Luke and Lee

eight || the devil reincarnated

-Lucas' POV-

I woke up in the morning, grinning like a maniac.

Yesterday, I had gone to the local (ish) fare with Lee, and I had a blast.

I looked to the corner of my room, realizing I still hadn't give Lee the bear.

Yesterday, I saw her eyeing the bear as if it were a crown jewel from England, so I decided to use the whole 'I need to use the bathroom' line to get it. I won it and then put it in my car trunk.

-Flashback-

I was walking across the grass when I realized Lee wasn't with me anymore. I turned around to see she was eyeing a stuffed bear. It was the grand prize and, from the looks of it, really hard to win. She looked down. I turned around.

"Hey, I'm just going to the bathroom for a second. Meet me by the photo booth, OK?" I told her.

She nodded and started walking away. I went inside the booth. The man turned around, surprised I did that.

"Excuse me, sir. Staff only."

I pointed at the bear.

"I want to play for that bear."

-End Of Flashback-

I picked up a plain piece of paper before quickly writing a message. I folded the paper in two before tucking it in the space between the bear and the cloud where the writing 'dreamer' was.

I picked up the bear before walking out my room and went down the stairs.

"I'm popping over to Lee's for a second, ma." I told my mom.

"OK, love." She called back.

I left before knocking on the door, hoping it wasn't Lee who answered it.

And, luckily for me, it was her dad, Tom.

"What's the matter, Lucas?" He asked.

He looked down at the bear before he looked at me. I smiled, awkwardly and he pursed his lips.

Why did this feel like an interrogation? Lee's dad knew who I was.

"I want to give this bear to Lee." I informed him.

"Riley's still asleep." He told me.

I scratched the back of my head.

"Can I leave it in her room?" I asked.

Her dad narrowed his eyes at me.

Sometimes I wish my dad was still around. Sometimes I wish I had a dad, so I could talk to him whenever I had a problem.

The man who unfortunately happens to be my biological father, could never be a dad.

"No snooping." Lee's dad told me.

I saw as Lee's mom, Perri, look to see who was at the door. Then she sighed.

"Tom, please. This is Lucas, Riley's best friend. Please don't make him feel like an outsider." She said. Lee's dad walked away, obeying his wife's instruction, before she went and stood where Tom stood a few seconds ago. "Go on, Lucas. Don't be too loud or you'll wake her up."

Perri smiled at me before I nodded and walked carefully up the stairs. I walked into Lee's door, a white-wooden door with a blue 'R' on it - for Riley.

Riley... it feels so weird to call her Riley. I know her as Lee.. my Lee.

I grinned as I saw her, sound asleep. I put the bear on her chest of drawers, before looking at her for the last time.

"I love you, Lee." I whispered before leaving the room.

**

I got home to see my mom, really excited. I was a bit confused, not knowing what made her like this, but loving the fact she was happy.

"Oh, there you are Lucas. You scared me." My mom jumped back when she realized I came in.

"What happened, ma?" I asked.

"Can't your momma be happy without there being a reason behind it?" She asked me.

Fair point.

I nodded. I started heading towards the carpet-covered stairs before my mom came and announced what she was getting excited for.

"Aunt Alice and cousin Damon are coming to visit."

My eyes widened. Not Damon. He would always brag about his 'girlfriend' and how she's better than me.

"When?" I asked turning around to face her.

I was taller than my mom, making things a little harder since I had to look down at her.

"Wednesday." She told me.

"When are they leaving?" I asked again.

"Does it matter? But if you must know, Saturday."

"Oh, pity. I coincidentally have an extended sleepover with Lee on all those days." I made up.

I certainly wasn't staying at my house if the devil reincarnated was going to be here.

And now to convince Lee to let me stay over.