It's the next morning and since there's nothing planned for today, I plan on sleeping in. I manage to sleep in for a long time, before I hear voices. I lay there and try to figure out where the voices are coming from. I realize it's Alex and Mike, and it sounds like they're out on the balcony of the room. I decide to eavesdrop, so I lay there and pretend to be asleep while I listen.
"...you really think they're going to be happy?" I hear Alex ask.
"Of course, you know them. They love the beach and come on, it's the Bahamas. Who doesn't love the Bahamas?" Mike replies.
My eyes go wide, and I look out on the balcony seeing their backs facing me. So I sneak out of bed and into Aly and Mike's room to tell her the news. She's still sound asleep, surrounded by pillows. I carefully crawl onto the bed and then stand slightly, and start jumping.
"Wake up!"
"What the hell!" She jolts awake.
"We're going to the Bahamas!"
"Wait a minute, what?" She asks, still half asleep.
"You...me...Mike...Alex...Bahamas."
"Tell me in an hour." She flops back down and covers her head with a pillow.
"Fine...excitement killer." I mumble, getting down off the bed and going back over to the connecting doors.
Then I peek my head in to make sure Mike and Alex are still out on the balcony. Then it finally sinks in.
"Wait a damn minute." She sits up.
"Did you say the Bahamas?"
"Yes, the Bahamas." I smile.
"Holy shit! When?"
"I don't know. I overheard Mike and Alex talking about it not too long ago out on the balcony of me and Alex's room."
"Well I wanna know."
"I will find out for you..." I trail off, turning around to walk through the door to my room.
But when I turn around I'm met by Mike.
"Eep." I squeak as I look at him, and he raises his eyebrow.
"...hi."
"Hi."
"Care to tell me what you're doing in here?"
"Um...no?"
"Carlyyy..." He trails off.
"Bye!" I say quickly and dash into the room going past him.
I get caught by Alex.
"Damn." I mumble.
"Morning." I smile.
"Morning...what did you do now?"
"Nothiiing..."
"Doesn't sound like nothing."
"No honestly, I didn't do anything."
"Uh...huh..."
"...Carly...!" I hear Mike yell my name.
"That yell means you did something." He pushes me into Mike and Aly's room so he can find out what happened.
"Nooo I don't wanna go in there!"
"Too bad."
"Noooo!" I say, struggling.
He picks me up and carries me in.
"No fair!"
"Again, too bad."
"Ahhh no! He's gonna get me!" I say as we're in the room.
"And why would he do that?"
"Uh...no reason."
"Riiiight."
"Carly." Mike states firmly.
"...yes?"
"You told her? First of all how'd you know?"
"...I heard you?" I ask meekly.
"You were sleeping..."
"Umm...not the whole time?"
"How much did you hear?"
"Just the part about going to the Bahamas."
"I told you we should've closed that door." Mike says to Alex.
"Sorry man, it looked like she was out of it."
"So when are we leaving?" I ask.
"About an hour and a half." Mike sighs, still really annoyed.
Mike is standing by the bed so Aly kneels on it and wraps her arms around him from
behind, kissing his neck lightly.
"Calm down, it's not that big of a deal. You still have plently of surprises for us, I know you do." She says soothingly.
"I'm sorry..really I am." I apologize.
"It's alright..." Mike sighs.
"Alright, get me out of here." I say to Alex.
"Sorry man." Alex says before carrying me out.
"Now put me down." I say, once we're in our room.
He sets me down.
"So, a mini vacation?"
"And we're gonna have a room to ourselves. Not like what we get now with the connecting door." He adds.
"Ooooh."
"I like the sound of that."
"I know you do."
"You know what that means...more alone time...'cept this time it's like really private."
I giggle.
"Now I know YOU like that idea." I add.
"Of course I do." He grins.
"But anyways, you were like very grabby in your sleep last night..." I laugh.
He grins sheepishly.
"Can you blame me? I mean with what you're wearing..." He trails off.
I laugh.
"Well you better enjoy it while you can, because it's going away in a bit so I can get changed."
He gets on the bed and pulls me on with him. He moves me and the two of us end up cuddling in the middle of our bed. After a bit I had to get up to change, but he wouldn't let me go.
"Okay, you have to let me go..."
"Do I have to?"
"There'll be more time for this when we get to the Bahamas and to our room...in complete
privacy."
