Bella had showered, eaten lunch, watched two entire episodes of Black Mirror, and even played several games of pool on her phone with Hollywood. However, she couldn't get her mind off of Kate. The woman occupied her thoughts all of the time. She was constantly thinking about Kate. But since she'd kissed her cheek on impulse, the vampire really raced around in her mind.

It was getting late and it was already dark out. She huffed and threw her head back as she groaned. Finally, she got up, changed into her swim suit, grabbed her towel, and headed out to sneak into the pool.

She made her way across campus quickly and easily made her way through the gate and into the pool area. No one was around, which was expected, so she quickly threw her towel and phone to the side of the pool before diving into the end and swimming the length of it twice before coming up for air.

She did a few more laps before floating on her back in the middle of the pool. She was just starting to relax from the exertion of the laps she'd done when her phone beeped from the side of the pool. She straightened up and swam lazily to her phone. She dried her hands off on her towel before propping up on the side of the pool and grabbing her phone. She smiled at the text from Kate before she even knew what it said.

Kate: What are you up to?

She'd attached an emoji with sunglasses and Bella just laughed at her.

Bella: I snuck into the pool.

She attached an emoji with its tongue stuck out and sent it.

Kate: Didn't we already run into trouble doing that?

Bella just laughed at the memory of them all almost getting caught the night they'd played capture the flag. She blushed at the memory of Kate carrying her out of the building and across campus.

Bella: Maybe ;). Too bad no one with super hearing is here to listen out for guards.

She attached a shrugging emoji and her heart was beating wildly in her chest at her own bravado. She watched the response bubbles pop up indicating that Kate was typing.

Kate: Was that an invitation?

Bella bit her lip before replying.

Bella: I believe it was.

Bella received a text telling her that Kate was on her way and sat her phone back down where it had been. She floated back out to the middle of the pool and contemplated doing a few more laps but didn't think that her heart would take it with how hard and fast it was already beating.

She was leisurely doing back strokes when Kate entered the building. The vampire had on a pair of short denim shorts and a shirt that was shorter than normal but not quite a crop top so it showed off just an inch or so of her stomach.

Bella once again made her way to the side of the pool and propped her arms up before resting her chin on her hands. Kate kicked off her shoes and sat down next to Bella with her legs dangling in the water.

"Night swimming? Really?" She asked with a laugh and Bella just shrugged in response and nudged her leg good naturedly with her shoulder.

"At least there's not fourteen of us who could potentially get caught," She said in retaliation and with a sarcastic playful tone. She pushed back from the wall and treaded water there as she continued to look up at Kate, "Plus they make it way too easy to break in," She added with a grin and Kate nodded in agreement.

"Can't argue there," She said as she looked around the room. She looked back down when Bella splashed water at her and made a face of mock shock. "It's on, La-La," She said as she stood and pulled her shirt over her head. Bella gulped at the sight. Kate shimmied out of her shorts, leaving herself in a black two piece, and dove gracefully into the pool. Bella laughed and darted away from her.

Kate pursued her around the pool for a few minutes while they shouted taunts at one another. Bella knew it was all for show and that Kate could easily catch her if she wanted to. When she did finally wrap her arms around Bella's waist, the human couldn't have felt more at ease.

She shrieked as she was pulled backwards into a cold, hard body and wiggled slightly before giving up. "Got ya," Kate whispered into her ear and Bella shook her head, "I think I did, darling," She said playfully and Bella just shook her head again, "I didn't?" She asked in the same playful tone and Bella shook her head, "Enlighten me then."

Bella took a breath, gathered every ounce of courage that she possessed, spun in Kate's arms, and kissed her on the lips. She took her opportunity to slip out of Kate's arms while she was in shock and distracted. She was boosted up on the side of the pool and sitting with her legs dangling in the water before the vampire even realized what had happened.

"So not fair," The blonde whispered in a daze and Bella laughed in response, "Seriously, not fair at all," She shook her head in an attempt to clear it some, "That was just wrong," She said with a playful tone as she swam towards the human now and propped up on her arms beside her.

"Oh, quit whining," Bella said as she kicked water and splashed the vampire, "I just won't do it again then," Bella said with a smirk and a sassy tone.

"On the contrary, darling, please feel free to do so any time you please," Kate said and Bella nearly swooned at the sultry tone that she used, "I promise you there will be no protest from me," She added and Bella blushed slightly and rolled her eyes.