fanfic_name = The Promise (Non-Explict Sex)

chapter = 11

author = LTjg_GT_RDF

Rating = AP15

Type = Romance

fanfic = THE PROMISE

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Lisa’s quarters later that evening

Lisa and Rick were sitting on the couch. Rick had his amputated legs on top of Lisa’s lap as Lisa was massaging Rick’s back and legs after the race. Rick was still in shock after he lost to Roy in the air race by a split second.

“I can’t believe Roy beat me by using a trick my dad taught him!”

“But not by much Rick. You could have won the race, you know.”

“And I would have won too, if Roy didn’t cheat.”

“Oh come on, Rick. Let it go. It was only a race.” Lisa said soothingly as she moved over to Rick’s head and began to kiss Rick’s neck.

“What are you trying to do, Lisa? Are you trying to make me forget I’ve lost the race?”

“What do you think?” Lisa asked seductively.

“Well if you are, you’re doing a very good job at it.”

Lisa laughed seductively. “I’m glad I am.”

Rick turned to face Lisa and took her hands in his. Rick looked at Lisa with love in his eyes. “I’m glad you never have given up on me, Lisa. If you did, I would never be where I’m not now. I love you with all my heart.” Rick said quietly. Lisa didn’t say anything. Instead, she reached in and parted her lips. Rick met her and soon they were locked in a passionate kiss. Rick put his arms around Lisa’s thin waist and held onto her as he laid himself down on the couch, never once breaking the kiss.

The following Saturday

Even though it was a Saturday and Rick and Lisa didn’t have to report for duty, Rick still woke up early, started cooking breakfast and let Lisa sleep in. The aroma of coffee being brewed and breakfast cooking, stirred Lisa’s senses. “Oh, Rick my love. You don’t have to cook breakfast.” Lisa decided it was time to get up and eat the breakfast that Rick was cooking. Lisa picked up a white terry cloth robe and put it over her nude body. But she didn’t cover herself completely. She didn’t tied the belt to her bathrobe, so much of the front of her nude body was showing, especially her cleavage, stomach, pubic mound, thigh and leg show. I want to drive him a little crazy. I think I will have a little fun with him. Lisa said to herself in a devilish tone of voice. She looked at herself in a full length mirror to see she if she had the way she wanted. She nodded as if giving approval to her self then walked into the kitchen. When Lisa walked into the kitchen, Rick was at the stove and had his back turned to Lisa. When he heard Lisa’s footsteps, he turned around and smiled.

“Good morning, beautiful. What do…you…want…for…breakfast?” When Rick saw the front of Lisa’s nude body and the belt dangling in the front of her white bathrobe, his jaw dropped wide open.

I think I got just the reaction I wanted from Rick. Lisa smirked to herself. She then strutted over to Rick with a little swivel to her hips, put her index finger on Rick’s jaw and closed his mouth, She then kissed Rick lightly on the lips and spoke to Rick with a seductive voice of an old time Hollywood movie vixen.

“Good morning, chef. I would like a Denver omelet with white toast and hash brown potatoes. I would like to have it fast and I would like to have it hot. I don’t like to have my breakfast cold. Got it?”

Rick was dumbstruck. All he could do was to gulp and nod his head yes.

“Good. Now, go ahead and cook my breakfast. I don’t like to wait long for my breakfast. Now, if you will excuse me, I’ll go ahead and pour myself a cup of coffee while I wait for my breakfast.” Lisa said as she walked away but she turned her head around to give Rick a fleeting look at her face.

Rick turned around and had to shake his head in order to clear it. He then went to the refrigerator to get the ham, green pepper and onion. He then went to the freezer to get a bag of frozen hash brown potatoes.

Lisa stood off to the side to watch Rick cook. As she was watching, Lisa laughed wickedly to herself. I think I got him all hot and bothered.

Rick cooked Lisa’s breakfast in what seem to be record time. As they sat down and eat breakfast, Rick had difficulty eating his breakfast because he was sitting across from Lisa and she had her cleavage showing. Lisa was having fun. Rick finished eating first and was sipping his coffee with his head down waiting for Lisa to finish. Lisa ate slowly as possible so she can tease Rick for as long as she can. When Lisa finally finished eating her breakfast, she got up from her chair and covered her nude body by tying the belt that was dangling around her waist. She then walked over to Rick, wrapped her arms around Ricks’ shoulders, kissed him on the cheek and giggled.

