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"Lux stop shaking," Sean said as he placed his free hand on hers. Her hand was ice cold. Lux took a deep breath and took a tissue and began to wipe up his lip.
"Sean, this is serious. What happened to you?" she asked. Sean was focusing on her eyes, which were shining with a film of tears. He felt like shit, not just physically, but seeing what he was putting her through.
"Shh," he said trying to sooth her hysterics. She gulped down a breath of air. "Ok, I'll tell you," he said as he pressed his forehead against hers. Lux sniffed and her eye's widened. She nodded her head and continued dabbing at the blood on his face. "Ok," Sean said, taking a deep breath, he didn't quite know where to start. He kept his hand on hers, trying to get her to stop shaking.
"Ok, so let's see," he said trying to pace himself. "Well, you know how my parents live up north," Lux nodded her head, "Well their alcoholics, so they kind of stay up there doing whatever shit they do, trying to get better between spouts where they are just drunk off their ass. Anyways, we've never been big on the whole money thing. Tracker bounces from job to job. So when I moved out with Tracker, it became hard. Tracker still had his old habits of getting fired and rehired. I never really had an allowance. So then I met Jay, that kid you saw and I said I didn't know. I started hanging out with his gang. I thought I fit in there because they were all rough, came from the streets. At the time I was dating Emma and I felt like I didn't belong in that whole perfect world." Sean paused to bite his lip. Lux continued to remain silent. "So Jay had all these ways of making money. First it was stealing little things for car parts. Then I found out there were other easier ways to make money." Sean stopped and looked away from Lux. She gently squeezed his hand, and he continued after taking a deep breath. "I got involved in drugs. Not doing them so much, but I found a market at our school. I started dealing the stuff, not the hard stuff, just like, weed." Lux's eyes widened.
"You deal marijuana?" she asked disbelievingly. Sean couldn't meet her eyes, he just nodded her head. "So you get beat up over.price discrepancies?" she asked.
"Something like that. It's a violent business. There are discrepancies over everything. You have to be able to fight to prove your right." Sean said shrugging his shoulders.
"Does Tracker know?" Lux asked trying to comprehend what he was telling her.
"He never says anything, but he has to know. What could be the other way I have so much money." Sean noticed the disgusted look on Lux's face. "Look Lux, I don't have the same lifestyle as you! I don't have a family to come home to with parents who are doctors and can buy me whatever I want and send me to whatever college I want to go to. I have to make my own money, and this was one of the easiest ways. And I never have any financial worries now."
"Sean we're 17! We're not supposed to have financial worries!"
"yeah, well, every time Tracker loses a job I don't have to worry about eating now," Sean spat bitterly. That shut Lux up pretty quickly.
"Are you going to stop?" she asked finally. Sean shrugged his shoulders,
"I don't know. I want to, eventually, but I'm thinking now I should start saving for college. So maybe I'll quit when I go to college," he said quietly. Lux pulled her hand out of Sean's and fell backward on her bed, covering her face with her hand. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sean, what you're doing isn't just morally wrong, it's extremely illegal! What if you get arrested, god, by the looks of how you get beat up, what if they hurt you much worse than they already are?" Her voice came out muffled because she was covering her face with her hands.
"Don't worry about me Lux, don't worry," he said softly. Lux lay on her bed for a few moments, trying to discretely wipe the tears from her eyes. Then she quickly got up and left the room, returning moments later with the same first aide kit. She sat down next to Sean on the bed and got to work on cleaning him up.
"Are you ok?" he asked her as he watched her gently wipe the blood from his lip.
"Shh, don't talk," she said as she stopped him from moving his mouth. He flinched at the antibacterial wash being used on his hand. "I'm just worried about you," she muttered. "I don't know what I would do if you got arrested, or worse, killed," she said. Sean looked at her eyes, which were still shining brightly.
"Don't worry, I'm not about to get arrested. And with you taking care of me, I sure as hell won't get killed. Besides, I'm a pretty good fighter."
"You say that like it's something to be proud of," Lux said.
"When when you don't have much else, it is something to be proud of," Sean muttered. Lux stopped what she was doing and looked at Sean.
"Don't say that."
"Don't say what?"
