This is just a one chapter story that I just started writing - I wasn't
going to finish it, but I did, and so now I'm posting it, This is my first
story written in perspective so I would really value your comments. If it's
bad tell me so that I can improve it.
Disclaimer - This was written simply for entertainment, most of the beginning quotes came from 7th heaven's season finale, and the characters belong to the wb not me.
"you coming to bed?" I called to her, not knowing what else to say, but dying to know what had been bothering her. She came out a moment later with a fake smile - I could tell she was worried about something - but what? I asked myself.
"Where's Mary why didn't she come home?" I asked - I knew that asking her what was going on wouldn't work -so I tried asking about Mary - hoping it would lead into a conversation of what was going on with her.
"She's staying with." Her voice trailed off and I immediately knew that what she was going to say wouldn't be true -at least not completely, " a friend" she finished.
"You know you can tell me anything" I prompted, trying to get her to tell me something, anything at all.
"I'm too tired to talk tonight, let's just sleep." She replied, her voice was filled with worry, and I too was getting worried - what was wrong with her?
Slowly she crawled into bed, and as she did, my worry escalated, I could see the fear in her eyes, the tension in her body - something wasn't right, it was instead very very wrong.
She law down facing away from me - something she had never done before. A million questions raced through my mind, but I knew there was no use asking - all she would say was nothing, or lets talk later.
I leaned over to kiss her cheek, wanting her to know that I was there for her, that I would help her get through what ever it was. But again she pushed me away, "just sleep." She answered softly. I rolled over and looked up at the ceiling - I wanted to help her, to console her and just to know - but none of these things were possible if she wouldn't talk to me.
She quickly fell asleep, after she was asleep I leaned over to look at her face. But her face was not as it usually was, it was stained with tears. I gently stroked her shoulder, knowing it would do nothing, but somehow it made me feel better, it was the first time I had touched her all day.
The next morning, I had to do some work at the station, so I assumed that I would be awake before Lucy, but that morning, she was gone.
"Luce?" I whispered softly into the dark morning, but there was no reply. I crawled out of bed and looked around the apartment. There was a note on the table,
I went to the store, be back later.
-Lucy Lucy had written me numerous notes such as this - just to let me know where she was, but never had one ended in Lucy. It was always love Lucy, or I love you, or I'll be back as soon as I can, never later.
Did I do something wrong? I questioned myself - racking my brain of the last few days - but I could come up with nothing. Not knowing what else to do, I took a shower and got dressed. It was then that Simon came upstairs.
"Christine is gone." He said, accusation in his voice. After talking to him for a little while later, he left, leaving me to think about Christine - was that why Lucy was mad at me? Was she mad that I had told Matt about her? No - I thought, dismissing the thought, she had wanted Simon to know. I waited outside for as long as I could before leaving for work, but finally I had to go, so I left. Maybe she'll talk to me when I get home. I thought optimistically - but knowing it was not likely.
~
"Kinkirk? What's up with you?" Roxanne asked, looking at me like I was crazy.
"Oh. Sorry." I said snapping out of my day dream, I wanted to ask Roxanne what was wrong with Lucy, but I didn't think I could take another person knowing and not telling me - I had called Mary earlier this morning, but she wouldn't tell me anything.
Somehow I managed to get through the day, but I had so much work to do, and it didn't help that it was taking twice as long as normal, because I kept thinking about Lucy all day long.
When I finally finished, it was almost time to go to the pool hall, so I just headed over there. When I got there Annie, Ruthie, the twins, Matt and Mary were sitting at a table but the rest of the family was missing.
I walked up to them, "where's Lucy?" I asked, dying to see her - even if I couldn't talk to her.
"We don't know." Annie said, her voice giving let to the fact that she was slightly worried, "Neither she, Eric, or Simon are here yet."
I was immediately worried, was Lucy driving? She had seemed so distracted lately - did she get into an accident? Was she sick? Not wanting to worry Annie or anyone else, I pulled out my cell phone, "I'm sure they're just running late." I told Annie - trying to hid my fear as I dialed the Camden number.
After several rings, Eric picked up the phone, from hello I could tell that something was wrong - really wrong.
"Kevin. Thank God." He said softly, "Simon was in a car accident. I need you all to come home."
"Is he okay?" I asked quickly, forgetting about Lucy for a second.
"He's okay, but the person he hit died."
I was too shocked to say anything, "How's Lucy?" I asked after a moment of silence.
"I don't know. She said she was going to check on something, she's still in the apartment."
"Oh." I replied, not knowing what to say, or what Lucy was doing, "we'll be there as soon as we can."
When I hung up the phone all of the Camdens were staring at me, "what happened?" Annie asked immediately.
"Simon was in a car accident. He's okay, but." My voice trailed off as I looked at Ruthie and the twins.
Annie immediately understood, "Ruthie, take the twins over to the bathroom and wash their hands."
Ruthie started to protest, but Annie gave her look, and she obeyed. Once they were out of earshot, I continued, "Simon's okay. But the person he hit died."
"Oh my God." Annie murmured, "Let's go." She said quickly grabbing her purse and keys.
After a few minutes we all left the restaurant, Mary insisted on riding with me, I of course had no objection - maybe she would tell me something.
"Has Lucy told you yet?" She asked as soon as we closed our doors.
"No." I replied, wanting her to tell me something.
That was obviously not what Mary had expected, and she quickly shut up, "Oh." She said quietly.
"Just tell me, did I do something?" I asked. Trying to get her to talk to me.
"No, well not really, nothing she'd be mad at you for - at least I don't think, maybe in ." Her voice trailed off, what did that mean? She wasn't making since, and I was growing more and more agitated by the minute.
"what?" I asked, trying to show my confusion.
"Never mind." She replied quickly, "Lucy's not mad at you."
I relaxed a tiny bit - at least it wasn't my fault - I hope. When we reached the Camdens, I immediately went up to the garage apartment, hoping Lucy would be there, but she wasn't, so I ran into the house where everyone had gathered in the living room.
Dt. Michaels and Lou were there as well, everyone was upset. When Eric noticed me enter the room, he immediately turned to me, "Do you know what's wrong with Lucy?"
"No." I replied looking at Mary, "Why?" I asked, wondering what he knew.
"She came in here, white as a sheet, and when I told her she ran upstairs, crying. I was just about to go after her, when you guys got here."
With out replying I immediately ran up the stairs.
When I entered Ruthie's room, Lucy was sitting on her old bed staring at the wall, her back to me. She didn't even move when I entered. I slowly walked over to her, not knowing what to do. I sat down next to her, gently wrapping my arm around her waist. She didn't push me off, nor did she say anything, she just shifted her gaze to the floor as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Luce." I said softly, prompting her to talk.
As soon as I said it, she began sobbing, but this time she leaned into my chest. I gently wrapped my arms around her, rubbing her back softly, knowing that this wasn't about Simon, I prompted her, "Luce? What's wrong sweetie?" I asked.
She pulled away from me and looked into my eyes, I stared back into hers, it always amazed me how beautiful her eyes were.
"I'm pregnant." She whispered softly.
Dumfounded, I stared back at her for a moment, not knowing what to say. As I tried to take it all in, I realized what she had told me - she was pregnant! Pregnant! I immediately pulled her into my arms. "Are you serious?" I asked, still unable to believe it.
She nodded, again pulling away from me, "so you're not mad?" she asked, almost as if she was scared of me.
I again pulled her close to me, "of course not, we're going to be parents - I was so worried about you Luce."
She looked up into my eyes, "I'm sorry." She whispered as more tears poured down her cheeks. Not knowing what to do, I held her tightly against my chest, "It's okay. It'll all be okay." I whispered. We were having a baby! A baby! I was going to be a father.
"I love you." She whispered.
