Chapter 33

"You totally cheated."

"You started it!"

Dana gasped. "I did not!"

"Oh yes, you did." Alice replied as she gave Dana a hand to help her on the platform. "You with the 'I'll race ya to the next platform' thing." She said, in a Dana-like voice.

They had stayed in the water over more then an hour before they agreed that the water was slightly to cold to stay in it. They had laughed a lot, something both had missed doing lately, they started chasing each other around the water, trying to win the matches they both had lost at one point. First Alice won by distracting Dana, second time Dana faked a cramp.

The third time the match almost went fair, Dana was swimming in front of Alice and was about to win again when Alice yelled out "Dana, dive down, I see your boss coming! Dana had shrieked and had quickly dissapeared out of sight by diving under water. When she came up and faced where Alice had should have been, she saw nobody."Alice, you don't even know my bo…" she had started. She turned around when she heard Alice laughing, Alice giving Dana a little wave from where to was, at the 'finish line'.

Dana huffed. "I didn't cheat."

"Uhu, neither did I." Alice said as they almost reached the trail that led to Dana's cabin.

"Fine, we're both cheaters."

"Even so, I still won."

"I…shit, it's my boss!"

Alice snorted. "I'm not falling for…ooo… okay" Alice started when she was being pulled down by Dana.

"My boss is coming down here!" Dana wispered. "Stay down!"

"Dana, we are wet and laying in the middle of the pad." Alice started. "So unless he's blind, he'll walk right on us."

Dana looked at Alice with panic in her eyes. "Just roll over more so we are out off sight." Alice said as she pushed Dana away and crawled after a tree. She pushed Dana between her and the tree and stayed still. When they heard him passing right next to them, Alice buried her head in Dana's neck to make herself even more unnoticeable.

Both of them stayed like that for a couple of moments more until they didn't hear anything anymore. Dana, who was very aware about how close Alice stood, ran her hand over Alice's back. The action causing Alice to look back at her. Dana swallowed. It felt to so good to be this close again.

"I think he's gone." Alice said, her hands rolling up Dana's arms.

Dana nodded. "Yes, thank you."

Staring, that was all they did. Neither of them knew what to say. No words could come to mind when they where this close, closer then they had been in a long time. Dana smiled at Alice. She pulled a leave out of her hair, showed it to Alice before throwing it away.

"I missed you, Alice."

"I misse..." Alice started when they where startled by a group off kids who where cheering in the distance, probably a new game that had started. The moment was broken, Alice let go of Dana and took a step backwards. Dana sighed and stepped away from the tree as well. "We should go get changed."

Dana nodded. "Yeah."

The rest of the trail was walked in silence. They soon reached Dana's cabin and stood at the door. Awkward silence now surrounding them.

"This is just silly." Dana thought. "I had fun, thank you." She said, breaking the silence.

"Me too." Alice replied. "I liked all the winning." She smirked.

Dana laughed. "Fine, you can be the winner."

"I am the winner." She winked.

Dana smiled widely. "Well then…"

"Yeah."

"Thanks again." She said, hesitating before pulling her arms out. Alice smiled and closed the distance and put her arms around Dana, giving her a hug. They pulled each other as close as they could, both ignoring the fact that is was getting cold. "I'll see you later." Dana said, breaking the hug.

"Yep." Alice replied, watching as Dana slowly opened her door.

"Dana?"

Dana spun around. "Yes?"

"You think I could change at your place, I really don't want to be caught looking like this." She said, looking down at herself.

Dana laughed. "Sure, come on in."

Alice walked in, Dana following her before closing the door behind them.

"So, you are telling me that you both where naked and nothing happened?"

"Yes, Shane." Alice replied. "That's what I'm saying. And we weren't naked at the same time, okay. Dana changed first and then me, okay?"

"So you watched each other get naked then?" Shane grinned.

"No! Of course not."

"Shane, give the poor girl a break, okay."

"Thanks, Helena."

"Oh come on, like you all weren't thinking the same."

Three people saying "I wasn't" could be heard around the table. Helena, Dylan, Carmen, Shane & Alice all sat together, waiting for Dana to come and join them. She had to work for the show first and had another class before she could join them.

"So…, did anything happen at all?" Carmen asked. "I mean, didn't you even I don't know… I mean…okay…you played around in the water, both wet, you rolled around, and then were naked and nothing happened?"

"No, Carmen."

