The Pool [afternoon]

Rory woke up late on Sunday and took care of her errands before padding down to the basement in a pair of flip-flops and some boardshorts, as well as her very modest bathing suit and a towel around her neck.

She dipped a toe into the pool's water and upon finding it nice and neutrally lukewarm, she kicked off her shoes and sat on the edge to wait for Luke.

[Rory's here for Luke, but totally open for all your swimmy needs! It's an indoor pool, so fair to assume the water's fine. :D]

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes," Luke said, pushing off of the bottom and swimming away.

No one would ever mistake him for a fish, but he'd made some serious progress for a guy who'd never been completely submersed in water before in his life.

He waved spastically from the other side of the pool. "It worked!"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke swam back. "It worked!" he said again, grinning harder.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke reached over and gave her a very wet hug. "Thank you."

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke pulled away a second later, blushing. "Me too," he said. "Um, not that you needed to teach me anything."

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're the most important one," Luke blurted. "You've given me...history. An idea of what it's supposed to be like to be a Jedi." He looked away. "And a Skywalker," he mumbled, almost too quiet to be heard.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
She was giving him an incentive not to go out in a blaze of glory, but Luke had a feeling that wasn't exactly the sort of thing she'd want to hear.

"What you give me is more than enough," he said, still looking away.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's all this water," Luke said, "and I'm not going to die in it!"

In other words, Rory was probably going to have to drag his pruny self out of it.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes!" Luke said, splashing around a bit.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Do I get to go back in?" Luke asked, making his way over to the side.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Luke hauled himself out of the water, then glanced at Rory. "Now what?" he asked.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Luke cracked up. "You're allowed to do that?" he said. "Waste water?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Here goes nothing," Luke muttered to himself, then flung himself into the water with a whoop and a huge splash.

He laughed as he swam closer to Rory. "Race you back to do it again!"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Luke flailed past her and reached the wall first.

"You let me win," he said with a small smile.