Chapter 132: The Strand
Saturday, January 7th, Afternoon
The overhead door rolled up letting the natural light in as she stood next to her well-used vehicle. The mid-day light came pouring into the garage lighting the dark corners. Now with more light then the few fixtures could provide she studied the kayak that hung on the garage wall. It's been a few weeks since she brought it out, and wondered if she should load it up and maybe find a place to paddle.
Running her hand down the keel of the boat, she felt the smoothness of it. She kept good care of her boat, but that didn't betray the few nicks and scratches that came with use. Sometimes she felt that way with life, but like her boat, she kept going.
"Visiting your boyfriend, again," Dr. Fawn Cabot said, walking into the garage from the house, closing the door behind her.
"The Boat isn't my boyfriend," Dr. Candace "Candi" Scott said.
"Okay, girlfriend," Fawn said, a bit of a fossil southern accent hinted her speech.
Candi laughed, "Boats unlike men, don't lie," she said.
"Neither do battery-operated devices," Fawn said, "But you only have your boat."
Candi shrugged, "That's my choice," she said.
"Which I've always respected, but never asked why," Fawn said.
"But you still busting my balls about it," Candi said.
"Well someone has to do it," Fawn said.
Candi shook her head, "Fawn, how long have we've known each other?" Candi asked.
"Since, med school," Fawn said.
"It's my thing," Candi said, "It makes things less complicated."
Fawn nodded, "Okay," she said, and looked Candi over, "It's too beautiful of a day to be out kayaking by yourself."
Candi nodded, "So, what do you purpose?" she asked.
"We're hot young doctors, who live on the beach," Fawn said.
"Your point?" Candi asked.
"Let's take advantage," Fawn said.
Candi nodded, "You know, prolong exposure to the sun could lead to cancer," she said.
"I know," Fawn said, "Live a little."
Candi huffed, "Fine," she said.
Fawn smiled, "Put your best bikini on, and all of your piercings," she said.
"Why my piercings?" Candi asked.
"We're going fishing," Fawn said.
"We are?" Candi asked, "Why?"
"Well, I think one of us needs to get laid," Fawn said, laughing.
"Have you been watching Pornhub again?" Candi asked.
"No," Fawn said, and Candi gave her a look, "Okay, fine, yes."
Candi sighed, "Fine, I'll be the bait, you make up the cooler," she said.
"Fine, and I'll get the chairs," Fawn said.
"And the sunscreen," Candi said.
"And the sunscreen. Aren't you glad I like you or I would put up with this much lip from my tenant?" Fawn asked, smiling.
"You know you're head over heels in love with me," Candi said, clicked the door opener, and left the garage.
Fawn shook her head and laughed, as Candi went upstairs. In her bedroom, Candi went through, her dresser looking for one of her bikinis. She didn't know to go with one of her ordinary ones or one of her good ones.
Her good ones were custom made and fitted to her. Every year Brooke Davis, her "Aunt Brooke" would design all her girls a new custom suit, which was done to the ladies' specifications. This was going on for as long as Candi could remember, and the list kept getting longer and longer, as new girls were added to the family. Candi smiled, she still fit in some from college, which she was proud of. She smiled and decided, fuck it; go all out for Fawn. It's not often they're both off, awake, and on a Saturday, together.
Candi found the one she was looking for and pulled it out. She looked it over and smiled, putting it down, she stripped out of her clothes. As requested, she put in all her piercings, including the extra ones in her ears she didn't wear often, and she decided instead of bars in her nipples to wear small hoops.
Once all the jewelry was in place, she put on her bikini. She looked herself over in her full-length mirror and nodded with approval. She was young before the time of Instagram Models, but she thought she looked as good as any one of them she's seen or even treated. The ER Stories she could tell.
Candi laughed, grabbed a wide-brimmed sun hat, and slipped on some flipflops. She grabbed her beach bag, after wrapping a sarong around herself. As she left her bedroom, she grabbed her sunglasses, they were the Hoes over Bros Model known as Bella's.
