The sun gleamed through the skylight, and a warm breeze generated by the air conditioning swept through the building while the evergreen leaves of the artificial palm trees swayed over the sparkling clear, blue waters in the inviting swimming pool that awaited in the middle of the water park.
Chris Thorndyke ran towards the pool with a giddy smile, and he removed his sandals before unbuttoning his shirt. The energetic boy had his yellow swim-trunks on, and he couldn't wait to have so much fun in the resort, not to mention today's weather was just perfect.
"Wait, Chris."
He turned, and watched as his mother, the gorgeous Tifa Lockhart, stepped out of the stall, sporting a silver flower on her head, and wearing a white-gray Rebirth-brand bikini with a white lacy thong. Tifa stretched her arms above her head, and flexed them behind her neck while taking a few deep breaths.
Helen, Chris' friend, ran towards the pool with a gleeful giggle, wearing a pink swimsuit with a skirt, and stopped by the edge before splashing the water with a smile. Tifa watched Helen with a smile.
The kids had been looking forward to this visit, and they were all happy they came here today.
She look down at Chris, then she gave him a very motherly smile, followed by the sweetest of hugs, even as the top of her boy's head vanished in the shapely Avalanche bartender-fighter's cleavage for a moment. Chris pulled back, and looked up at his smiling mother, then they made their way towards the pool.
Nobody could resist enjoying a fun, exotic environment such as a water park or the beach, and the Lockhart-Thorndyke family and their friend were ready to have a blast in this place as their visit lasted.
Chris ran to the edge of the pool, and Helen looked at him with glee before exclaiming, "The water feels great!"
"I bet." Chris said with a smile.
Helen crouched, then she leaped over the edge with her arms above her head as the young girl dove in with a splash. Chris laughed as he felt some water get in his hair, and leaped with his legs in his arms, cannonball-style, into the water. Helen bobbed up and splashed her friend, making the spiky-haired boy shriek with a laugh.
Tifa closed her eyes with a smile, and knelt down before taking the dive like an Olympic swimmer would in an aquatic relay race. She tackled Chris, and splashed Helen, causing some water to get into her eyes for a moment. Thankfully, neither of them had to worry about the warm, luxurious pool being filled chlorine.
"Eep! Water in my hair!" Helen exclaimed.
"You started it!" Chris tried to stifle a laugh.
"And my flower is getting wet!" Tifa cried sarcastically, pointing to the flower on her head.
Chris and Helen began splashing the former's mother, making her hold up a hand on a shielding fashion. Tifa surged in, and tackled Chris in a wrestler fashion, making the boy yelp and giggle. Helen swam over to the shapely fighter, and splashed her before giving Tifa a tickle on the back of the neck.
The motherly bartender laughed, and turned to hug Chris' troublesome friend in a little hug. Chris smiled, then he lay back, and kicked his legs with his arms out, then the boy let himself float on his back. Helen took a breath, and dove halfway into the water with her arms forward.
Around the trio, the water rippled as the two kids and the attractive fantasy fighter swam around the pool with Tifa doing a side stroke, laying on one side while rotating her body, and moving her arms.
Chris moved his body around, and initiated a series of front strokes, swimming in the direction of the trio's starting point. Tifa swam beside him, and lay on her back, rotating her arms up and down while gently moving her legs. They stopped by the edge, and leaned back, taking in the warmth while the water dripped down their skin.
Helen swam past them, and threw out her arms, splashing Chris in the face while taking Tifa by surprise.
"Play nice, kids." Tifa told them in the sweetest of tones.
"Eee-hee. Yes, Ms. Tifa." Helen replied in an earnest and polite voice.
"We're playing nice, mom." Chris hugged his mother with a smile.
"Oh, let's go up on that diving board!" He and Tifa then heard their friend quip with a giggle.
Helen climbed out of the swimming pool, and with her hair, skirt and arms dripping, she walked towards the four-meter tall diving platform that was close by. Tifa swam to the small ladder, and leaned on it as she pulled herself out of the pool with Chris following behind.
They approached the diving platform, and joined Helen, right before she climbed up the ladder. Chris glanced at his mom, who gave him an encouraging smile, and he followed his friend. Helen stepped onto the edge of the platform, then she dove off the edge in a cannonball motion with her body tucked in, and landed in the water with a wide splash.
Chris had taken a few diving lessons, and the diving board didn't scare him, especially with someone like his mother being close by to support him. He turned to watch Tifa climb onto the diving board, then he looked down at Helen.
He stretched his arms, and closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath in his diaphragm while breathing through his nostrils. Chris stretched again, and bent his knees carefully before stepping closer towards the edge. He did one more stretch, and leaped off the diving board in a dipping motion.
BWOOSH! The boy landed in the pool beside Helen, and bobbed up with his arms wide open before hugging his friend. Both kids splashed one another, then they heard Tifa call out; "Watch out below, kids! Here I come!"
Chris and Helen swam back a few inches, and looked up as they saw the former's loving adoptive mother step unto the edge of the platform. Tifa turned around with her back facing the pool, and her arms held out wide. She tilted her head up, took a steady breath, and then leaped into the air in a graceful backflip motion with her legs tucked into her body.
Tifa landed in the water with a splash, and her head and upper torso bobbed up above the surface as she flashed a happy little smile. Chris and Helen clamored excitedly, and the former swam up to hug his mom.
An elated Helen swam over, and Tifa giggled before putting her arm around her son's friend, forming another special group hug. Everyone splashed around in the pool for a moment, then Tifa and Chris looked at one another, took a huge breath, and dove underwater.
