Aerith finished packing her suitcase and locked it shut before grabbing it and heading downstairs.
"I'll be back in two weeks, Mom. Don't worry, Rude won't let anything happen to me. I'm Shinra's most prized non-possession after all." Aerith told her foster mother before heading out the door to the waiting car with Rude in the driver's seat.
She put her suitcase in the backseat and got in the front passenger seat. "Let's go." Aerith smiled at him.
They arrived at the dock with just enough time to buy their tickets on the ferry that would take them to Costa del Sol. It was an overnight trip so they stayed in separate cabins. Rude had grumbled about the extra cost.
"It simply wouldn't do for member of such an elite group like the Turks to be scandalously found with an underage girl in his cabin, would it?" Aerith had teased him, then changed tactics to seal the deal. "Besides, aren't I worth the extra cost to you?"
Rude had wisely shut up then. And now as he went to his own cabin, he did so with ill grace and some nervousness at their impending resort stay. Aerith wanted to go wild at Costa del Sol and planned for him to be the first man she had sex with once she was 18, He didn't know what she was expecting and didn't want to disappoint her or upset her
When they arrived at Costa del Sol in the evening, they went to The Palace hotel and had them hold their luggage for a few hours while they went out to eat and see the sights. As they walked around the resort town, Aerith looked for what would be the hottest club to go to tomorrow for her birthday. They found a nice but affordable restaurant to have dinner at, and Rude ordered a beer before they even looked at the menus. Aerith ordered herself a soda.
"In three hours I can have my first beer and a few other firsts." she said when their drinks arrived and smiled at him. Rude took another drink of his beer.
When his steak and her mushroom alfredo arrived, Reno was on his second beer. By the time they had finished their dessert, he had finished three more.
"Okay it's after midnight so I'm legal, now we can check into the hotel and enjoy ourselves." Aerith smiled at him as they left the restaurant and headed back to the hotel. Rude was a little unsteady on his feet but other than that, he seemed fine.
At the front desk, they checked into one of the smaller rooms since Aerith wanted to save money for partying. She requested a bottle of champagne and honey-dipped strawberries be sent up to their room as Rude gave the front desk clerk his credit card before they got their luggage and took the elevator up to their room. Aerith had just started unpacking when the champagne and strawberries arrived. Rude popped the cork and poured the champagne into the two glasses while Aerith tipped the busboy.
"I'm going to change into something special, I'll be right back." Aerith grabbed something red and lacy from her suitcase and headed into the bathroom as soon as the busboy left.
Aerith came out a few minutes and found Rude passed out on the bed, his arm hanging over the side with the bottle of champagne standing up on the floor, his hand barely holding onto it. She picked it up and noticed the bottle was half-empty now. She frowned and got onto her side of the bed.
"So much for a birthday celebration." Aerith pouted, then remembered the honey-dipped strawberries. She got up and took the bowl over to Rude, and put a couple strawberries in his pocket, then washed her hands and went back to bed, pleased but not in the way she had hoped for.