"Ooh, look at this, Mal!" The short, blissful silence between the two newlyweds was broken by an anxious and thrilled Natara Fallon. She held a brochure in her hand that read: Acapulco: Paradise for the Couple, and excitedly pointed out a small paragraph to her husband, who was gazing out of the airplane window.

Mal smiled and picked up the brochure and began to read aloud: "For years, Acapulco, Mexico has been considered to be the ideal paradise for mankind. With so many things to do and sights to see, it is still thought as a felicity today. Now, you can partake in all that Acapulco has to offer, as you and your significant other bond by the beach and see why visitors call it 'the living paradise.'"

Natara wrapped her arms around Mal and sighed. "Are you as excited as I am? This is going to be so much fun! Just think of all the activities we're going to do…diving, camping, rafting, hiking, sailing, surfing, fishing…" Her voice trailed off as she broke into a smile.

Mal placed the brochure down and ruffled Natara's hair. "Of course we're going to do all those things…but have you forgotten that it's our time to bond? We only have two short weeks to spend with each other, alone."

Natara nodded and took a sip of the wine she'd ordered that came with their first-class airplane seating. "Mal, we have a lifetime to spend together." She nuzzled her cheek into his arm.

"You know what I mean…" He couldn't help but laugh.

Nat let the corners of her lips form a smile. "I know. And I promise you, we're going to have the time of our lives."

"I know we will."

Natara leaned back in her seat and folded her hands behind her head, cradling it as she relaxed. "I've been dreaming of my honeymoon for my entire life." She finally blurted out.

"Oh, really?" Mal took this as a surprise.

"Mmmhhmm." Natara nodded and closed her eyes. "Really, really. I used to pretend that I was a princess in a far off land, and my servants would bring me to the beach. Then, my Prince Charming would pick me up and carry me to the water… and we'd swim and feed the dolphins all night long." She opened her eyes again. "It sounds stupid, right? I was just a kid when I imagined that."

Mal couldn't hold in his urge to laugh. "Too bad, Nat…I guess you're stuck with me as your Prince Charming."

"Stop, it, Mal." Natara tried to whack him with the brochure, but she missed and let out a lighthearted giggle.

"Nope." He shook his head and tickled her ribs.

She jumped and let out a growl. "Jerk."

"I love you."

"Love you too," Natara sighed and didn't feel surprised at all when Mal leaned over and slowly kissed her lips. She pulled away after a few moments and picked up the brochure again to see all of the pictures of the gorgeous beach that she and Mal would be residing at for the duration of their honeymoon.

Mal leaned back in his chair and unlocked his phone to see that he had sixteen messages from Kai Kalaba. He closed his eyes, not bothering to text him back. The closer that he and Natara got to Mexico, the farther away they'd be from anything stressful back in San Francisco. Not that Kai was entirely stressful to be around…it's just that Mal wanted to spend the next two weeks with Natara only. He hoped that didn't seem too selfish to want.

Mal broke the silence once more. "Natara, there's only one problem…" he glanced at the brochure nervously with a confused look on his face.

"What?"

"Well…we're going to be in Mexico for two whole weeks, and I don't know much Spanish."

"Mal, you're lucky I took AP Spanish in high school," Natara laughed.

"Yeah, but that's not going to do me any good!"

"Mal…yo te amo." Natara leaned in, her lips brushing his. Mal could feel her warm breath dancing lightly on his cheeks. He sighed and took in her sweet, perfume-smelling aroma. It made him speechless for a long moment.

"What does that mean?" he was finally able to say.

"You'll find out soon enough." And Natara caressed his lips with hers.