I smiled back at her, "I love you too, and that's what will get us through this. Love." I whispered, kissing her forehead.
~El fin~
Disclaimer - This was written simply for entertainment, most of the beginning quotes came from 7th heaven's season finale, and the characters belong to the wb not me.
"you coming to bed?" I called to her, not knowing what else to say, but dying to know what had been bothering her. She came out a moment later with a fake smile - I could tell she was worried about something - but what? I asked myself.
"Where's Mary why didn't she come home?" I asked - I knew that asking her what was going on wouldn't work -so I tried asking about Mary - hoping it would lead into a conversation of what was going on with her.
"She's staying with." Her voice trailed off and I immediately knew that what she was going to say wouldn't be true -at least not completely, " a friend" she finished.
"You know you can tell me anything" I prompted, trying to get her to tell me something, anything at all.
"I'm too tired to talk tonight, let's just sleep." She replied, her voice was filled with worry, and I too was getting worried - what was wrong with her?
Slowly she crawled into bed, and as she did, my worry escalated, I could see the fear in her eyes, the tension in her body - something wasn't right, it was instead very very wrong.
She law down facing away from me - something she had never done before. A million questions raced through my mind, but I knew there was no use asking - all she would say was nothing, or lets talk later.
I leaned over to kiss her cheek, wanting her to know that I was there for her, that I would help her get through what ever it was. But again she pushed me away, "just sleep." She answered softly. I rolled over and looked up at the ceiling - I wanted to help her, to console her and just to know - but none of these things were possible if she wouldn't talk to me.
She quickly fell asleep, after she was asleep I leaned over to look at her face. But her face was not as it usually was, it was stained with tears. I gently stroked her shoulder, knowing it would do nothing, but somehow it made me feel better, it was the first time I had touched her all day.
The next morning, I had to do some work at the station, so I assumed that I would be awake before Lucy, but that morning, she was gone.
"Luce?" I whispered softly into the dark morning, but there was no reply. I crawled out of bed and looked around the apartment. There was a note on the table,
I went to the store, be back later.
-Lucy Lucy had written me numerous notes such as this - just to let me know where she was, but never had one ended in Lucy. It was always love Lucy, or I love you, or I'll be back as soon as I can, never later.
Did I do something wrong? I questioned myself - racking my brain of the last few days - but I could come up with nothing. Not knowing what else to do, I took a shower and got dressed. It was then that Simon came upstairs.
"Christine is gone." He said, accusation in his voice. After talking to him for a little while later, he left, leaving me to think about Christine - was that why Lucy was mad at me? Was she mad that I had told Matt about her? No - I thought, dismissing the thought, she had wanted Simon to know. I waited outside for as long as I could before leaving for work, but finally I had to go, so I left. Maybe she'll talk to me when I get home. I thought optimistically - but knowing it was not likely.
~
"Kinkirk? What's up with you?" Roxanne asked, looking at me like I was crazy.
"Oh. Sorry." I said snapping out of my day dream, I wanted to ask Roxanne what was wrong with Lucy, but I didn't think I could take another person knowing and not telling me - I had called Mary earlier this morning, but she wouldn't tell me anything.
Somehow I managed to get through the day, but I had so much work to do, and it didn't help that it was taking twice as long as normal, because I kept thinking about Lucy all day long.
When I finally finished, it was almost time to go to the pool hall, so I just headed over there. When I got there Annie, Ruthie, the twins, Matt and Mary were sitting at a table but the rest of the family was missing.
I walked up to them, "where's Lucy?" I asked, dying to see her - even if I couldn't talk to her.
"We don't know." Annie said, her voice giving let to the fact that she was slightly worried, "Neither she, Eric, or Simon are here yet."
I was immediately worried, was Lucy driving? She had seemed so distracted lately - did she get into an accident? Was she sick? Not wanting to worry Annie or anyone else, I pulled out my cell phone, "I'm sure they're just running late." I told Annie - trying to hid my fear as I dialed the Camden number.
