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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"I get that," Kathy said wryly. "Neither's mine."

What with the aforementioned anxiety and all.

"Trying to figure out what you want out of life? Let me tell you, sex hoboing sounds really enticing."

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"Sex hobo is my main career plan at the moment," Anders nodded. "Maybe house-boy if I'm feeling ambitious."

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"If you're looking for work experience, you can always try out cabana boying this week and see how you like it," Kathy offered. "I mean, I'm here for you if this is something you wish to explore."

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"It's so nice to have a supportive girlfriend," Anders sighed. "I'm a very lucky man."

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"I just want you to live your dreams," Kathy said, with more sincerity than their teasing really called for. "And if I can help with that, I'm happy."

Beat.

"Especially if it involves being naked."

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"Me being naked, or you being naked?" Anders asked, as a point of clarification. He'd disentangled from her enough to start walking toward the cabana again, still holding her hand.

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"Porque no los dos?" Kathy asked with a laugh. "All the best times are when we're naked together."

For all that the cabana was on the smallish size, the bathroom and bedroom were huge. There was a second door to the bedroom as well that opened directly to their private section of the beach. The bed was maybe a hundred yards to the blue-green ocean, with white sand between.

"Ohhh..." Kathy sighed. "I could get used to this."

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"Don't you want to at least try the bath before you make that decision?" Anders asked as he flopped onto the bed. "Or is it just obvious?"

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"I mean, the tub would have to be pretty terrible to take away from the whole tropical beach paradise aspect of this," Kathy pointed out, laying down next to him. She propped her head on on her hand, her dark hair spilling back down over her arms to the bed. "I could probably throw a rock from where we are and have it land in the ocean. Unless the tub is an old tin can with water in it, I'm pretty sure we're good."

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"I've never seen water that color," Anders said in dreamy agreement. "Maybe we can turn into mermaids and never leave."

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Somewhere, Ada was making a face at that, but Kathy was still completely ignorant of their friend's aquatic nature. "You'd have a pretty green tail you'd flick flirtatiously at everyone on the beach," she informed him, with a smacking kiss on his cheek. Mwah! "They'd have to post warning signs about following the handsome merman too far into the ocean, just to keep the stupid tourists from drowning."

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"I'd sing them to their doom anyhow," said Anders, who knew about Ada but wasn't thinking of her just then. "Merman me would be a terrible bastard."

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"And what would mermaid me be like?" Kathy asked. "Would I try to save those poor saps you were luring to their deaths?"

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"Oh, I think so," Anders said airily. "I'd have to get clever and distract you by telling you where you could find hidden treasures. You'd spend hours diving for those."

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"I think you just called your girlfriend a literal gold digger," Kathy said, dissolving into laughter. "Be still my heart, you charmer."

He was getting another kiss for making her laugh, though her giggles probably kept it from being properly sexy.

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"A gold diver," Anders said, before he started giggling too. "It's much higher-class."

Kissing and giggling went together well, it turned out.

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"Oh, well at least I'm classy," Kathy murmured, before turning it into an altogether proper kiss.

Or, well, an altogether improper one, depending on your point of view.

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"Extremely classy," Anders murmured against her warm skin. "Class coming out of your bottom. Or whatever mermaids have instead of bottoms."

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"I think I'm going to keep kissing you, rather than trying to picture exactly how that would work," Kathy said with another soft laugh. "I mean, if you have no objections to that."

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"None I can think of," Anders said, as he kissed along her jawline. "'d rather kiss than think about mermaids, anyhow."

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"We have all week to revisit the idea of mermaids," Kathy agreed, tilting her head to offer up her throat for kisses, too. "Though we might continue to be distracted by kissing."

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"Is there something bad about that?" Anders asked innocently, hand sliding under Kathy's top.

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"Mmm..." Kathy sighed, arching into his hand. "Only if you were hoping to see something other than this bed."

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"The rest of the island will still be here tomorrow," Anders rationalized, and let that hand drift further up. "We should rest before we sightsee."

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"You're the healer," Kathy said with a nod. "Clearly you know what you're talking about. And if you think we should spend the rest of the day in bed, I can't really argue."