Since the show refuses to show Lacey's family, I will do it here. Just a little Clacey/Lara update with a little bit of Dacey text messages. Enjoy, Ladies. I have a huge update coming. It's almost time for their first date. Until then...
Danny took Lacey home after spending quality time together. Lacey returned home in the same manner she left that morning. She was blissfully happy. Ecstatic. On top of the world. Danny had that effect on her. She walked through the door humming. Clara was in the kitchen getting a glass of water. Their mother isn't home yet. Lacey is partly glad because she knows she would probably have to put up with a barrage of questions. Questions she didn't want to answer. She knew her mother would probably drill her bout the time she was spending with Danny. And she hasn't even told her that he's her boyfriend. She'll never understand her agreeing to be his girlfriend so soon. And she would flip the hell out if she knew what just went on. Even though they didn't go too far, they went past innocent hugs and kisses. And she really can't return to just that after what just occurred. And she didn't want to. She wanted to be with Danny. It was just a matter of time. They were about to become as close as two people can possibly get. And she wanted to give herself to him. People would probably call her crazy, but she loved Danny. Just because she happened to have met him a few days ago is irrelevant. She loved him and trusted him. How could she not?
Lacey makes her way to the kitchen and sits on the stool at the island. Clara is standing in front of the refrigerator with a glass in her hand drinking water. She eyes Lacey over the top of her glass. Lacey is sitting there with her Miss America smile.
"Why are you so happy? You were humming this morning, now you're humming again." Clara asks Lacey as she finally stops drinking from her glass.
"No reason." Lacey says, still grinning like crazy.
"Something's up. Why are you smiling so hard?" Clara asks again, knowing that Lacey is keeping something from her.
"No reason." Lacey says again, this time while spinning around on the stool she's sitting on.
Clara knows something is up. She hasn't seen Lacey this happy in years. "So you're not gonna tell me?"
"I want you to guess, Clar Bear." Lacey has finally stopped spinning on the stool, and is now just sitting there with a child like gaze on her face.
"What does it have to do with?" Clara asks her, ready to play the guessing game with her big sister.
"Nope. I'm not giving you any clues, little sister. You're gonna have to figure it out on your own."
"Not even one guess?" Clara says. They've played this game since they both were little, but one of them always gives at least one clue. But Clara has an idea of what it has to do with.
"Nope. You're smart, Clar Bear. You should be able to figure it out with little to no help from me."
"It has to do with Aladdin, doesn't it?" Clara says, with a huge grin of her own on her face.
"His name isn't Aladdin, Clar Bear. But yes, it does have to do with him." Lacey says as her face lights up again, just at the mention of Danny.
Clara thinks for a second. It can't be what she thinks it is. But Lacey is too happy for it to not be that. She doesn't want to make her mad by saying the wrong thing. So she treads lightly. "Danny asked you to marry him?" Clara knows that isn't it, but she loves playing this game with Lacey.
"Wrong. Guess again." Lacey says, eager to make Clara guess what she wants to tell her.
"Danny asked you to be his girlfriend?" Clara hopes that's it. She wants to see her sister be happy.
Lacey lights up like a Christmas Tree. "Yes, he did. But that's not all." Clara is the first person she has told that she and Danny are a couple. He told everybody at school.
Clara starts to squeal the same way Phoebe did when she found out. She's happy for Lacey. "Oh my god! You did it to him, didn't you?"
Lacey looks stunned. Shocked. She reacts like somebody just threw ice water on her. "Clara! You naughty girl! No, I didn't 'do it' to him! And what do you know about 'doing it' anyway?"
Clara looks at Lacey like she's stupid. "Come on Lace Face. I'm 13. Girls my age are doing it and have been for a long time. And don't try to change the subject. I'm right, aren't I?"
"No, you're not right. I didn't have sex with Danny." Lacey admits truthfully.
Clara eyes her sister intensely to see if she's lying. She doesn't seem to be, but she can tell Lacey is hiding something. "Yet."
Lacey locks eyes with Clara to silently tell her that she's right. They have always had a way of speaking without words. They're that close. It used to and still does drive Judy crazy the way they can communicate and she not be aware of what's going on.
"Anyway, you haven't guessed the other part." Lacey eggs her on so she can guess what else has her so happy.
"If you didn't have sex with him, but he's your boyfriend, then what else could it be?" Clara is desperately trying to think of what it is.
"You were sorta on the right path. Dig deeper." Lacey says and they both laugh. Lacey hopes she doesn't have to give her any more clues. She wants Clara to figure it out on her own.