“I’m sorry if I teased you too much, Rick but I just wanted to have a little fun with you. Thank you for cooking breakfast. Now, why don’t you go into the living room while I wash the dishes?”

“Thanks Lisa. Maybe I’ll use the time to take a cold shower.” Rick said as he quickly got up from the dining table. When he left the kitchen, Lisa laughed evilly to herself as she was cleaning up the table. Maybe I should do this more often.

Later in the evening

Lisa and Rick were sitting on the couch after eating a take out Chinese dinner talking about future plans. Rick had his arm around Lisa’s shoulder and looking at her with love in his eyes.

“Rick, when would you like to get married?”

Rick did not say a word.

“Rick? Rick?” Lisa turned her head and looked at Rick. “You’re not even listening to one word I am saying to you, aren’t you?”

Rick wasn’t listening. He had the lost in love look in his eyes. Lisa figured the only way to get him out of his trance was to kiss him. So she bent her head and kissed him quickly on the lips. Rick blinked and shook his head to get himself out of the spell he was under.

“I'm sorry Lisa. What were you saying?”

Lisa laughed. “I thought so. If it was always this easy to put you under my spell, we should do this more often. What I was saying to you is when would you like to get married?”

“Oh, I don’t know. How about we do it on Monday when the Macross courthouse opens? We don’t have to worry about weddings, dresses and who should we invite.” Rick said with a grin on his face.

Lisa immediately frowned at Rick’s suggestion. Oh-oh, I think that was a bad idea. Rick said to himself.

“No, Rick! I don’t want a quickie Las Vegas style wedding. I want a church wedding with me in a wedding dress and you in a tuxedo. I want Admiral Gloval to give me away, Vanessa, Kim and Sammie as my bride maids and Claudia as my maid of honor.”

Rick immediately raised his hands and waved it as if he was surrendering. “Ok, ok, ok. I was only kidding, Lisa.”

“I hope you were. Because if you weren’t, the engagements off for real.” Lisa said as she grinned. She then thought of an idea and her face really brightened.

“Hey, I have an idea, Rick. How about we do a double wedding with Roy and Claudia?”

“A double wedding, you’re not serious are you, Lisa! That would be a nightmare!”

“How it would be a nightmare, Rick?”

“What if they want a different wedding from what we want for starters? What if we want a traditional wedding and they want something different? They would probably want a different cake from what we want. What if they don’t want to be married at the same time as we do? Also, think of the logistical nightmare it would be, like trying to find a reception hall big enough. Let’s just think about us for a change, Lisa.”

“Ok, Rick.” Lisa said with disappointment in her voice.

The following Monday

Lisa and Claudia was enjoying a mid morning break at the officer’s lounge.

“I asked Rick on Saturday about us having a double wedding.”

“What did he say?”

“He said no.”

“Don’t worry about it, Lisa. I asked Roy the same thing last night and he also said no.”

“Do you want a double wedding Claudia?”

“Yes I do. We almost never done anything alone by ourselves, and Rick and Roy, well, those two almost seemed joined at the hip. What was Rick’s reason for not having a double wedding?”

“Oh, you know the usual excuses. What if you want a different wedding from us, different wedding cake, where to find a reception hall that is big enough. What was Roy’s reason?”

“The same reason as Rick’s.”

“I want to have a double wedding too. I was very surprised when Rick said no. What are we going to do, Claudia?”

“Oh, I’m sure we can use our feminine charms to convince our men to see things our way. Let’s come up with something.”

Later that same evening

Lisa spent the rest of the day thinking over of how she will win over Rick to her idea of having a double wedding. A lot of the ideas she came up with, she rejected outright because she realized it would be too overt. At the end of the duty day, Lisa came back to her quarters first. Lisa usually leaves duty first. Rick after flying with the squadron, had a mountain of paperwork to do. He had to fill out intelligence reports for S-2. Then it was reports for maintenance for any damaged VT. Then it was the requisition request forms for S-4 for everything from more bullets to spare parts for the mechanics. Then it was the causality reports for S-1 so it can be sent up the chain of command to Admiral Gloval, the chaplain and the next of kin. Then it was typing out the condolence letter for the next of kin. It was one part of the job that Rick especially does not like to do. It is always difficult to tell a wife or a parent that their loved one is dead, especially on something that is cold and impersonal as a letter that is typed and printed by a computer. He felt that it was his duty as squadron commander to personally notify the family. But he leaves that job to the professionals as the CAO.

