Come Friday morning Steven came and picked Mae up.
"This your dad's truck?" Mae asked.
"Yes," Steven answered.
Hitched to the back of the truck was a trailer which was carrying an ATV. Mae raised her eyebrows.
"Don't you know guys are just big boys with big toys? And this is my toy; I don't get to take it out very often."
"I hope you plan to share said toy," Mae said.
Just then Rigsby came out of the house and he stopped the ATV. Mae instantly knew that he liked it.
"I hope you're not planning on letting her ride that," said Rigsby.
Steven and Mae look disappointed.
"You better make her hold on tight, and if no one is around...you can do 50."
"Yes sir," Steven replied.
"Your aunt and I agreed that since it got stolen..." Rigsby started as he pulled out his wallet and handed me $120.
"Thanks?"
"All right, if you don't want it," Rigsby said.
Mae stuffed the money in her purse. "Mine."
"All right you two have fun," Rigsby replied.
"Thanks, and you too," Mae responded.
"Don't worry, we will," said Rigsby in a knowing tone.
"Let's go," Mae replied.
"Are you hungry?" Steven asked once they got going.
"Yes, you?" Mae answered.
"Yeah, I haven't eaten yet," said Steven.
"Me neither," Mae replied.
"Where do you want to go? McDonald's, Burger King, IHOP, Bob Evans..."
Mae perked up at Bob Evans.
"Call Amanda and tell her to meet us there."
"Hey," said Amanda.
"Hi, have either of you eaten breakfast yet?" Mae replied.
"No," Amanda responded.
"Meet us at Bob Evans in ten minutes," Mae said.
"All right, see you then," Amanda replied.
About ten minutes later the four of them arrived at Bob Evans and they were seated.
"Now Logan, order only one Sunshine Skillet, not two, you don't want to scare the waitress do you?" said Steven.
"What it's not like you're paying," Logan replied.
"That's right, I'm not paying for you, but I am paying for Mae," Steven responded.
"Steven, that isn't necessary," Mae said.
"Don't worry about it," Steven replied. "Why don't you try something else for a change?" Steven asked Logan.
"Yeah, variety is the spice of life," Amanda responded.
"You're one to talk Ms. I-always-get-the-cinnamon-stuffed-pancakes," Mae said.
"All right, Logan let's make them happy and I'll try a bite of your Sunshine Skillet and you can try a bite of my pancakes," Amanda replied.
"Sounds good," Logan responded.
When the waitress came to take our orders Logan order the Sunshine Skillet, Amanda ordered the cinnamon pancakes, Steven ordered the Border Scramble, and Mae order the Veggie Omelet. About twenty minutes later the waitress came back with their food. As soon as the waitress set down Logan's food Amanda took a small bite.
"That's pretty good," said Amanda.
When the waitress set down Amanda's food Logan took a fork-full of pancakes, and shoved it in his mouth.
"Logan, I need to warn you that it's sweet."
"Did you just say sweet?" Steven asked.
"Yes," Amanda answered.
"May I?" Steven questioned.
"Sure," Amanda replied.
Steven took a small bite of pancake and placed it in his mouth. Steven's eyes lit up. "That really shouldn't have gone in Logan's mouth."
"Why?" Amanda inquired.
Logan's eyes became dilated.
"That's why," Steven responded.
"He shouldn't have sugar this early in the morning," Amanda said, it wasn't a question.
"No," Steven replied.
Logan switched his and Amanda's plate and began scarfing down the pancakes. The waitress looked on with horror. Steven handed her $5.
"Sorry you have to see this, I promise, we will pay you well," said Steven.
The waitress set the rest of the food down and quickly walked away. When it was time to leave they left the waitress a twenty five percent tip. Steven, Amanda and Mae felt really bad for her. Sometime later they pulled into the driveway of beach house and they went inside.
"Oh. My. Word. Steven, what do your parents do for a living?" Mae said as she looked around.
"You know the local R.L?" Steven asked.
"Red Lobster, yeah," Amanda answered.
"My mom is the manager," Steven replied.
"No way, and let me guess, she's head chef as well," Amanda responded.
"Yeah," Steven said.
"That's where you looked familiar, you worked as a waiter sometimes," Amanda replied.
"Sure did," Steven responded.
"What does your dad do?" Mae questioned.
"He's in banking. Now, ya'lls room is over there," said Steven as he pointed down the hall.
"Do you need to get changed?" Logan inquired.
"No, I'm all ready to go," Mae said.
"Me too, and did you really think that were going to leave you alone with the fudge, cookies and cake?" Amanda replied.
"We were hoping," Logan responded.
"Are we going to stand here or are we going to go down to the beach?" Mae asked.
"Let's go," Steven answered.
When they got down to the beach they set up their stuff right by the high tide line, it was close to the water, but far enough away that they wouldn't have to move it later.
"I don't know about you, but I'm sweating," said Steven. "I hope you don't mind," he added as he stripped off his shirt.
