Note: Some information on this fanfic; like dates, places and names, might
go against information given in the original show. Keep in mind this is fan
FICTION.
"Before We Loved Lucy"
Chapter 5 "Lucy"
"It's true! I swear, why don't you believe me?" Lucy was talking to her friend Emily as they were leaving Jamestown High School.
"OK, Lucy. Four members of the football team asked you out today. And I'm Queen Elizabeth." Emily said laughing.
"Yeah, laugh. But they all want to take me to the prom, and you haven't got any date."
"Oh, Lucy, you don't change. You're graduating this year, you should take life more seriously."
"But I am! You'll see, I'm gonna be a big movie star."
Emily just shook her head. This was typical of Lucy, she lived in a world of dreams. But she was a good person in the inside, in spite of all the crazy schemes she would make up to get what she wanted.
One week before the prom, Emily and Lucy went downtown to shop for dresses.
"So, Lucy," Emily began, already chuckling, "have you decided who's taking you to the prom?"
Lucy pretended she didn't hear.
"Lucy... did you hear me?"
"Hã? What did you say, dear?" Lucy asked without taking her eyes off a dress displayed in a store window.
"Who are you going to the prom with?"
"Oh, well, you know, I haven't decided yet."
"But you said four guys from the football team wanted to go with you."
"Oh, yeah... that's true. But I don't want to go with either of them."
"Lucy, I don't believe this."
"I wanna go with Luke O'Neill."
"You and all the girls in Jamestown."
"But all of them are going with someone else, because I'm going with Luke." Lucy had a devious look in her eyes as she said that.
"Lucille McGilliccudy! I don't like the look I see in your eyes."
Lucy didn't answer to her friend's remark. She just kept walking, and no matter how much Emily insisted, she didn't reveal her plans.
Later that day, Lucy called Emily.
"I don't know if I want to talk to you," Emily said after she answered the phone. "I'm your best friends, and you refuse to tell me things."
"I'm going to do it now, if you still want to know."
"Of course I do!"
What Lucy told Emily really surprise her. Her plan was to be wherever Luke was until he would notice her.
"That's not very absurd, but it doesn't guarantee he'll ask you out."
"Oh, he will... why wouldn't he?" Lucy said as she checked her hair in the mirror in her bedroom. She was a very confident person.
Then, Lucy's mom called her to come and have dinner, so she had to hang up the phone. The whole week, she and Emily followed Luke and his friends all around school, and even to a cafe they used to go after school.
"Lucy, I'm afraid you're going to have to give up. I know you wanted to go with Luke, but Bill Patterson did ask you out, and he's OK."
"I can't give up now! I know what I'm going to do. I heard their conversation while you went to the toilette, and I found out Luke likes redhead girls."
Emily was already predicting what was coming. "So?" She asked, fearful.
"So, I'm going to dye my hair red!"
"I didn't think I was going to live to see this day. You totally lost your mind! You don't even like his that much, it's just about pride."
"About pride it is. And redhead I'm going to be." That was Lucy's answer.
So, Lucy did dye her hair red that afternoon. But she needed to show that to Luke, so she went to a pre-prom party that a friend of his was throwing.
"Lucy, we weren't invited." Emily said as they were entering the place.
"I'm sure it was someone's mistake."
"Yeah. Yours." Emily was angry.
They walked around the place, looking for Luke. When they finally found him, he was talking to a friend. When he saw Lucy, however, he stopped talking and began to walk near them. Lucy was already celebrating the success of her plan when she realized he was laughing.
"McGilliccudy! Is your hair on fire?"
"No, I dyed it. What do you think?" Lucy said in a flirtatious voice.
"I don't want to hurt you, but I think redheads look like beasts... in fact I was just talking about that with my friends this afternoon." He smiled and said, "But it'll grow again."
"Beasts?" Lucy said, disappointed, to Emily. "I thought he meant beauty."
"Oh." That's just what Emily could say. Before she bursted into laughter. Lucy, however, didn't see the fun in it, and despite her friend's effort to cheer her up - after all, Lucy's hair didn't look that bad - Lucy just sat in a chair and asked Emily to leave her alone.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing here all by herself?" A guy asked, sitting next to Lucy.
