John Action stepped out of the Movers & Shakers Gym, ready for the day. It was a rare day off for him; he'd been putting in extra shifts down at the 13th Precinct but now he needed some quality down time. As someone who lived up to his name, he found it difficult just switching off and doing nothing. Sitting around reading or going fishing didn't appeal to him but he'd spent a lot of time already running, boxing and lifting weights that he needed some more stimulation...preferably in the form of a beautiful woman.
His little black book had plenty of names in it and he'd been on dates with Liberty Lee and Jade Rosa but nothing was serious with them. The woman who intrigued him most was the socialite, Katherine Bowie. There seemed to be a deeper connection with her than with his other dates and he was keen to see Katherine again. Using the gym's telephone he gave her a call.
"Hey Katherine...it's me, Action. I have one of my rare days off today and I was wondering if you had one too? You have? How about you and me go somewhere real nice and spend some time together? Well I had in mind going over to the Lykke Centre down in Windenburg....sounds good? Excellent, shall we say meet in an hour?"
Putting down the phone, John smiled at the prospect of spending a day with Katherine.
Down at the Lykke Centre, Katherine was already waiting for him.
"You're a punctual girl, I like that" he said.
"Life's too short to waste time" she replied.
"The very words I live by" said Action, kissing her on the cheek.
They went inside the cafe and grabbed Italian espressos and cannolis to eat.
"Do you think Sim City can cope without you on the case for one day?" said Katherine, teasingly.
"They're going to have to...I have more important things to do today"
"Do I count as more important?" she said, again teasing him with her banter.
"Definitely" he said. The conversation was soon turning flirtatious.
They drank their excellent espressos and were enjoying the playful banter when a woman entered the cafe and, without saying a single word, shot them a disapproving look. Katherine picked up on this.
"What's her problem?" she said.
"Could be many things...maybe she recognises me as a cop?" said Action, dismissively.
"Or it could be I'm white and you're black"
Action shrugged his shoulders. "Does that bother you?"
"It bothers me that people think like that" she replied. "Doesn't it you?"
Action pushed his coffee cup away from him and took a deep breath. "Sure. But do I let it dictate to me? No. I do what I want to do...I'm with who I want to be with and I don't give a hill of beans for what other people think. And I don't think you care much for other people's judgmental opinions either"
"That I don't....it's a nice day, let's walk along the bay." said Katherine.
They left the cafe to head on to the embankment of Windenburg Bay. Katherine was right; it was a beautiful day and they walked along, taking in the sights of the sailing boats moored at the marina and the views that went on for miles.
"Well, it looks like just the two of us here" said Katherine.
"We're all alone" said Action, smiling.
"No one looking on" she said.
"No one to catch us" he replied. He took a couple of steps towards her and held her hands.
"Catch us doing what?" said Katherine, in expectation.
"Oh something like this...." said Action as they lent in towards each other until their mouths met to kiss.
After breaking apart to come up for air, Katherine smiled at Action "That was worth waiting for" she said, sighing.
"There's more where that came from" said Action.
"I don't know about you but I'm done sight seeing" said Katherine.
"Depends on what sights you want to see?" responded Action, flirtatiously.
"How about?....."
"Your place or mine? Why not mine? I make pretty good coffee" said Action.
"But didn't we just have some?"
"I meant morning coffee" he said, raising his eyebrow. Katherine smiled and understood exactly what he meant. They left Windenburg and headed back to Foundry Cove to enjoy each other's company some more.
"I've been here enough times to know the way here by heart" said Katherine when they arrived in the Cove.
"That'll be handy in future" said Action. "Shall we?"
They went inside where Action poured a couple of glasses of wine and they sat together on his couch to begin their intimacies again.
Naturally and instinctively one thing led to another...
The next morning they sat and had breakfast...and Action was good to his word by making a fine cup of coffee for Katherine.
"Last night was wonderful" she said.
"It certainly was...and not just the night, but the day as well. So how do you feel about you and me being together?" he replied.
"I want it more than ever before" she said, resting her head in her hands and leaning on his kitchen table.
Action smiled. "More coffee?"
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