I Never Promised You A Ray Of Light (Lucas)

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley pulled up to the ivy league looking boarding school in her black mercedes. It might look daunting to kids who had never seen buildings like this but this was just one of many for Ashley. She turned the car off and got out of the car, locking it on the way. She was wearing a pair of crisp jeans and a white sweatshirt. Her hair was down today, cascading down her back in loose golden waves.

Ashley's big blue eyes quickly scanned the front lawn only to see a couple of boys throwing around a frisbee. She took her time walking to the Front Office. Once she got there, she opened the door and walked in the air conditioned room. There was a couple of big leather seats scattered carefully throughout the room.

There was a bird looking lady sitting behind the desk. Ashley walked up to her with a small smile on her face. "Hello. My name is Ashley Aimes. I'm here to pick up my schedule." She had said that about a dozen different times at a dozen different schools.

The lady looked Ashley over then handed her a thick cream colored piece of paper with a schedule printed on it. Ashley smiled a little more, acknowledging the lady. "Thank you." She said kindly then turned to leave. She walked back out into the Autumn air.

She walked out to the quad, just wanting to relax right now. She sat down under a shady tree and took in everything around her. The group of boys were still playing frisbee and one of them seemed to keep staring at her. She closed her eyes and breathed in the nice Autumn air.

[lucashart]

Lucas had gotten to school a little earlier then most kids. His mother thought it would be a good idea to get a head start on his school work. Yeah. He was living on his own and he was going to do homework. That was realistic. Lucky for him, he wasn't the only one who's parents thought that way. A couple of the other Lacrosse guys were at school already.

They had decided to meet up in the quad after lunch on Monday to play frisbee or something. He was the last of the group to show up. When he did, they were already playing. He quickly delved into the game and was soon on the winning team. "Over here!" He yelled at one of his friends who was holding the frisbee.

One of his friends had stopped playing completely as stared at a car pulling into the front lot. Now all the boys turned their attention to see what was so interesting. It was a black mercedes. Whoever was driving that car had good taste. The car stopped and a blonde came out of the car. He wondered if the girl new how cool her car actually was or just picked it out because it was pretty.

As she walked into the front office all the guys checked her out. She was dressed very conservatively. Well, conservatively for this school at least.The sweatshirt she was wearing covered her figure which instantly turned off most of Lucas' friends. They lost interest after that but Lucas found it interesting.

They went back to the game for about five minutes when Lucas saw the girl come out of the office and sit down under a tree. He had never seen her around the school before, but she didn't seem like a new kid. She seemed like she knew what she was doing. He didn't really feel like playing frisbee anymore. One of his friends picked up on that and said, "Just go talk to her man. And pick your jaw up from the floor first." and pushed him in the direction of the mystery girl.

He slowly walked over to the tree the girl was under. He crouched down right in front of her and smiled a smile that would make any girls heart melt. Her eyes were closed and he didn't know if she was sleeping or not but would take the chance. "Hey." He said friendly. He brushed his hair out of his face with his hand and looked up at the tree's branches to see a couple of the colored leaves falling.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley had been relaxing under the shady tree, enjoying herself. Suddenly she heard a voice greet her. The voice sounded like hot honey. She opened her eyes to see the boy who had been staring at her. His smile looked so unbelievably cute. She wondered how many girls had seen that smile.

She took a second to study the boys face up close. His bone structure was incredible and his eyes were gorgeous. They were a dreamy sky blue. He had this perfectly tousled blond hair. It looked like bed head. A very sexy type of bed head.

"Hello." She responded effortlessly and smiled a sweet smile at him. Ashley tucked a golden trundle of her hair behind her ear as she looked down at her lap then back up at the boy. "I'm Ashley." She said quietly. She extended her tiny hand to the boy daintily.

[lucashart]

Lucas smiled when Ashley studied him. He took this time to study her as well. She looked like an angle. She looked so innocent. And her intense blue eyes made it hard to focus on anything else.

He broke his gaze when she introduced herself as Ashley. He smiled again and said, "I'm Lucas." He took her tiny fragile looking hand in his big callused hand. He shook it gently, holding it a little longer then necessary. He finally let her hand go and sat down next to her under the tree.

"So are you new?" He asked. "I haven't seen you around campus before." He looked over at Ashley then back at his friends. They were all playing frisbee and every once in a while they would all look at Lucas and Ashley. Once they saw him looking at them they started making kissing faces, teasing him.

His phone started vibrating so he took it out of his pocket. He had one new text message. It was from his friend. It read, "Having fun with your new girlfriend? Gotta tell us if she's a good ." He rolled his eyes and closed his phone. His friends could be so immature sometimes.

