"When we come back to the station from a call, we generally have an easier time. No rushing around. So we take the time then so we can speed out when we have an emergency. Same thing here at a park. If something happened and we were asked to vacate quickly. We can put everything in our trunks and head right out."
Seaton sat forward on her seat and looked left and right at the other vehicles. "Huh." She smiled. "I see. That makes sense. It just looked a little..." her mouth pursed a little while she searched for the word, "finicky?"
He chuckled at that. "I can see that."
Rush walked up to Seaton's window with his daughter Gia in his arms.
Gia waved her hand and accidentally hit the window glass leaving a streak of something that looked like peanut butter on the glass. "CeeTee!"
Sam watched as Seaton put her hands on the glass and looked out at the little girl.
"Gia!! Hey, pretty girl!"
Gia clapped her hands, a big grinning smile on her face.
Sam caught a glimpse of Rush smiling, too.
"I wanna play, CeeTee!"
Seaton's shoulders sagged a little. "Sorry, sweetie. I have to help set up my tent!"
When Sam saw Gia's lower lip quiver, he rushed in to head the possible melt down off at the pass.
Putting his hand on Seaton's shoulder, he leaned in against her back so Gia could see his face next to Seaton's. "Hey, Gia!"
"Unca Caddo!"
"That's my smart girl," he grinned. "Seaton... I mean CeeTee can play with you if I can borrow your dad to set up our tent. How about that?"
"Yes!" Both hands flew up over her head, almost landing a punch on her dad's nose by accident.
Sam saw Rush's loving sigh even though he couldn't hear it.
"Okay, Gia. I'm going to come and open CeeTee's door."
"Back up, daddy! Back up! Beep Beep Beep."
Sam jogged around the car and added his own, "Beep Beep..." when he walked past father and daughter, making Gia laugh even louder.
He opened Seaton's door and gave her a hand to help her down.
When she landed in front of him, he leaned in and whispered to her. "Have fun, CeeTee."
"I will," she turned, likely to give him a kiss on his cheek, a normal occurrence that happened almost every day, but someone called his name and Sam turned his head.
Their lips touched and he felt Seaton gasp in surprise.
She leaned away just enough for their lips not to touch each other and he opened his eyes, trying to hold onto the unexpected moment.
When his gaze met hers, he could see how surprised she was, too.
"Uh, sorry about that," he lifted a hand and felt the heat of the skin at the back of his neck.
"Sorry?" She blinked at him, her face showing how stunned she was.
"Yeah. Someone... someone called my name and I turned."
"Oh," she seemed to be just as shocked as he was about the kiss. "I wasn't trying to..."
