Let's say that Matt is 27, Mary is 25, Lucy is 24, Simon is 20, Ruthie is 18, Sam is 9, and David is 9.

I want to Stress that this WILL be a Kevin & Lucy story by the end.

I own no more than the mere title, apartment, or the plot of this story. I own characters not mentioned on the TV show and Jacea's Jewelry.

I love reviews, almost as much as I love George Stults! Almost! And anybody who knows me knows that I am obsessed with George! I saw a thing that said Kevin was Geoff Stults not George. So it kind of confused me!

Shining Star

Leaving & Facing Fears

"Goodbye Luce." Jeremy said as he headed out the door to work. Oh he was so unsuspecting. Lucy was leaving today and he had no clue. But heck Jeremy was plain dumb. He didn't even know that John from work knew Lucy.

"Bye Sweetheart," Lucy said chuckling as soon as the door was shut behind him. She heard the car start and the crunching of tires on their dirt/rock driveway and then silence. At precisely 12:45 Lucy heard the crunching of tires on the driveway once again. She peeked out the window to see John waiting. She grabbed her belongings, A large suitcase, A small suitcase, about $1000 that she had saved up overtime, a carry-on bag with some pictures and small belongings. This was it. It was the end of a bad marriage, of a bad life, and the beginning of a new wonderful life with her family and her son or daughter. She took one last glance at everything and turned the handle taking a deep breath as she opened the door and walked to John's car. The drive to Buffalo Metro was long and silent. This marriage was just a fault in her perfect life. She'd get back up...that was obvious. Once they arrived at the airport they climbed out. She gave John a hug and thanked him for everything and boarded the plane. Waving goodbye to her only friend here. She fell asleep on the plane. Two hours later a voice came over the loud speaker saying 'Please fasten your seatbelts we will be landing at Glen Oak Metro Airport shortly'. The voice woke Lucy causing her to Jump she fastened her seatbelt. She wanted to cry, to scream. Right about now Jeremy would be finding out. She set her watch to the time difference of Glen Oak and Buffalo. Lucy couldn't go to her home tonight, she hadn't talked to her family in four years, she couldn't just show up and go 'Me and Jeremy are getting a divorce.' They would most likely agree with Jeremy that she shouldn't keep the child. Like John promised a friend of his picked her up they drove in silence until Lucy finally spoke up.

"Would you mind taking me to a local hotel for the night?" Lucy asked the man graciously.

"Can't." He replied simply but Lucy figured out they weren't going to her parent's house when she saw them pass the road, Ashlyn Drive. Instead they went to roads over to a road called Oakland Drive. They pulled up to an apartment building called Roseland Apartments and he handed her a key he told her she lived in apartment number 17. He told her rent was $250 a month but another $50 for utilities but John would pay for it until she got a job...he also told her she had a car waiting for her...He led her to her car also handing her the keys to it. It was a black Chevy trailblazer. Then he left giving Lucy her belongings.
-Jeremy had just gotten home from work. He entered the kitchen noticing something but before he had time to get a better look the phone rang. –

"Hello?" Jeremy asked once he had the phone in his hand..

"Hi Jeremy is Lucy there?" The lady on the other end asked. He knew it was Annie, Lucy's mom.

"Yeah just let me find her okay?" Jeremy replied and asked not even knowing that Lucy was gone but that note still rested and haunted him at the back of his head.

"Okay." Annie said. Jeremy didn't even find it odd that this was the first time Annie wanted to have communication with her daughter in over four years.

"Luce..." He called out to the silence of his empty home. He tried it three more times with the same results, silence. He finally decided to read the note.

Jeremy I am gone...for good. I am not coming back. I will get the divorce papers and ship them to you. Sorry it had to end this way but this isn't the type of marriage I want to be in. and it was always about what you wanted not what I wanted. Lucy.

Jeremy sat the note down with shaky hands. What had he done? He was stupid but It was about what HE wanted that was how it was SUPPOSED to be.

"Mrs. Camden." He said with shaking hands. They went on in a conversation, Jeremy told her everything...about the fight, the divorce, her leaving.
-Lucy pulled up to the old house in her black trailblazer. The old house she grew up in. She could hear kids screaming in the backyard. She quickly made sure her make-up looked okay and rolled up her windows and climbed out. Her purse was clenched in her hand. Her blonde hair was slung over her shoulder while her blue eyes scanned the area. She was wearing a pair of casual jeans, a light blue T-shirt. The ring was still on her finger. She would send it back, eventually. She had been back in Glen Oak for two days now and just finally worked the courage up to go to her parent's. There were five vehicles parked in the driveway. A van, a red Monte Carlo SS, a yellow jeep, a silver truck, and Lucy's black trailblazer. Lucy had already gotten the divorce papers and had sent them; all Jeremy had to do was sign them and it would all be done. She walked up the stairs to the front door, her hand shook nervously as she knocked. A girl around the age of 19 or 20 with light brown hair and Emerald eyes opened the door.

"Hello?" She said as the door opened.

"Hi...um who are you?" Asked the girl.

"I'm Lucy...Lucy Camden. And you are?" Lucy replied then asked politely.

"Oh hi I'm Stephani Camden...Simon's wife." Replied the woman. "Please come in." She said making room for Lucy to enter. Everybody chatted happily but the chatter turned to silence as soon as they laid eyes on Lucy.

"Lucy!" Annie shouted as soon as she saw her daughter.

"Mom." Lucy said walking over to her mother and embracing her in a hug.

"Luce...can we talk in the kitchen?" Eric asked.

"We being?" Lucy asked.

"You, your mother and I," Eric replied.

"Okay." Lucy replied and they walked into the kitchen.

"So...Matt's married and has one daughter, 5-year-old Cassandra Leann Camden." Annie said breaking the silence.

"And Mary's married and has one son, 4-year-old Chase Alexander Rankin." Eric added.

"And Simon's married and has one son, 1-month-old Jason Timothy Camden." Annie added.

"And Ruthie's engaged and attending Glen Oak Community College." Eric added.

"And where are you?" Annie asked.

"In the process of getting a divorce, transferring to Glen Oak Community College to do 2 more years of schooling to become a vet, and having a part time Job at Jacea's Jewelry at the mall, oh yes and 7 months pregnant, and living in an apartment." Lucy said.

"I never thought I would be this embarrassed by one of my children! Atleast not you if anybody, Mary. Divorce? Lucy are you nuts?" Annie asked.

"Oh and what about the other's? There pry all living here!" Lucy shouted angrily.

"Yes they are but Matt and his wife Sarah are looking at houses, Matt is a surgeon and Sarah is a pediatrician." Annie replied.

"Simon and his wife, Stephani are looking for an Apartment, Simon owns his own Fancy restaurant and Stephani is the president of an Important Business." Eric exclaimed.

"And as for Mary she is...looking for a house...Kyler, her husband, is a police officer, and she is a flight Attendant for Jet Blue." Annie added.

"Whatever," She said knowing that that was all a lie. They were not looking for homes, maybe they had jobs, but they weren't looking for homes. They would try and live off Annie forever and just say they hadn't found any houses to avoid the rent. Lucy spun around and left the room angrily.
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