Cedar Falls

Chapter 1:

Sheridan drifted from her dreamless sleep at the sound of her father yelling at her to get up and walked into her bathroom. Staring at her reflection in the mirror, she saw her eyes were still bloodshot from the night before. She had lost count of how many nights she had cried herself to sleep, always for the same reason. Her life. Quickly she did her makeup and hair and threw on some clothes. She needed to get away for awhile, and she knew just the place to go.

Luis groaned as his alarm went off at 4:00 am and got out of bed. He got dressed and grabbed a piece of toast before heading out the door. It felt like he needed to get away from his everyday life for just a little bit. Sure, his family was great, but he also held a grudge against them. They didn't want Sheridan and him to be best best friends. His older sister, Theresa, liked Sheridan, but now that she away at college in New York, it seemed he was fighting a battle by himself against his parents 24/7. He needed some time away from them, and he knew exactly where he would go.

Sheridan slumped down on the ground of "Cedar Falls" in the Autumn Woods of New England. That's when she let it all out. She cried and was oblivious to the things surrounding her. Luis let out a sigh of relief when he entered "Cedar Falls". Suddenly, he heard cries coming from down by the creek. 'Sheridan?' he thought to himself, running down next to the person.

Sheridan didn't even bother to look up, she knew who it was. Instead, she stood up and collapsed in his arms. Luis stood there, wrapping his arms around her and soothingly running his fingers through her hair. "Sheri..what's wrong?" he whispered. She didn't respond, she had stopped crying, but now her face was buried deep in his chest. Sheridan felt so safe in his arms, but she knew she had to talk to him. Reluctantly she pulled away and looked deeply into his hazel brown eyes. Luis ran a hand down her cheek and wiped away a few tears.

She closed her eyes the moment his hand touched her face, and almost forgot everything that was wrong with her life. Her eyes fluttered open and they sat down on the ground together.

She told him how her father had pushed against the wall last night and told her that she was the failure of the family. And how she cried watching her mother drink her problems away. And how she found out that Gwen had been drowning her sorrows by giving herself out to anyone who wanted it. "I just wish I could get away from everything here.." she explained, tears flowing freely down her cheeks. Luis didn't know what to say. He pulled her closer to him and tried to look her in the eyes, but she adverted hers. "Sheridan, look at me." he told her, gently grabbing her face and turning it to his. "Luis, you're my best friend, but not even you can take me away to a different place just like that."

Sheridan frowned. Luis knew she had a point, but he had to try. Not knowing what else to do, he pressed his lips against hers and moved his hands to her waist, pulling her closer. She moaned as his tongue entered her mouth and met hers. 'Damn. This is taking me to a different place...if he only knew how he is torturing me right now.' she thought to herself. 'Two can play at that game.' she smirked against his mouth, moving her hands to his back. She gently raked her nails on his back, causing him to groan deeply as their kiss grew fervent. They let out all of their problems on eachother, and before they knew it, Sheridan was on her back with Luis on top of her.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 2:

Luis ran his fingers through her hair. Their kiss was turning more intense by the minute, when all of a sudden, Sheridan's cell phone went off, interrupting them. 'Damn it! Whoever this is better have a good excuse!' she thought, sitting up and answering it. "Hello?" she said into the phone. "Get home right now, Sheridan. You have tennis practice. Where the hell are you?" her fathers voice boomed into the phone. Sheridan eyes suddenly widened with fear, realizing she must have been gone for a long time. Turning her back to Luis, she whispered into the phone.

"I'll be home right away...I'm sorry father." "Sorry isn't good enough you miserable excuse for a Crane! If you aren't home in 5 minutes, God help you!" he yelled, following a loud slam of the phone. Sheridan winced at the loud sounds. She turned off the phone and felt the tears welling up in her eyes. Turning around to face Luis, she tried to hide her fear, though she knew he knew her better than that. "I-I have to go now, Luis. I'm sorry. And I won't hold you to anything that just happened here.

You were just trying to cheer me up." she frowned, adverting her eyes from his. "Sheri..what's going on? Who was that on the phone?" Luis asked concerned, seeing the tears starting to form in her eyes. "It was no one..I have to go.." Sheridan got up and ran leaving Luis alone and confused. 'Damn it Lopez-Fitzgerald. Smooth move. You know you meant more by that kiss than you let on. But apparently, she doesn't feel the same way.' Luis thought to himself, a frown spreading across his face. He looked down at his watch. "Oh hell..I'm going to be late for soccer practice." he said to himself, getting up and hurrying out of "Cedar Falls".

