Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: didn't ask about Harlow's plans in return, content to let her figure out exactly what she wanted to do without interfering in any way. She deserved the chance to find her own path, and Billie would wait and be her most eager supporter when that day came. The boat came to a sudden stop and she felt herself lurch, laughing as she nearly toppled off of Harlow's lap. Their instructions were quick and simple, and she quickly put on all of her equipment before shooting her sister a smile. "Ready?" she took a seat on the side of the boat, slotting her mouthpiece between her teeth.

HARLOW: followed promptly as she was instructed to get herself ready to slide into the water, and nodded. "Super ready," she grinned, slipping down to sit beside her sister, putting the mouthpiece between her own and pulling the goggles down over her eyes and nose. Given the thumbs up from the driver, she slid into the water along side Billie, instantly mesmerized by the beauty that she was surrounded by. It was like a whole different world, and she couldn't wait to explore it further. Reaching out, she held out a hand for Billie.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: sat down easily on Harlow's lap, smiling. She wasn't too concerned about who might be looking - they were sisters, after all, and they were allowed to be affectionate in public. "Awesome - we'll call our place the Fabray Ark, and we'll only have one of every animal." She gave the question some thought, trying to remember which ones she'd looked at. "UCLA, for sure, Berkley, and there's a couple of smaller ones I've got pamphlets for. I'll have to see if my portfolio impresses any of them. I'll send it in once we're back and on our way out to Cali, and hopefully I'll get some answers in time for us to plan a place."

HARLOW: nodded along as Billie spoke of her plans for college. She'd still yet to figure herself out, but she hoped that maybe she would stumble upon something in California. Honestly, she'd been considering modeling, but she was sure that that wasn't a world she would fit into. Still, it was in the back of her mind. "Awesome, sounds great." Harlow smiled, jerking slightly as the boat stopped in the middle of the water, and the driver stepped out to instruct them on how to work the oxygen and such things.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: shook her head. "Sorry, I think it's a little late for that." She fell into step beside her sister, unable to resist a quick glance or two as they walked - and who could blame her for that? "Turtles would be awesome," she agreed with a smile. The driver untied the boat as soon as they were aboard and headed for a spot he must have known by heart. "Five minutes," he promised, and Billie nodded her thanks. "When we go to Cali we can get a turtle."

HARLOW: sat down on a bench on the boat as the driver assured them a short five minute ride before they would be out far enough to jump in. She quirked an eyebrow at her sister, pulling her down on her lap, uncaring of the driver's thoughts on the subject. He should be paying attention to things other than them, anyway. "A turtle and a puppy? I'd love to, we'll just start a family of animals." Harlow grinned playfully, and then quirked an eyebrow. "What colleges are you gonna apply to, babe? We should probably start researching apartments and stuff."

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: laughed, heading into an adjacent changing room and making quick work of her change before coming back out to find Harlow toying with her flipper. "I think those are supposed to go on your feet, Har," she teased. "C'mon, let's go before the boat decides to leave without us." It wouldn't - they were the only two booked on it, according to the guy in the shop - but she did want to hurry. She was really looking forward to snorkelling, especially if she could share it with Harlow.

HARLOW: couldn't help but roll her eyes at Billie's comment, reaching out and gently smacking her arm with the flipper. "Don't be a jerk," she chuckled, and then nodded, heading out towards the boat with Billie. She was thrilled to be able to experience this with her sister, and even more so that it would be just them, without any tagalongs or a camera to worry about. "I hope we see some turtles," she commented as they climbed onto the boat, smiling happily with excitement.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: loved the ability to call her sister cute, but she'd try not to abuse it too much if she could help it. "Separate changing rooms," she laughed, "or we're never going to get out on the boat." And that wasn't an indictment of her sister, but of herself - a confined space with barely clothed Harlow wouldn't lead anywhere but sex.

