Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:12:22 EDT
From: EnglishPoet16@aol.com
Subject: Love's Last Kiss-Chapter 4

Author's Note: Here it is! Chapter 4! I know it's been a little
while....inspiration just hasn't been with me lately. I have had a lot of
things to deal with so please bear with me. I hope this chapter is good and
as always let me know!

Love's Last Kiss
Chapter 4
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I guess Lucas' mom still thought of him as her little baby because she still
made him brownies. Oh well, I guess we should humor her because she has no
one else. It was hard to keep from giving away the way we felt for each other
downstairs. We sat at the kitchen table and ate the brownies while his mom
did the dishes. Before I knew what was happening Lucas was rubbing my thigh
with his foot. I choked on a walnut for a second and he smacked me on the
back to make it go down. He was giving me the most adorable look of
affection. I was sure we would get caught so I didn't participate in the
game. Then, while his mom was bending over to put a pan away, he kissed me on
the lips. It was a quick kiss but nevertheless still in the precense of
another. His eyes laughed at me. He was clearly enjoying my discomfort. I had
to smile, for he looked so smug sitting across from me. I finished up my
brownie and had to leave because I had promised my mom I'd be home for
dinner. Lucas walked me out.
    "You're pretty slick you know that?" I asked him teasingly.
    "Yup, I know." He said. We laughed.
    "What if she had seen us? I mean I know she knows about you but that's
still kind of weird. "
    "Don't worry about it. I don't really care what she thinks, I love you."
He said honestly. Tears     welled up in my eyes and threatened to spill.
    "I love you too Lucas." I said.
We embraced and I walked home. I had a lot of thinking to do. Now that we
both knew we loved one another, it was going to be hard to keep secret. But
was I so sure I wanted us to be a secret? I didn't know yet. I walked in as
my own mom was putting dinner on the table.
    "Just in time." She announced with a smile.
I smiled back at her. She was a spectacular woman my mom was. Not many people
will say that.
    "What are we having?" I asked as my stomach grumbled loudly.
    "Lasagna and green beans with a slice of french bread."
It smelled heavenly. Lasagna was one of my favorites. I loved pasta.
    "Will you go tell your sister dinner's ready?"
I went upstairs and knocked softly on her door. She was sitting at her desk
doing her homework.
    "Ah, the model student." I said.
    "Yeah, I wish." She smiled.
    "Dinner's ready."
    "Okay, I'll be right down."
    "Okay." I said and started to walk away.
    "Brad?"
    "Yeah Heather?"
    "Nevermind." She said.
I shrugged and went downstairs to fix everyone a drink. Dinner wasn't the
most eventful I had ever seen in but it wasn't quiet either. Mostly Heather
talked about all the applications she had put in and how she hadn't heard
from anyone yet. She was a good student. I felt sure she would hear from
someone soon. I had other things on my mind however. After dinner I went up
to my room to study
but it was hard to concentrate. A lot of things had happened to me lately to
turn my life in a new direction. I feel asleep and had no dreams.
    I met Lucas on my way to school as usual. We walked side by side in
silence for a while, both of us still half asleep.
    As we walked into class that morning, I noticed something different. For
one, Jeff was in our class. Two, he was sitting in Lucas' seat. Not that he
knew it was Lucas' seat however, but he was sitting there anyway. He wasn't a
new student so I guessed that he got transferred out of his other class into
ours. He saw me and smiled. I smiled back slightly not knowing what to do.
Lucas was
looking baffled.
    "Hey Brad! I didn't know you had this class! Here, sit next to me."  Jeff
said, waving me over.
    "You know him?" Lucas asked me.
    "He's on the basketball team." I explained.
    "Oh."
I didn't know what to do. It didn't help any that Jeff kept looking at me
with a big smile on his face. I mean the guy was hott, what can I say? It's
not like I was dating him or flirting with him. What am I saying? Lucas
didn't appear to like Brad very much and from the looks of it, I better do
something quick.

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Well that's it. I cannot possibly think of anymore to write on it at the
moment and I know everyone's waiting so I'll turn it in...Anyways, I'm at a
loss at where to take the chapter next...If anybody has any suggestions about
it feel free to e-mail me at EnglishPoet16@aol.com! Until next time.....much
love to my readers! : )