In her quarters in the SDF-1, Lisa was cooking dinner and still mulling over what to say to Rick about having a double wedding when she heard the door being open and Rick trudging in. Rick looked like he went 12 rounds with a heavyweight boxer. He didn’t even bother to change out of his flight suit.

“Rick you look exhausted!”

“I am exhausted. We’ve been chasing rebel Zentraedi all over the country today. We barely had enough time to eat lunch today and being in the cockpit almost all day is killing my back. Lisa, can you check with Force Intelligence tomorrow about whether or not their intelligence reports are correct? It seems that the briefings we been receiving doesn’t add up.”

“Yes, I’ll check with Force Intelligence tomorrow morning. Now get out of your flight suit and take a shower. I’ll put the teapot on the stove and get the water boiling so you have a cup of hot tea and we’ll eat dinner. Later on, I’ll massage your legs and your back. Now go.”

Lisa was massaging Rick’s back after eating dinner. Lisa decided it would be a good time to tell Rick about having a double wedding.

“Rick.”

“Yes Lisa.”

“I talked to Claudia today about having a double wedding…”

Rick was exasperated. “Lisa, I thought we went over this on Saturday and we agreed we won’t do it. How can Claudia be your maid of honor when she will be marrying at the same time? I want Roy to be my best man but he can’t if we have a double wedding. Who will be your maid of honor and my best man if Claudia and Roy will be marrying at the same time as us?”

“We’ll have Max to be your best man and Miriya to be my maid of honor.”

“Ok. Then who will be looking over their baby if they’re in the wedding?”

“I’m sure Max and Miriya will be able to find someone to look after baby Dana.”

“Did you talk with Claudia on who will be their maid of honor and best man?”

“Yes, of course. Claudia’s brother Vince will be Roy’s best man and Vince’s wife Jean will be Claudia’s maid of honor.”

Rick turned his head around to face Lisa. “You two really thought this over, didn’t you?”

“Of course we did. Think about it, Rick. Think of all the fun we’ll have.”

“Think of the hassle and all the problems we’ll have.”

“Rick you’re being unreasonable!”

“No, I’m being practical. No, for the last time no. And that is final.”

Nine months later

“Hey little brother, are you ready to go? Balloon is about ready to go up.”

“I’m almost ready, Roy but I’m having trouble tying my bow tie. Can you help me?”

“Sure. No problem, Rick.”

“I guess it must be nerves.”

“Hey, you think you’re nervous, think of what I’m going through right now. And…there we are. Good to go. Let go Rick” Roy said as he patted Rick shoulder.

Max Sterling then walked in. “Is everyone ready to go?”

“Yes, let’s go Max.” Rick said. The trio along with Vince Grant, Claudia’s brother walked out to the chapel from the side room.

The chapel was filled to capacity. There were so many people; the wedding had to be moved to the bigger chapel. Many familiar people were in the chapel. Exedore, Rick’s crew chief Chet, many pilot friends of Roy and Rick, even Dr. Wainwright and Amy Garcia, Rick’s physical therapist, along with her boyfriend was in the chapel. As the four men walked into the chapel, an organist was playing music softly. The chaplain nodded his head as a signal to the organist to start playing. She began playing Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”. Vanessa, Kim and Sammie began walking the aisle with pilot friends. Miriya then came down the aisle, then Jean Grant, Claudia’s sister-in-law and Vince Grant’s wife. After Jean had taken her place, children of pilots served as the flower girls and ring bearers.

After the children stopped, the organist began playing Wagner’s Bridal Chorus. Everyone in the chapel stood on their feet. Claudia dressed in a traditional white bridal dress with a very long train came walking down being escorted by her father, Joshua Grant. Roy couldn’t help but smile as he saw Claudia walking down the aisle. After they stopped, Claudia’s father kissed Claudia and she took her place beside Roy.