[Ashley Aimes]

Lucas took her hand into his. His hand was rough but nice and warm. He held it at a little longer then normal, but Ashley didn't mind. She laughed a bit under her breath. Ashley wasn't one to be cocky, but Lucas seemed very smitten with her.

"Nice to meet you Lucas." He said in her naturally musical voice. "I am new here. What gave me away?" She asked curiously. She hadn't said anything about being new, so what clued him in? When Lucas finally let go of her hand , she let it drop to her side.

Lucas seemed a little distracted by something. The boys he was just hanging out with were making faces at the two of them and Lucas was rolling his eyes. Then he pulled his phone out. It had some crude message on it Ashley didn't see all of. It made her smile. How charming.

Ashley wasn't offended by the text, but decided to have a little fun with it. "Whatcha lookin' at over there?" She asked innocently leaning over his phone. "So what are you going to tell your friends about me?" She asked, still leaning over the now closed phone. She looked up into her blue eyes and got lost in them for a minute. She sat back and sighed.

[lucashart]

"You just don't look like the girls here. And I haven't seen you around before." He explained to the pretty blond. He looked down at her again. He couldn't help but wonder if she had a nice body hidden under the layers of clothes she was wearing. He looked back up to his group of friends, not wanting to get caught staring at her body.

Lucas was still holding his phone when Ashley leaned over him and looked down at the text message his friends had just sent. This was bad. Lucas should've been freaking out but the only thing he could focus on was Ashley's perfume. It was sweet smell. Lucas quickly snapped out of it and shut the phone.

"I. They. He. And. With. So." He stammered, trying to explain the weird text. She laughed and asked him what he was going to say about her. If Brittany had found that message, she would have freaked out on him but Ashley was laughing it off. Like she understood it was a joke. She was definitely not like the girls here.

Lucas was having a good time with Ashley but was quickly brought back to reality when Brittany texted him. It read, 'Hey baby I miss you so bad. When I get back we'll have our own little party in my room...' What was he doing? Flirting with a girl when he already had the most popular girl at school as his girlfriend.

He looked over at Ashley. "Hey, I'm so sorry, but I have to go..." He said. Lucas stood up quickly and walked back over to his friends, not even looking back at Ashley. He texted Brittany back saying he missed her too. He tried getting back into the frisbee game but couldn't get the new girl out of his head.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley had to keep herself from laughing out loud when Lucas stumbled over his own words. "Relax." She said, laying her hand on one of his legs. Lucas was very relaxed, it reminded Ashley of the guys back in California. She could definitely see them being friends.

All of the sudden, Lucas stiffened. Ashley moved her hand and Lucas sprung up. "What's-" She was cut off by Lucas telling her he had to leave. It was so sudden. In a matter of seconds, Lucas was walking away from her. She wondered what was one the phone that made act like that. "Okay..." She said quietly, confused.

Ashley sat under the tree for a little bit longer. She watched the group of guys, including Lucas, play frisbee. She still didn't completely understand what just happened. Had she done something wrong? People at the school were weird. Eventually Ashley decided she should get to her new dorm.

She got up from the tree and walked across the grassy quad. She had been to enough boarding schools to know she needed to sign up for a dorm way in advanced. Ashley was placed in the Henley dorm on the third floor. Once she got there, she found that she was lucky enough to get a single. All of her belongings had been shipped earlier that week so all she had to do was put everything away.

Ashley spent about an hour putting everything in the right place. Once she was done, she turned the music on and laid down on her bed. She took out her phone and saw it was only seven thirty. It was dinner time. She decided to skip it.

[lucashart]

Lucas's team lost the frisbee game. Mostly because Lucas was paying absolutely no attention to the game. He had let a couple perfect passes fly by him because he couldn't get that girl and Brittany out of his head. Luckily only one of his team mates was upset about losing. He tried hitting him in the head with the frisbee but missed.

By the time the game ended, it was dark outside. It was almost seven thirty. The group of boys headed over to the dining hall. Once everybody got their food they sat down at one of the tables in the back. Lucas looked around the hall but didn't see Ashley anywhere. He couldn't help but wonder where she was right now.

That night when he got back to his dorm, he was worn out. He stripped out of his clothes and climbed into bed. Before he could even set his alarm for the morning, he was asleep. He dreamt of both Brittany and Ashley. They they were both very good dreams to say the least.

- THE NEXT DAY -

School hadn't officially started yet so it wasn't a problem when Lucas woke up at eleven. He stretched then got out of bed. He took a towel and walked to the bathroom. He took a quick shower and started walking back to his room in a towel.

[Ashley Aimes]

There really isn't much to do at boarding schools. Ashley reread one of her favorite books in only 3 hours. She must've fallen asleep during that time because when she woke up in the morning, the book was still in her hand and she was still dressed. When she looked at her clock, it said it was nine o'clock. Ashley went and took a shower, got dressed, and went for a walk around campus.