"You have a lot of other things to be proud of," Lux said as she began to wipe up the blood around his nose. Sean just shrugged his shoulders. Watching her made him feel extremely affectionate. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.
"I don't know what I'd do without you," he said as she watched Lux throw the dirty tissue away. She affectionately ruffled his hair.
"Can you please try to stop Sean," she whispered. He froze, he knew this was coming. "I'm really scared for you. Please try to stop. For me," she continued. She couldn't see his face as it was pressed up against her neck, but she could feel his breathing against her skin.
"Ok," were the only words he uttered. Lux let out her breath and gently sat on his lap.
"Do you want to sleep here tonight?" She asked. Sean was taken by surprise.
"Won't you parents care?" he asked.
"Just pretend you left and then I'll let you back in through the back door," Lux said as if it were perfectly natural. Sean looked taken aback, but then regained his composure. He nodded his head.
"Ok, thank you," he whispered to her. Lux nodded her head and kissed him gently on the side of his mouth that wasn't cut up. She led him downstairs and her parents saw Sean leave. About five minutes later she went to her sunroom while her parents were absorbed with the nightly news and slipped him in through the door. They climbed silently up to her room. Lux told him to wait and then headed back downstairs, telling her parents she was calling it an early night. They didn't think anything strange of it because she had stayed up so late during the school days that they figured she was catching up on her sleep. When she got back upstairs, she went into her room to find Sean sitting on her bed going through her cd's.
"See anything you like?" she asked him quietly. Sean shook his head.
"Nope," he said as he shed his jacket.
"I didn't think so," she replied as she turned around and locked her door.
"Locking the door so you can have your way with me?" Sean asked with a glint in his eye.
"Don't get your hopes up buddy. This is simply a precaution so my dad doesn't find you in here and kill you," Lux said. Sean laughed and looked around the room while Lux put on a Switchfoot cd.
"Well what else am I supposed to think, you even have the seductive music on," Sean said continuing his teasing.
"This is seductive music?" Lux asked. "Are you alright?" she said faking concern. Sean laughed again and then looked around.
"So Lux, where am I supposed to sleep?" he asked. Lux looked around too. Then her eyes fell on the double bed.
"Well, I suppose you can sleep in my bed if you promise to control yourself and not pull any fast ones." Sean tried to look offended.
"I wouldn't do that!" he said with mock amazement that she would even think that. Lux laughed. She walked to her dresser and took out a pair of pajamas.
"I'm going to change," she looked Sean's jeans, which were muddy on the bottom. "Uh, I don't have anything for you to change into," she added. Sean shrugged his shoulders.
"Do you mind boxers and a t-shirt?" he asked. Lux shook her head.
"Nope, be right back," she said as she made her way to the bathroom. She quickly changed into a pair of pajama pants and tank top. She brushed her teeth and put down her hair. When she got back to her room, Sean was sitting on her bed reading her cosmopolitan in his white t-shirt undershirt and boxers.
"What do you read?" Sean asked with disbelief as he began to read an excerpt from her magazine, "Ten Tantalizing Ways To Turn Your Man On," Sean turned to look at Lux, "Really Lux, if you want to know how to turn me on, you really don't have to find out from this." Lux took the magazine and hit him on the head with it.
"Shut up," she said. Sean couldn't help but laugh. Then he stopped as he looked at her put the magazine away. He couldn't help but check her out wearing a simple pair of pj pants and tank top, with her hair falling past her shoulders carelessly. She looked unbelievably sexy to him. He took a deep breath to calm himself. He promised he wouldn't try anything tonight. He was starting to regret he promised her that.
"What?" she asked. Lux had turned around and noticed Sean staring at her. Sean shook his head a little.
"Nothing," he said as he went back to looking at her cd's. Lux smiled to herself and turned off all the lights in her room except for the lamp beside her bed. She moved to her bed and got under the covers beside Sean.
"Too bad your lip is all bruised," she said softly. Sean looked surprised,
"Why?" he asked. Lux bit her lip,
"No reason." Sean had gotten the point though.
"It doesn't hurt," he said smiling at her. Lux smiled back.
