Chapter 9
'Psst...'
A stone hit the wall of Eugenia's bedroom with a thud.
'Psst... Eugenia! Eugenia!'
Eugenia groggily got out of bed and stuck her head out of the window.
'Shane!' she called down. 'What're you doing here! It's like 6 o'clock in the morning!'
She rubbed her eyes and tried to focus without her glasses at the blonde boy standing on her front lawn.
'I just wanted to say... good morning!' he cried out with a goofy grin.
'You came all this way... to tell me that?' she laughed.
'Yep!' he said stretching out his arms and yawning. 'Well, I'll see ya' in school...'
Eugenia scratched her head and giggled.
'I'll see ya' in school then.'
She reached up, looking towards the morning sky.
So this is what it feels like, to belong.
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They were silent for a few moments, feeling each other breathe, just being happy in each other's presence.
There was a loud door slam.
'Did you hear that?' Eugenia said jumping up from her position on Shane's lap
'Yep that one I heard,' he replied jumping up as well.
'Quick! You gotta get out of here!' she called running over to open the back door of the basement. She stuffed an umbrella in his hands.
'Quick!' she called practically pushing him out of the door.
'Eugenia?' he called sticking his head back in the doorway.
'What!' she asked urgently.
'I love you,' he said.
She looked at him, with no words to express how she really felt.
How she wish she could tell him how he made her world come alive, how he left her breathless with each kiss, gasping for air - in a good way. How her heart felt so full she could finally let go of the emptiness in her soul.
'Eugenia!' a loud deep-throated voice echoed from the top of the stairway.
She turned around and shut the door behind her.
'Hello Lucas,' she smiled innocently up at him.
And there, standing on the top of the stairs stood Lucas Scott.