Instead of stopping, the organist continued playing. Lisa started walking down the aisle being escorted by Admiral Gloval. Lisa was dressed in an off the shoulder bridal dress. She had baby breath’s flowers in her hair and carrying a bouquet of roses, baby roses and baby breath’s flowers. Lisa looked like an antebellum bride from the American South. Seeing Lisa walking down the aisle at their wedding, Rick had his breath taken away when he saw Lisa. She looked so beautiful. As he watched Lisa walking down the aisle, Rick’s thoughts turned to the day when he crashed his VT and his legs had to be amputated. Rick never thought he would live to see this day. That thought hit him like a sledgehammer and he started to cry. Max put his hand on Rick’s shoulder. Thinking exactly what Rick was thinking and seeing Rick cry, made Lisa cry also. After all we been through, I can’t believe I’m marrying this wonderful man. Oh Dad, I wish you were alive to see me marry Rick. You would love him. When Lisa and Admiral Gloval stopped near Rick, he took her hand and they faced the chaplain. The organist stopped playing and the chaplain began speaking.

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together today, in the sight of God and in the presence of these witnesses to unite these two couples, Richard Thomas Hunter and Elizabeth Grace Hayes, and Roy Charles Fokker and Claudia Louise Grant into the bonds of holy matrimony. If anyone here can show just cause why these two couples should not wed, let him or her speak now or forever hold their peace.”

Immediately Roy turned his body around and flashed a “don’t you even think about it or I’ll court martial you” look at the audience. He heard a rumor of some of the pilots wanting to speak up of why he should not marry Claudia as a joke. Several of the pilots immediately clammed up and there was laughter from the audience Roy nodded his head and turned back around to face the chaplain.

The chaplain recited the vows to Roy and Claudia first. As Rick and Lisa repeated the vows the chaplain recited, they spoke with pure love in their eyes. Rick and Lisa’s eyes began misting as they promised to love, honor, cherish and obey, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health till death do they part. When the chaplain pronounced the two couples husband and wife and allowed them to kiss, Rick and Lisa kissed and kept on kissing until Max had to tell them to stop and had to literally pull them apart. Rick and Lisa blush a little when the audience laughed.

Because of the double wedding, the officer’s club had to be rented out for the reception. Instead of having one big wedding cake, Roy and Claudia, Rick and Lisa decided to each have their own small wedding cake. At the cake cutting ceremony, Rick decided to have a little fun with Lisa by shoving a piece of cake into Lisa’s mouth. Lisa gasped at the shock of having the cake shoved in her mouth but recovered quickly and got her revenge by doing the same thing to Rick but added by grinding the cake into Rick’s face.

Rick had to go to the bathroom to wash the cake off his face so he can look presentable when the photographer will be photographing their first toast. At the toast, the photographer clicked the picture when Lisa and Rick sipped the champagne. Then they kissed as the photographer clicked another picture. They kept on kissing when Max tried to pull them apart. Rick shoved Max away causing everyone to burst out laughing. Lisa laughed through the kiss when she saw what Rick had done. Max and Miriya had to get together to pull Lisa and Rick apart.

“Come on you two. Get a room first before you do it.” Max said jokingly.

Soon the party really began to take off. Roy and Claudia decided to let Rick and Lisa enjoy their first dance together as husband and wife. Rick remembered a song from when he was very young and decided if he ever gets married, that would be the song he wanted to be played at his wedding. He went to the DJ and asked if he has a copy of the song. The DJ said he does have that song and he will play it. When the DJ started playing the CD, Lisa recognized the song and smiled. She remembered that song also from when she was young. As they were dancing, she whispered into Rick’s ear that was the song she wanted to be played at her wedding. Rick just smiled and looked with love into Lisa’s eyes as they were dancing.

Every time our eyes meet

This feeling inside me

Is almost more than I can take

Baby when you touch me

I can feel how much you love me

And it just blows me away

I've never been this close to anyone or anything

I can hear your thoughts

I can see your dreams

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I wanna spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby I'm amazed by you

The smell of your skin

The taste of your kiss

The way you whisper in the dark

Your hair all around me

Baby you surround me

You touch every place in my heart

Oh it feels like the first time every time

I wanna spend the whole night in your eyes

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I wanna spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby I'm amazed by you

Every little thing that you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I wanna spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Oh, every little thing that you do

Baby I'm amazed by you.

At the end of the song, Lisa and Rick kissed and held the kiss for a very long time. Max gave up trying to stop them from kissing too long and he let them go on.

