She had successfully kept the encroaching daylight away by snuggling further into his arms and burying her face into the dark blue comforter. If she could just keep her eyes shut, the reality that soon she would have to wake up and face the world could possibly be kept at bay. The covers worked for a few minutes, before the incessant buzzing of her cell phone reached her ears. She couldn't even recall actually setting the alarm function last night, then again she didn't recall much after reaching the bed. With a groan, her arm shot out so she could fumble with the keys before finally succeeding in silencing the annoying buzz.

"You don't have to leave." His lips danced over her shoulder blades. Tightening his grip on her waist, he pulled her closer to him. "It's early."

Sighing, she leaned her head back, allowing him to rest his head on her shoulder. "You know why I have to."

"Nope I really don't." He pouted.

"Lucky..." Elizabeth drawled as she managed to turn herself around without causing him to release his grip. Looking into his eyes still thick with sleep, she managed a small smile. "We talked about this."

"No. You talked. I thought you were crazy." He countered, kissing the tip of her nose. "It followed our usual pattern."

"Sure it did. I talked and you attempted to distract me the entire time." Elizabeth giggled. She wasn't going to complain too much when she enjoyed the distraction and maybe encouraged it. Not that she was going to tell him that.

"I don't remember any complaints." Lucky rolled them so she was on her back. He captured her lips in a slow kiss, savoring her taste. Running one hand up her back, he held onto the back of her head as she tilted her head back, giving him access to the slim column of her throat.

Her breath caught as he began to trace a path down her throat, dropping tiny kisses as he went. Of their own volition, her hands gripped his still sleep tousled hair. "Lucky," she whispered when he pressed his lips to her pulse point.

He broke contact with her skin only long enough to meet her eyes and shot her a wink. "Shh," he whispered. "You're thinking too much."

Instead of admitting he had a point, she pulled him towards her, crushing his lips with a greedy kiss. Their limbs became intertwined as they continued to fight for dominance in the kiss. Elizabeth succeeded in rolling them onto Lucky's back, when the shrill electronic buzz began to sound again.

"I thought you turned that off." He groaned as she moved to silence her cell phone for a second time. When she turned around and met his eyes, he fought to suppress a second groan. He recognized that look. She had remembered the point he was trying to make her forget. A sly smile lit up his face as he realized he was just going to work twice as hard to win this argument.

"Must have hit the snooze function instead." Elizabeth shrugged. His smile worried her. He was planning something. He was thinking of how to talk her out of this. She was going to have work fast.

"Must have." Lucky reached out to pull her back to him. "Now I think we were right about here..." He drawled pulling her down for a kiss.

She could feel herself falling back into the temptation to kiss him until her lips were sore, but she was right about this. Giving into one lingering kiss, Elizabeth pulled back and look down at him. "Yes. You were trying to distract me. Again."

"And it was working." Lucky muttered under his breath. "You're being ridiculous. It's early. Just stay."

"I can't." She shook her head stubbornly. "I have to go."

"No you think you have to." He corrected, rubbing his hand up and down her arm. "For the record I disagree."

His light touch was driving her to distraction but she had to be strong. If Robin ever heard of this, her friend was going to question her sanity for sure. But one of them had to think logically about this and just this one time, it was going to be up to her. "Lucky it's time for me to leave."

"It's eight a.m. on a Sunday. It's time for no one to leave." He argued.

"And Cameron is going to be up in an hour. And he's not ready to see me here in the morning." Elizabeth grasped his free hand and brought it up to her lips to kiss his knuckles. "Baby you know he isn't ready for that yet."

"How will he ever be ready if you run away in the morning?"

Elizabeth laughed. "He's barely stopped glaring at me every time I'm here. Can we work on one step at a time here?" She arched her eyebrow at him. "Can I fully believe at least once he doesn't hate me before we move right back to that stage please?"

He fell silent and Elizabeth realized she probably just won her argument. He'd pout, complain and more than likely try to distract her some more, but she didn't think he was going to argue with her anymore on this point. Cameron wasn't ready yet. She had to leave. Elizabeth leaned down and kissed his cheek. "If it helps, I don't want to leave," she whispered into his ear.

It did help, but it didn't mean he had to like this situation. Glancing at the clock, Lucky realized they still had some time before she absolutely had to leave. With a gentle pressure, he pulled her down to him, lightly kissing her lips. Rolling them over once again, he smiled down at her. "I hope you can get ready fast, because I am not letting you go until the very last second."

"He's going to be up soon." Elizabeth reminded Lucky as he pressed her against his front door. It was a miracle Cameron hadn't woken up yet. Then again that had allowed for the double shower.

He felt like he was back in high school again, making out frantically on the front porch of some girl's house before her parents opened the door. Of course now it was his own front door and parents had been replaced with his still adjusting three-year-old. Hearing her sigh, he held onto her hip with one hand as her leg wrapped around his own.

The sound of a television being turned on upstairs alerted them to Cameron's waking up. The three-year-old had mastered turning on the TV by himself but still struggled with telling the difference between the buttons to change the channels and volume. As a result, he often put the TV on full blast without realizing it until it was too late.

Resting her head on his forehead, Elizabeth fought back the giggles. "He's up now."

The volume dropped noticeably followed by a shout of "I forgot!" Elizabeth continued to giggle as Lucky turned back to face her. "I guess I really have to go now." She reached behind her to twist open the door.

Reaching for her, Lucky tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "I'm not going to convince you to stay because he'll be watching Sponge Bob for hours am I?"

Shaking her head no, she took a step outside. Even though Elizabeth knew she had to leave she didn't pull away when he wrapped his arms around her waist. Wrapping her own arms around his neck, she smiled up into his green eyes. "I'll call you later."

"Just call? No visit?"

"I do have to work tomorrow Lucky. And I should probably spend time with my grandmother." She leaned up to kiss him lightly. "You'll survive."

"Fine. Abandon me to live a life." He grumbled good-naturedly. He kissed her, holding it longer than she had. When they parted he dropped a quick kiss on her the tip of her nose. "I love you."

"I love you too." Elizabeth leaned up and kissed him again. Pulling away she managed to untangle herself from his arms and start the walk towards her car.

Across the street the whirl of the camera was the only sound from the non-descript white rental car parked there. The other photographers had laughed at him when he told them he was just going to drive around the small town and look for the elusive Lucky Spencer and his mystery girl. Lucky Spencer was too smart for that, they had scoffed. He was more than likely hiding out in the apartment of Ned and Lois Ashton. Glancing down at the digital display, he grinned. Looks like he got the last laugh. And the first pictures of Lucky Spencer's mystery girl with her face visible to the camera.