Returning to the first floor she found Fawn and Kaelyn heading out the doors to the beach facing patio. Candi joined them and took something from Fawn. Kaelyn was the newest tenant, and the youngest. She was also a doctor that was in residency at the same hospital that Candi and Fawn worked at. Kaelyn was that stereotypical Southern California girl, tall slender, blonde hair and blue eyed. Candi had a hard time dealing with Kaelyn because she had been and probably always will be Daddy's little girl.
"I invited Kaelyn to join us," Fawn said, "She was looking like a lost puppy dog."
"Want more of a challenge with fishing?" Candi asked.
"We're drag netting," Fawn said.
"Can't we just enjoy the beach?" Candi asked as they crossed The Strand onto the beach proper.
"Why never go? When you were a pop-princess?" Kaelyn asked.
Fawn laughed.
"Not going to let that one go?" Candi asked.
"Not until you tell me the truth," Kaelyn said.
"I forgot the beach chairs," Fawn said.
"We have towels," Kaelyn said.
Candi just shrugged, as Fawn found a spot, parked the cooler and laid out her towel. Kaelyn did the same thing and started to sunscreen on. Candi laid out her towel, got down on it and started to put on her sunscreen.
Kaelyn looked over to Candi and smiled, "Going hardcore today," she said.
"What do you mean?" Candi asked.
"The piercings are in," Kaelyn said.
"I have them, so maybe I should wear them," Candi said.
"I wonder what your patients would think if they find out their doctor has body piercings," Kaelyn said.
"I'm a pediatrician, most of them don't know," Candi said.
"You see teenage boys, they got to love it," Kaelyn said.
"I get more questions from the girls," Candi said, "Usually question about the recovery from getting them."
"Oh," Kaelyn said.
"Yeah, oh," Candi said and started to spread sunscreen on her legs.
"Did you ever want to be something other than what you are now?" Kaelyn asked both Fawn and Candi, trying to make small talk.
"I think for like a week, I wanted to marry Prince Harry and be a princess," Fawn said.
"Someone beat you to that," Kaelyn said.
"I know, damn bitch," Fawn said, laughing.
"Fawn really?" Candi asked.
"In my defense, I was like thirteen, and going to London on vacation," Fawn said, "Still had to have those little girl dreams."
"I wanted to be an Olympic Figure Skater," Kaelyn said.
"An Olympic Figure Skater? Kaelyn, you trip over your own two feet," Fawn said.
"Hell Kaelyn, you tripped over my shoes, and they were under the table," Candi said.
"They were not, I pushed them under the table," Kaelyn said, "Also, that's why I didn't take up figure skating."
"Smart move," Fawn said.
"So, Candi, did you ever want to be anything else?" Kaelyn asked.
"No, I always wanted to be a doctor," Candi said.
"What?" Kaelyn asked.
"Kaelyn, Candi Scott is the most focused and disciplined person I know," Fawn said.
"I find that hard to believe," Kaelyn said.
Candi shrugged, "There might have been one time, I thought it would've been cool to be a trophy wife," she said.
Kaelyn laughed, "Candi, you as a trophy wife?" she asked.
"I was young and stupid," Candi said, dug into her bag and pulled out a book. She opened it up.
"Still," Kaelyn said.
"People do change, Kaelyn," Fawn said.
"Hard to believe, either way," Kaelyn said and looked over to Candi, "What'cha reading?"
"The Happy Hooker," Candi said.
Fawn started laughing. Kaelyn looked confused. "Really?" Kaelyn asked.
"No, The Children of Henry the Eighth," Candi said.
"Is Elizabeth a role model?" Fawn asked.
"The children of who?" Kaelyn asked.
"King Henry the Eighth of England," Candi said.
"Still didn't answer my question," Fawn said.
"The guy that the song is about?" Kaelyn asked.
"No," Candi said, "Ever see Elizabeth?"
"Again, Candi, your role model?" Fawn asked.
"The Movie?" Kaelyn asked.
"Yes," Candi said.
"Cate Blanchette was great in that movie," Kaelyn said.
"The book is about her and her relatives," Candi said.
"Cate Blanchette?" Kaelyn asked.
"Never mind," Candi said and returned to her book. Kaelyn looked confused, while Fawn was just laughing.
