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"Again? Really?" Lorna raised an eyebrow, "You can't be more original."
"I don't see you making suggestions." Esme teased.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm planning my revenge." Lorna promised.
"Look forward to it." Esme smirked, before pleading, "Now come on, you'll like this one, I swear."
Lorna like the last one and they all knew it, which was why Esme was grinning so widely, but God forbid Lorna should ever admit that, so instead she grumbled, "Fine."
*
"Now this is more like it!" Lorna exclaimed happily almost instantly after she took Esme's hand.
Instead of freezing cold wind, or the mundane temperature she was used too, they were in a much warmer climate, and addressed appropriately. Well, Lorna's bikini was perhaps a little skimpier then she was used too, but it was made up for by the fact that Esme's was just as revealing, and better yet they were laying on deckchairs by a pool with cocktails in their hands. Which was pretty much Lorna's idea of a perfect relaxing holiday, even if they weren't on the beach. Although that did mean it was just the two of them, plus Dawn, who was sleeping besides her Mom and in her own deckchair looking so adorable that Lorna almost didn't want to look away. Except she couldn't resist looking at a, very pleased with herself, Esme.
"I thought you'd like it." Esme grinned.
"I love it." Lorna grinned back, taking a sip of her drink and sighing contentedly, and then frowning, "Hey, where's Andy?"
"Oh, he should be dropping by any second now." Esme chuckled at her own joke, before clicking her fingers and making two umbrellas appear and open in front of herself and Dawn, before asking her lover, "Forgive me?"
Lorna definitely didn't like the sound of that, but before she could ask about it she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. Far too late to do anything about it she realised that something was Andy, curled up into a ball and heading straight for the water they were next too. He may have even cried 'Cannonball' like the dork he was. Whatever the case the result was the same, water splashing up around the place he hit it, creating a small tidal wave which harmlessly landed on the umbrellas, making sure not to wake up Dawn or get her and Esme wet, while Lorna got absolutely drenched in a matter of seconds. She then just sat there for a few long seconds, her mouth open in shock, as Esme laughed her stupid head off.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Esme squeezed out through her laughter, not sounding at all like she meant it, "I just couldn't resist. You understand, right? You would have done the same if you were me. You know you would."
That was true, and to prove it Lorna's hands and eyes glowed green as she used her power to metaphorically turn the other woman's deckchair into a catapult and thus toss Esme face first into the pool. Which she wasn't sure would work, and it kind of took her by surprise, but it put a smug satisfied smile on her face, Lorna slowly getting off of her own deckchair and sauntering over to the edge of the pool. Along the way she took a couple of sips of her martini, silently relieved to see both Andy and Esme were okay, pretty much surfacing at the same time with particularly Esme coughing up water, which made Lorna laugh. Which felt a bit cruel, but she couldn't help it, so she just went with it and folded her arms while looking down at the other two, feeling every bit the Queen that Esme allegedly wanted to make her.
"That was awesome!" Andy exclaimed, looking around for a diving board, then frowning and turning to Esme, "Can I do that again."
"Maybe later." Esme told him.
"And by that, she means no." Lorna told him sternly, then looking away from his disappointment and focusing on her girlfriend, "Are you okay? I wasn't sure that would work."
"It shouldn't have." Esme confessed, "Wow, your mind is stronger than I thought. It can even affect me in my world."
"I'll have to keep that in mind." Lorna said softly, the two girls exchanging a look.
Oblivious to that Andy called out, "Lorna, come on in. The water's great."
"Yeah Lorna, join us." Esme beamed.
For a brief moment Lorna pretended to think about it, then she finished her drink, placed it down on a convenient table nearby her and then did a Cannonball of her own, trying to aim directly for/in between Andy and Esme so they would get thoroughly splashed. It worked, which led to a playful water fight between the three, which led to laughter, and then Lorna and Esme met in the middle for a soft kiss. Then Lorna was pinning Esme against the wall in the shallow end, leaving Esme to click Andy and Dawn away to a pool of their own as things got a lot less family friendly between the two lovers. Which was kind of embarrassing, but Lorna just couldn't help herself. And hey, anything to wipe that smug smile off of Esme's face, right?
