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Ben and Kevin made sure that Lucy and Mary got onto their flight back to Glenoak before they both split up to do their own things.

The first thing on Kevin's mind was to go and talk to his boss about a transfer to Glenoak and somehow within that day he managed to get one to the Glenoak Police Department with help from Rev. Camden and his friend Detective Michaels. He asked them to keep it a secret from Lucy so when he showed up two weeks later on a Sunday night with his bags in tow it shocked her.

He had given up his life on the East Coast just to be with her. He gave up his family, friends and job to be near her and she knew then at that moment that they were meant to be together.

So this is where the story starts up again…two years later with two people who are very much in love with each other. One of whom is expecting the greatest surprise of them all.

Walking up slowly on the attic staircase Kevin paused every few moments to make sure that Lucy was still asleep.

He reached the top of the stairs and leaned up against the doorframe watching the woman he loved sleeping peacefully knowing that in only a few hours her dreams were going to come true.

He crept softly across the wooden floor hoping that if there were any creaks in the floorboards that they would wait until he delivered his package.

He put a large square box at the end of her bed and placed three red roses on top of them with a crisp, clean, beige envelope lying on top.

Kevin turned around for one last quick look at her before he made a swift and final exit out of the attic.

"When I fall in Love, It Will Be Forever," was the thought drifting through Lucy's mind as she dreamed of how it would be when Kevin had finally asked her to marry him, when he would ask THE question that they both had been waiting for.

She had felt someone put something on her bed but she was too tired to wake up to see who it was. She figured it was her mom putting her laundry on her bed letting her know that it needed to be put away.

Rolling over to the right she sneaked a peek at the clock. It was only 9 am. Groaning she threw the covers off and swung her feet and they landed against the cold wooden floorboards. Shivering just a little bit she stood up and that's when she spotted the roses, envelope and the large box.

Squealing out loud like a little kid on Christmas she jumped back on the bed and started to smell the roses.

"What the--?" she wondered out loud before opening the envelope.

"Lucy Goosey," the letter started out.

"Happy Valentines Day. I'm sorry that I didn't have today off, so we can't spend the day together since I have to work late. How about dinner tonight instead? I'll pick you up at 7."

Love, Kevvy

P.S. Here is an early Valentines Day gift

"What a dork" she thought, seeing how he signed his name. Reaching over and placing the card on her nightstand next to the picture of her and Kevin with their arms around each other on the beach that was taken just that past summer.

Untying the bow that was attached to the box, she slowly lifted the top of the box to reveal a black dress.

Gasping, Lucy took the dress out and swiftly got up off the bed and moved towards the full length mirror and held it up to her.

It was a plain, V neck, black dress that was just past her knees.

"Kevin you have out done yourself this time," she muttered, walking over to the closet that she shared with Ruthie and hung it up on a hanger and brought it back out and hung it from the full length mirror before skipping down towards the attic stairs knowing that nothing could ruin her day.

Kevin was sweating…he was really sweating. He was so nervous, not because he was going to ask Lucy to marry him but of what Matt would say when he called to tell him the news.

He put his hand out to reach for the phone, and then drew it back in again, reached out for it again and drew it back in.

"Oh my god, would you just pick up the damn phone already?" his partner replied giving Kevin a dirty look.

Kevin just rolled his eyes and pushed his seat back and stood up. "If you need me I'll be outside making a phone call," he told her grabbing onto his cell phone and walking out of the police department and into the hallway.

With his hands shaking terribly, Kevin managed to grab a hold of his cell phone, dialed a number and put his cell phone up to his ear.

He heard the phone ring, once, twice, three times, he was almost free, four, fi—, that's when he realized someone had answered the phone.

"Hello?"

Kevin cleared his throat. "Hi, I'm looking for Matt Camden."

"Matt's not here right now, can I take a message?"

Kevin hesitated for a minute. "I'll umm…yeah I'll leave a message."

The women laughed. "Alright just give me a second and I'll grab a pen."

Kevin tapped his foot lightly against the pavement waiting for the women to return to the phone.

"All right, I found a pen so go ahead whenever your ready."

Kevin froze. How do you tell your best friend that you have been dating his younger sister, the younger sister he told you to leave alone and forget about?

"Hello? Are you still there?" he heard the women ask.

