POST PREMIERE PARTY!! Sailing with Seeley! A Karate Kid Production.

The pristine water of the lake sparkled in the sun. Pyro yawned and
stretched. *Man I love these morning kayak trips around the lake. It’s
so peaceful out here.*
She was just making her way back to shore when she thought she felt a
ripple beneath her kayak. *Huh…that’s weird, the lake is like glass
right now. That must have been one big…* Pyro didn’t even get to finish
her thought when without warning her kayak rolled over. Pyro wiggled
her self free from the craft and broke the surface of the water
gasping, as a pair of well-muscled arms reached around her. Pyro
turned to face the dim witted soul that dunked her, armed with a string
of profanity a mile wide. However, all at once her mouth went dry…….

Ana stared at the clock on the wall from her place amongst the rest of
the cube farm. The seconds were ticking by and the minute hand seemed
to be moving slower and slower every time she looked up from her work.
Ana sighed. *I hate to be at work when it’s such a beautiful day
outside. Oh well, at least that dragon-lady of a boss hasn’t come out
of her office all day. It must be my lucky day.* Ana stood up and
surveyed the room. *Looks like everyone’s already gone for lunch. Guess
I should get going too.* Suddenly, Ana felt the presence of someone
behind her. The tiny hairs on the back of her neck rose, as she felt
the intruder’s hot breath in her ear. Her breath quickened and her
heart started to thump loudly in her chest. The last thing that anyone
left in the cube farm heard was a loud *THUD*….

Amo was busy sorting through the pictures of her most recent vacations.
She was so caught up in the memories of Verona, she didn’t even notice
the squeak as her bedroom door slowly swung open or the shadow that
blocked the light from the window in front of her. As she stood to put
her photo albums back on the shelf, her forehead suddenly (but gently)
crashed into something soft. Amo looked up confused, but her eyes
widened when she realized the severity of the situation. The intruder
carefully pulled out a small broom and began to sweep up the fluffy
consequences….

Loony hummed along to the radio as she folded laundry in her living
room. Suddenly out of the corner of eye she spied a black SUV with
those signature tinted windows pull into her driveway. *Yes! This is it
– he’s finally arrived to take me away!* Loony waited patiently in
front of her door, grinning gleefully- bags already packed.
Fortunately, she was not disappointed. She was soon handcuffed and
slung over the intruder’s shoulder, still grinning like a mad woman……..

Meanwhile….The IHBFC Headquarters was a flurry of activity (author’s
note: finally!). The full team wasn’t in attendance but the few ladies
that were there were chatting at a speed enough to make the road runner
look slow. However, not everyone was up for participating today. A
couple members had the doors to their IHBFC offices closed. One,
decorated with yellow smiley face suns and purple and pink flowers.
The other was bedazzled with fake multicolored gemstones and decked
out with pictures of two dogs.

Gimmie wandered into Da Club and creased her brow in confusion.
*Hmmmm…Turi and Hifi have sure been quiet these last few weeks. I
wonder what they’re cooking up?*

Suddenly, the Y Chromosome alarm went off. After the incident with
he-who-shall-not be-named, the girls had it installed. They didn’t want
to exclude anyone or make them feel uncomfortable but decided
protecting the sisterhood of the IHBFC was more important. (And
reasoned that half the discussions in this club would make any member
of the male gender blush anyway). As shrill whistles and cat calls
repeatedly resonated off the walls of the Da Club, A2B peaked her head
out of the IHBFC Oval Office. “Hey Hart can you check on your squirrels
– I think they may have gotten into the ducts again”.

Hart could be heard over the commotion taking roll call “One, two,
three…..eight…hey A2B it’s not them. All my squirrels are present and
accounted for!” Still in the Oval Office, A2B almost dropped the
cupcakes she was retrieving from the oven. The others looked at each
other with puzzled and somewhat worried expressions, for once at a loss
for words. Suddenly, the alarm stopped and the entire Headquarters of
the IHBFC went dark and silent……


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The cool breeze tickled Ana’s cheek as her eyes fluttered open. She
sucked in a sharp breath as she realized she wasn’t in her bedroom and
the deck lounger she was lying in was most definitely not her bed. She
reached up and realized she was wearing her hurry hard helmet – upon
careful inspection she noted the new, rather large dent in the front.
Suddenly the events of earlier that day came flooding back to her. She
glanced over to her right, where Willi was curled up on a lounge chair
clutching a white men’s dress shirt to her chest, sighing contently
every so often. Ana then looked over to her left where Fab was trying
desperately to try to get her syrup covered hand out of her hair.

She watched as the rows of women slowly began to take in their
surroundings and the buzz of confused chatter quickly began. However, a
hush fell over the crowd as a man in uniform confidently strode up
“boardwalk”. The ladies of the club (and any other self-respecting
female in the general vicinity) couldn’t help but notice the way his
taut biceps bulged and how his perfectly bronzed skin contrasted with
the crisp white of his uniform. The group’s gaze slowly traveled
higher, admiring his strong jawline and chisled chin. The dark brim of
the hat shielded his eyes and in the glare of the sun, the IHBFC’s eyes
strained to make out who this handsome stranger was. When suddenly…..a
smile…a CHARM SMILE flashed across the stranger’s face! The next
sounds were ear shattering screams and squeals of delight as the IHBFC
members realized it was Agent Tall Dark and Handsome himself! In a
uniform no less! (Authors note: *Drool. Yes, Hifi’s hurry hard helmet
was harmed in the creation of this vacation!*)

“Well ladies I’m glad you’re all delighted to be here. I apologize for
abducting you all but this vacation that I have planned with the help
of Hifi and Turi is….well…it’s all about payback.” Booth grinned and
was mighty pleased with himself for finally getting the jump on this
crew. *My how the tables have turned. I was beginning to doubt my
sniper training for a minute*.

The IHBFC shifted nervously in their lounge chairs as thoughts of
syrup, S.T.A.B.L.E. training and inappropriate use of recording devices
flashed across their minds. Booth immediately recognized their
apprehension and quickly put their minds to ease “Oh my Boothy Bunch –
don’t worry. I, nor does the FBI have the resources or man power that
it would require to actually attempt to create some sense of order
amongst the IHBFC. I’m here to repay you all for that
little…..well..vote of confide….er push in the direction of Bones”. A
collective “awwwwwww” from the crowd made Booth blush. “Okay, okay
ladies with that out of the way, I’d like to welcome you to – Sailing
with Seeley”. As the crowd erupted in loud cheers and interspersed
with shouts of “Glugg glugg woohoo”. The crew of the SS Jeffersonian
looked at each other with wide eyes – what has Special Agent Seeley
Booth gotten them into???

