Chapter 12...

"You're The Only One"

Maria Mena

You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I need
Exactly what I need

See you're not what I expected
But you're the only one who knows how to handle me

I rolled over under the covers to look at Madison. She was still asleep. Her long strawberry blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail atop her head. I ran my hand over her face and down her shoulder. It's not what you think. We slept together and that is really all that we did. Madison stood very strongly to her beliefs and didn't want to ruin everything by having sex.

I thought very highly of her for that. So many girls have sex with their boyfriends when they are not ready because they think that is what they want when it really isn't. I respected everything about Madison and definitely did not want to ruin anything between them for the fourth time this month.

Before Madison had told me that she had promiscuious sex, but that was just so that I wouldn't want to be with her. I remember exactly what she said, "I'm a bad person Lucas. You don't know the real me. You know the me that you make me..." She had been lying to me because she didn't want to hurt me. I was crazy about her. She could never hurt me, I loved her too, too much.

She slowly rolled over toward me and opened her blue eyes. "Hey." She quietly said. She kissed me on the lips and then threw her arms around my neck. She turned around so her back was against my chest. I placed my head on her shoulder. "Do you think that maybe everything happens for a reason?" She turned her head to look at me. "Like Brooke was supposed to kiss you yesterday and Nathan was supposed to call? Because if they hadn't then we wouldn't be right here, right now."

The look on her face was so sincere. I nodded in agreement. "You mean like destiny?" I felt he head move up and down. "Yeah, I mean, there is definitely a higher power that makes everything happen. Everything happens for a reason." I bit my lip and kissed her on the cheek. I swung my legs off of the bed and let me feet casually touch the carpet.

Madison put her hands behind her head as she still lay on the bed. "Lets go do something." She sat up in bed. I walked over to a chair in her room and picked up my jeans. Madison threw me my shirt which was under her bed. "Hey!" She screamed.

My body jumped. "What?" I thought she had hurt herself under the bed. Looking under the bed with her, I asked again, "What?"

"Lets... oh no, nevermind." The smile on her face slowly changed to a frown.

I walked over to her and put my hands on her shoulders. "No, babe, what did you want to do?"

She shook her head and walked into her bathroom. She took off her white camisole to reveal a black sports bra. I felt my body tense up. What was I doing? I was a teenage boy whose girlfriend was half naked standing in front of him and I wasn't doing anything. I watched her pull her ponytail holder out of her hair. She reached into her bathroom closed and pulled out two towels. She looked back at me, "I was going to say we could grill out in the backyard... but that is..."

"A great idea." My hands were now on her perfectly cut abs. I kissed her on the forehead. "I will go outside and clean the grill." I started to walk out of the bathroom. When I turned around she was in her bra and underwear. She didn't look embarrassed at all. "When you get out, call who ever you want okay." I watched her nod and closed the bathroom door.

I ran a comb through my hair and headed downstairs. Her parents were out of town and her oldest sister went to UNC so she was hardly ever home. The Carter's house hardly looked lived in. Everything was always right in its place. I turned on the television and picked up the phone once I got into the living. I dialed Nathan's cell phone number.

"This is Nate." He said. He was such a cocky guy. No one else would answer their cell phone like that other than Brooke.

"Hey, it's Lucas." I said into the phone. Flipping through the channels I finally stopped on ESPN. The Lakers were playing.

"You watching the game?" He asked me.

"Just turned it on."

"So what's up? Where are you calling from?"

"Madison's. Where are you?" I answered waiting for a smart ass comment.

"Ohh, Madison. On my way back to the apartment. I went to the grocery with Hailey who says hello."

"Hey Hales. Well the reason I was calling is 'cause Madison and I are grilling out and I was wondering if you wanted to come over and eat." I felt stupid asking a guy to come eat. I knew the answer. When a guy could eat with out paying, he was all for it.

"Yeah that is cool with me. Lemme ask Hailey. You wanna go eat a Madison?" I heard her say yeah in the background. "Yeah, that's perfect. When do you want us?"

"Well Madison's in the shower..."

"And you are talking to me?"

"Yeah, man I'm crazy about her. You know how it is... I don't want to ruin anything."

"Yeah, trust me I know."

I laughed, "Alright, be here in like thirty minutes."

"Okay, cya then."

"Later." I turned off the phone and watched the game. I heard the shower turn off and heard Madison yell, "Lucas!!!"

"What!" I yelled without moving from my seat on the couch.

"Come here!"

"Do I have to?" I started to move my feet from atop the coffee table.

"Yes please!!!"

I stormed up the stairs and into her room. Standing at the door to the bathroom, she called out, "You see those towels on my bed?" I looked over to her bed and saw two towels laying atop her bed.

"Yeah." I called back.

"Will you bring them to me please?" I picked the towels off of the bed and placed my hand on the doorknob to the bathroom.

"I'm coming in! Cover up what you don't want to be seen!" I started to open the door. There she stood... with a bathrobe on. I threw the towels to the floor.

"Sucka!" She screamed throwing her arms into the arm. I wrapped my arms around her waist and picked her up carrying her out of the bathroom. I threw her onto the bed. "You should have seen the look on your face." She said laughing and mimicking the look on my face.

"What was I supposed to do?" I asked her now sitting next to her on the bed. "I didn't know if it was a test or what?"

She leaned over and kissed me. "Well you passed." She said in-between kisses.

The kisses quickly became more passionate. I ran my hands over her face and shoulders. She did the same. She tugged at the bottom of my tee shirt and finally pulling it over my head. Her hands ran over my abs. I pulled away from her, "Are you sure you wanna do this?"

I couldn't tell anything by the look on her face. It was a look of longing and passion. I leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. As I grabbed my shirt from the bed I looked deep into her eyes and said, "We don't want to do this, not yet." I took her hand and led her off the bed. I kissed her once more and said, "We will though and everything will be perfect I promise."

Before I left the room Madison said, "Everything happens for a reason." I turned back to look at her and winked. "Remember that." She said. I closed the door behind me and went back downstairs. I had a grill to clean.