Sheridan was home in 7 minutes...even though she ran the whole way. Making sure the coast was clear, she headed up the stairs towards her room. She was only half way up when she heard her fathers anger filled voice. 'Oh shit.' she thought turning around to face him. The moment she turned around, she fell. Something hard had just hit her. "SHERIDAN!" Ivy screeched dropping her glass of champagne on the tile floor and running up the stairs next to her. Blood dripped from her mouth...her father had just hit her in the jaw. Ivy knelt down beside her. "DAMN IT JULIAN! GET AWAY FROM HER!" Ivy yelled, shoving him away. Julian shot an icy glare at her and stomped down the stairs. Sheridans vision was blury...her fathers fist had met her jaw strongly, and she was slowly slipping out of conciousness.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 3:

Sheridan's eyes fluttered open. She turned her head and saw her mother Ivy sitting on the edge of her bed next to her. At first, she tried to sit up, but then all the pain suddenly came pouring back in, and she fell back down. "Oh darling, don't try to get up..not yet. You'll probably have a headache for the rest of the night." Ivy told her, holding her hand. Sheridan lifted her other hand to her mouth. She could feel it had swelled up, and figured she probably had a bruise. Ivy could see the tears beginning to form in her pale blue eyes.

"I'm so sorry, my darling.." Ivy frowned, trying to hold back tears of her own. Sheridan didn't respond. She just closed her eyes hoping she would leave. She did. Looking at her clock, she saw it was only 5:00 pm. 'Good...I'll sleep for awhile to get rid of this headache, and then I'll sneak out. I need to get away for awhile.' Setting her alarm for 11:30 pm, she drifted off to sleep.

Luis tossed and turned in his bed. His whole day had been going wrong since Sheridan ran away from him this morning. At soccer practice, he just couldn't put his heart into it, and it seemed like he had been fighting with his parents and other friends all day long. He needed to see Sheridan. He had the strangest feeling that something wasn't right, and it was driving him insane. Glancing over at his clock, he looked at the time. 'Midnight..great. I think I'll take a midnight stroll to Cedar Falls.' And with that, he rolled over and got out of bed.

BEEP! BEEP! Sheridans alarm sounded waking her from her slumber. Her headache was gone, and she knew she needed to get out for awhile. Getting out of bed, she put on new clothes and masked her face with makeup, even though it barely hid her bruise. She snuck out quietly, making sure not to set off any alarms or wake anyone. Once she was a safe distance away from the house, she breathed a sigh of relief. Why did her life have to be so hard? she frowned to herself as she practically ran to the woods.

Luis had just reached the Autumn Woods. Making his way towards the creek, he saw how beautiful the waterfall looked at night. 'Maybe I'll take a little moonlight swim.' he thought, stripping down to his swimming trunks and jumping in.

Sheridan reached "Cedar Falls" and sat down. She looked around her and realized this is the same place she had sat earlier that day, when Luis had kissed. 'God..' she thought, the tears beginning to flow. 'Why am I tortured so? This isn't helping any. I should just go home. But I can't go home like this. I need to not look like I've been crying...but it's too late to take a shower at home. And there's no way I'm getting up early in the morning again just to take a shower.' she thought to herself. Then she decided to go ahead and go in the creek. Since she wasn't planning on going in the creek, she didn't have her swimming suit on. So she decided to skinny dip. After all, she was the only one there.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 4:

Sheridan swam on her back, closing her eyes as she felt the cool water wash away her pain. Suddenly, she felt something touch her shoulder. She gasped, startled and stood straight up to see who the person was.

Luis couldn't believe it. Sheridan was standing right in front of him, naked, in the middle of the night. This was too good to be true. He suddenly became serious though when he saw the bruise on her face. "Oh my God..Sheri..what happened?" Luis asked, getting closer to her and cupping her face gently in his hands. Sheridan snapped back into reality and suddenly remembered earlier that day, when her father had hit her. She shuddered at the memory. "It's nothing, Luis..really." "Damn it Sheridan, don't lie to me.

Who did this to you?" he asked, staring her intensely in the eyes. "It doesn't matter now, I feel completely better." she replied, trying to break away from his powerful gaze with no luck. "It matters to me. Someone hurt you, Sheri..and they had better hope I don't ever catch their sorry ass!" Luis told her, anger starting to form in his voice. Sheridan winced at his tone. Suddenly, he flashbacked to earlier when her father called her on the phone. "Oh God..Sheridan did.." Luis trailed off.

She looked at him tearfully nodding her head yes. Luis pulled her into his arms and she cried against his shoulder for the second time that day. "I'm so sorry, Sheri..I wish I could have been there for you.." he said quietly, holding her tightly against him. They both felt electricity shoot throughout their bodies as they touched. Sheridan started to pull away, but Luis didn't let her go just yet. She looked up at his hazel brown eyes. She just couldn't take it anymore. Putting her hand behind his neck and bringing his mouth down to hers, she began kissing him.