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“Ladies we need your attention please!” Hifi called out to the chatting crowd.

“As our Boothy Boo said we would like to welcome you all to the
“Sailing with Seely” Cruise” cheering erupted once again after Hifi
finished speaking.

“Before we start enjoying the many amenities that this wonderful cruise
has to offers us … we would like to give you a tour to show you the
rest of the ship.” Hifi said while going thru the guest list.

“Ummm…. I have a question” came a voice from the crowd.

They all turned to A2B. “I just wanted to know how many days are we
going to be spending here…. ‘cause … well… as we were brought here in a
VERY IHBFC way… I didn’t bring anything with me ….... nor do I think
the rest of us” she finished talking and received a few nods of
agreement from the rest of the girls.

Turi shook her head “Don’t you trust us dear Prez…. haven’t we shown
you from time to time that we are prepared for EVERYTHING?” she
continued.

“You all remember those emails that were sent out throughout the course
of the last month?” turi looked around and noticed a couple of nods.

“Well….. we knew that you must have started packing those things right
away… so we gathered those bags before boarding the ship” turi was
smiling as she remembered some of the conversation they had to have
with some of the families of the IHBFC members.

"We will get your belongings to you once we show you the sleeping
arrangements OK?" turi asked and smiled as a few sighs of relief came
from the IHBFC members.

"All righty then!" said Booth while clapping his hands together. "Shall we get the tour started?" He said happily.

All the girls gathered together and followed Booth, HiFi and turi.

As they made their way thru the ship they were amazed to see how many things they could enjoy while in their trip.

The first things they noticed was the pool it had all the usual things
except that in the lifeguard tower you could see a camera installed
that was pointing directly at the chair.

Booth frowned as he noticed those details.... but this seems to have gone unnoticed by the group of girls.

**Mental Note: Have to ask Hifi or turi about this**

They proceeded to go to the second level where they found the entrance
of a really high slide… the tunnel was about 10 feet high and it
followed all the way into the pool.
There was also an area that had been left empty but it had an overhanging and a few chairs.

They came to a halt right before turning the corner of the boat.

"If you all could please wait patiently for a few minutes... we have
arrived to the sleeping quarters but before we need to give your
luggage" Hifi spoke to the crowd that had been following them.

Turi pulled out a walkie-talkie from behind her jeans... pushing the
botton she called to the cruise staff "squints1 this is the Boothy
Bunch do you copy?" she felt Booth's eyes on her immediately and looked
at him with a grin on her face before turning her attention back to the
voice coming from the radio.

"We copy Boothy Bunch.... go ahead" a male voice spoke.

"Squintz1 we need you to please bring the bags to level 2" turi ordered.

"Right away.... they should be there within the next 5 minutes" the male voice spoke again.

"Over and out.... thank you" were turi's final words; when she heard
another voice come thru the walkie-talkie but this time it was a girl's
voice.

"Yes over and out!" came Hifi's voice excitedly.

Turi turned to find Hifi standing in a far corner with a smile and as
she approached her she said “I always wanted to say that” Hifi stated
turning a bit pink in the cheeks.

At that moment they heard footsteps and saw a few very good looking
guys walk towards them all carrying the bags of different shapes and
colors ... and by the look of strain in their faces equally heavy.

All the ladies of the IHBFC stopped talking and followed attentively the small group of men as they made their way thru them.

They settled the bags by where Hifi was standing and with a respectful
vow turned on their heels and went back the same way they came.

The chatter resumed as they waited for their names to be called out and receive their belongings.

As Hifi and turi were counting the bags to make sure that they had the right amount of luggage Booth came behind them.

Clearing his throat he spoke “Hey you two...May I ask you a question?”

“Sure Boothy Boo go ahead!” Asked turi; while Hifi continued to go thru the list

“Ummm.... is just.... that I was wondering....” he paused for a moment
“Why is it that all the staff here in the ship are guys?” he spoke in
one breath

“Oh... well.. that is is really simple.... we just didn’t want the
situation with the flight attendant to repeat itself again.” turi said
with a smirk remembering how that chick had started flirting with Booth
right in front of them... **How dare her!?!?!?!?!?!?!?.** she thought.

“O... K....” was all that Booth could say **they are REALLY possessive aren’t they.**

Hifi whom had been listening attentively to their conversation
straighten up walked towards Booth and before he could stop her she had
brought her finger to his cheek and pinched it.
“That is sooooooooooo cute!!!.... the Boothy Boo is jealous!!!” she
said while making his face move slightly from one side to the other
still pinching the side of his face.

“Hifi that is enough...” he said while reaching for her arm to pull her
hand away from him “I was just curious that is all” he finished and
turned his gaze to the ocean “It is a really nice day isn’t it?” he
asked trying to change the subject.

“Yes really nice” answered about two dozen voices to him.
They had all turned at the same time and were amazed by the sight that
met them....he had walked over to the side and was leaning against the
railings of the boat.
The effect the sun rays had on Booth’s hair making natural blond
highlights shine...... the gentle breeze carried his voice throughout
the crowd and the sound of the waves made his words even more soothing.

This caused them all to sigh happily and some of them had to support each other so they didn’t fall to the ground.

He was taking aback by the sudden silence that filled the
air........... he turned around and felt a little uncomfortable at the
way they were all staring at him.

“So... let’s get these bags to their respective owners shall we” He said while walking towards the pile.

“Um .. yes... let’s see” said Turi directing her eyes back to the paper in her hand.

Please know that we will be calling your names in pairs.... that means
that the other person will be your roommate for the trip... also you
will be given a room number along with your bags if you follow this
corridor you will see the doors marked with numbers to the left hand
side” Hifi informed them.

They started to call out names:

Tink > Willi
A2B > Pyro
Turi > Hifi (AFTER ALL WE HAVE TO PLAN THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT DAY [Only admins are allowed to see this image] ;D)
rosie > Smutty(bandbi)
Bella Loony > Cari
Niah >.Addy
BB >. b.b
Amo >.kmmp
Puppet > LFMS(sany)
AnaG >. Gimme
Bonbon > Hella
Poly > fab
kiki and flyers
switch and redrider
Cheese and Har Har
Luli and Ash

After they had all received their things they stood anxiously waiting for the go ahead.

“Well I believe that that is everyone... “ Turi half said and half asked.

Their responses were nods and smiles.

“Ladies you may retreat to your sleeping quarters... after you have
finished arranging your clothes please feel free to explore the boat
and used it’s facilities at your leisure and preference .... So please
go ahead and let the Sailing with Seely adventure begin!” with a final
shout they addressed the crowd and they all made their way to their
respective rooms.

