AN:

As it stands this story will have to be re-rated after some more chapters go up because things are going to get smuttish, before it is all said done and over with. Cannot promise romance, but definitely gonna get lusty….

I realize Saint John is just kind of showing up in this one. No explanation, but I wanted to go a different direction for a change.

The Lady I am sure will make an appearance as will Michael and Marella.

There is also going to be some sensitive topics here, going all the way back to the Sheriff Bogan and his men. In the show they were bold to take on forceful encounters but String always kept it as abuse, can't say the same for a former high school classmate of Cait's. She brings it up for exactly what it was. A little BTW, Sin Jin isn't going to know anything about this until the bomb drops. So this is going to make him a little more protective of her, creating a new bond.

Things will get a little smutish or racy somewhere in future. I haven't decided how far I will let it go. The first go around is suggestive, again not sure about next go around(s).

Ay well everyone's been warned…..

It's a beautiful sunny morning. The weather is just picture perfect. There isn't a stormy cloud in the sky. The temperature though not expected to get unreasonably hot is supposed to be warmer than the past couple of days. All in all Cait thought it would add up to a wonderful day to just go out and do nothing or lots of fun things. And she thought peevishly not what the guys were doing. She couldn't believe the three of them were actually having a water fight. Yeah, String, Dom, and Sin Jin acting like a bunch of hormonal teenagers. She rolled her eyes as she heard one of them coming with another pail of water.

"Don't even think 'bout it." She glared at Sin Jin.

He held a hand up to silence her. She narrowed her eyes at him. Lucky for him she thought she heard the front bell tinkling.

"I'll just go and' get that." She spoke letting the Texan accent slip.

She was purposely marching towards the front when String rounded the corner stopping shoulder to shoulder with Sin Jin.

"You ever notice that, little swing to those hips?" Sin Jin turned to watch Strings expression.

"It's not much you really have to pay attention to catch it. It's just an ever so slight sway, maybe like the beginnings of a rotor getting out of round."

String dumped his pail of water over Sin Jin's head.

Yeah. He notices. Sin Jin thought to himself.

"Ah come on String, don't be like that."

String shot Sin Jin a wicked little grin.

"Know you gonna keep messing around. Until you lose her to some other lucky joker. And I don't want to hear how she's a kid. She isn't that much younger than you. And don't hand me that line of BS you don't like her, like that."

"Sin Jin she is about ten years younger, 'sides she has her entire life ahead of her."

"What to get used and dumped by one jerk after another?" Dom rounded the corner with his own pail of water.

String rolled his eyes. The two against one squad had just paired up. It was going to be a long suffering day. Damn.

Sin Jin watched his younger brother, he smiled heck String was almost six years younger than him. He also knew when his brother really liked something or someone. He tended to ignore them or distance himself from them. Much like he talked about Air Wolf. Oh it's just a machine. Oh, she's a nice enough girl.

Sin Jin knew part of it was Caitlin reminded him of his high school sweetheart, the one that had died in a car wreck. True they didn't really look anything alike, other than when Victoria was auditioning for one acting stint or the other. Sure she'd been a strawberry blonde, all the way down to a full-blown redhead. But she was well more developed than Cait. And Cait was more one of the guys, kind of girl. She was tomboyish. Get right in there and sling grease with the rest. Victoria would have had a coronary on the spot, if String had so much as showed up around her with a speck of grease on his persons.

Personality wise Cait got it hands down. Yes Victoria was socially gracefully but Cait. God bless Cait. He thought that girl would give you the shirt off her back and a stickler for honesty. She never seemed to be involved in a situation where she wouldn't think twice about helping out. Heck he liked the fact she was a tough cookie. Sure she got hurt, but she bounced right back like it never happened. Maybe he should play devil's advocate.

"Well?" Dom repeated.

String shrugged. "If, it'd been me, I'd just dumped my pail water on him. He's zoned out."

"Probably plotting." Dom replied his pail coming up somewhat unsteadily.

Sin Jin snapped out of his personal thoughts in time. To waggle a finger at Dom. "Oh wait. Where'd Miss Ma'am get off to? She's awfully quiet."

"She went to answer the desk. Remember?" String replied catching ahold of Dom's pail of water.

"Come on that chopper is not washing itself."

Sin Jin watched String slinking away. Yeah fun and games were over with. He'd hit a nerve smack on the head.

"Don't you just love how those two dodge each other? Only to steal glances later."

"No!" Dom replied to Sin Jin's question.

"It's like ballroom dancing in a live minefield."

Sin Jin wondered what the hell that had to do with the situation until he thought for a second longer.

"Yeah that could an explosive situation."

"You're funny Sin Jin just don't quit your day job." Dom's voice teased back as the old man ambled away.