It's morning, not too early, but not too late. Cara and Seth were fast asleep and she was snuggled into him with his arms wrapped around her, holding her close. Her alarm starts to go off and Seth stirs.
"...get that..." He mumbles.
She just buries her face in his neck.
"Cara..."
"Mmm."
"...alarm."
She groans and rolls over, smacking her phone until it turns off.
"Why'd you set...an alarm...anyway?"
"Photo shoot." She mumbles into her pillow.
"Photo shoot?" He asks, suddenly opening his eyes.
"Uh-huh."
"And you didn't tell me this because...?"
"I knew you'd be bouncing off the walls over it." She yawns as she reluctantly rolls out of bed.
"Well now it's woken me up."
"I figured it would."
"What kind of photo shoot is it?"
"Championship. I don't know what they're putting me in though."
"I like surprises."
"I know." She says amusedly as she gathers some clothes.
"I'm sure I'll love it."
"You always do."
"I do." He nods.
She starts to get dressed. He of course is watching the whole time, not wanting to move just yet.
"You and your staring."
"Can't help it."
"You always say that."
"Because it's true."
"Uh-huh."
"I love what I see, what can I say?"
"Flatterer." She remarks, blushing a little bit.
"Always."
She finishes dressing and goes into the bathroom to do her usual routine in there. Since she was in there, he finally decided to move from the bed himself and get dressed as well. Before long, he's in the bathroom with her.
"Nice hair." She giggles.
"Haha." He sticks his tongue out at her.
"You make bed head look cute though."
He grins and makes her laugh. He fixes his hair so that it's not such a mess anymore as she finishes up herself with what she was doing. She rummages through her jewelry case to find what she wants.
"Love the outfit by the way." He chuckles.
"I knew you would." She giggles as he admires her Harry Potter/Slytherin outfit.
"Even though I love all your outfits, but still."
"Of course." She says amusedly.
The last thing that she gets on is her shoes, before she's ready to go. She sits on the bed to wait for him. Once he's done, he pulls on a jacket, being ready to go himself. She puts her own jacket on and grabs her purse. They leave the room and head for the car. Once they're outside and by the car, she unlocks it and get in, before heading off down the road. They stop somewhere for breakfast to go, and then they head straight to the photo shoot.
"Try to behave yourself." She tells Seth, giggling quietly as they walk into to the place.
"I'll try my very best."
"Good. See you in a bit." She kisses his cheek.
"I'll be here." He nods.
She giggles and squeezes his hand before going up to the photographer. It was the usual photographer that does all the photo shoots, so she knows him pretty well. She asks how they're doing for the shoot and everything. He explains everything and she nods. He sends her to get ready. She's given the first outfit and she heads to change into it before going to the hair and makeup. She stifles a laugh once she sees the finished product in the mirror.
"Poor boyfriend." She says softly, giggling.
After one last look over, she gets up from the chair and heads back out to where the shoot would be taking place. She walks onto the set, carrying her title. Seth had been on his phone to keep him busy until she had come out. He looked up once and he had to do a double take before his eyes just focused on her, paying no mind to his phone at all now. She sees his reaction and she laughs to herself. She blows him a kiss before seeing if everything was ready. It is so she starts to pose as directed to. Those few shots she does before she's allowed to do her own for the rest of the shots. She can feel Seth's eyes on her the whole time and that just makes it even more fun to find poses that torture him. Out of the corner of her eyes, she can see him moving closer so he can get a better look. She smirks involuntarily and the photographer starts snapping away. After a few more shots or so, the shoot with that outfit is over with, and she walks off the set and over to Seth.
"Enjoy yourself?" She teases.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I did." He nods.
"I noticed."
"Got more to do?" He asks.
"One more outfit."
"Good. Because I'm not ready to go yet anyway."
"Of course not." She laughs.
"Wanna come over and see the shots and help me pick some out of this outfit for the website and my profile on there?"
"Hell yes." He grins, dragging her over there.
"I figured." She shakes her head amusedly.
"Well duh."
"Have fun." She snickers as they go over to the computer.
"Oh I will."
"Of course."
They pick out pictures. Everyone is amused by Seth's enthusiasm.
"I know you like them all, but you can only pick so many."
"Darn."
"Because remember, I still have a whole other outfit to go."
"Right." He nods.
"Alright, I think I've picked some good ones." He adds.
"Okay." She giggles.
She kisses him and goes to change into the next outfit. Once she's changed, she goes back to hair and makeup, her hairstyle being changed and everything. Once again she knows he'll just die at the sight of her and she grins before heading back out. He's talking with the photographer as she walks up behind them.
"Ready to see outfit number two?" She asks.
Seth turns around and stares with wide eyes.
"Speechless?"
He nods wordlessly. She laughs.
"I figured as much. You're gonna go crazy with these shots too, I can already tell."
"Well duh."
"Try and contain yourself." She giggles when she steps back onto the set.