He reluctantly lets me go.
"Plus the quicker I get dressed and when we're all ready, the quicker we get down there and we get our room."
"Right." He agrees, getting up to pack his things since he already got dressed.
After getting changed, I walk out and start packing my things as well. While we're packing, Mike is trying to get Aly up since she fell back asleep. He already has all their stuff pretty much packed, with an outfit laid out for her to wear.
"Come on, you have to get up..."
She grumbles and tries to roll away.
"You'll have plenty of time to sleep on the plane...and in our own private room."
She squirms as he starts to kiss everywhere that he can reach in an attempt to get her up.
"Miiiike."
"Get up then, or I won't stop."
"Alright alright, I'm up." She pushes on him giggling.
"I win."
She sticks her tongue out.
"You don't have to worry about looking for clothes, I already picked for you."
"Thank you." She kisses him briefly.
"You're welcome, and everything is packed."
"You're on the ball today aren't you?"
"Yes I am."
She laughs and he lets her up. She smirks as he eyes her nightgown again while she walks to her stuff. Ater grabbing the clothes and such that he picked out for her to wear, she head into the bathroom to get ready. She comes out and puts away the remainder of her things. She pulls out a pair of sunglasses and puts them over her eyes.
"Alright, I'm all set to go."
"I think everyone's ready so let's get out of here."
So they grab their things, making sure that they had grabbed everything before walking out
the door. Then we all head down to the lobby and turn in our key cards before leaving. Everything at the airport goes smoothly and our flight is nice and peaceful. When we land we get a ride to the resort, and Aly and I are amazed at the place.
"Oh my god this is gorgeous." Aly says to me while the guys are checking us in.
"I know, looks expensive too."
"Yeah...but you know they'll just reply that we deserve it."
"Right."
We keep looking around in awe. After the guys are all set with checking us in, they walk back
over to us. They look amused and get our attention.
"Time to head to the rooms." Mike says, waving the key cards.
"Let's go then." Aly smiles.
We take our bags and walk to the rooms. Aly and Mike walk into their room, and she's in
awe just like in the lobby. She leaves her bags by the door, more interested in exploring the room. Mike grins, dropping his bags as well and watches her explore the room. She goes through every part of the room, unaware that he's following her with an amused smile in his lips.
"Amazing isn't it?"
"Uh-huh." She nods, still in awe.
"And we have it all to ourselves..."
She smiles as he walks up behind her. He puts his arms around her and kisses her neck. She bites her lip and tilts her head slightly.
"No interruptions...nothing..." He mumbles.
"Sounds...good..."
Then he decides to bury his face into her neck/shoulder, keeping his arms around her. She lays one of her arms on his and with her free hand, runs her fingers through his hair.
"Thank you for arranging this little vacation." She says.
"You're very welcome." Mike replies, his voice muffled.
"You definitely deserve it." He adds.
"So do you." She kisses his head.
"We both deserve it."
"Mmhmm." She lays her head against his.
"So we have plenty of things to do here. If you wanna go out and do something we can, or if
you just want to stay in we can do that too." He suggests.
"Maybe we can go out for dinner but for now the room is perfect." She replies, turning her
head and lightly nipping at his ear.
That causes him to tighten his arms that are around her. She bits back a smile and does it again.
"Don't...tempt me..." He mumbles into her neck.
She keeps doing it anyway. Since his face was still in her neck, her immediately went up to the sensitive spot. She let out a sound that is a mix of a hiss and a moan and digs her fingers into his arm. She feels him smirk against her skin, and then continues. Her head drops back and her knees wobble.
"I told you not to tempt me..." He says in her ear, after taking his lips off of her neck.
She turns her head and nips at his jaw.
"Maybe I'm doing it on purpose."
"Well...in that case..." He trails off, before suddenly picking her up.
She yelps and clings to him. Then he walks through the room until he reaches the bed, and he places her on it. She pulls him down and kisses him thoroughly. He chuckles, and leaves his hands on her sides. She lets go of his shoulders and starts tugging on his shirt. He smiles, before pulling away for a brief moment to sit up and take his shirt off. He leans back down and presses his lips back to hers. She kisses back and runs her hands oer his chest and shoulders. His arms slide under her, and he rests his hands on her back. Her hands drift down and trace the indents by his hips. His fingers dig into her back, and then he starts to make the kiss more intense. She realizes that's a sensitive place and keeps doing it. He digs his fingers into her back even more. He breaks away from her lips and presses his face into her shoulder.
