A new face after the race
Chapter 7
Lucky walked across the docks, trying to get rid of the frustration and anger after Elizabeth's phone call. He really shouldn't care what she said in most areas, it was strictly between Emily and him. Jason and Elizabeth shouldn't be included unless necessary. Which they were not in this case. But why did the conversation they shared seem right.
He appreciates Elizabeth; she was Emily's only girlfriend. Emily usually befriended people of the opposite gender. Which got him jealous sometimes, but he couldn't help it. Friends or not, he was a guy. Besides the fact that Emily was too nice for her own good, and turned too many heads. That was a good thing in his case, he considered himself lucky, pun intended, to have her as his girlfriend. But to know others are attracted to her, he wasn't too happy about that.
Emily was his girlfriend, not theirs. It drove him crazy, and Emily didn't even sense the stares or his jealousy. She was oblivious to them and certainly not interested, which made him luckier. She could have left him and be seeing other men who prized her more than he did. He certainly didn't do that. He just pushed her anger, forgot how she would feel and treated her like crap. She shouldn't be treated like that, she was to be treasured. Nothing her biological father figured out.
But that was another story. A story they didn't go in depth about. Emily had lived and confronted her past, so now it was really in the past. And the past was forgotten, but however, it still hovered there. Probably for ever. It will never be fully forgotten. All Emily could do was block it out, though that only worked for too long. But as for other people knowing, few did; only Jason, himself, a few close family members and her. When people asked, they just told she had a traumatic childhood and that resulted in a few mental issues along with small violence, anger and trust ones. All other answers were up for them to make up. Emily wouldn't like the pity if they knew all the truth, Lucky figured.
So here he was again at the docks, the sun sinking into the horizon, stuck in thought. Talk about history repeating itself. Tuning his mind into the present he heard footsteps coming from behind. He turned around to see a figure approaching him. He stared as they came closer and he noticed the person. He sighed with relief, he got freaked for nothing. It was just Emily, the person who was constantly on his mind.
"Hey Em." He greeted her as she got closer. She shouldn't be walking in this area, but didn't tell her so. She was a grown woman and she knew what she was doing.
"Hey. Is everything all right?" Emily said as she was close enough to see the confused expression on his face.
Lucky bit back the lie he was going to say, instead answering with one in between yes and no. "Depends on your definition of all right."
Emily gave him a strange look then led him to the bench. "Why don't you tell me what's going on and I will give you one."
Lucky hesitated. Emily would hate to see Elizabeth and Jason be talked about badly, but she needed to know. "I got a call from Elizabeth today." Lucky started.
"Why?" Emily asked. Elizabeth and Lucky weren't that close.
"Apparently she and Jason were talking and she felt it was her duty to express her concerns and issues that were strictly between us." Lucky said, not wanting to directly say the words of "getting into our business."
"So you're trying to say they are invading our privacy and sticking their heads into something that didn't concern them?" Emily said, noting his meaning either way.
"Exactly. And let's say I wasn't too happy about it." Lucky said, thinking he might as well tell the full story. She was involved too.
"I'm not either, but I'm more worried about what you did after that." Emily said, giving a heavy sigh. She knew Elizabeth meant well, but Lucky was right. It was none of their business. It was only between her and Lucky, at the moment anyway.
"Don't worry. I told her I had to go before I said something I'd regret and then I just went on a walk to walk off my anger, and here I am!" Lucky said, finishing the explanation.
"That's nice to know. I don't know what to say though. I appreciate Elizabeth's thought, but I'm not too happy about it either. Our private issues are embarrassing as it is." Emily stated, still unsure to how to look at the phone conversation.
"Our problems are embarrassing? How so?" Lucky asked. Many adjectives could describe their issues, but he didn't think embarrassing was one of them.
"Do you see other couples talking that much about the act? Of course, most of them get it from Sara." Emily reasoned and noted the sudden paleness of Lucky's complexion. "Are you okay? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, no, of course not." Lucky said hoping to wave the issue away. The last thing Emily needed was to learn about Sara's groveling and offer.