"Oh, I'm just accepting the fact that I'm a prom-dateless girl." Lucy answered. She then looked at the guy and realized he was very handsome, maybe more than Luke. "I'm Lucy. Who are you?" She asked.
"Andrew O'Neill. Call me Andy."
"O'Neill? So you're Luke's relative?" She asked interested.
"Yes, I'm his cousin. I'm from Philadelphia." He answered. "And I love redheaded girls." He said, suggestively.
So, in the end, things turned out pretty well for Lucy. She went to the prom with Andy, and this made the girls in school even more envious, because he already at college. Lucy was so happy with the good luck that her red hair brought to her that she decided to keep it like this forever.
After that pleasant evening, Lucy and her friend Emily graduated from High School. It was time to go to college. And while Lucy entered NYU, Emily went to the University of Illinois. Although they were distant most of the time, they always sent letters to each other and kept sharing her secrets and problems.
One day, three years after, Lucy was in her dorm room, reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. She had to write a paper about it, for her British Literature class. When she was almost falling asleep, the phone rang.
"Hello?" Lucy asked, still not very awake.
"Lucy! It's me, Emily!"
"Emily! How are you? I missed you so much!"
"I missed you a lot too, Lucy..."
"So, is there any news?"
"Yes, I called because I wanted to ask what are you going to do in the summer."
"I guess I'm going to Jamestown, as usual..." Lucy said a little disappointed. "Why? You're not?"
"Well, I entered a writing contest and I won two passages to a cruise to Havana, Cuba. I'm going and I wanted to take you with me."
"Oh my God! Are you serious?"
"Yes! So, do you think you can go?"
"Sure I can! I'm not going to miss this opportunity of being with my best friend."
Lucy couldn't wait for the summer to arrive. She was really happy she was finally going to have some exciting vacations.
"21 years old and the only time I left New York was to go to Washington. Can you believe it?" Lucy was telling Emily as they were entering the ship.
"I've never gone any farther that Chicago either." Emily said as she began to open her suitcases. "You know, Lucy, I think we might get lucky in this ship. I've seen some eligible bachelors down there at the dinner room."
"I know," Lucy said smiling. "Life won't be the same after Havana."
"Before We Loved Lucy"
Chapter 5 "Lucy"
"It's true! I swear, why don't you believe me?" Lucy was talking to her friend Emily as they were leaving Jamestown High School.
"OK, Lucy. Four members of the football team asked you out today. And I'm Queen Elizabeth." Emily said laughing.
"Yeah, laugh. But they all want to take me to the prom, and you haven't got any date."
"Oh, Lucy, you don't change. You're graduating this year, you should take life more seriously."
"But I am! You'll see, I'm gonna be a big movie star."
Emily just shook her head. This was typical of Lucy, she lived in a world of dreams. But she was a good person in the inside, in spite of all the crazy schemes she would make up to get what she wanted.
One week before the prom, Emily and Lucy went downtown to shop for dresses.
"So, Lucy," Emily began, already chuckling, "have you decided who's taking you to the prom?"
Lucy pretended she didn't hear.
"Lucy... did you hear me?"
"Hã? What did you say, dear?" Lucy asked without taking her eyes off a dress displayed in a store window.
"Who are you going to the prom with?"
"Oh, well, you know, I haven't decided yet."
"But you said four guys from the football team wanted to go with you."
"Oh, yeah... that's true. But I don't want to go with either of them."
"Lucy, I don't believe this."
"I wanna go with Luke O'Neill."
"You and all the girls in Jamestown."
"But all of them are going with someone else, because I'm going with Luke." Lucy had a devious look in her eyes as she said that.
"Lucille McGilliccudy! I don't like the look I see in your eyes."
Lucy didn't answer to her friend's remark. She just kept walking, and no matter how much Emily insisted, she didn't reveal her plans.
Later that day, Lucy called Emily.
"I don't know if I want to talk to you," Emily said after she answered the phone. "I'm your best friends, and you refuse to tell me things."
"I'm going to do it now, if you still want to know."
"Of course I do!"
What Lucy told Emily really surprise her. Her plan was to be wherever Luke was until he would notice her.
"That's not very absurd, but it doesn't guarantee he'll ask you out."
