Part 47

At the airport, Sarah and Howie spotted the small group surrounded by security waiting for their plane. The group consisted of the guys and Becca and none of them, save Kevin, knew that Howie and Sarah were coming. As they approached the group, everyone was surprised, especially Becca.

Becca rushed Sarah to give her a hug, "I thought you guys were still in Miami!"

"We had to come back to take care of some business," answered Howie letting go of Sarah so she could greet Becca.

"What’s more important than a honeymoon and ALL that comes with it?" teased AJ as he stepped in between Becca and Sarah to wrap his arms around Sarah. "I never did get a kiss from the bride."

Sarah gave AJ a quick kiss and laughed, "I couldn’t stay away from you, ‘Bone’. Where’s Ali?"

"She had to work today. It’s my animal magnetism that drew you back," responded AJ as he pinched Sarah on the butt.

"Ow!" laughed Sarah as she slapped his hand.

Brian said, "Glad you could make it for this, Howie. Sarah, are you going too?"

"Yeah!! Bec, aren’t you going?"

"Not this time. Sonja and I are going to look for a wedding dress to cover this belly of mine."

"Oh WOW! I’m sorry, Bec! I should be going with you for that."

"NO! Don’t worry about it. You’re still on your honeymoon and you’ve got the Benefit. As soon as it’s over…."

"As soon as this weekend is over, I’m throwing you one hell of a bachelorette party. The Chippendales are gonna be at ‘Tabu’ June 7th for Ladies Night. How about Ali, Nessa, Sonja, and I take you…. just a girls’ night out?"

"Mmmmm…..sounds like fun!"

Nick spoke up, "I don’t want my unborn child exposed to that kind of trash!"

"Oh, get over it, Carter!" smirked Sarah. "The only thing they do that you DON’T is take their clothes off and there are times when I’m not sure you aren’t gonna do THAT!"

Everyone laughed as Becca said, "She’s got a point."

Nick whined to Howie. "Are you gonna let your wife go watch a bunch of men strip?"

Howie laughed, "Hell yeah! It does amazing things for your sex life, Nick! You let them get the appetite somewhere else and when they come home, they’re insatiable."

Nick looked at Becca as he considered the prospects. "Fine! Look! But DO NOT touch!"

Brian cracked, "Yeah…. I can see ‘Churchlady’ stuffing bills down some guy’s G-sting now!"

Sarah laughed, "You’d be surprised what she might do!"

"Oh, I’ve got a good idea," said Nick. "She was embarrassed by what I DID! I don’t know why I’m worried. Becca will probably spend the entire night with her eyes covered."

Sarah snickered, "She wasn’t embarrassed that night! She was pissed that she couldn’t jump your bones in front of everyone! Believe me, she NEVER took her eyes off you!"

"HEY! Would you two stop talking as if I’m not here!" quipped Becca.

Everyone was laughing so hard that they missed their flight being called.

Kevin, who had been watching from off to the side said, "Come on, you clowns. They just called our flight."

Sarah hugged Becca again and said, "I promise to call as soon as we get back."

"Do me a favor?" whispered Becca. "Keep an eye on him for me."

"Not a problem!" answered Sarah as she looked at Nick. Then, taking Howie’s hand, she waved good-bye and they followed Kevin to the door to go board the plane.

The others went ahead leaving Becca and Nick to say good-bye. Becca kissed him tenderly. "Behave and don’t drive Sarah nuts."

"I won’t! You take it easy, baby! I’ll call you when we get to the hotel."

From the door, Brian called, "Come on, ‘Frack’!"

Nick kissed Becca again and as he hurried to join the others, he called back to her, "I love you!"

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