Chapter 2

I Think.. I love you

It was the big day for the party and the girls were ready. After putting on their fancy dresses and preparing themselves for the big night, they went down Kandice's big marble stairs to the huge lobby that filled up the whole front of the house. There was a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling with beautiful diamonds and crystals hanging off of it, the light bouncing off and making patterns and designs all over the room. It was well lit from the large glass dome on the top of the room and the large glass windows in the front. The lobby led right into the kitchen where the girls met up with Mr. McClane.

"Hello daddy. Elizabeth and I are going to be leaving for the Hawkins' party very shortly. May we use the new chariot we have received?"

"Nonsense! Mary will take you. Mary!" Mr. McClane screamed at the top of his lungs. Mary, the house maid and mother figure to Kandice for years, came running down the stairs with an apron on and a feather duster in her hand. She had golden brown hair and was a very beautiful woman. She had a husband who died from a very rare sickness and she has never been quite the same since then. Kandice would sometimes catch her crying and looking at her husband's picture in her room upstairs. She felt bad and wanted to help most of the time, but knew that it would only make things worse. Mary stopped at the bottom of the stairs and smiled.

"Yes sir" She said panting.

"Get these girls to the Hawkins party up the road." Mr McClane said smiling at Mary with sarcasm. He then leaned forward and whispered, "It's their first."

Mary smiled and winked at him. "Of course I will Mr. McClane. Ladies, come with me." She clapped her hands twice and started walking out the tall, golden doorway leading outside. "William! Williiaam!" Mary called, looking around.

Suddenly, a tall, skinny man came trudging up the road in a beautifully furnished chariot. Elizabeth's eyes lit up as she ran to get in. "You got a new one!" Elizabeth squealed.

"Yes, do you like it?" Kandice took William's hand and walked into the carriage after Elizabeth. "Thank you William."

"It's my pleasure, Ms. McClane." William smiled and added a slight head bow. He then bobbed slowly to the front of the carriage and took the girls on the road, waving to Mary as they rode further and further from the house.

The girls looked out the carriage window and squealed a second time, just thinking about how much fun the party would be.

"Is my hair ok?" Kandice asked.

"Yes, Yes it's fine!" Elizabeth answered then looked out the window. After a couple of seconds, Elizabeth looked back at Kandice. "What about mine?"

The girls giggled and fixed each others hair until it was perfect for their first big night at the Hawkins'.

"Why do you talk so proper when you're around your father" Elizabeth asked genuinely interested in how she can change so drastically.

"I always do. It's just so he doesn't suspect anything, you know?" Kandice explained. "He brought me up like that, I guess."

Elizabeth nodded and smirked at her friend and looked out the window. After a while of silence and anxiousness, the carriage was beginning to come to a slow stop and the girls heard the horses' hooves clomping on the stone road. The girls looked at each other one last time and gave each other an enormous hug.

"Ready?" Kandice asked, smoothing out her dress and fixing little pieces of straggling hair.

"Yea" Elizabeth answered nervously.

The girls got out of the carriage and thanked William for the ride. They looked up at the 4-story mansion and sighed. They went in the large front door and were greeted by the servants standing inside.

"Good evening ladies." One of the servants politely said, taking Kandices' jacket. She had a beautiful black sweater that went over her aqua dress. Kandice smiled at the man and looked around the big lobby that everyone was in. There was music playing from a band on the stage and some couples were dancing out on the floor. There were a couple of tables in the back of the room filled with all kinds of finger foods. The girls heard someone announce that dinner would be served shortly.

"Ohh I wonder what's for dinner" Elizabeth exclaimed. "I bet it's French or something."

The girls looked around for people they knew, but saw no one. The people were all too rich and from other states to even want to come close to two small girls.

"Hello Elizabeth" Elizabeth turned around from talking to Kandice and came face to face with her ex-boyfriend who had dumped her earlier in the year. They had been in love once before and then he left her for another girl. She was still not completely over it.

His name was Timothy Johnson and he had light blond hair. It was short, but long enough to slick down and look good. His light brown eyes were very striking and made you want to look in them all night. He smiled his full, rich smile and looked her up and down.

"You look...great tonight." he said still eyeing her in her dress. The dress made her look even more curvy and athletic then ever. She smiled at the compliment and looked at the dress on her. She had to admit, she looked really good.

"Thanks Tim" she giggled and looked at his eyes.

"Wanna dance?" He asked politely grabbing her hand and kissing it.

She smiled her big panic smile and looked back at Kandice. "Kandice, would you mind?" She asked.

"No, not at all. Go right ahead. I'll just be sitting here alone doing noth-"

"Thanks" Elizabeth cut her off and ran to the dance floor with Tim. Kandice rolled her eyes and sighed, sitting down at the nicely lit and clothed table. She picked up the flowers that we rapped around the napkins and smelt them, looking around with dismay. She stopped suddenly when she saw him. There was Mark Hawkins standing with a couple of his friends. He had his suit coat off so that he only had his white collard shirt with a tie and suit pants. He was so attractive. Just as Kandice was staring at him, he looked over at her and smiled. He said something to one of his friends and started walking over to Kandice with his very sexy walk that Kandice loved so much.

