Little Moments Chapter 1: That Dirty Word, a 7th heaven fanfic

Author's Note: I don't own any of the 7th Heaven characters or Brad Paisley's song. This takes place in different stages of Lucy and Kevin's relationship. I haven't changed any elements that took place during the actual series. These stories just fill in the gap-things that might have happened while the camera wasn't on the couple. I hope you enjoy. Please review—even if you don't think it is very good. But be kind please in your criticism.

Summer 2002

Well I'll never forget the first time that I heard
That pretty mouth say that dirty word
And I can't even remember now what she backed my truck into
But she covered her mouth and her face got red
And she just looked so darn cute
That I couldn't even act like I was mad
Yeah I live for little moments like that

It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon in Glenoak, California. Kevin Kinkirk was busy washing his car in the driveway of his girlfriend Lucy's house. He had been living in her parents' garage apartment for almost five weeks. He still couldn't believe that he had moved himself across the country for this girl. It surprised him how much he loved her. It was honestly a moment of love at first sight. Kevin was usually so rational and careful; moving for a girl wasn't something his friends would think Kevin Kinkirk would do. But there was something special about her, and he knew that if he played his cards right, she'd marry him someday.

His brother Ben thought he was crazy. He was dating Lucy's sister, Mary, but he wasn't even so in love that he would move thousands of miles to be with her. But Kevin felt at home in Glenoak already, and he knew that he hadn't made a mistake by moving here.

It was wonderful living in Northern California. Glenoak wasn't too far from the mountains, and he and Lucy had already taken a few drives up there to look at the stars from the mountain top views. It was their latest drive that had gotten his car so muddy, with dirt covering the entire front bumper of his new Explorer. As he cleaned the front end and washed the New York license plate, he realized just how much he still had to do to be at home here. New tags, new driver's license, change address. It was all so new to him. This was the first time he had been without his family, and while the Camdens were great to him, he knew it would take time for him to feel completely at home there.

He was down on the ground, scrubbing the mud off of his tire rims, when he saw Lucy come walking out of the back door. He stopped cleaning to look up at her and smile as her blonde hair bounced against her pink sleeveless shirt. The smile on her face let Kevin know that she was up to something.

"Hey there! Need any help?" Lucy said with a big toothy smile.

"No, I'm almost done, but thanks anyway. What are you up to today?"

"Well, I thought if you weren't busy that we could take another drive!"

"Lucy!" Kevin grunted. "I just washed my car. We can't go up to the mountains again today. I would have wasted the past hour and a half washing the thing."

"No, no, no, silly. Not that kind of drive." She smiled innocently.

"What exactly are you talking about, Luce? Where do you want to go?"

"No where in particular. I just wanted to know if you would........let me drive your new Explorer." Lucy's grin spread even wider.

Kevin laughed. "That's funny, Luce. You actually think I'm gonna let you drive my car."

She gave him a hurt face. "Well you said you wouldn't have moved out here if you didn't plan on marrying me someday. And so if that's the case and we do get married someday, then that's going to be my car to. So I need to learn to drive it now."

"Well, we aren't engaged yet. But if your saying that you want to be....." he let his statement fade out. Lucy wasn't quite ready yet to make a commitment to marriage, and he knew that. He was just teasing her a bit.

"No, but I will let you know when I am. Come on, Kevin. Please! I am the best driver of the family. Ruthie and Simon were never afraid to ride with me like we were with Mary. Just let me drive to the Promenade and back. I will be extremely careful." She smiled her cutest smile.

"Oh, I guess it will be ok." She jumped with excitement. "But," he said seriously, "only to the Promenade and back. You can't go over the speed limit at any time, and you must be very careful. No radio or anything distracting." He couldn't believe how much he loved her. He was letting her drive his precious car. She had to be the one in order for her to talk him into doing this.

"Kevin, you are the best boyfriend in the whole entire world. I love you so much!" She flung her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss. "Now go change clothes. I don't want you being my passenger all gross and dirty."

He rolled his eyes, but obediently went and changed. When he got back outside, she was sitting in the driver's seat of his car, ready to go.

He slid into the passenger seat. "Ok, you promise you will be careful?"

"Yes, Kevin. I promise. Don't worry about it! I'm ready to roll!" There was something about the excitement in her voice that both pleased Kevin because she was so happy and terrified him because he just knew something bad was about to happen.

She put the keys into the ignition and started up the car. She looked behind her and slowly began to back the car up. She inched her way out of the driveway. It seemed to Kevin as if they were moving one centimeter per second. At this rate, they wouldn't get to the Promenade before they were both in their fifties.

"You can go faster than this, Luce."

"Well, I just didn't want to go to fast." He could tell that their was a bit of nervousness in her voice.

"Listen, Lucy. I trust you. Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine. I will walk you through it. Just push the gas a bit more." He reached over and grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.

"All right, I trust you." She looked behind her and pushed the gas. But instead of slightly taping it, she accelerated the car. The SUV flew backwards straight into the mailbox. Lucy slammed on the breaks, jumped out of the car and yelled a curse word that Kevin had never dreamed of imagining coming out of future minister Lucy Camden's mouth. She jumped out of the SUV to check out the damage, leaving Kevin still sitting in the car, stunned.

When he got out of the vehicle, he saw Lucy staring at the backend of the Explorer. The mailbox was knocked a bit, but it wasn't broken and it wasn't on the ground. There was only a small paint scratch on the back of his car; nothing that couldn't be fixed with a dab of car paint. But Lucy just stood there staring. Kevin stood there waiting for her to speak.

"Oh, Kevin. I am so sorry," she whispered. She clasped her hands over her mouth in shock. "You should have never let me drive your car."

Kevin tried to think of what to say. He watched her shake her head in disgust with herself. Her face was pink with embarrassment. In fact, it was the same shade of pink as the shirt she was wearing.

"You must hate me right now don't you?" she said to him.

He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "No, I could never hate you. In fact, I don't think I have ever loved you more."

"What?!?" she exclaimed, looking up at him. "How could you not hate me? After everything you said about trusting me and after I promised I wouldn't do anything with your car!"

"Well," he began to explain. "I have to love you since I'm going to have to spend so much time giving you driving lessons."

She smiled sheepishly at him. "I love you, Kevin Kinkirk. I just can't believe you aren't mad at me."

"Well, how could I be? I'm afraid you'll curse at me if I even pretended to be!!"

Kevin just smiled as Lucy's face got even redder. "You heard that?"

"Yup. And it's now blackmail I have on you for the rest of our lives."