Shane grinned and pulled her girlfriend closer. "You were thinking about it, weren't you?" Carmen grinned back at Shane. "My girlfriend, ladies and gentlemen." She said as she gave Carmen a kiss on the lips. Carmen put her arms around Shane and pulled her into a hug. "We are so going to get naked later." She wispered before breaking the hug and turning back to her friends.

Alice looked at the two couples smiling sweetly at eatch other. " Oh my god, you guys! Now you all are thinking about getting naked, aren't you?"

"Can't help it, Al." Helena replied.

"Yeah, have you seen Helena naked, man she's…" Dylan replied, fanning herself with her hand.

"Dylan!"

"Screw you all, I'm out of here!." Alice said, standing up.

"Leaving already?"

"Dana, hey, no, I have nowhere else to be." She lamely replied before sitting back down. She was watching her as she leaned over to give Carmen a hug.

"Banksie!"

Dana smiled. "I haven't heard that name in decades." She said breaking the hug with Carmen and turning. "Helena! How are you, give me a hug." Dana said, walking around to give her old friend a hug.

"I'm very well, thank you." Helena replied. "This is Dylan, my girlfriend."

"Hi, I'm Dana."

"It's nice to finally meet you, I have heard so much about you." Dylan replied when she heard Alice choke on her drink.

"Al? Are you okay." Carmen asked, gently patting Alice's back.

"Yes." She said as she coughed. "I'm fine."

"What where you thinking about just now, Alice?" Shane asked as everyone started laughing, Alice turning red and Dana who stood clueless cause she had no idea what was so funny.

Hands roaming over her body, stopping to cup a breast, squeezing it little before moving over to her other breast, giving it the same attention.

"Shane, don't stop, oh don't…I'm gonna come…"

"Cum for me, honey." Shane said from between Carmen's legs. Those words where enough to send Carmen over the edge, sending her into a frenzy. Panting, her chest moving up and down and she rode out her orgasm.

Shane licked her way back up, giving every piece of skin she came across her undivided attention. When she reached Carmen's face, she kissed her lips, again and again.

"I think I caught fire." Carmen panted out when Shane moved to kiss her neck.

"Want me to hose you down?" Shane replied huskily as she kissed Carmen again. She pulled back and smiled at Carmen, kissing her sweetly again, staring into each other eyes. Carmen brought her hand up to touch Shane's cheek.

Shane opened her mouth to say something but closed it again. She just kept looking at Carmen, rolling off her slightly but keeping Carmen close in her arms.

"What is it, baby?"

Shane hesitated. "Do you know that you are the only girl I ever said I love you to?"

"You never told anyone you loved them?"

"I've told Alice and I love my friends at home, they are like my family. But I've never said it to someone I've been with, like this." Shane motioned, her hand pointing to both of them.

Carmen smiled lightly. "You never loved someone like this before?"

Shane shrugged. "I don't know, I don't think so. I guess I never stuck around long enough to find out. But you're different, you are so amazing, Carmen. When I see you I have a like an emotion overload, I have this constant need to be with you, to be close to you and hold you. I've never had that before, it scares me some times." Shane admitted.

"You don't have to be scared, baby, I'll help you through it." Carmen said, kissing Shane. "We all get scared sometimes, but we have each other to get through it, together."

"I'm so in love with you." Shane wispered.

Carmen felt tears swell in her eyes. "I love you, too." Sure, Shane had said it to her before, but it was like she was hearing it for the first time again. The way Shane said it, so vulnerable, so softly, so sweet, it made Carmen's heart melt.

"I never thought I would say it, let alone feel it." Shane said, her hand running over Carmen's side before moving over her arms, she repeated the same thing over and over, opening up to Carmen more then she had ever done to anyone. "I was always afraid to feel like this I think, cause I would lose control over myself and I couldn't lose that control. But Carmen, this is the greatest feeling in the world. Being with you, like this, it's heaven to me." Shane smiled. "How cheesy am I, right?" She laughed.

"I love it." Carmen smiled, pushing Shane lightly on her back. Her hand cupping Shane's cheek again. "And I love you." She said, pressing her lips against Shane's. "I'm glad I'm the one to make you feel like this."

"I'm glad too." Shane said, putting her arms around Carmen's naked torso. "Thank you."

Carmen laughed. "You do know it's going to be hours before we'll leave this bed again, right?"

"You won't hear me complain." Shane said as she leaned in to kiss Carmen, ready for the second round.

TBC