When she was passing the one of the boys dorms, someone called her. They called her goldie locks. She turned to see one of the boys from the frisbee game calling her over. "Hey" She said to the boy who was sitting on the steps. He introduced himself as Justin and invited her into the common room.

She walked up the stairs and through the big oak doors into the boy's common room. She sat down on one of the empty leather seats. Almost of the boys stared at her which made her uncomfortable. Justin started talking to her about himself. Telling her how he was the star of the lacrosse team and he would gladly give her a tour of the campus.

[lucashart]

Lucas was almost to his room when he heard Justin call him. He ignored him and continued to his room. He got to his room and closed the door behind him. He wondered around the room, collecting different pieces of clothing he was going to wear that day.

There was a knock at the door. Lucas reluctantly walked over to the door but didn't open it yet. He knew it was Justin. He could be so annoying sometimes. He rolled his eyes and finally opened the door saying, "What do you want dude."

As he had predicted, it was Justin. "HEY DUDE!" He quickly ripped away Lucas's towel and ran down the hall. Lucas didn't notice her before but Ashley had been standing at his door.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley was trying to pay attention to Justin but he just kept talking about himself. At one point though, he stopped talking and stared down a hall. Ashley turned to see what he was looking at. There was a boy in a towel walking. Ashley couldn't tell who it was because his front was turned the other way.

Justin got up from where he was sitting and called out Lucas's name. That was Lucas. Wow. He had a really nice body. When Lucas didn't answer him Justin grabbed Ashley's hand and almost dragged her down the long hall. She could tell this was a boys dorm. It smelled like it.

They finally stopped at a closed door and Justin rudely banged on the door. It took a while but Lucas opened the door after standing in front of it for a minute. Lucas was still only in a towel. He sounded annoyed at Justin and she could tell why. Justin let go of Ashley's hand and ripped Lucas's towel off and ran down the hall laughing like a hyena.

Ashley was stunned. Did that really just happen? She looked down at Lucas- Yep, that really just happened. She looked away, "Um..." She said. Was she supposed to leave? Stand there? What?

It seemed like five minutes went by with both of them just staring at each other. Ashley couldn't take it anymore. She walked into his room and grabbed a pair or boxers and shorts. She tossed them at him "Here. Put these on." She said, looking down at the ground.

[lucashart]

Lucas couldn't believe Justin just did that. He was beyond embarrassed. His reaction was to shut the door but he couldn't even move. He just stood there. He mentally yelled at himself to do something, anything but he did nothing.

Eventually Ashley just came in and threw clothes at him. He was so unbelievably thankful to her. His head was probably beat red. He was supposed to be the cool kid and he wasn't acting very cool. He quickly pulled the clothes on.

He stayed on the edge of his room, not daring look up at Ashley. After an awkward silence filled the room, he walked over to his bed and sat down. He coughed uncomfortably and pushed his hair out of his face. "I'm sorry about Justin..." He broke the silence.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley burst out into laughter. She tried covering her mouth with her hand but giggles still managed to slip out here and there. She joined Tristan on his bed and her laughter eventually died down. "You have to admit, that was a little funny. And you just stood there." She bumped shoulders with him, joking around.

She swung her hair behind her shoulders. Ashley looked around the room. It was a basic dorm. Desks, dressers, and two beds. Lucas had a cool map made out of license plates and a painting of a lacrosse field. There was a couple family pictures on his dresser. It was a cute family. They were all blonde and blue eyed.

Ashley wasn't wearing anything special. Just an oversized grey sweatshirt and faded jeans. She started fiddling with her charm bracelet dangling on her wrist. She looked back up at lucas. His face was all red.

[lucashart]

"Oh my god..." Lucas said putting his hands over his face. "I can't believe that just happened." He laid down next to Ashley, taking a moment to try to recover. "That's so embarrassing!" He almost yelled through his hands.

Lucas got up from the bed and started pacing. It was a little uncomfortable knowing Ashley had just seem him naked. He was having a hard time looking at her without blushing furiously. He pushed his hair out of his face again and paced across the room. He looked over at her once to see her staring back at him, smiling. He blushed again and put his head down.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley was having fun watching Lucas pace and turn red. He was cute. She watched him move about his room frantically. She was afraid he was going to walk straight through a wall one of these times. "Aw come on." She said as she laid down on the bed. "It's nothing I haven't seem before. Chill." He said, trying to relax him a bit.

"What's done is done. Let's move on." She said. It was just awkward with him. He was obviously embarrassed. "You know, I need to go..." He said. Ashley got up from the bed and started towards the door. She turned back to Lucas for a moment. "Oh. Word to the wise, Don't answer the door in a towel." She giggled a bit as she finished saying that then opened the door. "Bye, Lucas." She called and waved to him.