I'm Yours
Chapter 9: Rufus Vs. Howie
The next day, they had nothing planned but a swimming with the dolphins and snorkeling excursion that included lunch.
They had to be there by seven-thirty in the morning, so they had to get up super early if they wanted to have time for breakfast.
"Why do we have to get up so early on our honeymoon?" Lily complained.
"I'm sorry, Lil but this was the only time I could get since it is a four-hour excursion," Rufus said, gently squeezing her hand.
She smiled at him. "It's all right. I'll wake up once I get some food in my system, I'm sure." She kissed him, and he hungrily kissed her back, suddenly wondering too why they had to get up. However, the thought of what he spent on the excursion came back to him, and out of bed and to the bathroom it was for him.
Lily rolled her eyes and shook her head. Out of all the years of knowing her husband, she never knew how cheap he could be! It seemed he had gotten worse since they had gotten married.
Once Rufus was out of the bathroom, and ready for the day, Lily took her turn in the bathroom, getting ready for the day. Then, they were out the door, and headed for a quick breakfast. The girl behind the front desk told them about a nearby twenty-four seven diner that they could get a good, quick breakfast at.
When they arrived there, it didn't look as run down as Lily would have expected it to be. She wasn't usually the diner type, but they hadn't had many options.
The hostess sat them at a nice table. All the tables and chairs were made of bamboo—even the chairs at the counter were made of bamboo.
"Your waiter will be right with you," she told them as she handed them their menus.
"Thank you," Rufus and Lily both said, only partially paying attention to her. They were in a hurry, so they both already had their menus opened as they looked to see what was being served.
When the waitress came, they ordered right away. Rufus ordered an orange juice, and waffles with pineapple on top of them, as well as two eggs over easy, and a side of sausage. Lily ordered a bowl of banana oatmeal, a grape juice, and a strawberry yogurt.
Rufus raised an eyebrow at her once the waitress had taken their menus back and left to put their order in. "Are you still watching what you eat? Because, let me tell you, you don't have to. You in that red bikini is still making me hot thinking about it!"
Lily smirked at him. "No, I just didn't want to eat something too heavy when we were going to be swimming. Besides, what I ordered sounds good."
Rufus pat his stomach. "Not for a man! A man needs a real breakfast!" He grinned.
Lily tried to stop the mischievous smile from forming across her lips. "Why did you order a real breakfast then?"
Rufus rolled his eyes at her. "Very funny!" he grumbled.
Lily took his hands from across the table, and kissed them. "You know I'm only teasing you! Of course you're my big strong man. You always know just how to take care of me."
Rufus smiled. "I wasn't really mad."
Lily grinned. "I know." She winked.
Rufus then got up, went over to her, and sat down in her lap.
Lily giggled. "Rufus! What are you doing?"
"I just want to show my wife how much I love her," he said.
Lily smiled, and gently stroked some hair out of his eyes. "Oh yeah? How?"
He then wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her passionately. He broke the kiss, and looked her deeply in the eyes. "I felt it was better to show you than tell you."
Lily licked her lips. "Good call!"
They kissed some more, not even noticing when the waitress came back with their drinks.
The waitress just smiled at them and shook her head. Then, she left the drinks, and took off before things got awkward.
Neither Rufus nor Lily saw her leave either.
Breakfast had been better than Lily had expected it would be. Rufus enjoyed his breakfast too, though he never thought it would be bad. Seeing as he didn't grow up as rich as Lily had, and seeing as he and his band had eaten at places far worse than that, he hadn't thought it would be a bad place to eat anyway.
Now, they were at the dolphin excursion, waiting for it to start. The guide, a Hawaiian boy named Kendall, who looked to be no older than eighteen, said they were still waiting for a few more people to show up.
Finally, after waiting five minutes, they were ready to go.
They boarded the boat that would take them out to the Kona Coast where the dolphins were.
"This breeze feels good," Lily said as she stood by the rail once they had taken off. She had her hands resting on the rails and her eyes closed as she just enjoyed the feel of the cool breeze against her face.
"Yeah," Rufus agreed. "It's been so hot here! I'm really looking forward to our beach day in a couple days."
"Me too," Lily said. She opened her eyes, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. She began taking pictures, so Rufus chose to too as well.
"Lean against the rails. I want to get a picture of you," Rufus told her.