24 hours later

Roy and Claudia decided to honeymoon in Vermont for the autumn colors. Claudia was happy when she learned that her beloved native New England escaped the wrath of Dolza’s Rain. Roy and Lisa decided to honeymoon at a resort in Fiji. They were happy to learn that the South Pacific Island also escaped Dolza’s Rain. It had taken Rick and Lisa over a day to reach the island because many of the jumbo jets were destroyed in the Rain. They did however, managed to get on board of one of the few civilian airlines that still flew the big 747 jets.

It was night when Rick and Lisa reached the resort hotel. At the hotel, Rick and Lisa reached the door to their room. Rick opened the door and without saying a word, he swept Lisa off her feet and into his arms. When he realized that he was about to carry Lisa across the threshold, Rick eyes began misting considering what happened to him over a year ago. Lisa reached over and kissed Rick. Rick spotted the bed and gently carried Lisa over to the bed and laid her down. Rick looked into Lisa’s emerald green eyes with love in his eyes.

“I love you, Lisa.”

“I love you too.”

Rick leaned in and tenderly kissed Lisa on the lips. They slowly and gently began touching each other. They wanted to take their time. They wanted to make love, not have sex. Rick slowly began moving his hands up and down Lisa’s arms. Lisa began to feel erotic sparks going up and down her spine. Lisa then looped her arms around Rick’s neck and pushed him more tightly against her lips.

Rick broke off their kiss, then started slowly, softly and tenderly to kiss her neck and throat. Lisa moaned softly then reared her head back giving Rick easier access to her neck. Rick’s kissing of her neck, started to send shivers up and down Lisa’s spine. She began to whisper Rick’s name as Rick continued to kiss Lisa’s erotic zone on her neck. Rick then began to nibble and tug at Lisa’s earlobe. Hearing Rick’s excited breathing in her ear, made Lisa’s heart beat faster and her breathing to quicken.

Having dressed for the tropical weather, Rick and Lisa started slowly to peel each others clothes off. Lisa was wearing a white halter top shirt that was tied in the front near her stomach, a wrap around sarong and sandals. Rick was dressed in a white cotton shirt, shorts and sandals. Rick started by untying the knot in front of Lisa’s halter shirt. Then he slowly unbuttoning Lisa’s shirt. When he had the front of Lisa’s shirt fully unbuttoned, Rick slowly began to feel and touch Lisa’s smooth skin. Then he felt something unusual, her chest was bare. Lisa wasn’t wearing a bra. He broke off their kiss.

“Lisa, you haven’t been wearing a bra since we changed clothes on the plane. Didn’t you?”

“Of course, I’m not wearing a bra. I didn’t want to wear a bra in this tropical heat. It would be too uncomfortable. Besides, I wanted to surprise you with a little wedding present of my own before we start making love.”

“Why you tease.”

“I’m full of surprises, aren’t I?”

“You sure are.”

Rick returned to kissing Lisa. He slowly removed Lisa’s shirt. When her chest was bare, Rick slowly started to plant kisses on Lisa’s chest. He planted his lips on Lisa’s left breast, slowly started to suckle the nipple of her breast. He then began to nibble, bite and tease the nipple, kicking Lisa’s desires into overdrive. He then started to do the same on her right nipple. Lisa started to moan more loudly, her breathing began to come out in short pants, causing her to lie down on the bed. Rick followed her down and began to cover her stomach with kisses. Rick’s fingers started to slowly untie the knot in Lisa’s sarong. After he unwound the sarong, he tossed it to the side. He noticed that she was wearing lavender silk bikini panties. He sat up on the bed and began to soak in Lisa’s almost naked body. What he saw took his breath away. Her beautiful skin, her athletic toned body, her brown hair and the lavender panties made her look so sexy and he told her so. “Lisa, you are so sexy and beautiful. Words just can’t describe how beautiful you are.” Rick said quietly. Lisa didn’t say a word. How can her when the man she loves and is married to say those words to her. Rick returned to proceed to remove Lisa’s silk panties. He slowly planted kisses on her legs as he removed the panties.

