Lab Rats: The New Addition

True Love

  I eventually fall fast asleep snuggling with Daddy, but after a few minutes, Uncle Donny calls him in to help with finding a cure for Chase. I look over at Chase, who is peacefully asleep, and that is when I know for sure that I am in love with this boy. I can't live without him. I close my eyes, lean forward, and press my lips gently against his. His lips are warm and calming. I feel sparks. This is true love. I plunge in and deepen the kiss, suddenly feeling Chase's fingers running through my hair. It feels like the kiss goes on forever, but Chase pulls away just as I become excited and greedy for more kisses. I touch my lips gently to his once more and open my eyes so that they meet his.

  He looks surprised, but I see a glint in his eye, indicating excitement. For the first time in a long time, he says something that isn't a riddle or a Nursery Rhyme. He brushes my hair out of my eyes and whispers, "I love you, Lyrica."

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  Later, when it is almost dawn, Chase is sound asleep in his wheelchair, his arm wrapped securely around my waist, and I sit in his lap with my arms wrapped around his neck as I rest my head on his. Chase and I are in love with each other. Now what do we do? What are we? Are we a couple? Oh, I would love to be his girlfriend, but maybe we should make it official when the task of saving countless lives isn't on our agenda. I hear footsteps behind me. I pick up my head gently and look behind me to see Bree tiptoeing into Chase's room. "Hey, Bree," I whisper. "Come sit next to me, Bestie."

  She tiptoes further into the room and sits down next to me. We smile at each other, but her smile drops and she looks suspicious. I stop smiling, "What?" She squints her eyes, "You smell like..." She sniffs my hair, "Schoolbooks and cinnamon." I give her a confused look, although I kind of know what she's getting at. Suddenly, her eyes widen and she whisper-screams, "You kissed Chase!" I sigh and put my hands up in mock defeat, "All right, you got me. And now that I think about it, Chase does kind of smell like schoolbooks and cinnamon. He tastes like them, too, but sweeter."

  Bree still looks shocked. "Wow," she says. "I don't know whether to be repulsed or happy that my BFF and my brother kissed." I chuckle. She shrugs, "Well, I am repulsed, but mostly happy, so...congratulations," she whisper-cheers. I laugh quietly as she engulfs me in a tight hug. I hug her back. I've come to realize that I love Bree like a sister. Of course I love Daddy Douglas. I am going to treat him like my real father. My birth father means nothing to me. I also love Tasha like a mother, I love Donald, and of course, I love Adam and Leo. Then, to make it all complete, I am deeply, madly, irrevocably, foolishly in love with Chase Davenport. I have everything now. My life is complete.