Lily did as told.
"Show me your beautiful smile!" Rufus instructed.
Lily smiled sweetly, and Rufus took a picture. "You look so beautiful with your hair blowing in the wind," he told her.
She walked over to him and kissed his cheek. "Thank you!" She took his camera from him. "Let me take one of you now."
Rufus nodded, and went to the railings where Lily had just posed.
"Say Hawaii!" Lily said.
Rufus laughed. "Hawaii!"
Lily snapped the picture and grinned. "It came out cute," she said, showing him the picture on her digital screen.
"Not as good as yours," he told her. "I'm not as hot as you are."
Lily raised an eyebrow at him. "Who says?"
He shrugged.
Lily grinned even wider. "'Cuz I say you're one hot sexy piece of man!"
Rufus laughed. "And your one hot piece of woman!" He pulled her close, and brushed his lips against the left side of her neck. "In fact, if we were alone right now, I'd take you on a different kind of ride."
Lily gasped, and put a finger to his lips. "Shush! Someone might here you."
Rufus shrugged. "What? They might like the free show." He raised his eyebrows up and down suggestively.
Lily giggled, and gently pushed him away. "You're terrible!"
They finally arrived at their destination, and were able to strip down to their swimsuits, which they were all wearing underneath.
"You guys are in luck! The dolphins all seem to be in a playful mood today. You may play with them now while they are being playful, and then we will give you your snorkeling gear so that you can explore the water below the surface as well," Kendall said to them. "Just dive in like so!" He then dove into the water like a pro diver.
Most of the passengers either clapped or cheered for his perfect dive. Rufus and Lily chose to clap.
When Kendall appeared above the water again, he grinned at the sight of everyone still on board. "Or you can simply just dive in," he said with a wink.
A few passengers giggled.
Rufus and Lily just smiled at each other, then took hands.
"On the count of three?" Rufus asked her.
Lily nodded. "On three," she confirmed.
"One. Two. Three!" Rufus said.
They then both dived in. Rufus had opted to keep his eyes open, and Lily had chosen to close hers.
Lily opened her eyes when they landed, and let go of Rufus' hand.
Rufus laughed, and shook the water from his hair.
"Ah! You're getting me all wet!" Lily said with a chuckle. She held her hands up to shield herself from the water.
Rufus raised an eyebrow. "Oh, I am, am I?"
Lily playfully pushed him, and he lost his footing, and had to catch himself.
"Sorry!" Lily said with a giggle.
Rufus gave her a mischievous look, and started to slowly wade over toward her.
Lily laughed, and backed up, holding her hands out to shield herself again. "Rufus, no! It was an accident!"
Rufus continued moving. Though he didn't say anything, he still had the mischievous look in his eyes.
Lily squealed as he suddenly lunged for her.
Suddenly, Rufus felt something hit the side of his head—hard.
"What the?" Rufus asked, falling to the side. He was momentarily stunned, but Lily's laughter quickly brought him back to his senses. He rubbed his head. "Ow. What the heck just happened?"
Lily was laughing so hard, she was crouched over. Tears were streaming down her face.
"Sorry about that, Man," Kendall said, placing a hand over top of his left shoulder. "Sometimes Howie gets a little playful, and doesn't realize his own strength. Are you all right?"
Rufus continued to rub his head. At least the pain was starting to dwindle. Still, he felt a headache coming on. "I'm fine. Who the heck is Howie?"
Kendall nodded over to a dolphin who was flipping in the air, and happily making the "eeee" sound that dolphins make. "That's one of our male dolphins. He's the most playful, and, as you just witnessed, one of the most mischievous as well." He winked and smiled at Rufus, who didn't find it the slightest bit funny.
Rufus looked over at Lily, and crossed his arms over his chest. It irked him a little that his wife, instead of showing some concern that he might have been hurt, was laughing like she was just given a huge dose of laughing gas.
"I'm sorry!" she said when noticing the sour look on his face. "It's just... If you could have seen the look on your face!" She burst into laughter again.
Rufus, his arms still crossed over his chest, rolled his eyes. "I'm sure it was hilarious," he said, sarcastically.
Just then, Howie came over to Lily, and handed her a leaf.
"Why, thank you!" Lily said with a smile at him. She kissed the top of his head, and he let out another happy "eeee" sound.
