Chapter 7

Josie woke up on Sunday morning quite content and not even minding it was early on a Sunday. She rolled over and stared out the window as she recapped last night's events. She smiled at the way Lucas had held her hand on the ride back to school. She closed her eyes as she remembered the warmness of his lips on hers as he had shyly kissed her at her door, she laughed at the way Corrine and Marshall had been caught by Durst saying a rather passionate goodnight. She got out of bed and had a feeling of happiness wash over her as she thought about the fact she had the entire day to spend with Lucas. Just the two of them.

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"Hey honey" Josie said sarcastically as she came up behind Lucas who was sitting with Marshall and Corrine at a table outside.

"Good morning" Lucas smiled and pulled her closer as she sat down

"Had a good night then I assume" Marshall teased

"Sounds like you two did as well" Lucas sniggered "you should have heard Durst sequel when he found them" he said to Josie

"I did" she replied "I went out to see if Corrine was actually going to bed and caught them myself in a very compromising position" she said hysterically. Now all four of them were in fits of giggles.

"Josie, can I talk to you" a voice asked behind them

"Alone, now" Vaughn said gesturing towards the field

Josie made a sympathetic look to Lucas and nodded at Vaughn. She felt she at least owed him that.

"What's up?" she asked once they had walked out of earshot of the others

"I want to apologize for last night" he said

"Apology accepted" Josie said sincerely

"I want to make it up to you, like dinner or something" he suggested

"Actually, I'm kinda going out with…Lucas now" she said timidly

"Lucas?" Vaughn said confused "When did this happen?" he asked

"Last night" Josie said defensively "Right after you ditched me for your horny, popular friends" she said and walked off without so much as a 'Goodbye'

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"You know what" Corrine said as lay next to Marshall on his bed, her head on his chest. "This is the best week of my life" she smiled

"Agreed" he said and pecked her lightly.

"Get a room" Josie said and chucked a pillow at the two from the beanbag chair she was sharing with Lucas on the other side of the dorm.

"But it has been good, hasn't it" Lucas smiled at Josie

"Absolutely" she said playfully and then whispered something in his ear about going to talk alone.

As they got up and left the room they heard Marshall call out "Take your time" and then playful giggles from him and Corrine.

Once Josie and Lucas were down the hall in the girl's dorm. Josie faced Lucas and took hold of both his hands.

"You know, this time last week I thought that liked Vaughn" she said not breaking eye contact. Lucas suddenly regretted his decision to come. His heart lifted when Josie added "But"

"I don't know, there was something that hit me when he approached me to ask me to the ball. All I could think about was…you" she was now close to tears, not out of sadness but the overwhelming emotion that she was expressing. As the tears started falling down her face Lucas pulled her into a tight hug. After a while she looked up at him and quietly whispered "Thank you"

"For what?" Lucas asked gently

"You made the Spring Fling what I pictured it was going to be like. Dancing with the most perfect male specimen of the planet" she laughed

"Glad I could be of assistance" Lucas said softly and then pulled her into a soft kiss that was possibly the most wonderful thing that either of them had ever experienced. It really had been the best week of their lives. And to think, all it took was a innocent announcement of a school dance on a sunny, Spring afternoon.

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A/N- Ok final installment how did you like the whole thing? If you did like it don't worry this won't be my last Strange Days fic but the next one will be a completely different story, I might re-write the 6th chapter of this fic (coz, again, I'm not completely happy with it) but whatever it is I think I'll take a break from the whole writing thing for a while, Maybe I might write the occasional one-shots. Thanks for all the reviews throughout the whole story and I will miss reading the new ones every time I update so all you guys better review even if you hadn't before! ;-)