What Real Life's Like (AU,CC,MATURE) Thread #1

[morpheus awakened]

Just a little quickie before I go to bed

TESS

"We're going in guys. Who else is coming? Kyle?"

"Yeah, Kyle. Ready to find out how well I can do mouth to mouth?" I say to Kyle, a devilish gleam in my eye.

I don't give Kyle a chance to answer, grab Max's hand and pull him down towards the water. I turn around to see if there are any takers and I am excited to see that Kyle is stripping his t-shirt off in that oh-so-manly fashion of pulling it up over the back of his head from the neckline. I don't know what it is about the way men do that, but it is just hot, whoa baby!

I turn back around and nearly run into Max's back as he has slowed down upon reaching the wet sand at the water's edge. Not that I'd go anywhere though. The man is a friggin' wall of muscle. A very attractive, smooth, tan wall of muscle. Okay, I must be going crazy. It's not healthy to lust after more than one guy at a time, right? Especially when you're living in a house with both of them and are around them 24/7. And when you know almost for a fact that another one of the women likes one of these guys, even if she hasn't done anything about it yet.

The water is warm, as Maria said it would be, and I let go of Max's hand to go running down to the surf that is racing towards me in the evening high tide. Michael and Liz have also joined us, which leaves Maria, Alex, Isabel and boy-toy sitting by the bonfire. Hopefully they'll come in too after they see what a good time we're having out here.

Speaking of which, why am I the only one in the water so far? But before I have a chance to turn around and find out, I hear a muffled yell from someone, sounds like Liz, and then suddenly someone's warm, strong hands are grasping me around my waist, hoisting me up and the next thing I know I'm eatin' saltwater a few feet out into the surf.

OMG, he did not just do that!

[Sternbetrachter]

hm, I think Michael is with Liz, so it must be Kyle or Max ... maybe Kyle? and Max watches Michael and LIz? but well, I can't read it out either


ALEX

Looks like the other five have fun in the water - like all the other swimmers here. I'm sure Kyle would love to watch the girls that are playing volleyball a few feet away from us.

"You ready join the others?" Maria asks cheerfully.

"I don't know ..." Isabel states unsure, causing Jake to say, "We could stay out here, all alone then, babe. That is, if Maria and Al will do us the favour and leave." He says the last looking directly at me.

Great, now it's either going into the water and maybe think about what Isabel and Jake might be up to all the time or stay here and watch. What a though decision!

"Lets go then, Maria." I say and untie my shoes quickly.

"Cool." Maria replies and then says to Isabel, "Have fun and remember - you are in public, so ... behave!"

I cringe a bit at that while putting my shoes and jeans next to Max's stuff.

"What ya waiting for Whitman? You are pretty slow, you know." Maria asks mockingly, her hands on her hips, trying to appear impatient but failing miserably if the twinkle in her eyes is any indication.

"It's called *relaxed* not *slow*, Deluca." I inform her with a wink and shred my shirt (without any hesitations because of possible lookers) and walk up to Maria, now only in my sand coloured shorts. "Lets go, milady." I say and offer her my arm which she gracefully accepts before giggling.

Grinning, we two walk towards the others and I'm almost not thinking about the two that we left behind anymore.[/i]

[isabelle]

Sorry for the delay, guys.
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*Michael*

As Max, Tess and Kyle go racing for the surf, I stand up and brush the sand off my shorts. “Well, Liz. Looks like it’s time for swimming lessons,” I smile at her and take her hand to help her to her feet.

“Okay,” she says, sounding rather pleased. “That sounds great.”

I grin because this is my element. Water, bathing suits, women. I’m looking great and Max’s halo has been suitably tanished. Yup, things are definitely looking up for Mikey. Just as I’m about to come up with a smooth line to impress the remaining women, Liz’s eyes turn big as saucers as she’s staring out at the ocean. I turn as she gasps, and see that Max has slowed as he’s entering the water , but Kyle is racing toward them, heading directly for Tess. “Kyle,” she says, then draws in a breath to shout. In that instant, I know she’s about to warn Tess, but I don’t want to ruin the show. I quickly grab her, pulling her close and clamping a hand over her mouth muffling her shout.

Max reacts just too late as Kyle grabs Tess and tosses her in the water, face first into a waist-high wave. She gets up sputtering as Kyle steps back. I can’t see his face, but I’m sure he’s grinning like a fool. Max is racing towards them and I don’t need to see his face to know he’s mad.

“Ooooh. This could be good!” I say, releasing Liz.

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*Max*

I can’t believe this! I was only a couple yards away from Tess and Kyle comes out of nowhere and grabs her. She’s up and sputtering in a moment so I know she’s okay, but that’s hardly the point. I wade through the water as fast as I can, not even bothering to shout before I grab Kyle by the arm and spin him around to face me.