"Hey, Kandice." he said when he finally got over to her. He sat down next to her at the table and looked at her dress. It really made her chest look good and a lot bigger than usual. Mark had the most beautiful green eyes you could ever imagine. They were strikingly handsome and it reminded her why she kissed him in the first place.

She blushed and smiled back at him. "Hi, Mark. It's a beautiful party, really. Tell your father 'thank you for the invite'. It's absolutely radiant."

"Thanks. I knew you'd like it. That's why I invited you, you know." He looked down at the ground with the most gorgeous smirk on his face.

"You invited me? Oh Mark your so sweet, thank you!" She said, giving him a big hug. "Why did you invite me?"

"Well" he said. "Because I wanted to see you. You left so quickly the last time I saw you, I just wanted to see how you were doing." He smiled and looked at her with his comforting eyes. "Wanna go somewhere where we can talk?"

Kandice smiled. "I thought you would never ask." She laughed and got up allowing her dress to slowly slide down around her ankles to the floor. She looked even better standing up. The dress was tight, but not so tight that it was unflattering. It was actually the most flattering dress she had in her wardrobe.

Mark watched her as she got out of her seat. He had never seen anything so beautiful before. She looked gorgeous tonight and he didn't want to spoil that. "Wow she's beautiful" he thought to himself as he headed for the stairs with her.

Elizabeth ran to the dance floor with Tim and at that moment didn't even think about what happened between them. All she knew is that she still loved this great guy that she once had. But that just made her want him even more than she did. He took her hand and rapped his other hand around her waist and they started dancing slowly and gracefully.

Elizabeth looked at his outfit, "You like great, Tim. Really, you do." She smiled at him with her caring, sweet smile that she only gave when she wanted something badly. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt and gold cuff links on his sleeves. His hair was slicked back in the way that only a few guys can pull off and his eyes…his eyes were amazing.

"As do you, Elizabeth. Why did I stop calling you Liz? Do you remember?" He looked into her eyes right back, almost hypnotized.

She blushed and put her head on his shoulder, putting her other gloved hand gently on his back. "No, I don't. Would be it be so bad if you started calling me that again?" She quenched her eyes waiting for his reaction.

"No, I suppose it wouldn't. In fact, I would actually prefer it over Elizabeth." He rubbed her back slightly so only she could feel him on her. She loved when he touched her. It was like a new feeling all over again. Like your first kiss, or your first steps, it was incredible. She felt safe there, being held by the one guy that took her virginity and she would always love.

"Tim…I don't know if you knew this, but I loved you." She took her head off of his shoulder and looked up at him. The most vulnerable she had ever been in that situation even though she looked beautiful. She had on her black dress that hung off the shoulders and had two sashes hanging off both sides of the dress that made it swish on the floor very elegantly. She had a big chest in the first place and it made them look even better.

He looked back down at her, afraid of what to say. Afraid that he might hurt her. "I…know you did. And don't get me wrong, I was absolutely taken by you, I just…wasn't sure if I was ready to say it yet, you know? I got scared when you told me and I ran off."

"You got SCARED? That's your explanation for leaving me and going out with some disgustingly big-chested little girl?" She started getting louder, making people's heads turn and the band start quieting down.

Tim looked around getting nervous, "Well, I…I" He stuttered, not knowing what to say.

"I can't believe this" Liz interrupted. "I don't even know why I came tonight. This is a joke and you, Timothy Johnson are a joke!" She began to cry "And…And" She burst out in tears and ran out of the lobby into the courtyard picking up her dress as she ran. Everyone was quiet for a minute and looked at Tim. He nervously smiled, blushing, and ran outside after her.

Kandice was escorted up the stairs by Mark, being the true gentlemen she always remembered. She was smiling while she looked down at all the guests dancing in the magnificently large room and watched as Elizabeth danced with her head on Tim's shoulder. She sighed with utter bliss and then looked back at Mark. "This is such a wonderful night, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it is. And you look wonderful too." He smiled looking at her in her dress again. He truly could not get over how good she looked tonight. They got upstairs and went down a long hallway with 10 or 20 doors all along the sides. His house was huge! He brought her all the way down the hall to the last door on the right and he smiled back at her. "This is my room. Do you mind? I don't want you to feel at all uncomfortable."

"No, I trust you Mark." She smiled and kissed him on the cheek, blushing.

They went into his room and it was so nice. It had a large king-sized bed with a desk and a chair on one the right side. He had a large radio right next to the desk and a full-length mirror next to his night stand near is bed. He had pictures up of his favorite singers and bands and his closet was filled with custom-made suits and shoes. Wow! What a room.