He was unsure of how to respond at first, but once he felt her tongue stroke his, he lost it. His hands slid down her sides and he pulled her closer to him, deepening their kiss. Luis then slid his hands down to her buttocks, and Sheridan gasped against his lips. All she meant to do was kiss him, and things were becoming to out of control. She couldn't do this...not here, and not now. Sheridan pushed Luis away. "I'm sorry, Luis..I was only reacting in anger at what my father did to me." Sheridan lied.

Luis was confused and about to respond, but the moment he looked in her eyes, he realized what had just happened. She was scared. Not like he had done it before either, but there was no way was he going to rush her into anything she didn't want to do. And he knew that she had been through too much today already. "Come on, Sheri..let's get out of this water and get dressed." Luis said, taking her hand in his and leading them out of the water. She smiled at how understanding he was. After they got dressed, they hugged.

"Thank you again, Luis..for always being there for me and being so understanding." Sheridan smiled, their arms still around eachother. "Anytime, you know that." Luis smiled back. Sheridan felt her knees get weak. "But I swear, if I ever hear or catch anyone hurting you again I-" Sheridan placed a finger to his lip. "Shh..don't talk like that, Luis. I promise, if anyone hurts me again you'll be the first to know, ok?" "Good..nothing bad is ever going to happen to you again if I have anything to say about it."

"See? I knew there was a reason for having you as my best friend. God, Luis..you sound like a freaking cop!" she laughed. "I'm serious Sheri." Luis told her, causing her to stop laughing. She sighed. "I know you are Luis, and that's why I love you so much." "I love you too, Sheri..I'll see you here tomorrow?" "Of course." she smiled. "Alright..sweet dreams." "Night." she told him, jogging off into the night. Luis stood there with a grin on his face. 'I'll always love you, Sheridan Crane.' he thought to himself, beginning to walk home.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 5:

Sheridan headed home after tennis practice to take a shower. Her coach had really pushed her hard today since she missed yesterdays practice. But she knew it would all pay off in the end...her tennis would take her away from her life in New England, hopefully, forever. Luis looked around "Cedar Falls" making sure everything was perfect. He then took out his cell phone and dialed Sheridan's number.

BRING! BRRIIIINNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!! Sheridan's phone rang just as she had wrapped her towel around her. "Hello?" she asked into the phone. "Hi Sheri." She smiled. "Hey Luis. What's up?" "Just thought I'd tell you I can't wait to see you tonight..I have a surprise for you." "Aww, you shouldn't have! Well..I'd be there right now except that the only thing I'm wearing at the current moment is a towel." "So what? I've seen you in less than that." Luis laughed into the phone. Sheridan rolled her eyes.

"Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald..you are such a pervert! I'll see you in half an hour, ok?" "Alright Sheri..bye." "Bye." And with that, she hung up the phone. Sheridan smiled. He was so sweet...even though he could be a pervert at sometimes. 'If he only knew I loved him as more than a friend.." she sighed. After she got ready, she took off towards "Cedar Falls".

Luis looked at his watch. It was 9:30 pm. Just as he lit the last candle, he heard Sheridan's call. "Luis? Where are you?" He emerged from behind a group of trees that formed a circle with something behind his back. Sheridan crossed her arms. "What are you up to?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "Let me put this on you." Luis grinned, pulling a blindfold out from behind his back. "No way." Sheridan told him.

But she eventually gave in, letting him put it on her. Luis then took her hands and led her into the group of trees. Sheridan's breath and heartrace increased just at the touch of his hands. 'Why must God torture me more with this? He doesn't feel the same way..isn't my life horrible enough already?' All these thoughts were racing through her head when all of a sudden, Luis pulled them to a stop. She relaxed once he released her hands and undid her blindfold. Sheridan couldn't believe what was in front of her.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 6:

"Aww..Luis..you didn't have to do this." Sheridan smiled sweetly, still in shock at what lied before her. Luis had set up a little picnic for two with candles and a sheet to sit on. "You've been through a lot lately, and I thought this might cheer you up." Luis told her while holding her hands in his. She smiled as he sat them down and they ate a wonderful meal and dessert together. Luis cleared away the food, plates, and sheet. As they both stood, Sheridan hugged him close.

"Thank you so much, Luis..this was really sweet and thoughtful of you." "Hold on, the nights not over yet." Luis whispered in her ear, and she raised an eyebrow as he got out a small portable radio. 'Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald..what do you have up your sleeve?' she thought as he turned it on. Luis closed the gap between them and they began to dance to the song "Dance With Me" by Debelah Morgan.