"Oh, he will... why wouldn't he?" Lucy said as she checked her hair in the mirror in her bedroom. She was a very confident person.
Then, Lucy's mom called her to come and have dinner, so she had to hang up the phone. The whole week, she and Emily followed Luke and his friends all around school, and even to a cafe they used to go after school.
"Lucy, I'm afraid you're going to have to give up. I know you wanted to go with Luke, but Bill Patterson did ask you out, and he's OK."
"I can't give up now! I know what I'm going to do. I heard their conversation while you went to the toilette, and I found out Luke likes redhead girls."
Emily was already predicting what was coming. "So?" She asked, fearful.
"So, I'm going to dye my hair red!"
"I didn't think I was going to live to see this day. You totally lost your mind! You don't even like his that much, it's just about pride."
"About pride it is. And redhead I'm going to be." That was Lucy's answer.
So, Lucy did dye her hair red that afternoon. But she needed to show that to Luke, so she went to a pre-prom party that a friend of his was throwing.
"Lucy, we weren't invited." Emily said as they were entering the place.
"I'm sure it was someone's mistake."
"Yeah. Yours." Emily was angry.
They walked around the place, looking for Luke. When they finally found him, he was talking to a friend. When he saw Lucy, however, he stopped talking and began to walk near them. Lucy was already celebrating the success of her plan when she realized he was laughing.
"McGilliccudy! Is your hair on fire?"
"No, I dyed it. What do you think?" Lucy said in a flirtatious voice.
"I don't want to hurt you, but I think redheads look like beasts... in fact I was just talking about that with my friends this afternoon." He smiled and said, "But it'll grow again."
"Beasts?" Lucy said, disappointed, to Emily. "I thought he meant beauty."
"Oh." That's just what Emily could say. Before she bursted into laughter. Lucy, however, didn't see the fun in it, and despite her friend's effort to cheer her up - after all, Lucy's hair didn't look that bad - Lucy just sat in a chair and asked Emily to leave her alone.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing here all by herself?" A guy asked, sitting next to Lucy.
"Oh, I'm just accepting the fact that I'm a prom-dateless girl." Lucy answered. She then looked at the guy and realized he was very handsome, maybe more than Luke. "I'm Lucy. Who are you?" She asked.
"Andrew O'Neill. Call me Andy."
"O'Neill? So you're Luke's relative?" She asked interested.
"Yes, I'm his cousin. I'm from Philadelphia." He answered. "And I love redheaded girls." He said, suggestively.
So, in the end, things turned out pretty well for Lucy. She went to the prom with Andy, and this made the girls in school even more envious, because he already at college. Lucy was so happy with the good luck that her red hair brought to her that she decided to keep it like this forever.
After that pleasant evening, Lucy and her friend Emily graduated from High School. It was time to go to college. And while Lucy entered NYU, Emily went to the University of Illinois. Although they were distant most of the time, they always sent letters to each other and kept sharing her secrets and problems.
One day, three years after, Lucy was in her dorm room, reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. She had to write a paper about it, for her British Literature class. When she was almost falling asleep, the phone rang.
"Hello?" Lucy asked, still not very awake.
"Lucy! It's me, Emily!"
"Emily! How are you? I missed you so much!"
"I missed you a lot too, Lucy..."
"So, is there any news?"
"Yes, I called because I wanted to ask what are you going to do in the summer."
"I guess I'm going to Jamestown, as usual..." Lucy said a little disappointed. "Why? You're not?"
"Well, I entered a writing contest and I won two passages to a cruise to Havana, Cuba. I'm going and I wanted to take you with me."
"Oh my God! Are you serious?"
"Yes! So, do you think you can go?"
"Sure I can! I'm not going to miss this opportunity of being with my best friend."
Lucy couldn't wait for the summer to arrive. She was really happy she was finally going to have some exciting vacations.
"21 years old and the only time I left New York was to go to Washington. Can you believe it?" Lucy was telling Emily as they were entering the ship.
"I've never gone any farther that Chicago either." Emily said as she began to open her suitcases. "You know, Lucy, I think we might get lucky in this ship. I've seen some eligible bachelors down there at the dinner room."
"I know," Lucy said smiling. "Life won't be the same after Havana."