Title: Deep Dark Secrets

Author: Tasha Miller

Email: tashamiller2k@angelfire.com or tashamiller2k@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: I don't own 7th heaven or any of its characters blah blah etc

Spoilers: None ... I haven't watched 7th heaven in awhile and never watched much when I did

Summary: Basically Mary gets involved with Lucy's new friend

Authors notes: I've been on a bit of a writers block lately but decided to type up the chapter I wrote ages ago, I might get the inspiration and/or encouragement to write more.

Like I said I've never watched much 7th heaven so sorry for any gross inaccuracy.

This is set when Mary and Lucy are at high school; I'm not sure specifically how old anyone is so I'll probably write it so it doesn't matter

Also this is un-beta'd, all I have is my spellchecker

Chapter One

"And this is our room"

Mary looked up from her magazine as Lucy walked into the room, a friend in tow.

"Mary this is Amber" Lucy introduced the other girl

"Hey" Mary said as she shook hands with Amber, she looked at the other girl curiously, she was sure she'd seen her somewhere before. Amber had black hair, green eyes, her arms were folded over her chest and her eyes were shifting nervously. "Do I know you from somewhere?" Mary asked

"Doubt it, she just started at our school "Lucy answered for her as she looked through a drawer.

"No, I'm sure I have, I just don't know where" Mary said as she watched Amber who seemed to get more nervous by the second under Mary's gaze. Lucy let out a frustrated sigh and slammed the drawer shut.

"It's not here" She stated then walked off.

"What's she looking for?" Mary asked, Amber shrugged then turned to follow Lucy when something clicked in Mary's head. "Wait" Amber turned around "I know where I saw you!" Mary smiled at her, proud of her recollection.

"Don't tell Lucy, my family had to move because of it before" Her voice was soft and wavering like she was holding back tears.

"Don't worry, I won't, besides I don't want to explain why /I/ was there"

Amber smiled at her and left the room.

"So why did your family move?" Eric asked

Amber looked at the reverend over her plate of food "Um" she looked down at her potatoes then up again "dad's job" she mumbled

"Amber isn't very talkative" Lucy spoke up, glancing at her new friend

"Not that it matters, since she has you to talk for her" Annie smiled at Lucy

Mary's eyes met with Ambers. The rest of the family talked around her, but she didn't hear any of them. Amber smiled at her and Mary smiled back as something shifted in her stomach.

"How long have you been here?" Simon asked around a mouthful of food.

"A little over a week" Amber replied quietly, her eyes flicked around the table, spending a second longer on Mary before returning to her plate. It was about a week when Mary first saw her; she frowned slightly and wondered what happened at her last school.

Mary walked down to the kitchen in the dark; she walked over to the fridge and opened it, the light spilling across the room. She looked up at the stairs as someone descended them into the room. Amber appeared at the last step and paused for a moment when she noticed Mary.

"Is it' ok if I get a glass of water?" Amber asked her feet

"Sure, I was just getting myself a midnight snack, want anything?" Amber shook her head. Mary picked up a few things from the fridge and threw them into the counter then filled a glass with water and passed it to Amber. "You ok?" Mary asked, the other girl just nodded her head and took a sip from the glass "You sure?" She just nodded again.

Mary put a couple of things back in the fridge and started to pick at the food from another one, She looked over at the dark haired girl who was standing awkwardly with a now empty glass. Mary walked over to her "let me take that" She took the glass from the other girl. Their fingers brushed against each other sending a jolt of electricity through Mary.

Their eyes locked for an eternal moment then Mary leaned over and brushed her lips against Ambers.

TBC