Oh come and dance with me, my baby
Let's dance, do it, go crazy
The night is young and so are we
Let's make love and dance the night away

What I really wanna do
Is just dance with you
And feel your body tight
Show ya how to do it right
I can show you every move
I know just what to do
Each step we do is refine
One dance and you'll be mine

So baby when we hit the floor
You'll be asking for more
Let's make love and dance the night away

Sheridan couldn't believe they were dancing to this song. It was a song for lovers, not best friends. She knew this could lead to no good, so she started to pull away, but Luis stopped her. He stared her intensely in the eyes, and moved his mouth along with the lyrics.

Oh come and dance with me, my baby
Let's dance, do it, go crazy
The night is young and so are we
Let's make love and dance the night away

Oh put your hand in mine
Promise I'll take my time
We'll dance from head to toe
I can dance fast or slow
Baby look into my eyes
Let the music hypnotize
Let our bodies synchronize
When we're dancing you'll be mine

So baby when we hit the floor
You'll be asking for more
Let's make love and dance the night away

Oh come and dance with me, my baby
Let's dance, do it, go crazy
The night is young and so are we
Let's make love and dance the night away

Sheridan couldn't help but laugh a little, but she knew he was being serious. She couldn't believe...she thought Luis didn't want her in that way at all. But his actions tonight spoke volumes. They were in love.

Oh when it comes to dancing
I know how to move
When it comes to passion
I know just what to do
I feel the music inside
I feel like I am alive
Pretend I was right
Let's make love

Oh come and dance with me, my baby
Let's dance, do it, go crazy
The night is young and so are we
Let's make love and dance the night away

Oh come and dance
Let's dance
The night
Let's make love and dance the night away

Oh come and dance with me, my baby
Let's dance, do it, go crazy
The night is young and so are we
Let's make love and dance the night away

The music ended, and they stopped dancing, but were still entangled in eachothers arms. Sheridan was taken aback at first by all of this happening, but she was truly happy. "Luis..we really need to tal-" She couldn't finish her sentence. Luis had pulled her closer to him and kissed her. This wasn't like the kisses they had shared before..this one was passionate and spoke of everlasting love.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 7:

After their kiss ended, Luis pulled back slightly to look into her eyes. Suddenly, he picked her up in his arms and began walking. "Luis..where are we going?" she asked in confusion as he led them away from the circular group of trees, down towards the creek. Luis just smiled as he saw her face covered with horror. "No, Luis! I really don't want to swim!" she told him, trying to get down. "Sorry Sheri, you're going in...with all your clothes on, and so am I. Unless you prefer to strip right here in front of me and-" Sheridan smacked him playfully on the shoulder before he could continue.

"Damn it Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald...you had better put me down right now!" she yelled as Luis carried her into the water until it was up to his waist. Luis sighed and dropped her. She came up sputtering out water and shot Luis an icy glare. Luis just laughed. "You told me to put you down." "You're being bad, Luis..you're going to pay for that." "Bring it on, Crane!" he laughed again, splashing her in the face as she swam closer to him. She got close enough to dunk him but right when she put her hands on his shoulders, he pressed his lips against hers.

Her hands relaxed as they moved up to his dark brown hair. Luis ran his tongue along the edge of her soft lips and she parted them. He felt his tongue stroke hers and he groaned. Luis pulled her closer, tightning the grip on her waist. The kiss ended and they brought their foreheads together, neither one knowing what to say. "Luis..I-I love you." she blurted out through a whisper. Sheridan brought her eyes up to meet Luis'. Luis smiled. "I love you too, Sheridan..very much. I always have and I always will." he told her, brushing his lips lightly against hers. Tears formed in Sheridan's eyes as she kissed him again. No one had ever truly loved her.

And now she learned that her best friend, the man she had been in love with practically her entire life, loved her too. Luis pulled away. "Sorry for throwing you in, Sheri." She just laughed. "It's ok, Luis...really. I'm just soaking wet and cold now. Can we get out?" He nodded yes, taking her hand in his and guiding her out.

After getting out, they decided to build a fire to get warm and hopefully dry their clothes off. "Um, Sheridan?" Luis said, still soaking wet. "Yeh?" "If you haven't noticed, our clothes aren't going to get dry by our soaking bodies keeping them wet..so I think the best thing to do is-" Sheridan held up her hand to stop him from continuing. "No. Don't even think about it, Luis. I am not going to sit here naked with you just so our clothes can dry." "Well do you have a better idea? We can't go home like this..our families will know."

Luis explained. She turned her back to him. 'Damn..he's right. I shouldn't be worried though, he's seen me naked before..not to long ago either! But I've never seen him like that..and God knows how horrible I am with temptation. Oh God help me through this!' these thoughts raced through her mind as she turned around to face Luis once again. Instead, she found him stripping away his boxers. Her jaw literally fell open as she saw him completely naked. He turned around and smiled, raising his eyebrow playfully at her. 'He did that on purpose.' she thought, when suddenly she got an idea.