"Really?" He nodded his head. "So if I did this it wouldn't hurt?" she said as she moved closer to him and kissed him softly. Then she pulled away.
"That definitely did not hurt," he muttered against her lips. He felt Lux smile against his lips and kissed her.
Ok, just watch yourself, Sean told himself. He knew this was a much more.tempting situation. Lux didn't seem to notice as she moved closer to him, entwining her legs with his. Her kisses became more intense. Sean took that as a good sign and moved his mouth to her neck. He gently bit down on her skin and she moaned. Sean almost lost control there.
"Lux," he said in a raspy voice.
"Hm?" she asked with her eyes still closed.
"I promised I wouldn't try anything," he muttered against her ear. Lux smiled a little,
"You're not trying anything, I am," she explained before kissing him hungrily again. Sean decided not to resist and let his hand wander to the bottom of her shirt. He had to feel her skin. His hand made it's way up her tank top, pausing and marveling at the softness of her skin. When his hand hit the bottom of her chest, she didn't stop him, but he froze. This time she wasn't wearing a bra. Lux didn't seem to notice as she pulled him closer to her. Sean ended up on an angle hovering over her. He felt her fingers running through his hand. He tried to balance his weight so he wouldn't crush. Lux felt his fingers spread out across her skin. She arched her back and bent her knee so Sean moved in between her legs. She felt him groan rather loudly and then pull back from her quickly.
"What's wrong?" she asked. Sean looked like he was in some kind of pain.
"Lux, if we don't stop now, I don't think I'll be able to," he said as he pulled his away out from under her shirt. "I don't want to, I really really don't want to," he muttered to himself. Lux stopped him,
"Shh, I understand. Thank you," she said. Sean nodded and turned to lie on his back. "You have no idea how good that felt," he said quietly. Lux smiled into her pillow. She leaned over him and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"Goodnight Sean," she said. Then she stretched across him and flicked the switch on the lamp turning it off. Sean tried to draw his eyes away from her when she did that. Her tank top was sagging and he knew he wasn't supposed to see what he was looking at. Soon the darkness enveloped them.
"Lux," he whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks, for everything." Lux smiled in the darkness.
"You're welcome." She said. She felt Sean's hand take hers in the dark and gently kiss it. Then she fell asleep.
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"He spent the night at your place?" Paige asked in surprise the next day. Lux was lounging at her house.
"Yeah, but nothing happened," Lux said quickly defending herself. "Well, nothing much," she added. Paige gave her a look. "What! He was hurt, he didn't look good to go home, so he stayed over. I didn't do anything horrible here Paige!"
"Ook," Paige said. "Listen, I was thinking of having a Christmas party when my parents go out of town for two days. What do you think?" Paige asked quickly changing the subject.
"Sounds like fun, when would it be?" Lux asked.
"Soon, like.in a couple days. Do you think it's too short notice?"
"Nope, but I know Sean can't go, he's going out of town."
"Oh that's right. Well, I'm sure you can have fun without him." Lux nodded her head.
* * * *
"So I got my Columbia application in, and all I have left is Stanford," Craig told Lux as they walked through the back lot of the corner store.
"Ooh, good luck," Lux said as she pulled her scarf tighter around her.
"Yeah, it's a relief to get them in," Craig said. He and Lux were taking a walk. It had become a habit of there's to get together weekly and discuss whatever. Lux had called him this morning and sounded like she wanted to talk.
"So, anything new with you?" Craig asked after a moment of silence. Lux paused, and then said,
"Well, I talked to Sean last night." Craig didn't know what to make of this, so he waited for her to continue. "He told me about everything. About the drugs and everything," Lux said quickly. Craig slowed his steps. He knew about it, but he didn't think Sean had told Lux.
"Oh," he said letting out a breath.
"yeah, and last night, I don't know. It was weird. I was like, ok with it I guess. I mean, I didn't think about it. But then this morning, I just can't get it out of my mind. And it's really bothering me. Drugs, seriously, this isn't light business," Lux started.
"I know, he seems to be in it pretty deep," Craig muttered. Lux stopped walking all together.
"What is it with me and guys who are in all this stuff? I am always attracted to guys who are either a.) bad for me or b.) doing something illegal. God you would think I would get past it!" Lux burst out. Craig looked at her,
"You're last boyfriend was into drugs?"
