Howie went up quietly behind Allona, gently tugging her at ponytail. "Morning sunshine," he smiled from behind her.
"Morning yourself," she answered over her shoulder. "What is it about boys and pulling hair?" she asked with a perplexed look followed by a giggle.
"Don't you know? That's what guys do when they like a girl," he explained with his usual mischievous grin.
"You know, I thought when guys got your age, they did OTHER things when they liked a girl," she replied knowingly.
"Well, I would do other things, but I'm scared your roommate would come over here and kick my butt," he laughed, nudging her gently with his shoulder. "So what are the chances I could talk you into bending a bit and giving me a massage today anyway? Pretty please? I'm feeling quite stiff today for some reason," he told her playfully.
"I bet I know why," AJ said as he passed them by, causing Howie to be the one to blush slightly that time.
"But I'm not even on the payroll yet. You mean you want me to give you a massage....for free?" she asked with quirked eyebrow.
"Well......"
"Tell ya what. One time only... from you I'll take payment in chocolate. Deal?" grinned Allona.
"Deal!"
AJ was dodging Grapes at the table. Brian cocked a skeptical eye. "Yo, Train? You sure we picked the right ladies?"
"Absolutely." chuckled Kevin, laughing at AJ.
Two hours later they were on the bus. Maya and Allona were bunked in AJ and Howie's bus, because Nick just couldn't give up his private royal treatment and Kev and Brian had a bus with their fiancees. "You won't find me complaining." said AJ.
Maya laughed at him. God, he was so funny, the way he was flirting with her. Didn't the man have EYES? Couldn't he see what a dog she was? Then again, she mused, maybe it was a nice change from leggy blondes. She snorted.
"I love the way you snort." said AJ worshipully, before getting a pillow lobbed at him. "Hey, what is this, a new Olympic sport? Martial AJ target shooting?"
"You bet, and I intend to gold medal!" laughed Maya, throwing another pillow at him.
There was a light knock at Allona's cubby and she stuck her head out. "Hello?"
It was Howie, and he held up a three pound box of Godiva. "What will this buy me?" he said with a wink.
Allona looked down and saw the box of candy. "Good lord! That would buy you about a week's worth of free massages..or.....," she started to say, then changed her mind.
"Or what?" he urged her.
"Better not say," she continued to laugh. "I could get myself in BIG trouble," and she disappeared inside her bunk. A moment later she popped her head back out. "ooops...forgot the chocolate," she said, reaching down and taking the gold box with the dark purple ribbon from him and disappearing again before he could react.
"Hey wait!" he wailed. He knocked on the outside of her bunk again. "Hey Cherry, what about my rubdown?" he groaned, pulling himself up and into her bunk.
"Howie Dorough! This thing is tiny! There's no way there's enough room for two people up here!" she squealed.
"Sure there is...we just have to get close, that's all. Now...I want my massage. Chocolate for a rubdown, that was your offer," he reminded her as he grabbed the bottom of his shirt and pulled it over his head, leaving Allona doing her best not to pass out from surprise. "Do these need to go too?" he asked, reaching for the button fly of his jeans.
"Oh, um...NO!" she answered hurriedly. "That will be just fine the way you are," she mumbled as Howie stretched out along the length of her bunk, feeling her eyes on him the whole time.
"A nice long one..." Howie trailed off. "I want every little rub that three pounds of candy is worth, and I figure it's worth a lot," he winked to her playfully.
AJ cocked his head towards the back of the bus and chuckled softly under his breath. "Sounds like Howie is throwing Cherry for loop," he laughed. "She may just end up fainting again," he shook his head, glad that Maya had run out of pillow ammunition to pelt towards his head.
"Man, I've got to store up grapes to keep handy." groused Maya. She heard shuffles and giggles from the rear of the bus. 'I'd count on Allona doing the loop throwing... her hands are magic." she sighed. "Mine, too... of course, mine BREAK bones."
"Have you ever broken somebody's bone?" asked AJ with a curious look on his face.
"Once." Maya looked down at her hands. "It was during a tournament. I had a guy in a reverse hand joint lock and he turned left when he should have just called himself beat. I didn't mean to. Tell ya, though, that's not a sound you soon forget."
"Ew, that is SO gross!" said AJ throwing pillow at her. She laughed and lobbed some back. Soon there was an all out toussel and AJ ended up astride Maya on the floor. She took him off balance and rolled him, but not before her face filled with color. "I almost had you there!" said AJ, recovering himself. He was amazed at the strong physical pull he felt toward this woman.
"Not a chance." she laughed.
"Not even a tiny teensy weensy chance?" he said looking puppydog eyes at her.
"Well..."
There was a thump from the rear of the bus.
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