"...you're making it hard to control myself..." Mike mumbles against her skin.
"Who said you had to?" She says softly, still tracing the indents.
"Well depends if it's okay or not, considering well you know..."
"The baby will be fine honestly. Do you not remember the doctor saying so?"
"I must've forgot..."
"Well it's fine, trust me."
"Well in that case...let's get carried away."
She just giggles as he smirks at her. Then he leans down and ocne again seals his lips with hers. She presses her fingers to the indents again. He makes a sudden noise into the kiss, and then once again starts to intensify it. She giggles slightly when his hands start to wander. After walking into our room, I began exploring.
"This...is amazing."
"I know." Alex agrees, following me.
"I'm gonna like this vacation..."
"Good." He smiles.
"Oooh ocean view from the balcony." I say excitedly, heading for the door and opening it, walking out.
Alex steps out behind me.
"I knew you'd love the view."
"You know me all too well."
"You're going to be my wife, of course I do."
"You're amazing for arranging this."
"You're welcome." He wraps his arms around me and kisses my head.
"And I know what you're gonna ask. For now I choose to relax in the room for now."
"Alright." He chuckles.
"Plus that gives us the alone time that you can never seem to get enough of."
"You know you love it too." Alex nuzzles my neck.
I just smile and sigh, resting my hands on his arms. He starts to kiss my neck gently. I feel my heart start to beat faster, and I grip onto his arms now. He moves up my neck, just grazing his favorite spot as he goes up behind my ear. Like he did the one time before, he nips at my earlobe. *Like the one time before, I had sucked in a sharp breath. Not just once, but twice because of the spot and with my earlobe. Alex chuckles and kisses down my jawline. I turn my head and our lips meet before he could go any further, only because I couldn't take anymore. Alex smirks into the kiss and then I turn around in his arms, putting mine around his neck. I then start moving forward, which makes him back up and we end up back into the room. Alex backs into the couch and falls back onto it, bringing me with him.
"Oops." I laugh.
He laughs and kisses me again. I pull away after a while and go in search of any sensitive place there could be on him, starting with kissing anywhere I could. My hands slip under his shirt and I drag my fingers along his abs and sides. He shivers slightly as my fingers drag across his abs, and that's when I knew that was a sensitive spot. So since it was, I did it again and looked at him to see his reaction again. His jaw tenses and I hear a quiet groan. I decide to do it a 3rd time, just to mess with him, because it's fun. He groans again and I feel his hands tighten on my hips. I retract my hands and then rest them on either side of him as I smirk at him.
"...evil..."
"...genius. I'm an evil genius."
"Sounds right." He snickers.
"I can do it a fourth time if I really wanted to..."
"How about no."
"Oh no...my hand is moving..." I say, trying not to laugh.
He grabs my hands.
"No." He says firmly.
"Well aren't you the fun sucker." I say jokingly.
"Well if you want me to be able to control myself..."
"Hey...you started this all."
"I told you, more affection in these last few weeks."
"I know I know, until you have me all to yourself. Then you won't have to control yourself..."
"Exactly."
"But you're doing a pretty good job of controlling yourself now."
"Its hard to, especially when you're doing what you were doing."
"Okay then, I'll stop."
Alex lets go of my hands. Then I move and sit on the couch itself. Alex shifts and lays with
his head in my lap.
"You know, it would've made things a whole lot easier if the shirt was off." I comment.
He gives me an amused look.
"All you had to do was let me know and I would've taken it off."
"Well, it's too late for that now isn't it?"
"Yeah." He chuckles.
Then as we sit/lay there on the couch, my hand starts to wander again.
"Hey...what did I tell you." He stops me, and I stifle a giggle.
"I'm sorry, it's tempting."
"Right..."
"It is, especially since I can tell it's a sensitive spot."
"Just like you and that spot on my neck." I add.
"Don't make me go after that again..." He threatens.
I cover it with my hand.
"No."
"Well, I'm sure I can find some more sensitive spots. You can't have just one..."
"Alex...no."
"I take that as a challenge..." He smirks.
"No no no...don't."
"You can't stop me."
"Oh really."
