Authors Notes: In case y'all didn't look there is art up for this on my profile and in a couple of chapters we're going to be introducing a character from Charissa's past. But for now everyone arrives, meets up and has some fun in the sun. And some hilarity ensues.
BA almost kissed the floor of the terminal as they walked off the plane, but he knew it would make him look like a fool so instead he smiled big and looked around, "Nice pick Faceman." He stated seeing a pair of particularly good looking ladies walk past them; yeah the flight was so worth it.
"Come on, big guy. The hotel's thisaway." Face nudged him with a suitcase as they walked out of the terminal and towards the smaller streets of the city.
Murdock had managed to fix his fake glasses and continued to walk, though he had a bit of a limp now. Although along the way, he'd picked up a young thing who seemed very sorry for the nice teacher who'd been mugged by such thugs.
BA laughed and followed the guys to the hotel, "So whats the room arrangements?" He eyed Face, "Other than we all know you an Sosa will be sharin' a room so I want the room that is way far away from you two."
She let out a sigh as the plane lowered onto the runway and then began to taxi in. She eyed her watch and saw she had still made pretty good time despite the lay over and once it came to a stop and the captain's voice came over the air saying thank you for flying and the usual BS she was up and getting her carry-on down from the over head. She smiled to the couple who she had spoken with a little as they headed off and then did the same hoping her luggage was alright. She just had one big suitcase; again she packed light even for vacation. She didn't need her entire closet and every pair of shoes she owned.
"B.A., relax! Everything's going to be fine. We all have individual rooms. I got four rooms, one for each of us - in case we pick up some company." He grinned a little.
BA nodded, "Smart man." He stated and grew silent, some company sounded nice… he hadn't had company in a long time.
She had no issues with her luggage and headed out of the airport and to where some taxis waited to take vacationers off to their hotels or straight to the beach. She managed to nab one to herself and gave the driver the hotel name and settled back for the ride. It took roughly twenty minutes to reach the hotel. It was a small quaint place, rather cute actually. The taxi driver helped her get her suitcase out of the trunk and she paid him before heading inside and looking around. It had an ocean motif and was rather retro. She liked it and wondered how Face had found it.
Face had been waiting for her at the main counter, "There you are!" He grinned, coming up to meet her, "We've been waiting for you. Everyone's upstairs. Shall we?"
Murdock was bouncing on his bed, having unpacked everything and hastily thrown things into home-style shelves and an open closet. He looked out the window: his room had a perfect view of the beach.
She smiled, "Sorry, had a little bit of a layover in Dallas."She explained as she followed him, "This is a nice place, how did you find it?" It was then she had noticed his attire, he looked good in all black but the little white collar piece killed it, "Your cover was a priest?" She arched a brow at him, "You are so going to hell." She eyed her white wrap dress and for once felt like the better dressed out of the two of them.
BA had changed into a pair of khaki shorts and a sleeveless green shirt, it was about as beach attired as he was going to get, oh and he had his gold on. But a few less chains than normal. He checked out his view and nodded with approval.
"I know." he nodded sagely. "But, before I go, I will write many, many letters. To Penthouse. Excuse me." He ducked his head into Hannibal's room, "She's here!"
Hannibal grinned at her. He was smoking by the window, being sure to let it waft outside. There weren't any no-smoking signs in the building, but he felt less guilty if he did it near the open air, "Good to see you."
She arched a brow, "I don't even want to know." She stated shaking her head then gave Hannibal a nod, "Likewise, Colonel." She said with a smile.
BA came in and literally picked her up off the floor in a big hug, "Thought you'd never get here!"
Charissa blinked, "Wow BA, didn't know you cared." She said with a laugh.
He sat her back down, "I don't. Jus' glad for him." He thumbed at Face and backed off, he had grown to like the Captain in Korea despite the fact she had been insubordinate to Hannibal at one point.
"We're all one big happy family!" Murdock exclaimed, coming out of his room in a Hawaiian shirt so lurid and brightly-colored that it raised the hair off the back of Face's neck.
