Lucky woke up in the morning and Junior had left the itinerary for him in on his desk. Lucky picked it up and was glad to see that with the recent event that he had not forgotten to make several flight arrangements for Lucky to different locations just in case he was still being tracked. He also left a note saying he had left a copy of Marie's stuff with her RHM Coltrane. 

They were leaving early that morning so he quickly packed a bag and told Jimmy to get the car ready. Lucky had talked to Spartacus the night before and let him know that he would be out of town for a couple of days. 

He got in the back of the car and Jimmy headed over to Loop to Marie's house to pick her up. 

<font color="#66CCFF">They pulled up to her house and Lucky got out and he and Jimmy headed up to the door... </font>

Marie stepped out of her modest home with her packed bags as they were coming up the walkway.  She was dressed in a simple navy blue dress with a matching felt hat.  As Jimmy collected the bags and took them to the car she pulled Luca to her and kissed him in greeting, their lips lingering together for a bit.   She smiled when she had pulled back, "Good morning."  She did not bother to lock the door.  Her men, she knew, would take care of it after they left.  "Is everything ready?"

Lucky enjoyed the kiss and smiled. 

"Well it is a good morning now," he says to her opening the car door for her. 

"We have to first class tickets straight to Havana. I figured let's not stop with a layover since we don't have that much time," he says to her. 

Lucky closed the door after Marie got in and walked around getting into his side of the car and closing the door. Jimmy started driving to the AirPort. 

"We are staying at the same place we did last time. I think its the same two rooms actually," he tells Marie as they start to drive off. 

The drive to the airport was uneventful as was the flight to Havana.  Prior to the war, Marie worried that Don Pisa might take advantage of this trip to take another shot at Lucky.  However, since the war all had gone quiet on that front.  Marie suspected that Don Pisa had lost most of his relatively few resources in the Great War.  If that was the case he might would give up his revenge against Lucky and focus on his holdings in the old country, but Marie did not think that he would.  Men as driven as Don Pisa would not give up his anger easily.  For now, though, they seemed to not have to worry about him.   Still as a precaution, they had brought along more men this time than they had the last time.  Among the men was Fat-Moe, who had refused to let his boss leave Chicago without him.

Once in Cuba, they drove to the hotel and were indeed shown to the exact rooms they had the last time.  It was shortly after noon, so Marie and Sal decided to freshen up before heading back down stairs for some lunch.  Moe of course checked out her room to make sure it was free of danger and then stood outside her door in the hallway.

Lucky made it to his room and put his stuff down and jumped into a quick shower and got changed for dinner. He wore a Black suit with a white shirt gold tie. He did not know what to expect from this trip, other than the business aspects of it. But he knew Marie was being different with him and in a good way. He hoped that maybe things in this department would start to go his way. 

He takes a look in the mirror and adjusts his tie before heading to Marie's room. Once there he knocks on the door and waits for her to answer. 

Marie heard the knock on the door and took one last look at herself in the mirror.  Her hands smoothed the dress out as she turned from one side to the other.  Satisfied she went to the door and opened it.  She smiled as Lucky reacted the way she had hoped that he would. 

"You dress up nicely Mr. Luciano." 

She glances at Moe and felt a bit awkward at having him watching them, but then her eyes return to Lucky's.  Reaching down she took his hand in hers and began to walk with him to the elevator.  With Moe following behind them at a distance.  "Being here makes it hard to remember the war torn streets of Chicago."

"I think we needed this. Get away from all that for awhile." He said to her holding her hand. 

Lucky waits for Marie to exit the elevator and they head to the restaurant. They are lead to a private table where they will be undisturbed and have a semi-quiet place to talk and enjoy their meal. 

Moe and the other guards were given a table in the dining room not far from where the two Don's sat. They could easily react if needed but where far enough away for Marie and Lucky to feel alone, a break they could both use. 

The waiter comes to the table and Marie orders a Red Wine and Lucky order a whiskey on the rocks. He also tells the waiter to have the chef surprise them. 

"It seems so long ago now that we were here last," he said looking at Marie. 

Marie nodded.  It felt like a life time ago, actually.  So much had happened in such a short amount of time.  Their lives had completely been turned upside down.  Marie closed her eyes and rubbed the back of her neck.  She was starting to work out some of the kinks in her neck that had developed after a week of high stress and little sleep.  As bad as things were stateside she had needed this break.  Even if it was for two days.  Opening her eyes she looked at Sal.