Then it was Lisa’s turn to take Rick’s clothes off. She began by slowly unbuttoning Rick’s shirt. As she unbuttoned Rick’s shirt one at a time, she kissed Rick’s chest each time. After she fully unbuttoned Rick’s shirt, she tugged and pulled Rick’s shirt and then tossed it to the side. She began to kiss Rick’s bare chest. As she began to kiss and tease Rick’s nipples, Rick began to moan and whisper Lisa’s name. She then unbuckled Rick’s belt, unbuttoned the front of his shorts and then slowly unzipped Rick’s shorts. Shortly after, Rick and Lisa were both naked. Their kissing became more deep and passionate, causing their touching of each other more sensitive. The desire to make love became more urgent. Rick slowly began to shift over to be on top of Lisa, while at the same time kissing her lips more passionately. Rick and Lisa then looked at each other and did not say a word. The look in their eyes said all that needs to be said.

The next morning

Rick was the first to wake up. The symphony of the crashing waves was a natural alarm clock that Rick didn’t mind waking up to. He didn’t know what time it was because there wasn’t an alarm clock in the room and Rick laid his watch somewhere nearby. He knew they had slept for a long time because of the jet lag and they made love the night before. He was hungry and he was almost certain Lisa is too. He looked over to his side and noticed strands of brown hair on his chest and a slender arm draped over his body and a slender athletic leg wrapped around his leg. Lisa was still sleeping. He looked over at his wife. I can’t believe this wonderful exquisite woman is my wife. Oh Lisa, I will never break my vows to you. I will love you and cherish you the rest of my life. He began to take in Lisa’s face and lightly began to trace the outline of her face with his finger. He then put his nose into Lisa’s hair and took in a deep breath like he smelled a rose. God, her hair even smells sexy.

Lisa began to stir a little. Oh no, I didn’t wanted to wake her. Lisa blinked to get her eyes in focus. What she saw made her smile.

“Good morning beautiful. Sorry if I awake you. I didn’t want to wake you. Did I ever tell you that you look beautiful sleeping?”

Lisa giggled. “Not until now. Good morning handsome. Slept well last night?”

“I slept really well. You know, I have the most wonderful dream last night. I dreamed that I made love to the most beautiful woman in the world. Oh that’s right, it wasn’t a dream. It was you.”

Lisa laughed. “You’re such a sweet talker. I’m hungry, how about you?”

“I’m starved.”

“Good. Let’s shower and get dressed and go downstairs to the restaurant. I’m hoping they’re still serving breakfast.”

Lisa and Rick stepped into the shower and began to wash themselves. It had taken them a long time to take a shower because of all the kissing and touching they did. They finally managed to shower and get dressed. They were happy to find out they were able to get a late breakfast. After breakfast, they decided to explore the island. Rick who was walking in a low cut swimming trunks, used to be self conscious of his bio legs. But now, he could care less about what people think when they see him walking around in his bio legs. He considers it to be a part of him.

Not far from the hotel, they came upon a waterfall. It was something none of them had ever seen before and it took their breath away because it was so beautiful. They started to walk away from the hotel on the beach. Soon, they came upon a cove. There was no one else at the cove. They sat and listened to the ocean. Afterward, they started to chase each other and played in the water. Watching Lisa in her skimpy hot pink string bikini frolicking in the ocean, Rick couldn’t take it anymore. He gently grabbed Lisa’s arm and pulled her to him and starting to passionately kiss her. Lisa felt the bulge in Rick’s swimming trunks growing. She withdrew her lips and smiled seductively at Rick.

“Why Rick Hunter, am I making you horny?”

“When I’m kissing someone as beautiful as you, I can’t help it.” Rick said innocently.

“Well, do you want some relief?”

“Please.”

Lisa returned to kissing Rick. Rick slowly untied the simple knots Lisa did to her bikini. Very soon Lisa and Rick were naked and were making love. As Lisa was making love to her husband, she remembered back to when she was at the ship’s hospital’s waiting room to wait out Rick’s operation. She remembered her daydream of her and Rick making love on a tropical island beach. She can’t believe that her daydream was coming true. It was almost like her imagination was in overdrive. Only except it wasn’t imaginary, it was for real.

A year later

Skull Squadron was wrapping up their patrol. Lieutenant Mitchell gave them clearance to land and everyone began taxing off the runway. Flight Lieutenant O’Connor noticed Lisa standing just off the flight line and waving her hands excitedly at Rick. In his thick Irish brogue, he radioed Rick.

“Commander Hunter. Sir, isn’t that your wife standing near the flight line?”

“Yes it is, Shane.”

