Lucas walked into class the next morning. This was one of the few classes he didn't have with either Bradin or Callie, but he did have with Allie. He decided to sit towards the back, since he rarely paid attention to his professor in this class. He saw Allie walk into the hall and swore under his breath as she came and sat next to him

"You're going to have to talk to me at some point" she whispered to him

"Not if you're going to pull a stunt" he whispered back, trying to focus on his professor, or at least look like he was

"Lucas stop it" she snapped "First, I know you never pay attention in this class, secondly, I know you want to talk to me"

Lucas looked at her. True, she was what any guy would want in a 'friends with benefits' relationship, which is what they had been, but he knew having her around would ruin what he had with Emily, and he didn't want to rish anything "Allie, we're not anything. We were friends with benefits, but I have a real relationship now, and I love Em and I love my daughter. You're not going to break up my family"

Allie looked into his eyes "Lucas, I know we're more than that, and so do you. If we weren't, you wouldn't be saying all this. It seems you're saying this for your benefit, not mine" she replied

Lucas sighed. Part of him did like Allie, he always had, but his heart was telling him to stay away from her "We really need to pay attention Al, we have a test on Wednesday." He said simply

Allie smirked "That's what I thought" she said, then turned at looked straight at him, her face just inches from his. Before he had a chance to realize what she was going to do, she pressed her lips against his hard. He didn't know what to do. He tried to pull away, but something in him wouldn't let him. After a minute, she pulled away, just as the professor finished his lecture "That's what I thought" she said, raising her eyebrows, getting up

Bewildered, Lucas sat there for a moment before chasing after her "Allie, stop!" he yelled

She turned around and stopped, letting him catch up to her "What? I think that kiss proved my point"

Lucas looked her in the eyes "It didn't mean anything. I love Emily, and I love Kaylie. That's what I have to do, and that's what I'll do" he said, strictly

Allie laughed "Ok Luke, as soon as you're done playing house, call me. Or, just come over. You know your way to my dorm pretty damn well" she smirked then walked away, leaving Lucas in a state of confusion.

Emily sat with her feet in the pool, Kaylie playing alongside next to her. She looked out at the ocean, viewable because the pool was an infinity one. A million thoughts had been running through her mind since she got back to Playa Linda, the most prominent was Lucas. Since she had decided to have Kaylie without Lucas' knowledge and without any chance of him finding out, his name was not on her birth certificate. Consequently, he had no legal rights to her. She splashed her feet in the water, deep in thought. Should I put his name on, I mean, he is her father, and he does love us. Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice Kaylie come over and sit next to her

"Mommy, what's wrong?" She asked, putting her hand on Emily's.

"Huh? Oh nothing honey, I was just thinking about some stuff. What about you, are you ok?" she asked, looking at her daughter

Kaylie shook her head "I don't like that Allie person" she said

Emily smiled. True, she had the exact same feeling towards Allie, but that didn't mean she could allow her to be rude or mean "Honey, you need to be nice. She's daddy's friend, and that means he's special to him. He loves you, he'd never let anything come between you and him" As she said this, Lucas walked into the house and walked near the door, listening to the conversation.

"I know he loves me mommy, but I don't like her. She's not nice and she says that he loved her. He's supposed to love you, doesn't he?" Kaylie asked, confused

"He cares about me honey, I have no doubts about that, but your daddy and I have been through a lot, and I don't think he can love me anymore. Maybe he needs to love Allie. I will always love your daddy, but I don't think that he'll ever love me as much as he loves you. Not after everything I've done to him" she looked at the sad look on her daughter's face "Don't think about it Kay, he loves you, and that's all that matters"

Kaylie looked into her mom's eyes "But I want him to love you too, mommy. He needs to love you"

Emily smiled "Don't think about it Kaylie. Go play" she pushed her a little as Kay got up and walked toward the pool house to get some toys. Em took a deep breath as she looked out at the ocean again.

Lucas, hearing the whole conversation, had no idea what to do. He did love Emily, much more than he ever loved Allie, but something dragged him back to her. And hearing Emily tell Kaylie that she was sure he didn't love her, made him feel so much worse. He walked into the backyard. Kaylie saw him and was about to say something, but he signaled her to be quiet. He crept up behind Emily and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, Spiderman style. "Hey baby"

Emily smiled "How much did you hear?" she asked immediately

"I have no idea what you're talking about Em" he said trying to look innocent. She gave him a look and he knew she knew "Almost the whole thing" he responded, sitting behind her, with his legs out, so she was sitting in between his legs "Do you really feel that way?" he asked, pulling her close to him

She kept her gaze out at the ocean "I dunno" she said simply, trying to avoid him

He moved so she was in front of him and made her look at him "Tell me Em, is that really how you feel? Do you really feel like I can't love you anymore because of what you did?"

She shrugged "It makes the most sense. You loved Allie while I was gone, and you still do. I get it. I'm just Kaylie's mother"

Lucas shook his head "Yeah, Allie and I had something, but whatever it was its gone. I love you Emily, I really and truly do. And because I do, I need to tell you this. Allie kissed me today while I was at school…" he saw the pain in her eyes "And I didn't stop her"