Part Four
They were about done with lunch and Marron hardly ever stopped talking. She was so excited about what was in store for her in these next two weeks, she couldn't hold it in any longer. "So, this first week I only stay in the mornings," she told him and then took a sip of her drink. "But then next week I'll get to stay an extra two hours and go out on the boat with him. They have this pod of dolphins tagged."
"Really?" JC asked interested. "How long have they been following them?"
"For about five years. They have every dolphin named and everything."
"That's awesome."
"Hey, maybe you can come out sometime," she suggested.
"On the boat?" he asked with his brows raised.
"Yeah, if its okay with them, which I'm sure it will be. They're real nice."
"I would love to," he smiled. "Thanks Mar."
"Sure," she said. "I've been boring you for the past hour about it, I might as well show you."
JC laughed. "You haven't been boring me, Mar. You're just excited. You get me to talk about music and I won't stop talking either."
Marron smiled up at him. He was truly a great person. Always listened to what she had to say, never looked bored with her and he was a gentlemen, too. Opened doors for her, bought her drinks, held out chairs for her. Cevin did that too of course, but she could tell it was hard for him to remember at times. Almost as if he tried to hard. But with JC, it was like a natural thing. Like breathing in and out. "Thanks."
"Sure," he said with a wink before taking another sip of his drink.
"Oh, hey there's Ashley," she said when she saw her sister walking by their breezeway. "Ashley!"
Ashley stopped and turned towards the sound of her voice and saw JC and Marron at one of the lunch tables. She smiled softly as she made her way to their table. "My, my, don't ya'll spend a lot of time together," she teased as she sat next to JC.
"You're sister is kidnapping me," JC said with a chuckle. "I can't help it."
"I am not," she exclaimed and playfully kicked him under the table.
"Ow," he laughed as he rubbed his shins. "Just teasin."
"Where's' Mr. Clean?" Ash asked curiously.
"Funny you should ask," JC laughed. "He's in bed with a hangover."
Ashley busted out laughing and JC and Marron joined her. "Oh... that's great," she said. "Can I mess with him?" she asked all of a sudden.
"Ash," Marron warned. "That's not..."
"Hell yeah," JC chimed in. "What should we do?"
Ashley laughed as she placed a hand on JC's back. "I definitely like this guy..... hmm, let's see." She smiled when she saw the metal pitcher filled with ice cold water. "Perfect," she said as she lifted the pitcher to JC as if she was toasting him.
"Oh that's great," he chuckled.
"We can't just take that out of here," Marron said as she started to look around the room. "They won't let us."
"Then we'll just have to sneak it out," she said and then eyed the man at the front. He looked kind of young. No wedding ring and smiled when he started talking with a younger woman. And a flirt... perfect. "JC, take the pitcher and you and Marron walk out while I distract that guy."
"Got it," he said as the three of them stood up. "She's evil."
"Tell me about it," Marron said when she watched her sister walk over to the young man. As soon as the man caught eye of Ashley he was in a trance.
"Oh, this is gonna be a piece of cake," JC said and then grabbed Marron's hand. "Come on."
Marron laughed as they slowly made their way through the crowd and when they got to the front they slowed down and made sure they walked quietly. JC winked at Ashley before they disappeared around the corner.
Ashley smiled. "Yeah, yeah, that's great," she said and interrupted his boring speech about how her eyes reflected against the lights. "But I gotta run...see ya."
"Uh... maybe I'll see ya around?" he asked as she watched her run off and sighed when she was already gone.
Ashley met JC and Marron at their hallway. "Hey good work sis," Marron said with a smile.
"That guy would flirt with anything with boobs."
"Him and Joey should get together for a few drinks," JC said.. "Okay, are we ready?"
"Oh as ready as I'll ever be," she said and then took the pitcher from JC. "And I get to do the honors."
"By all means," JC said and then rubbed his hands together. "Let's go."
The Kennedy sisters followed JC down the hall and Marron's eyes widened when he opened their door. "Hey, you live right next to us," she pointed out.
JC looked at her. "Yeah, I know...didn't Ashley tell you?"
"No, she forgot to mention it," Marron said as she eyed her.
She shrugged. "Sorry, I forgot."
"Come on," JC said as he opened the door and they followed. "Hope he's still asleep."
"He better be," Ashley asked. "This his room?" When JC nodded she slowly opened the door to see Justin still sound asleep under the covers. "Perfect." She looked behind her. "Ya'll coming."
JC shook his head. "Oh no, I know what he's like in the morning, you're on your own kiddo."
