AN: Hey guys! Sorry that this chapter took me some months (oh my dear...) but now, here it finally is! Chapter 7! Although it is very short and yeah I don't know whether I should like this one or not, I hope that you do (Just let me know, by hitting that little review button down there ;) you'll make my day!)! Maybe you can remember a bit of chapter 6 and my plot but yeah, just enjoy some Lucket fluff :)

And thanks a lot to all my readers who can deal with my infrequent uploads (sorry again...).

So guys, enjoy :)

Disclaimer: Oh Fox, btw I hate you.

Chapter 7: Inveigled

After we had enjoyed the stars at the sky, we had to get up again and find a safe place for the night. We couldn't stay there and sleep because we were still too near to the Sixers' camp. So we walked through the dark jungle, but we didn't hurry. It didn't hurt to walk, but it just really annoyed me to hike through the endless jungle every day. At some point it began to be so boring that I started counting the trees we'd passed. Lucas wasn't a big help, he could've tried to make our journey a bit more interesting, but he didn't say a word. Then I had to remember that we weren't doing this because we wanted to. I remembered the seriousness of this situation and the reason why we moved on. I had to think about the Sixers, the reason for our nightly walks. I concluded that the faster I walked, the earlier we'd reach our destination; Lucas's destination.

I didn't know where we were headed, and I just trusted him. I knew that he would lead us to a safer place where we could stay for at least a couple of days. I was tired of escaping and tired of hiding. Everything was difficult enough for me, but the Sixers made it even more difficult to get through these two weeks. I watched Lucas show me the way as he walked in front of me through the bushes. Carefully, I followed him trying to make as little noises as possible which wasn't easy because of the rustling grass.

The next thing I noticed were little raindrops falling down on me. The cold water ran down my face. The trees protected us from the rain, but we couldn't entirely hide. The time passed and the rain got heavier. The atmosphere was lonely and in a certain way peaceful, but the weather and the darkness made it seem kind of dangerous. Then I felt bigger and bigger raindrops roll through my hair onto my face, wetting my clothes. Lucas didn't even try to stay dry while I covered my head with my hands. I didn't want me or my clothes to be wet because I knew that if they were wet once it was really difficult to dry them again, and because of the current weather conditions, we wouldn't be able to let the sun dry them. Lucas and I continued walking, though I wanted to stop. At some point I had had enough.

"Lucas? We should take shelter anywhere, it isn't going to stop raining," I suggested.

"I think we should move on. Maybe it will stop raining, I'm sure it will," he told me and gestured me to come next to him. I did so and felt one arm on my back pushing me forwards. He knew that I wanted to complain and made me move again. The foliage under our feet was very muddy and the rain got even heavier when we reached another glade. The glade wasn't large, but I liked it because it was a great feeling to reach a place where the thick canopy above us just ripped open and we were under the night sky. As a consequence, it was literally raining cats and dogs there.

I didn't care that there were no trees which could protect us from the rain as my clothes and my whole body were already wet. I was very cold and shook, but in a strange way it comforted me to feel the rough nature on my skin. It made my thoughts clearer and brought me back to reality. It felt very familiar to me and kept me awake. Suddenly everything became more vivid, and I felt very lively again.

"Have you ever danced in the rain?" I asked Lucas. This question had suddenly popped into my mind, and I couldn't resist asking him. He was very confused when he heard my question.

"No, I've never done it," he replied enquiringly.

"Well, me too," I smiled. We still stood at the beginning of the glade when I took one step forward and turned around to look at him. I had a girly look on my face when I chuckled. As I looked at Lucas, he had a very perplexed look on his face and didn't know what was happening. I took his hands and pulled him a little further into the glade. I saw that he was kind of puzzled.

"Come on," I said. He shook his head, but he still had his typical Lucas-smile on his face.

"Bucket, please," he pleaded quietly. Though I've never been a very romantic or girly type of person, I thought this was a good idea. My friends had told me that in Terra Nova I was known for my sudden and crazy ideas and my adventurous image. I just liked to try new and different things.

"Yeah, seriously, come on," I repeated. Then he let me guide him to the middle of the glade. I pretended that we were wearing a beautiful gown and a dark suit while we were standing in the middle of a huge ball room with a lot of candles and soft piano music.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the ball is opened," I announced. I knew that I sounded utterly weird, but I really enjoyed it. I chuckled again. "May I ask you to dance with me?"

"Well, the honour's all mine," he answered smiling.

I started to hum a melody and began to do the first step. Lucas did a quite good job for a person who had lived cut off from any real civilization for five years. Although he was still confused, he danced better than I had expected, but I must admit that I really enjoyed being the one who was in charge.

