| Michaela was putting her things away in the dresser when Sully sneaked back in the room. He pumped the water gun so it would have enough force to reach her and pulled the trigger. Michaela felt the cold water hit her back and jolted up letting out a shriek. She turned around and saw Sully try to hold his laugher in. Sully saw her head towards him and ran out of the room. Sully ran downstairs thinking Michaela had followed him, but Michaela had gone into one of the other rooms. She rummaged through one of the boxes and found some balloons. She knew Sully was expecting her to go after him and would be coming up looking for her when he saw she hadn�t. She didn�t have much time, so she ran to the bathroom and filled up the balloons with water as fast as she could.
She carried as many balloons as she could in her arms and headed for the stairs. When she reached the landing she heard Sully�s footsteps and pressed against the wall. She waited until Sully climbed a few more steps before she threw the first balloon smacking him on the chest. She was still pressed against the wall so Sully didn�t really see where the balloon had come from. He took another two steps when WHACK! He was struck with another balloon. This time he managed to see where Michaela was and she shuffled along the wall until he reached the second to last step. He stood still for a while and then in a quick swift movement, he took a step forward and shot Michaela again. Startled, Michaela jumped and dropped all but three of her water balloons. She saw Sully getting closer and ready to shoot her again and took off running. He wasn�t about to let her get away that easy and took off after her. Michaela tried to dodge, but Sully was too quick for her. She did manage to turn around a couple of times and throw the remainder of the balloons at him. Sully�s shirt clung to his body where the balloons had landed. He was wearing a white shirt, which allowed his broad chest muscles to show through. Michaela ran as fast as she could hiding behind doors. Sully had enough water for just one more shot and he knew he couldn�t miss. He hid the gun behind his back and made his way to Michaela. �Michaela honey you can come out now. I don�t have any water left.� �I don�t believe you.� �Come on my little rose petal. Please come out.� �NO!!� Sully kept walking towards her. �Michaela are you going to come out? Or are you going to make me come in after you?� He didn�t hear a reply so he kept walking towards her. Michaela was in one of the bedrooms with the door closed. Sully walked up to the door and knocked. Michaela cracked the door open and Sully stepped back so she could see he didn�t have anything. She opened the door a little wider and Sully took the opportunity to soak her one last time. He was laughing and thought Michaela would be laughing too. After all it was all in good fun. He looked at Michaela and saw that she wasn�t smiling. Instead he saw that her bottom lip was sticking out and she looked like she was about to cry. Sully threw the water gun to the ground and moved to embrace Michaela. He hadn�t meant to make her upset; he just wanted to have a little fun. �I�m sorry Michaela. Will you forgive me?� Michaela shrugged her shoulders and looked down at the ground. She felt Sully place his hands on her shoulders and pull her in close. She couldn�t pass up the opportunity to burst a balloon she had been hiding behind her back over his head. Sully was shocked and stood still while Michaela took off running. �You�ll pay for that Michaela. Just wait until I get my hands on you.� Michaela didn�t make it past their bedroom door before Sully caught up to her. She kicked her legs and screamed trying to get out of his hold. �I told you. I�m going to make you pay.� �Sure you will� I�d like to see you try.� Sully scooped her up and placed her on the bed. Her face was flushed from all the running around they had done. Her breath was coming in short gasps. She saw that familiar look in Sully�s eyes. Her gaze traveled all over his body and she loved that his shirt was still clinging to his body. Sully was also studying Michaela, her wet and now curly hair clinging to her face and dripping all over. She was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. She seemed to get more beautiful with every day that passed. The scent of her hair filled his nostrils. �MMMMM. I love the way your hair smells.� Michaela cupped his face in her hands and stared into those baby blue eyes. �So Mr. Sully, how exactly are you going to make me pay?� |