"You're popular," Alicia says with a smile, looking up at yet another notification sound coming from Ricardo's phone.
"Yeah," he says. "Who knew, put some feelers out and everyone comes out of the word work wanting to book me." He twirls a pencil around and looks at her. "Would you be interested in coming to Europe with me in August? There's some offers there, we can take Andre and Sofia. It's not Egypt, but it'll still be fun."
"Sounds great," she agrees. "Are you... do you think Egypt won't happen now?"
"I hope it will," he says, frowning down at his phone as he enters in the newest booking offer to his schedule. "Can't confirm though, COVID's really making things complicated." He sighs. "You'll be the first to know, I promise."
She leans over to kiss him. "I know I will," she murmurs against his mouth. "Can you put that down for a little bit? We'll find something to watch and just relax for awhile. Andre is napping, and I can breathe for a little bit."
"Of course," he says quietly, putting his phone down and shifting to join her on the couch. "Whatcha watching?"
She chuckles and rests her face against his shoulder. "Wahine riders," she confesses. "They're so graceful. I couldn't last five minutes on one of those boards, but look at them."
Ricardo hums, resting his hand on her thigh. "I think you'd do better than you realize."
"You're sweet," she mumbles. "But we both know I'd be taking a dive within a minute."
He chuckles, enjoying the feel of her skin under his hand as they sit and quietly watch the cameramen struggling to catch the various surfing women. When Alicia's weight shifts, settles, he looks down to find her asleep against his arm, breathing deeply and calmly. He reaches over carefully and brushes some of the hair out of her face, examining the peaceful expression on her face. "Love you, Foxy," he murmurs, before turning his attention back to the TV.
There's a lot of good things ahead, some of which he's almost painfully impatient for. But he wouldn't trade this moment for anything. He smiles and lifts Alicia's hand, gently kissing her knuckles.