"I'm Breathless" part 2

A/N: Yes, yes, I am actually updating two days in a row. Guys, thank you for the great reviews. I am trying to work on my other stories, but school is getting in the way of that. I'm emotionally drained right now, so anything I write will lack depth, which is why I'm writing pure Lucy/Kevin fluff. Fluff needs no depth. So, with that said, on with chapter 2…

Chapter 2: "Sooner Or Later"

We pick up a month after Lucy and Kevin first said 'I love you' to each other. Kevin has adjusted to working in Glen Oak very well. And more importantly, him and Lucy have been very happy. In fact, they'd been pretty gosh darn inseparable lately. And when they're apart, all you'll pretty much hear from them is 'Lucy this' or 'Kevin that'. And while the devotion is cute, the constant "I love you…no, I love you more…baby, I love you the most" tends to be overly fluffy at times. But Lucy and Kevin have to be two of the most compatible people on 7th Heaven(besides Simon and Cecilia, Mary and Wilson, Matt and Sarah, and who can forget the one I obsess about on a daily basis, Chandler and Roxanne) that anyone's ever seen.

They're the perfect couple. Literally.

So anyway, on with our Levin tale. It is now June, and the year is 2002, mid-June to be precise. It is now summer, which means schools have let out and summer vacation has officially started.

All the children of Glen Oak are overjoyed. Finally, a break from hell…err, school, they mean to say. But enough about them. Our main focus here is Lucy and Kevin.

Like I, the author of this story, stated earlier: Lucy and Kevin are the perfect couple. Nothing could come between them. But that just might change with what I'm about to write next…

time passing by…

…it was a beautiful June afternoon in the small town of Glen Oak. The sun was beaming, the sky was pure blue, and children of all ages ran about everywhere, excited about to first day of no-school vacation time. It was the perfect day.

Well, not for one known as Kevin Kinkirk.

Now, folks, Kevin Kinkirk was already having a pretty unhappy gloomy type day. He had slept late and missed his favorite morning cartoon, The Fairly OddParents. Not only that, but he split coffee on his good bathrobe, and it was the last drop of coffee in his apartment, so he had to settle on a soda, which actually tastes better than any old nasty coffee, but it still didn't fill Kevin with that same I'm-awake-America sensation that his usual cup of coffee did. And then, on his way to work, Kevin lost his CD holder with all of favorite CDs in his cop car somewhere, so he had to listen some crappy radio station that played nothing but lame crap like some lame band from the early 90s called Color me Badd, hence the double d's in bad, and the king of all music that sucks himself, American Idol reject Clay Aiken. I mean, come on, his name is Clay…clay is an art supply, not a freakin' name for Pete's, whoever he is, sake!

But, Kevin has another problem. Since it was summer, the officers down at Kevin's station were permitted to wear short-sleeved uniforms instead of their usual long ones. Now, Kevin liked this policy, but he absolutely hated wearing those damn long cop pants in this scorching weather. But he couldn't wear shorts to work, because the people who ran the Glen Oak police force wouldn't have it. They found it inappropriate to wear such short and suggestive clothing while doing the law's bidding, whatever that means. A suck ass rule, concluded a very hot and sweaty Kevin. He just wanted to rip all of his clothes off it was so hot, but then, the hypercritic old guys who ran the police force, like that Michaels guy and Detective Terry Richardson, would fire him for stripping and causing female officer temptation, which was a stupid rule since those sexist pigs would only seemed to hire mostly men, and leave a few women around for eye candy.

And now, Richardson and Michaels themselves were dropping a load on poor Kevin: giving him a new rookie partner to work with. Let's get to the part where Kevin reacts…

"WHAT?" Kevin shouted, his voice loaded with anger. He had only been here since damn May, not nearly a month, and they had already decided that he wasn't good enough to work solo.

"Clam yourself, Kinkirk," Michaels demanded, like he was God or something. He and Richardson seemed more like that scary guy from World War II right now. What was his name again? Oh, yeah…the Hitler dude.

"So, let me get this straight, I just started working here and you've already judged my work abilities enough to stick me with a partner to help me with everything!" Kevin asked, disgusted.