"I'll try. No promises though."
"As long as you try."
He nods and she starts her posing. This one she does whatever poses she wanted to do, and the whole time his eyes never left her, like the previous set of pictures.
"This is more entertaining when he's here." The photographer chuckles.
"Well he'll definitely be coming along every time now." She laughs.
"If possible, I will be here." Seth agrees.
"Touche...if you have any yourself. I'm sure you and the others will have some promo photo shoots yourselves."
"Probably."
"Looking all tough and everything." She grins.
He chuckles.
"Of course."
Once she finishes that last set, they both go over to the computer again, after the photos are all up on the screen. Seth goes through and picks his favorites again. While he does, he has his arms around her. His hands wander a bit since she has a short top on, leaving most of her torso bare.
"Don't get too touchy..." She mumbles.
"I'm trying not to." He replies.
"I know it's hard."
"Very." He mutters.
"Well you should enjoy it while you can, before I change anyway."
"Oh I am."
"I can see that." She giggles.
She giggles more as he nuzzles her neck, tickling her with his beard.
"Alright, are you sure these are the shots you want?"
"Yeah, they're great."
"Great. We'll put the pictures together in an album and have it sent to who runs the site. Should be up this weekend if not sometime next week."
"Alright, thanks."
"No problem."
She untangles herself from Seth and go to change into her regular clothes. He makes a small noise of disappointment, and she just laughs to herself.
"I'll be quick."
"Okay." He pouts.
After she heads back, she goes back in and changes out of the outfit and back into her regular clothes. She leaves her hair as it is however, because she didn't feel like really fixing it right now. She grabs everything she brought in with her and then walked back out to him.
"All set?" He asks.
"Yup." She nods.
"Back to the hotel or somewhere else?"
"Up to you." She shrugs as they walk out of the place.
"Well, I didn't get enough cuddle time this morning..."
"You poor thing." She laughs.
"Yes, poor me."
"To the hotel for a while then?" She teases.
"Yes." He nods.
They get in the car and drive to the hotel. Seth pulls her along up to their room.
"Someone's eager." She giggles.
"I can't help it. I'm used to having that time to snuggle with you in the mornings."
"Well you're going to have to get used to giving that up on some mornings now. I'm a champion and that means more media stuff and all that." She points out.
"Right. It'll take a while, but I'll get used to it eventually."
"I know."
"If I have to, I'll always have your pillow to snuggle with if I'm too tired to go with you to these things."
"True." She giggles.
"Which you look cute doing by the way." She adds.
"You do too." He chuckles.
"Well the pillow smells like you."
"Exactly. Yours smells like you too."
"It's the shampoo and everything else that I use, I know." You grin.
"Yes."
When they reach the room, they put everything they had down before he pulled her over onto the bed and he pulled her close to him. Seth lays practically on top of her with his head on her chest. She looks amused and decides to play with his hair.
In the meantime Dean and I were still sound asleep. Since it was a day off, we could sleep in and we were taking full advantage of that. I'm snuggled right up against Dean's side, my head buried in his neck so I don't see the light. It isn't too much longer where I start to stir. I peek out from his neck, only to see how bright it is in the room and I immediately hide my face in his neck again. This wakes up Dean and he grumbles a little.
"Sorry." I mumble.
"S'ok."
"Too bright."
"Yeah it is."
"That's why I'm hiding."
"Gotcha."
"Want me to go close the curtains? Maybe that'll be better."
"Yeah, that'd be great."
I move from his neck so he could move from the bed, hiding my face in the pillow for now until I hear him closing the curtains. Once he comes back and climbs into bed next to me, I lift my head from the pillow.
"Much better."
"I agree."
"Got to remember to close those at night before we go to bed so that we don't have to do it in the morning."
"Yeah. It's hard to remember that sometimes though."
"Because we're either too tired or you're distracted." I snicker.
"Tis true." He admits.
"You're so easily distracted."
"Because you're that beautiful."
"As always...the charmer."
"Just for you sunshine."
"I would hope so."
"Only for you." He assures me, nuzzling my neck.
"Good. And no making that mark bigger you."
"Aww."
"Make it bigger, it's going to take even longer to fade away."
"I know, I know."
"Though you would be proud of that."
"Well yeah."
"Maybe another time."
"Aww okay."
"Or at least until this one is gone."
"Right."
"Plenty of other things you can do though."
"True." He concedes, giving me a kiss.
My arms end up wrapping around his neck and I hold him there for a few extra moments before letting him pull away.
"There's the good morning kiss I was waiting for."
"Well here's another to make up for the wait." He chuckles, kissing me again.
"Appreciate it." I remark after he pulls away again.
"So what are the plans for today?"
"Well I'm not sure just yet. If you're up for doing something as a group, I could ask Cara what she has in mind."
"Sure why not."
"Wonder if she's up right now or not. That'll determine if I should text her now."
"Wouldn't she have champion stuff to do?"
