Chapter 3
Victor sat in the living room of the lighthouse flipping through the morning's newspaper when Kevin walked down the steps fairly disheveled in his pale blue bath robe.
"Good Morning, Victor"
"Good Morning Monk I didnt expect to see you back here this soon" Victor answered following Kevin into the kitchen."How is Lucy?"
"She woke up seems like she's going to be alright"Kevin answered pouring himself a cup of coffee and walking back into the living room.
"She's going to be alright?!? Oh Monk that's terrific news!!" Victor exclaimed following Kevin to the couch.
"Mmm-hmm"
"Well??"Victor inquired.
"Well what?"
"Well what are you doing here?"
"Victor I live here" Kevin answered pretending to be engrossed with the morning's paper.
"I know that Monk I mean shouldnt you be at the hospital with Lucy... now listen I know you and Lucy have had some bad times recently but Im sure she would be thrilled to see you now if this is about you forgiving her...."
"My not being at the hospital right now has absolutly nothing to do with me forgiving Lucy or our ‘bad times' as you call them..." Kevin started in full rant mode until Victor interrupted him.
"Scott"
"What?" Kevin implored finally throwing aside the paper and facing Victor.
"There's only one other thing that could be keeping you away from Lucy..."
"And you just as well assume that the thing is Scott, correct?"Kevin asked getting a bit aggitated mostly a the fact that Victor was mostly right - it was Scott.
"Well yes.... and before you even try to argue with me just let me say I think its very jealous of you that to assume the minute you and Lucy arent together she's going to run happily to Scott...I know Lucy and I know she loves you more then to want to hurt you in any way which is the exact reason she lied to you in the first place and I know you feel hurt and betrayed but I also know you are being very self-righteous and pinheaded I think Lucy at least deserves a right to explain herself!" Victor explained.
"So what your saying is that I should go there put my heart on my sleeve ask Lucy for an explanation while she tries to decide which excuse she'll give me next?!?!"
"Kevin you know thats not true so why dont you go take a shower get dressed and give her a second chance?"
"Victor I dont know......." Kevin answered he had been contemplating the thought all night... God he missed her.
"Listen Monk Im going to stop down at the hospital today and check how's she's doing it's your choice whether I see you there or not.... alright?"
"Fine"
Later at the hospital.........
"Lucy!!" Victor exclaimed handing her a bouquet of red roses.
"Oh Victor They're wonderful" Lucy answered taking the roses placing them next to her bed. "Come ‘mere" she said hugging Victor "Oh you have no idea how much Ive missed you"
"You have no idea how much Ive missed you! How are??" Victor asked seeing her eyes looked a bit heavy and red like she'd been crying.
"Great now that you're here" Lucy answered smiling."How are you?"
"Just fabulous though the lighthouse hasnt been the same without you."
"Oh" Lucy began losing the smile trying to hide back the tears in her eyes "and how is Kevin"
"Wasnt he here with you last night?"
"A little bit we really didnt get a chance to talk... He was supposed to come back..I guess he had something to do" Lucy answered dropping her head a bit hiding some tears.
"Oh well hes doing absolutly horrible without you he practically mopes around all day in his old bath robe"
"The pale blue one?" She asked remembering it well.
"Yep thats the one"
"Ewww.....I thought I burned that thing" She said with a forced laugh trying not to cry but finally gave in leaning on Victor's shoulder "Oh Victor I miss him so much"
"I know you do trust me I know"
Kevin walked off the elevator onto the floor Lucy was on when he saw Scott and Serena. He walked up to them as soon as Serena saw Kevin she ran up to him.
"Kevin!!"
"Serena!!" Kevin said picking up the little girl. "And how are you?"
"Im doing really good are you here to see Lucy?" Serena asked excidetly/
"Yep! Are you?"
"Yeah but Victor's in there right now so daddy says we have to wait. Are you here to make up with Lucy?" Serena asked innocently.
"Umm.....well......" Kevin started not knowing how to approach the question. Scott debated a while whether or not to get Kevin out of it deciding it was fun to watch him try to talk his way out of this one but finally interrupted.
"Umm... Listen applesauce why dont me and you go get some hot cocoa until Victor's done?"
"Okay!" Serena answered as Kevin placed her down "Bye Kevin!"
"Bye...." He answered after they left Victor walked out of the hospital room.
"Monk! Oh its so great to see you here Lucy will be thrilled!"
Kevin nodded.
"Well what are you waiting for?? Go ahead in!!" Victor rushed. Kevin nodded again walking into the room.
Lucy looked up startled "Doc!"
"Hey I think its time we had that talk....."
"Okay talking is good..... talking is definitely a start" Lucy stopped watching Kevin's eyes divert from one object to another. "Oh here sit..." She said pushing out the seat next to her bed
"Oh yes.... Thank you" Kevin answered taking the seat still avoiding eye contact.
"Your welcome...... So umm.... what did you want to talk about?" Lucy asked nervously.
"Well frankly Lucy....... us"
"You do? Really?"Lucy questioned
"Mmm-hmm"
"Because you know last time we talked before I moved out you didnt really seem to open to talking.... actually it wasnt really even talking then...." Lucy stated before Kevin broke her off.
