A Story With LUSH
Written By: Stacey

Summary - This story does not come close to the present lives of Harmony residents. I did take some of the storylines like Sheridan's flashbacks & Martin's disappearance. Luis, Sheridan, Hank, and Beth are all in High School. Ethan is away at boarding school, Theresa is nine yrs. old and Miguel is six.

Disclaimer - I do not own any of these characters they are owned by Passions on NBC.

Warning- Some places may contain heavy material. I will begin the paragraph with a rating to fore warn you. If you are offended I am sorry.
ENJOY!!!

Chapter 9

"Mama,what's the number to Sheridan's?" Luis asked while they were cleaning up after dinner.
Pilar looked at her son suspiciously. "Why, do you need to know?"
"So I can call her."
"Why do you need to call her?"
Luis laughed. "I give up never mind. I can tell your not going to give me her number."
"Son, I dont want you bothering her."
"Mama, I am not going to bother her. I just need to ask her a favor."
"Alright but I going to stay in the same room with you."
"Mama, Please!" Luis said angry that his own mother couldn't trust him.
Pilar dialed her number. Luis took the phone away from his mother.
"Never mind mama. Maybe Ill run into her tomorrow." he said placing the phone back on the receiver.
"Son, is there something going on between you and Sheridan that I should know about?"
"No, Mama."
"Then why all of a sudden do you wan to call her this late."
"Well, its not for my sake but for Hanks."
"Oh." "Yeah, and well Hank wants to ask Sheridan out but he doesn't know how to so he asked me for help."
"Really?"
"No, not really. I just feel bad about the way we both started off and I wanted to settle our differences." Luis confessed wiping off the table.
"Well, when I go to work tomorrow you can drop me off and talk to Sheridan."
"Thanks Mama." He said hugging her. Then thinking about how he was going to win the bet.

Next Day:
Luis dropped his mother off then headed down to the cottage to see Sheridan. When he got closer he noticed a car in the driveway he couldn't tell who it belonged to. But when he reached the cottage he realized who's it was.
Luis pounded on the door. "Sheridan you in there? Its me Luis."
Sheridan opened the door to allow Luis in. She saw him standing outside with a disappointed look on his face.
"Luis what are you doing here?" she asked nervously.
"Why do you sound so nervous?" he asked brushing past her and going inside.
"Come on in Luis." Sheridan mumbled while shutting the door.
"So where's Hank?"Luis asked looking around the cottage searching for him.
"Hes in the bathroom."
"Well ill wait for him to come out then." Luis said sitting down on the couch.
Sheridan excused herself and went into the kitchen to make herself some tea.
"Sheridan..." Hank called walking into the den. Luis stood up from the couch and faced Hank.
Hank stopped in his tracks when he saw Luis.
"what are you doing here?" Hank asked Luis walking up to him.
"I was just about to ask you that."Luis growled. "What are you so angry about?"
"You being over here so early. Did you and Sheridan...?"
"Luis, it is none of your business what I do to win this bet."
"Well I guess we need to rethink the terms of this bet."
Hank crossed his arms. "Oh yeah what kind of terms?" "No sex!" Luis shouted.
"Why?"
"Because I wont do that not to Beth and we shouldn't use Sheridan like that."
"Ok no sex. What else?"
"No lies about the other party."
"All right no lies now let me think of one."
Hank paced around the room until he thought of one.
"If I win you cant tell her about the bet. And If you win I cant tell her about the bet."
"hank those are terms for after the bet is over they cant apply."
"Yes they can. Just so we know the relationship wont be ruined if she finds out."
"All right." Luis said shaking Hanks hand. "And if the terms are broken by one of us we lose."
"Got it."
Sheridan walked out of the kitchen with a tray of tea.
"Would you care for any Luis."she asked setting the tray down.
"No thanks."
"So what did you want to talk about." Sheridan asked pouring herself a cup of tea.
"Actually i needed to talk to you alone." Luis answered then looked over at Hank.
Hank glared at Luis aware of what he was doing.
"Hank do you mind?"
"No I guess not."
Hank glared at Luis the whole time he was walking to the door. Luis smirked at him.
"So Ill see you tonight?" Hank asked Sheridan in the doorway.
"Yeah around 7:30."
"Ok, bye." Hank turned towards Luis. He flashed him his most devious smile.
"Dammit." Luis cursed.
"What did you say?" Sheridan asked sitting back in the couch.
"Nothing."
Luis pointed next to Sheridan. "Do you mind?"
Sheridan patted the cushion and nodded her head no. Luis sat down and laughed.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Well I just realized we have gone ten minutes without arguing with each other."
Sheridan smiled. "It must be the Christmas spirit in the air."
"Yeah must be." Luis agreed staring at her. Sheridan and Luis both looked at each other. Sheridan looked away breaking the stare.
"So what did you want to talk about."
"Well, I was going to ask you something but now that you have plans for tonight...I guess you'll be busy all day."
"What? Its just Hank I wont be busy all day." she said picking up the tray and heading for the kitchen.
Luis smiled when he thought about what she had just said."Its just Hank." he repeated to himself.
"Well i was just wondering if you could go shopping with me to help me pick out a present for my mother!" he shouted so she could hear him.
Sheridan came back into the den.
"I know how much my mother adores you and you might know what she wants."
Luis explained "Sure Luis, Ill go with you."
Luis smiled."Great."

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