“What the H*ll did you do that for? I demand.

“I’m just having a little fun, Evans,” he grins.

Annoyed, I just shove him away, knocking him on his bottom in the water before turning to help Tess. I put one hand around her forearm and help her up. Another wave comes through, but we both manage to keep our feet. Kyle, already on the ground, isn’t quite so lucky. He goes tumbling a few yards further down the beach.

“You okay, Tess?” I ask, gently brushing her wet hair out of her face.

[Sternbetrachter]

it's not perfect but better than nothing


KYLE

What a fucking, stupid asshole! (hope these words are allowed here)
I can't believe Evans, I was just dunking Tess into the water out of fun and she isn't even hurt and Evans gets all angry. Bastard!

I guess Michael's right about him. It's not like Tess is his property or that
they are already offically dating. And I'm way better looking than him anyway. so I wouldn't be too surprised if she has already taken an interest in me after all, we already had some fun earlier

And did he ask whether I drank some water after he pushed me into it? of
course not! If Tess kisses him now, I'm going to puke.

But I won't have my great mood ruined by Max - Oh NO! I just pushed her a bit, if he's pissed at me because of that, then he has issues. Same for Tess even though she doesn't seem angry at all.

[morpheus awakened]

OMG, those posts were perfect! Just the way I had envisioned something like that to go, thanks

TESS

*ptooie* Ick, saltwater.

I rub my eyes to get as much water out of them as possible and try to stand up. When they finally clear up I see Max grab Kyle by the arm and say something curt before reaching out an arm to help lift me up out of the surf.

“You okay, Tess?” he asks me as he gently brushes a few strands of stray hair out of my face.

He has a strained look on his face, like he’s having trouble switching between concern for me and anger at Kyle, which I find a little odd since it’s plainly clear that Kyle is just foolin’ around. I mean, come on, it’s the beach, right? I guess he’s a little more tightly wound than I had surmised. Too bad, cuz roughhousing is like, practically expected, and definitely enjoyable, when you’re not caught off guard that is. My friends and I back home are practically pros at throwin’ each other around in the water; it certainly makes everything more interesting *wink wink*

Maybe Max is concerned that I might have hit my head on the ocean floor or something. I guess it is a little shallow in this area.

I give him a disarming smile and let him know that I’m fine, no harm done. I turn to Kyle, who is standing a few yards away with what I knew would be a “hah, I sooo got you!” grin on his face.

I try for my best pissed off look, and stick out my index finger for good measure. “Kyle, you jerk! You are so going to get it buster!” Okay, so I can’t hold onto my frown any longer and I burst into laughter and start wading through the water on my way to dunk him on his ass.

“Oh yeah, blondie? You just come and get me then!” Kyle taunts, not even backtracking in the water, as if defying me to actually reach him to do any harm.

“Hey, atta boy Kyle, make her come to you, man!” Michael yells from the shore where he’s standing next to a giggling Liz.

Kyle turns around to yell something back to Michael when I see my chance. So with a few more long strides through the water (thank goodness for all that time in the pool doing fitness training for cheer), I come up behind Kyle and lunge at him, clinging to his back and knocking him forward into the water.

“WTF!” He manages to get out before we splash down…


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Ooooh, that was fun I got to include some stuff from my own water experiences hehe

[Sugarplum7]

It's not much, but it's something. ::shrugs::

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“Tess!” I shout in warning, only to be muffled by Michael, who seemed to want to see what would actually transpire if things went uninterrupted. As soon as Tess came back up sputtering and it looked almost in peals of laughter, Max was there beside her. And if I’m not too mistaken, he had said something to Kyle. What, I don’t know, but it was almost like he was taking things far more seriously than they needed to be. Tess was fine. It was all in the name of fun.

“Oooooh. This could be good,” I hear Michael say as he released me from his hold.

Deciding against saying anything and just allowing everything play out, giggling and laughing at the antics. I watch from the side as Tess launches herself at Kyle and they both fall into the surf. They both begin to get up when another wave comes crashing over them, pushing them back down. I laugh again as Tess and Kyle fight their way up, both sputtering, both laughing, both completely soaked.

“What do you think you’re laughing at, Parker?” Kyle says as he shares a look with Tess. They both begin to walk over to where I stand beside Michael.

“Oh, no you don’t,” I say backpedaling and shaking my head. “Don’t even think about it, Valenti.”

“Don’t think about what?” Kyle asks, pretending that he doesn’t know what I’m talking about.

I move to stand behind Michael, hoping to use him as a barrier between Kyle and Tess, that is until I look at Michael to see that he’s sided with Kyle and Tess.

“Michael, no!” I yelp as Michael tries to grab me, but I jump out of the way.

