Lumi's First Kiss

It was 12:17 a.m. when Sami looked up from the file in her lap to see the time displayed on the VCR. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock again to be sure she�d read it correctly. With Will over a Belle�s loft for the night she�d lost track of the time. Closing the folder on her lap she tossed it onto the coffee table and slumped back into the comfort of her couch, summoning the energy to get up.

Her glance skittered across the room and landed on the table where Will�s gym bag sat. "Ugh!" Sami muttered as she hauled herself off the couch. "I was supposed to drop this off at Lucas�s earlier. Will�s going to need it tomorrow and I won�t see him since Lucas is picking him up from Belle�s in the morning." Assuming Lucas was asleep already she�d just have to go over tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, she decided to double check the contents of the bag and make sure he�d packed everything he�d need for the day ahead.

"Sun block� socks� baseball hat� knee pads and wrist guards� but no roller blades. Well at least he remembered the knee pads and wrist guards." Smiling to herself she headed off to Will�s room to search for the missing items� That were nowhere to be found. "Car�" She muttered to herself.

Ten minutes later the elevator doors opened back into her hallway "Ok� they�re not in the car." She continued as she stepped off the elevator, into the hallway. While contemplating other possible places for the roller blades to be hiding, Sami heard a "Thump" and then an "Ouch!" issued from inside Lucas�s apartment.

"Apparently he is awake." Sami mused as she knocked on his door.

"Hang on! Ow!" Came the deep voice behind the door. As he pulled the door open, Sami laughed at the grimace on Lucas�s face.

"Nice expression Lucas. I wouldn�t want to get the wrong impression about how you feel about me." She laughed sarcastically.

"Hi. It�s not you. I just tripped over Will�s rollerblades on my way to the kitchen."

"Great!" Sami exclaimed.

"Well you don�t have to be too sympathetic." Lucas shot her a sideways glance as he limped back to the kitchen.

"No� the �great� was that you found the roller blades. I�ve been looking ALL OVER for them."

"Well, I found them alright. More like they found me! I just got out of bed to get a glass of water and� WHAM!" After a moment, Lucas realized Sami was standing in his living room in her pajamas. WHAM! A hundred different images of flashed through his head. He swore he was dreaming. But the throbbing in his left foot reminded him that he was not. Remembering all of these fantasies were just that, fantasies, Lucas pushed them hastily out of his head. Angry with himself for letting his thoughts go in that direction again his next words came out harsher than he�d intended. "What the hell are you doing here anyway!?"

Taken aback, Sami jumped a little at the tone of his voice. Everything had been going so well so far. And she could barely take her eyes off Lucas�s bare chest. He was standing so close to her now that she could almost feel the heat radiating off his body. However, she wasn�t sure she liked the tone he was now taking with her. "Well if YOU hadn�t forgotten to pick up Will�s bag for tomorrow, I wouldn�t have to be here at all. God Lucas, you�re so irresponsible!"

�Where had that come from?� Sami thought. as quickly as the words escaped her mouth she wished she could have pulled them back. They both thought they�d gotten past this pettiness, called a truce, but apparently old habits die hard.

"I�m irresponsible? I don�t go around chasing men who can�t stand me. I don�t switching paternity test results. I don�t generally wreaking havoc on the people around me and I don�t getting myself fired!"

"I� I� I had good reasons for doing all of those things Lucas! I was protecting our son damn it!"

Sami stood head held high, panting to catch her breath, fire in her eyes and Lucas had never wanted her more. Acting on impulse alone, he grabbed her arms and did what he�d been wanting to do for months now.

Shock was the first emotion that coursed through Sami�s body as Lucas pressed his lips to hers, hard and passionate. But, as he felt her succumb to the desire they�d been trying to fight for so long his hands loosened their grip on her arms and slid to her back pulling her closer against his hard chest. A wave of warmth flooded Sami�s body as Lucas�s hands slid up and down her back, his lips insistent and urging, but she needed no urging. She�d wanted this for so long. Figures, it would take one of their infamous arguments to finally cause the dam to break on their love for each other.

After several long minutes, Lucas raised his head and smiled, running his hair through Sami�s long blonde hair. "This is the best argument we�ve ever had don�t you agree?"

A laugh escaped Sami�s lips as she replied, "Absolutely! I don�t want to ever argue with any other man, but you Lucas."

And with that, he swept her up into his arms, kissed her soundly, and took her to his room, where they continued to "argue" all night long.

The End