me Dayna, how's school?"

"Don't remind me! It is my summer vacation and you had to remind me of school!
Just kidding, it is going great. A little fast at first but I am catching up.
What I really hate is I am going to take a history class next semester and I
hate history! Give me science anytime but history! Yuck!" Dayna laughed as she
bit into a dinner roll.

"I never did like history either. It was one of the subjects I could do with
out in Stanford. But it's a recommended class."

"Oh sure, here I am heading towards a nursing profession and I have to know
history! I understand anatomy, and science but history? Did I lose it
somewhere?" Dayna said and that made Lucas laugh. The same couple near them
hushed them again and this time, the lady asked them to be quite. Dayna raised
an eyebrow but calmed down.

"So, like I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, it is going ok. How's
land life for you?"

"Its going great. Dad and I mostly talk and hang out, unlike.. But to say the
truth, I miss the sea. When I am on the sub, I want to go back to shore. And
when I am at shore, I want to go back to the sea. Very confusing I must say."

The two laughed as they began to get half way through their meals. They ate in
silence as the waiter came around and asked if they wanted any dessert. Lucas
laughed as he said that they even haven't finished the meal. Dayna laughed a
bit to loud and was once again hushed by the couple next to them. Lucas heard
the woman say 'some people will never grow up' to her dinner guest. Lucas
stiffened by what the woman had said but tried to ignore it. Dayna had also
heard the woman and Dayna reached for her purse. Lucas was confused on what
Dayna was up to when she pulled out a rubber gun from her purse.

"What are you thinking?" Lucas whispered.

"You think I can aim for her head?" Dayna said as she aimed the gun to the
woman's head.

"NO!" Lucas whispered.

"Just kidding Lucas." Dayna said as he placed the gun back into her purse but
didn't zipped it shut. 'Just in case' Dayna thought as she returned eating her
salad.

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OK, sorry so short these days, just been a werid week for me...