Title: Oracle
Author: Sami Marie
Genre: Family/Friendship With a bit of romance and drama possibly thrown in
Pairings: None at the moment but there will be a lot of mentions of Morgan/Garcia
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sequel to Rock Solid. Story is set 18 years down the road and will be told from Mags, Morgan and Garcia's daughter, point of view.
A/N: Thanks once again for the great reviews you guys keep giving. With that in mind it's time for the beginning of a very big moment in this story and I'm pretty sure you guys can guess what it is so I'm not really going to say any more about that. So with that in mind as always enjoy and do me a favor and leave a review!
Chapter 25:
Three days later…
He ought to know better. That was my first thought which is probably why I tried to pretend that I was still asleep when Henry crept into my room before dawn this morning. He kept at it though and when I finally did give in and open my eyes I couldn't even be mad at him. All because once he flipped the light on my nightstand on I saw that grin on his face. The one he knows I can't resist. That's probably why when he said come on we're going to go watch the sunrise I didn't fight him one bit. No instead I kicked him out of my room so I could throw some clothes on and minutes later I followed him out of the house.
Once we were outside we didn't get in the car no instead we walked about ten minutes away form our apartment. It's a not a spot we go to often, but Henry knows it's a favorite of mine and has been since he first took me to watch the sunrise from it when I came out to visit him.
"Thank you,' I whispered leaning back against him as the sun began to peak out of the clouds.
"Your welcome," he whispered back before adding, "This is just the beginning though because you and I are still going through with our original plans for today."
"Henry," I said in a feeble attempt to protest.
"Shh," He cut me off, "Just trust me alright? I promise to make sure you're not at all sad today."
"Alright," I agreed less than a minute later because I'm pretty sure it's more than obvious I trust him with every fiber of my being.
He grinned in response and tightened his arm around me as we fell silent and watched the rest of the sunrise.
Once the sunrise was complete he led me back to our place where I slipped my swimsuit on quickly underneath the sun dress I'd thrown on that morning. 15 minutes later I had everything I needed for a day at the beach and so we bid the apartment good bye for a day. To hell with Classes!
The best thing about leaving as early as we did was that when we arrived at the beach twenty minutes later no one else was there so we had the whole beach to ourselves. That's why we walked quite a bit before we finally settled down in a fairly secluded spot.
Once we had our blanket laid out on the sand I sat down and began to rummage through my bag until I found the sunscreen. "Hey do a favor," I said once I had it in my hand.
He just nodded and reached for the bottle and once it he had it I undid the halter of my dress so he could put sunscreen on my back for me.
"You it's amazing how pale you still are after being in Cali all this time," He remarked as he squeezed some of the cool liquid on to my back.
"Yeah," I said with a sigh as he gang to rub it in, "Well my mom grew up here and she told me she never got any color either. All she did was burn."
"That doesn't surprise me," He replied as he squeezed some more out.
When he was finished I took the bottle from him and began to apply sunscreen to the rest of my body, completely unaware that he was watching me the entire time. Retying my halter for time being once I was done I readjusted my dress before turning around to face him. "Who you looking at/" I asked teasingly.
"You," He answered without hesitation.
Smiling I gestured for him to closer, "Well do you think you can stop that for a few and let me put some sunscreen on your back, gorgeous."
He nodded and moved closer to me as he slipped his t-shirt over his head. He didn't say much of anything as I proceeded but I could definitely feel the tension in his muscles as I rubbed the sunscreen in.
After we were both protected from the sun he took my hand and brought to his lips before asking, "Still think this was a bad idea?"
"Not really," I admitted, "But we just got here didn't we?"
"That we did,' He agreed with a grin before pulling me closer to him as he stretched out on the blanket.
Sighing I was content to lay there with him for the next couple of hours. During that time we just talked as more and more people arrived at the beach. Finally around noon I whispered that we should go grab a bite to eat.
"I'll go you stay here and guard our spot," He offered as he pulled away and got to his feet.
"Alright," I agreed not bothering to tell him what I wanted before he walked away because I trusted his judgment.
It didn't take him long to come back from a street venue with some of our favorites and even better he had a mango-banana smoothie for me as well.
"Here you go my lady," he said as he handed the smoothie over to me.
"Why thank you kind sir," I said after taking a sip.
He winked at me then as he settled down and set an array food in between us. Silently we ate a bit before putting the rest of the food aside for later. Minutes later I playfully threw some sand at him and took off before he could get me back.
He caught up with me too quickly though and before I knew it he was lifting me up over his shoulder.
"Put me down," I shrieked out in between giggles as he headed closer and closer to the water.
"Not yet," Was all he said as he walked a little further into the water.
As he did this I somehow managed to wiggle my way down a bit till I was looking him in the eyes and what I saw there stopped me from freeing myself all the way. Instead I softly said his name and he didn't say anything back. His blue eyes did however get darker as his head lowered down to mine.
Don't stop this time… That's what I thought to myself and he didn't because the next thing I knew he was kissing me. Henry my best friend was actually kissing me.