Explorean Cozumel, Cozumel, Mexico

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It had been a bright, clear morning when Anders and Kathy got into the portal in Fandom, and it remained bright and clear when they stumbled out of the Portalocity terminal attached to the Explorean resort.

But Mexico was hotter -- much hotter -- and the water was a clear aqua, instead of the muddy gray of Fandom's bay. Anders sighed in pleasure as he reached for Kathy's hand.

"I can already tell this is going to be a very relaxing two weeks."

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"What are you talking about?" Kathy teased, "I have a whole itinerary jam-packed with things to do!"

Sleeping, sex, lounging, and, drinking we're pretty much all of them, but shh.

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Anders gave her a stricken look before her facial expression told him she'd been teasing.

"Thank the Maker," Anders said, a little laugh in his voice. "For a second I thought you were serious."

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"Dante has said that if we leave the bedroom, he's judging us," Kathy laughed. "I pointed out that we need to eat and maaaybe see the ocean, so that's why we have a bungalow. So we can do those, too, but without clothes on."

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"We might want to at least put on robes for the eating part," Anders mused. "I don't want to spill salsa on my tender bits."

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"There goes my plan to sit naked in your lap and feeding you nachos," Kathy said, heaving a huge sigh. She was so put upon, truly.

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"You can sit on my lap naked and feed me fruit," Anders suggested gallantly. "Pineapple, mango, and you know I like bananas."

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"Funny enough, me too," Kathy snickered. "I wanna see you bite into a ripe mango and get your face all wet."

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"Noting better than a nice, juicy ... piece of fruit to eat," Anders leered. "And lucky me, I think there'll be plenty of mango on this trip."

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"All that you could want," Kathy promised, reaching for his hand. "And I've been instructed to take lots of pictures for Dante. You know, to whet his appetite for next week. I promised to fill up his sim card with pics of you."

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Anders took her had easily, giving it a little squeeze as his fingers closed around hers. "Any other special requests from Dante?"

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"Just one," Kathy said, innocently, then leaned in closely and whispered something downright obscene in his ear.

...That might not actually have been a request from Dante. But she'd never tell for certain.

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Anders went attractively pink in a way that couldn't be blamed on the sun.

"He has quite an imagination, doesn't he?" he asked, laughing.

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"It's true," Kathy said with a solemn nod. "But who are we to argue with our, umm..." She also pinked a little. "...Boyfriend?"

She wasn't sure if Dante had updated Anders with that little news tidbit. And still wasn't quite sure about using it herself. She liked it, oh yes. But she still felt slightly guilty every time she did, like a privilege she hadn't yet earned.

Wasn't actually stopping her, though.

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Anders raised his eyebrows. "I didn't know you two had made it official."

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Kathy made a weird squeaking noise. A very mature and grownup noise, really.

"Like, sorta?" she said. "I mean, as official as Dante gets? But he...called me that. His girlfriend, I mean." Yeah, he probably got that, Kathy. "We didn't get all into the nitty-gritty of what it all means. I didn't ask?" She snorted, tucking her hair behind her ear. "I kinda just wanna figure it out as we go? Rather than trying to fit it into a preconceived idea of what it should be. That just gives me all kinds of anxiety."

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Anders quirked another smile at Kathy. "It's all right," he said. "I don't know what it means either. But i'm not going to argue when the three of us say it."

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Kathy shook her head, sharing that smile with him. "I'm not in a big rush to decide," she admitted. "Not when the alternative is figuring it out together, the three of us."

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"Now, that's new," Anders said lightly. "I thought you were the one who always needed to know the next fifteen steps. Being Dante's girlfriend is good for you."

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"These days, fifteen steps ahead is about twelve steps too far for me to focus on," Kathy said with a quick shake of her head. "Thinking about stuff too far in the future gives me kinda serious anxiety these days." Her smile was sheepish as she hooked her hair behind her ear. "I kept trying to figure out what I should be doing with my life and then I'd spend the next three days in a ball unable to do much of anything and I finally realized that I'm just not ready for that, yet."

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"I can't tell whether I should be happy or sad about that," Anders said with a little, embarrassed half-laugh. "Happy if it keeps you out of being curled up in a ball, I suppose."

He gestured with his free hand. "Look, the cabanas are on the right up there."

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"It's okay, sometimes things just are," Kathy said, deliberately bumping him with her shoulder. "And at least I figured it out, you know?"

She looked over to where he was pointing and ooh'd. "Our reservation came with an auto check-in, too," she added. "We can text when we get in with the confirmation code and skip, like, standing in line and talking to people and stuff like that."

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"Perfect," Anders said. "I'm always in favor of anything that means less time standing in line. Especially if it lets us start filling Dante's SIM card sooner."

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"It'll be an Anderstravanganza," Kathy said, leaning in to give him a kiss that promised much more later on. "Video, too, I'm thinking."

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LAnders put a forefinger under her chin, tilting her face toward his. "You know, I've never taken a video," he said. "You're going to need to suggest some scenarios to get me started."

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Kathy obligingly tilted her face towards him, angling her body towards his. "Pretty sure I can do that," she said with a wicked smile. "Might already have a few in mind."