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Lucy looked at Kevin, "Does it really matter. I mean isn't it enough that I'm here and you're here, and you're one of my best friends?"

"No, it's not enough. What happened, Luce?" he asked her softly.

"Nothing happened" she lied to him hoping that he couldn't see the truth in her eyes.

"Then where is he? Was he not able to make it?"

"He is busy with a school project which happens to be none of your business…besides how did you find out about him anyway?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest.

"I have my ways"

"Who did you threaten this time? Or wait let me change that to who did you bribe to tell you that?" she asked him sarcastically.

"I didn't threaten or bribe anyone Luce…you should know me better by now" he told her softly sitting across from her on the top of the porch.

Lucy sighed, "I know you wouldn't. It's just too much right now."

"What's too much, Luce. Come on you can tell me anything," Kevin coaxed.

"Fine. My ex-fianc's family was horrible! Does that make you feel better? They called me names and his cousin tried to feel me up! It was awful there and I'm never going back!" Lucy screamed as she broke into tears.

"Oh Luce" Kevin started to get up and go and comfort her when something popped into his head. "Wait a minute…did you say ex-fiancé?

Lucy looked up at him with tears still running down her cheek nodded her head "I broke it off this morning before I left" she told him softly.

"Have to talked to your parents about this?" he asked her.

"No" she said angrily "How can I tell my parents who were against us getting married that I moved 3,000 miles away from home to be with the one man I love only to disappoint them and tell them I'm coming home because I made a mistake?" she yelled.

"Everyone makes mistakes, Luce," Kevin told her.

He had to bite back the comment that his biggest mistake and regret was letting her go. Knowing it wasn't a good time, he held her as she wept. Lucy felt worse than she'd ever felt in her entire life and she didn't want to think about anything anymore.

"Honey, go home," Kevin told her. "That's where you belong."

"I don't want to go home…not for a while…I…I don't think I can face them right now Kev" she told him starting to get tears in her eyes again.

"Why is it that every time I always choose the wrong guy? I always do…I always pick the ones that cheat on me or break my heart…how come I never pick the nice ones Kevvy? I always manage to pick the ones that bring me tears and pain" she sobbed deeper into his chest.

Kevin sighed…he didn't know what to tell her except that he was glad she was no longer engaged…which meant he could have her all to himself and not have to share her at all.

"You did pick a nice one remember?"

Lucy tilted her head just enough to look at him square into his brown eyes.

"What do you mean?" she asked him looking confused with her brow wrinkling at the top.

"You did choose a nice one…" he repeated and waited a minute before he spoke again.

"Who?"

"Me"

Lucy stared at him for second before she started to get really upset.

"You? You?" she repeated a few times getting out of his embrace.

"How could I pick you Kevin? You're the one who left me back in Glen Oak! You didn't call me, write to me hell you didn't even come to my open house when I graduated! What the hell was that all about? I thought you told me you loved me!" she yelled at him before she collapsed into the plastic lawn furniture and started to sob again.

Kevin sat there looking confused for a moment…he had told her he loved her and he meant every word of it…but there was something that was confusing him the most.

"Didn't your dad tell you?" he asked her.

"Oh yeah my dad told me…he told me you told him that you and I were at the wrong places in our lives to make things ever try to work between us…" she said bitterly.

Lucy thought she looked a pain of hurt behind his eyes but she shook her head…she was just seeing things.

"Luce, that's not what I said at all…I told your dad I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you and that you were someone very special to me"

Lucy's mouth dropped wide open when she heard those words…so it was true…he did love her.

Before she could say something Kevin started to speak.

"What exactly did you tell your dad that made him say that?"

Lucy looked down at the cement of the porch and started to think real hard what happened that night.

"I told him that we were dancing together at prom -- and that it all fell into place. It was like something inside of me had been trying to get out for all these years, and during that dance it finally clicked. It's you I wanted Kevin. I told him that I wanted to be with you and that when I looked up at you, you kissed me and for some reason that it wasn't weird, and how you weren't taking advantage of me…It was like I finally felt right. And that you told me that you love me and that you wanted to be with me" she told him softly.

"Oh Luce…" Kevin started too interrupted when she held up her hand.

"But you know what the best part about that night was Kevin? I wanted to be with you and tell you that I loved you but you left and never said a word and I thought it was too late" she cried.

"It was never to late Luce" he told her softly getting up off the porch and wrapping his arms around her entire body.

