Spencer's Beach, Hawaii, Saturday

[vanillajello]

It was (supposed to be) Kate and Bod's last morning in Hawaii. They both had jobs to get back to, books and movies to take care of. But not quite yet, and what better way was there to cling to the vacation than the head out to a gorgeous beach one last time? None. No better way. So that was what they were doing.

But hard as Kate tried, her mind wasn't entirely off the impending, inevitable return to the dreary island where she'd punched someone and videos of her former mistakes were all over the internet. It was already in her head. She'd been ignoring her phone and her laptop most of the week, but today, already anticipating her return to the real world, she finally checked her messages.

There was a single voicemail, and she listened to it. And while she listened to it, her eyebrows knitted into a frown.

And when she listened to it again, that frown did nothing but deepen.

[ooc: NFB, and for the boooy who's not going back yet either!]

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[vanillajello]

"... Did you just sound hopeful about that?" Oh, he so had. "Yes. Yes, I'm going to do that."

[therewaslife]

"No, no, of course not," he said and shook his head. "I think you're hearing things. I'm sure of it, in fact."

[vanillajello]

"No, you totally sounded hopeful," Kate replied, shaking her head right back at him once they came to their things. "You're hoping I'll ravish you! You totally are!"

[therewaslife]

"I am not!" Yes, he was. "I don't think things like that. You must have misheard. Perhaps you heard...enjoyment!"

[vanillajello]

"Don't lie to me, Bod, it's impolite." She let go of his hand to reach down and pick up her bag. "It was hope."

[therewaslife]

"Hope...isn't a bad thing," Bod said, holding his hand out for her bag. "Maybe it was hope."

[vanillajello]

"And I never claimed to have heard anything bad," she pointed out, giving him her bag without a fuss, then going to wrap her sarong around her waist again, not caring that it was going to get a bit damp. "Hope is good."

[therewaslife]

"I just can't believe you heard that," Bod said, taking a shameless look at her before she covered herself up. "You're too good for me."

[vanillajello]

"I am perfect for you," Kate claimed, reaching over to flick him on the nose. "And I heard that, because I listen. Just like I saw you checking me out just now, because I look, and pay attention."

[therewaslife]

"I wasn't -- " He blushed a dark crimson and laughed. "How did you see that? I thought I'd been subtle."

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "I just told you, I pay attention. I notice things."

[therewaslife]

"I know but I was subtle," he said, offering her his arm so they could go back to the cottage. "I thought I was, at least."

[vanillajello]

"Subtlety doesn't fool me." And maybe she'd been expecting him to check her out, even. She linked her arm with his. "Anyway, we're leaving to have sex. I think it was unavoidable."

[therewaslife]

Bod laughed and knew that blush was just going to stay on his cheeks until they got back to the cottage. "Are you going to tell our fellow beach goers why we're leaving?"

[vanillajello]

"Oh, dearest Nobody," Kate drawled, looking amused at him. "I think anyone who saw us making out in the water has already figured that out."

[therewaslife]

Bod looked down shyly and laughed. "You make it sound like so many people were paying attention to us in the water there."

[vanillajello]

"They might have been!" Kate claimed, and laughed. "We're a very attractive couple. And you were hitching my leg up around your waist."

[therewaslife]

"I just wanted to be closer to you," Bod said, getting close to being as red as he'd ever been. "You let me!"

[vanillajello]

"Yes, and then I suggested leaving," Kate pointed out. "I didn't say it was a bad thing."

[therewaslife]

"You're awful," Bod said and rubbed one of his cheeks. "I'm never going to get rid of this blush. I think it's become permanent."

[vanillajello]

"I find that unlikely," she said, shaking her head. "But it's cute. And it'd remind you of me if it was permanent."

[therewaslife]

"You're biased," he said and could already feel the blush and the warmth on his cheeks fading. "Perhaps I'll be saved from being permanently red faced and hot."

[vanillajello]

"You know, I'm gonna ban you from referring to my bias if you don't stop using it against me," Kate said, jokingly. "My bias does not discredit my opinions, dude."

[therewaslife]

"You can't ban me!" Bod exclaimed, laughing. "I wouldn't listen to you anyway. I would keep using it to try and discredit your opinions. Dude."

[vanillajello]

Kate couldn't help laughing quite a bit at that. "That just sounds weird and wrong, coming from you."