The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series.

by Mj Fields

  Phoebe grabbed Tessa, who stood shocked.

  ���Let���s go, Tessa.���

  They walked down the stairs, and Phoebe drove. Tessa was sick.

  Jose walked in and interrupted, ���Links ��� did you say hi to your girl?���

  Jenny stood up and smiled at him and left the room.

  ���Jose, I���m sorry man,��� Lucas said.

  ���You owe me nothing man, but your girl stood here two minutes ago with a little blonde chick, you may owe her something,��� he walked out and slammed the door.

  ���FUCK!��� Lucas grabbed his phone.

  She ignored his call

  - Tessa, please call me��� LL

  She didn���t respond.

  - fine, I���m on my way to your place we need to talk��� LL

  - I���m not home��� T

  - I see, well I���ll be there when you get there��� LL

  - No��� T

  - Jose saw you here, we need to talk��� LL

  - We have nothing to talk about ever again!.. T

  - Tessa don���t do this��� LL

  - I DIDN���T��� T

  She went home and went to bed. Ben walked in and looked at her, and she was crying.

  ���Oh Tess, don���t cry,��� he hugged her, ���Not good?���

  ���No,��� she whimpered. Her phone rang again, ���Don���t answer it, Ben.���

  ���Okay Tess, okay��� Ben pulled her into a hug, and she held tightly to him while she cried into is chest. ���I���m so sorry, whatever happened, I���m sorry.���

  ���He was getting a blow job from Jenny,��� Tessa sobbed, and he held her tighter.

  ���Tess you are going to be alright girl?��� he held her.

  Her phone chimed��� it was him

  - Tessa are you home? I need to explain. I tried to stop her, she kissed me, and I told her no, I was in my room baby, she came in, nothing I could do, please call me��� LL

  Ben looked at Tessa with deep concern in his eyes.

  - I told you I���m done, and yes you told her no but it was NO NO Naughty girl, encouraging her, you didn���t fight her off very well after that. I watched her go down on you and your hands were wrapped in her hair. You told her you were going to come in her mouth! I wish you the best Lucas, always��� T

  She hit send and started crying again, ���What the hell was I thinking?���

  Her phone chimed it was him

  - Tessa I love you��� please talk to me��� LL

  - oh yes, I heard you tell Jenny you loved me, and then you let her SUCK YOUR DICK. Again I am done, and if YOU DON���T STOP TEXTING ME, I AM CHANGING MY NUMBER!... Tessa

  Minutes later Alex walked into her room, ���Tessa Lucas is on the phone.���

  ���Tell him I HATE HIM��� she yelled and cried.

  ���Lucas, she���s not going to talk to you right now, sorry,��� Alex said.

  ���Yeah, I heard she hates me, sorry Alex. Thanks for trying.���

  ���Lucas be safe man,��� he said.

  Her phone chimed.

  - You don���t hate me Tessa, we love each other, and when you���re ready to talk I���ll be right here, not fucking up, take as long as you need, I love you baby,and I���m so sorry��� LL

  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

  Tessa and Jade got ready for the Homecoming Dance. It had been two weeks since she had talked to Lucas. She changed her number the day after things had happened. SU was playing an away game, and Tessa felt pretty good about, not having to see him. She thought about Toby today, she had gone to the dance last year with him. She wasn���t going to cry, she was going to have fun. Jade and Ryan were waiting for her, she was wearing her favorite color, light blue. Tessa had her hair highlighted and had done her make up perfectly. She stared in the mirror and although she looked goo, she wondered what it was about her that wasn���t enough for him. What could she have done better? What did he see that pushed him into someone else���s arms, or fucking mouth!

  ���Ben said he���d come if you want him to, Tessa,��� Alex whispered from behind her.

  ���No, I���m going to have fun tonight with you guys. I want him to be happy and have dragged him into enough,��� she forced herself to walk away from the mirror and the dark road her insecurities were bringing her.

  They walked in, and Tessa saw Cassidy, ���Come dance with us.���

  Tessa joined them and danced, laughed and had fun. She slow danced with anyone who asked, there was no one to get mad. She was free to have fun. She and Kendall cut up the place, she loved that she had time to spend time with her.

  Tessa was dancing with Pizza Boy when she saw Jose. She excused herself and walked out of the gym and kicked her shoes off and ran to the bathroom. As she turned the corner and ran right into Lucas.

  ���Tessa you look beautiful,��� he hugged her.

  She stepped back and looked away from him; she found it hard to breathe. Tessa took a deep breath and walked around him and went into the bathroom. She squatted down and took deep, slow, controlled breaths.

  She was in the bathroom for about twenty minutes when Jade came in, ���Tessa they���re announcing King and Queen, you need to come.���

  ���What is he doing here?���

  ���He was king last year remember?��� Jade held her hand.

  Tessa shook her head no.

  ���Let���s go do this Tessa and then if you want to leave we can okay?���

  Tessa stood on stage holding the crowns.

  Lucas walked on stage, and she looked quickly away, everyone cheered.

  ���Alright let���s do this,��� Lucas yelled to the cheering masses and then turned towards Tessa.

