xp_logs | Sweeter and sweeter every day

x_kitten : Mid afternoon Kitty saw Jamie's post and, grinning to herself, hurried into her bikini to go join him at the pool. As she made her way out onto the lawn she spotted him just floating in the water and a thought occured to her. Phasing out so she wouldn't accidentally trip on something and make noise she snuck along to the edge of the pool.
x_kitten : He didn't seem to be paying attention, so she quietly leaned out over the edge and suddenly yelled out "Boo!"

x_crowdofone : Extremely startled, Jamie thrashes around, sinks, and comes back up spluttering and wiping his hair out of his eyes. "Ackpth! Wha--Kitty? Give a guy a heart att--" He suddenly notices her attire and stares fixedly at her eyebrows, very glad to be near the deep end of the pool with sunburned ears.
x_crowdofone : "Uh."

x_kitten : She laughs out loud at his reaction, then rests her hands on her hips, grinning. "Now really, Jamie. What if I'd been a supervillain? You were totally not paying attention. Constant Vigilance!"

x_crowdofone : "You were being sneaky. And you look absolutely nothing like Mad-Eye Moody."

x_kitten : She laughs again, her shoulders shaking with mirth. "I would hope not! I mean, with my phasing ability it'd take a *lot* to get me that scarred."

x_crowdofone : The blush creeps down the back of his neck. "Well, you're, uh, not. I mean, um, you look nice."

x_kitten : She glances down at the bikin, and shrugs. "I guess," she says with a bit of a blush. "It's not a very nice suit, but it serves it's purpose..." And with that she carefully sits down on the edge of the pool, letting her legs dangle in the water and shivering at the temperature. "Oh. Cold..."

x_crowdofone : "Yeah it is. Cold, I mean. But also a nice suit. I mean, not that I was staring, because, you know, that would be rude, but it is. Nice, I mean. And the water's okay when you get used to it."

x_kitten : She blinks at this, then cocks her head to the side, her hair falling over one shoulder while she considered Jamie. Then, glancing down she fingers one of the straps of her top, pulling it up and staring at it, as though trying to make sure it's the suit she remembers putting on earlier. When she sees the same dark blue top and and bikini shorts she finally shrugs and looks back up again. "Ok..." she says. "Say, are you of the jump in and get it over with school of thought, or the slow adjustment school?"

x_crowdofone : "Jump in. Especially on sunny days. How about you?"

x_kitten : "Never really made up my mind on the matter. Might as well do it that way today." She quickly pushed off and dropped into the pool, dunking her head and coming up gasping. "Ah! Cold cold cold cold..."

x_crowdofone : Kitty's eyebrows are apparently very interesting today. "You get used to it pretty quick. And it's a nice change from the hot day."

x_kitten : "Oh, no argument," she says, lifting her hands to shove at her hair and push it out of her face. "It's already getting better, but the first shock is... intense."

x_crowdofone : "Um. Intense, yeah. Not as hot here as it gets at home. And the only pool very near is the municipal one. This is a lot nicer."

x_kitten : She smiles and, having adjusted mostly, starts to swim over closer to where he is. "Yeah," she says, once she's gotten closer, "it's lovely out here. And wandering the grounds under the trees is a lot nicer than pounding the pavement back home looking for a shop with AC."

x_crowdofone : "Home is . . .Chicago, you said? Yeah, I bet all that pavement just gets miserable in the summer. I spent a lot of afternoons up in the climbing tree in the backyard after I finished chores."

x_kitten : "Yup, Chicago, and some summers it was just brutal. We had central air at home, and at the dance studio, but I'd walk to and from my lessons and it'd take me five minutes to cool down enough to actually warm up."

x_crowdofone : "Yuck. AC must've felt nice, though. We just have fans at home. And a lot of lemonade."

x_kitten : "Oooh, Lemonade. I totally fail to understand why the east coast doens't understand the joy that is lemonade on a hot day." She starts swiming about aimlessly, mostly just kicking her feet so she can keep her head out of the water to talk.

x_crowdofone : "They don't? What do they use instead?" Jamie's tall enough to keep a toe on the floor of the pool where they are, and stays within a few feet.

x_kitten : She shrugs, but it's hard to tell in the water. "No idea. They force a lot of water on me, but there's no lovely fruity equivelent. It's quite distressing."
x_kitten : "I mean, you can get it in the store, but they keep forgetting." She half pouts

x_crowdofone : "Well, we'll just have to fix that. I'll keep volunteering to carry bags, and sneak lemonade mix into the cart. A summer without lemonade is like . . . like I don't know what, but it's not a good thing."

x_kitten : She grins, and a quick kick of her legs brings her close enough to throw her arms around his neck in a hug. "Excellent!"

x_crowdofone : Jamie loses his footing and pitches over backward at the surprise hug, but he recovers and hugs her back with a goofy grin on his face. "Sorry about that. Will definitely make sure there's plenty of lemonade."

x_kitten : She's startled when he loses his footing, and was pulled with him, giggling. "S'okay," she says, then pulls back, noticing that her hair is in her way again. "Blasted stuff," she mutters to herself before tipping over backwards and dunking her head to get it out of her way. Coming back up and pressing it behind her she smiles. "That'll be excellent."

x_crowdofone : "We can convert all these heathen non-lemonade-drinking people," Jamie manages after detailed inspection of the pool tiling. "Lemonade is a sacred calling."

