Chapter 3: A Surprise Guest

"What are you doing here?" Lucy asked in complete surprise.

Once Robbie saw who it was, he immediately rushed up the stairs. Because at the door was none other than Mary.

"I came home because, well, I still have feelings for Robbie and I wanted to get to him before any other girl does," Mary told Lucy.

Lucy was disappointed to hear this. Of course, that was just like Mary. Take all the guys she was into away from her, first Jordan and now Robbie…

But wait…she had Kevin!

This was starting to get annoying! She wasn't sure who she loved more, Robbie or Kevin. She had to make up her mind.

Lucy invited Mary in, although she secretly wanted her to leave…because she wanted to be alone with Robbie.

Annie was walking down the stairs when she saw Mary standing there talking to Lucy.

"Mary! What are you doing home?!" asked Annie with a hint of excitement in her voice.

"I just thought I'd come for a visit," Mary said while hugging her mother.

No, thought Lucy, you came home to steal Robbie from me…oh shut up! Lucy yelled in her head.

"It's great to see you!" Annie exclaimed.

"Its great to see you too. I've missed you," Mary replied.

"I've missed you, too," Annie said. This was getting to be one very mushy Kodak moment.

Lucy left them to talk. She opened the front door. She stepped outside and closed it.

Lucy started walking down the street. She made her way to the park. But she noticed Robbie was there, too. She sat down next to him on the bench he was sitting on.

"Oh...hey, Luce," Robbie said awkwardly.

"Robbie…look. About before, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry," Lucy told him.

"Look, it's ok Luce. I'm not mad. But why did you kiss me?" Robbie asked.

"Um I…uh I…I gotta go!" Lucy said, quickly heading out of the park.

"Lucy wait!" Robbie called.

Lucy started running. She eventually reached the Camden house. She went inside and up into her room. She locked the door, hoping not to have to face Robbie like that again.

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Everyone was sitting in the dinning room eating dinner. Eric and Annie were talking about something church related. Simon and Cecilia, who was eating over, were talking about a history test they had coming up. Ruthie and Peter, who was also eating over, were talking about some new kid they had at school. Sam and David were in their own little twin world. Kevin sat quietly eating his dinner. Mary was flirting with Robbie, who was ignoring her and just trying to eat his dinner.

Lucy sat there thinking about Mary, Robbie, and Kevin. She had too much on her mind.

"May I be excused?" Lucy asked politely.

"Sure, Luce," Annie replied.

And with that, Lucy left the table. She walked up the stairs into her room and closed the door behind her.

Lucy plopped down onto her bed. Why did things have to be so complicated? She had asked herself this many times that day.

Kevin walked up into Lucy's room. He saw the door was closed, so he knocked.

"Who is it?" Lucy asked.

"Luce, it's Kevin. Can I come on?" Kevin asked.

"Sure," Lucy replied.

Kevin opened the door and entered the room. He sat on the bed next to Lucy.

"What's wrong, Luce?" Kevin asked in a concerned tone.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked, confused.

"You were really off at dinner," Kevin said.

"It was nothing, I'm fine…I was just thinking. School stuff is kind of stressing me out lately I guess," Lucy replied.

"Oh…ok," Kevin said.

"I love you," Lucy said, changing the subject.

"I love you too, Luce," Kevin said and then he leaned in and kissed her.

As Lucy kissed Kevin, her mind drifted off into space…

What was she going to do about Mary?

What about Robbie and the kiss?

And what would she tell Kevin if he ever found out?

Those were all the questions she had to answer sooner or later. Lucy decided on later…

Lucy continued to enjoy her kiss with Kevin. But still…when would she answer those questions? She would have to tell Robbie why she kissed him and Mary the truth about her feelings for Robbie. And Kevin…what would even she say to him?

Lucy placed those thoughts in the back of her mind and just continued to kiss Kevin. For now, she'd just let herself get lost in him and ignore her inner conflicts.