"Yes really."
"I think I can." I narrow my eyes.
"Noooo."
"I can make you sleep on the couch you know."
"Awww come on.."
"Still think I can't stop you?"
"Okay so you can stop me...just don't make me sleep on this couch."
"Calm down, I'm not that mean. I was just proving my point." I giggle.
"Don't scare me like that."
I laugh.
"I love you." I add.
"I love you too."
Then I yawn a couple times.
"I am still tired after that long flight down here."
"I'm feeling it too, why don't we go lay down for a while."
"You're gonna have to move first."
Alex gets up and pulls me up. The two of us go into the bedroom and kick off our shoes and what not before climbing into the bed. I snuggle into him, draping an arm across him. Alex smiles and hugs me close to his side. He kisses my forehead gently. We then slowly start to drift off to sleep after our eyes close. A couple hours later, over in Mike and Aly's room, Mike stirs. He opens his eyes and looks around in confusion at first, before remembering where they are and relaxes. He feels a weight on his chest and looks down to see Aly laying with her head on his chest, still sleeping peacefully. He leans down and kisses the top of her head, before running his fingers through her hair. She shifts in her sleep, snuggling closer to him. He lays his head back onto the pillow, and looks down at her and watches her sleep. Mike rests one hand on top of the hand she has laying on his abs. He rubs the back of my hand with his thumb. Not too long after he starts that, she starts to shift and wake up. She looks up at him after she opens her eyes and smiles.
"Hi." She says sleepily.
"Hi." He says back, also smiling.
He takes the hand he's holding and kisses her palm. She smiles softly and reaches up to press her lips against his lightly.
"I love you." She nuzzles his cheek.
"Love you too."
"I'm really glad you and Alex came up with this idea."
"We both knew that you and Carly would love this. We've been so busy lately, we needed to vacation."
"Yeah, definitely. We all need to de-stress and relax." She nuzzles his cheek again and then
lays her head down on his shoulder.
"Even if it's just for a week."
"A week is better than nothing. You know, I think we've been lucky to have been stalker free for this long. Morrison's been injured, Drew's out over some kind of family issue, and Maryse has been distracted by Lucky. Oh and we haven't had to run into Gabriel because he's on Smackdown."
"Which makes things a while lot easier for us."
"Mmhmm. The less stress for me, the better."
"Exactly. You especially don't need all that stress."
"I know but I also know that you'll be there to protect me and the baby." She says, pressing a kiss to his neck.
"Of course...always."
Her stomach growls and her face heats up, causing Mike to laugh.
"We can go out to get something to eat, because clearly you're hungry..."
"So not my fault."
"Then whose fault is it?"
"Baby's" She laughs.
"Well let's get ready to go, and then we can go eat."
She nods and rolls over, and picks up clothes from the floor. He does the same, sitting up and reaching over to pick up his clothes from the floor. They both get dressed and then he goes out and brings the bags into the bedroom. She takes her little back with her bathroom stuff into the bathroom so that she can fix her messy hair. When she gets out of the bathroom, he's sitting on the bed waiting for her.
"Mess my hair up enough?" She asks dryly.
"Oops...sorry."
"It's okay. I'm just giving you a hard time." She laughs and pats his cheek.
"Ready to go?" She asks.
He nods and gets up. They put on their shoes and make sure they have everything they need before leaving. They leave the building, and walk around looking for a place to eat at. They decide Johnny Rocker's and go in to eat. While they're eating and everything, she's huddled up against Mike's side since the restaurant is a lot cooler than outside. He wraps an arm around your shoulders and pulls you closer, hoping to help you feel warmer.
"Better?" He asks, rubbing her arm.
"Eh, a little."
Mike then shrugs off the button up shirt he's wearing and helps put it on her.
"Now?"
"Much much better. Thank you." She kisses his lips quickly.
"You're welcome." He grins.
"How about going for a walk on the beach when we get finished here?"
"Sounds like a good idea, sure."
"Good." She smiles.
"The sun should be going down soon, so we can watch the sunset too." He adds.
"Ooh yeah. Even better."
Once they finished their food, Mike left the money for the bill and then they headed out in the direction of the beach. They take off their shoes and walk along, one arm around each other.
"I like it here. We'll have to come back sometime."
"And we will."
"I'd love to come back before I have to stop flying."
