After a picnic and a long walk, Laura and Robbie opted for a relaxing and enjoyable nap. Upon awaking from a restful nap, they looked at each other and laughed, then started to giggle, but neither really knew why. They decided that it was because they were both having less than pure thoughts about one another.
Laura suggested they should seek out a good place for a hearty dinner, but should shower first. Robbie playfully, refused to move when Laura tried to pull him up from where he had been resting. Robbie teased Laura by refusing all the more to move. Laura tried to pull and push him from his comfortable spot.
"Do you give up, lass?" Robbie asked Laura. Laura looked at Robbie and smiled knowing he was teasing her, and she refused to give in to his stubborn, though humorous, behavior. She finally disengaged from their tug of war, and went for a sneak attack of tickling. Robbie started to laugh loudly, noting "I surrender. That's an unfair use of tactics." Laura would not relent, saying "But the tactic works!'
While Robbie showered, Laura consulted the information in the room on local points of interest. There were some good places to have something to eat. There was one near a tattoo place. Maybe she should get Robbie drunk and get him a tattoo? No, Robbie would not be pleased by that type of trickery. She could envision the sordid headlines "Pathologist Forces Acting Chief Superintendent To Get Tattoo" She knew there would be no write-up in the paper, or on Facebook or anywhere else, but the thought did amuse her. She hoped that she would be equally amused when she let Robbie know that she thought he should pursue the Acting Chief Superintendent's position. Stress on the "acting" part, not forever, just while it was needed and suited Robbie.
Robbie entered the living room area of their weekend get-away, while Laura was still reading over the list of places to wine, dine and what ever else. He was dressed and ready to go, while she was still in her robe, after her shower. "Laura, are you coming with me? " Robbie asked of Laura. She responded "Of course, why do you ask?" Robbie suggested to Laura "Well, I don't know where you want to go, but if you are just going to be wearing your robe, it could get a bit chilly." Laura realized that she had been looking over the options for the evening's adventures for a while. She handed off her list of things to do to Robbie, so he could look over it while she quickly got dressed for their trip to where ever they were going, next.
By the time Laura was dressed and ready to go, Robbie had read through the selections Laura had liked, and he agreed with her top choices.