"Murdock, your shirt is triggering my fight-or-flight instinct." Face pointed out.
She blinked at Murdock's shirt, "Wow… that's uh… styling." She commented and elbowed Face telling him to be nice as she looked around, "Well as nice as it is to see all of you again and under good circumstances. I could use a chance to freshen up and change too." She looked at Face, "So where is… our room?" It felt weird saying our room to her, though she knew the guys had no issue with it, it was still something she was getting used to.
"That's what y'all are callin it now huh? Freshenin up." B.A. teased her with a shake of his head, "I'm gonna go see what the food is like round here." He stated and headed off, "See you fools later."
"See you later." Face rolled his eyes at B.A. Murdock retreated into his room to slather the sunscreen on. "Our room is here, at the end of the hall, next to Murdock's." He opened the door, "Bathroom is just off to the side there. I'm going to change too."
"I would hope so. I mean I like the all black but… "She reached over and grabbed the little white collar insert and removed it, "That was weirding me out." She admitted and put it aside before putting her suitcase on the bed and beginning to unpack right quick, "So what's the plan?" She asked him as she stuffed a few items into a drawer.
Face was picking out a plain t-shirt and changing into his swim gear. "Plan? Well, we plan to suit up and hit the beach until evening. We then have dinner reservations at a little restaurant, then we'll come back here." Face flashed a grin at her, "Lather, rinse, repeat for the next two weeks - plus, some sight-seeing and parties."
"Dinner reservations huh, are you trying to romance me Lieutenant Peck?" She smirked and put her suitcase out of the way on the floor and fished out a suit and disappeared into the bathroom reappearing a moment later in a flesh colored bikini with a sarong tied low around her waist, "Ready when you are." She smirked and walked passed him for the door, "And for the record, yes this is new."
"I'll say." Face looked her up and down, grinning, "Very nice. And there's no romance whatsoever, Captain Sosa." He saluted her, "No funny business here, ma'am."
She laughed, his eyes trailing over her making her shiver, "Come on, I need a good dose of vitamin d, it's been raining for six months straight in DC." She exaggerated a little and headed out the door and downstairs, she caught a few men sneaking glances at her and it made her walk with a little bit more precision to her step.
Face walked out after her, grinning at all the guys who couldn't take their eyes off her. As if to say, 'she's with me - so hands off'.
Murdock was already down at the water's edge, splashing away, floating on an inner tube.
She waved at Murdock as she found a good spot and spread her towel out before removing the sarong and laying down on her stomach and looking at Face, tossing a bottle of sunscreen at him, "Do you mind?" She asked glancing over the rim of her sunglasses.
Not at all." Face grinned, sitting beside her. "Careful - its cold." He gently began to rub the sunscreen into her back and shoulders, taking care to go as teasing and slow as possible while still being effective.
Hannibal was having some drinks and relaxing on a chair under a giant beach umbrella.
She squirmed a little but relaxed and sank down onto her towel, "You have very evil hands." She commented her tone heavy as she closed her eyes and relaxed beneath his touch for the most part, though when he ran his hands over certain spots her muscles quivered.
"Oh believe me, my hands are the least of your worries." He chuckled low in her ear as he finished her back and moved on to her legs.
She glanced at him over her shoulder, "Really. I'm so frightened." She teased him and shut her eyes as his hands moved down to her legs, the back of her calves a particularly sensitive area if touched just right which she was sure he knew how to do. She opened here eyes for a moment and saw BA wandering passed with two girls and laughed, "Wow I've seen it all now… BA is womanizing."
"That's nothing. Look at Murdock." He jabbed his thumb at the pilot, who was laughing and sharing his inner tube with a girl too.
Hannibal seemed to be the only one without a lady on his arm, but he was chatting up some of the young women at the outdoor cafe, who were giggling at him.
She looked and amused, "You've been giving the boys lessons, how cute." She laughed and glanced towards Hannibal, she didn't know his deal but he seemed content to just go along and be as is it seemed.
