-1Chapter 2

If Things Were Different

Lucky walked upstairs and knocked on Emilys door. Emily rubbed her eyes, and closed her book, placing it beside her. "Come in." she called. She looked up and saw Lucky standing there. "Lucky, what happened ?" she asked jumping off of the bed. "Sit down, Ill get you some ice." Emily returned and placed the ice pack on his cheek.

"Who did this to you ?" Emily questioned. "Nikolas." Lucky mumbled under his breath. "What, why ?" "I left the PCPD early, and I was going to surprise Elizabeth. I arranged for Audrey to watch the kids so we could have a night out alone. I came home and found my wife kissing Nikolas, they were all over each other, God knows what would have happened if I didnt walk in when I did." Lucky explained furiously. "Oh, Lucky, Im so sorry." Emily offered wrapping her arm around him.

Emily was well aware of the fact Nikolas and Elizabeth had done this before. Emily and Nikolas were already separated when it happened the first time, and now their divorce was nearly final. Nikolas didnt owe her anything, and he was free to be with whom he wanted, with the exclusion of his brothers wife. It shocked her that they would deliberately hurt Lucky again.

"Em, I hate to ask you this, since you just moved back here yourself, but is there any way I could stay here for a while ?" "Of course you can, youre always welcome here." "Thank you, are you sure your family wont mind ?" Lucky asked. "No, theyll be fine with it." Emily assured him. "Thank you, Emily. I cant kick Elizabeth out of the apartment for the kids sake." Emily nodded in agreement.

"Youre a wonderful husband and father, and you work so hard to support your family. You deserve so much better than this." "I really appreciate you listening to all of this." Lucky said hugging her. "Youre my best friend, I would do anything for you, you know that."

"Why couldnt I have ended up with you ?" Lucky blurted out. "What ?" Emily said, taken aback by his abrupt declaration. The thought had crossed her own mind on several occasions since her divorce proceedings began. "Im sorry, I didnt mean to upset you. It must just be the anger taking." "You didnt upset me, but honestly, did you mean it ?" Emily asked curiously." "I dont know, maybe, theres just so much on my mind right now." Lucky replied. Emily nodded.

"Let me show you to your room." Emily said picking up one of his bags. Lucky nodded and followed her down the hallway. "Im sorry for pressuring you about what you said, I should have just let it go." Emily said, hoping that she did a good enough job of covering the disappointment in her voice. "Dont apologize, its fine." Emily opened the door to his room and flipped the light on. "Okay, you need to get some rest. Good night, Lucky." "Good night, Emily. Thank you for everything." "Your welcome." Emily said, walking back to her room.

Emily opened her bedroom door, pushed the book off of her bed and climbed under the covers. She closed her eyes, wondering if she was reading more into what Lucky said than she should be.

Lucky slipped his jeans off and got into bed wearing boxers and a tee shirt. He too was questioning the statement he made earlier. Did he mean it, or was he just so angry that he didnt think before he opened his mouth ? "Ill worry about it in the morning." he thought to himself, hoping he hadnt hurt Emily, that was the last thing he wanted.

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