Captured for Interrogation

[celestialdragon]

Alexis sighed, amused. "Okay, and what are you going to do?" she asked, smiling.

 

[bindingeagle]

"I'll unwind here," he said. "Bullshit around and have a day to myself. The spa in nonnegotiable either way."

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis sighed and raised her hands in defeat. "If you insist," she said, smiling.

 

[bindingeagle]

Nikolai dropped her off at the spa and drove home to eat greasy pizza and watch bad movies.

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis entered the spa, amused that Nikolai planned for her to have a spa date, but she went along with it.

After four hours of saunas, massages, and other relaxing things, she felt like she was fully relaxed. She called him. "Hey, I'm done, are you picking me up?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"On the way," he said, and she could tell he was on the beltway. "I'm coming off the ramp now." soon he had pulled up. "You're glowing again," he said as she got in.

 

[celestialdragon]

"I am?" Alexis asked, sliding into the passenger seat. She smiled.

 

[bindingeagle]

"You sure are," he said. "Anywhere else you want to go before your special dinner?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"Special dinner? Are you spoiling me, Nikolai?" Alexis asked. She shook her head. "No, I'm good, but I'm wondering what you have up your sleeve, Rusky."

 

[bindingeagle]

"Well we have a few hours to kill so pick something," he said. "I want to show you off a bit, because I know you like being looked at on occasion."

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis crossed her arms and looked at him with a suspicious eyebrow raised. "What is your plan, Rusky?" she asked. Sighing when she didn't get a response, she said, "A walk along the river?"

 

[bindingeagle]

"Ok, we can do that," he said, driving to the park. He opened her door and they set off along the hiking trail.

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis smiled as they walked along the hiking trail. Soon, D.C. would be cold, but for right now, she embraced the warmth and she held Nikolai's hand. "What do you have planned? I'm so confused right now," she said, in Russian.

 

[bindingeagle]

"I did a little research on your computer to see what restaurants you had looked at but never been to," he said. "I picked on and made a reservation."

 

[celestialdragon]

"You went snooping? Nikolai, that's not polite," Alexis teased. "And you're so sweet. . . which one did you pick?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"You'll see when you get there. I just know you haven't had seafood in a while," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Seafood huh? Well that narrows it down," Alexis said sarcastically. She smiled brighter, though.

 

[bindingeagle]

The sun began to set and Nikolai walked her back to the car. "Your chariot awaits, Mistress," he said as he drove her to Joe's Crab Shack.

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis laughed and smiled as she saw Joe's Crab Shack. "Really?" she said.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Steam pots of crabs, corn, potatoes, shrimp, and corn all around, with whatever seasoning you want," he said. "Like it?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"Love it," Alexis said, kissing his cheek. "You're the best, and I love you. I don't think I've told you that lately."

 

[bindingeagle]

"Every chance you get, but I never get tired of it," he said as they sat down to eat. HE ordered himself a bourbon and coke and said, "What do you want?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"Rum and coke, please," she ordered, and she smiled at him, holding his hand. "Thanks, love."

 

[bindingeagle]

They ordered and the food arrived quickly. Nikolai sat and ate as he once again wondered how he wound up with someone so wonderful.

 

[celestialdragon]

Alexis ate as well, smiling and thinking that she ensnared the best man on earth. She kept giving him shy smiles and even one time pretended that the shrimp she was about to eat was a mustache, giggling.