"Oh that's right. Maybe I should wait until later to ask her."
"You could try Seth. I'm sure he's with her."
"True. Gonna have to let me go though so I can grab my phone."
He nods and lets me up. I go back over to my side of the bed and grab my phone from the bedside table. I yawn a bit as I go through my contacts, and once I reach Seth's name, I text him and ask him first if Cara has any champion stuff going on at the moment or not. He tells me she's already done for the day and they're back in their room.
"Looks like she's actually done for the day. They're back in their room."
"Must've been up early then."
I nod and then ask Seth if could ask her if she had any ideas on things to do today. He forwards a list of things.
"Okay, so here's some things to choose from.." I show Dean the list.
"Hmm..." He studies the text.
"Well what's that laser thing...sounds interesting." He adds.
"Let me look it up." I say, grabbing my laptop.
He nods, and as he waits, he keeps himself amused by running his fingers along the skin of my arm lightly. I get goosebumps and shiver.
"Quit!" I squeal.
"Just amusing myself."
"Well I can't concentrate on this if you're doing that."
"Ruin my fun."
"You can find something else to do."
"Oh, alright."
He finds something else to amuse himself with while I look up the laser place.
"Hmm, looks like there's laser tag, glow in the dark mini golf and a maze."
"Oh that sounds cool."
"Could even make those friendly competitions."
"Yeah we can."
"Either you and me against Cara and Seth or you and Seth against Cara and I. I think it would be more fun for Cara and I to be against you and Seth."
"We can always play multiple times so we can change teams." Dean points out.
"That's actually a good idea."
"So that's one thing on the list. Anything else?"
"Well since that will most likely be an all day thing, we should definitely go out tonight."
"Sure." He agrees.
"Maybe Cara would like a club since it's been a while since she's been."
"We can do that, sure."
I nod before texting Seth back, telling him what Dean and I agreed on for all of us to do today. We agree with the plan and set a time to meet up.
"Okay, all set now." I say as I put everything away.
"Shall we get ready?"
"I suppose."
The two of us get up and start to get dressed. All I do is get dressed and do my hair and everything else. I leave the makeup off for the day at least, and it'll be saved for tonight when we go out. Dean whistles playfully.
"You always do that, no matter what it is I decide to wear." I giggle.
"You always look beautiful." He chuckles.
"Of course."
"Plus you usually blush and you look cute when you blush."
"I am not blushing." I say as I then start to try and hide my face.
"You're hiding which means you're blushing." He smirks.
"No..."
"Yes."
"Well that's all your doing."
"Right." He says amusedly.
I then walk over and hide my face in his neck, since that was easier to do while I waited for the blushing to go away. Dean chuckles and puts his arms around me. He kisses my head and rubs my back. "
"The things you do to me..." I mumble.
"But you love me anyway."
"I do."
"Love you too sunshine."
"So when are we all meeting?" He asks.
"In about 10 minutes. We're going to go to lunch before we go to that laser place."
"So go wait down there now or do we get a few minutes or so of cuddle time?"
"I think you know the answer." I giggle.
He grins before dragging me back over to the bed where he falls back on it, still holding onto me, so I end up laying on him.
"Silly."
"That's me."
I giggle and kiss him.
"How did I get so lucky?"
"I ask myself the same question all the time."
"If we never became friends, we probably wouldn't be where we are right now. And I don't even want to think of that."
"Me either."
"But now that we're here, and together, I'm happy that we can now make this journey through our careers here together."
"Right. From now on."
"You know, before you even got here, I was wondering when you would make it here. You definitely belong here, that's for sure."
"Thanks." He smiles.
"You're very welcome."
We fall into silence and lay together comfortably until it's time to go. After being there for almost the entire 10 minutes, we grab what we need before heading down to the lobby where we would be meeting Cara and Seth. We find them sitting on the edge of the pretty fountain in the middle of the lobby. When we reach them, we greet them both.
"Hey. Ready for lunch?" Cara smiles.
"Definitely. Slept through breakfast today so I'm starving." I nod.
Seth and her get up and the four of us head out for lunch.
"So since we all are going out tonight, I say you and I help each other with what to wear." I say to you from the back seat.
"Sure thing." I agree.
"And since we're going to be in each other's room to do so...you two can't be peeking." I tell the guys.
"Aww."
"It'd be a lot easier if we were home, but that's okay."
"Right."
"You two could always do something in the hotel to stay busy while we pick things out to wear tonight too."
"Yeah we could."
"Won't be for long."
"Right."
It isn't long until we reach a place to have lunch at, heading inside and being seated, then going through the usual routine. Lunch goes smoothly and once that is over, we drive to the laser place.
"This should be fun."
"I'm excited, it looked so cool on the website." Cara bounces on her toes as we get out of the car.
"And it sparked Dean's interest, so you can thank him for pointing it out on the list that was sent to my phone."
"Good choice." She pats his shoulder.
"And he also suggested that we can do everything multiple times on different teams."
"Ooh good idea!"
"You're on a roll with good ideas today." I laugh.
"Woohoo." Dean cheers jokingly.
"What shall we do first?" I ask as we walk in.
"Hmm...I think mini golf."
"So you two against us first? Or what?"
"Sure, that's fine."
"You know that we're going to win right?"
"Oh please." Cara laughs.
"Nah, we're winning." Seth remarks.
"Play nice boys." I giggle.
We then head over to the mini golf, paying and getting what we need before starting. We take turns, teasing and joking with each other. Seth and Dean are very competitive as we expected.
"Leave it to them to be competitive over mini golf of all things." I laugh.
"Boys." She says amusedly.
"Probably will be that way with the laser tag too."
"Even more so."
"Oh boy."
"Yup."
"Can't wait until it's me and you against them when we do laser tag another time today."
"That's going to be fun." She giggles.
"We're gonna get them good."
"Oh yes."
"You two gonna keep chatting or are you gonna take your turns?" Seth asks.
"Oh relax." Cara laughs as she steps up to take her turn.
"We were just talking about you two anyway." I remark.
"Oh?"
"Mmhmm."
"What about us?"
"Oh...just things."
"Like what?"
"That's for us to know and for you to never find out."
"Aww."
"You'll live."
"Nu-uh."
"Yes you will."
"It's not anything earth shattering."
"We all have secrets we can't spill."
"Yup." I nod in agreement.
After she takes her turn, I take mine and then we head to the next hole.
"I love this glow in the dark stuff, it's so cool." I say, looking around while the boys take their turns.
"Oh I know right?"
"This is going on our list of places to go whenever we come to town."
"Oh yes."
"We've only done one thing but it's turning out to be a blast."
"Definitely."
We get to the last hole and the boys are taunting each other, trying to throw each other off their game since they're tied.
"Ohh them." I shake my head amusedly.
"Our boys." She giggles.
"Wonder who will win exactly."
"I have no clue."
"Oh this is gonna be fun with different teams."
"Yeah."
After all the taunting and throwing each other off, in the end Seth had won. I comfort a sulking Dean while Cara's attacked by a happy Seth.*
"This is how it's going to be whenever you win isn't it?" She giggles.
"Yup!"
"Gonna be attacked everytime. Oh joy." She says amused.
"You know you enjoy it." Seth nuzzles her neck.
"You better believe I'm getting you back in the laser tag." Dean says to him.
"Bring it on man." Seth grins.
"Oh boy."
"Play nicely boys."
"I really don't think that's possible." I shake my head.
"Good point." She sighs.
"It'll be a lot better tonight when there's no need to be competitive."
"Right."
"Oh yes." I smirk.
"And they don't know that we're planning it."
"Nope."
"Might be in for it later though. But it's worth it."
"Totally." Cara giggles.
Since we were done with the mini golf, we made our way out of there, returned everything and then made our way to the laser tag.
"Try not to be violent or swear." Cara says to Seth and Dean.
"Like we could anyway..."
"Still."
"You'll have plenty of chances to win if we're gonna be on different teams every game we play." I add.
"Exactly." Cara nods.
"So just have fun with it."
"We will."
When we get there we do the usual before heading in, being shown an instruction video about everything before being able to gear up, before heading in to the course.
"What teams first?" Cara asks.
"Hmm, well since I want to get him back for the mini golf thing, how about you and I team together for this first?" Dean suggests.
"If you want to." Cara says amusedly.
"Have fun with him." I laugh.
"You too."
When we go in, we head off to different sides of the room because of the teams.
"When they let us go, we should head upstairs. There should be some good spots up there." Cara says.
"I like your thinking."
"I play laser tag quite a bit." I laugh lightly.
Well then...I'm glad I decided to team up with you this time."
"You should be."
"We so got this. I am not losing this time."
Cara just laughs.
"Well you won't lose with me on your team."
He grins. Their chatting is interrupted by a loud voice declaring the start of the game.
"Alright, let's head to the top."
She nodes and they crouch down, sneaking up to the next level. They pick a spot to stay in and then they both look around for any sign of Seth and I down below. They don't see anything yet so they stay busy, taking out some of the other people playing.
"Hah, suckers."
Dean snickers as she cackles quietly.
"Aha, I spot them."
"Ooh where?"
"They're coming through right over there." He points.
"Open fire!" She says dramatically.
He chuckles and then they do so, hitting us with every shot they got. She can hear Seth cursing with PG rated phrases as his vest keeps going off the second it reboots.
"Hah, we're so winning this now." She remarks.
"You're good woman." Dean laughs.
"Why thank you."
"You're welcome."
"He's going to think you're the one shooting him and it's not." She snickers.
"Sneaky sneaky."
"Mwahahaha."
"Want him to keep believing it's me even after we're done or are you gonna tell him it's you?"
"Well of course I'm going to tell him. Like I would miss out on the hilarious face he's going to make?"
"True."
"It's fun to mess with him anyway." She giggles.
"I bet it is."
"Aww he finally dropped out of sight." She pouts.
"You'll get him again. Just keep an eye out."
"Right."
"Should take pointers from me and what I just did and get Sere." She laughs.
"Sure why not." Dean chuckles.
"She won't know what's going on either if you do what I just did."
He nods in agreement.
"Let's go to the other side, they're probably over there."
"Alright." He agrees.
They do so and look around for us again. When they spot us again, they both start shooting at us, doing what she did to Seth just moments ago. There's PG rated cursing again, causing Dean and her to laugh.
"Okay, it's got to be them. Where are they?" I remark.
"I can't see anything for sure." Seth remarks, one eye twitching.
"Well there's a second level. Maybe that's where they are."
"That makes sense."
"Oh are they in trouble."
"We'll get them."
"Oh darn they moved again."
"Sneaky."
They didn't know that we were making our way to the upper level where they were, until they were getting shot at. They turned to see us, laughing as we were getting them.
"Took you long enough to get payback." She laughs.
"Had to figure out where you were."
Then we hear the loud voice again, declaring game over and announcing the winning team. And since Dean and Cara had gotten the most shots in on us, that was their team that had won.
"She's good." Dean chuckles, nudging her as we all file out to the main area.
"Yeah, what were you doing exactly in there? I couldn't even shoot back." Seth asks.
"Give you my secrets? Oh no. Its far more fun to make you curse." She grins at Seth.
"Well clearly you were doing something."
Seth looks at Dean.
"Come on, what did you do?"
"Wasn't him." She giggles.
"Then it was you."
We put our current vests up and wait with the next group to be assigned different ones. Seth grabs her and pulls her to him.
"Guilty." She laughs.
"I thought so."
"You're very cute when you get frustrated." She pats his cheek.
"As you've told me before."
"Right."
"But this round, you're sticking with me."
"Sure thing my ninja." She giggles.
"That way you can't get me like that again."
"I could but it would hurt my score." She laughs.
"Exactly."
"You'll be safe this time." She giggles.
"From you. Us on the other hand..." Dean trails off with a smirk.
"True but we'll see what happens." She replies.
"I think I'll be on the winning team again."
"We'll see about that."
"Well I know your trick so...I may just use it against you now."
"You can try."
"I'll just get you back, so be prepared." She adds.
"Bring it on."
Once everything was settled and the teams are made again, we put the vests on for a second time and head in, finding spots to stay in until the round starts.
"These get in the way of hugging." Seth eyes the vests.
"Now you know how I feel when you have to wear your tactical vest for work. Granted, it's not as bulky as this, but still gets in the way."
"I get it now."
"Just one more game of this and then we won't have to wear them anymore."
"Okay."
"Then you can hug me all you want."
"I plan on it."
"I figured as much."
It wasn't long before the round had begun and Cara and Seth headed off to find Dean and I. It's like a game of tag, the four of us chasing each other and seeing who cam get in the most shots. At the end of the round we do get our scores and we see that this time, Dean and I had the most
"Oh look at that."
"Lucky." I shrug.
"One more round. You and I so have this in the bag." I say to her.
"Of course." She grins.
"Oh you think so?" Seth questions.
"Yup." She nods.
"And we don't think so, we know so." I add.
"We'll see about that. You're going down." Dean says.
"That's what you think."
"You'll see." I giggle.
We go through the same process as the previous rounds, and this time you and I are more sneaky than before. We end up sneaking up behind them, following them, and shoot them before ducking behind a wall to hide so they wouldn't see who was shooting them. It takes a lot for us to stay quiet as they keep looking around angrily. We then peek around the wall to see what they're doing and that ended up being a bad idea as we were spotted. So we quickly move from where we are the best we could, trying to get away from them. We keep that up for the rest of the round, before that too is over. Neither one of us won, but we all ended up tied with the points.
"Nice. Seems though that Dean and I made the best team." Cara says as we compare the different printouts of each game.
"Seem so." He nods.
They high five and laugh.
"Definitely benefited from being on a team with her. She knows a lot of tricks." Dean remarks.
"I worked at a roller rink in high school and they had a laser tag place in there too. Not big but big enough to have a small upper level. I learned a lot watching people and playing myself." I shrug.
"Well still."
"Right."
"So, what next?"
"The maze."
We all nod and then head in that direction. She takes the chance to snuggle up to Seth as we go into the maze.
"So much better." He says.
"Mmhmm." She agrees as he gives her a squeeze.
"This maze should be fun."
"Uh-huh."
"Definitely going to be sleep good tonight after this day."
"Yeah, that's for sure."
"How late do you want to stay out tonight anyway?"
"I'm not picky. However late you want." She shrugs.
"It'll probably be until one of us or most of us are getting tired."
"Probably."
We stick together for the maze, working together on getting to the end of it. Even though Seth at times wanted to just be his ninja self and climb the walls to get through the dead ends we came across.
"Goofy ninja." She says amusedly.
"I just think it would be easier to climb the dead end walls rather than turn around and go back."
"Dean and Sere aren't climbers like us you know. Besides climbing might mess up the paintings on the walls and we'd get in trouble." She points out.
"Darn."
"Maybe sometime soon we can find rock climbing or something like that to do." She pats his shoulder.
"I do like that idea."
"Of course you do." She giggles.
"Probably wouldn't be able to get him off the rock climbing wall." I laugh.
"Oh I know just how to." She smirks.
"Ooooh."
Seth looks at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Couch." She states.
"Awww, that's not fair."
Dean starts snickering.
"Then listen when I ask you to come down off the climbing wall." She shrugs.
"Seems like you'll have no choice."
Seth punches Dean in the arm.
"Shut up man, you know Serenity would do the same thing to you."
"I'll be honest, I most likely would." I nod.
Dean goes quiet and Seth gives him a triumphant look.
"But that will only be if you make me mad or whatever. Which you haven't done yet so you don't need to worry."
"Right."
It took us some time, but we finally made it to the end of the maze.
"Finally."
"It was fun though."
"It was." I nod.
"Back to the hotel to relax for a while?"
"I like that idea." Dean grins.
"Me too." Seth remarks.
"Figured."
"Boys." She says amusedly.
"Well it'll give them enough time before we have to get ready for tonight."
"Right, I know."
Since we were done with everything, we had headed back out to the car and headed back to the hotel for a bit to relax before going out later.
"Better now?" She teases Seth once they're in their hotel room, curled up in bed.
"Yes, much better."
She giggles and snuggles into him more.
"That was fun though."
"It was."
"But now it's cuddle time. Again."
"Until we go out tonight to have more fun."
"Right."
"I do plan on doing something real fun while we're there though." She smirks.
"Uh-oh, I'm not sure I like the sound of that."
"You'll see."
"No hints?"
"Well it does involve Sere and myself..."
"That doesn't really help much."
"Well I say anything else it'll give it away."
"Darn."
"We actually planned it during mini golf today so..."
"I see."
"But you'll survive to see what we planned."
"I suppose." Seth says dramatically.
"Oh so dramatic."
"I love you too."
"You know I love you."
"I know." He smiles.
"So, gonna tell me how you kept me from being able to get you back in that first round of laser tag?" He adds.
"What happens if I don't tell you?" She asks, giggling.
"I'll give you the look that always gets you to spill anything."
She raises an eyebrow.
"You know...this look..." He trails off as he starts to pout, adding in the eyes.
"Not this time." She pats his cheek.
"Awww."
"Very cute though." She giggles, giving him a quick kiss.
"I try."
"Nah, you're just naturally cute."
"Touche."
She squeals softly as he nips at her ear.
"Something I couldn't do back there today..." He mumbles.
"Mmhmm."
"I'm gonna have to behave tonight aren't I?"
"I think you know the answer to that."
"Yes."
"Mmhmm. If things get out of hand, I'm sure we can catch a cab or something."
"True."
"I know it'll be hard for you to control yourself." She says amusedly.
"Depending on what you're wearing."
"You'll see."
"How much longer?"
"A little while."
"I can try to last."
"Oh you'll be fine."
"I know."
"Touchy." She says as his hands wander lazily.
"Always."
"Your skin is so soft." He muses.
"I like lotion. You've seen my bath and body collection." She says.
"I have." He nods.
"That's why I'm soft."
"I like it."
"I know you do."
"Smells good too."
"That too." She giggles.
"What kind did you use this time?"
"Sun ripened raspberry."
"Oooh."
"There's several raspberry ones. I like most of them."
"Of course."
She shifts against Seth, giggling when he bites his lip.
"Killing me here."
"Sorry."
"You just love to torture me."
"It's fun."
"For you."
"You get plenty of payback."
"I do." He nods.
"So I think we're even."
"Yeah, I think so too."
She steals a quick kiss before settling into her new spot.
"How did it feel to be on a winning team today?" I ask Dean since he basically had dragged me over to the bed so he could be cuddly the rest of the time.
"It was fun." He grins.
"Too bad about you losing mini golf though."
"I'll win next time."
"Right."
"You have fun today?" He asks.
"I did."
"I'm glad."
"But now I'm happy to have you all to myself for a bit."
"Of course."
"And I know you're happy about that too."
"Yes I am. I love spending time just the two of us."
"Which is why I love the time off in between work schedules now."
"Me too. Especially when we can escape to one of our places."
"Exactly."
"Which we should do soon."
"We can tomorrow, if not then wait until next week."
"Sure."
"I do believe in two weeks, I'm being booked for the NXT TV tapings though. So that'll be one day during our days off where I need to work." He adds.