I bite my lip, trying to stifle a laugh as Kyle and Tess start running up to join Michael and I do the only thing I could think of. I run, trying to evade their grasp.

[isabelle]

*Max*

I have to laugh as Tess launches her water attack against Kyle. Certainly, he deserves it, sneaking up on her like that. I'm glad she's okay, 'though. It looked like she'd taken quite a header, but her current actions show that she's quite comfortable in the water. Ha!

I'm heading over to join in the fun, when Kyle turns his attention on Liz, who's just arrived with Michael. She evades Michael, but Kyle is hot on her heals. I quickly step between them and, clasping both my hands together, give Kyle a double-barrelled splash in the face.

He sputters, turning to see who interupted and I grin. "Nope. Not dunking two girls in a row. Not unless you go through me."

"We'll see about that," he mock-growls and wades closer to splash me. As he pulls back, I duck underwater and reach for his ankles. I miss, but as he steps out of the way, he trips and tumbles anyway.

"Ha!" I laugh as I come up for air. "Hoisted on your own petard!" I'm not exactly sure what the means, but I think it's appropriate here. If not, I'm guessing nobody but Liz will notice. "C'mon, Liz, Let's get 'im!" I shout.

[Sternbetrachter]

great posts guys! ... well girls I mean ... any guys here at all?


KYLE

Fuck! For a small girl, Tess really is strong - pushing me like that. Or well, throwing herself at me, hehe. I knew she wouldn't be pissed, unlike Max, she knows how to have fun. I mean, he's a teacher for God's sake! That says it all.

And just as we wanted to gang up on Liz, Max stops me. Probably worried that Tess realizes what a catch I am. ... oh my, I think I start to sound as sure of myself as Michael!

"Hey!" I yell when I notice Max and Liz closing in on me. "That's not fair! Besides, Liz is the one of us three who's not wet yet - it's her turn to get dunked!" I really hope that they'll agree with my logic.




ALEX

"Looks like they have fun." I comment as I watch the other five fooling around.

"Mhm, we should join them in their fun since I doubt that Isabel would want us to interrupt her and Jake doing ... well" Maria looked back quickly, missing my shocked look, "well, they are talking." she said that sounding so surprised that I had to grin.

"So, Mr. Whitman, ready to get dunked in?" She asked with an evil grin.

I gulped a bit when she moved closer. She might be a head smaller but still ... never underestimate a woman! I tell you guys!

"How about we just imagine that you already pushed me into the water?" I ask her. I would surely get wet within a few moments but I can tease her a bit, can't I?

"But where's the fun in that?" she asks back and before I can reply she already reaches out for me. I manage to side step her but that causes Maria to lose her balance and fall into the water, managing to grab my arm which means that I go down too.

When we come up for air again we are both laughing and gasping for breath at the same time. And damn, Maria looks fine with her wet and pearls of water running down her body. She'll make a guy very happy when she finds her Mr. Right.

"Come on, Alex. Michael looks too dry and smug for my liking." Maria grins and makes her way towards the spiky one. I follow he in a safe distance, having the feeling that Michael will cope better with Maria dunking him than me being the attacker.

[isabelle]

*Michael*

I'm still standing at the edge of the water as Kyle starts coming after Liz. Looks like Max is interferring again. Does he think he's some kinda hero? I'm the d*mn hero. I saved Maria Sunday night.

I'm about to go in there and 'do' something about it when suddenly, someone wet grabs me from behind and jumps on my back. I was prepared for anything like that and I stumble. She swings around, making it worse and next thing I know, I'm in the surf.

Without even coming up for air, I swing around and grab Maria by the waist, tumbling with her through the water, before bring us both up a little further out from the shore. Maria is wearing a wicked grin, and she looks absolutely adorable with her wet hair streaming down her face.

"Gotcha!" she says.

"I think I got YOU" I laugh.

[Sternbetrachter]

ALEX

I can't help but grin when I see Michael and Maria going down - she really got him there! They both get up laughing, now a bit away from us other water rats. They really seem to have fun and get along which is great since there seems to be some tension within the group most of the time - mostly because we don't really know each other yet.

Hm, I wonder if Isabel and Jake are still not in the water and if that's the case, what are they doing? Hopefully nothing over a PG rating. I'm sure it's nothing bad after all we are in public so they'll behave.

Trying to block out thoughts about Isabel&Jake, I turn away from Michael and Maria who are still dunking each other. Right now, it looks like Tess is unsure whether she should be on Kyle's or Max and Liz's side during the water fight.

Not wanting to be outdone, I sneak up on Liz who is standing closest to me, I grab her and lift her up before falling back myself, which means that we both go down with a big splash which will hopefully get the oters wet too.