"Oh no, he was a complete. well, let's not get into that," Lux said shifting her eyes away from his gaze. "I'm just worried. So many things could go wrong with this," she said quietly. Craig walked over to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Don't worry about Sean. He can take care of himself pretty well," Craig said. Lux smiled a little and nodded her head. Craig pulled her towards his chest. "It will all be alright." Lux smelled the suede of his jacket and felt comforted. They continued walking through the lot.
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(MEANWHILE)
Sean was heading home when Jay suddenly approached him.
"Hey Cameron," Jay said. Sean glared at him.
"What do you want Jay?"
"Well that's no way to talk to your friend now is it?" Jay paused to look at Sean, "Ok, so what's going on. Are you keeping my interests?"
"Your interests? Look Jay, if they don't want to buy it then I can't fucking well make them can I?" Sean spat.
"You can keep my interests up, and here's motivation for you, if you don't, I might very well become interested in some of you interests." Sean froze,
"What the hell does that mean?" he asked softly, dangerously.
"It means what ever the hell you want it mean. But let me tell you, you seem very *interested* in that chick, what's her name.Lux. Yeah, you seem extremely interested in her lately. And I wouldn't want to drag her into this in any way." Jay said lowering his voice as well.
"You keep her out of this," Sean said taking a step towards Jay.
"Hey, calm down Cameron," Jay said, he had his hands up and took a step away. "She won't be brought into this unless you give me reason to." With that he took off towards a car that was waiting for him.
"Sean?" Sean turned around and saw Lux and Craig walking towards him. Craig quickly took his hand off Lux's shoulder. He caught Sean glare at him.
"Hey," Sean said looking back at the car, it was gone. Then he looked back at Lux and Craig. "What are you two doing here?"
"We were just taking a walk," Lux said. Sean looked at her suspiciously, but then pushed the idea out of his head. "Wanna go get something to eat with us?" she asked Sean. Sean nodded his headed and the three of them went to the local coffee shop.
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"Lux stop shaking," Sean said as he placed his free hand on hers. Her hand was ice cold. Lux took a deep breath and took a tissue and began to wipe up his lip.
"Sean, this is serious. What happened to you?" she asked. Sean was focusing on her eyes, which were shining with a film of tears. He felt like shit, not just physically, but seeing what he was putting her through.
"Shh," he said trying to sooth her hysterics. She gulped down a breath of air. "Ok, I'll tell you," he said as he pressed his forehead against hers. Lux sniffed and her eye's widened. She nodded her head and continued dabbing at the blood on his face. "Ok," Sean said, taking a deep breath, he didn't quite know where to start. He kept his hand on hers, trying to get her to stop shaking.
"Ok, so let's see," he said trying to pace himself. "Well, you know how my parents live up north," Lux nodded her head, "Well their alcoholics, so they kind of stay up there doing whatever shit they do, trying to get better between spouts where they are just drunk off their ass. Anyways, we've never been big on the whole money thing. Tracker bounces from job to job. So when I moved out with Tracker, it became hard. Tracker still had his old habits of getting fired and rehired. I never really had an allowance. So then I met Jay, that kid you saw and I said I didn't know. I started hanging out with his gang. I thought I fit in there because they were all rough, came from the streets. At the time I was dating Emma and I felt like I didn't belong in that whole perfect world." Sean paused to bite his lip. Lux continued to remain silent. "So Jay had all these ways of making money. First it was stealing little things for car parts. Then I found out there were other easier ways to make money." Sean stopped and looked away from Lux. She gently squeezed his hand, and he continued after taking a deep breath. "I got involved in drugs. Not doing them so much, but I found a market at our school. I started dealing the stuff, not the hard stuff, just like, weed." Lux's eyes widened.
"You deal marijuana?" she asked disbelievingly. Sean couldn't meet her eyes, he just nodded her head. "So you get beat up over.price discrepancies?" she asked.
"Something like that. It's a violent business. There are discrepancies over everything. You have to be able to fight to prove your right." Sean said shrugging his shoulders.