"More like a screaming match..."
"Exactly" Lucy continued "You know and then there were those one thousand little messages I left on your answering machine begging you to talk to me....."
"I know I got them..."
"See you did get them I wasnt sure because still I didnt hear from you..... so I figured wow we're really over you know because its really hard to not be not over someone and not talk to that someone you know?"
Kevin stared at her blankly.
"Well?"
"Well give me a second its been a while since Ive had to decipher Lucy logic"Kevin answered throwing in a nervous laugh anything to break the tension.
"Never mind that Doc this is serious! I want to know now why all of a sudden you decide its time for us to talk! I mean after all this time after you throw me out, say you never want to see me again..."
"Wait a second Lucy I never said that I never wanted to see you again..." Kevin argued.
"Well maybe not in so many words but that's what you were thinking."
"Lucy please that was the farthest thing from my mind..." Kevin answered taking her hand in his. Lucy was angry and holding up a strong front but inside she was melting.
"Then why did you kick me out and say all those terrible things if you didnt want me out of your life huh?"Lucy asked her eyes burning into Kevin's.
"Because Im a self-righteous pinhead" Kevin answered thinking back to what Victor had told him earlier.
"Well isnt that just so.....wait what did you say?"
"Im a self-righteous pinhead for letting you walk out of my life. I know I have said some terrible things Lucy and Im sorry I just felt so hurt and betrayed that I didnt realize that I was saying these hateful things to the one person in the world that I love more than my own life..... please Lucy I know I dont deserve your forgiveness but all I want is a second chance to make things up to you" Kevin said as Lucy's eyes softened and filled with tears.
"Oh.....Doc..." Lucy began through falling tears. "Of course you can have a second chance!! I'm the one who should be sorry not you.....oh Doc Im just so sorry I lied to you... I never meant to hurt you... I love you so much...."
Kevin gave a fulled dimpled grin taking Lucy in his arms "Of course I forgive you Lucy you own my heart....so I guess this means we are back together huh?" he said intwining his fingers in hers.
"Yeah I guess we are" Lucy said happily"But first I want you to promise me one little thing alright?"
"If I can"
"Promise me that no matter what argument we get into or who tries to stand in our way that we will never ever in a trillion years give up on each other again"
"I promise" Kevin answered as Lucy snuggled deeper into his arms. Kevin then brought Lucy's hand to his mouth kissing her fingertips stopping at her ring finger seeing she was still wearing their engagement ring. Lucy looked up at him sighed and removed the ring placing it in Kevin's hand.
"I guess we arent going to be ready for this again for a while huh?" Lucy said a bit disappointed.
Kevin looked at the ring glimmer in his hand. "Lucy you realize not everything is going to be the same I mean we still have some things to work on"
"I know that Doc believe me I know you need to be able to trust me again...."
"Its going to take some hard work to get our relationship back to the same point you know that right?" Kevin asked.
"Of course I do and I promise I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that happens"
"Me too" Kevin answered putting the ring in his jacket pocket "so when do you get out of here?"
"Well Karen said I should be out in a couple of days...."
"Good the lighthouse has been lonely without you" Kevin stated
"Wait, wait, wait, wait a second buster ......the lighthouse?"Lucy asked
"Well........yeah I mean where did you plan to go?"
"The Port Charles Hotel....where Ive been staying since we broke up of course I mean you really dont want me to move back into the lighthouse with you yet....do you? I mean Its your house I dont want to back you into anything unless you absolutly are sure about this....."
"Lucy its been OUR house longer than it's been MINE... Of course I want you there!"Kevin exclaimed.
"Really and truly??"
"Really and truly" Kevin answered.
"Oh wow....oh wow oh wow oh wow....." Lucy started hugging Kevin "Oh this is just so great because you know Ive just missed you and that house so much and the duck pond! Oh Siggy will love to go back home with all his little ducky friends....Doc? Can I ask you another question?"
"Sure can"
"Are you happy? I mean your not just doing all this because Victor set you up to it right?"
"Of course he didnt set me up to it.... even though I must admit Victor had somewhat of an impact on my way of thinking... Dominique helped me realize how much I love you and want to forgive you" Kevin explained
"Hold on a second Doc... did you say Dominique? As in Dominique Baldwin my bestest pal?"
"Yeah I did"
"Do you know what this means?" Lucy questioned excidetily
Kevin shook his head "That Im losing my mind?"
"No, no, no, no, no of course not Doc this means that we have a very special angel up there in heaven watching over for us.....wow so you really talked to her huh?"
"Yep and you were right she's one smart lady...." Kevin answered
"So she really told you to forgive me?"
"Yes she did"
"Wow....do you think this means she forgives me too?" Lucy asked looking up at Kevin.
"I know she does Lucy"
"Wow"
"Yeah...wow"Kevin answered as Lucy let out tired yawn.
"Well you need your sleep I better leave..." Kevin said beginning to get up.
"No Doc stay.....please" Lucy begged. Kevin smiled and nodded as Lucy cuddled up resting her head on his chest feeling Kevin's arms tightly wrap around her making her feel like the whole world disappeared.
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