"Then why didn't you ever write to me or call me and tell me?" she asked him still letting the tears drip down her face.

"I wanted to so bad Lucy…but if it hadn't been for what Matt said I would of" he replied kissing her brow.

"What did Matt say?"

"He basically told me that I should get over you because once you got engaged to Jeremy you were over me…in my heart I knew he was lying Luce but for some reason I believed him so I didn't contact you…I figured it would just make things worse between the two of us"

"Have you talked to Matt since then?"

"Not really…I e-mailed him a few weeks ago and I didn't really hear anything back"

"Oh" was all she could think to reply from there.

Sinking back into his arms Lucy closed her eyes…for their short time apart being in his arms felt so right…

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Eric snuck in the back door so Annie would see him bringing doughnuts into the house…ever since his heart attack she had been after him to eat healthier.

"Eric what are you doing?" Annie's voice said suddenly as he jumped up 3ft.

"Uhh…nothing" he lied to her holding the doughnuts behind his back.

"What are you hiding being your back?" she asked his suspiciously, trying to glance behind him.

"Nothing"

"Eric" she said sternly.

"Oh all right" he said disappointedly as he handed her the two doughnuts.

"Oh Eric"

"I wanted a doughnut is there anything wrong with that?"

"No" she smiled at him before giving him a kiss "you were suppose to call me and ask what flavor I wanted"

"Anything new today?" he asked her, taking both of the doughnuts out of the bag and handing one to Annie before taking a bite.

"Not really…Lucy called though…she wanted the Kinkirk's address" she replied.

Eric choked on his doughnut and started to pound on his chest to make the small piece go down.

"I'm sorry did you say she wanted the Kinkirk's address?"

Annie nodded before swallowing a bite of her doughnut. "It took me about 5 minutes to find it but I did…I have to remember to update that thing to"

Eric studied his wife's face for a minute before speaking "Is something bothering you Annes?"

Annie sighed before sliding over to the chair that was next to Eric's.

"Yes…when she called she sounded so distant and so…well really upset like something had happened but she didn't want to tell me…When she called she told me that both her and Jeremy were together and then when I gave her the address she said something about in case she got lost"

Eric thought for a moment and looked into her eyes and gave her a short smile "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

"That they broke their engagement?"

"Yeah"

"That was the first thing that crossed my mind" Annie replied standing up and grabbing two napkins off the island.

Eric just sat at the kitchen table and closed his eyes…so many thoughts were racing through his mind right now…especially the thought about what he had told Lucy almost a few months ago about Kevin.

"Why are you so quiet right now?" Annie wanted to know.

"I'm thinking"

"About Lucy?"

Eric nodded and continued to stare at the empty kitchen table that was in front of him.

"What about Lucy?"

"If she will find out what I did…that I was the one that caused her to get engaged to Jeremy and not to Kevin because I lied to her" there he said it…the truth was out again.

"I don't know"

"Do you think I should call her and tell her why I did it?" he asked.

Annie thought for a moment "No…wait and see what happens…I'm sure she will call us tonight"

"Do you think she can forgive me?"

"Eric you're her father…of course she will forgive"

Eric gave a swift look at his wife and squeeze her shoulder…somehow hearing those words come out of his wife's mouth reassured him more.

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Lucy snuggled up closer to Kevin on his front porch…they had moved from the plastic chairs to the porch swing that was on the side of the house and watched the sun go down together.

"Kevin?" she said sleepily

"Yeah?" he answered back sound just as tired as she was.

"Would it be all right with your mom if I stay the night or something? I don't really want to go back to my hotel room tonight…"

"Sure" Kevin replied without giving it a second thought.

"You can stay in Patty-Mary's room if you want"

"Thanks" she replied giving him a quick smile before placing her head back on his chest again.

"Umm...Luce? Do you think you should call your parents tonight and tell them where you are? In case they try and call you at Jeremy's?"

He heard her sigh and felt her push herself off of him.

"You just had to bring them up didn't you?" she asked him giving a good long hard stare.

He just shrugged his shoulders and stood up, stretching his arms up towards the ceiling.

"I'm getting cold you want to go in?" he asked opening the front door to his house and letting her step inside first before shutting the screen door.

Lucy looked around the house that she had never been to…it was gorgeous and very well put together.

"Who decorated the house?" she asked him flopping down on the couch that was in the family room.

