A NEW DAY 
by Michelle T
© 2000

CHAPTER NINETEEN

By the time Michelle and Kevin got back, Michelle had been grumbling over and 
over for fifteen minutes about her aching leg and soggy panties.  Kevin 
sympathized about the leg and laughed about the panties.  He reminded her 
that he was just as uncomfortable.  When they entered the suite at 9:00, 
Brian was just strolling out of his room, looking half-asleep. 

"Hey, what happened to you two?" he asked looking at their damp clothes.  

"Went swimming!  I'm going to shower and change." Michelle said walking 
towards the bedroom.

"No way, I'm going first!" said Kevin and ran past her.  

"Oh god!" Michelle rolled her eyes and went to sit on the edge of the couch 
with Brian.  "How's everything going, Bri?"

"Good, I just got woken up by Lauren.  She keeps forgetting the time 
difference." He said rubbing his face with his hands.

"Why is she in England, if you don't mind my asking?" 

"Her sister is getting married this weekend.  That's sort of what we fought 
about.  She was mad I wouldn't go with her." He said, "I just couldn't make 
her understand how tired I am of flying all over the place, especially since 
we just finished the tour.  But, we talked it out yesterday, and we're cool." 
He said smiling at her.

"That's great.  Do you know where everyone else is?" asked Michelle, 
wondering where and who her daughter went off with this time.

"Nah, I didn't hear anyone leave.  Well, I'm off to the shower too, see you 
soon." He said and went into his room.  

Michelle went into her room and grabbed a cigarette from her handbag and went 
back out to the balcony off the living room.

She stood on the balcony, leaning against the railing watching the town come 
to life before her, thinking of how she had to rent a car and make 
reservations at a hotel in Orlando for Monday.  She and Kim had planned on 
hitting a park or two next week and then spending the rest of the week 
looking for an apartment.  She sighed wondering what was taking Kevin so long 
in the shower, when she felt a pair of warm, muscular arms come around her 
waist.  She smiled and leaned back against the warm body.  "Mmm, you feel so 
good," she sighed happily.

"Good morning, Beauty, how'd you sleep?" he said softly.  She wrapped her 
arms around his and stroked her fingers along his beautiful tanned skin.

"Excellent, and you?" she asked turning in his arms to face him.  She let out 
a small gasp when she saw the gorgeous sight before her.  She pushed him back 
gently and with a wide smile she eyed him up and down.  He only had a pair of 
black shorts on and this was the first time she'd gotten to see his beautiful 
body up close.  "God, D, can you be any more perfect?" she murmured as she 
looked up into his eyes and placed her hands on his chest.

He grinned and leaned down to give her a quick kiss.  "Believe me, I'm not 
perfect," he replied with a chuckle.

"Oh, from what I'm seeing, yes you are," she reached up for another kiss, 
sliding her hands down to his sides and then around to his back.  He 
responded fervently and the kiss deepened.  She parted her lips slightly and 
teased him with her tongue.  He matched her actions and groaned as he wrapped 
his arms around her pulling her closer, plunging his tongue into her mouth.  
Several moments later, she pulled back and smiled.

"So, why are you practically naked?" she asked. 

He pulled her back and nuzzled her neck, "Mmm, you taste salty.  I was 
working out and then went for a quick swim.  Why are you salty and damp?" 

"Kevin dragged me out at 6:00 this morning and then threw me in the ocean," 
she said laughing. "I've been waiting to take a shower, but he's been in 
there forever."

"Come, you can use my shower," he said pulling her back into the suite.  

They walked with their arms around each other to his bedroom.  He closed the 
door behind them and nudged her towards the bathroom.

"Nooo, I don't want to leave your arms just yet," she said shyly.

He moaned slightly, and pulled her back up against his chest, kissing her 
more passionately than before.  She responded likewise and ran her hands all 
over his strong back.  He jumped slightly and sort of giggled.  "That was my 
tickle spot," he said while kissing her neck. 

"You have a tickle spot?" she laughed and ran her fingers back over the same 
area.  He broke away laughing.

"Oh, you are nasty!"