x_kitten : "Yes, yes it definitely is." With a sigh she kicks her legs out away from Jamie and floats on her back, moving her hands to steer herself. "Man, it's such a beautiful day... I kinda just want to lie here and fall asleep in the sun and water. Course, knowing my luck I'd burn and *then* drown."

x_crowdofone : "Well, there's the sunscreen bottle over there, I don't think Ms. Blaire would mind if you use it too. I was mostly just gonna float around some more."

x_kitten : Glancing over she spies the little bottle and then looks up at the sky. "Actually, I think I may just lie in the sun on one of the deck chairs." She swims over to the edge and hoists herself out of the pool, reaching up to squeeze some of the water out of her hair. Picking up the bottle she glances down at it and then grins to herself. Composing herself she looks back and smiles sweetly. "Hey, Jamie? Can you help me with this? I don't want my back to burn..."

x_crowdofone : Jamie does a very good stunned-puppy impression, apparently. "Uhm, yeah, just give me a minute to find the, the ladder. Be right out." Luckily, his grandfather tended to bend the rules on what were considered appropriate war stories, so it's not very long before he climbs out.

x_kitten : While she waits she sits on the one of the chairs, quickly and thouroughly getting her legs and arms coverd. Glancing over before she starts on her stomach and neck she realizes he's made it out of the pool and flushes a little, offering the bottle to him instead and turrning to pull her hair out of the way. "Thanks!" she says brightly.

x_crowdofone : "No problem." Jamie hesitates for a moment, then shrugs, grins, and squirts a bit of sunscreen into his hand before rubbing it into her shoulder.

x_kitten : She smiles back over her shoulder at him before letting her head drop down and half purring. "Oh... man, I've been too tense."

x_crowdofone : "Well, you've had reason to be." Not a _complete_ idiot, Jamie puts a bit more effort into his sunscreen application. "Be nice when the massage lessons start though."

x_kitten : "Ohh... yes." It's not quite a moan, but it's close. "Feel free to use me as a practice target anytime..."

x_crowdofone : "Feel kinda weird practicing on anybody else, I think." Shoulders done, he moves down to her lower back. "But thanks for the offer."

x_kitten : "Mmm. Do you mean it'd be weird practicing on, oh, anyone other than me, or on anyone other than you? Cause, mmm, it'd certainly be funny to see you give Skippy a massage."

x_crowdofone : "Other than you. I hadn't thought of practicing on dupes, but that could work too. I'd know right away if I was doing it wrong."

x_kitten : A little giggle escapes. "I can see it now. Removing backstrain and conquoring the world, all in a days work for Skippy, evil mastermind and professional massuse..."

x_crowdofone : "Skippy's a complex guy, that's for sure. Hey, I'm going to need a test audience when I'm practicing that skit, you game?"

x_kitten : She lifts her head to smile at him over her shoulder again. "Of course. I'd pretend to be offended if you didn't ask."

x_crowdofone : "Thus the asking. Can't have you pretending to be offended, your face might freeze like that."

x_kitten : "Heh," she laughs, the sighs lightly. "So, what're your plans for the rest of the day?"

x_crowdofone : "Other than floating around in the pool? Well, eating, at some point. Multi-tracked all my homework yesterday while I was letting the aloe work . . . hadn't really thought much later than dinner."

x_kitten : "Oh... food. That's what I forgot this morning. Um, oops. So, yeah, besides dinner I've got no plans either. I should probably not spend another three hours fighting with my computer though..."

x_crowdofone : "No forgetting to eat. Breakfast is very important." Jamie is probably technically done with the sunscreen by now, but decides it wouldn't hurt to make sure he didn't miss any spots. "What happened to your computer?"

x_kitten : She sighs. "Nothing new. It's that damned lead Dr. Essex turned me onto... hell, almost a month ago. Getting into the server and downloading it didn't seem that difficult, which turns out to have been because the code it's encrypted with is damned near impossible to break. But I refuse to give up, which leaves me with a couple hours a day where I sit and swear at the damned thing.

x_crowdofone : "Wish I could help, but I wouldn't know where to start. Funny box goes beep, plays video games, and loads Google."

x_kitten : "Heh. Thanks, but I'm getting closer, I really am. If nothing else, process of ellimination is showing me what it's *not*."

x_crowdofone : "Well, good. I know you'll figure it out." Jamie grinned. "But since you're free, and I'm free, this evening, want to stake out the TV room and watch a movie?"

x_kitten : "That sounds lovely," she says, leaning into his touch a little more before pulling away. "All done?"

x_crowdofone : "Yep." Five minutes ago, he doesn't say; the back of his neck is red again. "None of those nasty UV rays for you. I'm gonna go back and float now."

x_kitten : She turns around and smiles at him. "Thanks," leaning forward she presses a soft kiss to his cheek. "Have fun," she adds before snagging up the bottle and setting to work on the rest of her front.

x_crowdofone : Jamie grins and brushes a stray hair out of her face before he thinks to stop himself. "I'm sure I will. Whoever doesn't doze off wakes the other one up in time for dinner?"

x_kitten : "Sounds like an excellent plan." Finishing with the last of the suntan lotion she swings her legs up on the chair and leans back on it with a grin. "Hopefully I won't be falling asleep, since I'd rather not end up toasted on one side and snow white on the other..." ((nope))

x_crowdofone : "Well, I'll keep an eye on you. Can't have you unevenly cooked."

x_kitten : "Thanks."

x_crowdofone : Jamie grins and hops back into the helpfully cold water, bobbing back up to the surface after a short underwater swim and arranging into a comfortable floating position.