Rick parked his veritech but kept the engines running. Chet climbed the ladder just as Rick was raising the canopy.

‘Sir, Captain Hunter says she has something very important to tell you and it can’t wait. Go ahead sir. I’ll park your VT.”

“Thanks Chet.”

As Rick was walking to Lisa, he noticed Lisa has a big smile on her face. But that wasn’t all he noticed. He noticed there was an absolute glow to her face. Rick came up to his wife and kissed her.

“Hello Lisa.”

“Hello sweetheart. Rick, I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“Well, remember these past few days, I haven’t been feeling well and I told you that I think I may had missed my menstrual period?”

“Yes.”

“I went to the base hospital today and they had taken some tests of me and guess what the doctor told me?”

It had taken some moments for Rick to register what Lisa said to him, wasn’t feeling well for several days, missed menstrual period. He then had a surprised look on his face. “No...No…you’re…you’re pregnant? WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY?”

Lisa nodded her head excitedly and smiled as tears of joy came streaming down her face. Rick let out a yell of joy, then grabbed Lisa by the waist, lifted her up above his head and started to spin her around. Then, he gently put her back down and started to kiss her. By now, Max, Miriya and Rick’s co-pilots gathered around Rick and Lisa and started to congratulate them. Then Rick just thought of something.

“Lisa, do you have your cell phone with you?”

“Yes I do.” Lisa said as she reached into her white uniform jacket pocket and handed Rick her cell phone. Rick speed dialed a number.

“Hello, is Captain Fokker there? This is Commander Hunter. Thank you.”

“Roy, this is Rick. I have something to tell you. Lisa had to go to the hospital today because she hasn’t been feeling well for the past several days. Guess what the doctor told her? That’s right, she’s pregnant. You know what that means big brother? That’s right; I’ve won, so pay up. I’m expecting my money from you by the end of the day. Bye.”

As Rick was handing the cell phone back to Lisa, she had a shocked look on her face. “Rick, don’t tell me you and Roy made a…”

Rick frantically waved his arms trying to calm a panicked Lisa. “It was just a small bet between Roy and me, Lisa. Besides, I have to be first in something after Roy cheated in the air race.”

“He didn’t cheat, Rick. He just used a trick he learned from your father.”

“Hey, why are you sticking up for him, Lisa? I’m your husband. You suppose to be sticking up for me.”

“Oh come on Rick. It was just a race.”

Max then approached the playfully bickering couple. “Boss, I’ll do the paperwork. Let’s celebrate Lisa’s pregnancy. I’ll make the phone calls. Who would you like to invite?”

Rick turned to Lisa. “Would you like to invite the usual gang Lisa, Roy and Claudia, Admiral Gloval, Vanessa, Kim, Sammie, Max and Miriya?”

“Yes, of course.”

“Ok, you heard her. Let’s meet at the officer’s club in an hour. An hour sounds good to you?”

“It sounds good to me.”

Rick and Lisa put their arms around each others waist, and started to walk away from the flight line. “Do you have an idea on what would you like to name the baby, Rick?”

“If it’s a boy, how about we name him after my father, Jack?”

“How about we name him after my father, Donald?”

“I thought you and your father didn’t get along?”

“So? That doesn’t mean I don’t want to what maybe my son to be named after him.”

“Ok, whatever you say.”

“What would you like to name the baby if we have a girl?”

“That’s a hard one. How about we name her after my mother Susan?”

“No. Let’s name her after my mother, Sarah.”

“Oh boy, looks like we’ll have to go to a bookstore and by a baby naming book.”

“I guess we have to. Well, before then how about you throw out some names to me?”

“Ok, how about David?”

“It sounds promising.”

“Ok, how does Homer sound to you?”

“Rick, no! No one names their son Homer these days. Not after that cartoon.”

“Oh, that’s right. Well, how about Daniel then?”

“That sounds better. How about giving me some girl names?”

“Michelle?”

“I like that name. Care to give me another name?”

“Julia?”

“Hmm, I’m not all that crazy about that name.”

“Patricia?”

Lisa shook her head. “I don’t like that name either.”

“Ok, how about Anna?”

“It sounds better.”

“You know we’ll have to eventually come up with a name. You know what will happen if we don’t?”

“Yes, everybody will tell us; ‘Why don’t you name your baby after me? What’s wrong with my name?’”

“That’s correct.”

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