"Don't lie to me Lucky." Emily said seriously. She knew Sara had a thing for Lucky, but knew Lucky would just sincerely not share interest, but she wasn't so sure anymore. If he lied that meant he might have been lying before as well, she probably didn't see it.
Lucky saw Emily was at the edge of anger. Trust was a big thing to Emily. He shouldn't have lied in the first place.
"I had an encounter with Sara today, okay. I didn't want to tell you because I knew you would overreact." Lucky said as he got a cold glare from her.
"Any reason why I shouldn't?" Emily said, keeping the cold glare on her face as she spoke.
"I guess not." Lucky agreed reluctantly. This whole conversation was doomed from the start. Maybe it would be better to have it stop now, rather than later. He hated for them to be fighting already. They just made up after his mistake of forgetting their anniversary. Stupid thing on his part, as Elizabeth stated before.
"Lucky?" Emily said, the cold glare gone, and a concerned one on now.
"Huh?" Lucky asked as he realized he got lost in thought.
"You okay?" Emily said, not knowing what made Lucky doze off like that.
"Yeah fine under the circumstances." Lucky said as he realized he had lost his anger and the guilt was now present.
"Circumstances? Having Jason and Elizabeth questioning our relationship is a circumstance?" Emily asked, confused. Lucky was acting so strange lately.
"I see it as such, but it isn't important. I mean they are just outsiders. Outsiders always question people's relationship. But it's harmless unless the people in the relationship start questioning it." Lucky said, his jaw just about dropping that he was sounding like a psychiatrist. Lucky caught Emily's strange look. "I have no idea where that came from I swear!"
Emily answered him with a laugh and Lucky smiled. It was good to hear her laugh again. There was so much tension between them lately. As Emily laughed Lucky couldn't help look at Emily. Her eyes were shining, her hair disheveled because of the wind, and her mouth in a smile.
"What?" Emily said as she finished laughing. Lucky was looking at her strangely.
"You're beautiful." Lucky commented and watched a small blush form. He felt like he was falling in love with her all over again. And what a wonderful feeling it was.
"Thanks." She said and watched the sky. The sun was slowly falling from view. "We should be getting home." She observed.
"Yeah, that'd be a good idea. I kind of left without a word this afternoon." Lucky said as he stood and he helped Emily up.
"Are you being a bad boy again?" Emily teased and gave a smile.
Lucky pulled her close. "You know it, besides you know you like it." Emily nodded and Lucky kissed her, seconds later Lucky pulled away and Lucky put his arm around Emily's shoulder. "What do you say about coming for dinner tonight? Lulu has wanted to see you. Though I have to warn you, she's been on an eating frenzy lately."
"Sounds like fun." Emily said and started walking with Lucky to his house.
A figure stood in the shadows and watched Lucky and Emily converse. It made him sick to see how happy the couple was. If he wasn't so attracted to Emily he would be happy for them, but he always got what he wanted, and Emily just happened to be something he wanted.
He was about to interrupt their conversation as they shared a small kiss and cuddled as they stood up and started walking somewhere. It wouldn't hurt to see where they were going. As he followed them he heard some laughs and dialogue, though he couldn't hear what they were saying. It all came to him as mumbles. They finally came to where he assumed they were heading. It was a quaint, not too small or large house. It had a small porch in front and a few cars were parked in the driveway to the right of it. He watched as Emily and Lucky walked up the stairs, now hand in hand. They stopped to share another kiss and some talk in front of the porch. A minute or so later, they walked up the porch stairs and Lucky being the gentleman he was opened the door to the house and Emily walked through, followed by Lucky. The door closed with a quiet creak and all knowing of what was happening was lost. With one last look at the house, he slipped away in the shadows.
Author's note: Hey everyone! No reviews, but I'm not complaining. I'm having fun and am getting a sense of accomplishment with the series and this story. I think you can figure who the mysterious character was. He was fun to write about. That's all I have to say, but I'm going to put a preview for the next chapter just for the heck of it.
Next chapter: A father-son chat, and the mention of the special gift and the future.