Mae' eyes widened and she felt her jaw drop. Amanda waved her hand in front of Mae face, and she pushed her hand away.
"What?" Steven questioned.
"I knew you were muscular, but I didn't know you were a god," Mae replied.
"I try," Steven responded.
Mae stripped off her shirt and slipped out of her shorts, leaving her standing there in her bikini. Steven's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Logan waved his hand in front of Steven's face and Steven pushed Logan's hand away.
"I knew you were pretty, but I didn't know were Aphrodite," said Steven.
I smiled and blushed.
Logan quickly stripped off his shirt and Amanda gawked in awe. Mae waved her hand in front of Amanda's face, and she pushed Mae's hand away.
"Wow, I didn't realize you were perfection incarnate," said Amanda.
Logan just laughed.
Amanda stripped down into her bikini, and Logan just stared.
"What?" Amanda asked.
"Wow, I...um, wow," was all Logan could say.
"Amanda, I think you broke him," Steven replied.
"I didn't mean to," Amanda responded.
"I'm all right," said Logan.
"Are we going to just stand here or are we going to get in the water?" Mae demanded.
Amanda gave Mae a knowing look as she scooped up some water and Mae followed. They threw the water on Steven and Logan.
"Water fight!" they exclaimed in unison.
Steven and Logan chased the girls into the water and they splashed around for a few hours. When it was time to eat they dried off and had a picnic on the beach. Just before it got dark they packed up and went back up to the condo. Logan and Amanda went out to dinner while Steven and Mae stayed at the condo for dinner. As Mae was brushing her hair a note was slipped under the door. Mae got up and read it.
I know you're not one for sweets, but I have a surprise for you. Be out in the hot tub in your bikini in five minutes
When Mae was about half way done getting into another bikini, her phone vibrated; Mae picked up her phone and saw that she had a text. She opened her phone and saw the text was from Red John.
Having fun? You look really pretty right now.
Mae had to admit she was a bit freaked. What do you want?
Just checking up on my baby girl.
I'm fine.
You sure do look pretty in your white bikini top with red roses, khaki shorts and your hair pulled back.
Why are you watching me?
I really need to keep an eye on those guys, especially the one named Steven, and perhaps I need to teach him a lesson if he ever hurts my little girl.
Mae quickly shut her phone and dialed Grace's number.
"Van Pelt," said Grace breathlessly.
"Aunt Grace," Mae replied.
"Mae, what's going on?" Grace responded.
It suddenly clicked. "I caught you in the middle of it didn't I?"
"If you really want to know what I'm doing remember the talk I gave you, but what's going on?" said Grace.
Mae really didn't want that mental picture. "He texted me."
"What?" Grace asked.
"Yeah, and he said he was watching," Mae answered.
"Do you want me to come pick you up?" Grace questioned, concern filling her voice.
"No, I'm fine," Mae replied.
"Are you sure?" Grace inquired.
"Yes, I'm sure," Mae responded.
"All right, call me if it happens again, and I will come and pick you up," said Grace.
"Will do, call you later," Mae replied.
"Bye" Grace responded.
Mae closed her phone, finished changing and went out to the hot tub, after that she really needed to relax. When Mae walked out onto the patio Steven was sitting in the hot tub. Next to the hot tub was a table with a chocolate and a tray of fruit. Mae smiled and climbed into the hot tub next to Steven.
"What took you so long?" Steven asked.
"He texted me," Mae answered.
"What did he say?" Steven questioned.
"He told me that he was watching," Mae said.
"Do you want me to take you home?" Steven inquired.
"No, I'm fine" Mae responded as she laid her head on Steven's shoulder.
"Well, let's not worry about that right now. We have milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate," Steven said as he picked up a strawberry and dunked it in the dark chocolate.
Steven held it out for Mae to take a bite and she did.
"That's really good," Mae replied.
Mae picked up a piece of banana, dipped it in the milk chocolate and fed it to Steven. As soon as he was done chewing he leaned in and gave her a kiss; Mae returned the favor. Steven placed his hands on her cheeks and she entangled my fingers in his hair as they continued to kiss. Suddenly, Steven touched the tip of his tongue to Mae's, which took her by surprise, but Mae supposed it was his way of asking for the kiss to become passionate and Mae gave him permission by touching the tip of her tongue to his. Before Mae knew it our kiss was extremely passionate. Steven ran his hands up and down Mae back while she played with his hair. Steven backed Mae up against the side of the hot tub and they continued kissing. Steven straddled Mae's hips. Suddenly, Steven's hands went to the ties that held Mae's bikini on, and she knew what he was thinking. Mae pulled back.
"Stop," Mae said.
Steven got off of her. "Sorry."
"I guess we both got carried away," Mae replied.
"I suppose we did," Steven responded.
There was a moment of silence.
"I have something for you."
"You do?" Mae asked.
"Yes," Steven answered as dried his hands and reached somewhere behind him.
Steven pulled out a polar bear.
"Ah, it's so cute," Mae said.
"Her name is Angel. An angel for my angel, and I think Angel has something for you," Steven replied.