"I'll try to do that."
"But if we can't, then we can always make it a little family vacation once the baby's born." She
adds.
"True, which would be nice."
"Mmhmm."
He moves so he's standing behind her, and he wraps both of his arms around her with both of his hands resting on her stomach, and rests his head on her shoulder. A small smile creeps on her face. She rests her hands on his and leans back against him, the two of them swaying a little from side to side. Then back in the room with me and Alex, I wake up and see that it's getting dark in the room. I look around, before looking out the window to see the sun setting. I get up and walk out of the bedroom, and decide to go out on the balcony to watch the sunset from there. I'm not out there for long before I feel arms wrap around me and there's a kiss placed behind my ear.
"Look who decided to wake up." I smile.
"Did you sleep good?"
"I did, thanks for asking."
"Good to hear." Alex kisses behind my ear again before resting his head on my shoulder.
"The view of the sunset is amazing from here."
"Yeah it is." He agrees.
"I think that once this sun goes down, we should go out and get something to eat. I'm pretty hungry."
"Sounds good to me."
"Then we'll have the rest of the night to do what we want."
"Right."
"I may have some ideas on what we can do afterwards. But that will be for me to know and
for you to find out."
He looks at me curiously.
"I am not giving away any secrets." I laugh.
"Aww."
"No pouting either...it's not gonna work."
"Darn."
Then he starts to think of other ways to get me to spill the secrets.
"There are other ways though..."
"Nope, I don't think so. Not happening."
"Do not underestimate me."
"Same to you." I reply.
"Aww come on..." He says, turning his head and starts to kiss my neck.
I reach up and push his head away.
"Nope."
"You have to wait, no negotiations."
"Aw..."
"Sorry.." I say, pulling from his arms and heading inside since the sun had finished setting
and it was now dark out.
"Oh well I tried." He shrugs, following me.
"Well since the sun is gone, we can head out now. We can just walk around until we find
something."
"That sounds fine." He agrees.
We head back into the bedroom to put our shoes back on, then grab what we need before
heading out the door to find a place to eat at. We walk along until we find a place that looks good. While eating, I can see the still curious look on Alex's face as to what a possible surprise could be. I just shake my head amusedly and continue eating. The two of us finish eating and pay before leaving. Before we continue on, I look around for something specific. Then I start leading him in one direction. He lets me lead him, watching with curious eyes. As we get closer and closer to where I was leading him, we can hear the sound of the ocean.
"Ah. You wanted to walk by the water?"
"Yeah...plus I think it's prettier being on the beach at night."
"True." He agrees.
"One thing though...no splashing me." I laugh.
"I promise. There's plenty of time for that another day." He laughs.
"I know, we have all week. But I was just saying."
"I know." Alex kisses the top of my head.
We reach the beach and go down to the edge of the water and just start walking along.
"Peace and quiet...like it's supposed to be."
"Right."
"After this week is over, we definitely need to come back another time."
"For sure." He nods.
Then after a while he stops walking and I look at him strange.
"What?"
"The moonlight. The way it hits you just right..."
I blush a little.
"Absolutely beautiful." Alex says, leaning down to kiss me lightly.
"You're too sweet." I say, smiling after he pulls away.
"Because I love you."
"I know you do."
He kisses my forehead and the two of us start walking again. Aly and Mike have made it back to their room, after leaving the beach when the sun had completely set. She kicks off her shoes and takes off his shirt that she was wearing.
"The day's already over. Flew on by."
"Uh-huh."
"But I still had fun, and we have all week to do things around here." You add.
"Right." He nods.
"Or you can not control yourself again." She giggles, then laughs as he gives her a look.
"It's possible...I know you." She adds.
She can see his face is slightly red. She walks over and slides her arms around him, giggling.
"Awww. You're blushing."
"What? No I'm not."
"Suuuuure. It's nothing to be embarassed over."
"Really. We're just taking advantage of the alone time and not having to worry about thin
walls and what not." She adds, pressing her lips to his neck gently.
Then she stands there with her arms wrapped around him, and her head resting on his shoulder. His arms slide around her shortly after. She feels his lips against her forehead and smile.
"So what do you wanna do now?"
"I dunno..."
"Hmmm...movies? And if you feel tired, just let me know and we can go right to bed."
"Mmkay. I'm gonna go change into something more comfortable."
