The Smart One—

Lucy inherited her father's worth ethic. She sat diligently in the library every day, constantly thinking about the next step in her life and how she wanted to be just like her father. She would work in the Ministry too.

She studied night and day; her nose was always in a book, and her best friend Lorcan was always with her. He was always reading too and they constantly exchanged books. But then he started dating Bethany and he was never there, always with her, and Lucy went crazy.

She found herself not studying, for once in her life, and she constantly asked why Lorcan was dating "that brunette bimbo". He told her that she was fun to be around and made him laugh.

Well, she could do that. Merlin knows she made Lorcan laugh before. And then Lucy realized, she was smart, but she didn't have a clue how to get the guy she liked. She wished she would be pretty like Vic or funny like Dom, but all she had going for her was her smarts.

So she tried dumbing herself down for him and she told stupid jokes. He looked at her funny and started to distance himself from her. She nearly cried and ran to the library, burying her nose in a book, like the way she always did, and did her research meticulously, making sure to leave nothing out. But she never realized her mistake.

And that would be her little secret: some things you just can't learn, no matter how smart you are.