"No, Kinkirk, you've got it all wrong," Richardson said, "you see, we've been watching you since you first came here. Your working abilities are outstanding, you always get your man as some cops say." Kevin scrunched up his face in horror at Richardson's awful attempt to tell a joke.

"Yeah, and…" Kevin said, his eyes narrowing at Richardson.

"Well, you see Kevin, what I'm trying to tell you is that you're getting a partner not to help you, you're getting a partner who will need you to help her," Richardson said.

Kevin was shocked when he said her. Michaels and Richardson were the two of the most sexist guys on the planet. They were actually hiring a woman. They believed that police work was a man's job. They only had about two woman cops around for mere eye candy.

"You guys are actually hiring a woman without making one comment about her butt or breast size?" Kevin asked. Richardson sent him a nasty glare.

"That woman is my daughter, Kinkirk. She is only twenty-one and just out of the academy. Don't even think about anything that has to do with her bottom or breasts or anything sex related, Kinkirk, or you can kiss this job, and your head, goodbye," Richardson warned.

"I wasn't, sir, I have a girlfriend who I love very much," Kevin replied, annoyed with Richardson's jerky attitude. Figures, the only reason Richardson is hiring her is because she's his daughter, Kevin thought.

"That's good. Anyway, my daughter's name is Roxanne and she is a rookie just starting out on the police force. And since you're such an outstanding officer, Kinkirk, Captain Michaels and I figured we could partner her with you so she could benefit from your abilities," Richardson said.

"Fine, I guess so," Kevin agreed, too tired to fight Richardson any longer.

"Good, Kinkirk, Roxanne should arrive soon to start her first day on the job," Michaels said as he and Richardson walked off.

After they were out of earshot, Kevin mumbled, "great, Richardson is such a dictator, I can only imagine what his daughter is like."

time passing by…

Just moments later, a young woman dressed in a police uniform walked into the satiation. She had long blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail, bright blue eyes, and perfectly glossed red lips. All of the guys, Kevin included, stared at the young woman. Besides Kevin, the guys dismissed her as another piece of Richardson-Michaels eye candy. Kevin figured hat she must be Roxanne.

The young woman walked up to Kevin, "Officer Kevin Kinkirk, am I right?"

Kevin nodded, "yes, you are…"

She cut him off, "ok, that's great. I'm Roxanne Richardson, I'm twenty-one, and a graduate of the Glen Oak police academy. Well, Kinkirk, looks like we're partners, so I'll set some things straight. One, don't even trying getting me into bed with you, I just went through an awful breakup and I am currently pursing another man I met a few days ago. And two, don't assume that just because I'm a woman, you can get all the glory. I want this partnership to be equal in glory, fifty-fifty. No "man rules all" crap. I want to be treated like an equal human being, not a weak little girl. Got that, Kinkirk?"

Kevin nodded once again, "yes."

"Ok, Kinkirk, enough socializing. Let's get to work," Roxanne headed towards her and Kevin's desk area, which her father had shown her the location of already.

"Well, she's forceful and upfront like her father," Kevin said to himself.

time passing by…

Lucy walked into the church office on that same summer afternoon. She was seeking her father's help on a practice sermon she had to write for one of her pre-ministry college classes, since Lucy was studying to be a minister like Eric. And Lucy was stuck when it came to what to write. She had awful writer's block, and she hoped Eric could spare her some good ideas.

To her surprise, Eric wasn't there. Instead was another man in Eric's place, a much younger man than Eric. He looked to be about twenty-three or so. He had short brown hair and what looked to be a mix of blue, gray, and brown eyes. He was dressed in a long-sleeved shirt, jacket, tie, jeans, and dressy black shows, a typical suite like the ones Eric always wore. He was typing something on a black Dell laptop, so he hadn't noticed Lucy come into the office.

"Excuse me," Lucy said, startling the man and causing him to jump a bit before looking up at her.

"Sorry, sir, I didn't mean to scare you," Lucy said apologetically.

"Don't think anything of it. Can I help you, miss?" he asked politely.

"Yes, do you know where Reverend Eric Camden might be located? I'm his daughter Lucy, and I need to ask him something," Lucy said.

"Yes, he stepped out with Lou for some lunch at the Pool Hall," the man replied.

"Oh, ok, I'll just talk to him later at home then I suppose," the man nodded.

Lucy had no idea who this man was. Why was he on a laptop, in her dad's church office, at his desk? Why? Lucy was curious.

"Not to sound rude or anything, but why are you in my dad's office?" she asked.

"Well, I'm Chandler Hampton. I'm a new minister here. I just moved to Glen Oak from New York City," Chandler, as he was now known as, replied.

"Oh, when did the church get another minister besides my dad?" Lucy asked.

"The church hired me as a sort of anniversary present for your dad, I guess you could say. Your dad was handling a load of church work, and it was close to his twenty-seventh year at the church. So, as help and a kind of gift to him, the church board brought me in a few days ago and I started here today," Chandler explained.

"Oh, ok, I was just wondering, you know, we Camdens have a habit of not minding our own business," Lucy joked.

Chandler laughed, "no, I think you asked the question perfectly un-nosily."

Chandler looked down at his laptop and typed in a few more words.

"What are you writing?" Lucy asked, walking towards Chandler and pulling a spare chair by the office desk along with her and sitting down beside him.

"Oh, just a story. You see, my girlfriend Anna and I broke up about six months ago, but I haven't really been into the dating game, so I took up writing stories as a hobby," Chandler replied, typing some more words.

"That's cool," Lucy said, "I wish I could write good stories."

"I never said they were good," Chandler said.

"Really? I doubt that, Chandler. May I read one?" Lucy asked.

"Sure, you could read this one I'm working on now. It's called Thief Of Hearts. It's about a woman named Susan who's trying to keep her ex-best friend, Carla, from stealing her boyfriend, Ed," Chandler explained as Lucy started reading what was written in the Word document.

"It's not that good, it's just a stupid idea that came to me earlier today," Chandler explained as Lucy read.

A few minutes later, Lucy was finished with what Chandler had written for chapter one. She was impressed with it. Chandler's writing skills were amazing for just a hobby.

"Chandler, I have to disagree with you. That was a great story that I just read. Total book material," Lucy said.

"Really, you think so?" Chandler asked surprised. Everyone else he showed his writing to, which consisted of his parents, Andrew and Edie, had told him that his writing sucked awfully and that he was a total loser preacher boy.

Lucy nodded and smiled, "yeah. You should look into publishing this once it's finished."

"Thanks," Chandler smiled.

"No problem," Lucy smiled back…

time passing by…

Well, looks like Lucy and Chandler were fast friends and Roxanne is quite attractive. Are Lucy and Chandler going to fall in love, is Kevin going to catch onto Roxanne's attractiveness? Well, of course not, this is Lucy/Kevin fluff. If you're looking for Chandler/Lucy fluff or Kevin/Roxanne fluff, go read another story. So, no attraction between either. But still, jealousy may arise, and test Levin's love. But most likely not, they trust each other. The perfect couple. Now and forever. At least let's hope, because jealously is a monster.

"Sooner Or Later"

Sooner or later, you're gonna be mine
Sooner or later, you're gonna be fine
Baby, it's time that you face it
I always get my man

Sooner or later, you're gonna decide
Sooner or later, there's nowhere to hide
Baby, it's time, so why waste it in chatter
Let's settle the matter

Baby, you're mine on a platter
I always get my man

But if you insist, babe, the challenge delights me
The more you resist, babe, the more it excites me
And no one I've kissed, babe, ever fights me again
If you're on my list, it's just a question of when

When I get a yen, then baby, amen
I'm counting to ten, and then…

I'm gonna love you like nothing you've known
I'm gonna love you, and you all alone
Sooner is better than later but lover
I'll hover, I'll plan

This time I'm not only getting, I'm holding my man

End Of Chapter 2

A/N: Hope you enjoyed chapter 2. Oh yeah, this story skips from random date to date. This story is my own made up phases of the Lucy/Kevin relationship set to a track list of songs on a CD. The first chapter was the first 'I love you', and this chapter was a sort of trust thing, I suppose you could say. You'll see in another chapter or so. Well, please review, I'd love feedback!

Alexa (a.k.a MadonnaFan2005)