Booth saw them all disappear behind different doors....... when he noticed that he hadn’t been assigned a room.

“Hifi, turi.... you haven’t told me where will I be sleeping?.... you
will let me sleep this time right?” he asked remembering how he had not
slept at all the night that AnaG had decided to kidnap him.

“But of course you will be resting that gorgeous body of yours” said Hifi with a wink.

“And because a Boothy Boo tired and cranky is not an agreeable Boothy
Boo... we thought that it will be best if the girls didn’t know exactly
where you were staying .... that way you can have a night full of rest
and recharge your batteries... so you can be ready for the
Boothtivities of the following days” finished turi glancing at Hifi.

**Boothtivities?????.... I will have to ask them later what exactly that means** he thought.

Looking back at the two girls in front of him he noticed that Hifi was
pouting a tiny bit “What is wrong Hifi?” he asked a little concerned.

“Nothing” Hifi said in a small voice “It’s just that I am still getting
used to the idea that we can’t stalk you in your room at night!.....
you know turi had to do A LOT of begging to convince me” she finished

“Aw... come on jefa that won’t be that bad..... just remember all the
things we have planned to do ..... that should make up for it” said
turi while patting Hifi in the back.

Booth didn’t know what to feel..... glad that the girls had decided to
let him have a moment of peace at night .... or afraid at what
surprises will be waiting for him when he wakes up in the morning…..

And as the trio made their way back to the deck to instruct Booth about
what his next task would be, the girls were starting to discover the
surprises that were awaiting for them in their rooms.

The first thing that caught the eye (and made more than one produce a
series of squeals that were heard all over the boat) while entering the
rooms were the ‘Life size Booth poster in a loin cloth’

That reminded lacey of the wonderful time she had taking these shots of
our Agent HotSutff candy during the S.T.A.B.L.E experience.

Funny Bones Productions had provided them all with twin size Booth-tresses.
There were mini bottles of booth-scent that had been place by the
pillows on each of the beds....... so they can spray it and feel as if
they were lying next to our favorite FBeye Candy.

There was a night stand in the middle of the room dividing the two
beds....... was a portrait with a picture of Booth and the respective
owner of the bed beside it.... giving them a kiss in the forehead.

Yep, Karate Kid Productions had really thought of everything!

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After they all had gone to their rooms and freshened up, the ladies of
the IHBFC made their way to the dinning room and as they stepped into
the room the sight that met their eyes made them smile and laugh out
loud.

The sitting arrangements made for this meal were quite unique and
familiar at the same time…. you could call it ‘Dinner a la IHBFC’.

There are about three dozen chairs and individual tables all arranged
in a circle and in the middle there was one chair and one table… and
they all immediately knew who that belonged to.

The ladies came around and sat down while chatting away … they had been
so immersed in their conversations that they hadn’t noticed the
presence of the object of their obsession. Booth had entered the room
almost a minute after them and had been so keen in paying attention to
their chatter that he hadn’t noticed his place at the dinner table …
yet.

Whistling innocently, enjoying the fact that he was being ignored **at
least for a few minutes** he thought … he couldn’t help but notice all
the Booth related terms… they were talking about ‘Boothcamp’ **well
that one I am familiar with** he remembered all the thuds that came
with the cooking class that he had shared with A2B… he paid closer
attention to the words Boothscent, Boothment, Booth-paste,
Booth-tresses, Boothavision, BoothTiVo, and some other ones…. but his
curiosity had been peaked he decided to approach Pyro **she seems to be
the most centered one of the Bunch… I think**

Clearing his throat he tapped her on the shoulder… she had been talking
to BonBon about the kiddies and sharing stories about Germany among
other things…. at the surprised expression on BonBon’s face Pyro knew
exactly who the person was behind her. “And how could I be of
assistance Agent Booth?” she asked with her back still to him.

“How did you know it was me??... You haven’t even turned around to see me?” asked Booth with a slightly shocked tone of voice.

This time Pyro turned around and eyed him from the tip of his gelled
hair to the end of his oh so scandalous sneakers “well Agent Booth…
let’s just say that while I think your sniper senses are very useful …
but I know that MY mommy senses are far more advanced and practical
when gatherings of the IHBFC take place” she replied “and as I asked
before, how can we help you?”

“ Well … I was just wondering if you knew what Booth-tresses are or
this Boothavision all the girls keep talking about?” He asked Pyro
while looking at Bon Bon who seemed to have found very hard the task of
blinking and was just staring at him.

“Ah yes…. those… well you can call them Booth-related-words … and they
just come out on the spur of the moment… you know… I think the girls
came up with a book … what was it they called it?... oh yes
Boothictionary” she finished.

At the mention of the last word Booth raised an eyebrow
“Booth-ic-tio-na-ry??” he repeated while chuckling and shaking his head
“By any chance you wouldn’t happen to have a copy of it with you” he
asked Pyro… but Bon Bon beat her to it “I HAVE ONE!” she screeched ….
all of a sudden she seemed to have recovered from her trance and was
now digging madly thru her bag “see the girls gave me one ‘cause I was
gone for a few days and they wanted me to get caught up with
everything… it even has AnaG’s 12 steps to our addiction” she murmured.

Pyro had to chuckle a little at the sudden change of demeanor of BonBon
… this time it was her turn to put her hand on his shoulder and then
run it down his arm … Booth was getting a little uncomfortable and
welcomed the voice of Bon Bon “ I found it!” she said with a sigh of
relief “here you go!”

Booth extended his arm, which non-coincidentally was the one Pyro was
touching, and took the little book from her hands “I promise I will
give it back after I finished reading it”.

“Oh no worries… you can keep it… but I will find a way for you to
return the favor” Bon Bon giggled and turned to talk to Pyro once again
“come on! we have to get to our seats” Pyro nodded and they both made
their way to the tables.

Again Booth had been so immersed in looking thru the book … which had
illustrations inside one picture for every STEP… that he didn’t notice
when all the room turned quite as all the ladies had taken their seats
and were now waiting for him to take his.
It was when he started to sense intense gazes on him that he looked up
…. his facial expression changed at the speed of light … first shock ..
then awe … and at last wonder … he had to chuckle to himself **only
them… only they can come up with a sitting arrangement that wouldn’t
let anyone feel left out** he thought.

