Mari quickly turned towards her purse, and then proudly produced a group of tickets. She waved them around ecstatically. "I landed us all tickets for a full day at The Oasis! How awesome is that? And the weather is so amazing today!"
Everyone began cheering and clapping, and from the looks they shared, it appeared they'd already predicted something like this could happen (as Mari had even texted everyone to bring a swimsuit to change it should one be needed).
Now, it was slightly silly to celebrate free tickets to The Oasis, at least conceptually. Mari was extremely close with both the owners, Selena and Viola Morrow, and they'd offered her and your entire family free lifetime passes. Mari had her pride, though, and insisted they pay for each visit like any other guest (which, to the self-improvement independence lover that was Viola, greatly impressed her). Of course, your wife truly had won these tickets in a radio contest, so it all circled back around to being free anyway, at least for today.
Everyone headed outside full of cheer, and you found yourself gently scooped up by Jenna (your own family having raced out the door already, temporarily forgetting about you). You gave your sister a thankful smile, and allowed her to carry you to her own car, wherein you were joined by Piper, Aiden, and Persephone. Zoey was riding with the rest of your family in their car.
On the drive to The Oasis, Jenna engaged Persephone in discussion, drawing the soft-spoken girl out of her shell with questions about school and sports. It intrigued you to watch Persephone talk, seemingly so different from how the rumors made her out to be. You'd even glimpsed her on the Weston campus before alongside a true sadistic girl named Ivy Green, and Persephone was much more animated. She could also be aggressive as hell when in the midst of a sports game...but here in the car, she was talking almost at a whisper, and seemed to be quietly at peace, even if somewhat uncomfortable to be asked so many questions.
Aiden was staring too, and you wondered if he was just as intrigued. No doubt, as a Weston student, he'd heard the same rumors about her, and was now seeing how the beautiful platinum-blonde was failing to live up to those frightening and unflattering rumors.
(Piper, of course, was singing along to the radio the entire time, tuning everyone else out. She really did live in her own world sometimes.)
Once reaching The Oasis, Jenna carried you and Aiden securely in her palm, while Piper rode on her shoulder. While there was technically an affected-only locker room, Jenna didn't quite trust Aiden to be on his own like that (even though, at twenty-one years of age, he surely would've been fine), so she wanted him in the unaffected women's locker room with her. Not wanting to be separated from your group, you opted to stay with them as well, earning you some exhausting teasing from Piper about you just wanting to check out Mari as she got changed.
After being let in through the front gate, Jenna met up with the rest of the group, and then everyone headed to the women's locker room. While they walked, you took in the sights of the waterpark, still blown away by how massive it had become in the past twenty years.
Selena and Viola, after taking over from the old manager, had really done crazy work with the place. It had gone from a simple community pool to a state-wide vacation hotspot, and one of the largest waterparks in the country. It had everything from wave pools, to hot tubs and saunas, to over thirty water slides, to a lap pool, to an expansive kiddie area, to a lazy river, and more. The Oasis even had a partnership with some local hotels, granting early park access, discounts, and a taxi service should someone book a park ticket and simultaneous hotel room.
Plus, Selena and Viola's tiny daughter, Grace, had contributed immensely too. One of the smartest and most dedicated affected you'd ever met (actually, she reminded you a lot of Jenna but as a tiny), Grace had spent her life fighting for the rights of affected. She'd encouraged her mothers to make incredible changes for the safety of affected guests, like the aforementioned affected-only locker room, elevated pathways for affected, tiny-sized versions of slides and pools, and other security amenities.
It wasn't perfect, of course. The park might've been up-to-snuff when it came to tiny safety, but that didn't mean each guest respected those rules and regulations. And accidents could always happen even to the most vigilant of individuals. Plus, a few of the staff members (while theoretically great lifeguards) were less-than-stellar at affected interactions. Hope Cooper and her unwarranted crush on tines (including yourself) came to mind, as did Kenzie Malachi and her destructive powers of apathetic laziness.
