The three ate dinner before Ace and Laura got ready to go out.
"When are you coming back?" Caroline asked.
"Not until morning," Ace said winking at her.
"Don't let him keep you out too late honey," Caroline said ignoring him and kissing her daughter before she went out the door.
They drove to main street and Ace parked his car, walking around to open Laura's door.
"I'll buy you dessert?" he asked her, "anything you want."
"Can we get icecream?" she asked.
"No problem," he said catching her hand as they started walking to the diner. "You want a butterscotch sundae?" he asked, that was what she usually ordered anyway.
"Yes," she said before stopping suddenly and turning to kiss him. Ace replied in kind, surprised at her action. She was not usually one for instigating public affection.
"Of course, we don't need to eat right away," he said, lifting her up against the nearest wall. "What's gotten into you?" he asked as her hands slid under his shirt. They were very close to making a very bold spectacle of public affection.
"Hey come with me," he said grabbing her hand and pulling her into a small dark area behind a building she didn't recognise. A building Ace might have recognised if he had been paying attention.
Vera was out having a cigarette when she seen the two practically roll into the area at the back of The Two Hills. She recognised them almost immediately.
Didn't they realise how loud they were being? she thought as she continued to watch them, long after her cigarette had been reduced to cinders.
"Still feel like that icecream?" he asked her as he replaced her underwear.
"Mhmm," she said kissing him again, "Butterscotch,"
"I know babe," he said dropping so she could climb on to his back. His strength was returning in spades. He walked her into the Blue Point Diner before bending down so she could climb off again. They found a table at the back and sat down.
"Are you having anything?" she asked, sitting on his lap even though they had a whole booth to themselves.
"I dunno, are you offering seconds?" he asked her, sliding his hands under her dress again.
"Maybe later," she said kissing him again.
"Hello Ace," came a voice from above them, "you're a difficult man to track down."
Logan grinned as Ace glared at him. "Hey there sweetheart," he said to Laura, "I heard you gave one of my boys a bit of trouble."
"Don't talk to her," Ace said threateningly, "what are you after anyway?"
"I want you back to work," Logan said, "we miss your unique talents."
"I'm not interested," Ace said flatly, "Get out."
"Come on, let's talk about this," he said.
"Or you could get out before I have to get up," he said, "I said I'm not interested, so guess what? I'm not fucking interested."
"Okay fine," Logan said aggressively, "but don't come to me looking for work ever again."
"You came to me asshole," Ace corrected him as he walked away.
"Who was that?" Laura asked.
"That's who I used to work for," he said suddenly finding that fact a little rediculous. "Don't worry about him babe."
"Okay John," she said kissing him quickly before starting in on her dessert.
"John?" Eyeball said as he slid into their booth. "I haven't heard anyone call you that in a while."
"Hello Richard," she said cheekily.
"I didn't know you were on a first name basis with my girl, Eyeball."
"We're very close," Eyeball said, "aren't we hon."
"Is that right," Ace said amused.
"So are you two going to spend the night touching each other up or do you want to have some fun?" he asked, ducking as Ace went to knock the back of his head.
"What did you want to do?" Laura asked a little suspiciously. Fun could have a pretty loose definition when Cobras were involved.
"Blackout," Eyeball replied, eyes gleaming with mischief.
"You got supplies?" Ace asked him.
He held up a brown paper bag which had evidently come from the liquor store, "good to go," he assured Ace.
"What are you doing?" Laura asked, still very confused.
"First thing we need to do is take you home," Ace said smirking.
The three of them got into his car and set out for Laura's house.
"Hello you three," Caroline said answering the door. "Nice to see you again Eyeball."
"You too Mrs Stratford," he said grinning at her whilst Ace and Laura appeared to be very involved in saying goodbye to one another.
"See you tomorrow doll," he said stroking her cheek before kissing her again.
"Goodnight boys," Caroline said waving goodbye to the pair as they made their way outside again.
"Are you ready for bed honey," she asked yawning slightly.
"Yes," Laura said faking a yawn, "I'll see you in the morning."
"Night sweetheart."
"Night Mom."
Laura went to her room and waited until she couldn't see anymore lights on before she opened her window to see Ace and Eyeball leaning against her house, smoking as they waited for her. She climbed out on to the window sill before Ace held her by the hips and lifted her down.
"Now that you're safely in bed we can have some fun," he said, kissing her hungrily.
Eyeball tried to hurry them along by walking to the car which seemed to work as they broke apart not long afterward. He couldn't understand those two, they had been apart less than five minutes and they were acting like they hadn't seen each other in weeks.
"What's Blackout?" Laura asked as she got into the back seat so Eyeball could sit up front in the passengers seat.
"You'll see," Eyeball said mysteriously.