The only task at hand at the moment was to get thru their tables and
take his seat… he started looking around assessing the situation at
hand like a good soldier **now … which two are harmless… hahaha … I
don’t think there is one of them that will even know what that word
means** he took a moment longer until his eyes fell on two not so
familiar faces **I think it’s safe to pass thru those two… I’ve noticed
that the newer members are not as daring as the others**

But he couldn’t have been MORE mistaken as he made his way to those two
tables .. Bandbi couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed because she
wouldn’t get her butt pinching fix tonight…

As Booth approached them; Flyers and Puppet were in deep conversation
and it was when they heard the squeal coming from Cari and AnaG that
they looked up to find our Favorite FBeye Candy looking at them
“Ladies … could you please be so kind as to move over so that I can …
go take a seat” he asked and finished his request by winking at them.

They did as they were asked … and just as he was passing thru he felt
two hands slap his behind… he sighed heavily **there goes my theory**
And as he turned around he saw Flyers and Puppet high fiving themselves with huge grins on their faces.

Booth had seen Gimme ordering one of AnaG’s special polka dotted drinks
and was taken aback by the lack of protesting from the Pyro and Amo
whom had been sitting close to her.
He called out to the waiter “Buddy don’t you even think about bringing
that drink to the lady … she is not allowed”. ” the poor guy was frozen
on the spot as he heard Booth menacing voice and met his eye’s glare.

Gimme looked up “Oh Boothy Boo.. you didn’t know!!! I turned 21 a
couple of weeks ago … so I AM legal” that was accompanied by a
happy/celebration dance.

Booth raised an eyebrow “And why should I believe you??.... don’t you
think I have forgotten all your ‘tricks’ from the parties” he asked
still not quite convinced that she was telling the truth.

“Oh it’s true!!! hers is a few days before mine …. and I assure you
that she DID turn 21… so she is old enough to drink…. moderately of
course” Cari had spoken from her seat while waving her fork.

“Very well then… I apologize Gimme” he nodded at her and then called
the waiver’s attention again “And you can bring her what she ordered

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Hart about to call the same waiter over to where she was sitting.

But Booth was too fast for her “Don’t even think about it kiddo…. last
time I checked you were 18 and that was only a few months ago… so soda
or juice for you” he pointed a finger at her.

“Well first Boothy Boo is not polite to point at people… and secondly..
what makes you think I was going to order an alcoholic drink?? Huh?....
I am thirsty and I was going to order a soda!” Hart pointed out to him
while sending a stinky eye his way; but that was gone in the blink of
an eye since he had sent a grin her way.

“Then I must say that I am proud of you!!! … and I am sorry for jumping
to conclusions” He apologized and didn’t notice the glint in Hart’s eye
and missed her leaning close to the waiter and ordered one yellow drink
with green polka dots.

It was Redrider’s giggle that put him and Pyro on alert … they both
protested at the same time. “She is NOT allowed” spoke Pyro in her best
mom’s voice.

“You are unbelievable Hart unbelievable” was Booth’s answer while shaking his head.

“Thank you Boothy Boo… but I knew that already!!” Hart laughed but
couldn’t hide her disappointment at being caught trying to bend the
rules just a tiny little tinsy bit.

After that dinner went rather normally … or as normal as any dinner
involving IHBF members and Booth would go… until it was dessert time.

Just as the waiters announced that it was time for the sweet part of
the night… all the ladies pulled out their respective bottles of syrup
and started looking at Booth with a glint in their eyes.

Shaking his head Booth spoke…. more like stumble thru words “OH no … no
no NO NO… I will do anything but turn into some kind of exotic dessert
for all of you not happening tonight… you know I like you ladies a
lot.. but that is just one thing that you will NOT force me to do
again!... don’t you think it’s enough that you have put me here as if I
was some kind of thing that needs to be displayed… it is quite
uncomfortable to try and eat while I have 30 pairs of eyes staring at
me” he said while putting his hands up as if to protect himself.

That was when A2B came sprinting and skipping happily out of the
kitchen… “Awww Boothy Boo … don’t worry” she said while making her way
to where he was sitting “I have fixed us all up with a delicious
desserts… and you are not a THING to be displayed … but definitely a
VERY FINE and well structured specimen worth admiring” A2B pointed out.


She whistled and as if that had been their cue all the waiter came out
from the kitchen holding numerous trays that held a number of pastries…
some had pretzels covered with all the kinds of chocolates one could
find … courtesy of our Lacey.
Booth eyed those suspiciously as the memory of a couple of unconscious
guards and receptionist at the Hoover building came flooding back…
“Don’t worry Boothy Boo this time NO special ingredient on those!!”
Lacey called out from her seat while waving maniacally at him.

The rest of the trays carried cups with a layered dessert consisting of
peaches, lady fingers and a sweet cream, other carried brownies in the
shape of a bone… and every kind of imaginable, deliciously prepared
dessert.

After they all had eaten more than they could handle … the member of
the IHBFC starting heading towards their rooms… but of course not
before THANKING IMMENSELY A2B for having taken the time and prepared
all those delectably, appetizingly, scrumptiously, mouth-wateringly
sweets for them.

They headed in pairs back to their rooms while bidding each other good night.
It seemed as if it was going to be a quite night when after a while….


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Various black hooded figures moved in the shadows … tip toeing between
pillar and pillar , moving from barrel behind barrel… some where pushed
flat against the walls while advancing in a very stealthy way thru the
darkness…..
Suddenly a bump and a thud were heard “shhhhhhhhh… AnaG” Hart’s voice
was heard “ where did all your S.T.A.B.L.E training go??... I thought
you were supposed to be the military brat!”
“Sorry …I didn’t see Loony hunched down by the barrel and I tripped…
sorry Loony” AnaG apologized and more than likely had an ‘I am sorry’
look on her face; but Loony couldn’t quite tell.
“Ladies… shhhhhhhhhh” was heard again coming from an authoritarian voice that couldn’t come from anybody else than Pyro.
“aaaah… Bandbi watch out …. that was my hand” whispered Willi whom had been crawling.
“ooops… sorry… sooo sooo sorry” said Bandbi.

Soon they were joined by more than 20 figures outside of an unmarked door.

The anticipation was killing them… but at the same time nobody made an
effort to move and turn the door knob… afraid that will all pass out
from the sight that will meet them once they made their way into the
room…
“Oh for Pete’s sake” Cari spoke as she made it to the front of the bunch and put her hand on the knob.

“wait!!!... not yet” called AnaG, “ I have to put this one first” she
said as she pulled out her helmet, and pulled two more “and this is
Gimme’s … no more concussions for you little lady… and this is Hifi’s”
she finished
After they had finished putting them on they gave the thumbs up to Cari.
She took a deep breath put her fingers around the metal and turned it.

They entered the room as silently as they could; the ladies had to suppress some squeals of excitement.
Poly had made her way to the lamp on the one side of the bed and when
she turned it on ... all she could do was stare open mouthed at what
she saw.