"Sure, you're nice to her!" Rufus spat.
"He wants you to play! They like to play fetch with leaves," Kendall explained.
Lily smiled even bigger. "Aw! How cute!" She threw the leaf a foot or so away. "Go fetch!"
Sure enough, Howie dove into the water, and raced after the leaf, having it back in Lily's hand in less than ten seconds.
"He's so cute!" Lily said happily. "Rufus, get a picture of us."
Rufus didn't feel like taking a picture of the dolphin that clearly had an issue with him, but he did so since it is what his wife wanted. He snapped the picture of the two of them with the water camera he had brought along.
Lily then tried to kiss the dolphin, who, in return, put his little nose up to her lips.
Rufus quickly took a picture of that too, for no matter how much the dolphin annoyed him, it was a pretty cute sight, he had to admit.
"Now your moving in on my wife! Nice," Rufus said to the dolphin.
Lily giggled. "Rufus, don't tell me you're actually jealous of a dolphin!"
Rufus couldn't help but laugh too at the thought. "I guess that would be kind of silly, huh?"
Lily nodded. "Yes, extremely!"
They both continued to laugh.
Howie was by now, playing fetch with someone else.
"He's moved on to tanner women!" Rufus said as they saw Howie playing with a lady who looked like she had a few too many tans in a tanning bed.
Lily shook her head, but smiled nonetheless.
"Would you like me to take a picture of you two?" Kendall asked.
"That would be lovely, thanks!" Lily replied.
Rufus nodded, and handed the camera to Kendall. "Yeah, thanks!"
"No problem!" Kendal said.
Rufus and Lily placed their arms around each other, and rested their heads against each other's as they smiled.
"That's gonna be a great shot!" Kendall said as he took the picture.
Right after Kendall was done taking the picture, Rufus felt a hard poke in his butt. At first he thought Lily was being fresh, but then he heard the familiar "eeee" sound that he had quickly grown to loathe. He slowly turned around and saw Howie looking at him. "Back off, Howie!" Rufus snapped.
Lily laughed. "Oh, Rufus, be nice! He's just a dolphin! Besides, he was only playing."
"Yeah, I bet!" Rufus said, crossing his arms over his chest again. He glared at Howie.
Kendall smirked, and handed the camera to Lily. "Like I said, he just enjoys being playful and mischievous!"
"Well, be playful and mischievous with someone else, because I'm not interested!" Rufus snapped at Howie. He stuck his tongue out at Howie, who, in return, blew water up out of his blow hole.
"Haha, you missed me!" Rufus said.
"Oh, stop! Let's try to swim with him!" Lily said to her husband.
"I'm not swimming with him!" Rufus insisted.
"Well, I am! Get a picture," Lily said, sounding annoyed now. She practically shoved the camera into Rufus' hand, then waded over to the dolphin.
"If you get on his back, he might give you a ride," Kendall told her.
So, Lily slowly got onto his back. Howie not only let her, but he took off, swimming laps around the water with her on his back.
Lily's laughter could be heard clearly as she rode around the water on Howie's back.
Rufus sighed, the sound of his wife's sweet laughter melting his heart a bit. He took a few pictures of her riding Howie then, not able to stop himself from smiling. She was so adorable even if Howie wasn't.
Eventually, Howie stopped, and somebody else wanted a turn. Lily climbed off him, and waded over to her husband. "Did you get a good shot?"
Rufus nodded. "Quite a few, actually. Should be some pretty good ones in there."
"Excellent!" she said with a grin. She kissed his cheek. "Maybe that dolphin over there will be a little more mild-tempered if you want to ride." She nodded over to a cute grey dolphin about a foot away from them.
"That's Lana. She's more mild-tempered. She might let you ride her," Kendall said.
So, Rufus slowly and hesitantly went over to Lana. He gently pet her head, being careful to avoid the blow hole. He remembered Kendall warning them about that on the way over. Then, he gently straddled her back.
Not long after, Lana took off. She swam slow at first.
Lily took a few shots, and grinned at the sight of her husband riding on a dolphin.
Then, Lana started swimming faster. Instead of swimming around in a huge circle like Howie had, she chose to just swim fast and straight for a good ten feet out, then back.
Rufus found himself laughing with glee as he rode Lana. It was pretty fun!