Still, it was leagues better than how The Oasis used to be.
Once Jenna made it inside the locker room, you shielded your eyes from the bevy of undressing women. The park was exceptionally crowded today, so you held on tight to your sister's hair as she navigated to an empty locker. At the locker, Jenna waited patiently while you changed from your day clothes into a red pair of swim trunks. She then placed you in the locker while she changed into her own swimsuit, which turned out to be a cute light-blue two-piece scoop bikini. Modest enough to not draw undue attention, but accentuated what Jenna was working with.
Piper and Aiden finished getting changed too, Piper into a sleek hot-pink racerback bikini, and Aiden into a white tee and black swim trunks. Once everyone was ready, Jenna took you and Aiden over to the sinks, where she ran you under the cool water to clean you off, as per waterpark rules. When she was finished doing that, she walked over to the assortment of benches near the full-size showers, finding a quiet space and setting you and Aiden down. She and Piper then went to use the full-size shower together, leaving you to wait for more of your group to arrive.
You didn't have to wait long, as Zoey quickly appeared, dripping a bit from her quick spray-down in the shower. She was wearing a conservative, sleek black bikini top and matching boardshorts. Her lean stomach and abs were on full display, alongside her long legs. Not that you were ogling her or anything, it was just easy to see why Juli had fallen for her, from an academic appreciation point of view. The girl radiated charisma, and you could see why her coolness was hard to not appreciate and find appealing.
She spotted you immediately, strolling over. "Mister Jacobs, Aiden. Nice trunks." She gave one of her traditional easy-going smiles. "Should be a fun day, yeah?"
"I hope so, yes." You answered, while Aiden merely stammered awkwardly. No doubt your nephew was in even more awe of Zoey than you were, given his relatively innocent naivety.
Riley was the next to appear, and she shuffled over to Zoey's side. She was wearing a neon blue sports-bra-like bikini top and matching hotshorts bottoms that hugged her butt quite tightly, but more-or-less covered a fair bit. You were about to tell her that she looked pretty, when your eyes instead widened at the sight of her ass turning to fall atop you and Aiden.
Thankfully, Zoey's arm snatched Riley's elbow, stopping your oblivious daughter. "Careful." The girl added. "Your dad and cousin are there."
Riley turned back and winced. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry you two! God, I'm so dumb!"
"No harm no foul, Riley." You assured her.
Seconds later, and Juli bounded into view. Your eyes widened a hair as you beheld your daughter, briefly wondering where in the world she'd bought the flimsy scrap she called a swimsuit. The stringy top was little more than two triangles over her nipples connected by floss, and the even-stringier thong hardly concealed her womanhood and was plain lost in the suppleness of her ass cheeks. She was wearing next-o-nothing, and combined with her pronounced Fuertes curves, would surely be breaking necks all day. No doubt she knew it too, and you would bet her social media fans ate up her photos like mad.
Juli locked eyes with Zoey, and raced over so fast she didn't see you at all...which became painfully apparent right as your daughter began to sit down on you and Aiden!
Once more, Zoey was your guardian angel, catching Juli a split-second before you splattered under the heft of your daughter's butt cheek. "Juli, slow your roll. Dad and cousin in the landing zone." Zoey playfully smirked, motioning to you two.
Juli glanced down and giggled. "Oh, really? Oops! That would've been a funny way to start the day!" She giggled again, and made no effort to apologize before stepping out of the way and resuming talk with Zoey. "Anyway, do ya like my suit? Super cute, right?"
Zoey made a noise of vague approval. "Cute, sure. Pretty daring, too."
"B-But I pull it off, right?" Juli asked, a bit more desperately. She struck a pose, and (as her father) you nearly had a heart-attack as her feeble top practically slipped off her boobs then and there.
Zoey put a comforting hand on Juli's shoulder (though not too comforting, you noticed, as if the purple-haired girl was holding back). "You always look good, Juli."
Juli, appeased by that, smiled and faintly blushed.