"Um...I think I'll just stay here, too."
Ashley rolled her eyes. "Wimps," she said and then closed the door behind her.
"She has NO idea who's she's messing with," JC said with a smile. "Come on let's go sit in the den and pretend like we had nothing to do with it."
In the room, Ashley slowly made her way to the bed. She froze when he turned onto his back, but then sighed in relief when he was still. She slowly climbed up on the bed and careful stood up and straddled his waist. "Rise and Shine, pretty boy," she said and then tilted the pitcher slowly and the stream of water splattered on his bare chest.
Justin gasped in shock as his eyes flung open and he thrashed in his sheets when the water continued to fall on him. "HOLY SHIT THAT'S COLD!"
JC and Marron both stopped talking when they heard Justin's blood curdling scream. They looked at each other and busted out laughing.
"That ought to wake you up," Ashley said with a wink.
Justin looked up to see Ashley peering over him with the pitcher still in her hand. "Princess, you're gonna wish you’d never been born," he said and then lunged up, grabbed her wrists and yanked her down on top of him.
Ashley shrieked as she fell against him and the wet sheets clung to her bare legs and stomach since she was in her swimsuit. "Damn you, Justin!"
"You want to have a war," he said as she continued to struggle against him. "We'll have one."
"Let me go!" she yelled and then tried to get away from him. Since her hands were locked and he had her legs pinned with his own, there was only one thing left to do. She leaned down and bit him on the neck.
"OW!" Justin yelped in pain. "You BIT me."
"No shit and I'll do it again if you don't...." She was cut off when Justin rolled her over her back, pinned her wrists above her head. "Dammit, get OFF me!"
"So you can bite me again?" he asked and pressed his body tighter against her. "Don't think so."
Ashley almost groaned at the feel of his body pushing against hers, but she managed to hold it in. "You're an ASSHOLE."
"Awww, is that how you really feel?" he asked and then pushed her wrists further into the bed causing her chest to arch against his. "I'm crushed."
Ashley stared up at him and decided to play his game. "Alright fine," she said as she slowly began to relax her body. Her breathing started to slow down, but she still felt Justin's rapid breath on her lips. "You obviously are enjoying this, so I'll stop resisting."
When her body relaxed, she all of a sudden felt warm and soft beneath him. She felt damn good. But he ignored it. "Enjoying this? You think I enjoy getting water poured on me."
"No," she said calmly. "But what if JC did it."
"He'd be a dead man," he said not realizing how close their lips were.
"But you wouldn't have him pinned like this?" she whispered. "You're taking advantage of the situation."
Alright, she wanted to play games, he'll play her game. "Of course I am," he said and then he relaxed his body and the corner of his mouth lifted when her eyes widened. "You're a beautiful woman, Ash....may be a pain in my side, but..." He leaned down and nuzzled her neck. "But you're beautiful."
Ashley opened her mouth to moan, groan... anything, but nothing came out. She couldn't believe he was doing this to her and she couldn't believe she wasn't pushing him away. She then jumped when he kissed her neck softly.
"Ashley?" he whispered and kissed her again.
"Y..Yeah?" she asked as she closed her eyes.
Justin froze and finally pulled back and looked down at her. She finally opened her eyes and gazed up at him. "Get out," he finally said and then rolled off of her and walked in the bathroom and slammed the door behind him.
Ashley laid there in shock for a second and then anger swept over her. She let out a angry growl and threw a pillow at the door. "Bastard!" she yelled and then ran out of the room trying her best not to cry.
"How'd it go Ash?"
"Just PEACHY," she yelled and then storm out of the room.
JC and Marron flinched when the door slammed and looked at each other curiously. "What the hell happened?" Marron finally asked.
"I have no clue," JC said with a sigh. "But ten bucks says they argue their way in bed by the end of the vacation time."
"I bet thirty," Marron mumbled and then JC shared a look and busted out laughing.
Later that afternoon, JC found himself walking along the shoreline. He wasn't particularly going anywhere and that's what he liked best. To just walk along the beach and see where it takes him. Shortly after Ashley paraded out the door, Marron left too, saying that she needed to go check on her. They then said their good-byes and the minute he closed the door he had let out a frustrating sigh. He liked her. He liked her a lot but there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it.
He had been staring at his feet while he walked, not really paying attention to the scenery like he normally does. He had his hands stuffed in the pockets of his swimming trunks as he lazily kicked the sand in front of him. He didn't know exactly what to do about his feelings for Marron. He told himself to just have fun with her and just be her friend, but it was getting harder and harder with every second that went by. He only met her yesterday and he knew he was already in trouble. How the hell is he going to survive two weeks?
He sighed as he looked up at the ocean, staring at the waves breaking as he kept walking. He smiled when he saw a couple of kids playing in the shallow pool that the tide had created. There was a little boy who was probably about three years old playing in the water with a water gun in hand. The older kids, which he assumed was the little boys older brothers, were thrashing in the water to see who could dunk who. It reminded him of him of how him and Tyler use to be. They were still like that but they have become less immature through the years. He smiled as he turned his head to continue venturing on, but his foot ran into a pair of legs, which caused him to loose his balance. "Whoa shit," he exclaimed as he fell over the pair of legs and landed face first in the sand.
"Well, that was graceful," Marron said with a teasing smile as she looked up from her paper.
JC lifted his face up from the sand and looked up at her. "Keep it on the down low, okay?"
She chuckled and then continued to write. "You're secret's safe with me, stud."
He grinned as he sat up and brushed as the sand grain off his face. "What ya writing?" He asked as he scooted up next to her. "A poem or something?"
"No, I'm trying my best to describe the scenery around me," she said as she looked up at him and smiled. "It's for my grandfather, he's always wanted to come here."
He smiled. "That's nice. Hey, now you can write. 'Sexy, desirable guy is now sitting next to me.' That would sound good."
"How bout, 'Sexy, desirable guy is now sitting next to me after he so gracefully tripped over my legs and fell face first in the sand?"
He pouted. "I like mine better."
Marron laughed. "Doesn't matter anyway, I'm just writing scenery."
JC looked down at the paper. "You're writing about the kids playing in the water and that's not scenery."
"Well...they're part of the scenery," she explained.
"And I'm not?"
Marron laughed at the look of his sand covered face. He looked ridiculous. "Go play and the surf and you will be."
"Okay," he grinned and then stood up and brushed off his swim trunks. "I'll go be part of the scenery, you better write good things about me."
"I'll do my best," she laughed and then watched him walk towards the surf. "He's too cute," she said out loud with a sigh. She watched him wade in the surf, slowly walking over to the kids. The little boy saw him and aimed his water gun at him. "Bang bang!" He yelled as he squirted him. JC froze, put a hand over his heart and fell backwards into the water. Marron laughed as she started to write. She was definitely going to keep this letter for herself.
Ashley pictured Justin Timberlake's face as she punched the big bean bag that was dangling on a chain. She was so mad at what happened. She couldn't sit still, so she decided to go to their gym to see what they had to offer. She had grinned like a school girl when she saw the punching bag. She's taken enough kickboxing classes in the past to know what she was doing. She then spun her back foot and kicked the bag with her other leg.
"Whoa, I hope I'm not the one you're picturing."
Ashley looked up long enough to see a older man, probably around twenty five grinning at her. He had a full set of jet black hair and his gray tank top was sweaty from his recent work out. "As long as you're not bald you're fine," she said and then spun and kicked the bag again.
The guy touched his head. "Nope, I'm good."
She didn't crack a smile, all she could think about was Justin and kicking the living shit out of him. "What's your name?" She heard the guy ask.
She stopped for a second to catch her breath. "Ashley," she said and then pounded the bag with her fist.
"Ashley, that's pretty," he said with a smile.
"Thanks," she mumbled as she kept pumping her fists back and forth against the bag.
"My name's Steve," he finally said hinting he wanted to talk.
She finally gave up and let out a tiring sigh as she looked at him. He really wasn't all that bad looking, maybe he was what she needed this trip. "Nice to meet you, Steve," she breathed.
"Are you here on vacation?"
"Yeah, with my sister," she said as she bent over to catch her breath. "You?"
"Business," he said and then glanced at his watch. "And I have a meeting in an hour so I gotta run."
"Oh, okay," she said when she straightened.
"Um...what are you doing tonight?"
She shrugged. "Nothing, why?"
"Wanna go clubbing tonight with me and a few of my friends?"
She hesitated at first, because she didn't know this guy, but then shrugged. Why not, he seemed friendly enough and he was nice to look at. "Sure, why not."
"Good," he said. "I'll see you tonight, meet me at the lobby at ten?"
"I'll be there," she said and then turned back toward the back. She quickly spun on her back leg and gave the punching bag one more forceful kick before walking out of the gym.
"So how was I?" JC asked with a grin as he peered over her.
Marron smiled at the wet formation in front of her. "You were the perfect scenery."