Chris held his breath, and spread his legs a little as bubbles exited his nose. He held his arms forward, and moved them in a waving-sweeping motion while Tifa moved her legs with her arms at her sides.
The familial duo swam to the bottom of the pool, and positioned themselves upward with bent legs as if they were sitting in underwater chairs. Tifa's hair floated in the water, and Chris' hair rippled like seaweed. They saw Helen swimming above them, and the golden-haired girl waved down to the motherly fighter and her foundling who was Helen's friend.
A couple minutes passed by, and Tifa looked at Chris before raising her arms, and she began swimming towards the surface. Chris felt his cheeks turning blue, and began swimming as fast as he could. He broke the top of the pool, and gasped for breath, then he hugged his mother's smooth arm.
"Do you want to go on the water slide now?" Tifa asked, she gestured to the large 11-meter waterfall slide close by.
"Um, sure..." Chris said with a little squeak.
He'd never been on a water slide before, and from what he'd seen, they were quite slippery and dizzy. Most people just avoided water slides, but there were moments when it didn't hurt to try them. Chris followed his mother out of the pool, and they grabbed a towel sitting on a nearby rack to dry themselves off for the moment.
Tifa gripped one of the bars of the ladder, and placed one foot on a lower one before looking back at Chris with a loving smile. The bikini-clad fighter began her ascent, and Chris followed suit, even with shaking fingers.
For a moment, he imagined him and his mother falling off the slide at a steep turn, which made his heart pound nervously. Chris gulped, then he shook his head, and kept his eye on the ladder, even as he briefly glimpsed his mother's firm, smooth butt cheeks unveiled by her thong.
The dark-haired meteor-showering beauty climbed over the last inch of the ladder onto the platform near the waterslide while water dripped onto her feet. She knelt down, helping her son climb up as well.
Chris hugged his mother with a somewhat nervous whimper, showing how the water slide and the height made him feel anxious. Tifa pat the boy on the head, providing him some comfort. As long as they stuck together, nothing would happen to Chris on the slide, and Tifa knew his real mother would make sure of that too if she were still alive.
In that moment, the Seventh Heaven bartender could see the spirit of Lindsey Thorndyke watching from the afterlife with her husband Nelson, and they both knew Tifa was taking good care of their boy.
"Hold on a moment." Tifa told Chris, and she knelt down, pat his arms, and began to adjust his swimtrunks. With how slippery those slides were, Tifa couldn't let Chris lose his swimsuit.
She tightened the knot around her son's trunks, making sure it was safe. And then, she stood straight and began adjusting, and tightening the knots of her bikini bottom. Tifa sighed, and adjusted her bikini top, ensuring her and Chris were safe.
Chris stepped towards the slide, and stopped an inch from the edge while glimpsing Helen swimming in the pool below. He looked up at his mother, who saw the unease in his eyes, and sat down an inch from the edge. Tifa gave him a smile, and nodded her head, then she pat a hand upon her knee.
'Get on my lap, Chris.'
With a sense of comfort, even with shaking legs, Chris approached his mom as she scooted a little closer to the slide. The boy sat down on Tifa's lap, with his legs around hers, and he hugged her for comfort. Tifa hugged the boy back, and placed her hand around his back to hold him close.
"You all set?" She asked.
"Mmm-hmm."
"Just stick close to me, and you'll be okay." Tifa said in a soothing manner, "We're not going to fall, and I'm not going to let you fall off."
"Okay, mother."
She gave her son a comforting kiss on the head, and scooted a little further towards the edge until Tifa's heels were in the rushing rapids. Chris felt his knees touch the water, and hugged his mom a little tighter.
*Drumroll*
"Alright, are you ready?" Tifa asked Chris, "One... Two... Get ready, Chris. Aaand, Three..."
Tifa pushed herself and her son onto the slide, and the two of them were coasting in moments. They dipped over the twisting slope, and Chris put his hands around his mother's arms while briefly burying his chin in her cleavage. He felt uneasy for a moment, then he began to feel a rush of excitement, and giggled as he and Tifa swept down the slide.
"Ahhhhh! Hehehehe!" Chris' mother exclaimed, feeling the water rush around her and the boy, and she shivered at the sensation of water racing around her rump while the bartender's cleavage jiggled in Chris' face temporarily.
"Wow, this is fun, mom!" Chris exclaimed.
"Don't let go, Chris! Don't let gooooooo!" Tifa yelled with glee.
Tifa tilted her body as she and Chris took a little turn, and the rolling water dripped and splashed around them. They swept down the next slope, and saw the pool just ahead. Helen was close by, and she wasn't in their line. A little closer. Chris held on and...
Bloosh! Mother and son hit the water, and Chris let go of Tifa, floating in the pool near Helen's position. Tifa brushed some wet hair strands out of her face, and she giggled. Chris laughed as well, and hugged his mom, feeling the rush of excitement from when they'd gone down the slide together.
"Can I go down that too?" Helen asked, having seen the fun, "That looks like so much fun."
Tifa smiled at her son's good friend. "Want to do that again with Helen this time?" She asked her son.
Chris punched the air excitedly. "Yeah!" He said, "Let's go down the slide together!"
Helen swam to the edge near the water slide with Chris as they followed Tifa. And yet, she was filled with curiosity as she tugged on her friend's shoulder and, even before they got up on the slide, Helen couldn't help but ask, "What was it like getting to go down the water slide the first time?"
The End