So this chapter is slightly random and it was raining while I wrote it. I really hope you enjoy it and it take from the beginning of the book not the movie. Enjoy~

Honolulu, April 2009

Melody found herself digging through the closet for the board games that she and Stone kept for rainy days like the one they were having. She grinned when she found Battleship. She always seemed to win at the game, but she still enjoyed playing it. She carried the box to the living room where Stone was waiting to see what game she picked out for them. He was all for playing strip poker, but Melody thought that game was for the evening when there was no chance of anyone walking in on it.

"Battleship, really," he raised an eyebrow looking at the game that she placed between them. He noticed that Melody was grinning like a little kid in a candy store. He really hated this game, but she had agreed to play strip poker if he would play a game of her choosing first. It was getting late in the day and that means it was getting close to playing strip poker. What would the harm be in playing one round of Battleship with Melody.

"I love this game growing up. Everyone started to get tired of playing it with me cause I always beat them," Melody shrugged. She was hoping that Stone wouldn't mind playing around with rather he won or lost. She was hoping that more people would play with her, but that never seemed too happened.

"Well are we playing or not," he asked setting his side up. It was one of the nicer electronic on that made noises. Melody smiled and set her side up like she always did. "You can go first," Stone told her being polite. Melody grinned making him rethink of his choice, but it was too late to change her mind.

"Aren't you the gentleman, D6," Melody grinned. The sparkle in her eyes seemed to grow as his eyes widen. She knew she had gotten a hit on her first try. It didn't happen very often, but she knew when she did and it messed with the other players mind. She enjoyed this game a little too much, but she didn't get to play it very often.

"Hit, G5," Stone was shocked that she had gotten a hit on her first guess. Now he finally could see why no one wanted to play her after she beat them time and time again. It was like he knew he wasn't going win, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to try. He was going to learn what she was doing to get a hit on the first try and how she was this good.

"Miss, F5," Melody grinned when his eyes widen once more. She knew people thought she cheated, but she got a feel for people and watched their hands and arms when they placed the ships on the board and from there it was pure luck.

"Are you sure you're not reading my mind," he joked. There was no one that good at this game unless they were cheating. He didn't wasn't to accuse her of cheating and getting into a fight over something so petty.

"No. I just watched your hand arm movements when you placed your shipped and from there it's just simple luck," Melody shrugged. She had a feeling this was the only game they would play before he got tired of losing. It always seemed to go this way with whoever she played including Sam who played only half a game before giving up.

"You're going to have to teach me how to do that," Stone grinned at her. Finally he might be able to beat his little brother at this game. He would always get close, but he would still lose. Melody grinned with a nod; she was excited that he was going to play more than just this round with her.

"Can I play Hopper," Melody asked looking at Stone with a grin. She wanted to see how well his brother played. She had a feeling that he was a better player than Stone, and she was up to the challenge of playing him

"I would pay to see that," Stone grinned he had yet to tell the story of Alex beating him at this game and the disappointment that his father had for him when they were little. It seemed like it was the perfect time to tell her the story while playing the game that led to his disappointment of his father.

~.~.~.~.~twenty minutes later~.~.~.~.~

"You won," Stone only got one hit and was extremely frustrated. Melody had only missed a total of ten times. He couldn't wait till she played Alex and saw his face when he finally lost to someone.

"Sorry, we can play strip poker if you want. Just let me lock the door," Melody passed the deck of cards that were next to her to Stone while she got up and locked the door. She winked at Stone as he dealt out the cards. Stone wondered how long he was going to last once they both started to lose clothing. He was hoping he would last to the end, but he had a feeling that he wouldn't.

Stone grinned as he won the first round and she had to take off her shirt. Stone licked his lips as they started round two which she won and he had to take his shirt. Melody blushed as she had to pull off her pants as she lost the third round and her socks in the fourth. She didn't want to take her socks off first because she wanted to tease Stone. Stone was grinning until he was left in his underwear while Melody was left in her bra and her underwear. The game continued to they were both in just their underwear and Melody was about to lose her last article of clothing. Stone pushed the coffee table out of the way and pushed her onto the floor and slipped her underwear off himself. Melody arched to his touch. Stone kissed her as she pushed his boxers down.

I would have gone further, but the rating is T and it's going to stay that way. So how was this lovely chapter? Please take a moment of your time and leave a helpful/kind review!