Kandice stepped inside and looked around at all the pictures. She loved the room and she liked a lot of the same artists he liked. This reminded her of the time when they first kissed at her house. He came into her room, just as she had his, and looked around at all her things. She was so nervous and wondering what he thought of all her things. She expected her felt the same with her. "Wow, you have a lot of nice things in here. I love everything in here. I have the same radio as you!" she giggled and slightly blushed.

"Do you? Well that's a cause for celebration!" he laughed taking out two glasses and Champaign out of the cabinet in his room. "Champaign?" He asked her raising the glasses and placing them on his night stand. He poured himself some and then poured a little for Kandice.

She walked over to the nightstand, took the Champaign from him and smiled. "Thank you" she said, sitting down next to him on the bed. Her heart started pounding and her palms started getting sweaty. She looked around the room again, trying to avoid looking at him at all costs. She could feel him looking at her and his breath on the back of her neck. She wanted him more than ever right then. Suddenly, she felt his warm, soft hand gently touch her shoulder followed by a loud scream from downstairs. She gasped and jumped up from the bed looking at him.

"I'm sorry; I was just trying to get your attention." He said rather embarrassed and confused.

"No, no it wasn't you. It was that scream coming from downstairs, did you hear that?" She said looking at the door shocked.

"Oh that always happens at these parties. People start getting drunk and start screaming it's honestly very normal, I promise you." He said very confidently, like he had been explaining it to a lot of people. He smiled at her and looked down again, his green eyes looking sad and shy.

"I'm sorry, it's me. I'm just really jumpy right now. I don't know why." She sat back down cautiously, trying not to make the wrong move to make her look bad. "But if you'd like, you can try that again." She looked up at him and smiled sheepishly.

He stared at her longingly and lustfully. "I can't help myself. If she only knew how much I love her!" He thought. He put her hand on her face this time and she closed her eyes at his touch. It was so gentle and sweet she couldn't handle it. She rubbed her face in his hand and put her hand over it. He slowly leaned in, looking at her lips and the suspense of it made him die. Suddenly, their lips touched and it was so amazing. The way Kandice loved to be kissed. Softly and gently. It was like everything was happening all at once. And she loved it. She put her hand on his neck and they started getting deeper into the kiss. She felt herself start to lower down on the bed and suddenly she was lying down with him kissing. It was so romantic. He started running his fingers through her soft curls and he stopped kissing her looking at her with his gorgeous eyes. "Kandice," he said. "I think..I love you." Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door and quickly jumped up fixing themselves. Mark raced around put the Champaign back in the cabinet as quickly as he could. "Come in!" he secretly laughed with Kandice at their craziness and the door started to open.

Elizabeth went out the courtyard doors and kept running holding her dress. She heard footsteps behind her, but she didn't care, she just kept running. Her eyes were flowing with tears streaming down her face.

"Liz! Liz, please stop!" Tim yelled after her, running as fast as he could to catch up. Liz didn't turn around, but ran for no where in particular. She felt someone grab her and she screamed before a hand covered her mouth. Tim turned her around and quieted her down. Breathing heavily, the both of them just stared at each other. Liz was so angry; she could slap him, but she knew it wasn't right. "Why did you run away like that?"

"You're a jerk and I hate you!" She screamed still extremely upset. She turned away from him and wiped her eyes a little. She turned back to face him and he wiped the rest away and rubbed her cheek.

"Please don't say that. I just wanted to give you the truth to why I left you, but I realized what I lost now and I don't want to lose it again. Please, Liz, listen to me-" he stopped and looked into her eyes trying to get her to calm down.

"Truth? The TRUTH! You inconsiderate pest!" She screamed. Suddenly, without warning, she slapped him across the face as hard as she could, leaving a big, red hand mark. Tears were still falling down her face.She escaped out of his grasp and began to run even faster toward her house.

The door slowly began to open in Mark's bedroom to reveal his butler, Thomas. Kandice let out a big sigh. "Excuse me Miss McClane, Mr. Hawkins. I'm afraid I have some urgent news for Ms. McClane. Your father.." Kandice suddenly glanced over at Thomas and listened intently. Mark did the same. "Your father has had a heart attack and is on his way to the infirmary. Mary has just phoned in saying to get home immediately. Terribly sorry for the inconvenience" He slightly gave a head bow and closed the door gently behind him.

Kandice had tears welling up in her eyes and she fell to the floor. Mark rushed over and held her in his arms. "It's ok. It's going to be ok Kandice, just wait." He told her over and over again. She was sobbing so much and he couldn't help but be scared himself. He didn't know if her father would be ok after all.

After he calmed her down, he kissed her cheek and turned her around. "You have to listen to me ok? Just focus on me. We need to go to the hospital and find out what happened to your dad, alright? Kandice?"

She looked so helpless and limp, but she got up the strength to nod her head. He helped her up and they ran out the door of his room.

This was going to be some night.

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