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Chapter 9: A Little Hot

Brenda treaded nervously back and forth across the room. Her eyes shifted from the plush carpet to Jason's stoic face every ten seconds. An anonymous call via the room phone interrupted their sleeping arrangements argument – the dilemma of the second bed being unsuitable for sleeping upon. She did not know how anyone other than Anna and Carly knew where to contact them, but that inevitably meant that someone was watching them, and that was certainly not a good sign. Brenda's concentrated pacing was interfered by a heavy knock on the door.

"Yes?" Brenda asked warily as she slowly opened the door. An average height, scraggly looking man in a waiter's uniform stood opposite her, holding a large bottle.

"Did somebody order champagne, miss?" the waiter asked with a British accent, holding out the bottle towards Brenda. His eyes frightened her; they had an ominous glow to them that gave her the creeps.

"Umm, I don't think so, I think you have the wrong room," she smiled as she tried to close the door. His designer shoe between the door and frame prevented Brenda from locking out the man.

"I can collect that cart and dishes, mam," he offered, his tone unchanging.

"Oh, ok, sure." She said nervously and went to get the cart of dinnerware. "Sorry if one of the plates still has some food on it, my husband is a picky eater." She pushed the cart towards the man as he held out his hand.

For a quick moment she was confused, but then realized her poor etiquette. "Oh, a tip! Silly me. Umm, hold on." She pulled out a ten dollar bill from her back pocket and handed it to him. "There you go." She said politely, but was quickly frightened when he grabbed her wrist. "Wait, what are you-" The man pushed the silver cart away and grabbed Brenda's waist. "Let go!" she screamed as he proceeded to cover her mouth with his hand. "Jase-" she tried calling before he held more tightly onto her. Her sharp teeth dug into his hand and he yelped in pain. She tried to leave his grip, but his strong physique overpowered her. "Jason!" she cried once more before her mouth was forced shut again.

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"Sonny and the deeds to the warehouse in exchange for Robin." The caller on the other line repeated. "No guards, no other men, not even you. We have business to discuss with him." Jason rubbed his hand over his face, obviously stressed at the situation. He didn't know who was on the other line, except for the fact that he was one of JC's lackeys and somehow discovered him and Brenda. JC and his men obviously wanted Sonny to go down.

Jason's anxious steps brought him into the bathroom just as he noticed that Brenda went to answer the door. Jason closed the bathroom door, hoping to prevent Brenda from seeing his worry. "How am I going to do that in 48 hours?" he asked. How was he going to make sure Sonny appeared in and left Pennsylvania in one healthy piece?

"Figure out a way," the caller concluded, leaving the dial tone to converse with Jason. Jason sighed and collapsed on the chair in the bathroom. For once, he was stuck on what to do and felt fear not only for Robin, but for Sonny and…Brenda. Before he could try to think of any plans, he heard her screams. Jason dashed out of the hotel room just in time to see a struggling Brenda being taken around the corner.

Jason lost them after entering the hotel's health club. He searched around the pool, the spa, and the gym, but had no luck. He peered into the last place of the club, the sauna. He saw her through the window; her mouth was quiet because of a tight gag and ropes locked her wrists in position behind her back. He hurried over to her; his judgment was clouded, for he did not notice the convenience of the door being open. Brenda noticed and immediately started shaking her head as he bent down behind her to free her hands and mouth.

"Jason, get out of here." Brenda ordered after the uncomfortable cloth was detached from her mouth.

"What?" he asked a little confused without looking up from untying her wrists. Brenda could not believe he hadn't noticed yet. Her eyes spotted a man approaching the door.

"Get out! It's a" she screamed. But before she could finish, the door slammed closed, "trap," she finished, a little aggravated at Jason. Jason could not believe what had just happened. He finished releasing Brenda and tried to open the door.

"Damn," he said as he punched the door. Brenda began to giggle, she tried holding in the laughter, but couldn't; the situation was too amusing. "What are you laughing at?" he asked her angrily.

"You fell for the most common trap known to man," she laughed.

"You think this is funny? We are supposed to be out there saving Robin and-" Jason stopped, as soon as Brenda stopped laughing. A look of worry emerged on her once smiling face.

"Oh no," she whispered as her eyes wandered around the small area. What looked like steam or gas began to filter into the room.

"What? What's happening?" he asked cagily, following Brenda's glances.

"You better hope that's heat filtering in here and not something that will kill us in 30 seconds," she replied as she sat down to make herself more comfortable. If it was heat, she knew it was going to be a long night.