Sitting on two chairs at the other side of the bed were Hifi and
turi… who couldn’t help but laugh at the identical look for
incredulousness all 28 faces wore.

“Ladies …. Ladies.. tsk tsk tsk tsk…. “ said Hifi while moving her finger disapprovingly.

“I can’t say that I am surprised… after all we were expecting this” turi spoke while rising from her seat.

“I know it most be disappointing to see us here instead of our Boothy Boo… but we were forced to do this” Hifi explained

They all seemed to have recovered from the not so pleasant surprise at
the same time .... and they all started asking loony “you had said that
he will be here Loony?”... “what happened????”…. “Yeah… I want to see
the Boothy Boo”
“I don’t know!!” said Loony confused before directing her attention to the two girls staring at them.

“Not fair Hifi and turi” “that is NO fun” there were more protests than questions.

“HiFi!!!... Turi!!!... you told me that he was going to be staying in
this room” she asked.... “I thought I was in on that secret!”

“well B-Sis!!!.... we actually had to keep that information quadruple
classified..... because while you are the BESTEST at keeping secrets
... we know that our obsession for Boothy-Boo knows NO BOUNDARIES.....
so we thought it will be safer to give him some peace at night at
least” Turi explained.

“Yes … we have a few activities prepared for tomorrow … and he will need his rest” said Hifi

“Now that we have gotten this situation straighten out.... let’s please
all go back to our rooms... and get some rest because you are going to
need all the energy you have to keep up with tomorrow’s Boothtivities”
said Hifi while guiding everyone out of the room.

But they were still receiving some complaints from a few girls, and
they didn’t hear the end of it until they were both safe in their room.

“Phew… I thought they will skin us alive!” said turi while flopping in the bed.

“yeap… Hart’s stinky eye was on FULL FORCE… it is VERY scary!” spoke Hifi as she pulled the sheet under her chin.

With that they all proceeded to get some rest .. recharge their batteries and prepared for what the new day will bring.
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The following morning, the cruise ship guests slowly shuffled out of
their sleeping quarters. Booth watched amused as they groggily filed
into the dining area one by one, yawning and rubbing their sleepy eyes
and sporting pj’s, fuzzy slippers and some serious bed-head hair. To be
truthful, he had never quite seen the IHBFC so disorganized or
so…….quiet. Booth chuckled to himself *Must have been some night last
night. Even Hart’s squirrels look exhausted*.

“Morning Hifi!” Booth greeted cheerfully. All Hifi could manage was
some mumbled incoherent syllables before she waved him away in search
of a caffeinated beverage.

*Uh-oh* Booth thought as he looked at the megaphone in his hands.
Wisely, he waited for the ladies to fully adjust to the land of the
vertical again before he made his announcement. Seeley Booth knew about
a few things in this world – sharp shooting, hockey and that any verbal
contact with a woman first thing in the morning can be deadly if she’s
not a morning person.

Once the dull hum of conversation started and the yawning had subsided,
Booth stood up from his chair to make an announcement. “Good Mor…hey!
Ow!!” Booth stopped mid-sentence as he turned around to see Smutty and
Sany mid pinch. “Ladies, as much as appreciate your….ugh….enthusiam…..
For the last time….THAT HURTS!”. The behind pinching bandits could only
offer big puppy dog eyes and sheepish pouts as apologies before making
their way back to their table. Booth turned around again to face the
others, just in time to miss the “touchdown rear-end zone” dance that
Smutty and Sany had choreographed.

“As I was saying – Good Morning ladies. I hope you all had fun
yesterday and had a good nights rest. Today, the cruise ship will be
docking at the lovely port of San Juan, Puerto Rico and we will be
spending the day exploring the island!” . From the loud clapping and
cheers, Booth could tell the IHBFC approved of the excursion. He only
stopped grinning once when he heard Willi shout from the back “When do
we get to explore Booth Island???” Especially because the IHBFC clapped
furiously at this suggestion. “Okay try to focus ladies – this is not
the Mayflower and I am not some new continent to be revealed to the
rest of Europe”. At the mention of Booth being “revealed” to Europe,
Niah, Amo, Hella, bb and Addy shouted their approval and nodded
enthusiastically. Booth sighed and rolled his eyes heavenward. *Yeah –
I should really talk less, I wonder where in D.C. I can take sign
language??*.

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The ladies made it to the island without incident, minus the fact they
couldn’t stop giggling at the idea of renaming Newfoundland,
NewfoundBooth. Especially when Loony suggested that Newfies could be
called Boofies.

As they made their way to the mainland, they mostly chatted in pairs as
they admired the scenery of San Juan. As other tour groups scattered,
Booth inwardly groaned now expecting a 22-women long line to follow him
around the island. *We’ll look like one big conga line all day!* As he
turned to face the ladies, he was shocked to find they had all started
out in small groups to explore the island. *Hmmmm…well…now what do
I….well this is good…great really…I mean….more time to myself, away
from the constant harassment right???*.

Booth wandered around the marketplace aimlessly. He smiled as he
watched Poly, Turi, kmmp, and Gimmie trying on oversized sun hats, and
laughing because they had to tilt their heads way back just to see
where they were going. Then a2b and Pyro caught his eye as they modeled
colorful swimsuit cover-ups for Hifi, Willi and Tink, who each voted on
their favorite ones. Booth sighed and shoved his hands in the pockets
of his shorts as he leaned up against a palm tree. He watched as some
local tanned, muscular good-looking (well he guessed anyway) Puerto
Ricans started chatting with Cari, Kizzi, BB and Bonbon. He hadn’t even
realized he had started to fiddle with his poker chip until he was
gripping it tightly and gritting his teeth as watched the flirtatious
locals now chatting up all the IHBFC members.

“Ahem ladies” Booth barked into his megaphone. Startled, the IHBFC
members instinctively fell into line like at Boothico during their
S.T.A.B.L.E training. *Okay – that wasn’t quite the reaction I
expected. What is in those fruity blended drinks they pass around that
club??*

“Uh…..I think it’s time we make our way back to the ship for
lunch….away from the local playboys.” Booth’s eyes narrowed as he
finished speaking and he gave a “Yeah that’s right I’m talkin’ to you
nod” in the direction of the Puerto Rican men.

Shaking off the déjà vu, the IHBFC couldn’t help but notice the
definite change in Booth’s tone….and the angry red his skin was turning
in the hot tropical sun. “BOOTH” the IHBFC cried in unison and were
by his side in an instant.

“oooo that must hurt……poor boothy boo”

“Here try my aloe vera gel it helps”

“Better yet let me ki…..ewwww a2b that aloe vera gel tastes gross!”

“We’d better get you back on the boat.”

