The Red Sea Diving Resort Lovers

Chapter 9

The ride was long, and bumpy, dust surrounding the car the further we drove in, penetrating the barriers of the run down vehicle and filling our lungs. The sound of faint coughs and scratchy throats filling the vehicle. "How much longer until we're there?" Jake groaned, trying to stretch out in the small space. "We're getting a truck first, Addi and Rachel will follow the rest of the way, load all your bags in the back of the truck." Ari stated, pulling up to a old car shop, nodding at me as I climbed out, grabbing the five thousands from the glove box, the slam of the metal shaking the car. "You must be Mrs. Thomas." A man spoke, approaching from behind two beat up cargo trucks. "That's me." I smiled, sticking my hand out as he shook it gently. "Your husband called, I have one truck for you, but I found another one, I'm willing to keep the price if you want both." He explained, looking over my shoulder at the red jeep. "Sounds like a great deal. I'll take them." I spoke gently, pulling the wad of cash out from my bag. "Pleasure doing business with you." The man smiled, handing me both set of keys, trading the money with the metal.

I nodded, walking over to the jeep and banging on Rachel's side of the back passenger seat where she was pushed up against the door and Sammy. "Yeah?" She asked, pushing the jeep door open, stepping out. "I hope you remember how to drive stick." I smiled, handing her a set of keys, watching as she nodded following me to the back. "You really gonna make the girls do all the work bub?" I asked, catching his gaze in the rearview mirror, watching his eyes crinkle with his smile, unloading from the drivers seat, walking to the back. "Which ones ours?" He asked, grabbing some of the bags as everyone started to help unload the jeep. "Both. He wanted them gone and stayed the same price." I shrugged, pulling open the back, throwing the bags inside. "Cupcake, I thought we agreed on one car." Ari sighed, looking down at me as I shrugged. "Can transport twice as much, it didn't cost anything extra, I don't see the problem." I explained, crossing my arms, his head dipping down to press a kiss to my lips gently. "Can I have Sammy drive this, I want you with me." He whispered, while I nodded, running my fingers through his beard gently.

"Liam, Luca, Irving." Ari stated, causing all the men to turn towards him, stepping out of the red jeep. "I want you two to follow us in these trucks. Liam you're with Angela, Luca, Irving, you're in this truck, don't scratch them up, they're valuable." Ari spoke as they all nodded, Rachel throwing Sammy the keys before they loaded up. Ari walked over to me, running his hands down my arms gently before taking my hand, pressing a kiss to my knuckles, linking his fingers with mine. "I owe you for doing this with me." He spoke gently as we walked to the car, the passenger door being opened for me while I climbed in, tucking my feet in. "No, I love this just as much as you do." I smiled, watching as he shut the door, walking around to the drivers seat and climbing in, taking of down the path, the two beat up trucks following us.

Sammy and Rachel sat in uncomfortable silence, their eyes never leaving the road, before Rachel decided to speak up. "Why are you so against Addi and Ari?" She asked, turning to the left to look at him as he shook his head. "I'm not sure you're the person I should be talking to about them." He mumbled, his eyes never leaning the road, her head shaking as she turned forward again. "You have never looked at anyone the way you look at Addi, not even me." She muttered, praying he wouldn't of heard it as soon as it left her lips. "Rach, Addi has always been my best friend, I'm just connected to her. I think the reason I'm so against them is because I wish it was me. Not even with Addi, just to have that pure love they have. I mean she follows him to the ends of the earth." Sammy sighed, stopping as Ari pulled up to a road block, talking to the military men.

"I loved you the same though." Rachel stated, kicking her feet on the dashboard, her head rolling to the right as the truck started to move again. "I loved you too, and maybe I still do. But you can't sit here and tell me you're not jealous of them. You'd be stupid if you weren't." Sammy mumbled, looking ahead to see that I had slid into the middle, my head resting on Ari's shoulder while he drove. "I never said I wasn't jealous of their relationship. They're everything I ever wanted us to be." She sighed, looking over at him as he nodded. "Yeah, me too."

My head rested securely on Ari's shoulder, watching the passing sand dunes as we drove through the desert. One hand moved from the steering wheel, wrapping around my shoulders pulling me closer to him, his lips pressing to the top of my head before turning back to the road. "It's no romantic vacation, but it sure is gorgeous out here." Ari chuckled, looking to his left to see the Red Sea appearing to our vision, the blue of the water a huge contrast of the brown sand around us. "We can make it fun, I'm sure." I shrugged, pressing a kiss to his cheek, his smile forming. "I'm sorry for getting us arrested you know." He mumbled, looking down at me as I smiled. "I know Ari, I'm not mad about it anymore." I reassured, seeing the hotel appear in the distance.

Our caravan came to a stop as we approached the hotel, all of us filing out of the car as we looked out at the run down hotel. "It looked nicer in the brochures." Rachel teased, looking at me causing me to let out a little laugh. "It looked nicer in the property pictures as well." I stated, following the group of men down to the door, watching as Ari pushed it down, a dust cloud surrounding the group, all of us coughing as the dirt filled our lungs. Stepping over the wooden door, Ari's hand locked tightly in mine as we started to look around, all of us separating from each other. The men going outside while Rachel and I inspected the interior of the building.

I stepped into the kitchen, seeing some fresh dishes sitting on the side of the sink, the faucet dripping slowly as I stepped over some rubble, turning the faucet on, the water rushing into the basin of the sink. "There's running water?" I asked, looking over at Rachel who raised an eyebrow towards me. "Weird." She stated, taking my hand as we walked into the adjacent room, a freshly lit cigarette sitting in the ash tray, next to this weeks paper. "Guys! This fish is fresh!" Max yelled, causing Ari to look over at him, before turning towards another building. "This paper is from this week!" Rachel yelled, both of us stumbling back as someone ran past. "Ari!" I screamed, pulling Rachel out with me as we all took off towards the man running.

We saw a group of people, Max next to us pointing the spear gun towards the group. My hand was locked tightly in Ari's, his body shielding me before I looked over at Max. "Put that down." I whispered, watching as Max reluctantly lowered it, Ari talking to the group. "Who are they?" Jake asked, looking up at Ari as he nodded. "I think we just met our newest employees." He whispered, watching as the group dissipated in front of us. "Alright, we have a lot of work ahead of us then, let's get to it." Sammy stated, walking away as everyone all walked off leaving Ari and I alone. "Ari, what have we gotten into?" I asked, looking up at him, his hands cupping my cheeks, pressing a kiss to my lips. "Nothing cupcake, we're spies doing our job, let's go get our room ready?" He asked, pushing my bottom lip down with his thumb when he pulled away. "Yeah." I smiled weakly, taking his hand as he lead me to the private bungalow, pushing open the door.

"Welcome to our new home." He smiled, turning to look at me as I smiled back. "Welcome home bub."