(Chapter originally written by PhoenixStriker)
"I-I'd love to hang out with you, Mari." You said, cursing yourself for tripping over your words. No matter how many years of your life you spent around your towering and incomprehensibly beautiful friends and family, it never exactly got easier to maintain your composure when they all stood around staring at you like this.
Mari immediately broke into a warm, if not predictable, smile. It was obvious she'd expected you to choose her too. "Nice choice, hot stuff. A good cool down in the pool is exactly what the doctor ordered, yeah?"
Jenna rolled her eyes and smirked. "Very original, Matt. What, don't you trust Ashley and I to keep you safe for the day? Or mom and Rio?"
Both your mother and Ashley laughed at Jenna's teasing, and you blushed with embarrassment. The fact that the two women in question laughed at Jenna's remark was even more proof of why you hadn't chosen to spend your day with them. Jenna, when not in one of her extremely frequent pranking moods, was actually pretty safe to be around, and obviously Rio had your best interests at heart (when not testing your physicality and resourcefulness in impromptu training sessions, that is). Lauren and Ashley, on the other hand, were walking disasters for you and all tinies, and as much as you appreciated each of them for one reason or another, they were usually best avoided whenever possible.
Mari winked at Jenna as she held out her palm for you to climb on. "Matt's just unable to resist me, Jenna. My little man struck the jackpot landing me, after all!" The confident Brazilian beauty smiled brilliantly and struck a pose as you climbed onto her hand. Her bravado earned a rueful head shake from her mother and a giggle from Ashley, and even Jenna had to hide a blush and look somewhere else. Your sister would never dare to move in on Mari, and honestly wasn't particularly attracted to her or anything, but she couldn't possibly deny how utterly sexy your girlfriend was.
The day seemingly decided, the remainder of your group split up into pairs and headed off. Jenna and Ashley raced off towards The Oasis' waterslide, while Lauren and Rio meandered towards a sunny quiet spot to soak up the sun. You were left alone with Mari, who smiled down at you with an expression so perfectly mixing gentleness and playful flirtation that you nearly passed out from the sensation of love pouring from her. You thanked the gods above everyday for giving you Mari, even if your girlfriend could occasionally bring her own share of misfortune into your life from time to time.
Honestly, it had been far too long since you'd had a day to just rest and relax with Mari without something horrible happening along the way. Whether it was spending far more time than you would've liked baked into your mother's butt crack, Jenna keeping you as a personal insole for the better part of two weeks, or Mari herself unknowingly using you as a wash cloth for her daily showers for close to three weeks, the last time you'd truly just hung out with Mari had been nearly two months ago. For being your girlfriend, and for being in such a long and committed relationship, the two of you hardly had any proper dates, though not for lack of trying.
Suddenly, Mari's fist clenched tightly around you, hard enough to squeeze your body but not enough to painfully flatten you. You gazed up at your girlfriend, and saw an energetic smile blossoming on her face.
"Countdown to splashdown, hot stuff. Hold on tight!" Mari announced. Giving her a happy nod in response, you steadied yourself in her tight fist.
With a breathless laugh, Mari sprinted towards the pool, kicked off the edge of the pavement, and executed a nearly flawless front-flip right into a cleared spot of the sparkling water. She splashed down in a shower of water and foam, sinking straight through under the waves, and then emerging a moment later, laughing even louder. Like some goddess of the sea, Mari's smooth skin sparkled in the sun as she flipped the hair out of her face, and was surprised to hear a few polite claps from the other pool patrons, admiring her form and jumping technique.
For a few seconds, the unexpected clapping from the strangers distracted Mari, and you were left to remaining under the water by her hip, crushed in her fist. Though she obviously hadn't done it on purpose, Mari's hand had unintentionally tightened like a vice around you after she splashed into the pool, and you were now flattened by her fingers. It didn't hurt much, and you knew she'd remember you in seconds anyway.
Sure enough, Mari blinked a moment later and lightly gasped, pulling her hand out of the pool and letting her palm float upside-down in front of her as she treaded water. You emerged from the sparkling liquid, and managed to reform after just a few seconds. Droplets lapping at your feet, you stood up and leveled a jokingly annoyed look at your titanic girlfriend.
