Homecoming

[sandi_grl]

Finally Chas seemed to calm down and started to have a good time. Which helped Chelsea relax and not feel on edge.

"I thought you said you don't dance sober?" she asked with a smile before placing a quick kiss to his lips. "I know you haven't had enough to be drunk yet."

 

[a_libertine]

Marc looked at Chelsea and quipped, "Must be high still from the blow job in the car."

Truth be told he was a horrible dancer, but athletic enough that he could fake it, a little. No one would ever confuse him for a contestant on the popular dancing series, but he did know how to have fun.

Marc leaned in and asked, "What do you think Chas would have done if he saw us at the arcade?"

 

[sandi_grl]

Chelsea had to fight the urge to roll her eyes at his question. "He would've had a conipition fit and tried to kick your ass. Tried being the key word." She linked her hands behind his head and looked up at him. "Why are you trying so hard to get under his skin?"

 

[a_libertine]

Marc kissed her deeply as he wrapped his arms around Chelsea and held her close. After the kiss, "I am not, just a side benefit of getting under your clothes," he said smiling.

He twirled her around, "Seriously, I don't want him mad about you and I being together, but it doesn't appear that I can change that."

He looked over at Chas who was staring at them dancing, "Part of the problem is that I am not the guy who left here 4 years ago."

Marc shrugged his way into another her kiss, "And he is still more the guy I left, than I am the guy I was."

 

[sandi_grl]

"Well, he kind of lost himself when you left. You were his partner in crime and I don't think he was quite prepared when you went to basic." Chelsea glanced over to her brother, now grinning to himself as Stephanie whispered in his ear.

 

[a_libertine]

Marc nodded, "I get that and I don't blame him."

He danced with Chelsea and said, "I wish I could fix it, but I can't. If nothing else the places I have visited change your world view."

He spun her around, "You know, I visited a castle in Spain once and part of the tour, the guide stopped at one point and said, 'Christopher Columbus stood right here when talking to the King and Queen about funding his expedition.'"

He looked at her, "How could I not be different after that one tour, much less the hell hole that is the desert."

 

[sandi_grl]

"True." Chelsea silently wondered just how much he really changed over the years. He still seemed to be very much the happy go lucky guy he was when he left, maybe not quite as immature... But how much of that was just a facade?

"Where else do you go besides Spain and the desert? "

 

[a_libertine]

Marc shrugged, "If you count the 12 hour layover in Germany, add that. Otherwise that was it. I didn’t take much leave, or vacation, while I was in the desert, didn't make sense to me."

He led her off the dance floor, "There is an opening in Germany that I like."

 

[sandi_grl]

Chelsea followed him back to the bar where they ordered another round of beers. "Germany? Like for MP?" That was so far away... "That's great! What do you need to do to get it?"

 

[a_libertine]

Marc looked at her and said, "Not much, re-up with that as my request, or pretty much any other open post for my grade and I will get it."

He noticed a cloud pass her eyes as she asked her question. He caressed the back of her arm and said, "There is also a couple openings much closer."

He took a sip of beer, muttering in it, "Or you could come with me and share the experience. "

 

[sandi_grl]

She offered another smile, this one a bit more genuine. "No, take the position in Germany if that's the one you really want. I can get a passport and visit you. The university has a study abroad program, and I think Germany is one of the countries they're partnered with." She followed suit and took a swig of her own beer. "Plus, how would I even be able to come with you? I don't think I'd be able to fit in your bag," she joked.

 

[a_libertine]

Marc looked her up and down, "Yeah, baby, you will fit in a duffel bag, no problems."

He sipped the beer, "If we have the will, there are always ways. We just have to decide what it is that we want."

He put the beer down, and looked out over the crowd, "It is different than here, even in the airport."

 

[sandi_grl]

"Yeah okay, I'm not that flexible."

She considered his words, and felt very uncertain. She wanted to be with him, but everything with Marc was still very new. For all they knew, they'd crash and burn before his two months were up. And she had a life here. Her family, friends, school. It wouldn't be so easy for her to leave.

Chelsea watched him gaze out over the crowd of people in the bar, and looked as well." What do you mean?"

 

[a_libertine]

He looked at her, face serious, "I think you know what I mean."

Leaning over he gave her a peck on the cheek and said, "Time will tell. I can re-up somewhere much closer and in 2 years ask for Germany."

 

[sandi_grl]

"Let's just enjoy the time you still have here and you can figure it out when you need to." She leaned into him and gave him a quick kiss, the peck on the cheek not quite cutting it. Chelsea wanted to drop the subject for the time being, she could tell it was putting a damper on the night.

Looking around, she tried finding the other two. "Where'd they go?" she asked, not seeing Chas or Stephanie.

 

[a_libertine]

Marc looked around quickly and not seeing either Chas or Stephanie, "Did they ditch us for a quickie in the men's room?"

He turned back to Chelsea, "Besides, I would much rather be with you than deal with Chas' issues with you and I dating."

He looked around once more, and still didn't see them. "Ten minutes and I can find them, if you want."

 

[sandi_grl]

"No, it's okay." Chelsea pulled out her phone and sent a quick text to Chas. We're heading out. I'll be home tomorrow. "He just doesn't want you dropping me like a sack of potatoes when you get bored like you did with all the other girls."

Putting the device away, she looked back up to Marc with a smile. "Wanna get outta here?"

 

[a_libertine]

Marc laughed, at the sack of potatoes comment. Smiling, "I suppose he didn't tell you about the bet did he? "

He wrapped an arm around Chelsea's waist and led her toward the door.

"We had a wager in our senior year on who could sleep with the most girls. I cycled through when he did. Nothing more. It was a $5 per girl difference between, had to keep it close somehow. "

 

[sandi_grl]

Chelsea frowned and wrinkled her nose, shaking the information from her mind. "Didn't need to know that."

Once in her Jeep, she pulled the vehicle back onto the road and drove back towards the motel. "Are you going to keep the room at the motel once the week is up?"

 

[a_libertine]

Marc looked at Chelsea, and replied, "I am willing to discuss it with you. My inclination is yes."

He reached over and ran a hand up her tightly jean clad leg and said, "It would make it easier for us to be together."

He looked at her, "What do you think?"

 

[sandi_grl]

"You mean it's easier for us to fool around," she stated, glancing at him from the side of her eye. She laughed, continuing, "If I can be completely selfish, that bed is so uncomfortable."

 

[a_libertine]

Marc laughed, "Yeah, but it is a damn sight cheaper than the Holiday Inn."

He looked out the window, "I can't go home, and as much as staying at your house sounds fun, the interactions with Chas might be problematic."

He looked back at her, "Any suggestions, that has a good bed and affordable?"

 

[sandi_grl]

"...No, not really," she said, defeated. "I also can't be staying every night. As much as I want to, you're distracting."

 

[a_libertine]

He gave her a playful punch, way to make a guy feel like shit and king of the world in one sentence."

He rested his hand on her leg and said, "TheNot we have to develop a schedule for play time."

He squeezed her leg, "Let me know what works best for your school and work schedules, even if it weekends only."

 

[sandi_grl]

She cocked an eyebrow at him when she pulled into a parking space in the motel parking lot. "Weekends only?" Unbuckling her seat belt once the engine was off, she leaned over the armrest and kissed him. "Would you really survive that?" she teased.