Her face turned from shock to seductive. She decided that she would get him back by stripping right in front of him. Getting up, she slowly unbuttoned her top, revealing a black lace bra. Luis stood behind the fire watching in awe. 'Oh my God..she's stripping right in front of me. What I wouldn't give to go over there and- STOP IT LUIS!' He continued watching as she stripped herself of her final article, her bra. Luis could have died right then and there and been a happy man.

Without even thinking, he walked over to her after she finished hanging up her clothes next to his and took her in his arms, pressing her tightly against him. She gasped at first, but when she felt her bare, fully developed, chest press against his muscles, she melted. He pressed his lips against hers forcefully, making her moan in pleasure as she felt his arousal against her body. Their kiss grew deeper and more forceful..both of them lost in the other.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 8:

Luis and Sheridan stumbled over to a tree where Luis placed her tightly against it. "Oh, Luis.." Sheridan moaned as he placed several feathery kisses down her neck towards her breast. He placed his mouth over one of her nipples and began to caress it with his tongue. Sheridan ran her fingers roughly through his hair as he sucked it. Her hips met his as he drover her over the edge and she brought his lips back up to hers for a fiery kiss. Sheridan felt his tight manhood against her body, and she let out a light moan.

He then lowered them to the ground and Sheridan layed on top of him. She kissed her way down his chest letting her hand slide down to his erection. "Oh God Sheridan..I want you so much." Luis moaned as she ran her hands over it.

Then he flipped them back over so he was on top and placed his mouth over hers. Sheridan wrapped her legs around him and he entered her. Luis rocked them up and down and became more and more forceful with every thrust. Sheridan and Luis both let out loud moans as Luis became more rough, moving her back roughly against the ground. They both then felt it's peak as Luis plunged deeply inside of her. "Oh yes, Luis!" Sheridan screamed with desire as he filled her. "Sheridan, Sheridan..oh God.." Luis yelled.

***MOMENTS LATER***

Luis and Sheridan lay on their sides in eachothers arms facing one another and interlocking fingers. "I love you so much, Sheridan." "I love you too, Luis." Sheridan smiled, kissing him on the lips. "That was amazing." Sheridan sighed. "Incredible." he smiled back. "Do you think our clothes are dry now?" Sheridan asked. "Why do you need clothes? I'll keep you warm." Luis grinned. "Luis!" Sheridan laughed playfully punching him on the arm. She tried to get up, but Luis only tightened his grip on her. "Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, let me up!"

"On one condition." "What?" Sheridan cooed back at him, no longer fighting to break away from him. "You have to promise that we'll do that more often." Luis smiled. Sheridan grinned back at him. "How about you come by tomorrow? My parents are going out of town for a week to take Gwen to New York to look for jobs. I'll be all alone for a whole week..." Sheridan sighed. "Not if I can help it." Luis replied, his eyes brightning at the thought of being alone with Sheridan for a whole week. She laughed and kissed him once more before getting up to grab their clothes.

They got dressed and decided to call it a night. "I love you so much, Sheridan..I don't think I can wait until tomorrow to see you again." Luis sighed, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Trust me, I'll make it worth your wait." Sheridan smiled seductively. Luis kissed her passionately and thought he was going to die if tomorrow didn't come soon enough. "I love you, but I need to go..I'll see you tomorrow?" Sheridan sighed.

"Try and stop me." Luis responded flashing her his killer smile which made her knees go weak. "Night." Sheridan called as she disapperead in the darkness of the night. Luis walked over to his stuff and noticed his watch laying down on the ground. He picked it up and looked at the time. Luis cursed under his breath when he saw that it was 30 minutes past his curfew. Gathering up all of his things, Luis hurried home, praying that his parents were in bed.

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Chapter 9:

***NEXT MORNING***

Luis awoke by being shaken by his mother. His eyes opened slowly, not just because he was still tired, but because he was afraid to see who it was. He opened his eyes and saw his mother with her arms crossed tapping her foot and 'the womans look' spread across her face. Luis turned his head away from her in fear, and because the light was too bright. "Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, where in the hell were you last night???" his mother asked, raising her voice above normal. "Relax mom, I came home 10 minutes before my curfew and realized I forgot me keys. So instead of banging on the door at 12:20 am at night I decided to go in through my bedroom window rather than wake you and dad up." Luis lied, hoping she would buy it. She did.

(Still at Luis' house, after breakfast)

Luis suddenly got an idea of how he could stay over at Sheridan's house all week without his parents knowledge. He picked up the phone and called Theresa whom was in college. "Hello?" Theresa answered. "Hi sis...I really need a favor." "What's up little brother?" she asked. "I want you to tell mom and dad I am going to go visit you for the whole week." Luis told her, hoping she would go along with it. On the other end, Theresa raised an eyebrow. "Why?" she questioned him, and he had no choice but to tell her. Luis told her everything leading up to the very point he was now. "Oh wow..it seems you've been very busy little brother." Theresa laughed teasing him. Luis sighed. "Come on Theresa, please?"