"I want us to try and make this trip once a month and I will probably need you to make me go.  I will be busier than ever, but if I don't take breaks this is going to kill me.  Literally kill me."

Lucky gets up and walks around to Marie and massages her neck. He can feel the built up tension... hell he bet his felt like sold rocks right now. 

"Oh, I agree. We need this damn it," he says to her feeling her relaxing

"So I will drag you kicking and screaming if I have too," he says with a chuckle. 

Marie smiled and bowed her head to let his hands and fingers do their magic.  It felt so good that she hated it when he stopped.  As he took his seat again, the waitress sat their drinks and a salad down on the table.  Marie laughs, "I think I could sleep for a week."  She began to eat her salad and took a sip of her wine.

"well then let's go," he says with a big smile. 

Lucky takes a sip of his drink and a few bites of salad. Their dinner came and was delicious... Neither of them knew what it was but the meat was tender and tasted fantastic. They sat and chatted about nothing really, which was pleasant for a change. 

When the meal was over they headed back upstairs where Lucky walked Marie to her room. 

"well that was a wonderful dinner and nice to sit and relax for a change," he says to Marie 

Marie glances at Moe  and then looks back at Lucky and asks, "Want to come in?"

Lucky smiled, "Sure."

Marie unlocked the door and walked in.  After Lucky entered she looked to Moe with a smile, "We will not be leaving any more tonight and Lucky can access his room from the adjutant internal door."  With that she closed the door and turned around to see that Lucky had removed his jacket and was now pouring them both a night cap.  She approached him and took  the drink he offered her.  "Thank you."  

She reached down to take his hand and lead him to the couch.  They sat down together and after both had enjoyed a drink she took their glasses and sat them on the end table.  Then she turned back to Lucky and pulled him closer to her.  "Want to have some fun?" She smiled 

Lucky enjoyed the drink and watched Marie took their glasses and then reached for his hands. Lucky looked into her beautiful eyes as she pulled him closer. A smile came across his face when she asked if he wanted to have some fun. 

Lucky leaned in and kissed her passionately. He broke the kiss and looked deeply eyes.

"What kind of fun are you thinking of?" he asked her. 

His kiss took her breath away and she wanted more.  "The foreplay kind that eventually leads to you taking me on the bed over there," she huskily says and then steals another kiss.  Her hands begin to work at unbuttoning his shirt.

Lucky takes his shirt off then stands to pick Marie up in his arms and carrying her over the bed. He lays her down kissing her... 

The next morning Lucky awakes to Marie asleep with her head on his shoulder. He looks down at her smiling and just enjoying the moment. The night before was something he had wanted for a long time. He hoped it would not be the last. Laying there he looks over at the time and sees they have plenty of time before they have to leave for their meeting. So he just slowly strokes her hair and watches her sleep. 

Lucky's soft stroking of her hair gently stirred her awake.  "Mmmmm"  she smiled and hugged him tightly.  "Well you know how to get a gal to finally sleep through the night."  She looked up at him and softly rubbed his side.  "I have not slept that good in weeks."

Lucky looks down at Marie and smiles still stroking her hair. 

"I didn't mean to wake you. Your right I slept better than I have in a long time," he says smiling. 

"can we just stay here for awhile... a month or two maybe?" he asks jokingly.

Marie chuckles.  "I think Spartacus would come down here and drag you home if we tried."  Marie smiled and kisses his chest lightly.  Her eyes falling on the two old bullet wounds near his heart.  She reached up and very lightly fingered them gently.  "Do they still hurt?"

"no, not anymore. They really hurt when they happened though. I don't ever recommend being shot." he says with a chuckle. 

"yeah, he would. I wonder how long it would take him though. Maybe we should test it and find out.." he said with a smirk. 

He loved messing with his new RHM. And could picture him flying down to Cuba and being pissed to see Lucky sitting on the beach drinking a something frilly with an umbrella in it. 

He started laughing to himself. 

"I am sorry i pictured him coming down here. Catching me sitting on the beach drinking one of those drinks with an umbrella in it. he would be soooo angry." he said to Marie. 

"I would pay good money to watch your RHM kick your ass.   And what an adorable ass it is."  She smirked and kissed his chest again.  Then she grabbed the blanket, leaving him the sheet, and used it to cover herself as she got out of bed and started to head for the shower.   From the bathroom he can hear the water being turned on before Marie calls out to him, "Care to join me?"