Author note:

A bit of fluffy humor. I'm not sure what my opinion is yet of Vic. But he was helpful for this little idea. He may show up later on too.

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CH 44-Rites of Passage; Or Hazing the New Guy

Emma was on her way to meet Clay and the rest of the team at their preferred Mexican place. Her dad had finally chosen a recruit from Green Team to join them as Bravo 7. She knew Clay would have chosen someone else, he had confided in her. But he was trying to respect Jason's decision and give the new guy a shot. After all, as Emma had reminded him, they were going to have each other's lives in their hands. They could at least try to get along.

As she entered the restaurant, she looked around for Clay. Not seeing him, but spotting Sonny, Ray, and Brock, she walked over to their table. They all greeted her with hugs.

"Have any of you seen Clay or my dad?"

"They were in vehicle #2 with the Rookie."

"Ah, okay. What's his name again?"

"Vic, Vic Lopez," supplied Ray.

"Is Naima joining us tonight?"

"Yep. As soon as the babysitter gets there."

"I'm going to go get some chips and salsa for us."

"Here Princess." Sonny handed her some money to cover, "Get some guac too."

They watched Emma walk over and waited in line at the window to order.

As she waited, Jason, Trent, Clay and Vic arrived. Sonny waived them over. As soon as they got to the table Clay announced he had to hit the head. They had already been to the bar. As rookie, Vic had needed to buy several rounds and the guys had made sure that he wouldn't be feeling his best for drills tomorrow.

Sonny observed Vic checking out the local females and got a great idea. He texted Emma.

-Please, just play along-

"So, Vicki Martin, see any ladies here that look like they might want to celebrate your good fortune with you?"

Vic glanced around. "See that cutie over in line at the window? She's been glancing over here. I think she likes what she sees. Why don't you go grab us some beer sand see if she wants to join us?"

"You think she's interested?"

"Oh yea, she's pretty too."

"Alright, sure."

Vic walked off in Emma's direction and Jason spoke up.

"What are you up to Sonny?"

"Just a bit of fun with our boy here, if Emma helps out."

Emma heard her phone ping and looked at the text from Sonny. She glanced at him and saw his hands raised in supplication as he pointed at Vic. She smiled and decided to help him out with whatever he was up to. Soon enough she figured it out. Bravo's rookie had maneuvered his way up beside her as she waited and started to chat her up.

"So, I've never been here before. Is the salsa spicy?"

"Not too bad. If you want more heat, they have bottles of habenero on the table that you can add."

"Thanks. This is gonna sound lame, but are you from around here? I'm newer in town and I don't know the best restaurants and stuff."

"Oh, did you just move here?" She played dumb so as not to ruin the whatever Sonny had going.

"Yeah," he stepped up to grab the beers he'd ordered. She could see his chest puff up. "I just got drafted to a Team from Green Team. It's… the SEALs. So, I'll be here permanently."

"Wow! SEALS, that's impressive." Emma was playing her part perfectly.

Clay came back from the bathroom and spied Vic talking to Emma. He saw Emma laugh and Vic gesture back toward their table.

"Umm…what's going on? Why is Lopez flirting with Em?"

"Cool down Romeo. Your Juliet is just helping me with a little surprise for our rookie."

"Uh…okay." Clay still didn't sound too sure.

Vic kept it up, completely unaware of his enraptured audience.

"Oh, my name's Vic." He held out his hand to Emma.

She shook Vic's offered hand and answered, "I'm Emma."

He nodded in the direction of Bravo's table. "Would you…would you want to join us?"

She pretended to waiver. "Uh, yea, I guess. Just let me grab my chips."

"Here, I'll take those for you."

They walked back to the table and the guys could barely contain themselves. Sonny was about to burst

When they got to the table Sonny spoke up. "Lopez, you gonna introduce us to your friend here?"

Vic smiled at his luck and answered, "Guys, this is Emma. Emma, the guys."

Soon winked at Emma. Now was the time. She looked straight at Jason.

"Hey Daddy. How was your day?"

It took Vic a second to process her comment. His mouth fell open.

"Wait…what? What do you mean, Daddy?"

Jason took a swig of beer and spoke up.

"Did you get her last name Rookie?"

"Uh…no…" he stammered.

Jason nodded to Emma. "It's Hayes," she informed him. "I'm Emma Hayes."

Vic choked on his beer. Shit! He'd been hitting on Bravo 1's daughter. He was pretty sure that Jason was going to kill him, and the rest of the team was going to dispose of his body.

Just as he started to putter some sort of apology, his eyes were met with another horrifying sight. Clay had stepped closer to Emma. She reached her arms around his neck and he pulled her to him. He slid a hand down to cup her ass, just for emphasis, and whispered to her.

"Hey Emmie," before giving her a heated kiss.

Clay wanted to make sure Vic knew his relationship with Emma wasn't part of the prank and that she was definitely taken. Vic noticed that the rest of the team seemed to shift their gazes elsewhere while this was going on.

Now Vic felt physically ill. Not only was his boss's daughter, she was clearly with Spenser.

"So, she's your daughter…and your girlfriend?" He pointed at each man in turn. "Fuck! I mean…I didn't know…" He wasn't sure where to look.

Sonny lost it. He couldn't hold it in anymore. Then the whole team started to laugh, and Vic realized he'd been had.

"You shoulda seen your face Lopez. I thought you was gonna pass out." Sonny was almost rolling on the floor.

The whole team was laughing, and even Emma was smiling.

Vic was still trying to breath normally and to make sure there wouldn't be any lasting repercussions.

Emma reached her hand across the table toward him. He hesitated for a moment and then shook it.

"Hi. I'm Emma Hayes. Sorry we met like this. But I couldn't ruin their fun.

"No, it's...it's no problem. You're really Master Chief Hayes' daughter?"

"Mmmhmm," she nodded.

"And, you're also Spenser's girlfriend?"

Clay cut in, "Yep. And don' t forget that Rookie."

"Yes. I am," Emma answered for herself.

"Whoa, I didn't know. I would never have…"

"Don't worry about it."

They guys held up their beers and Emma raised her bottle of water a Sonny announced, "Welcome to Bravo Lopez!"