Fallon eyes went wide as the line went dead.

“That bitch!”

Fallon threw her phone down on the seat and took a deep breath in. She and Audrey hardly ever fought but when they did, it was bad. That was usually how it was with Fallon though. She was easy going until someone pissed her off, then she was a crazy person. For example, in one day, Fallon had cussed at three people. Something was seriously wrong with her and it wasn’t hard to guess what.

It started and ended with Lucas Brooks.

Fallon knew that she shouldn’t go home because more than likely it would be round two between her and Audrey, but she was tired and she wanted to see Aiden. When she pulled into her driveway, she sat for a minute, taking a deep breath in and then letting it out through her nose. Fallon gathered her things before opening the door and stepping out of the car. She was looking down at the e-mail that had been sent to her phone as she walked around her car when she heard his voice.

“I wasn’t done talking to you.”

Fallon looked up quickly, taking in a sharp breath when her eyes met Lucas’.

“Oh f**k,” Fallon whispered as she looked down at her phone.

She needed to text Audrey to keep Aiden in the house, but before she could even get a word written, Lucas snatched her phone away, throwing it across the yard. “Listen to me!”

“No, you gotta go. Like now. You aren’t welcome here,” Fallon pleaded as her heart pounded against her chest. He had to go; Aiden was a matter of feet away, probably killing hippogriffs or something.

“No, we are going to talk, or at least you’re gonna listen to me.”

“Damn it Lucas, you gotta go! Please I’ll go wherever, you just can’t be here.”

“Why? Stop trying to blow me off and f**king talk to me!”

“What do you want Lucas! Hurry, tell me so you can f**king leave and never come back!” Fallon screamed.

They stood only inches away from each other, both their chests raising and falling at the same time as they shared a long tension-filled look. This was such a bad idea — he had to go — but Fallon knew until he said what he needed to he wouldn’t leave her alone. So all she could do was pray that Audrey looked outside and saw him.

And that Aiden stayed in the house.

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Lucas took a deep breath in. He hated fighting with Fallon, but she was being so damn difficult. There were so many questions swirling around in his mind, but like always when he was around her, he got diarrhea of the mouth and said the first thing that came to mind. “I feel like a piece of me dies every day I go without you, Fallon.”

Fallon face scrunched up as she looked up at him. “What?! That’s what you needed to say? Are you crazy!?”

Lucas shrugged his shoulders. That wasn’t the response he thought he would get, but he was dealing with the new Fallon. “I don’t think so,” he answered before she threw her arms up in the air.

“Seven years! Seven f**king years Lucas and I don’t hear a word from you. You come to my hometown and now you want to be with me? Sounds like convenience to me,” she yelled.

“No, I looked for you, but you blocked me from your MySpace and Facebook!”

“Oh please! Social networks don’t rule the world! Levi could have found me if you really wanted to see me. You are just full of shit and you don’t even really wanna be with me, you just want to f**k me probably!”

Lucas rolled his eyes because he was tired of her yelling stupid crap at him.

“Why now Lucas? Seven whole years have passed, why now?”

There was no way he could tell her while standing in her front yard the reason why he didn’t look for her after she left. Telling Fallon that he was a recovering drug addict and alcoholic did not seem like a good thing to say when trying to get someone back. So he did the next logical thing — he grabbed her by her shoulders and pressed his lips against hers.

It was as if fireworks went off when their lips touched. She went to pull away but he wouldn’t let her. Lucas moved his arms around her, holding her tightly to him as he deepened the kiss. When she relaxed beneath him, he moved his tongue into her opened mouth and slowly played with her tongue. His eyes were shut tightly, basking in feel of her lips that he had missed so much. When he felt Fallon’s hands come up his chest, wrapping around his neck so she could move her fingers into his hair, he felt like had just scored the game-winning goal.

Reluctantly, he pulled back first because he couldn’t breathe. When he looked down into Fallon’s beautiful flush face, he smiled. “I want you because I still…”

“Mommy? What are you doing?”

Fallon froze in his arms. She then looked behind her, and he did the same to see a little boy on the porch.

“Oh God,” Fallon whispered as she covered her mouth, moving out of his arms, but Lucas couldn’t move. His eyes were glued to the little boy that stood only a couple feet from him.

A little boy that looked just like him.

Chapter 10

Fallon felt chills run down her spine and back up as she glanced up into Lucas’ eyes. He had a slanted grin on his face. One that told her he was feeling what she was feeling, and that was that she didn’t want to move. She wanted to stay in his arms forever, drinking from that sexy mouth of his. Their eyes were locked as he smiled down at her, and all she could do is think that she was home.

That Lucas’ arms were her home.

“Mommy? What are you doing?”