Six months later….

Ross sat nervously awaiting his turn for the grant review board. He had Rachel get him a new suit for the event. She came rushing in the door and planting a kiss on her professor husband.

"Sorry I was late, I had to drop Emma at day care." she explained." You'll do fine," she smiled.

A graduate student came out and announced his name..Dr. Geller NYU..you're next , sir. He turned around for reassurance. Rachel gave him the thumbs up. Ross nervously smiled.

Behind the table sat three professors sat. One of them looked very familiar . Too familiar. Dr. Hobart, who was his ex girlfriend Charlie's boyfriend. In fact when he had gone before Professor Hobart the last time, Charlie went back to him. He spoke up first.

" I see Professor Geller is interested in a research grant to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was a lost continent of Atlantis . He has explored the region extensively and come up with various pieces of evidence. It seems it lies somewhere in the current Caribbean. Professor Geller would temporary relocate and head up an exhibition team to supervise the labeling and the underwater exploration of said region." Professor Hobart read. "Looks very interesting Ross, I say you receive a grant of$450,000 for research purposes. Professor Hobart came over and shook his hand, "Does this make up for last time ,Ross?'

"Pack your bags cause we are headed back to Aruba." he yelled as he came through the door. He scooped up Rachel in his arms $450 big ones baby..plus the reward money will make half a million dollars.This is just a drop in the bucket . Once corporations find out I'll be getting my money hand over fist. I am going to be famous."

So after an amount of time, Ross and Rachel with Emma found a rather nice place in Aruba. Ross hired and drafted a crack team of archeologists and divers. When he went down , he never dove alone and was always careful of what he touched. Rachel still had a hand at Ralph Lauren, but also wasn't far from the water to help her husband with his exhibitions. She was also the one who introduced RL to a diving wear line and that became her project.

While Emma was staying with Jaleesa, her island nanny. Ross mysteriously asked her to put on her bikini and follow him in the middle of the day to the beach. Tying her bikini, she walked down to the beach and found a picnic lunch of conch and wine. She turned around and saw Ross approaching her in a tight black wet suit.

"Well , well diving today?' she asked curiously.

"For fun, not for work. I am going exploring for buried treasure. The most beautiful jewel of the sea." he said in his best French accent.

"I see, what are you up to Geller?' she asked.

"I will show you the wonders of the sea come," he pulled her up and they went over to the diving equipment . She threw the tanks over her shoulders and cleared her line before checking the air gauges. He did the same as they waddled out in the sand to the water.They got to a certain point and put their masks down and swam into the waves.

The water was as clear as blue sapphires as they went further down. The sea weed waved in the waves with the movement of the water. Bubbles floated up as they continued their swim in this underwater grotto. It was peaceful and tranquil, danger was far away.

To the left was a wall of coral. Ross motioned for Rachel to swim over to it. He followed and then started to take her arms and playfully pin them over her head. He took his air line and blew bubbles against her neck and ear. She shivered with delight because they tingled.

As her blonde hair fanned out in the depths of the waves, he pushed it to the side. He wanted to gaze upon her beauty in this paradise beneath the waves, the hair only distracted him. He removed his regulator and tenderly planted his lips on hers. She pushed aside his bushy dark hair and removed her regulator as well. It was just like a scene out of Splash as the lovers made out under the sea. But they were humans, not mermaids, so they immediately returned the breathing apparatus to their mouths.

She playfully blew air bubbles against his chest as she pulled the zipper down on the wet suit. His fingers tenderly traced her flat stomach and started to untie the bikini top. It floated away and she swam to get it. She removed the regulator to mouth "You're bad."

He nodded in agreement.

Tying it back on , he moved his mouth to her breast and started to alternate sucking on her breast between breaths in his regulator. She was never more turned on then when he did that. She grabbed his ass and positioned her legs around his thighs. She hung on for dear life as the excitement of their passion and the thrill of being under the water combined to give her the most thrilling lovemaking that she had ever had. He had taken down the wet suit and began to go inside her and make each movement like a symphony. As she got closer to ecstasy,the pressure built up to the fact that her air started to make her faint and woozy. When she reached that point, a stream of bubbles popped right up to the surface.

Two playful dolphins swam by, and the couple swam to grab a dorsal fin as the dolphin maneuvered around the coral and seaweed.This was so great, but all at once it was time to return to the land above. They floated to the surface and Rachel put her arms around her husband.

This was their life now and it was paradise.

The End