He plopped next to her. "Can I read it?"
She closed her notebook. "Nope."
"Hey, why not?!" he exclaimed as he tried to reach for it.
Marron pulled it away and then slipped it in her beach bag. "Because it's for my grandfather, and last time I checked you're not him."
He grinned. "You probably don't want me to see it, because you wrote about how hot I looked and how you want me, right?"
Marron looked at him weird while he grinned and wiggled his eyebrows. "Alright, I can't hide it anymore. I want you."
"Score," he said as he got up on his feet and tugged her to stand up. "Now let's go neck behind the dunes."
Marron laughed as she stood up. "I'm not going anywhere with you, stud."
He pouted. "Alright, well at least come play in the surf with me. Ever body surf?"
"Umm, lemme think....NO!"
"Well, you're going to today," he said as he grabbed her hand and led her to the water.
"No, JC...I can't, I've never done that before," she said as she started to pull at his hand.
"It's fun!" he assured her. "I'll tell you what to do. We're going to swim out to the first sandbar, so you're not going to be able to touch the ground for a minute or so."
Marron stopped and started to turn away. "Not gonna happen."
"Uh huh," he said as he swung around her causing her to walk into him. He placed his hands on her waist and looked down at her. "Come on, it'll be fun trust me."
She looked up at him and sighed. How can she resist those blue eyes and pleading smile? Plus the feel of him against her was enough for her to turn into puddy in his hands. "Alright FINE."
He grinned like a little boy and then laughed softly when he saw the worry in her eyes. "Don't worry," he said as he cupped her face softly and then kissed her forehead. "I'll be right there with you."
Marron closed her eyes at the feel of his warm lips on her skin. He was absolutely killing her! "Okay," she finally said and smiled up at him. "Let's surf!"
That's my girl!" he exclaimed and then grabbed her hand and led her in the surf. They started to jump the small waves as they got deeper into the ocean. "Here, do this," JC said when he saw a wave coming towards him. Just as it was about to break he dove right under it, while Marron turned her back towards it and jumped. "See, it's easier."
"I don't know," she said uneasily.
"Come ooon...bawk bawk bawk," he clucked and then dove under another wave.
"Okay, that's it," she said angrily and then took a deep breath as she waited for the wave to come. "No one bawks at me." She then took a deep breath and dove under a passing wave. She came up to see JC cheering her on. "Oh my GOD, that was SO fun...I wanna do it again!"
JC laughed at her enthusiasm. "Well do it girl," he said and then dove under the wave.
Marron giggled and dove under as well. "This is so fun!"
JC smiled. "Okay, it's getting deeper now and it's calm right here, there's no waves or anything."
"Okay," she said as she sunk down to see if she could touch, but her foot only touched water. "Nope, I can't touch."
"I can't either," he laughed as they continued to swim. "See where those waves are breaking?"
"Yeah?" she breathed as she continued to swim. "That's not far at all."
"Nope, that's where we're body surfing. The waves are bigger and they will carry you farther."
"O...K," she said as she started to loose her breath. "Man, I need to get in shape."
"YOU can DO it!" he teased imitating Rob Schnieder from Happy Gilmore.
"Don't make me laugh," she said with a chuckle. "Only makes me more tired."
"Almost there," he said.
"Good. I....Oh my god what was that?!" she screamed when she felt something hit her leg.
"What?" he asked worriedly.
"I felt something hit my leg!" she said frantically and then clung onto JC.
"Whoa," he said as he almost went underwater. "Mar, I still can't stand here."
"But something TOUCHED me!" she said as she clutched on to his arm.
"Probably just...a...fish," he said between his breaths. "Here, get on my back I'll take you the rest of the way."
She didn't hesitate for a second. She wrapped her arms around his neck as she laid against his back. "It could have been like a shark or something," she mumbled.
JC managed a laugh. "If it were a shark we wouldn't be here....unless the shark is trying to freak us out before he attacks."
"JC!" she shrieked as she clutched tighter to him. "That's not funny!"
JC breathed out a laugh as he sputtered out water. "I'm just kidding, Mar, even if it was a shark he probably won't do anything. Okay I can touch now." he let out an exasperating sigh as he hopped on the sand. "Are you gonna get off now?" She just shook her head and rested her chin on his shoulder. JC shook his head with a laugh. "Alright," he said and then hitched her up higher on his back since she he was now waist deep in the water and she wasn't as light anymore. "Here comes a wave, hang on."
