The next morning, Morgan woke up, stretched, got dressed then went into Carbine's room to wake her. He had carefully opened the door and tip toed over to her bed. He lifted the blankets off of her and whispered into her ear, "Good morning, beautiful lady. Time to get up."

Carbine woke up and saw Morgan standing over her. She smiled, then stretched. She had been wearing some pajamas that Charley had given her. Carbine sat up and was face to face with Morgan.

"What a handsome face to wake up to. How'd you sleep?"

"Like a baby. You?"

"Same. Thank you so much for helping Michelle get Throttle back. I'd hate to find out what she would have done if he couldn't be brought back from Mars."

"Its my pleasure. I don't think she would have hurt herself. I think she would have found a way to get to Mars and bring him home if I hadn't of helped."

"From what Charley told me, Michelle can be unpredictable."

Carbine had gotten out of bed by this time. She followed Morgan out to the kitchen so he could make breakfast for them both.

Carbine sat at the kitchen table while Morgan made coffee and breakfast.

A few mins. later, he brought over a cup of dark roast coffee, then went back to the stove to finish breakfast.

"Carbine, could you give me a hand, please?"

"Sure. What do you need?"

"I need you to get 2 plates down from the cupboard. Right side of the sink. Silverware is on the same side of the sink, in the drawer."

Carbine got everything he asked for and set the table for him. Morgan brought over the pan that had the eggs in.

"How much can you eat? I made plenty and can make more if need be."

She looked at how much was in the pan. "Scoop it all on. I'm starving." So, he scooped all the eggs in the pan onto her plate. She immediately dug into them.

"You weren't kidding. I'm gonna take it that you haven't had a home cooked meal in a long time."

She looked at him and nodded then went back the eggs. Morgan went back to the stove, put more oil in the pan so the eggs won't stick, then grabbed another dozen eggs to cook for himself.

After breakfast, they both went to their rooms and got changed. She had no idea what Morgan had planned for the day.
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He took Carbine on his cherry red motorcycle to the beach for a nice romantic walk. She also didn't know that he had a castle 6 miles away from where they parked. He has his plan all figured out and hoping it don't fail.

When they got to the beach, which was on the Chicago side of Lake Michigan, he parked the bike, got off and then helped Carbine off. They hung the helmets on each side of the bike then walked down to the beach.

"Wow! What a beautiful view. This is one of the places I've been wanting to come to, but been too busy helping Charley."

"Glad I could bring you, pretty lady. There's another place I would like to show you, if you don't mind? Its 6 miles from here. Hope you don't mind the walk."

"Not at all. Been a while since I've been on a nice, quiet walk with a handsome guy."

"There's something I'd like to say to you, but I'm going to wait until we get to our next destination. Its really important to me, but where we're going will set the mood."

Carbine looked at Morgan. "Hopefully, its nothing bad."

"Not at all. Quite the opposite, actually."

"I look forward to hearing what it is, then."
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While on the quiet walk, Carbine noticed that Morgan had squeezed her hand every once in a while. She was starting to pick up on the squeezes and has been figuring out what he wants to say to her.

If she thinks what she's thinking, then she really can't wait to hear it. 'I think he's going to tell me that he loves me. I hope that's what it is cause I feel the same for him, too.'

They were getting closer to their intended destination. She noticed it was a big castle off in the distance.

"Wow! That's a beautiful castle. Who's is it?"

"Mine. Its one of my vacation homes. I have a many vacation homes around the world. I hope to take you to a few of them overseas one day."

"I would like that, Morgan. What else is there to know about the ruggedly handsome Morgan Dragon?"

"What would you like to know, beautiful?"

"Everything. How did you end up on Earth? What made you invest in the Hooters restaurants?"

"A lot of what you wanna know I can't divulge. Damn military contract I signed. I can answer the Hooters restaurant question, though. When I came to Chicago, I had already invested in the Hooters in California. When I walked into the one here, I couldn't believe how bad the floors and walls were. The customers were more than rude to the employees. I knew I had to fix everything wrong with it. So, I threw the old manager out along with the very rude customers and banned them from all the Hooters restaurants for life. I took their pictures and posted them on every Hooters site so the other managers can be aware of them. I own the restaurants, but have different managers to run them. Rimfire is a manager of the one here in Chicago. He moved up quickly from waiter. He's a smart kid."

Carbine smiled. "Yeah, he is. Modo is the only family he has left. Rimfire's twin sister, Primer hasn't been seen since the war started."

"How has Rimfire been handling it?"

"After 2 years, he moved on and made sure he made his family proud."

"Modo looked very proud of his nephew."

"He is very proud. He was shocked to find out that he moved in with his girlfriend, but glad they have separate bedrooms."

"Like I said, he's a smart kid."

They were almost to the castle as they continued to talk about different things. Carbine talked a little about herself until they reached the castle drawbridge.

"Give me a few. I have to lower the drawbridge. Wait here, please."

Carbine nodded and watched Morgan head into the side entrance to lower the drawbridge.
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After the bridge was down, Morgan walked over to Carbine and took her hand, then lead her inside. He gave her the grand tour of the place.

He gave her a detailed history of the castle, why it's in Chicago. Shocked would not explain what Carbine was feeling. She was in awe of how much Morgan knew when it came to history, especially Earth history.

"I have a lot to learn about Earth history. This castle is beautiful, Morgan. Throttle and the guys have been here for a long time and never noticed this before."

"That's because I keep it cloaked. I didn't want anyone knowing about it, especially Limburger. This castle is made up of some of the materials he was needing for his planet. I wasn't going to let that happen."

"I can understand that, especially with all the history behind it. It's a very interesting and beautiful castle. I look forward to many vacations here."

"I'd be happy to give you an Earth history lesson sometime, just not today. I have special plans for you, my dear."

"I look forward to what you have planned for me. Sounds like fun."

"Oh, it will be, my dear. It will be." Then he guided her to the master bedroom to start in on the fun they'll have later the same night.
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Once they were in the master bedroom, Morgan showed Carbine where the bathroom was in case she wanted to take a shower first.

"Do you plan to join me or what?"

"I thought you wanted me to be a gentleman?"

"Only in the mornings. I want to feel those strong arms all over me."

"Mmmm, I want to feel your body against mine, too."

Carbine guided Morgan to the bed and he started to undress her slowly. He would leave little kisses here and there as he was taking articles of clothing off her body.

Carbine wanted him to rip her clothes off and ravage her body. Being around him ignited a once was lost fire inside her. She couldn't wait to feel him inside her.