Iceman woke up a bit afterwards hearing his Rio finally make it back in. He knew Flamethrower could keep a secret but could he keep this from the men, without telling on himself.

"Hmm??" Iceman said shifting when he heard the shower going in his bathroom. He sat up and put on some running shorts then walked to the bathroom. Iceman closed the bathroom door behind himself seeing the black towel, that was the same towel Maverick used for the locker room.

"Brett??" Iceman said getting closer to the shower and Maverick poked her head out.

"Yeah Kazansky?" Maverick said smiling.

"I was just making sure it was you." Iceman said with a smile.

"Oh ok." Maverick said when Iceman kissed her. She went back to cleaning off when Iceman took off all his clothes and joined her in the shower. Maverick looked him over and blushed when she was caught watching the water run down Iceman's face for a little longer than she'd like to admit.

"Sorry."

"No, it's okay Brett." Iceman said smirking and ran his fingertips with shampoo on them through his hair, gently scrubbing his scalp.

"I'm assuming you went for your usual morning running session?"

"I did." Maverick answered smiling.

"See anything interesting?" Iceman asked Maverick.

"Nope." Maverick said with that cute little smirk. Iceman chuckled and had to slightly move back to rinse his hair off. Maverick handed Iceman the body soap to wash off with. While Iceman finished washing off the rest of his body, Maverick got out and dried off quietly not wanting to wake Flamethrower up any. She wondered how Slider was doing today but then focused on the task at hand, getting ready for their second lecture. Maverick pulled her hair back and then pulled it into a bun on her head after changing into her green flight suit she had in her bag just in case she had to stay overnight with one of the guys cause they got too drunk or something like that. She chuckled seeing Iceman in his towel, hair spiked and looking for his flight suit. He finally found it and changed in to it while Maverick brushed her teeth in the bathroom.

"I bet Mother goose is flipping his shit right now." Iceman said and that earned a Chuckle from Maverick. She came out smiling after using some mouthwash as she maneuvered around Iceman who was currently gelling his hair and using his Axe body spray after his deodorant. Iceman brushed his teeth and then smiled looking Mav over as she slipped on her aviators.

"Want some gum Babe?"

"Oh yes." Maverick said, "Score. Love the spearmint gum."

Iceman chuckled smiling again seeing how happy Maverick was around him.

"Now, let's go before Viper and Jester have us figured out." Iceman said, using his freehand to rest on the small of Mavericks back as she went out the door first and Iceman followed after hollering at Flamethrower to wake up before Jester had his ass for being late. Iceman put on his aviator sunglasses and Maverick matched Iceman's footsteps as they walked to base together.

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"Theres our babygirl." Said Goose, his tone saying all that it needed to say.

"Yes, I'm alive fellas." Maverick said hands on her hips as she messed with Ghostriders sunglasses and then sat on the end beside Goose. Iceman sat at the table beside Maverick and Goose, waiting on his Rio to show up too. Hollywood and Slider showed up.

"Hey! There's Top Guns babe." Hollywood said smirking at Maverick.

"Yep. I made it." She said with a smirk. Goose looked at Maverick, seeing how she was sitting in the chair and chewing on her gum.

"Didja have fun last night Goose?"

"I did." Goose, aka Nick Bradshaw said with a smile.

"How about you Peter Mitchell?" Maverick asked Ghostrider.

"I had a load of fun." Ghostrider said as Sundown sat next to him, finally making it.

"Morning Sundown." Maverick said and looked at Iceman making a face.

"That gives me a hard on babe." Iceman said playfully, which resulted in a few of the boys chuckling. Finally Flamethrower trudged in.

"The man, the myth and the legend finally made it!" Maverick said turning and high fiving Flamethrower.

"Alright boys and girl." Said Viper with a smile, "Everyone here?"

"I guess." Maverick said with a bit of a snarky attitude. Goose looked at Maverick, wondering what might have changed about her. She was definitely a different Girl than she has been acting for as long as he knew her. Maverick shrugged and crossed one leg over the other and leaned in her seat again as Viper started talking again about what they would be discussing with Charlie today.

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Maverick was taking down notes again as Charlie wrote on the chalk board when a folded paper slid her way. She waited till Charlie's back was to them again and unfolded it. Scribbled in half cursive, half regular handwriting was the sentence: 'Miramar beach after flight training with the boys. Your skins on my team. Iceman.' Maverick nodded and put the paper in her flight suit pocket finishing up her notes along with the other boys who were also taking notes too. She leaned back in her chair when Charlie asked a few questions and a few of the men answered.

"How high is your clearance exactly, ma'am?" Maverick asked crossing her arms and side eyed Iceman through her aviators. There was no question something in Maverick changed last night, everyone could see that.

"Higher than yours." Charlie said with a smirk.

"Fair." Maverick said, "A Mig can also do a g dive. Just ask Ghostrider."

Ghostrider chuckled and nodded subtly at Maverick, thanking her for the laugh an directing the attention back to him. Ghostrider could handle this lady. Maverick sat back and zoned out watching Jets fly off into the distance as she thought about their practice run for today. What would she do for the practice run today? Probably buzz the tower to piss off the admiral and show off, Damnit Iceman had her wanting more from life now but she loved it. Maverick wanted to experience life differently than she used to. She wasn't the soft spoken quiet humble pilot anymore, thanks to Iceman.

"See you boys on the airstrip." Viper said with a smirk, "And girl."

"Thanks for not forgetting me Viper." Maverick said standing and stretching while the guys laughed at Mav's sarcasm. She was really laying it on thick today. That made Goose worry about her even more.

"Hey Mav?" Goose said as they walked to the airstrip, "Are you alright?"

"I'm super Goose." Maverick said and turned high fiving Ghostrider then Goose, "Aha!"