The crew had arrived in Maui at around 12:30 HST and were at their hotel about half an hour later. Parker had intended to meet Robert with Hardison at around 1:00 but Hardison insisted, quite persistently, she go to the room and unpack. She assumed he just wanted to geek out with Bobby before getting down to business, so she trusted Hardison and went to their suite. Eliot helped bring all the bags up to the room while Hardison had the talk with BobbyG. When they opened the door to the luxurious room Eliot dropped Hardison and Parker's bag in the common area and entered the conjoined room of the top floor suite Hardison had "procured" for them. Hardison also hacked the hotel's computers and made it so they were the only people booked for the next week. Parker picked up hers and Hardison's luggage and walked to their bedroom where she was met with a bed covered in rose petals and about a dozen boxes of chocolates. Parker's face lit up. The corners of her mouth stretching as far as they could and her eyes becoming tenuous lines. Parker quickly unpacked. If Hardison was going to surprise her she was going to get him back. She grabbed a sexy black bikini that Hardison seemed to enjoy last night and hurriedly scribbled a rendezvous note before heading to the pool with a box of chocolates.

In about fifteen minutes Hardison wrapped up his meeting and walked in the suite. "Hey babe, how's that chocolate treating you?" Hardison waited for his girlfriend to run out and jump in his arms. Instead he was met by the sound of Eliot arriving.

"She's not here, I heard her leave the room. So, did you get it done?" Eliot inquired.

"Yeah, you know I got this handled. The con is set up, all the pieces are in place, and all the information is up to date. But I don't wanna blow my cover so I'm gonna go check on my girl, 'scuse me." Hardison began to walk to his room.

"Hardison wait up." Hardison paused at his door frame. "I'm happy for you man. Let's do this right." Hardison face notably softened at the genuineness of his best friend's words. He simply nodded in return.

Hardison entered his room and saw the note Parker left for him. He scanned the small piece of paper and began to sweat. After he completed his scan he stumbled across the room to the balcony and looked down towards the pool to confirm the validity of the message. Stories down he saw the sleek body of his thief snaking her gracefully through the water. After forcefully ending his trance he hastily removed his clothes and replaced them with his bathing suit. Hardison flew down to the pool. He found Parker, cozy, lounging in one of the VIP cabanas surrounding the pool. She had a colorful drink in her hand with one of the fancy umbrellas and everything. A box of chocolate pretzels laid open on the chair. Next to her on the table was also a tall glass filled with a fizzy orange liquid. She had ordered him an orange soda he noticed.

Parker saw her boyfriend on the other side of the pool. Parker wasn't sure if he realized he had ceased moving and adopted staring instead. His mouth was ever so slightly ajar, and he sat there baking in the Hawaiian sunlight. Parker decided to do some gawking of her own. The sun casts a film over the deep skin on Hardison's bare chest. The first comings of sweat provided a glisten that highlighted the muscles throughout the hacker's chest. Parker thought back to the time she asked why he wasn't scrawny like other computer geeks. He had told her he wanted to make geeks look cool, so he made sure he was as good looking as possible. Parker was glad he had made this choice in his younger years. She was also glad they had the hotel to themselves. Hardison would for sure attract some attention looking like that and she hadn't stabbed someone with a fork in about a year. She was hoping to keep her streak unbroken. Parker almost broke it a few hours ago on a particularly handsy flight attendant who tried to slide Hardison her number. Parker burned the number in front of the flight attendant's face to her horror. Everyone wondered how she managed to get the a small blow torch on the airplane, but everyone was too scared to ask. Suffice it to say, that flight attendant didn't return to tend to Hardison. The blonde didn't realize in her reverie that her hacker had finally escaped his stupor and made his way to the cabana.

"Damn girl, you look amazing," complimented Hardison, a smile engulfing his face.

Parker smirked, "You don't look too bad yourself. Thanks for the chocolates."

"You liked it?" the dark-skinned man confirmed.

"Liked it? I loved it. The only way it could have been better is if you replaced the rose petals with a hundred-dollar bills. Hardison made a mental note of that.

"So, how was BobbyG?" She noticed his face panic and fall a little before brightening up again. Parker suspected she had almost ruined the mood with shop talk.

"He's doing a little better, but I'll brief you later. For now, it's time for some R&R." Hardison crawled onto the second chair in the hut. It was the thief's face that fell this time. She was half hoping he would come and lay with her on her chair. Or more accurately, she wanted to lay on top of him as the chair was too small for the both of them. She knew he had gotten the note. Her boyfriend, however, looked content sipping his orange soda as he typed away on his phone. Parker decided to try and attract his attention. She had the box of pretzels at her side and took to chewing them loudly. Parker knew pretzels had a special meaning between them, thus she was sure he would get the hint. Instead the hacker got up and made his way towards the exit.

"Are you going swimming!?" Parker pressed incredulously. "Did you NOT hear the pretzels?"

His back was turned as he answered, "Uhm no, and I heard them. I just went to zip this up girl –" After a slight pause he turned and added "and to do this." He pressed a button on his phone and a speaker from outside started playing a smooth, romantic melody. The couples shared a lustful visage. Hardison then pounced on the blonde who let out a yelp followed by giggling.

After enjoying each other's company for about half an hour the couple took a quick swim to cool themselves off and then made their way to the elevator. On the ride up Parker looked reverently at her companion. Over the course of their relationship she had come to understand why Archie would always tell her that feelings are just distractions. She was staring at a six foot plus distraction all the time. But what Archie didn't tell her was about when the job was done. Having someone who can make you feel like you're jumping off a never-ending building when you're just simply out on a date is worth every risk. Jobs come and go; but Hardison, he was consistent, solid. And for someone who has jumped off her fair share of buildings she knows if you don't have a solid anchor, you won't make it out alive.

The couple reached the room and showered before meeting in the common area. There, the Hacker briefed the team and Parker came up with a plan of attack. With all the details worked out everyone dispersed and prepared for the tomorrow's fun.