Chapter 28

Once back at the dock, AJ told the crew he wanted the Blue Marlin mounted. He gave Clayton Webb's home address for them to ship it to once it was finished. He tipped the cook and crew well and thanked them for a job well done. Shaking hands with the Captain, he said, "Well done, Captain. It'll be a long time before I forget this day. I want to thank you for all your help."

"Come again, and bring your lovely wife. Maybe next time, she'll catch a keeper,'" smiled the Captain.

"I'll do my best," laughed AJ. "Sorry for any trouble."

"No trouble! We enjoyed every minute, Mr. Bayer. She was most refreshing," smiled the Captain. "You and your wife have a good vacation and a safe trip home. Goodnight."

Walking away, AJ ran into Charlie. "Charlie, are you feeling better now that your blue blood is on dry land?" laughed AJ.

"Funny, AJ, funny. I hope you enjoyed yourself today!" complained Charlie.

"Oh, I did, Webb. Sarah and I had a wonderful time. How about you?" inquired AJ.

"Hell, no! I was sick most of the time, and the rest, was too worried they would call about a baby for you two," grumbled Clay.

"We had that covered. Had the cell phone with new batteries with us, and I checked on the range, so no problem," smiled AJ, helping Sarah in the car and heading back to the hotel.

Both of them were too tired, after their day of fishing to do anything more strenuous than have an early dinner and think about going to bed. However, they were both too keyed up to sleep so Mac suggested that they go and see a movie before bed. Then the fight was on over which one to choose. Getting a local paper, AJ read off the list of movies playing. "It looks five movies that are playing close by, so let's pick one of them, and not go too far tonight, all right?" he asked, glancing at her over the paper.

"Sure," she couldn't seem to work up the energy to think about going out tonight.

"Here are our choices: The Secret Window, Taking Lives, Hidalgo, and Walking Tall."

"Wait, you said five-and even as tired as I am, that only came out to be four."

"Well, there's a silly love story called The Prince and Me," smiled AJ, putting down the paper.

"I suppose the movie The Prince and Me is a cartoon?" asked Sarah.

"No, it looks like it's about a couple teenagers falling in love. Why? Do you what to see that one, Sarah?" asked AJ with a stunned look upon his face.

"No, AJ, we're not going to see that one. I have to admit, though, that every little girl wants a Prince Charming. I guess we never grow out of that phase. It's a shame, too, we'd be much happier if we did," she said with a dreamy look in her eyes.

AJ shook his head. He'd never understand women. He could see that she really wanted to see the romantic movie, but just not really come out and admit it. Wanting to please her more than he wanted to see any of the other movies, he asked, "Sarah, are you really looking for a Prince Charming?"

"No, not really," she admitted. "I guess I'm just looking for someone that will cherish me and make me feel special. Even though I'm a kick-ass Marine, I would still like to be treated like a princess at times," she sighed.

'Oh, Sarah, what I wouldn't give to be able to treat you like my princess!' AJ thought. The only thing he could do for her, though, was to take her to the movie she really wanted to see. "Well, then I think we should see The Prince and Me!" he told her.

"AJ, wait-do you like Harrison Ford movies?" she asked excitedly.

"Sure, he's one of my favorite stars. He was great in Air Force One where he was the President."

"Well, there is an old movie of his playing at the Praxton Playhouse. It says that they only offer older classic movies. What would you think of that?"

"Sounds perfect, which one of his is it?"

"Sabrina," she said.

"I don't think I know that one," he told her.

"It's a romance—well, kind of. He's a big shot corporate type with a ne'er-do-well brother who's always in trouble, and….well, I don't want to give away what happens, but it's not sappy and I think you might like it."

"That's good enough for me! Let's go," he took her hand and they headed to the lobby for directions to the Playhouse.

To be continued….