“Yep you need shade”

“….and a lounge chair.”

“…..and a drink…definitely something blended with ice.”

Booth threw one last triumphant glance over his shoulder towards the
local men as the Boothy Bunch hurried him back towards the cruise ship.
His gloating was short lived however when he turned around to discover
22 women in a circle playing rock paper scissors for the lone bottle of
sunscreen. He shook his head – “Ladies – get back on the boat please”.

Once back on the ship, the girls decided it would be best if Booth
stayed out of the sun. Pyro, always the mama bear, insisted that Booth
put his captain’s cap back on to prevent heatstroke (and the IHBFC
thought he looked just plain handsome in that hat). As they wandered
around the cruiseship looking for a Boothivity to do indoors – bright
flashing lights caught their eye. The group decided to investigate and
to their absolute HORROR discovered it was…..a….CASINO!!

22 pairs of concerned eyes flashed to where Booth was standing in the doorway.

“What…oh no…you don’t think…Ladies, I’ll be fine.” Booth reassured the panic stricken faces.

“Oh Boothy Boo we need to get you out of here.” Ana stated as she grabbed his arm to drag him out of temptation’s way.

“Really Ana I’m okay.” Booth said loosening her vice grip from his forearm and patting her hand for reassurance.

“Oh Booth, that’s just the sunburn talking.” Willi insisted as she grabbed his other hand and pulled him towards the door.

“No.” Booth said as he pulled his hands away. “I can be in
here…..really go ahead you ladies have fun.” Booth started to move
towards the floor.

The IHBFC gasped and took drastic action. Niah dove onto the blackjack
table, Addy used her belt to tie up the slot machine, Loony gathered
all the dice she could find in her purse….when the bells and whistles
subsided and the cards had finally settled all over the floor, all that
was left were huffing puffing IHBFC members and some very, very
confused casino crew members.

Booth surrendered, took a step back and put his hands in the air.
“Okay….you win ladies…let’s go back outside.” The IHBFC breathed a
collective sigh of relief as they shuffled out the door Booth held
open. *Seriously……do those blended drinks have FDA approval???*

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Chattering away, Hifi and Turi led Booth and the rest of the IHBFC down
the narrow hall of the cruiseship to a set of doors labeled SS.
Jeffersonian Ballroom.

Using her megaphone, Turi turned to address the crowd. “Okay ladies -
we need all members of the IHBFC to wait just outside these doors,
while Hifi, Booth and I get set up for the next activity. Remember – no
peeking!”.

Once inside the ballroom, Turi and Hifi revealed their next activity to an unsuspecting agent Booth.

“Salsa lessons!!!” Hifi blurted out as soon as they were safely inside
the room. Booth looked at Hifi quizzically, until Turi offered an
explanation.

“What my rather wound up collegue means, is that for our next activity
we would like you to teach salsa dancing to the IHBFC.” Turi clarified
trying to ignore Hifi as she danced around, repeating “cha cha cha”
every so often.

Booth smiled, amused at the idea, however blew a hole in the plan the
size of Hodgin’s bank account when he announced. “Sounds like fun but I
don’t know how to salsa.”

Hifi stopped dancing and Turi froze as they slowly turned to face each other.

“Ay Caramba…”

“No es bueno….” Hifi said while Turi looked at her with a funny face and Booth laughed.

“Oh no! did I say that wrong?” asked Hifi while turning a bit red.

Turi and Booth nodded.

“I think it sounded cute!!! Didn’t it Boothy Boo?!?” asked turi and patted Hifi on the shoulder

“Yes it did!! And I have to agree with her ‘no es bueno’” he added

“Hey!! Do YOU speak spanish Agent Booth?!?!? “ Hifi asked as Booth and Turi each answered with a nod.

“And turi how did you know that?” she asked.

“Well… you just have to pay attention to the way he pronounces his ‘t’s
when he says a spanish word like Guatemala and Quito, which by the way
Agent Booth is the capital of my country, and that gives him away” turi
finished while staring at an open mouthed Hifi

“That just makes you even hotter Boothy Boo… “ Hifi squealed.

Hifi quickly recovered from the shock of discovering our very own Booth
spoke one of the romance languages and got back to business, “ Okay
Booth, un momento por favor.” Hifi said in her poor Spanish accent as
she motioned for Turi to join her out of earshot.

After a few moments of whispering and vigorous hand motions. Hifi and Turi returned to agent Booth with their “Plan B”.

Turi spoke first. “Well Boothy Boo, we obviously didn’t account for the
fact that you might not know how to salsa when we first devised this
activity but Hifi and I discussed it and we decided, well, it doesn’t
matter”.

“We have the music, the costumes so we think it will be fun either way!”. Hifi said enthusiastically.

“Whoa, whoa…back the Mexican train up there… costumes????” Booth asked skeptically.

Turi and Hifi winked at one another and turned to face Booth as innocently as they could.

“Don’t worry Booth you get to choose your costume and we won’t let
anyone in until you’ve made your decision. Now get that cute “caboose”
of yours into the change room!”

Booth hesitantly headed towards the men’s change room, afraid of what
kind of outfits he was going to find. He opened the door, and his face
fell at the sight in front of him. “Oh they have got to be kidding
me……”


Booth emerged from the change room a few minutes later…”Turi, Hifi I am
not going to….” Booth’s rant was interrupted by a roar of laughter and
applause from the entire IHBFC as they enthusiastically approved of the
full matador outfit Turi and Hifi had chosen for Booth. The suit was
complete with skin-hugging red fabric emblazoned with gold designs and
a black montera (the oblong shaped hat) traditionally worn by
bullfighters.

“Turi, Hifi…I thought…I mean you said you weren’t going to let….everyone’s here!” Booth stammered as his cheeks turned pink.

“Sorry Boothy Boo, but after the girls found us instead of you in the
sleeping quarters last night, we owed them a little apology.” Turi
explained as Hifi snapped a picture.

“Oh this is soooo going to Dr. Brennan…” Hifi squealed.

“Hifi give me that….” Booth growled as he chased Hifi around the room.
Shouts of “toro, toro!” and giggles echoed throughout the room

“Okay, okay Booth… Hifi will erase the picture, why don’t you go change
into the other outfit we picked out.” Turi said as she intervened.

“Fine” Booth grumbled.

Booth reemerged from the change rooms a moment later and the room let
out a collective gasp at the sight. Dressed all in black - shiny
leather shoes, snug dress pants and an ebony dress shirt that gripped
every muscular inch of his torso. Oh if Johnny Cash fans could see
this – there would sooo be a new “man in black”.

The sudden burst of latin music from the speakers snapped the IHBFC back to reality.

