Sunday morning brought with it the soft glow of sunlight filtering through Amy's curtains. She awoke slowly with a smile on her face as the events of the previous evening replayed in her mind― Lucas's surprise visit, their time together, and the kiss that left her breathless.
The smile became a full-blow grin as she stretched lazily, savoring the warmth of the moment.
Just as she was about to get out of bed, her phone buzzed on the nightstand. Amy reached for it, her heart skipping a beat when she saw Lucas's name on the screen.
[Good morning, beautiful. Did you sleep well?]
Amy smiled, her fingers moving swiftly across the screen to reply as she sat back on the bed. [Good morning! I kept waking up thinking about you, but I'm well rested. How about you?]
Lucas' response came almost immediately. [It took me a while to fall asleep cause I was thinking about you. I guess I missed you already.]
Amy's heart fluttered at his words. She could almost hear his voice in her head, warm and teasing.
[You saw me less than 12 hours ago! Besides, shouldn't you be knocked out after such a long trip?]
[I know. But I still missed you. What are you doing today?]
Amy glanced at the clock. It was still early, and she didn't have any plans. She thought of responding with 'Spending my day with you', but she didn't since she didn't want to put him in a tough spot if he had other plans.
She knew he would likely need to go see Lucy and spend some time with her, and she didn't want him to feel like he was obligated to spend his day with her. Not when he had come to her first from the moment he arrived.
Deciding to leave it open so that he would do whatever was convenient for him, she typed. [Nothing planned. What about you?]
[How about we spend the day together? I have a few ideas in mind.]
Amy giggled when she saw the text and stuck her tongue in her cheek, happy that he wanted to spend the day with her.
[Sounds perfect. But what about Lucy? Aren't you going to see her?]
Lucas smiled when he saw her text. He liked that she was thinking of Lucy and bringing it up herself. This was something Rachel had never and could never have done.
[I will call to let her know I will see her tomorrow. I'm sure she is spending the weekend with Tom.]
[You should call her quickly before her neighbors tell her of the intruder in her house.] Amy texted back with a grin and wink emoji and Lucas laughed out loud when he saw it.
[I will be surprised if she doesn't know already. Let me call you. Want to hear your voice.] Lucas texted and then dialed her line.
Amy grinned when she saw his text followed by his call and then she received it as she lay back on her bed, face up with both legs hanging in the air.
"Do you know what I just thought of?" Lucas asked, and Amy grinned.
"What?"
"How you almost killed Tyler and me thinking we were burglars," he said and she giggled.
"How can you say I almost killed you both when I didn't even touch you?"
"Well, if you had touched us you could have killed one of us. You almost killed me once before..."
Amy covered her face with her pillow as she laughed feeling embarrassed, "C'mon! For crying out loud, why are you bringing that up right now?"
"Because you're dangerous. Both to my heart and to my life," Lucas said with a chuckle.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you. I will protect you if anything," she promised, and Lucas grinned.
"I'm the one to protect you, not the other way around. I'm the man here," he said and Amy smiled.
"Protecting you doesn't take away your manhood..." Amy's eyes widened in mortification at her choice of word and she blushed as she pressed her lips together in embarrassment.
"No. I didn't mean it like the physical thing. I meant the...." She trailed off when Lucas laughed out loud.
"Relax, Amy. I know what you meant. You sound so flustered," Lucas said, still chuckling. "Are you laughing at me right now?" She asked with a scowl.
"Yes, I am. Go start your day, Amy. I'll be there within the next two hours. Bye," Lucas said with a grin.
Thinking that he had hung up, she threw the phone on the bed and shut her eyes. "Of all things to say, how could I have said manhood? Amy! How could you have said that? Don't tell me you're thinking of his manhood just because of the wonderful kiss you shared. Are you that shameless, Amy?!" She cried into her pillow with a groan.
Lucas, who had been waiting for her to say bye before hanging up, chuckled as he listened to her, and even though he was tempted to hear all she had to say, he decided to hang up without letting her know he had heard her, it was the only way to spare her further embarrassment.