A light bulb goes off in Clara's head. She thinks she has it, but she also thinks it would be crazy if she's right. Well, not that crazy. "Danny told you that he loves you." Clara says it with such finality that she knows she's right.
"Ding, ding, ding! You got it right, Clar Bear." Lacey says to her best friend and sister. So happy to share her joy with her.
"Wow, Lacey. That's great. I'm happy for you." Clara says as she gives Lacey a hug. "It's kinda soon, but he must know how awesome you are. I saw the way he was looking at you. The boy has it bad." They both laugh.
"My friend Phoebe said the same thing. I'm crazy about him too. I love him, Clara." Lacey says it in a way that Clara knows she means it and she's happy that she has someone to love.
"I don't wanna bring up bad memories, but did you tell him?" Clara doesn't know if she wants Lacey to say yss or no, but she knows it's a burden for her sister to carry.
"No, I haven't told him yet. I'm going to soon though since we're getting so close." Lacey looks kind of sad for a moment.
"How do you think he's going to take it?" Clara asks in concern.
"I honestly don't know. But Danny seems to be a really good guy. I really don't know, Clara." Lacey admits with a forlorn expression on her face.
"I'm sure it'll be ok Lace. He loves you, right? Don't worry about it." Clara says as she gives Lacey another hug.
"Hey. I'm the big sister. I'm supposed to give you words of encouragement." Lacey says as she releases her other half from their embrace.
"And you always do, which is why I'll always be here for you too."
"Don't tell Mom that he's my boyfriend yet. She won't understand us being a couple so fast." Lacey says to Clara.
"I won't. She'll probably have a hissy. So you still haven't told me why you're home so late." Clara says as she moves to sit on the other stool next to Lacey.
"Oh. I went to watch Danny at football practice, then I went to his house. You should see it. It looks like a mansion, Clara."
"Is he rich?" Clara asks with big eyes.
"I think so. It doesn't matter though. I don't care if he is, and he's not a snob about it."
"You have got to let me come over and see it one time. I've never been inside a mansion before."
"I'll ask him. He seems to really like you, little sister."
"I like him too. And I like him for you. Does he have a younger brother?" Clara asks, with a cute grin on her face.
"Sorry, Clar. He's an only child." Lacey says as she breaks the news to her.
"Awww man, that sucks." Clara says and they both laugh again.
"How was practice? Do you like your new coach?" Lacey asks as she tries to find out what's been going on with her sister since they moved.
"It was great. And my new coach is awesome too. Her name is Bella Lawson. She went to the Olympics and won a silver medal."
"Wow. That's great Clara. I hope you make it to the next team. It's obvious this coach knows what it takes since she got there."
"I wish." Clara says.
"You'll make it, I"m sure of it." Lacey says as she tries to encourage Clara the same way she has just done for her.
"So what did you do at Aladdin's house?" Clara asks innocently, though she hopes Lacey has something juicy to tell her.
Lacey starts to blush. "Nothing." She says and looks away.
"Yeah, right." Clara says and scoffs. "Did you forget who you're talking to? And you came in here humming like a lovebird."
Lacey is still blushing. "I just had a really good time at his house, that's all." Lacey says, obviously not telling the whole truth.
"Yeah, right." Clara says again. "And what exactly did you do to have a good time at Aladdin's house?"
"We just kissed a little, Clara. That's all." Lacey says, still not giving the entire truth. But Clara doesn't need to know that.
"You guys kissed a lot yesterday, and you weren't humming and smiling like this then. Were you dressed the whole time you were at his house?" Clara asks.
No.
"Of course I was Clara." She lies.
"Was he?" Clara asks while eyeing her sister suspiciously. She knows she's holding something back.
Nope.
"Yes he was, Mom. His parents were there. And guess what? His mother is the woman mom knows that we saw at the diner when we first moved here." Lacey says, desperately trying to change the subject.
"Really? So Mom knows his mom. That's weird."
"I know. I saw their yearbook. Mom's picture is right next to hers. They were cheerleaders together." Lacey hopes Clara hasn't picked up on the fact that she changed the subject.
"Awesome. And I know you changed the subject to get out of telling me what really happened." Clara says as she gets up to leave the kitchen. "I want details soon, though."
Lacey laughs. "Yes, Clar Bear."
Lacey is in her room taking off her clothes to get ready for bed when her phone chimes, alerting her of a text message. It's from Danny.
I miss you.
I miss you too Danny.
What are you doing?
Taking my clothes off.
I'm on my way over.
You're kidding, right?
Yes and no.
You're so silly.
Well send me a pic then.
Goodnight, Danny. Lacey laughs as she's typing out the message.
Goodnight, Lacey. And don't wear any stockings tomorrow. ;)