“C’mon ladies, let’s dance!” Booth said as he grabbed Ashangel and
Harhar and led them to the dance floor. Soon every member of the IHBFC
was shakin’ what their mama gave them to the lively beat. Everyone got
a turn to be spun, dipped and to shake their hips with Booth and the
SS. Jeffersonian Ballroom had never seen so many happy women before.

The IHBFC although out of breath from dancing so much, was disappointed
as the last song faded away but agreed they were all in desperate need
of some agua and nourishment, so they danced their way out of the
ballroom, towards the dining room.

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AnaG had to be taken to the First Aid station by Cheese and Har Har;
since she had gone **thud** quite a few times during the salsa lessons
and had forgotten to fasten her helmet on; which had gone flying after
Booth gave her the first twirl.

After another delicious dinner; and some complaints from Booth about
being covered with syrup by flyers, bandbi, fab among others … and some
offers to help him get the stickiness off him by sponge baths, etc.,
Hifi and turi announced the last activity of the evening.

“Ladies!!!... please settle down.” Turi and Hifi said at the same time and couldn’t help but giggle.

**Oh no… what have they come up with now** Booth thought as he swatted a couple of ‘helping’ hand off him.

“Ok now that we have been fed….” Turi said but was interrupted by
Hifi’s “And covered the Boothy Boo with syrup” she squealed, which
earned her a cheer from the crowd.

Once the noise again died down, Turi continued. “As the last
activity of the day and sadly of the ‘Sailing with Seeley’ cruise… we
would like to ask if we have any volunteers to start our KARAOKE
Night??!!!”

Turi certainly did not expect the response she got.

ALL of the ladies had started shouting “Me first” instead of “NOT me first”

**well at least I am off the hook on this one** Booth thought as he saw
all the IHBFC members lining up and picking their songs.

This resulted in much discussion and Hifi had to resort to picking
numbers out of a jar, because they had all wanted to go first.

“First of …we have Sany!!” called turi as Sany made her way through the crowd skipping.

“She will sing ZZ Top’s ‘Gun Love’ … and may I say what an appropriate
song!! I am pretty sure Dr. Brennan will like it” Turi said as she
passed on the mic to Sany.

Music started and the lyrics appeared on the little monitor at right of the stage.

As the song progressed Booth found himself thinking about a certain
forensic anthropologist back in DC **man she would really like this
song…. and it is kind of appropriate… after all she is obsessed with
guns and the one she got … that was a cannon ** his mind wondered right
back to the moment when he had seen her showing Angela her newly
acquired possession. He laughed to himself, but was brought back to the
present by the clapping around him

It was Hifi’s turn to announce the next person “ Up next we have Kasper
and she will be doing her very own rendition of February by Josh
Groban… please give her a round of applause”

After her, Lacey (whom after changing her mind for about the 100th
time) had FINALLY decided on “The Walk” by Imogen Heap. But only after
turi had resorted to threatening her that she would take her favorite
Booth poster off her wall at the M.I. room. “Drastic times called for
desperate measures” , Turi had explained to her after receiving a glare
and a gasp from Lacey.

And after performance after performance, all the volunteers came to an end …

“We thank you for your enthusiasm to participate on the karaoke night” Turi spoke first.

Booth was standing up from his chair ** hmmmm … that was painless… no
eccentricities this time… I am amazed** he had thought……just a moment
too soon.

“Well I see that our next performer is standing up … please give a
round of applause for Agent Seeley Booth … affectionately known as
Boothy Boo!” Hifi and turi announced together.

“What?!!??!... you… mean… I…. NOOOOOOOOOO!” was all that Booth could
say before he resorted to opening and closing his mouth … standing from
his chair and not moving a muscle …except for the occasional blinking.

“Oh come on Boothy Boo don’t be shy!” called Willi out from her seat.

“But… I … didn’t … sign … up!!” he kept saying as Fab, luli and Ash made their way with him to the stage.

“Ok girls… you can leave now… take your seats” said Hifi while prying
them very gently away from him. “Yes I understand … touching him can be
addictive … but if you don’t leave him then he can’t sing” she said and
guided them back to their seats.

“Now that we have our next performer here..” said turi while clutching
the mic really tight trying to help her restrain herself from squealing
and talking about a mile per second.

Noticing that her companion needed help Hifi proceeded “What we are
tying to announce is that Boothy Boo here is going to be singing AND
dancing!”

At these words Booth’s eyebrows shot up and he gave both of then an incredulous look.
“Yes… you HAVE GOT to dance…. to the song “I am too Sexy for my shirt!!” Turi nearly squealed the last part of the sentence.

By this time, Booth’s eyebrows had disappeared into his hair as he
raised them up even more. “But… but….. I…. “ Booth stammered and before
he could protest even more, he found himself holding the mic and the
musical notes to the song started echoing through the walls..

It seemed as if everyone had disappeared from the room … you couldn’t
hear anything except the song playing … but of course the ladies didn’t
disappear, it just that they were paying such close attention to Booth,
if it was possible, it appeared as if they had all stopped breathing.

“GO BOOTHY BOO!!” Hart started shouting and was soon joined by Cheese, Amo, Gimme until all the ladies started chanting.

This seemed to make him even more embarrassed, if that was possible, but deep down his confidence grew a tiny bit.

“I… am” he whispered …**breathe Booth breathe** he told himself **
there is NO way you can get out of this one** he eyed the exit sign
that was way in the back of the room past the chairs in which the crowd
was seated.

**ok… here it goes** with that he snapped out of his embarrassment and embraced the song.

“Too sexy for my shirt” he started singing.

“Take it off!! Take it off!” came a shout from the audience as the
crowd turned to look at flyers standing on her chair and waving a one
dollar bill in her hand.

She was soon joined by Bandbi, puppet, Pyro and others.

Booth kept singing loosening up a bit with every other word he sung but
stopped right as he saw that the dollar bill waving had gotten a bit
out of hand and his eyes grew bigger as he saw Loony approaching him.

“Ladies you have to stop that or I refuse to keep singing … and I was just getting to the dancing part”

Loony stopped midway and pouted… the ones that were standing in the
chairs put their money away “That’s better…. ok… so where was I” Booth
started singing again but this time he swayed at the rhythm of the
music.

After a few seconds though ….. Loony had been hypnotized by the way he
moved that (later she swore) her feet move involuntarily towards the
stage and put the bill she was holding in his pants before she was
taken away by the waiters that Hifi and turi had ordered to stand guard
and remove very kindly anyone who might approach their male performer …
as they had foreseen this kind of response from their comrades.


