"Y-you're…" fighting off the overwhelming shock Sami's eyes moved down to his suit jacket. His dark blue suit jacket, "Oh my God."

Her heart felt like it was beating overtime and the corners of her mind were beginning to get fuzzy. It was all too much and her body desperately sought for a release from the overly shocking information. That was when she dropped.

He enjoyed the way her eyes went wide with shock. He watched the way her hands were shaking in a barely perceptible way. What he didn't expect was for her to faint. It was only his quick reflexes that kept her from falling to the ground, "Well, that's a first."

Gently Lucas tapped her cheek while struggling to hold her upright, "Sami? Sami, snap out of it."

Slowly her eyes fluttered open and he saw her struggle to focus on his face, "Austin?"

He just continued to stare into what had to be the bluest eyes he had ever seen. Neither heard Nicole say, "I'll just leave you two alone," nor did they notice when she walked away. All they could see was each other.

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"Are you…"

"I…"

Sami laughed a little and gestured to let him keep talking, mostly just watching the way his mouth moved. He was cute, like really cute. He had the adorable, slightly floppy dark hair and the intense brown eyes of a man she could see holding her attention for a long time. And he wasn't too tall. Tall guys were incredibly annoying.

"I'm sorry, I…it's just that you're too pretty and I'm too nervous," he ran his hands through his short hair and chanced a glance at her, "I was just going to ask if you were cold."

With a tiny giggle, Sami bumped her shoulder against his playfully, "Nope, I'm not cold," she ducked her head shyly, "Everything's perfect."

With a smile that nearly stopped her heart, he closed the already small gap between them and grasped her hand, entwining their fingers together, "Yeah."

There was an undeniable force of heat that slid through her when he touch her and Sami had never imagined it would be this amazing. The name from the Ouija board suddenly had a face and a personality and she couldn't have been happier with who he turned out to be.

Lucas continued on, blissfully studying the placement of every freckle and gently stroking the skin if her hand with quiet grazes of his thumb, "This is amazing. I mean not even an hour ago I was having a perfectly boring evening and then…boom."

Sami smiled prettily and squeezed his hand, "I know. I can't believe it," her nose wrinkled up yet again and she turned to him, "Maybe it's too amazing."

His breath nearly stopped for a second and he desperately searched his mind for any way that she could have found out about his lie. It was over before it had ever begun.

"We don't want to go into this with false expectations."

His heart resumed its beating and he could breathe once again as he saw the challenge in her eyes. She didn't know anything, "Okay?"

"I think we should both tell each other the most embarrassing thing we can think of about ourselves, that way we know what to expect."

Austin smirked at her and she couldn't contain her grin, "Fine, but you're going first, Cinderella. It was your idea."

Sami half-laughed and moved a little closer to face him, her head tilted as she mock thought. "Hmm, okay I got it," daringly she moved a little closer, "I…" a little closer, "spent $8.50," her hand brushed the lapels of his jacket, "to see From Justin To Kelly," closer still, "in the movie theater," demurely she looked up at him with laughter in her eyes, "and I liked it."

Roaring with laughter he threw his head back and slipped his arms around her waist to pull her the fraction of an inch closer that was left between them and Sami enjoyed the how wonderful he looked when he smiled like that.

His forehead came to rest on hers and his voice dropped along with his eyes, "You wanna know a secret?" his lips moved a decimeter closer and she fought to breathe properly, "I liked it, too," his lips were just barely brushing hers now. If she spoke they'd practically be kissing, "but only because," his eyes moved up from her lips to meet her gaze and she melted in their depths, "it was so bad, it was good."

Hers lips were suddenly dry and without thinking she wet them with her tongue. Just barely she brushed his as well and he groaned out loud, "Funny how that happens sometimes."

"Yeah," and without another word his lips finally descend completely. A first kiss had never been so good.

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"You didn't," laughing, Sami tried in vain to get a glimpse of Lucas, but he kept his arms firmly in their place.

"Yeah, I did. My mom was furious."

"Man, you were a terror. I can't see how she could have put up with you."

Attempting a wounded puppy look, Lucas squeezed her gently, forgetting that at the angle they were sitting at she couldn't see his face, "You kidding? How could anyone resist this face?"

"I guess your face isn't too bad."

Laughing he pulled her further back into his embrace and whispered in her ear, "Brat."

Contentedly, Sami thought about the picture they would make right then. She and Austin were sitting in an empty park, cuddling like two teenagers and waiting for the sun to rise after talking all night. His jacket was swallowing her small frame and he was gently twirling a long strand of blonde hair around his finger. It was ridiculous and completely perfect.