"They seem to pick it up on their own just fine." He grinned at her, finished with her back side, "Done. Would you do me, please?"
She arched a brow at him but said nothing and sat up slowly, "You and your double entendres." She said with a shake of her head and motioned for him to turn around, once he was settled she settled on her knees behind him and slowly massaged the lotion into his shoulders first, "You're tense Lieutenant." She commented with a smirk.
"I am. My back isn't the only part of me that's got knots." He teased, laying on his stomach on the blanket. Face could feel her hands on his back, and he moaned a little.
Suddenly she shifted straddling his backside and continued to work her hands lower down his back, "I'm sure." She agreed and ran her fingers lightly over his sides with a playful grin.
He considered it, then arched his back a little, pushing up against her. "It's hard for me to stay still when you touch me like that." He murmured.
BA was buying his two ladies some ice cream when he caught sight of Sosa and Face, shaking his head, "Fools don't have limits." He muttered and escorted his girls away from the scene; he had no trouble pretending he didn't know any of them.
She smirked and leaned over him, her lips against his ear, "I know." She whispered and placed a small kiss on the back of his neck before sitting up straight again and massaging his lower back.
Face thought about making a hard joke, but decided it might get him a slap, so he just rested his head on his arms and relaxed while she finished him off.
She finished his back and slowly slid off of him then stood giving his behind a firm smack and put her sunglasses on her towel, "I'm going to go see how the water is." She decided and headed out, at first it was a little on the cool side, but it warmed up as she got used to it by the time she was about waist deep in the surf.
"Hey!" He protested, then grinned as he stood up and followed her to the surf. There were lots of people out and about, but there was still plenty of room in the water, "Mmm, that's nice, actually." He pointed out, once he caught up to her.
She chuckled, "You're not going to let me out of your sight are you." She indicated to her current attire as the reason why as a couple of guys who had spotted her quickly changed their course as soon as Face joined her. She walked backwards away from him and once she was arms length or better away she proceeded to kick up water at him with a grin.
"Ackpth!" He covered his face, "Oh you're gonna get it now!" he dove under the water and circled her legs before pulling her down, dunking her.
She tried to get away,"Oooh no you don-" But it was pointless and she held her breath as she went under. She came back up splashing water in his direction and tried to return the favor.
"Hahahah, Face wins!" He chuckled, grinning broadly and rising to the surface, moving away from her.
She swam after him splashing water at him as she did so. Suddenly she smirked and disappeared beneath a wave and popped back up right in front of him, "Well then I guess you get the prize." She smiled and smoothed her hands up his chest slowly and leaned into kiss him, she barely let their lips touch before she pushed him back at his shoulders as a wave came up behind him.
"Waugh!" Face splashed and spluttered in the waves, taking in sea water and coughing a bit. "Bleah. Too salty."
Hannibal sat at an outdoor table and watched his boys have fun. He smiled to himself and kept an ear out for any trouble.
She smirked, "And now we're tied." She mused and treaded the water, watching as a few fish swam by, "And what did you expect? It's the ocean; it's not going to taste like chocolate." She teased.
"I hadn't expected to taste it at all." he said, sticking out his tongue, "I had hoped to not have to."
"What you thought I'd just let you dunk me and get away with it?" She laughed and stuck her tongue right back out at him, "I don't think so." She swam up to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, "And I'm sure it wasn't that bad."
He tugged her hands, smiling at her over his shoulder. "It wasn't the worst thing I've had to taste, but it wasn't the best. Chocolate or lime jelly beans." He joked.
She smiled and watched Murdock as he floated by with the girl he had managed to snatch up and then shifted in the water so she was facing him, her legs sliding around his middle under the water, "Thanks for inviting me by the way. I've been needing a vacation." She smiled.
"We all did." He nodded, floating with her, leaning against someone's bobbing inner tube that had been emptied, "Some place warm, that we couldn't be bothered at."