Marron shut her eyes and shrieked out a laugh when JC turned his back on it and jumped up when it slammed them against their bodies. "Okay, this is the place to surf," he said and then slowly eased her down. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said as she stood on the firm ground. "Okay what do I do?"
"Just wait here for a wave, and when I tell you push off and start kicking. The waves will do the rest."
She took a breath. "Okay."
"Okay, here comes one. It might carry you back to where you can't stand, so don't freak out or anything."
"I won't as long as all the fishes and sharks stay away."
JC laughed. "Okay get ready," he said as he looked behind him. "Ready...not yet....okay GO!"
JC and Marron both pushed off and started kicking at the water and Marron held out her hands when she felt the wave glide her against the water. When she slowed down she let out a laugh and smiled at JC. "That was great!"
"Wanna do it again?" he laughed.
"Hell yeah, let's go!"
JC and Marron spent a good hour or so on the first sand bar. They were having so much fun playing in the waves time flew for them. At one time, JC even suggested double body surfing. "My sister use to make me do it all the time with her," he said as he pulled his wet hair out of his face.
"Okay, do I just ride your back?" she asked as she casually jumped a wave.
"Sure do," he said. "Pretty much you relax while I do all the work."
"Let's do it then," she said with a smile. "I'm up for something new."
"Hope on up on your fine stud?" he teased as he turned his back to her.
She laughed as she leaped up and his back and wrapped his legs around his waist, but JC protested. "No, no don't do that," he instructed her. "Just hold on to my shoulders and let your legs relax."
"Oh, okay," she said as she unwound her legs and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Okay, here it comes," he said as he stood waist deep and waited for the perfect time to jet off. Marron let out a shriek when he pushed off and held on tight as the wave crashed on top of them and sent him through the water. Marron was laughing as she slowly rolled off of his back when they came to a stop. "I can see why...you're sister made....you do it," she said between breaths as they swam back to the shore.
"Fun, huh?" he said as he finally stood up on the bar and then helped her up as well. They rode more of the waves a couple of more times and then decided to take a break and started to walk down the bar looking for shells.
Since the water was clear and the water came up to their knees, they could see the shells peaking out of the wet sand, or even feel them with their feet. JC felt a shell and quickly bent down to get it before a wave came and smiled. "Look what I found," he said and quickly shoved the hermit crab in Marron's face.
"Oh my gosh!" she gasped and jumped when she saw the creature in front of her. "JC, warn me next time!"
JC let out a laugh. "Sorry."
"Lemme hold him," she said as she grabbed the shell from her and held it up while the hermit poked out it's legs. "He's cute," she said and then put him back in the water.
They continued to look for more shells, but didn't find anything interesting. They were about to call it quits, but JC saw something white stick out of the sand and curiously bent down and fished it out. "Oh, hey loook! A sand dollar!" he said to Marron as he held it out for her.
"Wow, that's awesome, it's hard to find those!" she said as she examined the nickle sized shell.
JC smiled and then stuck the sand dollar in his pocket. He knew exactly what to do with it. "You ready to head back?"
"Yeah, it's getting kind of late and I'm starving."
"What time is it?" JC asked and then jumped lightly when a waved came.
Marron looked at her waterproof watch. "Almost six," she said. "I think it's time to head in."
"Well, let's ride in another wave and head on back," JC said. "Last one to the shore has to cook dinner," he said and then rode the next wave that came by.
"Hey no fair," she said as she waited anxiously for the next wave to come and then pushed off as well. Since her wave was tiny it didn't take her very far, so she didn't have a chance of catching up with JC. By the time she made it to shore, he was already over by her things and picking up her bag and towel for her. He turned around and handed them to her. "So what are you going to cook for me?"
Marron grabbed her things. "Who said you were invited?" she asked and then began to walk towards their condo.
"Hey that was the plan, loser cooks dinner."
"So? You just said cooks dinner, you didn't say I had to cook it for you."
JC opened his mouth to argue, but closed it when he realized she was right. "Dammit," he cursed. "Well, you knew what I meant."
"You cheated," she said as she put her things down to wash off in the shower.
"Are you trying to get out of spending time with me?" he asked as he watched her rinse off.
She smiled and then moved aside so he could have his turn. "Course not," she laughed. "I just like teasing you is all."
"Yeah, yeah," he said and then quickly rinsed off.
"One thing though."
"What's that?" he asked and turned off the water.
"I don't cook, but I'm damn good at ordering room service."
JC laughed and then playfully poked her in her belly button that had peeked out beneath her tank top. "Deal."