Chapter 6- Get All the Sighs and Moans Just Right
Fifteen minutes and three and a half miles later, Aislynn found herself at the end of the pier, drenched with sweat and heart in her throat. She wasn't doing much of anything, really—just leaning against the railing, staring at the waves crashing in the distance and thinking.
She thought about calling Gibbs and telling him she gave up on the mission and where to stick his stupid protégée.
She thought about DeRubis and how he had gotten away with five plus murders and four rapes before NCIS had gotten the cases.
However, mostly, Aislynn thought about Tony and how foolish she had been for thinking, if only for a second, that he could ever love someone like her. They were, aside from a shared passion for the silver screen and similar commitment issues, the complete antithesis of each other.
Aislynn took off the fake engagement ring Tony had given her. It sparkled in the late afternoon light beautifully, which accented the pale blue tones of the stone. She gazed into the facets, contemplating her next move. She knew that it could make or break the mission, but also that it was her decision. Aislynn could almost hear Gibbs' voice in her head.
"Do what you have to do for the mission," he was saying. "Don't jeopardize it. You can always quit the agency later if you need to."
Aislynn sighed and considered her options for a minute. She shook her head and slipped the ring back on her finger before jogging back down the pier and back to the hotel. She entered the room almost silently, noticing that there was no ambient noise when she walked in.
Aislynn couldn't help the door banging shut loudly, though, and milliseconds after, she heard the television click on, and SportsCenter's energized tones come lightly through the speakers.
"Tony?" Aislynn asked softly, poking her head around the corner of the hallway.
Tony, who was lounging on the couch in a manner that led Aislynn to believe he'd just arrived, looked up at the sound of her voice. When he saw her, he immediately sprang up and walked forward, enveloping her in a tight embrace.
"Don't do that ever again," he commanded, holding Aislynn at arm's length. "I was just about to go out looking for you."
Aislynn was taken aback slightly by Tony's sudden show of emotion. "Really?"
"Yeah, Ace, of course," Tony said sincerely. "There's a rapist out there."
Aislynn smiled and hugged him. "Well, I'm glad you were concerned, and I'm sorry I left. I just had to go think."
Tony nodded. "Gibbs builds boats and you go for a run."
"Exactly," Aislynn nodded into his chest.
They broke apart, and Tony grabbed her hand, leading her toward the door. "Where are we going?"
"You'll see. I saw a commercial for this place while you were gone," Tony led her out of the hotel and across Baltimore Avenue. They walked north on the street until they got to Talbot street, and they turned right. Aislynn saw the neon lights immediately. A bar named The Office was about halfway down the street. There was a sign in the window that read 'Karaoke Saturdays'.
"Tony!" Aislynn protested. "No! No karaoke!"
"Yeah, come on, it'll be fun!" he replied happily, pulling her through the door of the bar.
There was a DJ in the back of the club, working the karaoke system. Currently, a man in his mid-forties was at the mic doing a terrible rendition of the Beatles' "Blackbird."
"I'll do it if you do," Tony told Aislynn before ordering drinks.
"Alright, as long as we're both making complete idiots of ourselves," Aislynn replied, shaking Tony's outstretched hand.
They walked up to the DJ and wrote down their requests on his sign-up sheet. Aislynn would go first, followed by Tony. It wasn't their turn for a while, so they settled down at a booth and drank lightly while watching other people get up and sing their hearts out, more often than not, terribly.
A half-hour after they arrived, it was Aislynn's turn to get up to the mic. She cleared her throat and motioned for the music to begin.
