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something nice for Luc, and he always talked about wanting a Porsche. So my drivi ng was a little out of control.“ She finished descending the steps and paused. “Is he okay?”
    Her father opened the door of the red car , Luc hopped out and scowled at her. “By some miracle I’m fine.” He stared up at her father. “She had good intentions. She wanted me to have fun.”
    “She could have hurt you.” He sounded more than displeased, bordering on angry, actually.
    “ She’s sixteen and despite how that was the scariest experience of my life…” He stole a glance to Chloe. “It wasn’t the worst. I’m fine, a little dazed, but fine.”
    Her heart lightened slightly and despite Luc’s reassuring words, her heart tightened again and she wanted to cry. She never thought for a moment he could ―get killed. “Sorry.” Her voice came out so soft it barely reached her own ears. Fierce pricks attacked from behind her eyes as the reality of the situation, and what could have gone wrong, filled her mind with nasty and scary images.
    “Take the car, take L uc and I don’t want to see you attempt this again anywhere but in the garden.” Her father shook his head. “You two are unbelievable and need to think things through better.”
    She smiled and took the car and tucked it under her arm then held out her palm so her dad could place Luc in the safety of her hand. “Thanks.”
    Her father just shook his head again as she walked up the stairs with the remote, Porsche and frog in tote. She still wanted to cry and she glanced down at Luc as she reached the upstairs hall. “I didn’t mean to scare you or drive so bad.”
    His gaze met hers and his chin nodded. “I know Chloe, we were completely reckless and you're dangerous with that remote.”
    “ I’m really sorry.”
    His expression turned to worry. “Don’t even think about crying, because as scary as those stairs were, I had the best time and a lot of fun. I mean I didn't during the parts when I thought my heart was going to explode from the terror or my life was flashing before my eyes.”
    A laugh escaped her and she hurried into her room and shut the door. She held her palm down, Luc jumped onto the bed and she sat everything else onto the floor then scooped him off the bed placing him on her pillow. Chloe’s fear started to subside and she realized she had been genuinely terrified. She stretched on her soft comforter and stared at her friend. “I was scared.”
    “Me too, I’m okay though maybe next time we should take your father’s advice and try the garden. It’s pretty level; just make sure to stay clear of the pool.”
    “ You actually trust me enough to get in the car again with me at the remote?”
    An odd look crossed Luc’s face. “Chloe, I’ve taken some really stupid chances in my life and done some even more reckless things than what just happened.”
    His words surprised her. “What kind of stupid things?”
    “You actually want to know? I might corrupt you.”
    “ Right, I live with Stella and Georgina and we both know neither of them is shy with boys.”
    “ Good point.” He paused and swallowed. “All right, I‘ll tell you some of the stuff I used to do, but for the record there is something you need to know.”
    He sounded so serious. However, her urge to cry had slowly eased away. “What?”
    He cast what she had come to call his ‘froggy grin’. “I trust you with my life.”
    For some odd reason she couldn’t explain, somewhere inside her head an alarm went off and realized he meant those words for all their worth.
    Maybe there is more to Luc than I know. A lot more.
     
    Luc was stunned. More so than he had been the week prior with the car ride down the stairs. He wanted to yelp but instead remained quiet. He had heard the noise, yelling and crying earlier and though it had sounded like Chloe he didn’t want to think of the possibility. Now as she stood in the room leaning against her bedroom door he knew the