Did I say semi-formal?

When Eliana picked Chloe up, she was wearing one of those short above the stomach shirts, a bikini that wrapped around her neck under it, and jean shorts. In short, she wasn't in any semi-formal attire as she had mentioned Chloe should be in. It wasn't so much that Eliana had lied or tricked Chloe, more that Eli had changed her mind at the last second and hadn't seen fit to inform Chloe of it. If Chloe expected Eliana to take notice of this, she would be sorely mistaken.

Eliana had looked at the other girl and whistled, low and long. "Oh, man are you gonna stick out like-a sooore thumb. Should be fun, right?"

When they had gotten into Eliana's luxury sedan, which she may (but most definitely did) steal. Eliana had told Chloe that the engine was shot and that if she turned it off, the car wouldn't be able to start again. She had then winked and said it made things more interesting.

While driving to the pier, she had made small comments.

"Would suck to die here, right?" she had said on a busy road.

"Let's hope it doesn't happen here," she had commented on a particularly dark road.

Upon reaching their destination, Eliana had turned to Chloe, grinning wickedly. Still watching the girl, she reached up and turned the car off with a "whoops."

@Kait

"The bluff isn't fun when you don't act worried, Frito-Lay," was all Eliana said before getting out of the car. That probably gave the girl her answer. And yes, Eli liked that nickname enough to just call Chloe it.

Eliana breathed in deeply. Smell that sea air. It was the best kind of air, right before pine scented. Maybe after. Eli was indesisive about that.

"Now, we have three available options. One, we sit on the dock with our feet in the water. Two, we ste-- rent a jet ski. Or three, we visit the seaside amusement park. Personally, I'm for open one or two, I'm feeling mellow today."

Eliana's mellow apparently ranged from sitting on a dock to riding a jet ski. The more you know.

@Kait

"Nope, guess again. I'll give you three tries before I get bragging rights."

Eliana stepped around the car to Chloe and took her hand to lead the way to the docks. It was a beautiful day, warm but not hot, and the sound of the water added to the comfort.

In the distance, people on boats and jet skis played in the water. Closer to shore were a family or two with young children who played and splashed in the water, laughing and hollering. The odd scream reached Chloe and Eliana from where Eli had set them up, on the farthest dock from everyone messing around.

She took her shoes off and placed them at her side opposite the one Chloe sat. Dipping her toes into the water, Eliana stared at their reflection.

Eliana clicked her tongue along the roof of her mouth and shot Chloe double hand guns.

"Correct! Ding, ding, ding. But I'm still counting you second guess. There will be no freebies here."

Eliana leaned back, using her elbows to keep her upper body upright. She let her head fall back so she could stare at the sky.

"Man, I haven't just sat around at a dock in years. The sounds of people monkeying around in the background brings back memories. It's almost sentimental."

She breathed in again, closing her eyes.

"Speaking of your Fritos, how are they? Hell, how are you? Things still as convoluted as they were?

"Waitwaitwait...If you're sleeping with both of them why is the whole 'I want to have sex with other people' an issue? Even mind-linked twins have different bodies and sweet spots, different feelings. And I know that from experience."

Eliana stopped herself from ramble and got her mind back on track before she continued. "I mean, I could see me doing that, but it seems...odd from the situation I thought you had with your girlfriend."

Now Eliana was imagining this situation, something about it was amusing to her; that was obvious by the expression on her face. What, exactly, she found so funny was hard to say.

As a kind of afterthought about school, she said, "Anything could happen in life. Best to have a good education and grade to show for yourself. Just another way to be self-sufficient."