Chapter 2

"Oh my God," Amy sighed, "I've died and gone to heaven. Look at
that gorgeous hunk."

Laura looked to where Amy was focused and her heart skipped a beat. He was incredibly handsome. He turned around and their eyes met. Laura's lips parted. She realized what she was doing and quickly turned away. "He's okay, I guess," she said, trying to sound nonchalant.

"Okay?! Are you blind?! I"m going to right over there and --"

"Don't you dare!" Laura almost yelled, grabbing Amy's arm. Turning a bright red, she said, "I-I just don't want you to make a fool of yourself. What if he has a girlfriend?"

"He'll tell me, and I'll try to show him that I'm the girl for him," Amy said, grinning. "Now let go."

Reluctantly, Laura did as she was asked. "Maybe I should go with you."

Amy shot her a look. "Um, thanks, but I don't need my big sister tagging along. How do I look?"

"You look great, but I don't think this is such a great idea."

"Laura, I'm eighteen, stop treating me like a baby. Unless you want him for yourself?" she teased.

Laura rolled her eyes. "Just go."

Amy proceeded on her mission.

Laura watched her go, and felt a pang of jealousy. "Why should I care," she thought. "Get a grip, Laura. He's just a pretty face. He probably has an awful personality. And you're getting married for crying out loud." Still, she couldn't stop herself from following Amy, and she knew it wasn't just to make sure her sister wasn't getting herself into trouble.

Her eyes started roaming his body. He was wearing a tight, white t-shirt that showed his gorgeous physique. What would it be like to run her hands over that chest, she couldn't help wondering. Her gaze lowered and...

Unexpectedly, Amy pointed to her, and the man's gaze came to rest on her. Laura was glad she didn't have to talk to him, because her mouth had suddenly gone completely dry and she could feel her cheeks burning, and not just because of the hot weather. He turned back to Amy, who was poking him to get his attention. Laura realized she had been holding her breath, and slowly let it out.

After a few more minutes of conversation, Amy started walking back to her, but Laura was too busy watching him get into his car to notice Amy creeping up behind her.

"Boo!" Amy yelled.

"Oh!" Laura yelped. She rolled her eyes as Amy laughed. "Grow up, would you, Amy? Jeez." Out of the corner of her eye she looked over to where the car had been, but it was gone.

"He has a nice ass, huh?" Amy said.

Startled, Laura said, "How would I know?"

"Maybe because you were staring at him the whole time," Amy smiled knowingly.

"Oh, shut up. I love Luke," she reminded her.

"I know, but just because you're getting married doesn't mean you can't still enjoy the view. And you have to admit, that was a mighty nice view."

"You're hopeless," Laura admonished, evading the question.

"Yes, hopelessly in love," Amy declared.

"In love?! You've known the guy a whole five minutes. That's hardly enough time."

"It is for me. You should have heard his voice, Laura. It was so sexy. And you saw the car he got into. He's got to be loaded. A great bod and a load of cash. Perfect."

"Well, it's not like you're going to see him again."

"That's what you think. He's all alone in this big city, so I invited him to dinner. Don't give me that look. He's a gentleman, I can tell. He even asked about you, so I had to say you would come."

"What?! No way, you can forget about it." Laura shook her head determinedly.

"Please, Laura!!" Amy whined. "I already told him we'd meet him. Don't make me look bad! Besides, it'll be safer if we're both there."

Laura knew there was no point in arguing with her. Lesley wouldn't be happy if she let her go off by herself, she reasoned, so she had to go with her. "Fine. So what's his name?"

"Stefan," Amy sighed. "Isn't that a beautiful name? I think we'll name our son that."

"And what will your son's last name be?"

Amy came back from her daydream and frowned. "I don't know. We didn't give out last names." She shrugged. "Guess I'll find out soon enough." She grabbed Laura's hand. "Come on, we've got shopping to do for tonight."

"Great," Laura muttered, wondering what Amy had gotten them into.