"I think my mom would love you," she let out a happy laugh, but gave him no other response and slowly his mind began to drift to more serious thoughts. Sami was happy in his arms right now, but he couldn't lie to her forever. It wasn't fair. He couldn't loose the woman he was quickly falling more and more in love with because of some faceless stranger with the right name, "I feel like I've known you my whole life."

Tenderly tracing patterns on the hand resting in her lap, she smiled teasingly, "Now you're stealing lines from movies."

"I am not," with mock indigence.

"Are too. That's from The Lady Eve. Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda," her voice turned teasingly deep, "Lies, deception, romance, true love. I've seen that movie a million times with my grandma, you can't trick me."

Chuckling he placed a tiny kiss on the back of her neck, "I wasn't even thinking of that."

"I'm surprised you've even heard of it."

"I have a Grandma, too, you know," his lips were still busily entertaining her neck and Sami was soon too caught up in the tide of emotions playing with her heart to attempt anymore in depth conversation.

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The sun was almost finished rising in the background while Sami and Lucas occupied themselves on the balcony of his hotel room.

She had never moved this fast with any man before, in her life, but her fingers were quick to unbutton his dress shirt. Her lips were happily occupied with his when the first inkling of guilt popped up out of nowhere.

She pulled back for the tiniest of seconds before he her pulled back into him and she knew she had to tell him just one more thing. It really shouldn't have been a big deal anyway.

"Austin?" he gave a barely discernable grunt in reply and her lips moved languidly to his earlobe, "I have something to tell you," slowly she moved down the column of his throat.

His voice was muddled with desire and that filled her with a surge of pride, "Nothing you can say will change how I feel."

With a husky laugh her hands traced the contours of his chest, "Good, because I..." a teasing kiss to his lips, "really, it's just a technicality, but…" she nuzzled his neck affectionately, "I have a boyfriend."

It took a second for his jumbled mind to grasp her words, but when they hit it was enough for him to pull away, "What?"

"And you know him. It's Brandon, th-that's how I knew how to find you."

"Brandon?" He knew that he had no idea who this guy was, but damn, she had a boyfriend.

Desperately, Sami moved back in, gently seducing him with her lips, "I thought I'd never find you. He doesn't mean anything."

Sinking quickly back into desire he wrapped his arms around her once again, "It's okay. I understand."

His hands had just begun to wander again when she mumbled against his mouth, "I have to call him."

With one last swift peck she moved into the inner room. Lucas watched in helpless shock as she picked up the phone and began to dial. This was quickly getting out of control. He had to tell the truth; he didn't want to, but he had to. He slipped in quickly and intercepted the phone. With a gentle push she was lying back on the bed with him on top of her as he half-heartedly tried to fit the phone back into its place. He sipped at her lips one last time and her hands tangled in his hair.

"I need to use the phone," he silenced her with one more kiss before gathering his strength.

"I… there's something I have to tell you, since we're being honest."

She traced his jawbone with one hand and he couldn't help praying to God that she wouldn't hate him for one tiny little lie, "You can tell me anything."

Sighing, he moved in once again with a kiss to her forehead, "You see," moving down to her nose, "I'm not," one more to the corner of her mouth, "only in the most literal sense," he moved in with a soft kiss to her mouth, "I'm not Austin Reed."

Happily Sami sank into another kiss before the words could fully hit her. Everything went still and desperately she triedto understand incomprehensible words. Shock and horror raged in her mind for control and it was with unexpected violence that she pushed him off of her, "You-you…"

He landed with a crash against the bureau against the wall and for just one second she winced for him. But, thinking better of it, she hoped it hurt like hell. In fact, she hoped he got a concussion.

"Okay, you're upset," Standing up he ran a hand through his hair, "That's understandable."

"You lied to me! Wha... I...Who the hell are you?"

With shaking hands, Sami grabbed her shoes from the floor beside the bed and prepared to storm out without waiting for an answer.

Moving quickly, Lucas blocked the door, "My name is Lucas Roberts, okay."

Fire spitting from her eyes, she tried to move past him, "Get out of my way."

Moving with her command he watched her struggle with the lock, "Let's talk about this, I mean we can work it out. You can still call me 'Austin,' it'll be like a nickname. It's not really that big of a deal."

"Not that big, you lied to me!" Sami looked at him incredulously, "Open the door."

Quickly he complied, "I can't believe you're going to let a few little letters of the alphabet keep us apart."

With the door finally open, Sami practically ran to the elevator and jabbed the down button, "'A few little letters,'" the doors clanged open and she rushed in, "Why would you do this to me!"

With frustration mounting Lucas yelled out, "Because I'm in love with you!"

"What kind of reason is that!" the doors clanged shut infront of her incredulous expression and Lucas could do nothing more than look on in helpless despair.