Falling Fast and Breathing Hard

Since we wanted to eat early in Ocean City and then, check into our hotel, we left around 5 in the morning. We spent only one more day in Baltimore before we left for our last three days in Maryland.

"Excited?" he said as we were crossing the bridge into the city.

"YES!" I said, sounding a bit too excited.

He gave me a look before laughing.

"What?"

"I can't believe you're excited this early, no scratch that, I can't believe you were so excited when you woke up."

I shrugged.

"You'll see why in ten minutes."

"...but it's breakfast."

"Just shut up, k?" I said, slightly irritated.

"Ok. Well, what street is it on?"

"77th."

With it being June, there was a lot of traffic, but not as much as there is on the Fourth of July; that''s ridiculous. Sooner, rather than later, we turned into the parking lot where the pink restaurant was.

"It's pink?" he said in disbelief.

"Kris, you're really irritating me right now." I said, getting out of the car.

"Je suis désolé. Je ne vais pas râler à nouveau. Je t'aime." he said, wrapping his arms around my waist and placing his head on my shoulder.

I smiled. I knew it was an apology and I understood the first part was 'I'm sorry." and the last was "I love you.", but I couldn't figure out what the middle part was.

"I heard you say that you were sorry and you love me, but what was that other thing?"

"I won't bitch again."

"I forgive you. You're so lucky I love when you speak French."

He laughed.

"I am. Aren't I?"

I smiled again and kissed his cheek.

"So, ready for the best breakfast of your life?"

"Yep."

"Awesome."

After getting a table, the look on his face was priceless.

"Too pink for ya?"

"Uh... yeah."

"Well, the food'll make up for it."

"I'm holding you to that."

"Alright. So, do you mind if I order for you?"

"Of course not."

"Well, what I'm getting, I'm not sharing, so I'm getting you your own. Plus, I'm gonna get this thing called 'Potatoes Tara.' We can split, they're freaking amazing."

"Sounds good. What's in the potatoes?"

"You'll have to find out for yourself."

"I like surprises."

Only minutes later, we were drinking fresh squeezed orange juice along with our crepes and potatoes.

"So, what do you think?"

"Délicieux. The crepes are just out of this world and the potatoes, they're pretty amazing as well."

"I told ya."

"Where are we staying again?" he asked.

"The nicest hotel in the city, the Princess Grand Royale." I said with a smile.

Walking into the lobby, I was amazed at the grandness of the hotel. I had never ever stayed at a place this nice.

"This place is beautiful." I said spinning around.

"You never stayed here before?"

"My family never could afford it."

He smiled and picked me up, kissing me. We moved to the huge bed and laid down.

"Do you wanna take a nap?" I asked.

"A nap sounds really nice."

I laid down on the right side of the bed before placing my head and arm across his chest.

"I love you." I mumbled.

"I love you too." he said, kissing the top of my head.

I fell asleep in seconds.

"Hey." I heard an hour later.

"What time is it?"

"Noon."

"Ugh... I'm so comfortable."

He laughed.

"Does that mean you don't wanna head out to the beach?"

"Ok. I'm getting up."

Ten minutes later, I was in my bikini and ready to go. Again, I seemed a little too excited, but come on, this is the beach! I grew up in Maryland. How can I not? The weather was absolutely perfect... just like Kris' body; boy, did it drive me crazy.

"What are you staring at?" he asked after he took his shirt off.

I blushed.

"What do you think?" I asked, biting my lip.

He smirked and picked me up, kissing me for the second time today.

"So, lovely weather today?" I asked after we had a fun time of putting on sunblock.

"Mmhmm." he said as we sat in our chairs under an umbrella.

"I'm hungry. I think we should've grabbed something."

"Yeah. Me too."

"How about I go to the boardwalk and look for something? I'll take my phone with me, so I can ask what you want."

"Sounds good."

"Alright. I'll be right back."

I put on a towel, a pair of shorts and my sandals before heading out. I came back ten minutes later with some of the best of food you can get on the boardwalk.

"I'm feeling better." I said, burping.

"It sure sounds like it."

I smiled. The day was going so great, I didn't know how it could get better.

"Wanna get in with me?" I asked.

"Nope."

I rolled my eyes.

"Duh. Of course I do!"

I hit him in the shoulder for that.

"Come on or you won't get any supper tonight."

"I'm sure I can get dinner myself if I don't."

I laughed.

"Really? Have fun eating by yourself."

That's when I ran out and into the water. He chased me and caught me when it went past my knees. I couldn't help but laugh. I haven't had this much in the ocean since two years ago.

"Ready for dinner?" he asked.

"Yep." I said, coming out of the bathroom.

"Damn. You're just begging to have me rip off your clothes."

"You wanna do that later?" I asked with a smirk on my face, wrapping my arms around his neck.

"I do." he said, kissing me.

His hands moved to my hips and I moaned.

"Well then, you can do that later. I'd like to eat dinner first. Maybe the boardwalk, but I don't know yet."

"Alright. I can wait."

"Good, now let's go get some seafood."

"Where?"

"This place called Captain's Galley. It's about ten minutes out, but it's worth it."

Dinner was just amazing; so amazing. I had my usual fried stuffed shrimp, and he had some of the best crabcakes around.

"Their food is absolutely yummy." he said.

"Did you just say yummy? How old are you, 5?" I said, laughing.

"Yes. Do you have a problem with that?"

"Nope." I said, kissing him on the cheek.

He blushed.

"Are you up for the boardwalk?"

"Yeah. You still gonna wear the sandals?"

"Hell no. My feet would die. I have a pair of sneakers in the room."

When we got up to the bedroom, I took my sandals off and put them in my suitcase before grabbing my other shoes, but I was interrupted by a pair of hands on my hips.

"Why, hello there, sir."

He laughed.

I put the shoes down and kissed him. He picked me up and made it deeper before placing me on the bed. He took his shoes off and then I knew; we weren't heading to the boardwalk anytime soon.

Notes

Chapter title courtesy of Hella Good by No Doubt.