"Oh okay."
"But we can still be home...at the condo. And the taping is at night anyway so we'll have the whole day to ourselves."
"Good point."
"Hmm, then that means I'll have the chance to dress to impress you that night."
"I like the sound of that."
"It feels nice to be able to do that now just for you."
"I appreciate the gesture, believe me."
"Oh I know."
"Other guys can look but I get to touch. Plus you go home with me, not them."
"That's right."
"Love you." He nuzzles my neck.
"You know I love you too."
"I know."
"Having fun?" I ask as he has the fingers of one of his hands laced with mine, and he's tracing patterns along my skin.
"Of course I am."
"Keeps me busy enough so I won't be marking your neck up again. As much as I'm tempted, I know the current one has to go away first." He adds.
"Smart man." I grin.
"I have my moments.
I giggle and kiss his cheek.
"I think you missed."
"Do you? Because I don't think so."
"I think so." He nods.
"Nah, I think I meant to go there." I tease.
"Aww come on." He pouts.
"I'm only teasing you know."
He continues pouting though I can tell he's being dramatic.
"You're adorable when you pout." I grin.
"Only for you."
"Just like how you like being dramatic...only for me. Yes I know, you were being dramatic with that pouting."
"Darn." He chuckles.
"But, I suppose that gets you a real kiss from me."
Dean cheers and I laugh.
"Goof." I say before pressing my lips to his like he wanted.
"Your goof." He says after I pull away.
"Yes you are."
"For a long time."
"Exactly."
I cuddle into him and sigh contentedly. The rest of the time, we spend laying there like that. That's when I get a text from Cara, saying that it's that time to start getting ready.
"Alright, Cara and I have to get ready. Are you and Seth going to keep yourselves busy for a bit or just stay in the rooms as we go to and from them?" I ask.
"I'll see what he says." Dean says before texting Seth.
I nod as we wait for Seth's reply.
"We can find something else to do, he says. It'll make the surprise better."
"Alright. Gonna get ready first or wait?"
"First."
"Oh good, I get to see what you're wearing first." I grin as he moves from the bed.
He chuckles while going to his clothes. After he finds something, he heads into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. I sit there anxiously as I wait. He comes out a few minutes later and lets me look him over.
"I love it."
"Good to hear."
"Never fail to be a distraction."
"It's fun." Dean chuckles.
"Touche. Just wait until I find what I should wear tonight."
"Can't wait to see it. I'll be back in a bit then." He says as he gets his shoes. Once he has those, he grabs his jacket that he always wears, then comes over to me and kisses me quick before heading out.
Shortly after that, Cara arrives to help me get ready.
"So, this should be fun."
"Oh yes." She giggles.
"He was already dressed to be distracting so I have to do the same."
"I know the feeling."
"Oh boy, how distracting was Seth?" I snicker.
"Very."
"Oooh."
"Jeans, a dress shirt, and a vest."
"I repeat...oooooh."
"Uh-huh."
"Well Dean's dressed the same way, minus the vest."
"Nice."
"This one, definitely." She adds, picking out a dress for me.
"That's perfect." I agree.
I take it, and pick out other things to go with it, the common things before going to change into it. Once that was done, along with everything else, and I had shoes on that were also picked out, I walk out.
"Gorgeous lovely." She smiles.
I grin, and thank her.
"And now let's go get you ready."
"Right." She agrees.
We then leave the room and head to hers, heading inside and doing the same routine with her to help her get ready.
"Perfect." She declares as she looks in the mirror afterwards.
"I couldn't agree more."
"Shall we go knock our boys off their feet?" She grins.
"We shall."
We put on our jackets and leave to meet the boys. Since Seth had told her where he would be with Dean, she knew where to go, and that's where we had gone. When we get there, their backs are turned to us, so we get their attention for them to turn around. We purposely left our jackets open so they could get a look at what we're wearing and look they do, their eyes going up and down several times.
"We've done it again." I grin.
"We're just that good." She laughs.
"Yes we are." I nod.
We high five and laugh.
"Okay boys, you can stop before you drool."
"Haha very funny."
"Yes, it would have been."
They give us exasperated looks. We giggle.
"What? It's true."
"You get to torture us with your outfits, we get to torture you with ours. The drooling would be a plus."
She nods in agreement.
"But are we gonna get going or are you going to stand there staring all night?"
"Let's go."
As we walk past them, we take their hands and then we all head out to the car, get in and off to the nearest club. We get in the club easily, being recognized by the bouncers at the door. Once inside, we find a table to sit at, heading there and deciding to sit for a bit before doing anything.
"I like their decor. Very cool."
"Definitely." I nod.
"It's nicer than some of the ones we've been to in the past." Dean says.
"Right."
"Drinks?" Seth asks.
"Good idea. Yes, please."
Seth takes the drink orders and he and Dean go to the bar.
"So Dean tells me that he, Seth and Roman might have NXT TV tapings to do in a couple weeks." I say.
"Yeah I heard. Should be interesting."
"Any time we get to go home to warmer weather, I'll take it."
"Yeah I know. Me too."
It's not long before the guys come back to the table with drinks in hand, setting them down on the table, ours in front of us before they sit back down. We thank them and take sips.
"So, when is this thing you two have planned going to happen?" Seth asks.
"It was just the outfits really." She shrugs.
"But if we come up with anything else, that'll be something you'll have to wait to find out." I add.
"Of course." He and Dean roll their eyes a little.
"Can't tell you all our secrets."
"That would ruin our fun." Cara giggles.
"Exactly."
"Yeah yeah."
"Well I'm ready to go dance, what about you?" Seth asks her.
"Sure." She agrees.
"You coming?" She asks Dean and I.
"Yeah, in a bit." I nod.
They nod and head to the dance floor.
"This was a good idea...coming here." Seth says as they reach the floor.
"Mmhmm." She smiles.
"I know your plan was to get me back with that dress you're wearing, and it's working."
"I knew it would." She laughs.
"Of course."
"It's fun to tease you." She says, playing with his ponytail.
"I've come to realize that." He chuckles.
"You tease me right back so it's mutual fun."
"Yes, yes it is."
"Silly goose." She pats his cheek.
"Always."
"Mine." She rubs her nose against his.
"Yes, yours."
She gives him a quick kiss and then lays her head against his shoulder.
"You're being touchy again." I remark as I continue to sip at my drink.
"Can't help it." Dean mutters.
"You never can."
"It's really hard."
"Oops."
"Yeah. You don't help by dressing this way. I like it but it's torture."
"Just getting you back for what you chose to wear."
"True."
"Cara helped pick it out too so..."
"I'll thank her later."
"So do you want to head out onto the floor or are you going to sit here and continue to give me goosebumps with your touches?"
"Hmm, decisions decisions." He chuckles.
"Take your time."
He waits for another minute or so before getting up and offering his hand to me.
"Just remember...have to control where your hands go as you can't hide it much out in the open." I say as I take his hand and get up myself, us heading to the floor now.
"Right. I know."
"Just reminding you."
He nods and kisses my cheek. Once we get to the floor, it is a good song that ends up playing, so he pulls me close and we dance along to that. After a while Seth and Cara go to the table for a break. She goes to sit down herself after he does, but she ends up pulled down so that she's sitting on his lap instead.
"Grabby." She teases.
"Because I can be." He chuckles.
"Mmhmm." She settles against him, grabbing her drink and sipping.
"And now I can be as touchy as I want."
"Mostly."
"Well it's easier to hide over here, than out there."
"Plan on taking advantage of that before we decide to leave tonight."
"You would. Insatiable."
"What can I say? It's the dress."
"I could've picked worse. This is pretty modest compared to some of my other dresses."
"Oh really?"
"Yes really."
"When do I get to see those?"
"Eventually."
"Looking forward to it."
"Of course you are." She says amusedly.
"Can you blame me?"
"You know I don't."
"Yes I know."
She continues to rest against Seth while letting her eyes roam over the club.
"You know, it's been a while since I've been to a club." She remarks.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Didn't go to these types of places with Wade, he got jealous too easily. After I broke up with him I just wasn't really interested in it." She shrugs.
"Ohh, I see."
"Yeah, wasn't fun. It is now though."
"Of course."
"Because I have you." She kisses Seth's cheek.
"Always." He grins.
"Love you." She nuzzles his cheek.
"Love you too."
*He nuzzles my neck in return and I giggle.*
They spend a good amount of time at the table, taking a break from the dancing. After her drink is gone, she heads back out onto the floor with him. We ended up staying there for a few hours or so, but Dean knew I was getting tired since when we all were sitting at the table together, I tried to hide a yawn.
"She's tired." Cara states, glancing at me.
"Nooo..."
"Oh yes you are."
"You were hiding a yawn there."
"No I wasn't." I say.
"I even saw it Sunshine." Dean points out.
I pout.
"Can't deny it now Sere." Cara giggles.
"Busted." Seth chuckles.
"Alright, fine. I'm tired. It was a long day."
"Time to go then." Dean remarks.
"But we're having so much fun."
"We can do this again soon." He says.
"Okay." I nod.
"Are you two coming?" He asks Seth and Cara.
"We'll be there in a minute or so."
"Alright."
We get up and put our jackets on before heading out to wait in the car for her and Seth to come out.
"Gotta let me up silly." She pats Seth's arms.
"Oh darn."
"You do realize we're going to a place that has more privacy and a lighter dress code right?" She says amusedly.
"Oh I know."
"Then let me up. The quicker we go, the quicker you have that freedom."
He nods and does so, she gets up and grabs her coat and starts to pull it on and he does the same with his. Then they head outside to meet Dean and I. They too get into the car and then we head back to the hotel for the night.