Clare knocked on a door. A little kid opened it
"Hi Aunt Clare." he said
"Hey Danny, is your mom home?"
"Yes, mommy Aunt Clare is here." the boy who was only about 5 ran away when his mom came to the door.
"Clare, my this is a nice surprise." she hugged her old friend
"Hi Alli, yes a surprise, but I don't know about a nice one."
"What's up Clare?" she said as Clare came in and sat on her coach
"So listen I need to ask a favor."
"Anything." Alli said
"I need to crash here."
"What?" Alli was shocked
"Just for 2 months."
"Why?"
"I cant say." "Come on Clare, what happened in Vegas?" Clare looked up
"What makes you think that something happened?" "Well Alex said you left. After running into an old high school boyfriend." then Alli looked up "Oh no! it wasn't.." Alli looked intrigued
"Wasn't who?" "It wasn't KC was it?" Clare couldn't look at Alli, and she knew "OH MY GOD! You ran into KC?"
"Sorta." she said
"Oh you have to tell." "Well we talked and laughed and had a few drinks and the next thing I knew we were married. There end of story." Clare tried to leave. Alli stopped her.
"Wait you and KC?"
"Yes. Alli what am I going do? I have spent the last 10 years with no KC and now I see him and all of a sudden I am married? God I am the worst person ever! What am I going to do about Mike? How do I even tell him?" "Clare breathe. Just get it annulled." "Oh gee why didn't I think of that?" she said her voice dripping with sarcasm. "I tried to call the cops, but they all know him. They congratulated me." she said
"Ok I knew KC could be a bad ass, but all the police knowing him.. Yikes" "Alli, he is a fire fighter." Clare said
"You mean one our worlds most bravest and musselist?" Alli said
"Yes. Alli what am I going to for? We are bond by the laws of marriage, that son of a bitch fireman is never gonna leave."
"Never?" "Yes, well he thinks that there is a part of me that still loves him. He will leave of after 2 months I still don't love him. Or whenever Mike comes back."
"Well 2 months will be over before you know it." Alli said
"What?! Your not even gonna help?" "Fine. Give the papers. I will get him to sign them."………………………………................................................................................................
Alli knocked on Clare's door. KC opened it
"Alli? Alli Bandari? Holy crap good to see you." he said and hugged her
"Actually its Jones."
"Congrats." he said
"Enough small talk KC, I am here to talk about Clare." "I know, hey am I not the luckiest guy ever? Can you believe after all the drama crap, Clare and I are finally together." "Ok, KC you gotta go. Clare is getting married. I think you are getting things mixed up in that pretty little head of yours." Alli said
"So you admit I'm pretty?" KC said
"Come on KC, 5 years ago I would have encouraged this, but Clare has a good guy with Mike. You have to go." "Come on, Alli. Looked you are like me, you're a gut follower, so when your gut is telling something you listen. And my gut so screaming don't let her slip through my fingers again." KC explained
"But her is saying the opposite." "Alli give me 2 months to win her back if you see that I am no good for her, I will leave." he said
"Fine. But I will not out right support this." KC smiled
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2 weeks later.
Clare tried to avoid KC as best as possible. Until Clare was making some food and KC came in.
"How was your day honey?" he said sitting on the other side of her island
"KC stop that." she said
"Come on Clare we said we would give this marriage a shot. Might as well have some fun." he said
"Why don't you dropped dead?" "Why don't you make me." he said teasing
"God you are so annoying." she said
"Oh my." he said
"What?"
"This is our first fight as a husband and wife. Oh you want to make up?" he hinted to the bedroom.
"Have you always been this much of an ass or am I just noticing that now."
"Come on Clare, once upon, you would have laughed and hit me." "Yeah that was then."
"Swedish fish." KC said after 5 minutes of silence
"What?" "You used to love Swedish fish." "You remember that?" Clare asked surprised
"Yeah. Hey remember when Dave dared you to see how many you could eat before getting sick?" he laughed
"Yeah." Clare laughed too. "3 huge bags."
"You were so sick. I remember holding your hair back when you were throwing up." KC said
"Yeah. I thought that was sweet. I mean I was dating Jack. You were still there for me." "I will always be there for you." he said and he put his hand over hers.
"Yeah." she just stared into his gorgeous eyes.
"Clare?" he said
"Yeah?"
"Your food is burning." she looked over at it
"Oh crap." she turned them all off only to burn her hand." "Ow!!" she said
"Come here." he said and brought her hand over the sink and turned on the water.
"Ow KC it hurts." she said then she looked up t him. His body was next to hers. She felt her whole body freeze. "It hurts so bad." her face was within inches from his. A desire that had been dormant was trying to take control of Clare. She snapped out of it "I am fine. I gotta go to bed. I am so tried." she ran up the stairs and closed her door. She tried to breathe. She saw KC pants on her floor. "Ok you." she said to the pants as if he was KC "I am still attracted to you? Happy? Son of a bitch fireman." she said
KC was trying to get his mind form spinning. He was slowly in. he smiled
How close to breaking is Clare? As the tension between KC and Clare builds, how long will Clare be able to deny her feelings?