Mae dried off her hands and took Angel from Steven, she was careful to make sure Angel didn't get wet.
"Look around her neck."
Mae looked and around Angel's neck was a silver necklace with diamonds and emeralds.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it, it's so pretty," Mae responded.
Steven took the necklace off Angel and put it on Mae. They sat there for a while feeding each other bits of bananas, strawberries, pineapple, and raspberries. Sometime later, the patio door opened and Amanda walked out.
"I...um...I'm going to leave you two alone," she said as she walked back in.
Moments later Logan came out. When he spotted the chocolate fountain he came over and took a piece of pineapple dunked it in the milk chocolate, then the white chocolate and last the dark chocolate. Mae slapped Logan's hand as hard as she could.
"You! Oh, no you didn't!" Mae exclaimed.
"That was so good," Logan said.
Logan then did the unforgivable; he ran his finger through the dark chocolate, stuck his finger in his mouth and ran his finger through the dark chocolate again.
"LOGAN!"
Logan quickly ran back inside. Steven and Mae sat in the hot tub for about twenty minutes before getting out. Mae quickly changed into her PJ's and Steven came into the room.
"I have just one more thing for you," said Steven.
"You do?" Mae asked.
"Yes, lay on the bed, face down," Steven answered.
Mae was skeptical.
"It's all right, I'm not going to do anything, I promise."
Mae hesitantly lied on the bed face down. Steven came over and started to massage Mae's back. She let out a happy sigh.
"Are you enjoying this?" Steven questioned.
"Immensely," Mae replied happily.
Steven chuckled. "Good."
Steven continued to massage her back for a while and then eventually Mae fell asleep.
Once Mae had fell asleep Steven gently turned her so she was on her back, he tucked Angel under her arm and gave her a kiss on the head.
"Good night," Steven whispered.
Steven went into the living room and shortly thereafter Amanda and Logan came inside.
"So, how did she like the bear?" Amanda asked.
"She loved it, thanks," Steven answered.
"And the necklace?" Amanda questioned.
"Loved it too, and again, thanks, and be quiet when you go in there, she's already asleep," Steven said.
"All right, I think I'm going to retire for the night," Amanda replied before going into the bedroom.
The four of them stayed at the beach for another two days. When Steven dropped Mae off Rigsby and Grace came out and met them.
"So did you two have fun?" Grace asked.
"Yes we did," Mae answered.
"I hope nothing happened," said Rigsby.
"Nothing happened," Steven said.
"Mae, you got burned. Did you not put on sunscreen?" Grace replied.
"Yes, I put some on, but what did a little sun ever hurt anyone?" Mae responded.
"Oh, I'll show you," said Rigsby.
Rigsby went over and pulled Mae into a bear hug.
"Let go, let go, let go!" Mae exclaimed.
Rigsby let her go. "See?"
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny," Mae replied.
"Well, I think I am going to go," Steven responded.
"All right, I'll call you later," Mae said.
"Okay," Steven replied before giving Mae a quick kiss.
Once Steven was gone Rigsby, =Grace and Mae went inside, Mae put her stuff in her room and then came back out with Angel.
"Where did you get that?" Rigsby questioned.
"Steven gave her to me, her name is Angel," Mae said.
At that moment Grace caught sight of the necklace.
"And where did you get that?" Grace inquired.
"Steven gave it to me," Mae replied.
"I think I'm going to have to borrow that," Grace responded as she reached for the necklace.
Mae swatted Grace's hand away. "No way."
"If you want to get something to eat, I suggest you get it now, because your weekend may be over, but I'm not ready for mine to be over yet," Grace said.
"I'll take your word for it, and I'm going to go out on a limb and ask if the living room is safe," Mae replied.
"Nope," Rigsby responded.
"Good to know," Mae said as she walked into the kitchen and got something to eat, and then she took her food to her room
The following Saturday Mae received a call from the last person she expected.
"Hello," Mae said.
"Hey Mae, you meet me somewhere?" Rigsby replied.
"Are you sure you're not calling for Aunt Grace?" Mae asked.
"Yeah I'm sure," Rigsby answered.
"Where and when?" Mae questioned.
"The Kay Jewelers," Rigsby responded.
"Why?" Mae inquired.
"You'll see," Rigsby said.
"When?" Mae pried.
"The sooner the better," Rigsby replied.
"All right, I'll be there thirty minutes tops," Mae responded.
"Thank, see you then," said Rigsby.
Mae gathered her things and headed toward the front door. "I'm going out."
"With who?" Grace asked.
"Amanda," Mae answered.
"Okay," Grace said.
"I'll call you when I'm on my way back," Mae replied.
"All right," Grace responded.
When Mae arrived at the store Rigsby was already there, Mae got out of her car and walked up to him.
"What are we doing here?" Mae demanded.
A/N: Thank you everyone who has read this story so far.
Lily: I'm glad you like this story so far, and I hope you liked this chapter. Thanks for reviewing.
Until next time!
¬Forest Princess