Lily took a few more photos, hoping they came out even though Lana was swimming pretty fast.
When Lana finally stopped, Rufus got off of her. "Thank you, Lana!" he said, gently patting her head again. She felt like a water ballon to him.
"See? Wasn't that fun?" Lily asked him.
"When I'm not being attacked, yes, it is fun!" Rufus said.
They both grinned.
"All right, everyone. If you want, you can all get your snorkel gear on now, and explore the water down below!" Kendall called out.
So, they all headed back to the boat to get their snorkeling gear on.
"This is going to be fun too!" Rufus said excitedly to Lily.
Lily grinned and nodded. "I'm sure it will!"
Rufus was so excited, he could hardly contain himself. He had been dreaming of snorkeling in the beautiful blue waters of Hawaii since the day he had booked the excursion. He just hoped Howie wouldn't follow his attacks on him to below the surface as well.
Rufus and Lily swam hand-hand-in-hand as they explored the tropical fish and beautiful coral down below. A few of the dolphins even chose to swim by them. They pet them under water, and Rufus was glad that he didn't see Howie anywhere. Not that he could really tell the dolphins apart. He wasn't being attacked though, so he assumed that Howie wasn't one of the dolphins surrounding them.
Before heading down, Lilly had made a deal with Shelly, another passenger, that she would take a picture of Shelley and her husband underwater if Shelley took one of her and Rufus under water. Shelley had of course agreed, so they switched cameras under water, and Shelley took a couple of Rufus and Lily with and without the dolphins. She also got a shot of them by the coral. Lily then returned the favor, getting some pretty good shots of Shelly and her husband David with and without the dolphins and with the coral. They then took their own cameras back, and went back to taking their own pictures of whatever it was they chose to capture under the water.
After a bit, they all came back up to surface. Howie was waiting for Rufus with a leaf. He knew it was Howie, because Kendall cooed over it.
"Aw, look! Howie wants to make peace and play with you," Kendall said.
Rufus smiled at Howie, and gently pat his head. He supposed if Howie was willing to make peace, then so was he. "All right, I'll play with you!" Rufus bend down to take the leaf from Howie. However, Instead of letting Rufus take the leaf, Howie sprayed Rufus hard with water from his blow hole, then ran off "eeeeing" the whole way.
Lily covered her mouth, and giggled.
Rufus clenched fists in anger, then unclenched them, and grabbed a leaf that was floating beside him. Then, he quickly waded toward Howie. "That's it! You want a leaf? I'll give you a leaf! I'll shove it right down your blow hole!"
"Rufus!" Lily scolded.
The rest of the tour gave him a nasty look. Kendall, however, gave him the nastiest look of all. "Please do not threaten the dolphins!"
"I wasn't threatening the dolphins. I was just threatening one dolphin, and he started it!" Rufus stated.
"Nevertheless, don't to it!" Kendall snapped.
Rufus dropped the leaf. "Fine!" He crossed his arms over his chest.
"All right, everyone! It's time to go. Let's get back in the boat, and then we can all go back to shore and get some lunch!" Kendall called out.
Lana swam over to Rufus then. Rufus gently pat her head, and kissed it. "Thank you for being nice to me at least."
"Let me take a picture of the happy couple!" Lily teased.
Rufus smiled, then kissed Lana once again so Lily could take a picture. Then, he posed, smiling at the camera, his arm around Lana.
Lily took the picture and grinned. "It looks like she was smiling too! Get one of me and Howie like that!" Lily then said. She held out her camera to Rufus, but Kendall intercepted it.
"I'll take it!" Kendall told her. She shot Rufus a dirty look. "I don't want him anywhere near Howie."
Rufus rolled his eyes, and held his hands up in surrender. "Help yourself!" He then swam back to the boat, and climbed aboard while Kendall took a picture of Lily kissing Howie's nose.
Rufus watched in amazement as Howie then kissed Lily's cheek. Lily giggled, and Kendall managed to capture it all in the picture. He then took one of Lily with her arm around Howie, and Howie with his fin around her. Howie looked like he was smiling, and of course Lily was smiling.
"You gotta be kidding me," Rufus grumbled. It was like something out of a comedy movie or something. He would have thought it was unrealistic had he seen a movie with this scene in it, and yet, here he was, witnessing it with his own eyes.
