sounds good coming from you. ” “ I like Flint too, ” I said smiling, knowing she caught my double meaning. “ Did Dakota mention that they are leaving on Monday? ” Her question caught me off guard. “ No, ” I answered as I shook my head finally making eye contact. “ Where are they going? ” “ A six month mission or op or something. Romeo wasn ’ t really forthcoming with information. ” “ And Romeo told you this? ” My heart fell into my stomach. “ Yes. He told me this morning when we woke up. He said that he wanted to be honest with me and make sure I knew this before agreeing to spend the day with him. ” Wow . “ Wow. What did you say to that? ” “ I just said ok. I mean what I was going to say. He is a funny guy who I could see myself really liking but at the same time I get that it is only temporary and I should just enjoy this weekend. We are young so why not have a weekend with a sexy-ass Ranger with no worries of whether he will call me or not. This is what we should be doing. ” “ You ’ re right. You are absolutely right. ” “ If I am right then why do you look like I just kicked your puppy twice? ” I snickered at her comment. “ Maybe not my puppy but definitely knocked the wind from my sails. I can ’ t believe Flint didn ’ t tell me. Well . . . maybe we haven ’ t really talked that much. ” I felt my cheeks flame as I admitted to what I knew Reggie already guessed. “ I just wish he made an effort to tell me. ” “ Who cares! ” Reggie was definitely trying to play it off. “ Let ’ s just enjoy the day and hopefully the night, ” she said as she wiggled her eyebrows at me. “ And then we ’ ll rehash the Ranger weekend, ” she said in a deep voice mimicking the guys as she air quoted the last two words, “ over and over again when we are like 80. It ’ ll be great. ” I laughed at her sum-up of what our life would be like at 80 as I threw my arm around her shoulders. “ You ’ re right. You ’ re right. ” “ Damn straight, ” she said as we made our way down the steps. “ Let ’ s go Rangers, ” Reggie called as we got to the front door. The guys rounded the corner. Damn he ’ s hot. Flint with a shit-eating grin on his face, those broad shoulders filling out his white t-shirt as the sleeves hugged his biceps. I was honestly jealous of a shirt. It wasn ’ t until Reggie started laughing that I noticed that Flint had poor Romeo in a head lock. “ What are you doing? ” I asked as Reggie laughed even harder. Flint was staring at Reggie as her laughter filled the foyer. I felt a twinge of jealousy when I saw the appreciative gleam in his eyes as he looked her over. But then his eyes found mine and turned from approving to downright hungry as he stalked towards me like a predator and I was his prey. “ Nothing dear, ” he answered as he shrugged his shoulders. He placed a quick kiss on my lips as he led Romeo out the front door. Romeo winked as he passed us grabbing Reggie ’ s hand and pulling her with him. Reggie turned to me giving me her brightest smile before she laughed out loud again and grabbed my hand to follow her. We were all laughing by the time we made it to the beach. What a sight we must have been to anyone walking by; Flint held Romeo in a head lock as he pulled Reggie and me behind him while we all laughed at our own antics. These two were a trip. Anyone could see the friendship these two shared. I knew nothing of Romeo and barely anything about Flint but you could tell they were best friends just like Reggie and me. Maybe they were not friends as long but the bond was there. Flint finally let Romeo walk normal after we got to the sand. Both guys took our bags and hands as we walked to the cove. We claimed a spot once we reached the cove. It was empty but I knew it would fill up quickly. Once the blankets were arranged to Reggie ’ s liking we started undressing. The temperature was just perfect. A