"Does Tracker know?" Lux asked trying to comprehend what he was telling her.
"He never says anything, but he has to know. What could be the other way I have so much money." Sean noticed the disgusted look on Lux's face. "Look Lux, I don't have the same lifestyle as you! I don't have a family to come home to with parents who are doctors and can buy me whatever I want and send me to whatever college I want to go to. I have to make my own money, and this was one of the easiest ways. And I never have any financial worries now."
"Sean we're 17! We're not supposed to have financial worries!"
"yeah, well, every time Tracker loses a job I don't have to worry about eating now," Sean spat bitterly. That shut Lux up pretty quickly.
"Are you going to stop?" she asked finally. Sean shrugged his shoulders,
"I don't know. I want to, eventually, but I'm thinking now I should start saving for college. So maybe I'll quit when I go to college," he said quietly. Lux pulled her hand out of Sean's and fell backward on her bed, covering her face with her hand. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sean, what you're doing isn't just morally wrong, it's extremely illegal! What if you get arrested, god, by the looks of how you get beat up, what if they hurt you much worse than they already are?" Her voice came out muffled because she was covering her face with her hands.
"Don't worry about me Lux, don't worry," he said softly. Lux lay on her bed for a few moments, trying to discretely wipe the tears from her eyes. Then she quickly got up and left the room, returning moments later with the same first aide kit. She sat down next to Sean on the bed and got to work on cleaning him up.
"Are you ok?" he asked her as he watched her gently wipe the blood from his lip.
"Shh, don't talk," she said as she stopped him from moving his mouth. He flinched at the antibacterial wash being used on his hand. "I'm just worried about you," she muttered. "I don't know what I would do if you got arrested, or worse, killed," she said. Sean looked at her eyes, which were still shining brightly.
"Don't worry, I'm not about to get arrested. And with you taking care of me, I sure as hell won't get killed. Besides, I'm a pretty good fighter."
"You say that like it's something to be proud of," Lux said.
"When when you don't have much else, it is something to be proud of," Sean muttered. Lux stopped what she was doing and looked at Sean.
"Don't say that."
"Don't say what?"
"You have a lot of other things to be proud of," Lux said as she began to wipe up the blood around his nose. Sean just shrugged his shoulders. Watching her made him feel extremely affectionate. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.
"I don't know what I'd do without you," he said as she watched Lux throw the dirty tissue away. She affectionately ruffled his hair.
"Can you please try to stop Sean," she whispered. He froze, he knew this was coming. "I'm really scared for you. Please try to stop. For me," she continued. She couldn't see his face as it was pressed up against her neck, but she could feel his breathing against her skin.
"Ok," were the only words he uttered. Lux let out her breath and gently sat on his lap.
"Do you want to sleep here tonight?" She asked. Sean was taken by surprise.
"Won't you parents care?" he asked.
"Just pretend you left and then I'll let you back in through the back door," Lux said as if it were perfectly natural. Sean looked taken aback, but then regained his composure. He nodded his head.
"Ok, thank you," he whispered to her. Lux nodded her head and kissed him gently on the side of his mouth that wasn't cut up. She led him downstairs and her parents saw Sean leave. About five minutes later she went to her sunroom while her parents were absorbed with the nightly news and slipped him in through the door. They climbed silently up to her room. Lux told him to wait and then headed back downstairs, telling her parents she was calling it an early night. They didn't think anything strange of it because she had stayed up so late during the school days that they figured she was catching up on her sleep. When she got back upstairs, she went into her room to find Sean sitting on her bed going through her cd's.
"See anything you like?" she asked him quietly. Sean shook his head.
"Nope," he said as he shed his jacket.
"I didn't think so," she replied as she turned around and locked her door.
"Locking the door so you can have your way with me?" Sean asked with a glint in his eye.
"Don't get your hopes up buddy. This is simply a precaution so my dad doesn't find you in here and kill you," Lux said. Sean laughed and looked around the room while Lux put on a Switchfoot cd.
"Well what else am I supposed to think, you even have the seductive music on," Sean said continuing his teasing.
"This is seductive music?" Lux asked. "Are you alright?" she said faking concern. Sean laughed again and then looked around.
"So Lux, where am I supposed to sleep?" he asked. Lux looked around too. Then her eyes fell on the double bed.
"Well, I suppose you can sleep in my bed if you promise to control yourself and not pull any fast ones." Sean tried to look offended.
"I wouldn't do that!" he said with mock amazement that she would even think that. Lux laughed. She walked to her dresser and took out a pair of pajamas.
"I'm going to change," she looked Sean's jeans, which were muddy on the bottom. "Uh, I don't have anything for you to change into," she added. Sean shrugged his shoulders.
"Do you mind boxers and a t-shirt?" he asked. Lux shook her head.
"Nope, be right back," she said as she made her way to the bathroom. She quickly changed into a pair of pajama pants and tank top. She brushed her teeth and put down her hair. When she got back to her room, Sean was sitting on her bed reading her cosmopolitan in his white t-shirt undershirt and boxers.
"What do you read?" Sean asked with disbelief as he began to read an excerpt from her magazine, "Ten Tantalizing Ways To Turn Your Man On," Sean turned to look at Lux, "Really Lux, if you want to know how to turn me on, you really don't have to find out from this." Lux took the magazine and hit him on the head with it.
"Shut up," she said. Sean couldn't help but laugh. Then he stopped as he looked at her put the magazine away. He couldn't help but check her out wearing a simple pair of pj pants and tank top, with her hair falling past her shoulders carelessly. She looked unbelievably sexy to him. He took a deep breath to calm himself. He promised he wouldn't try anything tonight. He was starting to regret he promised her that.
"What?" she asked. Lux had turned around and noticed Sean staring at her. Sean shook his head a little.
"Nothing," he said as he went back to looking at her cd's. Lux smiled to herself and turned off all the lights in her room except for the lamp beside her bed. She moved to her bed and got under the covers beside Sean.
"Too bad your lip is all bruised," she said softly. Sean looked surprised,
"Why?" he asked. Lux bit her lip,
"No reason." Sean had gotten the point though.
"It doesn't hurt," he said smiling at her. Lux smiled back.
"Really?" He nodded his head. "So if I did this it wouldn't hurt?" she said as she moved closer to him and kissed him softly. Then she pulled away.
"That definitely did not hurt," he muttered against her lips. He felt Lux smile against his lips and kissed her.
Ok, just watch yourself, Sean told himself. He knew this was a much more.tempting situation. Lux didn't seem to notice as she moved closer to him, entwining her legs with his. Her kisses became more intense. Sean took that as a good sign and moved his mouth to her neck. He gently bit down on her skin and she moaned. Sean almost lost control there.
"Lux," he said in a raspy voice.
"Hm?" she asked with her eyes still closed.
"I promised I wouldn't try anything," he muttered against her ear. Lux smiled a little,
"You're not trying anything, I am," she explained before kissing him hungrily again. Sean decided not to resist and let his hand wander to the bottom of her shirt. He had to feel her skin. His hand made it's way up her tank top, pausing and marveling at the softness of her skin. When his hand hit the bottom of her chest, she didn't stop him, but he froze. This time she wasn't wearing a bra. Lux didn't seem to notice as she pulled him closer to her. Sean ended up on an angle hovering over her. He felt her fingers running through his hand. He tried to balance his weight so he wouldn't crush. Lux felt his fingers spread out across her skin. She arched her back and bent her knee so Sean moved in between her legs. She felt him groan rather loudly and then pull back from her quickly.
"What's wrong?" she asked. Sean looked like he was in some kind of pain.
"Lux, if we don't stop now, I don't think I'll be able to," he said as he pulled his away out from under her shirt. "I don't want to, I really really don't want to," he muttered to himself. Lux stopped him,
"Shh, I understand. Thank you," she said. Sean nodded and turned to lie on his back. "You have no idea how good that felt," he said quietly. Lux smiled into her pillow. She leaned over him and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"Goodnight Sean," she said. Then she stretched across him and flicked the switch on the lamp turning it off. Sean tried to draw his eyes away from her when she did that. Her tank top was sagging and he knew he wasn't supposed to see what he was looking at. Soon the darkness enveloped them.
"Lux," he whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks, for everything." Lux smiled in the darkness.
