I know I'm mean, but seriously people would not yet off the computer, and when they did, real life got in the way. I really will get another chapter up tomorrow. I have time. YAY! So, for now. A load of fluff for you.

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"Scotty!" She appeared shocked. "I can't believe you went through my underwear."

She crossed the short distance towards him and reached for the material. Scotty held them a little further away.

"So, who did you buy these for?"

"Excuse me?" She asked irritated.

"I thought you women only bought these things in black when you wanted someone to see them. "He smirked. "Anyone I know?"

She grabbed them out of his hands and deposited them quickly in the bag with a careless throw.

"You wish."

She inwardly smiled hoping he'd think something of the choice she'd made to take them. After all, it was his idea that they were for someone. Scotty had indeed noticed and just hoped that she didn't mean what she said the other day about his brother. Did she even know his name? Why was he stressing so much over this? Lily wouldn't go and sleep with anyone.

"How long are we there for?"

"Near enough to a week."

She turned towards her drawer and started counting according to the required number of days. If she didn't know better, she would have thought Scotty and Stillman had planned this between them. Maybe he just gave me the time off because I would officially have no partner for a while; she mused.

Meanwhile, Scotty's curiosity was getting the better of him and he began staring lower at his partners form. He leaned a little before thinking that he might as well. They were so relaxed at the minute that he thought it couldn't really hurt. He gently slid his finger into the back belt loop of her jeans and pulled it away from the skin of her back.

Lily had noticed the moment he came into contact with her, but was curious herself to see what he was up to. When she felt the slow tug, she jerked from him.

"What are you doing?" She laughed softly, for once grateful she gave him the gift that started all of this. They had never been so at ease with each other. Before she had the time to think if he'd opened it or not, he was answering.

"I just wondered."

"Wasn't it good enough that you saw them off?"

"If I didn't know what you were talking about, that would sound so wrong." He chuckled.

She reached into her drawer and pulled out a pair of socks before throwing them at him.

"Oh, you're in for it now, Lil."

He grabbed a top out of her bag and threw it at her, but she caught it as it encircled her hand.

"Hey, I just packed that." She whined, throwing a bunch of material from the open drawer.

"No, I just packed that." He replied, fighting off the assault.

"Oh potato ,po-tah-toe."

He opened his mouth as the top he had originally thrown wound itself around his head. He made a growling noise in his throat at her muffled laughter and hurriedly swiped it off.

"That's it!"

Her mind debating with itself over her childlike behaviour, she barely started to run before Scotty's hands encircled her waist and he threw her onto the bed with him. She had let out a small yelp and was trying very hard not to giggle like a schoolgirl. She had almost done it before Scotty started tickling her. It didn't last long as he faced her flushed face. She seemed to him, even more attractive. He had definitely not seen her act like that before.

When he stopped and she was gaping jaggedly for air, she saw the same look as at the door cross his face. She liked it. It suited him. He had a ghost of a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye. Her smile from the assault had stayed dominant. He brushed a piece of wayward hair from her eyes and she let him. Leaning over her, their faces probably the closest they'd ever been, he thought about seeing how far he could go.

Lily wasn't the brightest spark when it came to relationships. She didn't force them. She didn't embrace them. If anything, she tried to find reasons not to have them. Until recently. She felt herself breaking and leaned on others to stay stable, only to break more when they left. Yet here she was, with her partner, having a great time, knowing that he was one person she shouldn't be leaning towards, but also knowing this wasn't the first time she had.

Her smile had faded some as his hand brushed another lock of hair off her forehead. His fingers stayed in her hair and he moved towards her slowly. His phone rang inches from her. Closing his eyes briefly and turning his head to the side, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the object he wished he left at home. He read the name. "Mom." He breathed out and answered it.

"Momia, hola."

Lilly, just lay on the bed a few seconds, listening to the conversation she could not understand.

"Ninguna Momia ella no habla español."

She understood that. So he had told his family she was coming. She wondered what exactly he had said to them. Standing up and pulling her top back to it's original position, she began shoving most of the clothes they had thrown around into the bag. Scotty had since laid on the bed, leaning against the headboard, watching her. His mom was rambling about how his sister wasn't coming because she'd decided to 'desert' them and go to Europe, or something to that effect.