Theresa sighed as well. "Ok Luis, I'll lie for you..but you had better come visit me soon, for real!" Luis broke out into a smile. "I owe you big time...love you." "I love you too, now let me talk mom and dad into letting you come over...right away." Luis handed the phone over to his parents and ran upstairs to start packing. He couldn't wait to get over to Sheridan's.

(At Sheridan's)

"Goodbye darling..if you need anything, you can call me on our cell phone, alright?" Ivy told Sheridan, hugging her close. "I will mom." Sheridan said for the millionth time. Ivy was hurt by the distance between her and her daughter...but she knew it was mostly her fault. "I love you, darling." Ivy said, pleading with Sheridan in her eyes to respond. Sheridan saw a pinch of sadness in her mothers eyes...one she had never seen before. She had heard her mother tell her she loves her countless times, but not until this very moment did it actually affect her. "I-I love you too, mom." she sputtered out, ashamed of how she had treated her.

Gwen watched in disgust and jealousy at this precious moment. Ivy hugged her again and began to walk out the door with Julian and Gwen. "Oh wait, I forgot my earrings, I'll go get them really quick." Gwen said quickly. "Alright, we'll be waiting out in the car. Don't be too long." Julian replied closing the door behind Ivy and him. Sheridan didn't like the way her sister said that. She realized what was about to happen and tried to walk away quietly. Too late. Gwen spun around with an evil look in her eye. "Don't even think about trying to get away."

Gwen's words pierced Sheridan and she froze. Her words hit her like ice. "Since when did you become the family favorite? You're just a lazy, useless, little bitch whom no one has ever and will ever love." Gwen yelled evilly. Sheridan did everything she could not to smile and laugh in Gwens face. "You just watch, by the time we return from New York, I'll be the family favorite again!" Gwen said coldly, walking out the door and slamming it. 'You have no idea how much I'm loved..' Sheridan thought to herself, a smile spreading across her face as she walked upstairs to take a shower.

To Be Continued...

WARNING! WARNING! BEWARE! During this part of the story, Luis and Sheridan talk about the last part of a movie called "Snow Falling on Cedars". So if you have never seen this movie and wish not to know the ending, don't read this chapter! Oh yeh, and I may not have spelled the characters from that movies names right, but I tried dang it! lol.

Chapter 10:

Luis through his suitcase in the car and told his parents goodbye. He couldn't wait to get to Sheridan's and see her again. Before he knew it, he was pulling into her driveway.

(Sheridan's house)

Sheridan jumped in the shower. She couldn't wait until Luis got there. But she had no idea how he was going to pull of staying with her the entire week without suspicion from his parents. Then again, she didn't really care as long as he made it. Sheridan closed her eyes as the cool water ran along her body and she smiled thinking of the night before.

Luis looked around the downstairs and didn't see Sheridan anywhere. He figured she was probably still in her room, so he hurried up to see her. When he entered, he saw that her bathroom door was open and he could hear the shower running. 'Perfect.' he smiled to himself, taking off his clothes and heading into the bathroom.

Sheridan couldn't change her thoughts. Thinking she had had enough with the shower, she turned around to turn it off, but instead, she saw Luis. "Hi beautiful." he whispered, cupping her face in his hands. Sheridan smiled as he kissed her softly on the lips. "Hey." she replied wrapping her arms around his neck. "Sheri, I thought you said you'd tell me when someone hurt you again?" Sheridan looked at him with a puzzled face. "What are you talking about?" "When I came in I saw little scratch marks on your back. What happened?" "I have scratch marks on my back?"

Sheridan pondered this for a moment, and then her mind flashed back to last night. "Luis, you gave me those scratch marks." she finished. "Huh? What are you talking about? I would never hurt you!" "Ok, first off, you didn't hurt me sweetie, so don't worry. And secondly, do you recall last nights events?" Luis paused for a minute and remembered how roughly he had been moving her against the ground. He broke out into a smile. "How could I forget a night like last night?" Sheridan smiled back as he pressed his lips against hers.

Before they knew it, Sheridan was backed into a corner of the shower with Luis pressed tightly against her. He began running his hands up and down her sides while kissing her neck as she rougly ran her fingers through his hair. "Luis.." she moaned. He rubbed himself against her and she felt how much he wanted her. Their lips met again for a passionate kiss. Suddenly, Sheridan broke it off. "What's wrong?" Luis asked. "I just think that we should do something else first. We have all week to do this." she explained. He sighed. "Alright, let's go watch a movie." "Sounds good to me." she replied, stepping out of the shower with him.