  His eyes bore into her, and she wanted to cry.

  Tessa crowned the King and Queen and quickly left the stage.

  She danced with Pizza Boy, ���Party at camp after?���

  ���Sounds like a plan.��� The song ended, and she grabbed Kendall.

  Kendall smiled, ���You alright?���

  Tessa rolled her eyes, ���Of course!���

  Ryan, Alex, Lucas, and Jose stood on the edge of the dance floor and talked.

  ���A few of us are going to camp after this if you guys want to come.���

  ���Are you sure Alex?��� Lucas said.

  ���Yeah, she hates you but would hate me if I weren’t your friend. I���m not sure what happened, and I don���t want to know, just let her get through whatever this is.���

  ���Phoebe didn���t tell you?��� Lucas asked.

  ���Nope, Tessa is pretty closed mouth about things. Phoebe is her friend, and they are both very loyal,��� Alex said.

  Tessa rode with Cassidy and Pizza Boy; she stopped at the house and got changed. They pulled in, and she got out. She walked up to the fire and saw Lucas there, ���Perfect,��� she whispered to Cassidy rolling her eyes.

  They stood and talked for a while and Tessa went to camp to grab some chairs. Lucas walked in. She froze.

  ���Tessa sorry��� I was coming to grab some chairs,��� he said and shoved his hands in his pockets. He had changed into jeans, an SU sweatshirt and a white hat.

  ���That���s fine Lucas, we���re going to have to deal with each other someday,��� she said as if it were no big deal.

  ���I miss you.���

  ���No. You don���t get to.���

  ���Tessa baby.���

  ���Or that,���
� she closed her eyes, ���This is not going to work. More time, that���s what you need,��� she said to herself and tried to walk out.

  Lucas grabbed her and hugged her. Tessa started crying immediately. He stroked her hair and rubbed her back as she sobbed. He said nothing. He sat on the couch and held her. She stopped crying, and he looked down at her, she was asleep curled up in a beautiful little ball. He fell asleep wishing he could turn back time. Alex walked in and saw them and shook his head, he walked back out.

  ���Is she okay?��� Phoebe asked.

  ���They���re asleep.���

  ���Oh,��� Phoebe frowned.

  ���You don���t like him, do you?���

  ���I don���t hate him, but I love her,��� she looked down.

  He hugged her, ���Should I go wake them up?���

  Jose walked up, ���What���s going on?���

  ���They���re both asleep,��� Alex pointed at camp.

  ���Good, that boy ain���t slept in two weeks,��� Jose said. ���I never saw anything like it man. He goes to class, goes to practice, he may close his eyes for twenty, thirty minutes tops. It���s crazy.���

  ���Good,��� Phoebe sneered.

  ���You were with her that night, right?��� he asked. ���Why didn���t you girls go in and kick her ass?���

  ���Why hers?��� Phoebe gaffed.

  ���I walked in right after you all did, and it wasn���t him. He���s been telling her to back off since day one. He loves Tessa, thinks the sun revolves around that girl.���

  ���Easy for you to say you���re a man, she isn���t like that. He was her first, and she thought her always. He���s hurt her over and over,��� Phoebe said, ���Do you know how that makes her feel?��� she shoved Jose. ���She would have waited until she was married Jose, she���s not like the whores you assholes play with,��� she shoved him again.

  ���Phoebe, that���s enough��� Alex pulled her back.

  ���Alex, it���s cool, I know she loves her. I���m with you all. I���m waiting too, Southern Baptist born and raised. If I thought, he didn���t love her I would kick his ass. Your girl Tessa is cool.���

  Tessa heard everything that was said and realized as comfortable as she was she could not put herself through this again. She quietly looked at the clock; she had slept for two hours. She wanted to stay so that he could sleep but knew if she did, if she so much as kissed that boy again it would be over. She stood up, and he jumped.

  ���Baby, don���t go, please don���t go,��� his eyes were glassy.

  ���Lucas,��� she said quietly, ���I have something in the Jeep for you, wait here, please.���

  She got up and walked outside past everyone.

  Lucas couldn���t sit still; he walked out and stood by the pond. She took a deep breath and handed him a manila envelope. He opened it, inside was the ring, the bracelet, the earrings and the necklace he had given her at the end of hockey season last year.

  ���I don���t want this Tessa, those are yours. Don���t do this to me, I promise you I���ll be better.��� He sealed the envelope and tried to hand it back to her, and she stepped back.

  ���Lucas, we���re not going to ever ��� work. I deserve better than this. I shouldn���t have to worry about what or who you may be doing,��� she said quietly looking down.

  ���I won���t accept that,��� he tried to give it to her again and she refused. He took her hand and held the envelope in it.

  ���Please Lucas, don���t.���

  ���No Tessa, NO!��� he yelled and she jumped. ���Look at me Tessa, I LOVE YOU, after a year I LOVE you even more, every day! I never stopped and I never will.��� She looked down, ���WHY! Why didn���t you come in my room that night, huh?��� Tears started falling down his face ���WHY! If it were one of your friends ��� you would���ve stopped them, but you just couldn���t wait for me to fuck up!��� She didn���t answer; he grabbed her and shook her, ���Answer me Tessa.���

  Tessa started to shake as she tried to stifle her emotions.

