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Keleigh looked out at the ocean from her hotel room balcony and took a sip of her glass of wine. The sun was just starting to set and she couldn't' help but long for John to be standing beside her. She was staying at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Bay front Tower. It was the room she had reserved for her and John and everything was set up for a romantic weekend. 'What a joke?' She thought to herself suddenly wishing she had called and cancelled the extra package she had ordered to surprise John. She picked up a handful of the rose petals that had been laid on the bed and flung them at the wall. She flopped down backwards.
She had hoped this weekend would be perfect and bring them closer as a couple. She had fallen in love with him easier than she ever had thought possible and she wanted him to tell her that she mattered. That she was more important then the Batista case. She remembered her dad's obsession to catch his father and how it affected her mom and she didn't want that to happen with her and John.
"I think I am going to go work out." She said to the empty room and she got her stuff together and headed out to the gym.
While Keleigh was in the gym, John had arrived at the hotel. He went to the front desk and got a key. He wasn't exactly sure what he had in mind would work with Keleigh but he hoped so. He had called the room while on his way up and found that no one answered. He figured Keleigh was out sight seeing or something. He let himself in and noticed all the stuff that was obviously set up for the romantic weekend.
He began to set up the candles all over the room. It was much like Keleigh had the first time they had made love. He put some music on and put rose petals from the door to the bed. He just hoped everything would prove to her that she was important to him. She mattered more to him than he ever thought someone could. And he hated that he had cancelled their plans and hurt her like that. But he hoped what he had planned would make up for it.
Keleigh made her way up to her room. She had had a great workout and was now ready for some nice room service and a hot bath. It was nice to be away from her job. That was what she wanted when she planned this weekend away with John. She wanted them to spend time together away from the job. She opened the door to the hotel room and saw the rose petals and candles all around. She first thought that the hotel had made a mistake and planned this even though she had called and cancelled the remaining plans. She sighed and walked in the room and headed for the table and formed her lips to blow out the candle sitting on it. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind. She screamed and quickly twisted John's arm. Within seconds he was lying flat on his back on the rose petal covered carpet.
"It's me." John said quickly knowing her cop instincts would have her kicking the crap out of him.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him relaxing her fighting stance "I thought you couldn't leave the case."
"I was wrong to cancel on you. I never should have put work ahead of you. I'm sorry." John said getting up slowly. He put his hands out defensively just in case she decided to kick him anyway. It was far too soon for him to tell if she was still angry or not.
"Keleigh, I love you. You are the most important person to me." He pleaded staying on his knees.
"Am I? Because it doesn't seem like it sometimes." She replied sliding her hand away from his and walking toward the balcony. She opened the door and step outside on it. "John, do you know how much it hurt for you to put the Batista case ahead of me and our relationship?"
John got up seeing that his begging technique was not working. He followed her and propped himself against the door frame.
"I know. I was stupid. I wanted to get Batista so much and I didn't think how it affected you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me." He walked up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. "Keleigh, you mean everything to me. Please say you believe that."
"I want to. I want to believe that I mean so much to you. But John, I saw my dad's obsession with Batista's father almost ruin my parents. I don't want that to happen to us. Not that we are even close to marriage but I don't' want it to ruin what we have." She said rambling a little.
John laughed at her rambling. He always found it so cute when she rambled. It was the first sign she had given him that let him know she was close to forgiving him
"Keleigh, I don't want that to happen either. I love you more than I ever thought I could love anyone."
"I love you too." She said turning to face him. She kissed him gently. "But I need to know I matter to you."
"You matter more than anyone." He replied kissing back. He pulled away and took a black box of his pocket. "I saw this the other day and knew it was you. I had planned on giving it to you on this vacation."
Keleigh took the box and opened it slowly. She gasped with she saw it. It was a beautiful diamond bracelet.
"Oh, my god, it's beautiful." She said looking at him.
