Chapter Three.

Legs and Sun

Disclaimer: I do not own the people that my story is based on. The locations are all real places (where I wish I could live at!). I also wish that I was related to the wondrous Tammy P. Oh well.

Elena went home and put her swimsuit on in a rush. Then she went to the pantry and pulled out cookies and chips and salsa. Hmm, three growing guys... I hope that this is enough to feed them all. She then went down and unlocked the gate that protected her family's dock from trespassers. She had everything set up when she finally heard the sound of Jon's Dodge Ram nearing her home.

"Well I guess that Jon and friends are finally here. Wonder what took them so long?" muses Elena out loud. "At least they're here. About time with that sun block."

"We're HERE!" yells Jon as he dashes towards the gate. "Sorry that took so long- Gary and Rob are such slowpokes! Here's the sun block. You probably need it, huh? Miss redhead."

"Yes, I do need that. Give it here! I'm about to burn and peel right this instant!" is the comeback that Miss Redhead replies with.

Neither friend notice that Rob and Gary are standing half in, half out of the truck, gaping in awe at Elena in her string bikini top and cutoff shorts.

"Who is that?" whispers Rob to Gary.

"I'm not sure, I think it might be that girl that Jon was talking about, Elena, but he didn't say that she was so tall and leggy and redhead. Man, she's hot!" Jon and Elena turn heads at the end of his comment, shrug, and start chatting again. "Oops, I didn't mean to say that so loudly, I think that they heard me." Gary turns red with embarrassment as he blurts the last part out.

"Guys, come and meet Elena. She's in my defensive spells class." The two boys shyly walk over as Jon continues on. "Elena, these two lugs are Gary and Rob, Gary's on the right. They're in my grade and are in my crafty creatures class. They're really smart when not around "hot" girls!" Elena smirks as the last bit.

"Jon, be nice! Hello Rob, nice to meet you. Hello Gary, nice to meet you. Come on, lets go to the dock. I have some snacks set up. Lets race!" With this, Elena starts off running.

Everyone runs to catch up, and they all plop onto the blanket at the same time. The sun beats down and Gary and Rob decide to go swimming. Elena tries to put sun block on as quickly as she possibly can, and Jon watches in amusement.

"Need some help with that?" queries Jon.

"Yes, on my back" is almost sobbed with relief as Elena had been trying to get one particular spot for five minutes. "Here."

Jon takes the bottle from her and starts to rub sun screen on her but-for-a-string-bare back. He attempts to rub it on her back and start a conversation at the same time. " So, do you burn really easily, or is that just a redhead rumor?"

"Jon, I Burn, and very, very easily. No way is that a rumor. Man, have you got it wrong!"

Elena finishes with her arms and face and upper body. "Hold on a sec, can ya?" and with that, she shimmies out of her cutoffs. Jon notices, out of the corner of his eye, Rob and Gary start as they see Elena stand up. Elena starts to shake to get out of the shorts and all three of the boys go crazy seeing this. Once Elena is done, she sits back down and starts to put sun block onto her legs.

"What? What are you staring at Jon? Hello, earth to Jon!"

"Huh, sorry, I was daydreaming. What were you saying?" Jon re-starts to spread sun block on Elena's back. "All done now"

"I wasn't saying anything, but you weren't done and you had stopped. Just making sure that you're still on this planet." Elena finishes with one leg and starts on the other. "Why don't you go swim for a bit? I want to get a little warmer before I hop into the snow melt off, freezing cold water, but you can go ahead."

"Ok, I think I will. The guys look like they're having fun. If you don't get in, in a bit, I will get them to help me dunk you." with that, Jon dives in and starts to roughhouse. At some point, they guys look over at her and see almost nothing of a person.

"Where did she go to? Did she sneak off? Lets go find her." Rob says as he looks around.

"Wait, no, there she is. See the cloth from her swimsuit? And that small nose? You can barely see it but it's there." is Gary's quick observation.

"Lets trick her somehow. You two keep playing and making noise, I will go and find a spider and put it on her as she sleeps. Oh, this will be good!" Jon smirks at the others, as he sneaks off to get his bug.

All of a sudden Elena wakes up to a creepy crawly feeling on her back. She shudders and looks for the guys. I guess this is as warm as I'm going to get, so I better get up and go in. "Hey guys. I'm ready to hop into the chilly water now, I think." Elena stands up as she says this. Then she looks at her back. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! What the Heck IS THIS??? A SPIDER!!! GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF!!! Oh god, please get it off. Ewww, ewww, eww." Gary takes pity on Elena and swims over to get it off.

"Hold still, let me get it. It's ok. Probably just crawled up onto you while you were sleeping. Relax, now its gone. See?" He throws it off to the side, right into Jon's face.

"Ok, yeah right! That has never happened to me, ever! Who did it? I'm not some dumb female and I'm not going to take this sitting down. I will get the perpetrator. Believe you me!"