[fieldbox=Hyder P. Winston, #1e4d27, dashed, 22, Book Antiqua]When his girlfriend asked if he wanted to chill out by the pool with her, Hyder gave a nod and kissed her lightly before slipping out of the bed they shared and changing into his
swim trunks. He joined Elthrial downstairs for breakfast after a few minutes and wandered outside, pulling the glass sliding door closed behind him. This apartment really was extremely nice. The four of them had definitely gotten lucky and landed an awesome gig.
Tossing two towels onto the chaise lounges that were on the sunniest part of the patio, Hyder never bothered to put on sunscreen. He just ran for the deep end of the pool and did a sloppy cannonball into the water, landing about two feet from the end of the diving board... which, after thinking his moments was what he probably
should have used to enter the water. Swimming over to Elthrial he placed his hands gently on her waist and pulled her close, planting a kiss on her lips before letting her drift back to her own spot. "I love you too baby" he smiled, his face a bit more stubble-covered than usual after not shaving the day before... something he did every so often.
When she swam back to him, clinging loosely to his neck, Hyde smiled and began swimming around with the most important lady in his life attached to him. After a few minutes he backed them into a corner and got as close as he could to El. He smiled. his eyes glinting playfully at her response. Lowering his head to hers he kissed her for a moment before releasing her again. Within moments his beautiful blonde was wrapping a towel around herself and running for the apartment to greet the 'intruders'... aka guests Hyder had never met...[/fieldbox]
[fieldbox=Mara A. Argyris, #8c8284, dashed, 22, Helvetica]Rolling over onto her back and blinking open her golden eyes the youngest member of the group let a sleepy smile play on her lips as she sat up easily and took the coffee Damien had for her "Thanks love" she smiled, kissing him back briefly. As she sipped the hot liquid, Mara mentally scolded herself for not being prepared at just how hot the coffee with the peppermint cocoa creamer would be. Swallowing she ignored the slight burning sensation the best she could and placed the mug back on the end table as she climbed out of their shared bed to change from her
pajamas to beach
clothes so they could get going whenever Damien was ready.
Just as Mara was finishing up on her hair that could be rather unruly when wet she heard a knock on the bathroom door followed by her boyfriends voice letting her know that her family had shown up. "Oh crap!" she yipped, jumping as the words sunk in. Mara wasn't one to curse, but her family, especially her step-brother and her dad could be
very overprotective... and she hadn't exactly mentioned to some of the most important people in her life that she was living with two guys... just hopefully Hyder hadn't met them yet. Both her friend and her step-brother, Mikael could be
very, very hot-headed and Mike could get violent... they also both had a thing for Elthrial... something she hadn't mentioned to anyone. Hurriedly putting the clear elastic band on and clipping the braid up, Mar ran out of the bathroom, chewing softly on her lip. She wasn't quite ready to face the music... but a rush of relief flew over her when she saw El with them. Her family loved Elthrial.
Practically flinging herself around the couch she just about tackled her sister in a hug "Marina! Brody! Natalia! Mom, dad, Mike!" she exclaimed, moving on to hug all of them. Out of all her family she was closest to her fully biological sister, Marina Jewel who was currently 23 ... and her half-sister, Natalia Brielle who was the youngest in the family and only 14. Brody Niklaus was her half-brother, 19 years young and nearly as tall as her step-brother, Mikael Peter Tael who happened to be the eldest at 28 and also the only one to have a different last name as he kept his father's last name when their parents got married. Her father was Maksimillian Viktor a rather stout 53 year old man whom Mara had the unfortunate experience of remembering at his lowest of low points. Her step-mother, Julia Anya was a rather tall , who actually stood a couple inches taller than Mara's father, woman of 45. She and Mara had a very rocky relationship at first, but over the years they had grown extremely close and this young woman was proud to call this lady 'mom'. Of course her remaining 'family' (her step-mother's parents) were located in Russia, but this was an amazing yet very poorly timed surprise.
After a brief catching up, Mara realized she couldn't stall forever. "So I may have forgotten to tell you all that El and I live with our boyfriends. Um ... Damien, my boyfriend, was the one who let you in... and then shooed outside to the pool... and you haven't met or seen Hyder yet. But I need you to promise,
Mikael, to be on your best behavior or I will throw you out" she said, very pointedly at her hot-headed and often aggressive step-brother who seemed disappointed and angry to find out he now had a competition for El... not that they had ever had anything anyway.[/fieldbox]
(so sorry... also, my 'v' key is
crapping out broken... I broke the key off cause I was trying to get it to work... so some words might be missing that letter)