A couple more minutes of signing and “shaking what his momma gave him”,
Booth finished the song with gave an inaudible “Thanks” and a
tremendous noise erupted from the crowd. It was mix of clapping, wolf
whistles and some shouts of ‘Encore’ ‘Encore’.

He made his way down the stage and was almost at the door when Hifi’s
voice came from the mic “But Boothy Boo we are not done yet!!” at these
words Booth dropped his arms to the sides hung his head low and thought
- **Booth … there is nothing more they can do that will embarrass you…
they have done everything by now**

He slowly walked back and was a bit surprised to see that Turi was motioning for him to take a sit back in the audience.

“Please take your seat… wipe that weary expression from your OH SO
handsome face … and prepare for our last surprise of the evening” Turi
told him

“We now would like to ask to all the ladies of the IHBFC present here
tonight to make their way up here!” asked Hifi while using her arms to
motion to the crowd to come up to the stage.

As they all left their seats, Turi explained “Okay … now that we are
all here, Hifi and I would like to thank everyone for being here … it
means the world to us that you all came along and enjoyed all the
activities we planned for you!”

“Yes and a special thank to all the crew here on the SS Jeffersonian!
But the biggest THANK YOU of the night goes to our Boothy Boo whom
was more than willing to go kidnap us all and agreed to spend some time
with his crazy bunch for the past two days” Hifi finished.

“And after a lot of thinking we came up with this idea … so to show you
our appreciation.… We at the IHBFC are going to sing to you our song”
turi announced.

As a couple of mics were placed between the ladies on the stage, Booth
couldn’t help the big smile that spread on his lips. His facial
expression completely changed and he felt a tiny tug in his heart. And
he just stared at all the faces that were at the same time looking at
him with equal expressions.

And suddenly two strokes of a guitar resounded in the room and the
notes to an all too familiar song come from the speakers. The lyrics
came on the screens and in unison they all started singing “I hate the
world today…. you’re so good to me I know but I can’t change….”

At the end of the song they all hugged each other and when they turned
around to see what Booth had thought of their performance and it caught
them by surprise when they saw that he was wiping his eyes.

Clearing his throat “Just… got a little something there that’s all” he
said … but what he did next surprised them even more… he made his way
through the chairs and up onto the stage and as they were all lined up
one beside the other… he gave forehead kisses to all of them.

After letting that affectionate expression set in their hearts,
everyone stayed right where they were for several minutes and Booth
made his way back to his room.

**They sure are one of a kind…. just like my Bones**

The ladies came to one by one and a squee was heard around the world
right at that moment. They too, slowly made their way back to their
rooms to pack their belongings as they were leaving tomorrow morning
and chatting non-stop about the events of the day; comparing just how
long had Booth’s lips stayed on their foreheads … some of them swore
that it was for more than several seconds, others said it was more than
a minute. 

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The next morning after breakfast, Turi and Hifi once again took to the stage in the dining room.

“Well ladies, that pretty much wraps up `Sailing with Seeley’. We hoped that you all had a blast!”

“And to send you all off with a smile, we would like to review our
favorite karaoke performance!” Turi proudly announced as the crowed
erupted in cheers.

However, when the screen popped up, instead of Booth’s rendition of
“I’m Too Sexy,” all you could make out was the silhouette of a brown
haired girl sitting in front of her laptop.

At this surprise, the entire crowd (including Hifi and Turi) was fixated on the screen.

Booth started squinting at it trying to figure out who she was …. when
he saw it…… a drink that looked like one of his socks … red with blue
polka dots … just when he was about to say her name words from the
video echoed throughout the room.

“Oh my darlings, Oh my darlings,”…..Suddenly, AnaG turned around and
with a look of utter horror on her face, generated an ear shattering,
throat killing scream.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TURN IT OFF, TURN IT OFF!!” was
AnaG’s plea as she took off running towards the screen desperately
trying to stop what was coming.

“OH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY DAAAAAA..” right before AnaG hit the high note the screen went black.

Turi had been trying, unsuccessfully, to find the remote … while Hifi
thankfully had reached the power cord and pulled it causing the video
to stop playing.

Both with scarlet faces were muttering apologies to AnaG who had her face in hands.

“So sorry Ana… we were going to show Booth’s karaoke video” turi was explaining to her while patting her on the back.

“Yeah… and besides it wasn’t that bad… we stopped it right on time”
said Hifi who was not succeeding at making her feel any better.

“That’s okay guys, you didn’t know. But the weird thing is… What happened to the original video?” Ana wondered.

Suddenly whistling could be heard coming from somewhere near the door…. all eyes fell on the man that was emitting the sound.

Booth, nonchalantly looking around the room with a smug expression on
his face couldn’t help but think - **hahaha I got them now**

“You didn’t!!” Rosie was the first to speak.

Protest of “Not fair Boothy Boo” .. “Why would you do such a thing?” came from the ladies of the IHBFC.

Booth had a look of ‘I don’t know what you are talking about’ “What
video are you referring to??.... I don’t have the slightest clue about
what you mean??.... No siree I don’t!” but he couldn’t hide the smile
from his face. **I finally outsmarted them!!... I can’t believe it!**.

He flashed his full wattage charm smile at them, as he tried to change
the subject. “Oh come on ladies…. let’s get going!!... It was a
pleasure to have spent this couple of days with all of you…. let me
guide you all off of the boat” as he ended his sentence with a wink.

Booth had outsmarted them, but only because he knew perfectly well the
kind of effect those two gestures had on the girls … so he wasn’t
surprised when they were staring at him with dreamy looks on their
faces. **it gets ‘em every time**

Laughing while he stood to one side of the opened door he waited for
each of them to make their way out, when all of a sudden Rosie (whom
was leading them) stopped abruptly to look at Booth.

She stared for only a few seconds…. looked him in the eye and gave him a slight peck on the cheek.

He stood frozen on the spot where he was standing… and started
stammering “Um…. wha….why….” Rosie had definitely taken him by surprise.

She shrugged it off and while exiting said “Just thought it would be
nice to do that …. you know… since YOU kiss us most of the time”.

The other girls were looking wide eyed between Rosie and Booth ….. but
quickly all formed a line and as they made their way out the door each
gave him a little peck on the cheek of their preference. (Well facial
cheeks anyway!).

Booth stood stunned as he watched the last of the IHBFC ladies make
their way off the ship. **Man, am I EVER going to get the last word
with that crew???!!!*


Note from the Authors: Hope you all had fun on the latest vacation
of the IHBFC. Karate Kid Productions would sincerely like to thank
Loony for all her help with this vacation from work as a beta,
researching info for us and last but definitely not least posting this
for us today. Bella – you ‘effin rock Booth’s socks every day chica!
xoxo Hifi and Turi!

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