Kevin woke up and groaned at the light that was coming through the open blinds. He rubbed a hand down his face and looked next to him to see that Lucy's spot was vacated.

He sat up and swung his legs over the side of the bed and walked towards the bathroom. He came out a minute later and started for the coffee maker when a voice startled him.

"Good morning." He heard and nearly jumped 2 feet.

"What the..." he looked at Lucy and confusion washed over his face."Oh, what are you doing here?"

"I live here, Kevin," Lucy told him but kept her face and attention on the book that she was reading at the table.

"Did you just get here?" he asked thinking to himself, I was only in the bathroom for like a minute, jeez, its way to early for this.

"No, I've been up for a while." She looked up and tapped the pen she was holding on the table. "I guess you weren't expecting me to be here? You just walked right past me."

"No, uh, shouldn't you be at school?" he asked still trying to wake up.

"I um, have the morning off," Lucy told him with a distance in her voice that he couldn't place.

"Oh," he poured himself some coffee and then turned and looked at his wife. "Did you tell me that you had the morning off?" He couldn't place the fact...

"It must have slipped my mind, but you were kind of acting weird yesterday so I'm not surprised."

This time he looked up from his coffee. "I was acting weird? I was?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Is this going to start a fight?" she asked calmly when she heard the tone and accusation in his voice. "Because, I really don't have time for one."

He almost laughed. "Lucy you've been acting weird for these past few days." She looked down at her hands as they fidgeted.

"Sorry."

"Sorry?" He asked and she looked up. "Baby, I don't want an apology from you," he told her impatiently.

"Oh," she responded unsure of how she should react and then she sighed. "Well then I should study." She looked down at the book and Kevin stood staring at her dumbfounded.

"Aren't you going to tell me what's been bothering you?" He stared at her. "Lucy?"

She tore her eyes from the words on the page for a minute and looked at him. "What?"

He set his jaw and forced an annoyed smile. "Did you hear a word I just said?"

Lucy groaned and rubbed at her tired eyes. "I'm sorry Kevin, I just have a lot going on right now."

"Like what?" he asked taking a step towards her. She raised an eyebrow at him, unsure of what he was getting at and then spoke.

"Like school..."

"Just school?"

"...Yeah?..." She stared at him with a confused face, What else was he expecting?

"You're sure?"

"Yes Kevin, I'm sure," Lucy told him slowly and he turned away from her.

Why is she lying to me? He asked himself.

What is he on? She wondered.

Later, when Kevin walked out of the shower he saw that Lucy was packing up her books.

"You going to class?" He asked and she looked up and smiled at him.

"Yeah, bye." She swung her bag strap around her shoulder and started to walk down the stairs.

"Bye," he murmured and was still dissatisfied with how she was acting. "Hey, Lucy?"

She stopped mid-way on the stairs and looked up at him. "Hmm?"

"What time with you be home?" he asked and knew how stupid he sounded.

"Uh, four...same as always." She gave him a half smiled and started to turn around.

"Lucy," She stopped and looked at him again. "I love you."

She stared at him for another second and then turned to walk the rest of the way down the stairs in complete confusion. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs and thought for a second.

"Kevin, are you okay honey?" She called up with concern in her voice.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Are you?" He asked a little too quickly and she rubbed her oncoming headache.

"Yeah babe, I'm fine." She started walking off. "But, I'm not sure you are," she muttered to herself. He has to be on something, she concluded, well whatever it is, I want some.

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