It's been a long time since I came around
Been a long time but I'm back in town
This time I'm not leaving without you
You taste like whiskey when you kiss me, oh
I'll give anything again to be your baby doll
This time I'm not leaving without you
You said, "Sit back down where you belong
In the corner of my bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch where we
Made love the first time
And you said to me:
"'There's something, something about this place
Something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face
Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah, something about, baby, you and I'"
It's been two years since I let you go,
I couldn't listen to a joke or rock 'n' roll
And muscle cars drove a truck right through my heart
On my birthday you sang me "A Heart of Gold"
With a guitar humming and no clothes
This time I'm not leaving without you, oh, oh, oh,
Sit back down where you belong
In the corner of my bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch where we
Made love for the first time and you said to me,
"There's something, something about this place
Something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face
Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah something about, baby you and I"
You and I,
You, you, and I,
You, you, and I,
You, you, and I,
You and I
You, you, and I
Oh yeah I'd rather die, without you and I
We gotta whole lot of money, but we still pay rent
'Cause you can't buy a house in heaven
There's only three men that I'ma serve my whole life
It's my daddy and Nebraska and Jesus Christ.
Something, something about the chase
I'm a New York woman born to run you down
Still want my lipstick all over your face
There's something, something about
Just knowing when it's right
So put your drinks for Nebraska
For Nebraska, Nebraska, I love you.
You and I,
You, you, and I
Baby I'd rather die
Without you and I.
You and I,
You, you, and I
Nebraska I'd rather die
Without you and I.
It's been a long time since I came around
Been a long time but I'm back in town
And this time I'm not leaving' without you
Aislynn stepped down from the stage to a round of thunderous applause. She returned to the table where Tony was waiting.
"You never said you could sing," Tony complimented her, standing up.
"You never asked," Aislynn replied, patting his cheek. Tony smiled and began to walk to the stage.
The music started immediately after the DJ introduced Tony. The song he had picked had quite a long intro, so Aislynn chuckled as she watched Tony stand behind the mic awkwardly.
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen and all those sad goodbyes
I'm never gonna dance again
Cause guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
And there's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
I'm never gonna dance again
Cause guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose the crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay
I'm never gonna dance again
Cause guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
The whole time Tony was singing, he had managed to keep eye contact with Aislynn. When he jumped lightly off the stage and came back to the table, she smiled widely at him.
"That was beautiful, Tony," she hugged him tightly.
"I'm really sorry that I hurt your feelings, Ace," Tony said, returning the embrace. When they broke apart, Tony interlaced their fingers. "Come on, let's get out of here."
They returned to their joint hotel room, and Tony fidgeted with the key card. Aislynn glanced to the left to see DeRubis standing there watching them carefully. They both knew that they would have to put on a show to make it seem like they were a couple coming back from a night out on the town.
Forgoing the key card momentarily, Tony inched closer to Aislynn and grinned when he was inches away from her face. He pushed her gently against the door before crashing his lips to hers. She brought her hands up to his neck to play with the hair that resided there while his went to her hips. Tony bit her bottom lip to gain entrance as one of his hands slid up to rest on her waist underneath her shirt.
They soon got lost in the kiss, not even paying attention to where DeRubis was in the hallway. Tony licked Aislynn's lips to sooth the ministrations he had left there before his tongue began dueling with hers.
Tony inserted the key card behind her back and pushed her inside the room. He slammed the door behind them and pushed her against the wall. He continued his assault on her lips before moving his lips down to leave a trail on her neck. He focused on one spot, nipping and sucking before kissing over to sooth the reddened area.
Aislynn moved her hands to his face and directed it back up to hers. Somewhere she knew that this was going beyond what they needed to do to convince DeRubis, but she didn't care. They spent ten minutes making out before they pulled apart. Aislynn backed herself up, trying to remember why she had been so angry with him earlier.
"So, sex?" Aislynn asked as she backed away from him.
"What?" He asked breathlessly.
"Sex. Couples have sex, so logically we should simulate sex," She informed him as she climbed onto the bed and begun to jump, immediately making the bed squeak.
He laughed and joined her before she made a moaning sound. It took him a few seconds to realize that it was all a part of her fake sex. He joined in with the noises, adding some grunting and moaning. When the sounds coming out of Aislynn's mouth registered in Tony's mind, his eyes went wide and there was tightness in his pants.
When Aislynn noticed, she giggled and plopped herself down on the bed.
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