"Sí Momia que conozco."

Lilly, noticed him and they smiled at one another as she leaned across him to get more scattered clothing. On her was back up, he grabbed her wrist to the hand that held the desired object, and mouthed 'red?' while his eyes danced with laughter. She rolled her eyes and placed her free arm across him, before slamming the pillow in it into his stomach. He flinched and tilted his head to the side. She could see mischief planted on his face.

Still, holding onto her, he pulled her across the bed and released his phone. She landed awkwardly atop him and in her struggle to get up, he reached behind her, before whispering "Where were we?" He pulled her gently towards him, giving her plenty of time to resist, before kissing her. It wasn't hard or soft. It wasn't fast or slow. It wasn't special or a huge mistake. It just was. It was again and another time, like it was a regular and routine thing.

"Scotty, Scotty! Don't ignore me. ¡Scotty, tome este teléfono ahora o le tendré el hacer de los platos el tiempo entero que usted está aqua! You hear?"

His mother, shouting down the phone, was eventually heard by Lily, who picked it up and talked at an interval of yelling.

"Sorry Mrs. Valens. My fault." She stumbled out before passing it quickly to her partner. She could manage some quiet before the predicted storm ahead.

"Mom?"

"Who was that?"

"Lily."

"Put her on, I want to talk to her." Lilly could hear the conversation, being so close and all, and shook her head vigorously. He chuckled slightly.

"What so funny?"

"Nothing Momia. We're on our way okay? Just, interrogate her when we get there."

"Fine, but drive safely. ¿Autorización?"

"Sí Momia. Ámele." And he hung up the phone.

All the while Scotty had been holding Lilly in place with a hand over her leg reaching round her back. He stole a quick kiss before he let her slide off.

"Aren't we supposed to be going somewhere?" She asked a new smile replacing the old.

"I don't mind being a little late." He drawled.

"Well I do." She stated. "I want to make a good first impression. Especially seeing as they know more about me than I do them."

"You do know we won't get a moment for ourselves once we're there right?" He put his hands on her shoulders as she began zipping up her bag.

"I'm counting on it, Romeo." She smirked. "Besides you sure you still want me to go?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"I don't know. Unless you want to go back a day, I'm sure meeting the parents is a big thing."

"I'm sure that's my advantage. Showing you off. Oh, and if anyone asks; we been goin' out for a while."

"Why?"

He didn't take his time picking up the suitcase and heading out. "Come on Lil', we gotta go."

"No, Scotty, why?" She shouted, catching up after him.

"Just because." He said opening up the front door.

"Scotty, I'm not going anywhere until you tell me why." She stood, keys in hand in the doorway, staring at him from inside.

"Because I - well they kinda assumed we were dating a while back, and - well I didn't correct them."

Unlike the reaction, he thought he'd get, she nearly choked on a laugh.

"How was you going to pull that one off?"

"I was sorta hopin you'd play along. You know, on the way, when there was nowhere to go." He looked at her hopefully, before babbling on. "I mean, they were real happy, thought I was, you know, healed after the whole thing with Elisa." He sighed. "I just didn't wana disappoint them with the truth."

Lily turned around and locked the door. Truthfully she had forgotten about Elisa. Not knowing how affected by it he still was, she tried to branch away from it. Walking alongside him to the car, she asked:

"Didn't you tell them about Chris?"

She was almost as surprised as he was that she'd asked it, but wanted to know all the same. Heck, she needed to know, if they were going to pull this off. There was much she needed to know if they were going to pull this off. And they had a long car ride to do it in.

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Sorry, no drive there yet, but next chapter will be the drive and questions and chapter five the first meeting. After that things aren't set, but I'll try to make up for my lack of loading up. Oh and if you want some tension over the Chris thing or a mini-fall out, you'd have to tell me.

Translations, in order, for above text are as follows.:

Mom hi

No mom she doesn't speak Spanish

Yes mom I know

pick up this phone right now or I will have you doing the dishes the whole time you are here

Okay?

Yes mom. Love you.