After several rings, Eric picked up the phone, from hello I could tell that something was wrong - really wrong.
"Kevin. Thank God." He said softly, "Simon was in a car accident. I need you all to come home."
"Is he okay?" I asked quickly, forgetting about Lucy for a second.
"He's okay, but the person he hit died."
I was too shocked to say anything, "How's Lucy?" I asked after a moment of silence.
"I don't know. She said she was going to check on something, she's still in the apartment."
"Oh." I replied, not knowing what to say, or what Lucy was doing, "we'll be there as soon as we can."
When I hung up the phone all of the Camdens were staring at me, "what happened?" Annie asked immediately.
"Simon was in a car accident. He's okay, but." My voice trailed off as I looked at Ruthie and the twins.
Annie immediately understood, "Ruthie, take the twins over to the bathroom and wash their hands."
Ruthie started to protest, but Annie gave her look, and she obeyed. Once they were out of earshot, I continued, "Simon's okay. But the person he hit died."
"Oh my God." Annie murmured, "Let's go." She said quickly grabbing her purse and keys.
After a few minutes we all left the restaurant, Mary insisted on riding with me, I of course had no objection - maybe she would tell me something.
"Has Lucy told you yet?" She asked as soon as we closed our doors.
"No." I replied, wanting her to tell me something.
That was obviously not what Mary had expected, and she quickly shut up, "Oh." She said quietly.
"Just tell me, did I do something?" I asked. Trying to get her to talk to me.
"No, well not really, nothing she'd be mad at you for - at least I don't think, maybe in ." Her voice trailed off, what did that mean? She wasn't making since, and I was growing more and more agitated by the minute.
"what?" I asked, trying to show my confusion.
"Never mind." She replied quickly, "Lucy's not mad at you."
I relaxed a tiny bit - at least it wasn't my fault - I hope. When we reached the Camdens, I immediately went up to the garage apartment, hoping Lucy would be there, but she wasn't, so I ran into the house where everyone had gathered in the living room.
Dt. Michaels and Lou were there as well, everyone was upset. When Eric noticed me enter the room, he immediately turned to me, "Do you know what's wrong with Lucy?"
"No." I replied looking at Mary, "Why?" I asked, wondering what he knew.
"She came in here, white as a sheet, and when I told her she ran upstairs, crying. I was just about to go after her, when you guys got here."
With out replying I immediately ran up the stairs.
When I entered Ruthie's room, Lucy was sitting on her old bed staring at the wall, her back to me. She didn't even move when I entered. I slowly walked over to her, not knowing what to do. I sat down next to her, gently wrapping my arm around her waist. She didn't push me off, nor did she say anything, she just shifted her gaze to the floor as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Luce." I said softly, prompting her to talk.
As soon as I said it, she began sobbing, but this time she leaned into my chest. I gently wrapped my arms around her, rubbing her back softly, knowing that this wasn't about Simon, I prompted her, "Luce? What's wrong sweetie?" I asked.
She pulled away from me and looked into my eyes, I stared back into hers, it always amazed me how beautiful her eyes were.
"I'm pregnant." She whispered softly.
Dumfounded, I stared back at her for a moment, not knowing what to say. As I tried to take it all in, I realized what she had told me - she was pregnant! Pregnant! I immediately pulled her into my arms. "Are you serious?" I asked, still unable to believe it.
She nodded, again pulling away from me, "so you're not mad?" she asked, almost as if she was scared of me.
I again pulled her close to me, "of course not, we're going to be parents - I was so worried about you Luce."
She looked up into my eyes, "I'm sorry." She whispered as more tears poured down her cheeks. Not knowing what to do, I held her tightly against my chest, "It's okay. It'll all be okay." I whispered. We were having a baby! A baby! I was going to be a father.
"I love you." She whispered.
I smiled back at her, "I love you too, and that's what will get us through this. Love." I whispered, kissing her forehead.
~El fin~