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Sex Diaries
Part Twenty C - Forty Black Balloons
By Miesque
miesque1973@msn.com

RATING: PG-13
SETTING: Season Seven (aka "Season of the Pod People") into Season Eight. Luka has long since broken up with Droopy
McHangdog (a.k.a., Abby Lockhart) and is Alone Again (naturally...)
CATEGORY: Luka Kovac/cast. Romantic/comedy/drama, vague spoof of 'Bridget Jones's Diary'...may be rather humorous, may be angsty, may end with a nuclear bomb wiping out all of Chicago...who knows?
TRANSLATION: 'jaja' = eggs (testicles...ahem)
ARCHIVE: If you must, but please inform author. :)
SPOILERS: For Season Seven and Wishful Thinking for Season Eight
PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS: Starter Pistols and Sex Diaries; Fishin' for the Runnin'; Heat Stroke; Grocery Store Cowboy;
Cheesecake and Whine; Times Of Your Life; I Want A Cave Man, I Want A Brave Man!; A Bigger Mousetrap; Bless Me,
Father; For I Am About to Sin; Out On A Ledge; Have An Egg Instead; Charity; The Devil Cuts Loose; Toads and Falsehoods; Ready to Go; Saying Goodbye; Crazy From the Heart; Danger
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Ellen Hursh for editing and several 2AM brain-storming sessions. :)

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Luka couldn't understand why Alexandra was so jumpy all
evening. She knocked over her glass of wine twice, tripped
on her high heeled shoes, and dropped her keys three times
between the restaurant door and the car. But she looked
devastating in a cocktail dress that had apparently been
painted on her.

Her hair was a beautiful curly mass, hanging loose down her
back, and when they got in his car he paused for a moment to
kiss her and run his fingers through it. She stiffened in his
arms for a moment, then relaxed and enthusiastically
returned the kiss.

"Ready to go home?" he asked, grinning at her. She smelled
so good. But it was a little confusing to see how nervous she
was. What the hell was going on?

"Yeah...uh...what time is it?"

"Seven-ten..."

She inhaled sharply, as if she'd been hit. "Oh dear! We need
to get back *now*!"

"Why? What's the rush? I figured we could go for a drive by
the lake..."

"No, no, we have get back! Now!"

"Alexandra, you're acting more like a nut than usual...what's
wrong?"

She looked at him, her pretty lower lip trembling. "We just
have to get back to my place...uh...there's a program I
wanted to watch that comes on at seven-thirty."

"Why didn't you just program your VCR?"

She gave him a stony glare, and he ducked his head,
apologetic. "Oh. Yeah. All right. We'll go back to my place,
then, and I can record it for you..."

"No, no, we have to go back to my place!"

Luka was thoroughly confused...and worried,
now. "Alexandra, have I done something wrong?" he asked.

"No, of course not! But we have to get back now!"

He chewed on his lip for a moment, then sighed and
nodded. "All right."

The ride back to her apartment was strangely silent. Usually,
she was a chatterbox, which he enjoyed immensely. But
tonight, she was tense and obviously upset. He knew he'd
done something wrong. The dinner had gone well, as far as
he knew. Maybe she was mad at him because he'd been
forced into the bachelor auction thing.

"You know I didn't want that bachelor auction to happen,
right? I'm totally against it."

She looked at him, confused. "What?"

"The bachelor auction. I fought Kerry tooth and nail about
it..."

"Luka..." She paused, biting her lip. "Just take me home,
okay?"

Crestfallen, Luka drove back to her apartment building and
helped her out of the car. Then he went back around to his
side. "Where are you going?"

"Home, I guess," he said.

"Home?! I don't want you to go home, Luka. I swear to you,
I am *not* angry at you. Come on. You can help me
program the VCR."

Luka sighed, still feeling uneasy and certain he'd done
*something* wrong, and followed her inside. In the elevator,
he was surprised when she put her arms around his neck and
kissed him. "You are such a sweet man," she said.

"I am?"

"Yes. So kind and patient...and *forgiving*."

With a bemused look, he followed her down the hall to her
door. Her hands were shaking as she opened the door. He
stepped in after her and put his arms around her waist,
pulling her back a little to kiss her neck. Just then, the lights
came on and...

"Surprise!"

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To be continued...