"I am glad that you like it. I knew it was for you. It is to celebrate that we meet two and half months ago."
"You remember that?" She asked shocked that he did.
"Yes. Because it was the day that the most beautiful girl in the world spilled her coffee on me and then proceeded to feel me up." He replied. Keleigh blushed when he mentioned it. "It was an interesting meeting and I knew I had to get to know you better. I never imagine that I would fall in love with you. But I did and I love you more than anything."
"I love you too more than anything."
She kissed him passionately and proceeded to move them into a chair on the balcony. She pushed him into and unbuttoned her shirt.
"You do realize that we are on a balcony where people can see." He said as he watched her continue to undress.
"Do you care?" She asked with a bewitching smile before kissing him again.
"So does this mean you forgive me?" he put on his best impish grin.
"What do you think?" she said beginning to kiss his neck
They proceed to make love right there on the balcony. Afterwards, they moved into the hotel room. Despite the way things started, it was turning into a great weekend. She was glad that he realized that he was wrong to put the case ahead of her. She hoped that things would be okay between them now. She did understand about his job but she didn't' want it to over take his life like it had her dad's.
"John, I do understand about the job and how important this case is." She said as they laid on the bed. "I just don't want it to over take your life."
"I promise I won't let it." He said kissing her.
"Good, because I want us to make this work. I know we can have something great."
"I want that too. I love you so much, K."
They proceed to make love the rest of the night. And forget about the fight. Keleigh knew that they were putting it behind them and she wanted that. It was a fight like all couples have and she was glad that it didn't destroy their relationship. She hoped it would bring them closer and make them stronger.
The next day, Keleigh woke up first. She watched John as he slept until she could no longer stand it. She kissed his cheek gently until he woke up.
"Good morning." he said to her sleepily. "I could really get used to waking up like this every morning." Keleigh laughed.
"Come on. I'm ready to see some things." she told him excitedly then hopped out of the bed.
They had breakfast in the hotel before they went to the Texas State Aquarium. It was one of Keleigh's favorite things to do in Corpus Christi. Her mother always took her there on her birthday because her father was always working.
"The aquarium is so fun." She said excitedly. John couldn't help but laugh at her. She was so excited like a ten year old would be. "The Dolphin Encounter is awesome."
"It sounds fun. Do you come here often?" He asked as they arrived at the aquarium.
"I did when I was younger. It was the special trip my mom and I would take every year on my birthday." She replied looking away. It still hurt to talk about her mom.
"What about your dad?"
"He was always busy with a case usually something to do with Dave Batista Sr." the thought made her sad. She couldn't' help but see the similarities between her dad's obsession and John's that seemed to be growing stronger every time she turned around.
'I guess it's true' she thought to herself. 'Girls do tend to fall for men that remind them of their fathers'
"Sorry." He said after Keleigh had been quiet and deep in thought too long for his liking. He regretted bringing up her father because it ended up bringing up his mistake of picking work over her. "Well, let's go have a fun day here at the aquarium."
"Definitely." She replied with a smile as they got out. "We have to do the Deckside Dolphin Encounter. You get to shake hands with the dolphins. It is so fun."
"Then we definitely should do it." He said as they walked to the front gate. They signed up for the dolphin encounter. He could tell she liked the aquarium.
They spend the day at the aquarium. They did the dolphin encounter, did the behind the scenes tour, they saw the Wild Flight show, the You "Otter" know this, the Stingray Flats, and the Turtle Tales. It was a fun day and it was obvious that Keleigh enjoyed every minute of it. He hadn't seen her as happy as she had been at the aquarium. It was obvious it was a special place to her. They had lunch at the aquarium and then headed back to the hotel.
"That was fun." Keleigh said when they arrived back at the hotel.
"It was fun but you tired me out." John said with a laugh sitting on the bed. "But I'm glad that you enjoyed it."
"I did. I am so happy that you decided to come. Corpus Christi is one of my favorite cities. And I can't think of anyone else that I want to share this with."