"Patty-Mary and mom did…they did it last year I think" he replied joining her on the couch.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" he asked.

Lucy smiled "sure…do I get to pick it?"

"Nope" Kevin laughed at her.

"You mean I have to watch a guy movie?" she whined.

Kevin just shook his head as he flipped thru the T.V channels trying to find some sort of movie that he could sit through.

"I can't find a thing" he said after a few minutes of T.V surfing.

"Do you have any movies here?" she asked grabbing the blanket off the back of the couch.

"Yeah…somewhere in here" he replied getting off the couch and bending down to the bottom of the T.V stand and grabbed a plain box

"What's this?" he thought to himself as he opened it up and popped it into the VCR.

He sat with Lucy on the couch and pressed PLAY. Kevin and Lucy watched the movie and were surprised to see themselves on it. It was at Lucy's sixth birthday party and everyone was at the Camden house singing to her.

Kevin saw his dad and felt a deep sharp pain of sadness by that, but then laughed as Lucy tried to blow out all her candles.

Lucy laughed when Matt leaned in and helped her get the last one. Kevin was mesmerized by how proud Lucy looked and how glad she was she accomplished it. That was one of the things he loved about her.

It was almost midnight before they finished watching that tape…they kept laughing so hard at themselves and at their siblings that they usually ended up having to rewind back to the parts that they missed.

Kevin looked down at Lucy who had fallen asleep on his chest…even sleeping she looked like an angel.

Gingerly he reached across the table and turned the light off hoping that it wouldn't wake her.

He felt her stir in the darkness and move back into the same place where she was sleeping at.

He smiled in the dark knowing that finally both he and she could be together again…and this time they would both make it happen.

Before sleep caught up to him he kissed her on top of the head and whispered softly to her "I'll love you forever"

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Karen parked her white Grand Am in the drive noticing that Kevin's SUV was still parked in the same spot where she had left it early the other morning.

She had pulled an all nighter with a case that she would be arguing for that afternoon…but all she cared about right now was getting some sleep before that big case.

Grabbing her briefcase off the passenger seat and taking her morning coffee with her she shut the door with her butt and walked towards the backdoor.

Taking her keys she quietly opened the back door in case Kevin was still sleeping…he must have the day off she thought to herself before closing the back door.

Setting down her briefcase and coffee she walked thru the kitchen and looked around…there was nothing out of place in her kitchen which meant Ben must not have come home either.

She started too walked towards her bedroom when something caught her eye from the living room.

Deciding to investigate it further, it took all of her might to not gasp out loud.

There sleeping together was Kevin and Lucy Camden…she shook her head trying to clear the amount of questions that popped into her at that moment…she turned and started to walk up the stairs towards her bedroom…she had a phone call to make.

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It was almost 10:30 before Kevin and Lucy woke up to the sun shining in their faces and the smell of coffee being made.

"I think my mom's home" he told her standing up.

"Should I go?" she asked him looking worried.

"What for?"

"I…well...you know…never mind" she answered back taking his hand and getting off the couch.

He pulled her into an tight embrace and looked deep into her eyes "I love you Lucy Camden"

She smiled and stood on her tippy toes and gave him a soft kiss on the lips "I know" she whispered softly before he kissed her again…this time it was breathtaking.

He put his arm around her waist and they walked towards the kitchen and were both shocked to see Karen making omelets.

"Morning sleepy heads" Karen told them giving them both a tight smile…she wasn't happy about what she saw last night but the look on their faces knew that something good was up.

"Morning" Kevin mumbled taking the chair out from underneath the table and letting Lucy sit into it before grabbing a chair himself.

"Morning Mrs. Kinkirk" Lucy happily replied taking two slices of toast and putting them on her plate.

"Lucy, if I would have known you were going to be here I would have had Patty-Mary's room all ready to go for you"

Lucy turned red in the face and didn't say anything during the entire meal.

She got up and put her plate in the dishwasher after she was done eating and went to turn around when she felt Kevin lean up against her and put his hands around her waist, kissing the top of her head.

"Kevin"

"What?" he mumbled still kissing the top of her head.

"You mom's here" Lucy pointed out

"So?"

"So…she will see you and call my parents" Lucy told him turning around when his lips met hers.

"I don't care…let her tell them how madly in love with their daughter I am" he replied after kissing her.

"And what about me?" she teased.