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Brenda lay on the long bench across from Jason, her legs bent and her hands clasped atop her head. She was now clad in just her bra tank and boy shorts. Droplets of sweat covered her entire body. "Ugh, it's so hot! I want to get out of here!" she whined.

Jason didn't bother to glance over at her. He knew if he did, that feeling inside of him would arise again, and he did not want that to happen. He lay stretched out opposite of Brenda with his hands atop his shirtless washboard abs. His jeans and shirt provided a head rest for him. "Stop complaining, of course it's hot, that's why it's called a sauna" he said annoyingly.

Brenda grimaced and looked over to Jason. She quickly turned her eyes away just as her stomach began doing perfect belly flops. "Can't you just kung fu the door open? Or better yet, shoot at the window," she suggested.

Jason sat up and looked at her, trying not to notice her half naked body. "This window?" he said, pointing to the long glass behind him, "Do you want the alarms to ring and be forced to run from more people, more cops half dressed?"

"Good point." She said as she too sat up. "Well, we've made it this far."

"It'll be safer and easier to wait for someone to open the door." Jason commented as he started to walk around. He could not stand being in there any longer. His watch signified that they had been in there for only 25 minutes when it had seemed like 25 hours.

"I don't want to wait. I could be sleeping comfortably in that nice relaxing queen size bed right about now." Brenda complained as she stood up with her arms crossed.

Jason turned to face her with his "Shut up, Brenda" look. "Why would you get the queen size bed?"

"Because I called it first. Just now," Brenda stated.

"Fine, but tomorrow night you get the other bed." Jason ordered as he sat back down.

Brenda remained standing and placed her hands on her hips. "You expect me to sleep in that bed? You can feel the damn springs on your back!" she said.

"You better settle for it, because I'm not sharing anything with you." Jason replied, wiping his forehead.

"You were fine sharing a room with me an hour ago!" she said in a slightly louder tone than usual. She could not believe Jason had just said what he did after so many days of them hanging out together. She thought they had gotten over the whole extreme hatred thing. Brenda's complaining was ticking Jason off, getting him angrier by the minute. Pretty soon, the small sauna walls were being shaken by another popular Brazen fight.

"That was before you got us into this mess!" Jason yelled.

"No, no, no. You know, this is all your fault." Brenda replied as she began walking back and forth, making him notice her perfect petite body.

"How the hell is it my fault?"

"You fell for the stupid trap! For what insane reason would you want to save me? We both know Robin is in more trouble!" she screamed back in his face before quickly glancing at his sculpted torso.

"Because you know more about this JC guy than I do! Besides, I wouldn't have to come after you if you didn't try to tip that waiter guy!" he replied equally as loud and irritated.

"So it's all my fault, again! I can't believe this! You're the one that wouldn't answer the door when the waiter just suddenly appeared!"

"I was on the phone! Besides, you wanted the room service!"

"You practically threw the phone at me and ordered me to request it!" she yelled as she gestured a motion of throwing something.

"Because you were whining, something you still haven't managed to quit!" he yelled, glaring directly into her eyes. He wished she would just shut that mouth of hers. Both noticed the very close proximity of their faces, but did not back away. Each noticed each other's intense eyes, moist lips, and could feel their cool breaths on each other. Their angriness towards the other forced them from moving away from their current positions.

"We were both starving! Did you want us to starve to death before we could get to Robin?!" Brenda snapped at Jason, returning the glare.

"It takes more than one night without food to starve to death!" he screamed back.

"Well excuse me for the technicality!" she screamed. Before the other knew what was happening, their lips were locked in an angry yet passionate kiss. Jason's strong arms were wrapped around Brenda's face. Brenda's hands tried to find a position on his shoulders. She let his tongue wander into her mouth. He tasted the spicy sweetness that he so longed to experience. Their bodies were tightly pressed together, their hands just starting to wander. Just as abruptly the kiss had occurred, the couple pulled away in complete and utter shock. Flabbergasted, both gasped for breath and took a huge step back; his eyes remained locked on hers as a handful of questions and thoughts flooded their minds.

A/N:

Good news: Jason and Brenda finally succumbed to their heated attraction to each other.

Bad news: I won't be able to update for a while since I will be away in Florida, mainly Disney World and the beaches.

Anyway, I hope you guys are enjoying this. Please tell me if at anytime the story is confusing or if the characters are beginning to become out of character. And if you think it was kind of silly of them to be stuck in a sauna, sorry, but I thought it was amusing.

Thank you so much to those of you who have already reviewed! It's nice to see so many Brazen supporters!