The pool, Saturday afternoon

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Grabbing her float, towel, and essential pool needs glittery bikini zomg, Annette headed to the pool to be nothing else but absolutely lazy today.

'Course if she had someone to play with in the water, well, that would be nice too.

(pool's open!)

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy headed down to the pool to swim some laps, maybe meditate in the shallow end. Or drown himself. Though that last one wasn't too likely.

He took the moment required of a young man, to admire how Annette looked in her swimsuit, before sitting down and starting to undo the straps on his prosthetic.

"Hey." he waved to the blond.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Billy," she said, watching him undo the straps to his fake leg.

"How you, uh, doing?" She had heard the radio the other night and learned about his breakup with Ami.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Not, too bad." he said after some thought. "Better than I was a few days ago at least." He took off his eyepatch, but quickly replaced it with sort of a monacle version of a pair of goggles.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry to hear about you and Ami. Was it a mutual decision?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"It was...I think she understood the reasons, and she didn't, uhm, try to argue the point." he said helplessly, sitting on the edge of the pool.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette didn't like seeing Billy so forlorn, "Do you want to talk about it?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

He slipped down into the water, and began to float on his back. "Well...I kinda felt like we were drifting apart, for a little over a month." he said.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that's never good." She wondered if her and Dick had gone through similiar feelings? She didn't think so but they had just almost broken up.

"Because you weren't spending enough time together?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I don't think that was the cause, I think that was a symptom." he said. "I mean, we lived in the same cabin for like three weeks, and only went on one date. It was a great one, but still..."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette frowned. Dick didn't ask her out very often at all. She had to do the asking. What did this mean?

"I think I can relate to that."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" he asked, concerned. He wasn't about to cause problems for another couple was he?

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I don't think Dick and I go out often enough. I think I've been out with John more than I have Dick lately. And that's just been for pie."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you guys should remedy that." he suggested.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"How? I mean, shouldn't he ask me out?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Well yes, but there's no rule that says you can't ask him too. It's the 21st century nothing wrong with that."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know, and I do ask him. I would just like to be asked sometimes too. It's a girl thing, you know?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I understand. I'm not sure what to do about that."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Me neither. I love Dick though so I try not to let it bother me. Besides, he spends a lot of time in my room," she admitted the last softly and because of it, splashed water towards Billy.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"See that counts-" he broke off in a splutter as the water hit her. "Hey," he snickered. "No fair picking on the lovelorn cripple."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Aww, I'm sorry, Billy. Did I splash you?" She giggled. "It was an accident." Then she totally splashed him again.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Suuuuuuure it was." he said, splashing her back.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Giggling, she splashed harder and then tried to paddle her little float away from him.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy sank under the surface and swam closer, popping up just beside it. "Boo."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Aaaah!" Annette flailed and fell over into the water.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy laughed. Damn that felt good. The laughing, not the making her flail into the water. Well that was fun too.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She came up laughing and shoving her float out of the way. "That's it, Billy! Now you're in for it," Then she dived down and went straight for his leg, to yank him under.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy thought she had nice hands as she pulled him under, but then tried to twist out of her grasp.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

And he was clever too cause he slipped free. Didn't matter, she went for him again, her hands reaching for his knee...

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy was far less agile in the water than he was on land. Or with both legs even, though he had practiced fighting without the prosthetic.

So she was able to get hold of his knee. And he discovered that he was a might ticklish there.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette yanked, holding her breath tight, and pulled Billy under.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy got a lungful of air just before being yanked under again, this time going with the pull, intending to try to swim to safety once she let go.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette made a funny face at Billy under the water and let go, swimming for the surface.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy smirked, and swam up to the surface as well, a little away from her, and immediately splashed her. "Heehee."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She wasn't expecting that and sputtered as water was splashed in her face, "Billllly!"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeeesss?" he grinned.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"You splashed me," she stated the obvious, yes. But she was giggling and splashed him back then turned and swam for her float, lifting herself back on it.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy swam after her, not as quickly, but tirelessly. Splashing just a little bit.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She climbed up and lay on her belly, grinning over at him as he splashed her. "I'm glad I got you to laugh."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." he said, coming to a stop and once again floating on his back. "Me too."