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A/N: I can't remember what the rating for this story is but just incase I didn't already set it at PG-13 I would like everyone to know that from now on it will be more PG-13 chapters. Not exactly yet, but it will. Other than that please R/R.
I Love you Lucy. The words everyone wants to hear in their lifetime ran through her head like a broken record. It was almost as if, as if she didn't want to hear those words, from Kevin that is. How could I just stand there and not say anything in response. It makes it seem as if I don't feel the same way about him and that is totally not true. What bold words they were! I love you. Lucy thought to herself again. I love you! It just doesn't seem right though I just met Kevin, how can I love him? Does he love me? Could I ever love him back?
There was a faint knock on the door interrupting Lucy's thoughts. " Come in," Lucy chimed in as she stood up and flattened her skirt down.
Kevin slowly opened the door, " I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I know now. I was too forward. It was too soon to tell you that, but the truth is I love you Lucy and I will never take that back."
Lucy smiled a bit, " It's ok, you don't have to take that back."
" So you love me."
" I never said that, but yes, in a sense, I love you."
" So you won't leave Maine."
Lucy shook her head, " I never said that. I left so suddenly, and the truth is my family needs me and is probably looking for me at this very moment."
" You can't stay just a bit longer?"
Lucy shook her head once more, " I'm sorry Kevin."
" Can I drive you to the train station?"
" I can't, it would be too hard," she said with a polite smile.
" Right."
She looked around the room one last time and then zipped up her suitcase, " Good day Mr. Kinkirk." she said passing behind him, "It's been a pleasure."
Kevin stood there in utter silence. Nothing but air passed between him and Lucy. He looked around the room that had once been occupied by his lover. A faint smell of spice filled the room from her perfume. That's what you get Kinkirk. He said to himself, for falling in love. They'll never love you back.
The train station was crazy with people all shapes and sizes going this way and that trying to board their train. It was a typical day in Maine during mid-April, chilly with a slight drizzle falling up ahead. Lucy stood in line at the ticket booth her hair was twisted back into a burette and a headband stretched out across her head. A light brown, knee length coat covered a pair of Jeans and a white lace shirt.
" Neeext!"
" One to Colorado, please."
" 5:15?"
Lucy nodded, " That's fine."
Lucy sat down and opened the newspaper to find the heading Missing: Lucy Camden of Glenoak. Beside the headline was a picture of she and Mary a year ago at the church's annual Christmas party. She turned around to see if anyone had noticed her to be the woman in the newspaper, but no one had. Then she continued to read…
Lucy Camden of Glenoak, daughter to Reverend Eric Camden disappeared sometime earlier this month. Reverend Camden is a respected follower of the church and is long awaiting some sign of his daughter. In a recent interview a family friend told us that the family would not say why she is missing, and if they know what had come of her. She paused for a moment. It all made sense. They knew she had run away, they knew were she was. All thanks to Kevin.
" What can I do for you?" Kevin said not even to look up to see who it was.
" Can you explain this to me?!" Lucy said pulling out the newspaper and slapping him across the head.
" Lucy! You came back!"
" Explain this to me! Lucy Camden, daughter of Reverend Eric Camden disappeared earlier this month."
" How am I supposed to know what that is all about?"
" Kevin, it's in the local newspaper. My father knows where I am, and I'm guessing that's because of you!"
" Ok, so I called him when you first told me you ran away from home. I thought he might be worried."
" Kevin, it's up to me if I want to call my father and tell him where I am or not."
" I'm sorry."
" How did you get their number?"
" Who's number?"
" My father and my sister's."
" Ok so I did some investigating."
" Thanks Kevin Thanks a lot!" She said throwing her hands up into the air! She looked at him again and kissed him, " Thanks."
"If it makes a difference, I only told your sister Mary."
" It doesn't she tells him everything."
" She swore she wouldn't."
Lucy threw the newspaper in front of his face and walked away, " Well obviously she had. Look, I have a train to catch. That is if I didn't miss it yet."
It seemed that the Lucy passed the whole world as she drove. She pasted vast spaces of trees and tranquil seascapes. She opened the windows letting the pungent scent of the sea's salt fill the car. It had been such a long time since Lucy had been to the beach. She remembered of one trip she and her family went on when she was very young. It was somewhere in California and the water had been freezing, but that hadn't bothered Lucy nor her mother. They just stood there the waves breaking beneath their feet. The beach had always reminded Lucy of her mother. It had been her favorite place that is until her mother became ill. Then it just brought a dreaded feeling.
Lucy pulled over to a vacant parking lot and stopped the car. Slowly, she opened the door. Memories flooded back like a barrier had been broken.
"That's it Lucy kick! Kick! You can do it!"
Lucy was silent then began to pull at her socks. When they were finally off she stood up and started to walk towards the shore. It was silent, silent except for the caws of the seagulls above head diving for pray. Waves broke foaming at the mouth. She made her way towards the rushing water as she let her hair down.
"Come here Lucy! Come here Baby!"
Lucy looked around for the recipient of the voice she had heard, but there was no one except her. She knelt into the water as it wet the tip of her dress. Then like a hawk diving for its pray she dove in.
A gasp of breath was let out as she hit the surface of the water. Oh, how good it felt to be at the shore again! How close it made her feel to her mother!
After spending an hour in the water she crept up onto the shore and laid on the sand, her eyes closing before she had a chance to do anything else.
"I love you Lucy."
"Mom?"
"Lucy, I love you."
Lucy took a deep breath, " Kevin."
He loved her. That was something she hadn't felt in a long time.
A/N: I know that wasn't a great ending but I really wanted to get this chapter posted today so it will have to be good enough. Anyway please review.