  ���I was asleep; you and I had been at it for three days, three perfect days. I certainly didn���t need that, are you listening to me Tessa!��� he asked and grabbed his hair, ���FUCK!���

  She took a deep breath, ���You don���t get it Lucas I saw your face! I saw you enjoying it, I saw you grabbing her hair LUCAS!��� she yelled and pulled his hand out of her hair, ���You expected me to stop you? Seriously! I���m not stupid, stop talking to me like I am!���

  ���Fine Tessa you don���t want this FINE,��� he waded up the envelope and threw it in the pond, ���I don���t fucking want it either! Jose, would you please get me the fuck out of here,��� Lucas screamed. He grabbed her, ���I���m sorry, I FUCKED up. This isn���t over! I���m not going to just stop loving you! When you can forgive me, call me because I can���t even talk to you, you changed your FUCKING number! I���m losing it Tessa��� I hope you enjoy the show,��� he walked away.

  Jose walked by, ���Tessa you okay?��� he asked as tears started flowing down her cheek. ���I got him, okay?��� she shook her head yes, and Jose hugged her.

  Jose got in the car, and Lucas sat in the passenger seat with his head buried in his hands. Tessa knew he was crying, and it tore her apart. The pain she felt now would someday heal.

  Enough was enough. They pulled up the driveway and out of sight.

  Tessa fell to her knees and sobbed.

  SONGS THAT INSPIRE

  New Love Playlist

  Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

  Wonderwall by Oasis

  Everlong by the Foo Fighters

  Zombie by the Cranberries

  Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots

  It���s your love by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

  I Touch Myself

  Thank You by Led Zeppelin

  Close My Eyes Forever Lita Ford and Ozzie Osbourne

  Eternal Flame the Bangles

  Shimmer by Fuel

  Don���t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John

  Daniel by Elton John

  Crocodile Rock by Elton John

  Whatever by Godsmack

  Jane Says by Jane���s Addiction

  It���s All Been Done by Bare- naked Ladies

  One Week by Bare- naked Ladies

  A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

  I am very grateful to all who have taken the time to read Tessa and Lucas���s story.

  My hope is always to try to be better, a better mom, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, and partner. And to do so with grace, dignity, and the knowledge that each step in my journey will lead me to who I am to become without anger or resentments, always forgiving, knowing I too need forgiveness.

  To have loved and to have been loved is the greatest gift. A gift that should be re- gifted when the heart and soul heal. You never know what is just around the corner..

  Again I want to thank all those whose support has helped me through life and love. Laura, Karen, Stephanie, Suzanne, Tiffany, Taylor, Emily, Erica, Faye, and Mary. Your feedback was truly appreciated. I Love you all���Anyway.

  My promise to you is that you will be happy with Tessa���s choice and even continue to love Lucas���Anyway.

  DEDICATION

  To all who fell as deeply in love with Lucas and Tessa���s story as I have.

  Thank you for wanting to learn more about them.

  To all who have given me con
structive criticism,

  To my family and friends,

  To those who love, love.

  I love you all���anyways.

  SAD LOVE

  Book 3

  CHAPTER ONE

  Tessa stood back and admired their work, the place looked beautiful. Tan and blue decorations hung from the ceilings, and there were balloons everywhere. Phoebe and Cassidy were putting even more balloons on the mailbox. Everyone would be arriving at Jade���s shower in less than an hour.

  She walked upstairs and took a deep breath. She opened the door to Lucas���s room and could smell him. She froze momentarily, letting his scent waft through her. She closely looked at the dresser that had held photos from Lucas��� previous proms that were now gone, replaced by one photo of him and her. Tessa dreaded seeing him again, but still the thought of never seeing him again was worse. She took a deep breath, walked into the bathroom, and turned on the shower.

  As she stood naked under the hot water pouring down on her, she thought of the many times she and Lucas had shared this very shower. Tessa thought of his hands caressing her and hers caressing him. She knew it was still too soon to be face to face with the boy who once professed to love her, the boy that she without a doubt loved. She got out and toweled off her hair. She walked out into his room wrapped in a towel and sat on the bed. She looked down at the place she and Lucas first had sex. She sat on the bed and fought the desire to curl up and fall asleep in its warmth. She had not slept decently in weeks and now was not the time. Shake it off Tessa stay busy ��� you���ll be fine, she thought to herself. She stood and dropped the towel and walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth. She threw on her panties and bra, walked out to grab her dress and jumped when she saw Lucas standing in his closet pulling on his boxer briefs.

  ���Oh, I���I���m sorry I didn���t think you���d be here yet,��� she grabbed a towel.

  Lucas slowly closed his eyes and let out a deep breath and walked in his closet. She grabbed the pale green halter dress and pulled it up to cover her.

  He walked out of the closet with his pants on.

  ���Tessa, you look amazing,��� he whispered as he walked over to zip her dress the rest of the way up.