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A gentle smile spread across Vaughn's face. "Really?"

"Yes, really."

His smile is replaced by a genuine full out grin. "Santa Barbara," he says softly.

I feel like I need to give him a reason for choosing that destination. "I thought we could go there because we never…"

He puts a finger to my lips to silence me. "As far as I'm concerned this is the first time that Santa Barbara has ever been mentioned."

I smiled and placed a soft kiss on his lips. "When do you want to leave?"

"I just need to make a phone call and get us reservations and then we can leave tonight."

"That soon!"

Vaughn winked at me, "I have connections."

I laughed. "Must be pretty good connections."

"Oh, you have no idea."

Vaughn dropped me off at my apartment so I could pack and then headed back to his to make is phone call and get his things together.

I could barely pack I was so excited. I couldn't remember the last time I had been on vacation…unless you count going to Milan to beat up some guy from the Russian Mafia to gain access to a super computer a vacation. If that's the case then it was just last week.

But a whole weekend of RR with Vaughn…it was heaven. I really didn't care if we never left the room. Just being with him, away from our crazy lives would be perfect.

After nearly half an hour of packing and unpacking I was finally finished…and had enough clothes to last me over a week.

I waited around the apartment rather impatiently. I couldn't sit still and kept hoping Vaughn would hurry up. All I kept thinking about was our last attempt…

I shook my head. Vaughn was right. There was no reason to dwell on that. This was our time, and nothing was going to get in our way.

I had paced around the apartment for what felt like the 20th time, when there was a knock at my door.

I opened it to a smiling and gorgeous Vaughn.

"You ready?"

I grabbed a hold of his collar and pulled him in for a kiss. He seemed a little surprised but only for a second, as he wrapped his arms around me and deepened the kiss. We stayed that way for almost a minute before he regretfully pulled away.

His face was a little flushed and he had this half smile, "I figured if I didn't stop then we wouldn't make it to Santa Barbara."

I grinned. "Let me grab my bags."

"Bags?"

"Well, I wasn't quite sure how the weather would be. Then I might need a bathing suit. And if we do a lot of walking I might need different shoes."

Vaughn shook his head, "You can save the world in high heels, but you might need different walking shoes?"

I playfully slapped him on the arm, "Shut up! This is what women do for a normal vacation situation."

He smiled and looked down.

"What?"

"Just that we're going on a vacation. We're doing something that normal couples do."

We looked at each other for a moment, lost in our thoughts. Vaughn smiled as he picked up my bags, and led me out of my apartment.

The car ride was quiet. But I enjoyed the silence. I loved having a plan with him that was so spur of the moment that no one knew about it. It was like we were a regular couple.

I let out a sigh.

Vaughn took his eyes off the road to glance at me, "You okay?"

I gave him a genuine smile. "I'm just happy."

"Me too."

It was getting a little on the late side when we finally arrived at the hotel.

"Vaughn," I whispered. "It's so beautiful."

"You're beautiful."

I blushed. "I'm serious. This is too much."

He shook his head. "Nothing is too much for you." I leaned in and gave him a kiss. "And trust me," he added, "This is only the beginning."