"You're welcome." She said. She felt Sean's hand take hers in the dark and gently kiss it. Then she fell asleep.
* * * *
"He spent the night at your place?" Paige asked in surprise the next day. Lux was lounging at her house.
"Yeah, but nothing happened," Lux said quickly defending herself. "Well, nothing much," she added. Paige gave her a look. "What! He was hurt, he didn't look good to go home, so he stayed over. I didn't do anything horrible here Paige!"
"Ook," Paige said. "Listen, I was thinking of having a Christmas party when my parents go out of town for two days. What do you think?" Paige asked quickly changing the subject.
"Sounds like fun, when would it be?" Lux asked.
"Soon, like.in a couple days. Do you think it's too short notice?"
"Nope, but I know Sean can't go, he's going out of town."
"Oh that's right. Well, I'm sure you can have fun without him." Lux nodded her head.
* * * *
"So I got my Columbia application in, and all I have left is Stanford," Craig told Lux as they walked through the back lot of the corner store.
"Ooh, good luck," Lux said as she pulled her scarf tighter around her.
"Yeah, it's a relief to get them in," Craig said. He and Lux were taking a walk. It had become a habit of there's to get together weekly and discuss whatever. Lux had called him this morning and sounded like she wanted to talk.
"So, anything new with you?" Craig asked after a moment of silence. Lux paused, and then said,
"Well, I talked to Sean last night." Craig didn't know what to make of this, so he waited for her to continue. "He told me about everything. About the drugs and everything," Lux said quickly. Craig slowed his steps. He knew about it, but he didn't think Sean had told Lux.
"Oh," he said letting out a breath.
"yeah, and last night, I don't know. It was weird. I was like, ok with it I guess. I mean, I didn't think about it. But then this morning, I just can't get it out of my mind. And it's really bothering me. Drugs, seriously, this isn't light business," Lux started.
"I know, he seems to be in it pretty deep," Craig muttered. Lux stopped walking all together.
"What is it with me and guys who are in all this stuff? I am always attracted to guys who are either a.) bad for me or b.) doing something illegal. God you would think I would get past it!" Lux burst out. Craig looked at her,
"You're last boyfriend was into drugs?"
"Oh no, he was a complete. well, let's not get into that," Lux said shifting her eyes away from his gaze. "I'm just worried. So many things could go wrong with this," she said quietly. Craig walked over to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Don't worry about Sean. He can take care of himself pretty well," Craig said. Lux smiled a little and nodded her head. Craig pulled her towards his chest. "It will all be alright." Lux smelled the suede of his jacket and felt comforted. They continued walking through the lot.
* * * *
(MEANWHILE)
Sean was heading home when Jay suddenly approached him.
"Hey Cameron," Jay said. Sean glared at him.
"What do you want Jay?"
"Well that's no way to talk to your friend now is it?" Jay paused to look at Sean, "Ok, so what's going on. Are you keeping my interests?"
"Your interests? Look Jay, if they don't want to buy it then I can't fucking well make them can I?" Sean spat.
"You can keep my interests up, and here's motivation for you, if you don't, I might very well become interested in some of you interests." Sean froze,
"What the hell does that mean?" he asked softly, dangerously.
"It means what ever the hell you want it mean. But let me tell you, you seem very *interested* in that chick, what's her name.Lux. Yeah, you seem extremely interested in her lately. And I wouldn't want to drag her into this in any way." Jay said lowering his voice as well.
"You keep her out of this," Sean said taking a step towards Jay.
"Hey, calm down Cameron," Jay said, he had his hands up and took a step away. "She won't be brought into this unless you give me reason to." With that he took off towards a car that was waiting for him.
"Sean?" Sean turned around and saw Lux and Craig walking towards him. Craig quickly took his hand off Lux's shoulder. He caught Sean glare at him.
"Hey," Sean said looking back at the car, it was gone. Then he looked back at Lux and Craig. "What are you two doing here?"
"We were just taking a walk," Lux said. Sean looked at her suspiciously, but then pushed the idea out of his head. "Wanna go get something to eat with us?" she asked Sean. Sean nodded his headed and the three of them went to the local coffee shop.
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