Luis sat downstairs on the couch after he pushed 'Snow Falling on Cedars', Sheridan's favorite movie, into the VCR. "Sheridan, are you coming? The movie's fixing to start." Luis yelled. "I'm here." he heard a seductive voice from behind say. He turned around and examined her. Sheridan was wearing a tight, revealing, red tank top along with form fitting leather pants. His mouth dropped open. "God you're hot." Sheridan smiled as she turned down the lights before settling into Luis' arms.

***End of the movie***

Sheridan had tears rolling down her face as she watched the end of the movie. Yes, she had seen it dozens of times, but everytime she watched it she cried. When Ishmael finally let his true love, Natsou go in the end of the movie, it made her fear losing love. Luis looked down at her and saw this, and wiped away her tears. "Hey, don't be sad, Sheri..it's just a movie." "I know Luis, but that's never going to happen to us, right?" "Never, Sheri. I'll always love and be with you." "I love you too." she replied, hanging on his every word. Why wouldn't she? They would never be torn apart by anything...or would they?

To Be Continued...

Chapter 11:

"Ok Sheri, now what do you want to do?" Luis asked. "Well..we could continue what we had going on earlier." Sheridan responded, raising an eyebrow. Luis grinned, laying down on top of her.

He lightly pressed his lips against hers. She ran her hands over his back as he outlined her lips with his tongue. When she parted them, his tongue darted inside, mating with hers. He let out a light moan as his tongue stroked against hers. Sheridan then explored his mouth once again with her tongue, moaning in pleasure as her tongue crashed into his. His hands slid down her sides to the bottom of her shirt. But when he began to pull it off, Sheridan pulled away. "Luis, wait." "What now?" he whined. Sheridan didn't say anything. She got up and began leading him up the stairs to her room. Once they were inside, she closed the door and layed down on the bed. Luis then layed back down on top of her.

He kissed her quickly on the lips before placing kisses down her neck. Luis then pulled away to remove his shirt and then quickly returned to kissing her neck down to her breast. Grabbing the bottom of her shirt in his hands, he pulled it off and immediately began caressing her breasts with his hands. Sheridan thought her heart would thump right out of her chest. She loved Luis so much. He then met her lips in a steamy kiss, and crushed his upper half to hers, rubbing their bare chest together. Luis groaned feeling her soft flesh against his muscles. He then kissed his way back down her neck to her chest, and took one of her hardened peaks in his mouth. "Luis.." she moaned feeling his tongue run over her nipple. He kissed his way over to her other breast and slowly sucked on it. She arched off the bed to meet his hips in one fluid erect moment.

Sheridan flipped them over so she was on top, and she met his lips in a passionate kiss. He groaned as she kissed her way down his torso towards his pants. She unbuttoned them and slowly slid down the zipper. Sheridan pulled away slightly to remove his pants all the way. Then she layed back on top of him, pressing herself into him. "Oh God Sheridan.." he moaned in pleasure as she did this. His eyes showed a passionate flame that Sheridan lit inside of him, and it was burning for her. She could feel that his boxers were becoming more and more restrictive with every passing moment, so she slid her hands down to his waistband and slid her hands underneath it. But before she could remove them, he flipped them back over.

Luis placed his lips on hers for a fiery kiss. He than kissed his way down her to her stomach, where his hands slid to her leather pants. Then he undid them and pulled them off of her completely. Luis tugged her panties off as well, and then kissed her once more. As they kissed, Sheridan's hands found their way to Luis' boxers once more and she began to slide them off. Luis then kicked his way out of them. He ran his right hand down to her hip as they continued kissing. His hand slid underneath her and he groped her, making her hips meet his once more.

Luis smiled. He could feel how wet she was when she arched against him. Then Luis seperated his legs with his knee and his hand slid down to her opening. Gently, he stuck his finger inside of her and began stroking her, and he could see the passion build up in her eyes. "Luis..Luis..oh yes.." she moaned over and over as he continued stroking her. Hearing her call his name was enough to make him almost lose control. He removed his finger and met her lips for a satisfying kiss.

Now Luis settled himself between her thighs and entered her all the way. Sheridan gasped and her head arched back. He began moving them up and down. She pulled his lips to hers for a deep kiss as she raked her nails on his back. He let out a groan in her mouth and he became harder with his movements. Sheridan closed her eyes as waves of ecstasy hit her over and over. Luis looked at her and raised a hand to her face to remove a few strays of hair.

She felt this and opened her eyes. Luis could feel his heart beating rapidly as she broke out into a smile. He then slid his hand to her buttocks and groped her once more, causing her to climax. "Luis!..Luis!..Luis!" she yelled as the waves intensified by one thousand. Luis roughly moved them upwards and he lost all control. They held their bodies tightly together as he released himself in her and he collapsed on top of her.