Lily gave Howie one more kiss on the head before taking her camera back from Kendall, and thanking him.
"No problem! He likes you!" Kendall told her with a smile. He then turned to Howie and waved. "Say goodbye to Lily!"
Howie actually turned on his side and waved to Lily.
Rufus had had enough. He turned away, and sat down on one of the boat's seats.
Lily sat beside him a moment later. "Jealous?" she asked with a teasing smile as she leaned against his right shoulder, and looked up at him.
Rufus snorted. "Of a dolphin? Yeah right!" He hated himself for secretly being jealous of a dolphin. "What a jerk!" he said.
Lily sighed. "Darling, he is just a dolphin!"
Rufus crossed his arms over his chest. "He's still a jerk."
Lily smirked, and rested her head on his right shoulder as they headed back to shore.
The ride back to shore seemed shorter than it did on the way there. Then again, that was pretty much the way it usually went when it came to trips—shorter on the way there than it was back for some reason. Rufus supposed it was because you were eager to get to your destination more than you were to get home. In this case though, he couldn't get away from Howie soon enough, so he didn't know why it seemed shorter back. He would think it would seem longer.
Anyway, they got to shore, and prepared to eat lunch. Like the other excursion, there was a big long table to eat at, and another big long table with their lunch, seeing as this lunch was also buffet style. The funny thing was, the lunch was practically the same as the last lunch was, only this one had a lot more fruit with it.
"I wasn't really going to shove the leaf down his blow hole. I don't know why every one got so bend out of shape," Rufus grumbled as they ate.
Lily smirked. "You were pretty angry. You know how these animal lovers get. They're just really overprotective. Besides, they don't know you, or what kind of person you really are, so you can't take it personally."
"That's exactly what Howie wanted—to turn every one against me," Rufus stated.
Lily rolled her eyes. "You're crazy."
Rufus turned to her and grinned. "Crazy in love with you."
Lily smiled, and they kissed.
That was that then.
They got done with their excursion at twelve-thirty, then spend the rest of their time just enjoying Hawaii, and exploring what it had to offer. They even found a really nice outdoor restaurant to eat at for dinner. The food was amazing, and they got some really great pictures. The waiter even took one of them with a beautiful fountain behind them that their table was in front of.
Later that night, when they were done exploring Hawaii for the night, they headed back to their bedroom for a little more fun before bed.
This time, Lily chose to wear something she had picked out. It was nothing fancy, but Rufus loved her in it. It was a rose colored lace bra with an attached mesh veil of the same color that covered the rest of her upper half. Down below, she was wearing the matching lace boy shorts that had come with it. She wore nothing on her legs or feet.
Rufus held out his hands to her, and she walked over to him, and sat in front of him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her passionately, gently laying her down beneath him.
She wrapped her arms around him, and they continued to kiss.
He then ran his hands slowly up her thighs, but made no move to remove her lingerie anytime soon. He wanted to savor how beautiful she looked in the outfit.
"You have good taste in lingerie," he said before nipping down the right side of her neck.
She closed her eyes. "Well, I am a woman. Women know how to shop!"
He grinned, and gently stroked her hair. "I believe it!"
They kissed some more, then Rufus got up off the bed.
Lily propped herself up on her right elbow, and face him. "Where are you going?" she asked with a pout.
"I just want to capture your beauty," he told her as he searched for something. He found it, then turned to her with the camera. He turned the camera on, and aimed it at her. "Give me a sexy look."
Lily gave him a sexy pout.
He took the picture, then took a few more as she had fun coming up with different sexy poses, taking a few more of his requests for poses as well.
Finally, she got tired of it. "You better put that camera down now and come get me before I'm too tired."
Rufus immediately turned the camera off and, jumped back into bed. "Not until I have my midnight snack first!" he said, pinning her down below him yet again.
She giggled, and took his face between her hands. "And I have mine," she said with a smile.
They grinned at each other, and nuzzled noses. Then, Rufus flicked off the bedside lamp, and pulled the covers over themselves so they could have their desserts.
"Take that, Howie!" Rufus joked.
Lily giggled. "Oh, Rufus, what am I ever going to do with you?"
"I can think of a few things," Rufus said, his voice low and husky.
Lily giggled again, and did indeed find more than a few things to do with Rufus.