Alphas Choice

E I G H T Y - N I N E

We finished our breakfast and Gabriel helped me clean the kitchen, we got our bathing suits on and went down the the beach. I led him around the mountain side of the island on a small path I pulled my goggles and snorkel on then sat to put on a pair of fins. I laughed at myself and gave Gabriel a dorky smile and a thumbs up before walking backwards into the water and jumping in.

I watched as he copied me and came in too. We swam around to the far side of the mountain where the reef was the most active. I took the snorkel from my mouth and took a deep breath before diving down deep to get a closer look at the colorful fish. There were some small sharks and rays here again too. I looked over and happened to see a very large sea turtle lazily swimming along, she when down and munched on a piece of coral.

I swam to her and slid my hand over her shell, she circled around me as we both headed for the surface for air. I admired her as she swam away, I grabbed Gabriel's hand and drug him underwater to get closer. I pointed out different fish and plant life through the link, we spent a couple hours out here watching and swimming.

"We should head up to the house, we need to leave at 12:00 to meet Monica, we should make an early lunch and bring snacks, they would have taken the food out of the boat." I explained taking my fins off to get out of the water.

"Monica isn't meeting us here to take us out fishing and shopping?" He asked curiously.

"No baby, the island we flew into is the closest to us and that would be four hours there and back plus the time we are there, I didn't want to waste a day getting a few groceries, she sent me coordinates that are in the middle and we will meet there." I smiled grabbing his hand. "Is that okay? If you wanted to go in to the mainland we can, I can call her before she leaves."

"No I have no need to go there little Mate, I just assumed the captain was coming. How about I make us some lunch?" He said and I turned to look up at him, he gave a small smile. "I can't say it will be anything spectacular like what you have been cooking me but I want you to sit and relax, you have been making every meal all week."

"Well I can't say no to that now can I?" I smiled.

We stripped out of our wet bathing suits and left our snorkeling gear on the porch to dry. He scooped me up and carried me to the bedroom and I pulled on a simple white summer dress that flowed to my knees. He grabbed a pair of navy shorts and a t-shirt, neither of us bothered with shoes and headed back to the kitchen. He set me up on the counter and kissed me before opening the fridge to see what was in there. He opened and closed each drawer and opened the freezer to look in and rummaged through the cupboards too.

"So I was serious when I said it wasn't going to be fancy...how does macaroni and hot dogs sound?" He gave a lopsided smile.

"It sounds wonderful." I grinned.

He just chuckled and started pulling out everything he needed and I pointed to where the pots were. He thanked me with a kiss and continued what he was doing, I jumped down from the counter and said I would put together a snack to take with us. I pulled out some fruit from the fridge and grabbed a cutting board to chop it up.

I got the mangoes and pineapple cut quickly so I washed some berries and threw them in the container as well then placed it in a cooler bag with a couple ice packs. That should be more than enough to tide us over on the boat, Monica will have treats with the list I sent if we are still hungry. I cleaned up where I was working and grabbed some plates and utensils for our lunch and set them on the island.

"It is almost ready." He smiled as I sat down to wait. "Would you like your hot dogs in buns or cut up in your Mac and cheese?" He asked sweetly, goddess he was adorable.