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Chapter 18

"Whoa, shiela," Bobby held his arms out after Makenzee walked into him, literally. "You okay?" He bent down to look directly into her clouded eyes.

"Yeah, no, I don't know." She breathed in a heavy gulp of air. "Just after seeing his face, well, it brought back memories. Bad ones."

"It went that bad?"

"Well, I don't know if it went bad, I gave a pretty darn good description."

"You remembered his face that well?"

"I couldn't forget. And it's not just his face I remember, his breath reeked of beer and onions, he was tall, and he looked strong. Like he worked out." Makenzee said. "I remember everything. Probably too well for my own good."

Bobby wrapped her delicate body in his sturdy arms, trying to absorb the pain from her heart in order to lighten her load. It almost worked. Makenzee rested her cheek on his hard chest, feeling the rise and fall of it, hearing the beating of his heart. The heart that secretly loved her. The heart that she loved. The man that she would die for in a second.

"You wanna watch a movie to get your mind off of it?"

Makenzee raised her head to look at Bobby, "Yeah," she whispered. "Just not Bambi."

"Aww, now here I thought I had finally gotten through to you, apparently I was mistaking."

Makenzee laughed. He loved that laugh; it was like music, filled his ears with a new sweetness that he had never experienced before. "I can become set in my ways." Makenzee admitted.

"Well then, what would you propose?"

"Hmm," she thought about it, "Actually, how about no movie?"

Slowly he said, "Alright. Then what do you feel like doing?"

Makenzee wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her cheek on Bobby's chest again. "I just want to stay like this, forever."

"Can we at least sit? Me feet are gonna get tired."

"Umm-hmm. The couch is fine," she mumbled, her cheek squishing against Bobby's body. He led her to the living room and sat down, pulling Makenzee on his lap. With her feet hanging over the edge, her arms around Bobby's neck, her head leaning on Bobby's shoulder, his arms loosely wrapped around Makenzee's side, neither of them had ever been happier. He kissed her hairline and she smiled, to relaxed to say anything. He longed to tell her that he loved her, but he wanted to share his feelings with her over a romantic evening, one that she would never forget.

The Plan: Part One

Lucy and Tara tried to hide their giggling. On their tiptoes they ran from the living room doorway and into the bathroom. They shut and locked the door behind them.

"Did you see them?" Tara asked Lucy in a rushed whisper. "Oh, they were so cute, they are so cute."

"It's like the perfect couple." Lucy agreed 110 percent.

"So now. We have to figure out a way and a place for Bobby to tell Mak that he loves her."

"But how do we know that he does love her?"

"Lucy!" Tara swatted her friends arm. "Do you see the way he looks at her? If Bobby ever looked at me that way, I know I would fall for him right then and there."

"Okay," Lucy rubbed her chin. After a few moments she exclaimed, "A candle light dinner!"

"With dancing!"

"Can Bobby dance?"

"Can Makenzee dance?" Tara asked.

"Who cares?"

"True. All you have to do is stand there and sway from side to side."

"Sooo, when will this all take place?" Lucy asked

"Well, we need some time to collect supplies." Tara suggested. "And we'll need to figure out a meal plan! They can have the dinner in the sunroom! "

"We should get Sue, she'd love to be apart of this!"

"Yeah, but she can't tell Jack." Tara warned. "Luc, you go get her, I'll stay here and think up anything else we'll need."

"Okay," Lucy pointed a finger at Tara, "I'll be right back." She opened the door just as Myles was walking past. He stopped and leaned around Lucy to see who else was in there.

"What are-" Myles began but thought better off it. "Uh, never mind."

"Hey Myles," Lucy said, ignoring Myles hilarious facial expression, "have you seen Sue?"

"No, and why do you want her in their too? You know what, I don't want to know." He walked off shaking his head. Lucy shrugged and ran off to find Sue. She quietly ran around the large house when she finally snuck up on Sue – with Jack. She squinted, When did this happen? She cleared her throat and Jack looked up, Sue turned around when she noticed that he was distracted. She blushed.

"Sue.Tara and Ineed your help."

"Uh, sure. I'll be right there."

"Hurry up. Kiss good-bye and come. I'll be waiting in the hall." She gestured with her hands to rush it. She stepped out in the hall and Makenzee passed by. Lucy smiled.

"Hey, Makenzee."

"Hey." She peered into the room. "Huh, so they finally got together, eh."

"Yeah, it's about time, isn't it?"

"Yep." And she continued walking. A few seconds later Bobby came jogging past.

"Hey Luce, you didn't happen to see which way Mackie went, did ya?"

"That way," she pointed down the hall. "Why?"

"Uh, I may have upset her."

"Really? She didn't seem that upset before."

He sighed exuberantly, "Thank everything that is good in this world. Then it really was a giggle I heard when she walked away."

"What happened?"

"Uh, you wouldn't understand."

"I think you're probably right." Lucy smirked, nodding.

He dashed off to find Makenzee. Lucy could hear Makenzee's playful scream then her laughing coming from down the hall. Sue came out and Lucy got down to business, explaining their task as they walked to the bathroom. Tara was sitting on the counter when they arrived. "Okay," she said, "I think two people should prepare the meal, another occupy her."

Sue asked, "But how are we going to get her to wear something dressy without blowing it?"

"Uh, we'll tell her that some very important people are coming over for dinner and we all have to dress up in something nice." Tara said.

"And what do we tell her when we bring her to the sunroom?" Lucy asked.

"Nothing!" Sue said. "Bring Makenzee there and leave her there."

"I like it!" Tara said. "And what do we tell Bobby?"

Silence filled the squished bathroom. Lucy tilted her head thinking, Sue scratched hers, Tara twirled her hair.

Suddenly Lucy perked up, "We can tell him the same thing; someone very important is coming for dinner, and when we shove him into the sunroom, and he sees Makenzee…"

In unison they said, "They'll both forget whatever we told them!"

They burst out laughing just when the door that Sue was leaning on flung open and she dropped to the ground. Jack, Myles, and D were standing there with amused expressions on their faces, Jack helped Sue up.

"Now would you please tell us what is going on?" Myles said annoyed.

"We can't," Tara said in between gasp for air from laughing.

"Why not?" D asked.

"Because, this is a task for women with intellectual intelligence." Sue said.

"And I am 110 sure that none of you are women." Lucy said.

"Or have intellectual intelligence for that matter." Tara added.

"Right." Jack said, frowning.

"We're never going to get it out of you women are we?" D asked.

"Nope!" They all said in accord.

A/N: Thanx for the great reviews!