My apology for the late submission.
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They were driving down the highway and Storm glanced over at Sally who was napping. He smiled happily. This was a big deal for him since he had never taken anyone to his beach house. Not even Ayasha considering it was purchased more than ten years ago. He glanced over at Sally again and chuckled to himself as he remembered how happy she was to see him the night he returned. He showed up at Jack's and surprised her with dinner for them both. Her eyes had lit up and her smile was simply beautiful. On his way home, he'd marveled at how much fun he had with just the simply dinner. And today he had fun teasing her when he picked her up for their trip.
"Come in," Sally said stepping aside to allow Storm entry.
"Thank you," Storm said as he smiled and walked into her apartment.
"Are you ready to leave?"
"Aren't you going to give me a tour?" he teased. .
"Do you really need a tour of a one bedroom apartment?"
"Yes, I do. It's your place. I want to see it."
"Okay...this is the kitchen; this is the living room," Sally walked over to her desk, "my desk where I do my homework and work on my budget." She looked at Storm who nodded as if he was appraising a purchase. She walked away towards her bedroom and he followed behind. "This is my half or guest bathroom, hallway closet, and this is my bedroom."
"The best room of the house," Storm said as he wrapped his arms around her from behind and pulled her back into him. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yes," she replied looking back at him.
He bent and kissed her quickly. "Let's go."
Storm reached over and held Sally's hand as he turned into the restaurant parking lot. She stirred and looked around before looking at him.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"I thought were could get lunch."
"Yes, that would be great. I didn't have breakfast." She yawned, "How long before we get to...where are we going again?"
Storm laughed, "We're going to my beach house...we'll be there in a few hours."
Storm got out of the car and got an envelope from his laptop bag before walking over to Sally. He noticed how she looked around surveying the area.
At his outburst of laughter, she looked at him
puzzled. "What?" Sally asked curiously.
"I'm not planning on dumping your body anywhere ear here," he leaned into her and whispered,
"but I'm willing to follow you to the bathroom and work on a different type of death that would be agreeable to us both."
"Am I ever going to live that down?" she asked choosing to ignore his suggestion.
"Nope, it was funny then and it still is now. Come on," he said taking her hand and leading her into the restaurant.
The restaurant was clean and cozy and sat on the beach. They sat outside enjoying the un-obstructive view of the water, grateful for the slight breeze that tempered the day's heat, while the clear turquoise water tempted them to put off lunch for a quick swim.
Storm smiled again as he looked at Sally who had her hair in what he was now deeming as her signature look; a messy ponytail and no make-up. A vee neck white tank top, jean skirt that came to mid-thigh and sandals adorned her feet giving her a very relaxed and comfortable appeal.
The waiter came by with two glasses of water and introduced himself.
"Have you eaten here before?" Sally asked.
"Yes, the food is good. What did you have in mind?"
"I wanted to try the lobster bisque. Have you ever had that before?"
"I was going to order that myself." Looking up at the waiter Storm placed an order for two bowls. "What else do would you like?" Looking back at the waiter, Storm ordered calamari. "Get something, anything."
"There's nothing else. I'll have the steam fish with broccoli."
"That's a good choice. You'll enjoy the fish; it was freshly brought in today," the waiter complimented Sally on her choice.
"That's great thank you."
"I'll have the grilled Salmon," Storm said placing his order.
"Very well sir. I'll be right back with your bisque."
"Thank you," Storm said to the waiter before turning his attention to Sally, "and for you, thank you for the envelope you left for me. I read it and here you go," he said handing her the envelope he had also.
"What's this?" Sally asked taking the envelope from him.
"Same as yours."
Sally opened the letter and read that he was also clean of any STD's. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The waiter brought their bisque and after the first taste, Sally closed her eyes and moaned blissfully.
"Wait until you taste the fish. It's great also."
"Well this is delicious."
"So have you heard anything about school or your internship?"
"No, nothing as of yet but I'm sure they're looking at all the candidates carefully. I hope I'm good enough to at least get an interview."
"How well did you do with your classes? What's your GPA, if you don't mind me asking?"
"I have an okay GPA...4.0 and I passed all my classes..."
"Sally, a 4.0 is not an okay GPA, it's an amazing GPA. You'll definitely get the internship."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence."