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CHAPTER 3

"Alex don't you dare!" Marissa held both arms out as her blonde lover advanced towards her, a mischievous grin playing on her lips. She glanced behind her to see how far she was from the edge and then back to Alex. "Don't you dare or else!" She warned.

Alex laughed, "or else what?" She lunged at the girl.

Marissa's scream filled the warm outside air but was soon cut off as a giant splash surfaced.

Alex came up from the cool water of their pool first and quickly swam away. Marissa emerged next, spluttering water from her face. Alex couldn't help but laugh as Marissa's long dirty blonde locks covered her face and she watched her wipe them away. Marissa coughed and continued wiping at her face and she scowled at the other blonde now feet away from her. She dipped back under the water and stroked her hair back neatly then resurfaced again, making Alex' breath catch in her throat as she watched on, her only thought being Marissa looking as if she were a water nymph.

"You are so dead." Marissa's voice broke Alex' of her staring. The feisty blonde only grinned and dipped back under the water. Marissa glared at the form now coming towards her again and crossed her arms over her chest. She shuttered as Alex took hold of her thighs and came up from the water.

"You looked hot," Alex spoke after wiping the excess water from her golden face. She slid her hands around Marissa's curvaceous figure and planted them firmly on the girls lower back, her fingers splayed out on her ass.

Marissa made a sound with her mouth that objected to Alex' statement and she rolled her eyes. Alex smiled more and leaned in. "You look even more hot now though," she whispered huskily into her ear.

Marissa felt her resolve dissipate as she felt Alex' warm mouth leave a trail of fiery kisses along her neck and collarbone. She relaxed into her girlfriend's embrace and let her arms rest loosely around her slender neck. Her eyes slipped shut and she leaned her head back at the sweet sensations Alex was delivering with her mouth and her hands running up and down her back.

"You don't know what you do to me," Marissa moaned out as Alex untied her bikini top and slid her hands around front and under the soaked material.

Alex continued with her manipulation of her mouth on her neck as she gently squeezed Marissa's fleshy mounds. Marissa bit her lip and moaned quietly, her fingers tangling in Alex' wet locks.

"I hope the same thing you do to me every time you look at me," Alex finally responded. She trailed her kisses along Marissa's defined jawbone and finally their lips met in a sweet lingering kiss. She slid her hands out from under Marissa's top and dropped them to the girls hips, feeling the soft skin slide under her the palms of her hands.

Marissa sighed as their tongues met and danced. She tilted her head further to the side, deepening the kiss. Their heads rotated as their lips remained locked. Their hands danced over each others bodies. Finally, after what seemed like countless minutes, Alex pulled back as the need for air required her to do so. She bit gently at Marissa's bottom lip and released the tall blonde's lips from her grasp. Marissa moaned as the kiss ended and she wrapped herself tighter against Alex' body.

"I could get used to this," Alex' voice came across soft as they held each other in the middle of the pool.

Marissa giggled at Alex' corny reference to the song, "me too."

Their attention was broke as they suddenly heard a loud thud and someone groan in pain. Marissa reached behind her and tied her top up as Alex turned to find where the noises came from.

"Damn it," the blonde cursed as she caught sight of a paparazzo laying near their stone wall fence. She swam over to the edge of the pool and hoisted her light body from it with ease.

The intruder struggled to his feet as he saw the angry blonde coming towards him.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She ripped his camera from him. "This is private property you fucking moron."

Marissa soon joined her irate lover, not pleased herself.

The photographer finally got to his feet, holding his ribs, "you're good money."

Alex glared, she yanked open the memory card slot on his camera and took the card from the camera before shoving it back at him. The paparazzi felt his eyes bug out of his head as he watched Alex destroy his evidence of her and Marissa's intimate moment in the pool just minutes earlier.

"Get the fuck off my property." She glared at him as she easily snapped the small stick in half and threw it behind her.

The girls watched as he climbed quickly back up the tree he had been sitting in and jumped over the stonewall.

"Stupid paparazzi," Alex grumbled and turned on her heal towards the pool.

Marissa turned and followed Alex, picking up the broken pieces of the memory chip, "you shoulda kept this instead of breaking it so we could have seen the pictures of us."

Alex turned and looked at her girlfriend, a smile now playing on her lips, "I didn't think of that."

Marissa grinned brightly, "obviously."

"Hey!" Alex exclaimed and chased after Marissa as she took off for the house.

