Hello, It's Me.

Part 12

"I love you, Lucas," Riley whispered leaning in to give Lucas a kiss.

They were at the beach, splashing in the water, and next thing he knew confessing their love for each other. He felt her lips on his and he gathered her up in his arms and held her close, afraid to let her go. The soft ocean waves splashed against his legs as hers wrapped gently around his hips.

The happy cowboy ran his hands through her soft tresses and she hummed delightedly. He pressed a soft kiss on her pulse and she gasped.

"I love you, too," He murmured grasping her head in his hands before leaning in to initiate another kiss.

She ducked his kiss with a giggle and nuzzled her face into his neck.

"Lucas wake up!" She said.

"Lucas wake up!"

Lucas's eyes flew open, his vision blurry as he tried to adjusted his eyes to the sunlight streaming in. His eyes focused on the thick brown hair under his nose and soft breathing on his neck. He gasped in shock, pushing his body away from the girl lying stark naked beside him.

Missy gave him an odd look as she tried to creep closer to him. Lucas kept rolling away until he fell on the floor with a loud thud, taking the sheets down with him. He bunched them up around his bare body and slowly stood up face Missy with a chagrin expression.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He snapped, anger and confusion pooling into his voice. "Naked no less." His eyes went wide as he realized he had taken the sheets off her and he quickly tried to cover up and drifted his eyes elsewhere.

"What do you mean what am I doing here?" She growled grabbing her clothes and donning them on with great haste. "Don't you remember last night?"

"I remember being tired," Lucas admitted shoving a blue shirt onto his torso.

"You wanna make a guess as to why you got tired, Big Boy?" Missy grabbed him and pushed him down onto the bed, a big flirtatious grin playing on her lips.

"No, no I'd rather not," Lucas exclaimed shoving her off him with a disgruntled look. "I do want you to go, please. I don't know what happened last night, but I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea. Can you you do that please? Can you leave?"

"You don't want anyone getting the wrong idea?" She questioned, her eyebrow quirking up as she crawled from her side of the bed to where he sat, his head in his hands.

"Missy please tell me we didn't do anything." His voice was like shattered glass, cutting into her conscience. Almost making her tell the truth. Almost.

"Lucas I said we didn't do anything, I'd be lying."

He perked his head up from his hands, his emerald eyes grave and misty. He blinked rapidly, his mouth distorting into watery frown. He only said one word, one word that sounded so horribly heart wrenching.

"Riley."

Missy could see the anguish, regret, and guilt swarming in his eyes and she felt her breath get caught in her throat. She looked away abruptly and tried to stand her ground, she felt her words tumble out of her without any second thought on the remorse she felt weighing in on her heart.

"If you really loved her you wouldn't have let us get that far."

Lucas chuckled darkly, "Missy I wasn't even aware I had gone that far with you up until this morning. It's not like you haven't played me before. How do I know what happened was an actual mistake or a horribly executed plan of yours?"

Her eyes widened briefly and she was thankful for looking away when she did, or else he'd see the shock registering on her face.

"Last night you told me you loved Riley," She lied briskly. "You also told me you were scared and that you didn't want to be scared anymore. You also said you'd rather her be happy with someone who can make her happy and you kissed me Lucas. I guess it was my fault in getting caught up in the romantics of full moon, cool breeze, and late night heart-to-heart."