"Let her tell them how madly in love with her son you are" he told her kissing the top of her nose.

"Oh Kevin" Lucy sighed

"What?"

"Do you have to work today?" she asked.

"Nope…not till four anyways…which gives me plenty of time to spend it with you"

"Well it looks like you are going to have to wait" she told him going underneath his arms and towards the table.

"Why?"

"I have to go back to the hotel and take a shower and put clean clothes on…look at me I'm all wrinkled" she replied wiping the table down.

"I think you look sexy in wrinkled clothes" he teased.

Lucy rolled her eyes at him and continued to wipe the table up.

"Do you think you can call me a cab?" she asked him suddenly

"Why do you need a cab? I'll drive you myself"

"No, I'm sure your mom wants to know what happened last night if she saw us together…and I just can't seem to face your mom right now" she replied putting the wash cloth into the sink.

"You sure?" he asked

"Positive"

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15 minutes later Kevin was shutting the door on Lucy's cab and waving her goodbye…she promised to be no less than an hour and already he missed her.

Walking back into the house he was met his concerned mother.

"What were you thinking Kevin Kinkirk?" she snapped at him.

"Thinking about what?" he replied dumbfounded.

"You know that girl is engaged and here you are smooching up to her like you hadn't seen her in years"

"She's not engaged anymore mom" he replied walking towards the family room to fold the blanket.

"How do you know she's not lying?" Karen asked following him into the family room.

"Because I know she's not mom…and why do you care all of a sudden who I date?" there he finally said it...he knew that was what she was thinking.

"I don't…I don't care who you date but Lucy Camden? What were you thinking?" she demanded.

"I was thinking that I love her mom and I know she loves me she is just scared to say it…she's been hurt way too many times" he started to tell her when Karen interrupted.

"What do you mean you love her?"

"I fell in love with her the day I took her to the prom mom…both her parent's know how I feel but they don't think we should be together…and I think that we should"

Karen sighed and looked up at her oldest son…there was something different in his eyes that wasn't there when he was dating Mindy…so she knew he must be in love.

"Oh Kevin" she started to say when the doorbell rang.

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It took all of Lucy's energy to take her time in getting ready.

First she took a 25 minute shower, then slowly dried her hair hoping that it would look ok for when she went back to Kevin's house.

Then she dug through her suitcases and found a clean pair of flare jeans and dark blue top which also happened to be Kevin's favorite color.

She must have stared at the phone for a few minutes before deciding to call her parents. She picked up the receiver and started to dial when she slammed the receiver down.

Why should she call them now? She would wait to see if they called her because they found out that she was no longer at Jeremy's place anymore…why should she be the one to suffer this time?

It wasn't her fault she found out that her own father lied to her about the one person that she cared for the most.

Taking one last glance at the hotel clock she realized that if she didn't hail a cab now that she would be late in meeting Kevin as his house for lunch…and she didn't feel like making him wait.

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Kevin walked over to the front door and peeked out the window and froze…there stood Mindy…his ex-girlfriend and his ex-wife.

Taking a deep breath he opened the door and placed a fake smile on his face.

"Mindy…long time no see what are you doing here?" he asked her outright.

Mindy's face lit up like a tree…as if she was happy to see him again.

"Kevin" OMG it's so great to see you again" she cried with happiness throwing her arms around him and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Kevin shook her off and threw a glance back at his mom and escorted Mindy out onto the porch shutting the door behind him.

"What do you want?"

"I just wanted to see how you were doing" she replied swinging on the swing

"Bull crap Mindy…you never stop by to see how I'm doing" he growled.

He watched her wince for a moment before she started to speak "All right you caught me" she purred standing up from the swing.

"I want us to get back together Kev…I've been so lonely without you and it sucks…it really does…I miss holding your hand…I miss you kissing me the way you use to…I miss everything about you...about us" she told him running her hand through his hair.

He knocked her hand away from his head and just stared at her…

"I don't want to be with you Mindy…I'm dating someone already and I love her very much" he told her honestly thinking about Lucy.

"Sure you are…I bet she's the cutest little thing you have seen right? Well you know what Kinkirk? She will have to fight her way through me to get to you" she told him before grabbing his face and kissing him hard on the lips.

He pushed her away as soon as he felt her lips on his and looked up…and froze where he was standing with his heart beating a mile a minute…there frozen in place was Lucy who had just arrived at his house and she looked devastated.