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3. Summer fun

Knock, knock!

"Who's that?" Lindsey groaned. Catherine sat up and looked at the alarm clock on the table.

"Linds, it's eight thirty, let's get up!"

Catherine got out of bed to open the door while Lindsey crawled back under her blanket.

"Don't want to get up!"

Smiling, Catherine opened the door, only to see Warrick ready for a full day of sun, sand and swimming.

"Warrick! Good morning!"

"Good morning, Cath. Morning, Lindsey!" he smiled.

"Go AWAY!"

"She has a little trouble waking up," Catherine told him while she let him in.

"Oh… Well, I know just what to do about that!" Warrick smiled. He walked further into the room to pull open the curtains. Lindsey groaned from underneath the blanket.

"Somebody turn off the sun!"

"Lindsey, get up, it's a beautiful day!" Warrick softly walked to her bed and pulled her blanket away. "Get up!"

Lindsey jumped up, trying to grab her blanket. "No! No fair!"

Warrick laughed. "Come on, we're going to the beach, Linds! I may teach you how to surf!"

Catherine observed her daughter. She looked like a little angel in her blue pajamas, her blonde hair totally messed up and her blue eyes staring angrily at Warrick. For a second only, though, because she loved the idea of going surfing too much.

"Okay, okay, I'll get up," she sighed, jumping off the bed. "But I get thebathroom first!" She rushed into the bathroom.

"I guess you haven't had breakfast yet," Warrick smiled, looking down at her pajamas. Catherine blushed. She had been admiring her cute little girl so much that she hadn't realized she was only wearing an oversized T-shirt.

"That's a very good guess," she nodded shyly. "Give us… forty-five minutes, okay?"

"Sure," Warrick smiled. "I'll meet you downstairs."

Exactly forty-five minutes later Lindsey and Catherine were downstairs with a full stomach and dressed in bikinis, ready for a beautiful summer day. Catherine had picked out another bikini, one less revealing than the one she had worn yesterday.

"Are you really going to teach me how to surf?" Lindsey asked Warrick as soon as he joined them.

"Absolutely!" Warrick said. While they walked out of the hotel to the beach, Catherine said: "I didn't know you could surf."

"That's my big secret!" Warrick smiled. "You should see me in action!"

"I can't wait!" she smiled, meaning it.

Warrick kept his promise: as soon as he and Catherine had put down their towels, he took Lindsey to the surf board rental. Catherine lay down on her towel, enjoying the sun. After all, she had to have a tan when she got back to the lab in Las Vegas!

"Mom, come and check me out!" Lindsey yelled an hour later. Catherine sat up on her towel to watch her daughter riding the waves.

"Wow, Linds, that's amazing! You're an excellent teacher, Warrick!"

"Wanna give it a try?" Warrick said, holding his surfboard.

"Me?"

"Come on, mom, it's cool!" Lindsey said. "But can I get something to eat? I'm hungry!"

"Grab my wallet, it's in my bag," Catherine said. "Okay, I'll go surfing, but someone will need to watch our things."

"I will," Lindsey said. "Let me grab a sandwich first."

Catherine waited while Lindsey bought a tuna sandwich at the bar. She then went with Warrick closer to the ocean.

"Okay, it's really simple: you lie down on your board, you peddle until you see the right wave and then you pop to your feet. Got it?" Warrick looked at her. She nodded. "Yep!"

"Great, let's give it a go!"

Warrick's explanation may have been simple, the surfing itself wasn't! Catherine found getting up on the board very difficult.

"Come on, mom, it's not that hard!" Lindsey shouted from the beach.

"Easy for her to say…" Catherine groaned after she had fallen off the board again.

"One more try," Warrick begged. "You can do it, I'll help you. Lie down!"

She did as he ordered.

"Good. Now, peddle… and go!"

She tried to stand up again, but she lost her balance again and fell off the board… right into Warrick's arms. His face was only an inch away from hers.

"This looks very familiar," he whispered. "Remember?"

She slowly nodded, not wanting to break the moment. His eyes, they were so beautiful! Could they really be just friends?

"You… um, want to give it another try?" Warrick said, letting her go. She didn't want him to do that, she wanted to stay in his arms!

"Warrick, are you sure about what you told me last night?" she whispered. He looked at her, his cheeks slightly blushed.

"About the whole 'just being friends' thing? No… but that's what you want, right?"

"Wrong…"

"Oh…"

He took her in his arms again. "Are you… sure?"

"More than anything else I've ever been sure about…"

"Okay…"

She closed her eyes and finally felt his lips on hers. Finally! She had wanted this so badly for so long, longer than she could remember. When he ended the kiss, she smiled at him. He smiled back. "Maybe we should thank Sara and Greg when we get back."

"Thank them? I have a much better idea!" Catherine said, her eyes shining brightly. "But let's get back first before Lindsey gets weird ideas!"

Warrick grabbed the board so she could swim back. Lindsey offered her a towel when she stopped at their spot. "Is he a good kisser, mom?" she asked innocently with that little smile that meant so much. Catherine's mouth dropped open. "You saw us?"

"Best thing I've seen in years!" Lindsey giggled.

"Lindsey!"

Warrick joined them. "What's wrong?"

"We have a little spy here!"

"Oh, so she saw us?" Warrick said, taking Catherine in his arms. "Well, let's make sure she has seen everything correctly then…" And he kissed her again. Lindsey giggled.

"This is great, our plan worked!"

"Yeah, if you think Sara and Greg are going to get away with this, you're wrong, young lady!" Catherine said. "I have a brilliant idea!"

Four weeks later

Sara lay down on her towel, enjoying the Los Angeles sun. With Catherine and Warrick back, she had been allowed to take some time off and she wanted to spend it alone with the sun!

She closed her eyes and dozed off for a second. Suddenly, someone blocked her sun.

"Sara? What a coincidence!"

She opened her eyes, only to see… Greg!

"Greg? What are you doing here?"

"Catherine and Warrick suggested I'd keep you company during your time off," he smiled. "Although I've got the feeling they kinda want to get back at us!"

She let her head fall back and groaned. This would definitely be a summer she'd remember forever!