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Chapter 6.
They had a very nice breakfast with lots of laughter. Anita was thrilled to spend the next couple of days with just the girls. Since the day turned out brilliant Anita suggested they spend the day by the lake. Both Santana and Brittany thought it was a great idea but then it dawned on Santana that spending a day by the lake would mean spending a day in a bikini. Not that she had a problem with that, the problem was that Brittany would probably also wear a bikini and that she had a problem with. From what she saw yesterday when Brittany was in her minimal running gear, the blonde had an amazing body and just the thought of seeing her in even less clothing than that made her palms start to perspire.
She helped clear the table then went back to the boat house to get changed. Standing in front of the mirror she inspected her outfit for the umpteenth time, she'd changed bikinis so many times she'd lost count. She couldn't decide if she should wear her black or red bikini. The red was a bit more comfortable but she knew she looked really good in the black one…
Why the hell am I even thinking about looking good? I'm in the middle of nowhere with my mom and… well… Brittany… crap I really shouldn't be thinking like this…It's completely inappropriate...
She realized she was being completely ridiculous, it was just a bikini for Christ sake and they were just going to spend the day by the lake, swimming and enjoying the sun. Taking one last look at the mirror she adjusted her black halter neck bikini top before she stepped away from the mirror, grabbed a towel and headed down to the lake.
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She was the first one there so she threw her towel on one of the two sun loungers that stood close to the water's edge and started to wade out in the water. It really was hot as hell and the sun seemed to show no mercy, she squinted up at the sky but there was not a cloud as far as the eye could see. When the water reached her waist she threw herself forward and dived down under the surface. It was so refreshing and it really cooled her off. Swimming around for a while she emerged from the water just as her mother and Brittany made their way down to the lake.
Brittany was walking half a step behind Anita and was very thankful for that when her eyes fell on a dripping wet Santana that was wading towards them and suddenly she halted. She swallowed hard as drops of water trickled down Santana's very toned body, her eyes took in her muscular arms and then landed on her very toned abs. My God the woman really had a body to die for and the blonde found it really hard to stop looking at her. She was thankful Anita brought her out of her admiration spell and told her to bring her the picnic basket she was carrying.
Santana dried herself with the towel, trying desperately to focus on anything but the blonde who was wearing a blue bikini and looked beyond gorgeous. The color of the swimwear really emphasized her eyes which looked even bluer. God she was so beautiful and Santana didn't know how much longer she could pretend she wasn't insanely attracted to her.
It's gonna be a long day...
"How was the water?" Brittany asked as she took a seat in the lounger next to Santana.
"It was great! So refreshing." Santana answered as she toweled her hair.
"In that case I think I'll follow your lead." Brittany said and walked down to the water and dived right in.
"Go for it!" Santana replied just before Brittany disappeared below the surface.
"God the water is lovely!" she called out when she resurfaced.
"I think I'll stay here for the rest of the day." she said and floated around on her back.
Anita stood knee deep in the water.
"I don't know, isn't it a bit cold?" she said.
"Cold? It's lovely! Come on Anita!" Brittany encouraged.
"Good luck with that. Mom has not let the water reach higher than her thighs for the past eight years at least. If you look up the word 'aquaphobia" you'll find a picture of mom." Santana chuckled.
Anita turned and gave her daughter a stern look.
"I do not have a phobia for water young lady!" Anita stated.
"I simply don't enjoy swimming as much as I did in my younger years." she continued.
"Uh huh, and it's got nothing to do with the fact that there's fish in the water that may accidentally brush your legs?" Santana countered.
"So I don't like fish, except when they're on my plate, big deal? Now shush you and let me enjoy my wading. It's more than enough for me." Anita said.
Brittany couldn't help but laugh, so did Santana.
"So you don't like fish? Well you sure did pick the right guy to marry then." Brittany laughed.
"That's what I said!" Santana said.
Anita looked at her laughing daughter, then at her fiance's laughing daughter and shook her head.
"Don't you start as well Brittany Pierce. I love your father and I know he loves fishing and that's great. He's perfectly free to have his own interests, all our interest doesn't have to be the same." Anita said defensive.
"Uh oh, Brittany Pierce, watch out she's using your full name now." Santana said and winked.
Anita looked at her daughter and shook her head, then burst out laughing as well.
"You're hopeless!" she said to her daughter while she continued laughing and stepped out of the water.
Brittany also got up from the water and suddenly Santana's laughter died down and her heart was starting to beat abnormally fast. She swallowed hard and tried not to stare at the breathtaking woman but failed miserably. She had an amazing body and Santana just couldn't tear her eyes away.
"Coffee Santana?" Anita asked and it brought Santana back to reality.
"Uh, what? Coffee? Y-yes please." Santana stuttered.
