She knew she was in trouble as soon as she let him out of her sight. She carefully searched the lightly wooded area with her gun drawn and ready. She heard a sound and stopped. She carefully looked around. All of a sudden a lot of water poured down on her. Dani's mouth twitched, formed a smile, and then she broke out laughing as she was drenched.
"Why, you. . .!" Dani said aiming her gun above her. She was about to fire when she saw that her attacker had a very large bucket, and apparently it wasn't empty. "Ryan, that's not fair!" she yelled up to him.
Ryan smiled down at her from his position on a catwalk above her. "Oh, and leading me into an active sprinkler system is?" he said still smiling.
"Well a girl's got to protect herself, doesn't she? That's fair," she said.
"You outmaneuver me, I outgun you. That's fair," he said with a sly smile.
"Humph," she grunted and then looked at her watch. "Oh no, Ryan. We promised to be at your sister's practice and it starts in five minutes."
Ryan looked at his own watch and grimaced, "You're right. We better get going." He put the bucket down and ran down the nearest stairway.
As they walked side by side to two large doors, Dani shot Ryan with a stream of water from her gun. He looked at her and said, "Just wait. You'll get your own soon enough." They walked through the doors and stepped into a corridor of the H. M. S. Trinitarian .
Fifteen minutes later, after changing into dry clothes, Ryan and Dani arrived at the meeting room where Nicole's dance practice was being held. When Nicole noticed them come in and sit down, she ran over to them. With a hurt look she said, "And just
where were you? You're ten minutes late."
"Well, your brother here. . ." Dani started saying but Ryan cut her off.
"We're very sorry, Nikki, but we've been running a bit behind schedule today, " Ryan said while glaring at Dani.
"Uh, sure," Nikki said, unconvinced. By watching the two of them, she knew something was going on and she decided to find out later what was going on. "Well, I have to get back," she said and went back to the rest of her group.
"Think she believed us?" Ryan whispered to Dani.
"Us?! What's this us? It's your fault that we're late." Dani said.
"Me? You started the whole thing!"
"Not me, I'm just a sweet little angel. See my halo," she said and made a ring with her fingers above her head.
"It's more like this. . ." Ryan said moving her fingers to the top of her head, making them look like horns. "Anyway, you're the one who threw the first water balloon."
"Well, maybe. But you're the one who brought in the first water gun."
"True. However. . ." Ryan began and the playful banter continued throughout the practice with them not paying any attention to the dancing.
I might post the opening to the first one next post.
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