Chapter 7
Lucky walked across the docks, trying to get rid of the frustration and anger after Elizabeth's phone call. He really shouldn't care what she said in most areas, it was strictly between Emily and him. Jason and Elizabeth shouldn't be included unless necessary. Which they were not in this case. But why did the conversation they shared seem right.
He appreciates Elizabeth; she was Emily's only girlfriend. Emily usually befriended people of the opposite gender. Which got him jealous sometimes, but he couldn't help it. Friends or not, he was a guy. Besides the fact that Emily was too nice for her own good, and turned too many heads. That was a good thing in his case, he considered himself lucky, pun intended, to have her as his girlfriend. But to know others are attracted to her, he wasn't too happy about that.
Emily was his girlfriend, not theirs. It drove him crazy, and Emily didn't even sense the stares or his jealousy. She was oblivious to them and certainly not interested, which made him luckier. She could have left him and be seeing other men who prized her more than he did. He certainly didn't do that. He just pushed her anger, forgot how she would feel and treated her like crap. She shouldn't be treated like that, she was to be treasured. Nothing her biological father figured out.
But that was another story. A story they didn't go in depth about. Emily had lived and confronted her past, so now it was really in the past. And the past was forgotten, but however, it still hovered there. Probably for ever. It will never be fully forgotten. All Emily could do was block it out, though that only worked for too long. But as for other people knowing, few did; only Jason, himself, a few close family members and her. When people asked, they just told she had a traumatic childhood and that resulted in a few mental issues along with small violence, anger and trust ones. All other answers were up for them to make up. Emily wouldn't like the pity if they knew all the truth, Lucky figured.
So here he was again at the docks, the sun sinking into the horizon, stuck in thought. Talk about history repeating itself. Tuning his mind into the present he heard footsteps coming from behind. He turned around to see a figure approaching him. He stared as they came closer and he noticed the person. He sighed with relief, he got freaked for nothing. It was just Emily, the person who was constantly on his mind.
"Hey Em." He greeted her as she got closer. She shouldn't be walking in this area, but didn't tell her so. She was a grown woman and she knew what she was doing.
"Hey. Is everything all right?" Emily said as she was close enough to see the confused expression on his face.
Lucky bit back the lie he was going to say, instead answering with one in between yes and no. "Depends on your definition of all right."
Emily gave him a strange look then led him to the bench. "Why don't you tell me what's going on and I will give you one."
Lucky hesitated. Emily would hate to see Elizabeth and Jason be talked about badly, but she needed to know. "I got a call from Elizabeth today." Lucky started.
"Why?" Emily asked. Elizabeth and Lucky weren't that close.
"Apparently she and Jason were talking and she felt it was her duty to express her concerns and issues that were strictly between us." Lucky said, not wanting to directly say the words of "getting into our business."
"So you're trying to say they are invading our privacy and sticking their heads into something that didn't concern them?" Emily said, noting his meaning either way.
"Exactly. And let's say I wasn't too happy about it." Lucky said, thinking he might as well tell the full story. She was involved too.
"I'm not either, but I'm more worried about what you did after that." Emily said, giving a heavy sigh. She knew Elizabeth meant well, but Lucky was right. It was none of their business. It was only between her and Lucky, at the moment anyway.
"Don't worry. I told her I had to go before I said something I'd regret and then I just went on a walk to walk off my anger, and here I am!" Lucky said, finishing the explanation.
"That's nice to know. I don't know what to say though. I appreciate Elizabeth's thought, but I'm not too happy about it either. Our private issues are embarrassing as it is." Emily stated, still unsure to how to look at the phone conversation.
"Our problems are embarrassing? How so?" Lucky asked. Many adjectives could describe their issues, but he didn't think embarrassing was one of them.
"Do you see other couples talking that much about the act? Of course, most of them get it from Sara." Emily reasoned and noted the sudden paleness of Lucky's complexion. "Are you okay? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, no, of course not." Lucky said hoping to wave the issue away. The last thing Emily needed was to learn about Sara's groveling and offer.
"Don't lie to me Lucky." Emily said seriously. She knew Sara had a thing for Lucky, but knew Lucky would just sincerely not share interest, but she wasn't so sure anymore. If he lied that meant he might have been lying before as well, she probably didn't see it.
Lucky saw Emily was at the edge of anger. Trust was a big thing to Emily. He shouldn't have lied in the first place.
"I had an encounter with Sara today, okay. I didn't want to tell you because I knew you would overreact." Lucky said as he got a cold glare from her.
"Any reason why I shouldn't?" Emily said, keeping the cold glare on her face as she spoke.
"I guess not." Lucky agreed reluctantly. This whole conversation was doomed from the start. Maybe it would be better to have it stop now, rather than later. He hated for them to be fighting already. They just made up after his mistake of forgetting their anniversary. Stupid thing on his part, as Elizabeth stated before.
"Lucky?" Emily said, the cold glare gone, and a concerned one on now.
"Huh?" Lucky asked as he realized he got lost in thought.
"You okay?" Emily said, not knowing what made Lucky doze off like that.
"Yeah fine under the circumstances." Lucky said as he realized he had lost his anger and the guilt was now present.
"Circumstances? Having Jason and Elizabeth questioning our relationship is a circumstance?" Emily asked, confused. Lucky was acting so strange lately.
"I see it as such, but it isn't important. I mean they are just outsiders. Outsiders always question people's relationship. But it's harmless unless the people in the relationship start questioning it." Lucky said, his jaw just about dropping that he was sounding like a psychiatrist. Lucky caught Emily's strange look. "I have no idea where that came from I swear!"
Emily answered him with a laugh and Lucky smiled. It was good to hear her laugh again. There was so much tension between them lately. As Emily laughed Lucky couldn't help look at Emily. Her eyes were shining, her hair disheveled because of the wind, and her mouth in a smile.
"What?" Emily said as she finished laughing. Lucky was looking at her strangely.
"You're beautiful." Lucky commented and watched a small blush form. He felt like he was falling in love with her all over again. And what a wonderful feeling it was.
"Thanks." She said and watched the sky. The sun was slowly falling from view. "We should be getting home." She observed.
"Yeah, that'd be a good idea. I kind of left without a word this afternoon." Lucky said as he stood and he helped Emily up.
"Are you being a bad boy again?" Emily teased and gave a smile.
Lucky pulled her close. "You know it, besides you know you like it." Emily nodded and Lucky kissed her, seconds later Lucky pulled away and Lucky put his arm around Emily's shoulder. "What do you say about coming for dinner tonight? Lulu has wanted to see you. Though I have to warn you, she's been on an eating frenzy lately."
"Sounds like fun." Emily said and started walking with Lucky to his house.
A figure stood in the shadows and watched Lucky and Emily converse. It made him sick to see how happy the couple was. If he wasn't so attracted to Emily he would be happy for them, but he always got what he wanted, and Emily just happened to be something he wanted.
He was about to interrupt their conversation as they shared a small kiss and cuddled as they stood up and started walking somewhere. It wouldn't hurt to see where they were going. As he followed them he heard some laughs and dialogue, though he couldn't hear what they were saying. It all came to him as mumbles. They finally came to where he assumed they were heading. It was a quaint, not too small or large house. It had a small porch in front and a few cars were parked in the driveway to the right of it. He watched as Emily and Lucky walked up the stairs, now hand in hand. They stopped to share another kiss and some talk in front of the porch. A minute or so later, they walked up the porch stairs and Lucky being the gentleman he was opened the door to the house and Emily walked through, followed by Lucky. The door closed with a quiet creak and all knowing of what was happening was lost. With one last look at the house, he slipped away in the shadows.
Author's note: Hey everyone! No reviews, but I'm not complaining. I'm having fun and am getting a sense of accomplishment with the series and this story. I think you can figure who the mysterious character was. He was fun to write about. That's all I have to say, but I'm going to put a preview for the next chapter just for the heck of it.
Next chapter: A father-son chat, and the mention of the special gift and the future.