"Let's hope." She said realizing that she sounded like Hannibal in that moment and frowned a little, "Er… exactly." She changed what she had said hoping she hadn't jinxed their vacation as she removed herself from him and headed back towards the beach. As she came up out of the water the two guys who had spotted her earlier wandered over and began to chat with her, but she behaved herself no matter how hard they tried to hit on her.
Face looked at her, curiously, wondering what she was on about, then shrugged and followed her out at a distance. Murdock bobbed by with the girl; they were talking about the latest Hollywood movies.
She eyed Face with a help me expression as the guys just wouldn't give up, one of them was from Australia and the other was Hawaiian… apparently they were cousins or something? She had stopped listening to them five second in as she tried to get away from them every way possible, "Really… that's a fascinating story. You actually wrestled two sharks at once huh...wow…" She did all she could to keep her eyes from rolling.
Face chortled, letting her try and deal with them herself. He went to go see Hannibal, to check on their safety status and get a drink.
"All is well." Hannibal noted, lighting up another cigar, "Our dinner reservations are in another two hours, so we may want to head back to the hotel and change in an hour. To get ready and all that."
"Is it okay if they bring their dates?" Face jabbed his thumb over at the other two guys.
Hannibal laughed and nodded, "It'll be fine, I'm sure. If we run into any trouble, you can always get us another table, mm?"
Face sighed, "I still have to work - even on my own vacation!"
She shot Face a glare as she managed to finally get rid of the two college boys and wandered up behind him and pinched him hard on his side, "Thanks. The one time I give you a please help, save me look and you just walk on by." She shook her head and smiled at Hannibal, "Enjoying yourself Hannibal?"
Hannibal nodded up at her. "Yes indeed, Captain. And yourself?" He asked, holding up a fresh drink for her. Champagne with a fruit twist in it. Orange, he presumed.
"For the most part yes." She stated, "Though if I can just manage to avoid anymore yuppies I'll be perfect." She took the drink he offered her and settled onto a chair taking a look around, "I can't believe I've never been here before, it's absolutely gorgeous." She glanced at Face, "When is dinner again?"
"Seven." He looked at Hannibal, "Which I'm told is about two hours away?
A nod of confirmation was given from Hannibal who was dressed in a khaki suit-style outfit, still wearing a watch and socks and shoes.
She eyed Hannibal and then looked to Face and back again before standing and moving closer to the Lieutenant, "I think someone has hit a dry spell." She motioned at Hannibal, "The guy is at the beach in a suit, socks and shoes for crying out loud." She stated, her voice low in hopes the Colonel didn't hear her.
"I can hear you just fine." Hannibal chuckled, grin spreading across his face, "And I'll have you know, if I wanted, I could have any woman on this beach. But that wouldn't be fair for you younger folk." he tilted his glass at her. "But if you insist - I'll bring a date tonight."
She turned red, "Uh… no, no, that's up to you." She was embarrassed that he had heard her, "If you want to though I mean that would be great and anyhow this is Face's gig, not mine." She finished off her drink so she'd shut up and then sat the empty glass aside, "Well we should probably go get our things and head up to get ready for dinner." She headed back onto the beach to go and get their towels and belongings.
Hannibal laughed as he watched her retreating back, then winked at Face. "I'll see you at dinner," he said, then stood and walked towards a crowd of young women.
Face shook his head, laughing himself, then went after Charissa.
The heat of embarrassment was finally leaving her face as she tied her sarong around her hips and slung her towel over her shoulders after slipping her sunglasses back on, "Yeah. I feel like an idiot now." She muttered and handed Face his towel and shirt.
Face smiled gently. "Don't. Hannibal hears everything, I swear he can hear us talking now, even with his back turned, thirty feet away." He looked over his shoulder.
"Oh that's comforting." She chuckled and nodded, "Alright, guess it's just something else I need to get used to about you guys, right?" She said with a smile and headed back towards the hotel, her hand slipping into his as they walked.
"Yup." He smiled and squeezed her hand reassuringly as they walked back to the hotel.
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