He knew that Annie and Rev. Camden always talked to him but did they ever tell him? Did Mary ever say anything to him? What about Lucy?

"Hello?" the women repeated sounding puzzled this time.

Kevin quickly recovered "I'm sorry, um…will you let Matt know that Kevin Kinkirk called and when he gets a chance can he call him back immediately? It's well kind of important."

The women was quiet for a minute "Kevin…your name sounds familiar I'm sure Matt mentioned you once before."

Kevin laughed nervously "I hope it was good things," he joked, praying that'd he would have a fast excuse to get off the phone.

The women paused. "It must have been," she laughed.

"Oh! Did you want Matt's cell phone number?"

"Umm…that's ok I can wait for him to call me" Kevin replied nervously.

Beep.

"Oh well I have to go," Kevin told her without saying goodbye, a habit he had quickly picked up by living with the Camden's.

"Kinkirk Speaking."

"I love you," he heard Lucy speak softly into the phone.

A smile curled up around his face. "I love you to," he replied.

"Do you know what time your coming home later?" Lucy asked him.

Kevin paused and pretended to think about it. "Well I'm not sure but I know I'll be home a little after 7. I promised Detective Michaels I'd stay and do some extra work since I was leaving early to spend Valentines Day with my other girlfriend," he teased.

"Awww how cute. I hope you two have a wonderful evening," Lucy replied mockingly with a little bit of laughter in her voice. "Well I guess I'd better go I don't have to much to do but I think I forgot to buy you a card," she admitted to him sheepishly.

"Gee, thanks I love you too," he replied sarcastically hanging up the phone.

He walked back into the police department and sat down at his desk and started to flip through the paper work that he had left behind to call Matt.

"So did you call him?" his partner wanted to know.

"Yes."

"And?"

"And nothing…he wasn't home," Kevin replied without looking up from the paperwork.

"That's too bad," his partner replied, putting her head down to read the paper work that was in front of her

A few moments went by when Kevin thought he heard a cough that suspiciously sounded like "chicken" coming from his partners mouth.

"Did you say something Roxanne?"

Roxanne glanced up from her work "No, I didn't say a word," she replied innocently and looked back down at her paperwork.

Kevin went back to reading when a few minutes later he heard it again.

"Chicken."

"Damn it Roxanne would you knock it off already?"

"Knock what off, Kinkirk?" Roxanne replied sweetly batting her eyelashes.

"The chicken stuff…I'm not a chicken…I couldn't help it if Matt wasn't home"

"Did that women offer a cell number?"

"Well…yeah but it's not really that important"

Roxanne gave a laugh "Not that important? Umm…Hello earth to Kevin! Where have you been living? In the stone ages? It's not everyday that Lucy gets proposed to…especially by her older brother's best friend." She emphasized.

"Yeah but—"

"Are you not listening to me? You and Lucy have broken like every rule in the sibling's handbook and you don't think you should tell Matt?"

Kevin clenched and unclenched his jaw. "How I handle my problem with Matt is nothing more than my problem."

"No it's more like yours and Lucy's problem now…or well it will be later tonight" Roxanne replied haughtily before pushing her chair back, standing up and exiting the office, leaving Kevin to pound his head on the desk trying to figure out why he was doing this.

It was already 7:30, Kevin was no where to be found and Lucy still wasn't ready. At least she was dressed but she still had rollers in her hair and was staring at the mirror when she heard a noise behind her.

"Oh dad!" she exclaimed putting a hand to her chest "You scared me"

Eric smiled "I'm sorry, I just wanted to see what you were up to on Valentines Day"

Lucy sighed as she stopped applying mascara to her eyelashes "I was getting ready for my date tonight with Kevin. But—"she stopped as she glanced at the clock which read 7:39.

"Don't worry Luce I'm sure he'll show up" Eric replied sitting at the end of the bed.

Silence filled the air between them for a while as Lucy finished putting the last of her makeup on, got out of the chair and walked over to the closet and pulled out a pair of black shoes before returning to the attic bedroom.

"Is…Is there something wrong?" Eric finally asked.

Lucy shook her head as she tried to put one of the shoes on her left foot. Only to discover that it was the wrong shoe. "I can't take this anymore!" she cried throwing the shoes into the corner.

"Can't take what?"

"This, me, him, us! I don't know what to think anymore dad!" she cried sobbing as she sat down next to Eric.

