Circle Of Love

Chapter Seven

Amy walked out of the building and she saw him standing there by his car.

"Hey," Lucas said.

"Hi," Amy said. He opened the door for her and she got in and he got in and headed to the house.

"Greg met Sam at the condo to bring your stuff over, it's in the bedroom," Lucas said.

"Bedroom?" Amy asked.

"Ours," Lucas said.

"We have to share?" Amy asked.

"Married," Lucas said.

"Not by choice," Amy said.

"You are my wife, we have to act like it," Lucas said.

"I'm not sleeping with you," Amy said.

"Amy," Lucas said.

"I'm not having sex with you," Amy said.

"Oh you will," Lucas said.

"You can't force me," Amy said.

"I won't have to," Lucas said.

"Look, I didn't want this marriage but I had no say in it, but I will have a say in this, I will not have sex with you," Amy said.

"If you say so," Lucas said.

"This marriage is in name only and appearances but in your house, it's not real," Amy said.

"Oh it's real, sweetheart, it is very real, you will realize it soon enough," Lucas said. They arrived at the house and got out and went inside.

"Amy," Lucas said.

"What!" Amy said. She turned and faced him and he pressed her against the door and looked at her. He crushed his mouth to hers. She tried to push him away but he wouldn't move.

"Not out here, Amy, someone could be watching," Lucas said. He kissed her again and she let him. She relaxed against him and began kissing him back. They moved into the house and closed the door and she pulled away.

"Now I can," Amy said. She went upstairs and found her stuff and began going through it all.

"Amy," Lucas said.

"Not now," Amy said.

"We need to talk about it," Lucas said.

"I don't want to," Amy said.

"So you want to deny that you felt something in that kiss," Lucas said.

"It was just a kiss, just for show, I felt nothing," Amy said.

"Bullshit," Lucas said.

"You don't know how I feel, to be able to kiss you back, I had to pretend you were Matthew, my heart is still with him, it's hard for me to think about moving on, okay," Amy said.

"We need to get along to be able to pass as a happy married couple," Lucas said.

"Oh don't worry, I took acting classes in high school," Amy said.

"They will know if it's acting or not," Lucas said.

"I can't fall in love with someone just by snapping my fingers, it takes time, it took me three months before I realized that Matthew and I were in love," Amy said.

"We don't have that long," Lucas said.

"Well it's too fucking bad because I didn't ask to be married to you, my life was perfectly fine before you came along," Amy said.

"Amy, when I first saw you, I thought you were the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, I wanted you to be mine, when I found out we were married, it was like a dream come true for me, I am sorry how things came to be, but we have to deal with what has happened, we have to be happily married and it can't be an act," Lucas said.

"So I'm supposed to forget about any feelings I have for Matthew," Amy said.

"I'm not asking you to forget him, I'm asking you to give me a chance," Lucas said. She looked at him and looked at her hands. She slowly nodded.