As the sun sparkled through the blinds in Flora Grey's bedroom, she sighed in protest at the light. It was only the second day in her new high school, but already she was tired, already she just wanted the weekend to come closer, quicker. In the two days that she'd been to the school, she'd been assigned god knows how much coursework, tripped over her own feet countless times and to top it all off, found that she did infact have a link with an arrogant tosser she didn't really know. Well, she knew that he was an arrogant tosser, but other than that not much else and neither did she particularly want to know anything more, not if what she'd seen was anything to go by.

With a sigh, the brunette pulled herself away from the warmth of her sheets and lazily stumbled into the bathroom, tripping on a pile of clothes by the doorway. Despite her grades at school and despite people's expectations, she really wasn't the most coordinated of people; not that she'd let anyone know that of course. Trying to shove these thoughts to the back of her mind, Flo moved towards her sink, where she washed, brushed her teeth and ran a brush through her chocolate brown waves. Once finished, she moved away and breezed down the stairs, feeling the silence of the house as she went. Because her mother often worked away from home, Flo was often on her own in their spacious cottage. The only signs of life she saw, were the kids at school and their house keeper, Dorothy, who turned up every afternoon to clean and check up on the teenager. It wasn't that she minded the free time she was given, but sometimes it did get lonely.

Once she'd munched off a bowl of cereal, she placed the bowl in the sink and made her way back upstairs once more, skipping around to the radio she'd switched on earlier. If there was one thing that Flora loved other than writing, it was music. Give her any kind of rock song, or classical come to that then she'd be there with bells on. As she moved, Flo pulled on what she liked to call her 'boyfriend outfit', complete with glasses and grabbed her school satchel on the way out of her farmhouse. Once she'd locked up, she swiftly headed towards her old fiat before hopping in, gunning the engine and pulling away from the curb. Despite her best efforts, she'd tried to get a radio installed in her car many times, but they just weren't compatibale with her vehicle's... classicness. Stifling a sigh as she drove, Flo wound down the windows, using the birdsong as her form of enterainment.

The school came into view as Flora accelerated, only stopping when she neared a few students. Slowly, she parked up the vehicle, slamming the door shut once she was out. The building that towered infront of her really didn't look that inviting and she didn't feel uplifted enough to make her way inside yet, so instead gathered her bag up and headed towards the gardens to the left of the building. It was a small park like area that students liked to hang around out of school hours, but for Flo it was where she went for inspiration for her articles.

Flora placed herself by a tree as a slight breeze ruffled through her chocolate brown hair. She made a point of standing there for more than a minute, taking in the peace and quiet; thoroughly enjoying the moment. It was ruined all too soon however, when a form snook up from behind her. She felt strong arms make their way across the bottom part of her torso, and then lips against her cheek. Panicking completely, Flo whirled around, her hands sweeping upwards to make contact with her attacker's jaw. As it did so however, she felt a stinging pain shoot through her own and almost fell over with shock.

"You Jerk!" She gasped, clutching the side of her face and trying to soothe it with cold hands. Damn their stupid unreasonable bond! Scowling and rubbing her jaw, Flo took a step backwards, hooking her satchel over her shoulder as she did so. "I'd apologize, but it's only you," she murmured with a smirk, wincing as the movement caused her pain. "God, you could have warned me," she seethed, her strangely bright eyes catching Lucas's gaze.

Flora had only met him two days ago, but had pretty much instantly taken a very strong dislike to him. On her first day he'd tried it on, more than once actually and she'd made a mental note to stay away from him, ticking him off as some kind of sex crazed pervert. Also, when she'd asked a couple of other girl's about him, well... His track record wasn't a bit clean, to say the least. Flora had never been one to judge a person by their past actions, but he'd pretty much proven to her in the space of a couple of hours that they were not just in the past, but infact ever present as well.

Tuning back into the moment at hand, Flo started inching backwards towards the school and away from the boy she pretty much loathed, currently. "Can't you find someone else to bug?" She asked with a scowl, ignoring a gaggle of giggling girls that walked past, pointing at her annoyance.

"You wish," Flo murmured, taking off her glasses and placing them gently in their case before returning it to her bag. When she glanced back up at Luke, he seemed slightly blurred until her sight adjusted. But when he came back into focus, she had to drop her gaze. As much as she hated to admit it, the guy was hot. She felt her heart skip a beat as he reached up a hand to her face, and instinctively moved away slightly. She knew his game, he'd been trying to play it since the first time that they'd met. However, there was a small part of her that felt extremely flattered, though she'd never let on.

"Good," she muttered, biting down on her bottom lip to stop from smiling. Now that she thought about it, she should be the one examining his face, not the other way around. Her striking eyes rolled over the spot where her hand had made contact with his jaw and she noted a very slight small blotch there. Feeling guilty, she was unaware of him taking her hands until she felt a warmth enclose them. Ok, so this was... weird.

Flora glanced up at him, trying to ignore the colour that she could feel rushing to her cheeks. She was nervous, stupidly so and she hoped to god that he couldn't feel that through their link. Immediately, she could feel her hands warming nicely and quite honestly, it wasn't just the warmth that she was enjoying. Stifling another smile, she looked up from beneath her lashes and caught his gaze. It seemed that a lot past in that instance and she only realised that she were staring when she heard a wolf-whistle from the group of girls. Flo sighed and pulled her hands away, turning swiftly on her heel and walking away towards the school. "They'll just have to freezed off then, won't they?" She replied with a half-hearted shrug, trying not to glance back over her shoulder as she went.

"I hope that didn't have a double meaning," she murmured, knowing full well that it did. Despite herself, Flo found herself glancing up at the group of girls who'd been giggling. Now that she was a little way away from Luke, their expressions had visibly changed to that of jealously, most of them taking on unmistakable sneers. Flora hurried on, ignoring the flush of her cheeks. It was only her third day and already half of the female population hated her.

Before Flo could go any further, she heard her name being called. The sound was filled with anguish and a worry that she couldn't place. In her heart, Flora felt the sped up beating, the pain and conflict of her and Luke's link. She knew before he even said anything that something had just happened to Lucas, something that had effected him negatively. Turning to face him, she was suprised when his warm hands cupped her face again and even more suprised at the mention of his... his... daughter? Too startled to move, she was glad when he steered her towards her car and without saying a word, Flora unlocked it and hopped into the driver's seat.

Not hesitating, she gunned the engine and reversed out of her parking spot, steadily making her way away from the school. On the way there, she accelerated as much as she could, but being a classic, the car wouldn't push anything over 50 so it was a slightly painful journey. All the while, Flora could feel Luke's tension building, their link letting his emotions flow into her and she showed it in the only way that she could; by crying. Whenever Flo got frustrated about something, it came out in tears, lots of them and right now her eyes were streaming, but obviously she couldn't really understand why. She wiped a free hand across her face and kept silent, knowing speech probably wouldn't help much at the moment.

Flo jumped when a hand reached out for hers, soft fingers linking themselves with her own slender ones. She turned to face Luke, a questioning expression on her face. When he started speaking again, however, she focused her gaze back on the road, trying not to crash her car. The emotions she felt as he went through his story were so confusing, there was a mix of her own thrown in there, along with his pain. It was too much.

Unable to drive any longer, Flora pulled over onto the curb and killed the engine for a second. She didn't look at Luke, just focused on calming herself so that she could start moving the car again. "Just give me a minute," she whispered as she rested her forehead against the steering wheel. The coolness was welcome against her flushed skin and immediately made her feel slightly better. Once her own feelings seemed to subside she leant back into the seat, wiping more tears away. "Sorry. I know you want to get to your daughter. I just don't think crashing the car would have helped matters," she murmured before turning the key in the ignition once more.

Once they were mobile, Flo kept both of her hands away from his and on the wheel; not because she didn't like his touch - she did - simply because when they made contact, emotions seemed stronger. After a little way of silence, she did glance at him though and her first words were probably not really very expected. "Why don't you tell people that they're your kids?" She wondered, her voice holding a softness to it that she'd never heard before. It was a little scary, but the fact that Lucas had two kids, didn't bother Flo much at all.

"Gh-wha?!" The jock jumped away from the voice, clearly startled, "Fuck off, creep," He'd then frown, glancing at his fellow jocks for reassurement. The guy felt more angry than he probably should, his shoulders rose, his fists clenched, and he was approaching Sidney with rage in his eyes. Before the guy did anything or moved any closer, Tina was striding down the hall, calling the guy's name.

"Kevin!" She called when she was close enough, "I really do hope you were planning to hug him," With a smirk on her lips and her voice chirpy, she placed a hand on the jock's bicep. As much as the guy could admit that every time Tina was near, she made him warm with happiness, if only a little to diffuse the rage now. But she was still one of those losers.

"Whatever," Kevin muttered, shuffling off with his friends. Tina blinked, staring towards the direction they've disappeared to. "Asshole," Although name-calling by Tina never seemed menacing; it looked more cute than intimidating. Blue eyes settled on Sid then.

She cocked her head and mounted her fists on her hips, "You're enjoying yourself aren't you?"

Flora listened to his answer, trying to think through an answer. She knew what he was saying; anybody could understand that but she also knew it must have been hard to keep his children a secret from everyone for all that time. "Part of me, gets it." She murmured, indicating as she took a left. "But another part of me doesn't. I know you don't want people to treat you differently once they know you're a dad, but they'll get over it and get used to it. You know how high school gossip dies down after a couple of weeks, they just move onto the next big story." Flo glanced at him from the corner of her eye; she wasn't going to force him into telling people, that wasn't her place, but she wanted to give him a few pointers to think about anyways.

Before she could ask any more questions, however, the hospital came into view. Flo took a sharp right, narrowly missing a wall as she did so, before coming to a stop in a short stay spot and killing the engine. Feeling a little shaken by her sudden ability to drive like that, she forgot about why they were here until a nurse walked by the car, sandwich and coffee in hand.
"Well, uh, I'll wait here for you." Flora thought the last thing his daughter needed was a strange woman hanging around while she had her stitches, and honestly, she was a little nervous about meeting Lucas's children; She hadn't been expecting what he'd told her at all. She wasn't bothered by the fact, just overwhelmed. It was a lot to take in under the circumstances and his emotions added to hers didn't help much, it just made things a hell of a lot more confusing.

"You know, I just don't want my kids being a topic of hight school gossip, you understand?" Luke said quietly, and then he bit his lip. "I don't want the whole school talking about Rosie and Zack as if they're ... not even people. You know how evil gossip is, and I don't want my kids to be a part of that." He sighed, and then the hospital came into view. Smiling softly, he knew that his daughter and probably his son were in there, and he just wanted to hold them tight to him.

"Oh no, you're not waiting in the car. You've brought me here even when I doubt you like me all that much, so the least I can do it let you meet my kids, and then buy you a coffee." He smiled, before jumping out of the car and then opening her door, letting her out. As soon as she followed him inside, he asked at the reception desk where his daughter, Rosie Falkland was. Just then, a small boy ran up to him. "Daddy!" He grinned, and then the male took Zach into his arms. "Hey buddy. This is my friend, Flora. Do you mind staying with her whilst I go and find Rosie?" He asked both of them at the same time. He hoped that Flo would look after his son for a moment just as he helped Rosie. "Well?"

[Gah, again - rushed. Sorry, dads ^^]

(Sorry, I lost the link to the OOC somehow. >< But I just want to give you a heads up, things are a little insane here, so I probably won't be able to post until sometime after the holidays. Merry Christmas to everybody though!)

[No problemo, to both of you XD]

"Mm, now that, I can understand fully." Flora offered Lucas a small, what she hoped was a comforting smile. She could still feel everything he was through their link and funnily enough she just wanted to comfort him. Which was really quite odd seeing as she disliked him. Or at least she thought that she did.

When Luke replied to her comment about staying in the car she glanced at him in suprise. She'd just thought he'd want to get to his kids and not have some strange girl that he didn't even like hanging around with them. She nodded slowly, the not liking him part registering in her mind. But she did like him. Whether she wanted to admit that or not, which she didn't. Flo thanked him for opening her door and followed him towards the hospital in silence, wondering what to expect of his children.

Having never been one for talking to kiddies much, Flora was suprised when a beautiful young boy came running up to Luke. She watched the change in the man she had a link with, seeing it and feeling the joy in his heart at the same time. She couldn't help but smile, only to be taken aback slightly when he asked her to look after his son. "O-of course. Hey Zach. How's it goin'?" Flo smiled at the child and took him from his dad's arms, hoisting the kid onto her hips. "Go on. You go find your daughter, we'll be waiting right here." She smiled again, trying to channel the parental feelings she was getting from Lucas to help her with the cutie pie she held in her arms.