"Nasty? I think not!  Get back here." She reached for him and he tried to 
hold her off with his arms.  

"No fair, you're stronger than me," she said laughing and ducked under his 
arms and got him again.  He laughed harder and tried tickling her.  

They ended up falling on the end of his bed and proceeded to tickle each 
other gently.  Michelle ended up on top of him and scooted up higher on the 
bed to straddle his stomach while leaning her head against his shoulder, 
trying to tickle his ribcage.

Breathlessly he said, "You know what's not fair? You have more clothes on 
than me."  He pushed her up and grabbed the bottom of her top and pulled it 
over her head.  He gasped when he saw her full breasts almost spilling from 
her strapless bra.  "Wow!" he said and ran his hands over the top of her 
chest.

"MMM, Howie, you have magical hands," she said closing her eyes and enjoying 
his touch.  He pulled her back down to him and captured her in another 
passionate kiss.  Michelle rolled to the left so she was lying next to him on 
the bed, with their arms wrapped around each other, entangling their legs and 
kissing deeply when the bedroom door flung open.

"Well, well, kids, what do we have here?" asked AJ as he stared down at them 
grinning wickedly.

"Good timing, AJ," mumbled Howie sarcastically.  Michelle pulled her head up 
and looked over at AJ. 

"Go away, AJ," she said sticking her tongue out at him.

He laughed, "No way!" and sat himself on the end of the bed, reaching out to 
tickle her feet.

"AJ, STOP!" she screamed laughing and trying to kick his hands away, still 
holding on tightly to Howie.  

Kevin showed up at the door and smirked while raising his eyebrows.  "What do 
we got here?" he asked.

"God, what is this, Family Affair?" Michelle asked while releasing Howie and 
getting off the bed. "How embarrassing!" she mumbled.

All three laughed and Michelle said, "It's your fault, Kevin, for taking 
forever in the shower!" She picked her shirt up of the floor and caught AJ's 
leer.  "Keep your eyes in your head, Bone." She said laughing and walked out 
of the room.


When Michelle emerged from a long, hot, much needed shower, she found 
Kimberly laying across her bed reading a book.

"Hi Sweets, where have you been?" Michelle asked while stretching out on the 
bed alongside Kim and giving her a kiss and hug.

"Nick and I went to the Marina.  He's rented a boat big enough for all of us 
for today.  He's going to teach me to water ski." She said looking at 
Michelle with a huge smile.

"Really? I don't like little boats on big oceans." She said with a shudder.

"Don't be a scaredy cat, Mom.  It'll be a blast!  Put your bathing suit on 
and let's go.  Everyone else is waiting for us."  Kim jumped off the bed and 
threw her book in a bag with her towel, discman and about fifteen cd's.  

"You bringing enough cd's?" Michelle asked while getting up and grabbing her 
back pack and adding some sun block, sunglasses, cd's and her discman too.  
"I hope you aren't bringing any rap crap." 

"Oh please, Mom.  I suppose you're going to bring some stupid old Rolling 
Stones or Monkees." Kim said rolling her eyes.

Michelle laughed at her while pulling on her swimsuit and grabbing a t-shirt 
to go over it.  "Well, maybe I will, maybe I won't!  Maybe I'll bring that 
crappy Backstreet Boys cd?" She teased while pulling on a new pair of tan 
shorts and slipping some sandals on her feet.  

"Kevin!! My mom said you guys were crappy!!" Kim shouted into the living room 
after opening the door.  Michelle lunged for her and they both fell to the 
floor laughing like crazy.  

Kevin came over and helped them both up with a grin.  "You think we're 
crappy?" he asked, "In that case, we'll have to prove you wrong." He said 
with a glint in his eye.  "Ok, everybody…….."

"Rock you body!!!" shouted Nick.

"Rock your body, right!!" screamed Brian, wiggling his hips.

"Oh god, help me!!" said Michelle walking out of the suite with her hands 
covering her ears.  

Howie came up behind her, pulled her hands from her ears and whispered to 
her, "You are my fire, my one desire…………."

Michelle moaned slightly and replied, "Oooh, keep that up, Babe, and I'll be 
your biggest fan!"