Chapter 9

Starting back to their room, Sarah put her arm through AJ's and looked up at him, smiling. "Darling, how do we let Clay know it's going down so fast?" she asked, leaning closer and pressing her breasts into his arm. "You do realize we're being watched?"

Surprising her, AJ pulled her into his arms and kissed her slowly, deeply. When they separated, both were shaken. To cover his reaction, AJ reached up and brushed back Sarah's hair from her face. 'Damn-I can't let that happen again! But it seemed so natural to kiss her that way,' AJ thought as they stepped into the elevator.

"Nice work, guys. That touching little scene at the end really closed the deal. By the way, when does it go down?" questioned Clay, standing in the corner, casually reading a paper.

"Lore said it could be as much as a week or two, after I offered him an additional $5,000 dollars," replied AJ, facing forward with his arm around Sarah.

Sarah was strangely quiet after the passionate kiss from AJ. She had often dreamed of what it would be like, when his lips touched hers, but nothing compared to the real thing. Looking down at her fake wedding ring and feeling his arm around her, she felt tears fill her eyes. The tough Marine wanted this mission to be real. AJ and a baby…a dream come true! 'Get it together, Marine, it is a mission, and thoughts like this can screw it up and cost us our lives!'

"Did you hear me, Sarah?" asked Clay peeking over the paper just as AJ and Sarah were getting off.

"We got it, Webb. We know what is required of us. Don't worry we won't be the ones that screw up," growled AJ as they walked off the elevator toward their room.

"Now what bug crawled up his ass?" whispered Clay as the elevator doors closed taking him to the next floor up.

AJ unlocked the door and he held it open for Sarah. Walking in and making sure the door was closed, she turned to him. "AJ, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to Clay. I had my mind on the mission. What did he want?"

'The mission and not my kiss…well, at least one of us enjoyed it,' thought AJ. "He insisted we be seen out having fun. Do you think we can handle that, Sarah?" grinned AJ.

"Well, sweetheart, it's a tough job, but I think we can pull it off," giggled Sarah, falling back on the king-sized bed.

"Webb said we're supposed to have been married about five years, dear, and to still act like we are madly in love," AJ told her, "and did you know, Webb ordered me a tux?"

"You'll look handsome in a tux, and it will go very nicely with my Vera Wang evening gown," she smiled. "Now, do you want to rest awhile, or maybe go swimming?"

Looking over at the king-sized bed, AJ decided swimming would probably be best. "Sarah, about the kiss-it just seemed the thing to do, and I'm sorry if it upset you. I know it's against reg..."

Sarah raised her hand to stop him, "It didn't upset me, and regulations don't count when you're undercover. So, if we're madly in love with each other, and being watched, then feel free to kiss me or whatever, anytime, honey."

AJ arched his eyebrow at this side of Sarah and grinned, "Well, I'm not sure about whatever, but I think I can manage another kiss or two. Now, go change into your bathing suit. Let's go be seen and enjoy our working vacation, Darlin'."

Sarah found her bathing suit and rushed into the huge bathroom to change. She left AJ standing there, eyes wide, and mouth open, "Hellfire! That won't even cover her," he whispered to himself. "This is going to be a long, HARD week." Looking through the drawers for his suit he pulled out a tiny black Speedo that would barely cover him. "Damn you, Webb, your ass is mine! You just wait you bastard!" bellowed AJ.

To be continued….