Marissa shrieked as she burst through the open sliding door and was tackled onto the black plush couch. She erupted into a fit of laughter as she lay pinned on her back by Alex straddling her hips, tickling her mercilessly. "Stop!" She laughed, trying to escape Alex' torture.

Alex laughed above her, tickling everywhere she could reach on the girls' bikini clad body. Tears pooled in Marissa's eyes and she gasped for air, her abdomen hurting from laughing so hard.

"Stop, baby pl-pl-please!" Marissa begged in laughter.

"Take it back," Alex let out with a laugh, now poking at Marissa's sides.

Marissa jolted back and forth on the couch, laughter still rolling out of her, "no!" She soon regretted her words as Alex continued in her onslaught. Finally finding the strength, she lifted her hips up and dumped Alex off of her and onto the floor next to her.

Alex hit with a thud and soon burst into a fit of giggles. Marissa peered over the side of the couch and laughed as she watched Alex hold her head in one hand and her stomach in the other as she laughed. Their laughter continued for minutes before they both calmed finally, giggles leaving each of them every so often.

Calm enough to talk now, Alex smiled and reached up to caress Marissa's long honey-colored locks that dangled over the edge of the couch, "you're gorgeous."

Marissa smiled and nuzzled her face into Alex' hand, "so are you." Alex sighed softly and she sat up to slowly kiss Marissa's lips. Reacting instantly, Marissa cupped Alex' cheek in her hand. Alex pulled back and looked into Marissa's eyes before she connected their lips again, nipping Marissa's bottom lip and shoving her tongue into the girls mouth.

Marissa moaned and soon found herself crawling off the couch and to the floor into Alex' embrace. As their hands wandered, their tongues continued to battle in a dance they found so familiar.

Alex whimpered as she heard the distinct sound of Marissa's phone. Marissa heard it too and struggled to pull herself away from her girlfriend. "Don't answer it," Alex moaned, her body wanting nothing but her beautiful girlfriend at that moment.

Marissa felt divided on getting up to retrieve her phone and staying with Alex to continue with what she knew would go on for the next few hours. "It might be my office," she whispered.

Alex groaned and released her hold on Marissa, "you owe me." Marissa laughed, nodded and kissed her one more time before getting up and jogging into the kitchen where her purse lay with her phone inside of it. Alex crawled back onto the couch and tucked her knees under her. She watched as Marissa talked on the phone, a smile gracing her lips. She turned back around and caught the time on the stereo system and quickly jumped up. She had to be at the studio in an hour to rehearse for the VMA's the next day.

Without second thought, she quickly bound up the steps to their bedroom. Marissa followed leisurely, wondering what had gotten into her girlfriend. As she reached the bedroom, she ended her call.

"Yeah, Jessie, I know. Marissa and I were hanging out and lost track of time." Marissa sat on the bed Indian style in her bikini and watched as Alex spoke on the phone. "Yeah I know Jessie. No I don't think I'm hot shit because I'm popular. I lost track of time with my girlfriend." Alex looked to her girlfriend as she pulled on a pair of track pants and rolled her eyes, pointing to the phone. Marissa stifled a laughed. "You wanna know what we were doing? Okay fine! I was getting ready to have hot sex with her on our living room floor!" Marissa's jaw dropped as the words slipped from Alex, a scowl quickly formed on her face. Alex dodged the pillow that Marissa had soon chucked her way. She kept her laugh in before she went over to the bed and kissed her several times on the lips. "I'll be there in 45 fucking minutes." She snapped the phone shut and kissed Marissa again.

"You're so gonna be late," Marissa said in between kisses.

Alex sighed and pulled back. She sat down on the bed next to her girlfriend and slipped the socks and shoes onto her feet then turned to Marissa, "come with?"

Marissa smiled and cupped her cheek, "I can't baby, I have to go to the office and see how they messed up the blue prints today."

Alex pouted and nodded, "okay, you wanna drop me off at the studio on the way there and pick me up when you're done?"

Marissa gave another smile and nodded, "sure."

"Wait, you don't have to get all gussied up do you?"

Marissa laughed and swatted her girlfriend, "no I don't. I'm just gonna throw on some jeans and a shirt. It's good being the boss."

Alex grinned as Marissa trotted over to their closet; it grew as she saw the pieces of Marissa's bikini flying out of the closet.

The next update will be a lot faster than it took to post this. I relocated last weekend and am finally starting to settle in. Look for more soon!