"Alright." He says, letting her go.
She kisses him quickly before going into the bedroom to ruffle through her things. He sits down on the couch and turns the tv on, browsing through the channels for a movie to watch. She changes and comes out, rubbing her stomach lightly with both hands. As soon as she sits down next to him, he wraps an arm around her and pulls her close. She slides onto his lap, and he shifts to lay out on the couch with her laying on him. They get comfortable and watch the movie, their hands laying on her belly. As he likes to do, he started to gently rub it and she giggles a little.
"You know what you probably didn't notice? I'm showing a little bit now."
"Really?" He immediately starts to look.
"Mmhmm, just a little bit though."
Mike's hands move over the portion of her belly that's beginning to poke out.
"Right here?"
"Uh huh." She nods.
"Well isn't that something." He grins.
"Yup." She giggles.
"And I'll only be showing more and more as the weeks go on."
"Yeah. I can't wait." Mike says with a wide smile.
"I know you can't wait."
"You're just ready for me to have a noticeable belly for you to rub on." She teases, laughing lightly.
"Of course." He grins.
"Mister lovey dovey."
"You know it." He says, kissing her cheek.
They turn their attention back to the movie. As the movie goes on, she feels like she's going to fall asleep, only because her eyes start closing and stayed closed longer and longer each time she opens the back up. During one of the little dozing episode, she feels herself being picked up and Mike saying something.
"Mmm...what?" She mumbles, opening her eyes halfway.
"I said that I saw you falling asleep, and it's time for bed now."
"...kay..." She snuggles into him.
He walks into the bedroom and places her down on the bed, pulling the blankets over her.
"...hurry up...I wanna snuggle." She mumbles.
"I'll be as quick as I can." He replies, starting to get changed.
She settles for hugging a pillow while he's changing. Once he's changed he shuts the light off first, before climbing into bed next to her. He pulls away the pillow and she cuddles up to him, sighing in content. He kisses the top of her head.
"Night, love you."
"...night, love you." She mumbles sleepily.
Then they both fall asleep, her falling asleep quicker. Alex and I have just gotten back from the beach ourselves, and I yawn a little after walking in.*
"Tired? Wanna go lay in bed?"
"Well I'm not that tired as I seem, but we can still go lay down."
"We can watch tv and stuff until we feel too tired."
"That works too, I just want to change out of this first."
"Alright. We'll get changed and get comfortable first."
Since our bags are still sitting where they are when we got here, we grab them and bring them into the bedroom. I go through mine and pick clothes out, before heading into the bathroom to change. Alex changes and slides into bed, making everything more comfortable for me when I get in. I stretch while walking out of the bathroom from changing, and I place my other clothes by my things, before walking back over to the bed to climb in.
"You just aren't letting up are you." Alex sighs, chuckling a little as he eyes what I'm sleeping in.
"Nope." I snicker.
I get into bed and lay against Alex's side. We lay there for a while, and since he had no shirt on...it made it easier for me to do what I was going to do out of nowhere. I carefully moved my hand over and for now the 4th time today I drag my fingers across his abs. He tenses and makes a hissing noise as he grabs my hand.
"What did I tell you about doing that."
"Oops?" I say, trying to hide my laughter.
"Yeah...riiiight."
"So what, I sneaked another one in. What're you gonna do about it? Beside grabbing my hand here."
His eyes drift towards my neck.
"Oh no..." I say, trying to move away but it's no use since he's got my hand.
"You started this." He warns, moving over me.
"Ah no!" I say, going under the blankets.
He follows me and pins me down.
"You know, this isn't really helping me control myself either." I comment.
"Well you got yourself into this one."
"I'm sorry?"
"You still aren't getting off scot-free."
"Damn." I mutter.
Alex leans down and picks a place on my neck, kissing and biting gently until he's satisfied.
"Okay...are you happy now?"
"Yup."
"Good...now can you let me go?"
He rolls off with a chuckle.
"This doesn't mean I'm gonna stop doing what I did though." I comment.
"Not anymore tonight please." Alex sighs.
"Don't worry I won't."
"Good."
"I love you." I say, shifting to my side.
"I love you too."
Then I lean up and kiss him gently, before laying my head on his shoulder and wrapping an arm around him. He lays his head against mine. We watch tv together until we get really tired and go to sleep.