"I love you, silly girl." He said pulling her to him and kissing her. "And I have something special planned for tonight."
"Really? Do I get a hint?" She said impatiently. She could never wait for anything.
"No, you don't. Just know it is something very romantic."
"Okay, I'll get it go this time. Now, let's relax before this big romantic surprise." She said with a smile before kissing him.
"I thought you wanted to relax." He said with a smile as she kissed him again.
"This is relaxing." She smiled.
They made love the rest of the afternoon. John hoped she would like what he had planned. He had called on his way there to set it up.
Later in the evening both were getting ready for the dinner. Keleigh so wanted to know what they doing. She was soon dressed a Flower Print Tulle Waist Black White dress with spaghetti straps and silver heels. When she walked out of the bathroom after doing her hair, John couldn't believe how beautiful she looked.
"John, are you ready to go?" Keleigh asked him. "John." She asked again this time getting his attention.
"Yeah." He said coming back from his thoughts. She looked so beautiful and he couldn't wait for her to see the surprise. "I hope you are ready for your surprise."
"I can't wait." She said excitedly grabbing her black clutch bag and taking his hand.
They were soon on their way downstairs. . Keleigh was shocked when they ended up at the dock not far from the hotel.
"What's going on?" She asked wondering if this was her surprise.
"We are taking a sunset cruise around the bay and then we are having a very private dinner on the rooftop terrace." He said as they walked to the boat.
"This was the romantic surprise?" She asked excited and very impressed.
"Yes. I thought it was a nice romantic surprise to make up for me being a jerk." He said as he helped her onto the boat.
"I love it." She said kissing him.
They made their way to the front of boat and looked out at the water. The boat was soon cruising the bay. Keleigh was enjoying the cruise. She couldn't believe that he had thought this up. She never saw him as this romantic. It just made her love him more to know that he could be. The cruise last about an hour and then they headed to the rooftop for dinner.
Keleigh was in awe when she saw the rooftop. It was decorated with strings of lights and candles. There was soft romantic music playing and table sat for two. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen and the most romantic thing anyone had done for her.
"I take by the expression, you like it?" He asked her.
"I love it." She said before kissing him.
"Good. Now, let's sit down and enjoy this." He replied taking her hand and leading her to the table.
"John, this is so amazing."
"I'm glad you liked. I hoped you would."
"Are you kidding? This is awesome."
John couldn't help but laugh once again at her. She really got excited over the smallest things. The more time he spent with her, the more in love with her he fell also. She really wasn't like anyone he had dated before. He had never met someone so sweet and innocence but also very smart. He couldn't help but wonder why she had become an agent. She didn't seem like the type to want that. Most of the women agents he knew and had dated were not sweet. They were pretty much bitchy and controlling. Keleigh was neither.
They had nice dinner complete with Keleigh's favorite dessert, Tiramisu. She was shocked that he remembered that from their date but it was nice to be someone who remembered things like that. That was something she had never had before with any guy. Most couldn't remember what they had done two days before much less something from a date but John remembered the important stuff.
"This has been a great night. No, an incredible day." Keleigh said as they sat on the terrace.
"I am glad you have enjoyed today. Keleigh, I really am sorry that I cancelled things for the case. I regret that I did." He replied taking her hand. "And I have loved this time together."
"I have enjoyed it too. I know you regret canceling but it's in the past so, let's try to move on and forget it." She replied with a smile just as 'I can't help falling in love with you' by Elvis Presley started to play. It was her favorite song.
"Oh, my favorite. Come dance with me." She gave him her pouty face.
"Okay."
They got up and he took her hand and they started to dance under the moonlight and the lights with the sound of the soft ballad and the ocean. It was the perfect night she had hoped for when she planned the weekend. The day and the night had made her fall more in love with him then she thought was possible. As he held her close as they danced, she couldn't think of anything better than being with him forever.
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