Wincing, Mari blew you a kiss. "Sorry, babe! We, uh, drew an audience, which caught me off guard." She smiled again. "But, I assure you, my diving form wouldn't have been complete without you, dude."
You sketched a bow. "Happy to assist, my lady."
Mari rolled her eyes and seemed set to throw you another flirty quip, when there was suddenly the sound of a whistle blowing. It was just loud enough for you and Mari to hear, however, so it obviously wasn't some rule-breaker being flagged down by a haggard lifeguard. However, the sound was still a lifeguard's whistle, so Mari craned her neck to the side to look, and found herself staring up at a lifeguard positioned right beside her at the pool's edge.
The lifeguard in question was cast in shadow, since she was standing with the sun behind her, thus making most of her body a silhouette. However, you could still make out the wisps of her silver hair, and even in shadow the immense curvature of her well-proportioned muscular body was obvious. Putting two-and-two together, you figured that it was Selena, one of Mari's best friends at The Oasis, and the girl who had originally trained Mari when she was first hired. Selena was also, to your occasional annoyance, a girl with a big crush on your girlfriend.
Selena put her hands on her hips. "Ya know, Mari, we aren't supposed to encourage reckless jumping like that, especially not in the communal pool. That's what the diving board and diving well section of The Oasis is for."
Mari stuck out her tongue at the girl. "Sorry, not sorry! Couldn't resist the call of the flip. Besides, I'm off duty, Selena, which means my duty now is to annoy you. That's basically how it feels people treat us anyway, right?"
Selena nodded and chuckled in solidarity with her co-worker's thinly veiled frustration. "You would think people would stop coming to a pool when they can't swim or follow directions, wouldn't you?" Selena laughed again. "Anyway, you just here by yourself today?"
Mari shook her head. "Nope. Matt's with me." She jostled her hand for emphasis, almost knocking you over. "Little stud's my swimming partner today, because it's been so long since our last official date."
Almost imperceptibly, Selena's brow furrowed as her eyes flicked over to you. It genuinely seemed as if she hadn't even taken note of you until Mari had brought you up, despite you not being particularly hidden or anything.
You waved somewhat awkwardly. "H-Hey, Selena. Long time, huh?" You tried to talk casually, lest your annoyances with Selena get the better of you. The girl seemed nice, and you appreciated her being Mari's friend, but you couldn't shake the feeling she'd try and swoop in to steal Mari the second you disappeared for a moment too long. Also, you'd technically been lying about not seeing her in a while, as you'd enjoyed (read: despised every second of) a week-long stint glued to the inside of her bikini top thanks to a prank by Jenna just the other month ago.
Selena barely nodded at you before looking back at Mari. "Well, if jumping and diving is calling to you today, you can come over to the diving well. That's where I'm stationed for the next four hours or so. If you want some commentary and rating on your form, I'm your girl." Selena flashed a confident thumbs-up and sauntered off.
Mari's eyes hovered on Selena's extremely toned and sizable rear swaying away for just a second longer than you were comfortable with, before she turned her gorgeous dark eyes back on you.
Mari smiled. "Selena's idea sounds fun. Wanna head over there, Matt?"
You frowned. "I...kinda was hoping to just spend the day with the two of us, Mari."
Mari quirked her lips. "O-Oh, I wasn't meaning to imply otherwise. Sorry, dude. You've got my full attention for today, hot stuff. There's just...only so much talking we can do while floating around her by ourselves, right? Selena might spice things up a bit. Maybe the two of us could have a diving competition?"
You crossed your arms, weighing Mari's idea against your idea.
Meanwhile, completely unbeknownst to you and Mari, a well-endowed woman in her late thirties was wading into the water towards you. In a terrible mood due to her ill-fitting bikini, the blonde woman wasn't paying attention to where she was going, and would bump right into Mari's back in seconds.
1) You convince Mari to stay in the pool with just you, and Mari agrees. She swims to a quieter corner so you two can get a bit more privacy.
2) Mari convinces you to go to the diving well with Selena. True to her word, Selena agrees to officiate a diving competition between you and Mari. Surely that can only go well...
3) Before either of you make a decision, the blonde woman bumps into Mari, and you slip from Mari's hands. A flustered Mari hastily swims away, only to notice you aren't with her...because you're caught up in the wake of the curvaceous blonde!
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