"Think about who?" Eric replied quite confused.

"Kevin and I. I love him so much dad but every time I pester him about getting married or even engaged he always changes the subject…it's like he doesn't want to marry me at all" she cried pushing her face into her dad's chest.

Eric gave a short smile. In a few hours he knew his little girls tears would go away…

"Rev. Camden?" Kevin questioned knocking on his office door "Can I talk to you for a second?" Kevin asked him looking and feeling very nervous.

Eric peered at him from behind his glasses "Sure, come on in," he replied pushing his laptop to the side and taking his glasses off.

Kevin stuck his head out the door one last time and gave the hallway one quick sweep of his eyes before he came back into Eric's office and shut the door firmly.

"What do you need Kevin?"

Kevin squirmed in his chair feeling like a little kid all over again. "I…well…I wanted to know," Kevin tried to stammer out.

Eric just gave him a smile. "Whenever your ready."

Kevin just nodded and took a deep breath "IwantedtoaskyourpermissiontoaskLucytomarryme," he said in one breath.

Eric just laughed. "Kevin, take another breath and repeat what you just said. I don't speak gibberish"

Kevin swallowed which felt like his braveness down to the bottom of his stomach. "I wanted to ask your permission to ask Lucy to marry me," he said slowly without looking Eric in the eye.

Eric felt like he had been hit with a ton of bricks. This was the first time that anyone had ever asked to marry one of his daughters. This was the first time that he realized that he was going to have to let one of them go…but he didn't expect it to be his middle daughter.

Eric took his glasses off slowly, not speaking a word towards Kevin and placed them neatly back into their case. "Almost 2 years ago I thought we were almost at this spot. Lucy had just turned 18, was graduating high school, and you were here taking her to her Senior Prom. I remember telling you on the way to the airport that I didn't think she was done growing up…I still don't but—"Eric paused trying to see what Kevin's reaction was.

Except he didn't get what he wanted to see. Instead he saw Kevin, sitting in the chair, straight as could be, looking at him with both of his eyes. He couldn't read what kind of reaction he was getting. Only Kevin would know.

Kevin listened as Rev.Camden gave him some sort of a speech about Lucy not done growing up. That's when he felt his heart drop into the bottom of his stomach with a loud THUD. All of his hopes and dreams were going to be dashed because her father didn't think she was done growing up. His mind was on how he was going to have to break the news to Lucy that they wouldn't ever get a chance to get married because of her dad. He was so intent on listening to himself he hadn't heard Eric continue to speak.

"I still don't think she's done growing up but I can tell the difference in my daughter, day after day she comes bounding into the house, happier than she has ever been" Eric paused and looked at Kevin.

"Sir—"Kevin started to croak out.

"Kevin, you asked for my permission and I'm going to give it to you," Eric said firmly.

"You…You mean it?" Kevin asked looking quite stunned.

Eric nodded "You're the best thing that ever happened to Lucy and I don't think that true love should ever escape," he said softly.

Kevin blinked. He couldn't believe it. He was finally going to ask Lucy the one question that he had been dying to ask since the day he was in elementary school.

Kevin jumped out of the chair and had his hand on the door handle before he heard someone calling his name.

"Kevin?"

"Yeah?" he replied turning around.

"Do you know?" Eric asked.

Kevin shook his head.

"When?"

Kevin smiled "Valentines Day" and with that he opened the door and walked out of Eric's office and started to look for Ruthie. He had a ring to shop for.

Eric was still cradling Lucy, letting her cry for as long as she needed to when the phone rang.

Eric reached around Lucy and answered it. "Hello?"

"Reverend Camden? It's Kevin. I'm on my way to the restaurant now if you want to leave"

"Uh huh, ok…well I'm sorry but we are not interested. Thank you" Eric told Kevin, hanging up the phone.

"Who was that?"

Eric smiled at his daughter "It was just a telemarketer. Anyways, your mom and I decided to take Sam, David, Robbie, Ruthie and Simon out for pizza. Care to join us?"

Lucy took a look at the clock which now read 8:08. Still kind of pissed at Kevin for being late on Valentines Day she shook her head "Yeah, I'll come just give me a second to fix my makeup," she replied standing up and walking back over to the Vanity and sat down.

"We'll be waiting," Eric replied taking one last look at his daughter before he headed down the stairs.