First Vacation

[Spectre]

He was chuckling too hard to really counter being tackled back into the water, although in her defense he totally deserved it. "Aw... alright.. though from the looks of it, you seem to have done my job already.."
He chuckled again, noting the fact that they were down in the water again. He hugged her in return, looking up at her with his head half submerged in the shallow but still notably deep water.
"Not sure I've said this yet.. and I'm sure it's probably already obvious.. but I love you, Nicole.." His words were met with an unusually gentle smile, not unlike him when she was involved, but still rather unorthodox for him in general.