We did this for some time until he leaned into me.

"You're so crazy, Bucket," he whispered into my ear, and I smiled. We danced and danced until we fell into a trance. At the end, we only stepped from side to side to the repeating melody in our heads.

When we finally stopped moving around and stood in the middle of the glade, we looked deep into each other's eyes. I couldn't stop smiling because I was very happy.

And then it happened again. I got totally lost in his jade green eyes. You could find every shade of green in them, from the fresh green of grass to emerald diamonds. I felt like a fool and imagined how silly I must've looked. I stood there without moving, only my chest was lifting and sinking regularly, but I just didn't care. It reassured me that he didn't do anything different. Now I had him there, looking so calm and lovely at me, his Bucket. I was pretty sure that he was thinking similar things.

For the next minutes, we just stood there while we still held each other's hands in front of us. I tightened my grip when he moved his head towards the side of my neck. The only thing I was feeling at this moment was his warm breathe on my wet skin. Then I couldn't resist burying my head in his chest, and I wasn't able to think clearly anymore. I closed my eyes and felt his steady heartbeat. Before my thoughts drifted back to Taylor, Lucas suddenly made me tumble a few steps back until he lifted me and carried me to the next tree. When my feet reached the ground again, he looked at me seductively. My cheeks blushed slightly and my heart made a big jump. Shortly after, Lucas grabbed my wrists and pushed them against the tree roughly. Without any hesitation, he brought his lips to mine. We just drowned in the sensations of each other, and I didn't care about anything anymore. Suddenly he let go my hands, and I crossed them behind his neck. Then he suddenly took off his jacket, which was completely soaked anyway. Only few seconds later, my jacket joined his on the muddy ground.

Then we broke the kiss, and I gasped for air. I was totally out of breath. Lucas gently tugged one strand of hair behind my ear when I moved my hands down his chest.

"Bucket," he whispered. The sound of his voice sent shivers down my spine.

"Lucas," I replied tracing his jaw line. In this moment, I didn't want anything more than to continue like this eternally.

Just when I pulled him at his shirt closer to me, he placed tiny kisses on my cheek and carefully touched my waist. My wet clothes clung to my body, and I felt the freezing wind creeping through my shirt. Shortly after that I began to shake. To keep the cold away, I pressed my body against his and wrapped my arms around his neck. Neither he nor I moved.

"We should find a better place to spend the night. Ok?" he asked me. I felt his scruffy face just barely touch my face. He brushed his lips against my cheek and just released his grip a little. I didn't want to let him go.

We collected our jackets and the rucksack on the ground and left the glade behind. We didn't say a word on the way. Like always, I just followed Lucas who took my hand now. It had to be around four o'clock when we stopped at a small meadow circled by trees. On one side was a fallen tree trunk.

"It would take us too long to reach my next shelter, so I'm afraid we have to sleep here. I'll light a camp fire over there." Lucas whispered into my ear and gestured to the tree trunk. The whole time I clutched at his arm and leaned against his shoulder because I was very tired and cold. When I reached the tree trunk I sat down there while he lit the fire.

Suddenly guilt overcame me and reminded me of what all this was about. It rushed through my head like ice cold water and woke me up. All the little voices whispered in my head and told me what I was supposed to do and what not. I should stay loyal to Taylor, just run away and forget all this. I should hide near the gates of Terra Nova and wait until the soldiers pick me up. I already was a traitor of Taylor, and kissing his abhorred son wasn't the best solution to restore our friendship again.

I thought about this solution, but this plan wasn't very safe. The plan already failed at the fact that I didn't know where we were and where I had to go to find Terra Nova. I doubted that it was possible for me to find the colony without any help and that I could reach it in a short time. But the main reason was that I couldn't resist staying with Lucas. I'd never actually thought about making out with Taylor's son and it actually already felt weird to think about that.

But, before I met Lucas, I was unaware of what kind of person Taylor was. If Taylor really loved me, why did he banish me? Seriously, no loving father would ever send his daughter to the jungle or could stand the thought of knowing that she was in danger. So why did he do that to me? It's his own fault that I met Lucas, and it is my decision which person I'm with. I felt how Lucas had begun to change me. But did he change me to good or to bad?

I knew that the day will come where I have to decide who is most important to me. I dreaded to know which person I was going to choose.

"Come sit next to the fire with me," Lucas ripped me out of my thoughts and pointed to his side. "It's warm here and our clothes have to dry until we move on tomorrow."