Anita poured a cup and handed it over to Santana, completely oblivious to her daughter's ogling of her soon to be step-daughter.
Brittany didn't bother to dry herself, she figured the scorching sun would handle that. She just sat down in the lounger next to Santana who was really struggling with keeping her focus on the coffee cup in her hands. Anita handed a cup to Brittany as well who gratefully accepted.
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The rest of the afternoon the three women just enjoyed the sun, talked and laughed, both Santana and Brittany took another swim while Anita never left the lounger. It wasn't until their stomachs started to rumble that they realized how late it was and that they probably should get some dinner started.
Santana returned to the boathouse to change while Anita and Brittany headed back up to the cottage.
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Santana and Brittany were in the kitchen preparing the ingredients for dinner when a very pinkish looking Anita appeared. Santana and Brittany looked up and then looked at each other.
"I might have stayed in the sun a little too long..." Anita said sheepishly.
"You think? My God mother! Have you heard of sunblock?" Santana said as she walked up to her mother to inspect her sunburnt skin.
"You don't have to rub it in Santana, and yes I've heard of sunblock. I put some on this morning before we went down to the lake." Anita said.
"Uh huh, and while we were down there? Did you apply more?"
The way Anita looked at her daughter told her that she hadn't applied anymore, well that and the color of her skin.
"My God, who's the mother here, me or you? Look at me and Brittany, do we have any sunburn? No because everybody knows you have to apply sunblock throughout the day. Well, obviously not everybody..." Santana mumbled that last part and looked over at Brittany who was biting her lip to prevent herself from laughing.
"Again, you don't have to rub it in. Obviously I'm starting to become senile and forgot that you have to apply more sunblock throughout the day." Anita said ironically.
"And it's not like I usually get a sunburn, it's quite unusual really and it's usually enough to apply sunblock in the morning and then it's fine... so I don't know how in the world I could end up this sunburnt..." she continued feeling genuinely surprised to how this could've happened.
Santana rolled her eyes and stopped herself from saying anything else.
"Now do you have anything I can apply to help ease the pain?" Anita pleaded.
"I have some aloe vera skin lotion in my bag, that's supposed to be soothing. I'll go get it." Brittany said and went to her room to get the bottle.
She was back in an instant.
"Here you go, apply where it hurts the most and it will feel better in a bit." Brittany said and handed the bottle to Anita.
"Thank you Brittany. I think I'm gonna go lie down for a while, you girls go ahead and eat without me. I'll just get something later." Anita said and excused herself.
Brittany and Santana looked at each other when Anita had left the room.
"Well, I'm starving so let's finish this and eat?" Santana said with a smile and returned to the kitchen counter.
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The dinner was really nice, they had a nice and easy conversation and both felt quite relaxed in each other's company.
"I feel really bad for your mother, she was really sunburned."
"That ought to teach her." Santana said not feeling sorry for her mother at all.
"Santana!" Brittany said astonished.
"What?"
"She's your mother." Brittany said surprised by Santana's indifference.
"Brittany, the woman is 57 years old, you'd think she would've learned stuff like how to use sunblock properly by now? This is so typical mom, not just the sunblock thing. You'll see what I mean once you get to know her better. Let's just say I've stopped being surprised by the things she does a long time ago. Sometimes, or I should rather say very often, my mother tends to do stuff before she thinks them through which almost always ends in some sort of disaster. She's quite harmless though but always the source of a good laugh." Santana said and chuckled.
Brittany smiled.
"You seem to have a very good relationship with you mom." the blonde said, her smile somewhat fading.
"Yeah, I guess we're pretty close." Santana said and looked at Brittany who was looking down at the table.
"Hey... are you okay?" she asked and reached over to put her hand on top of Brittany's.
Brittany looked up and gave the brunette a small smile, her eyes looked sad though.
"Yeah... I'm okay. It's just... sometimes I really miss not having my mom around, you know?"
Santana gave her hand a gentle squeeze and smiled warmly.
"I understand that you miss her and it's okay to be sad." Santana said softly. Brittany nodded.
"I hope you don't take this the wrong way and I've only known your mother for a short time, but I already feel so close to her. I don't mean that I think of her as a mother but she just makes me feel so welcomed and she's so caring. She's already treating me like a daughter." Brittany said and looked up to meet Santana's eyes.
"That's my mom. She's always been like that, I actually think she was more in love with my ex-girlfriend than I was." Santana said jokingly which made the other woman chuckle and the short moment of sadness seemed to vanish.
"I was planning on going for a walk, why don't you come with me?" Santana asked and released Brittany's hand.
"Yeah, that would be really nice." Brittany said.
"Great. I'll go tell mom we're going outside for a while, okay?" Santana said and left the kitchen.
Brittany put the leftover food in the fridge and put their plates in the sink then grabbed her sandals and waited for Santana outside.