Luis lay on top of Sheridan, his head resting on her breasts. She ran her hands through his hair lightly and kissed his head. "I love you." she whispered, squeezing his hand tightly. "I love you too." he replied, rubbing her hand with his. Luis then rolled off of her and she curled up in his arms. They fell asleep, holding on, to what seemed like true love.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 12:

The week seemed to by in the blink of an eye. They spent their days talking and having fun together while they made wild passionate love to eachother all throughout every night. Before they knew it, the end of the week was tomorrow, and Luis would have to return home. He woke up in bed next to Sheridan, his arms wrapped around her securely. Luis loved waking up next to her. Who wouldn't want to wake up every morning to their one true passionate love?

Sheridan awoke to the feel of Luis' kisses against her neck. "Morning baby." he whispered, running his hand under the sheets over her bare body. "Good morning sweetie." she smiled, feeling his firm hand running over her hot skin, making her whole body tingle. "I can't believe I have to go home tomorrow." he sighed, wishing they could stay like this forever. "Don't remind me.." she frowned, rolling over to face him. "Well, we could always run off to Vegas and get married in one of those 24 hour wedding chapels." he laughed, trying to get her to smile.

It worked. "Luis, are you saying you want to marry me?" she laughed as well, raising an eyebrow at him. "I don't know...your cooking is pretty bad." Sheridan's mouth fell open and she smacked him on the shoulder. "And you seem to be pretty violent." he continued teasing her. "Oh..you're in trouble now, Luis." she giggled, getting on top of him. He felt her touch bare body touch his and he thought he would go insane. They both stopped laughing and looked deeply in each others eyes.

She lowered her head to his and kissed him passionately, leaving them both breathless. Luis was the first to speak. "If this is punishment, yes, I do want to marry you, Sheridan." She broke out into a smile and kissed him again. "I love you, Luis." "I love you too, Sheridan..now let me show you how much." he whispered in her ear. They spoke of their passion and everlasting love for eachother, and their promise to always be together as they made love all morning.

To Be Continued...

Chapter 13:

The rest of the day was perfect. They shared a romantic candle-lit dinner and Sheridan made him watch Ever After (he still won't admit that he liked it). But in return for watching the movie, she promised to make their last night together very memorable. He, of course, agreed.

They awoke early in the morning, entangled in eachothers arms, under silky white sheets. He kissed her deeply on the lips as she awoke. Both of them were exhausted from last nights events and didn't want to get out of bed, but knew they had to. Sheridan's family was coming home today and Luis' parents were expecting him home today too. He warm body against Luis' skin only made it harder to move. Luis got up, took a quick shower, and began packing as Sheridan went into the bathroom to take a shower. She came out just as he finished zipping up his suitcase.

Luis' turned around to kiss her, and it quickly turned intense. It killed him to pull away, but he knew it was for the best. "I love you, baby." he whispered in her ear, holding her close. "I love you too. Now more than ever." she responded, returning his embrace. She quickly got dressed while Luis made absolute sure he left nothing behind. "Well, do you want to eat breakfast before you go?" she asked. "That sounds wonderful, but I'm afraid if I stay any longer we might end up back up here." he replied.

"And why is that such a bad thing?" she said seductively. "Come on Sheri, you know I love being with you more than anything, but--" "Calm down, Luis. I was only kidding! I'll behave, I promise." she told him with her big blue eyes. He sighed. "Ok, only if I get to cook." he grinned. She shot him an icy glare that caused him to laugh. After they ate breakfast, Sheridan walked with Luis out to his car. He kissed her passionately before getting in his car and riding away.

About an hour later, Sheridan's family came home. "Darling!" Ivy called running into the house with her arms open. Sheridan ran to her and hugged her tightly. "I missed you terribly!" Ivy smiled. "How did the job search in New York go?" Sheridan asked, changing the subject. "It seems that New York doesn't think Gwen is applicable for any high-paying job. So instead she is going to work at a prison cell for women. She's going to spend time with the lonely ones.

But don't worry, the guard said the women are VERY friendly..whatever that's supposed to mean." Ivy said walking into the house with Sheridan leaving Gwen and Julian to carry in all the luggage. Sheridan refrained from cracking up. "Oh how wonderful she found such a job." They closed the door behind them completely forgetting about Julian and Gwen. Luis now rested at home after fighting off his parents. He had soccer practice starting later today, and this week had completely exhausted him. A smile spread across his face remembering how wild his time had been with Sheridan. Luis knew without a doubt that this was true love.

THE END

Ok everyone, that's it for Cedar Falls. It's over! lol. But don't worry, starting immediately is its sequel: "Don't Turn Back". This story is going to take place two years in the future, right after Luis and Sheridan have graduated. They have been secretely together for two years. And that's all I'm going to say before I spoil it!