HARLOW: rolled her eyes, though she definitely couldn't challenge the fact that if she and Billie were even partially naked in the same proximity, they would get wet for entirely different reasons than they intended to. "Yeah, yeah," she conceded with a wave of her hand. Making her way to one of the changing rooms, she got changed, and then exited, waiting for her sister to join her as she tossed one of her flippers that she would put on after they were on the boat in the air and then caught it, entertaining herself as she waited.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: smiled at her sister, glad that she'd read up a little on how everything worked - she hadn't snorkelled for a very long time, and never in as serious a way as they were going to. "Have I ever mentioned how cute it is when your nose wrinkles like that? If I haven't, I should have - it really is. There's a little boat with the shop name on it, they'll take us out far enough to summersault off the side and into the water. We could walk in, too, but it's easier this way."

HARLOW: rolled her eyes, cringing at being called cute, but she couldn't argue too much. They were allowed to call each other cute. If it were anyone else, she would've been pissed, but it was okay, because it was Billie. "Sounds good," she nodded her head, and then nodded towards a changing room. "Should we go get changed, babe?"

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: nodded agreement, glad to know that Harlow had thought things through so thoroughly. What she was suggesting was a big step, after all, from what they'd tried before - and it would take mental and physical preparation. Their use of the plug would make it easier, would have gotten her prepared, but the dildo was still larger and would be that much harder on her body. "That sounds like a good plan." The little kisses made her smile, and she walked into the shop with that smile still lighting her face. It sold and rented everything from full on SCUBA gear down to kids' plastic goggles, and Billie quickly picked out what they needed. The place charged to their room, negating the need for plastic, and they were just as quickly on their way.

HARLOW: watched, somewhat dumbfounded as Billie plucked up everything that they would need, holding some of it in her arms. Honestly, she had no idea what half of the stuff even was, but clearly Billie had some form of an idea of what she was doing, so Harlow just let her go and went along for the ride. Once they had everything they apparently needed, she followed her out of the store. "Uh... so, how does this work? Do we just put all this stuff on and waltz out on the beach and slide on in the water, or is there a boat or..." Harlow furrowed her eyebrows, wrinkling her nose a bit.

Like what you see?

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: laughed softly, giving her sister a nudge. "I'm still polite enough to ask, even if I'm just going to ignore the answer. How can I resist taking pictures of my very best subject?" She kept an eye on the water as Harlow spoke, at least until she reached her point - and then her eyes widened and she swallowed, hard. "I, um," her tongue poked out and licked her lips. "I think we can give it a try - we'll go really slow, though, because I don't want to hurt you if it's too much..."

HARLOW: worried her lower lip between her teeth as Billie spoke, nodding along with her answer. "Going slow sounds good. I just think I'm ready... mentally and emotionally, and I'm pretty sure I'm okay physically, too. And that way, if it doesn't go well, we can leave those memories here when we leave and try again when we're home." The blonde shrugged, lifting Billie's hand and kissing each of her knuckles lightly. Soon after, they reached the snorkeling place, and Harlow pulled open the door, allowing Billie to walk in ahead of her.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: smiled, a shiver running down her spine with Harlow's simple movement. "Well, you could always come back with me when I do - I'd prefer that to going alone, and you could use the chance to take a few sneaky pictures. As long as I can reserve the right to take a few of you too." She was extremely happy with the pictures she'd taken, all safely backed up to her server at home, and she knew that her portfolio was going to get her in to any school she wanted - plus she had enough pictures of Harlow to work on a special project in her spare time.

HARLOW: nodded her head in agreement. "Sure, I'd love to. I didn't know you even bothered asking if you had the right to take pictures of me anymore, even if I say no you will." Harlow chuckled, sticking her tongue out at her sister. As they walked towards the snorkeling place, Harlow bit her lip. "I was thinking later tonight I wanted to try something...." She tried off, pondering her own thoughts. "I want to try taking the strap on." Harlow paused, glancing over at Billie out of the corner of her eye. "In my ass. We've done well with the plug and fingers... What do you think?"

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: laughed and nodded. "Probably. There's not going to be his kids' bandaids floating at the bottom, for one thing. And not as much chlorine, either." She was glad that she could mention their father without Harlow tensing up the way she used to - as angry as she was at her father, Billie did want to be able to talk about their family without any hurt feelings or angry thoughts, because it wasn't as if there were no good memories. The mention of her camera made her slap her forehead, but she shook her head. "Let's just enjoy it this time. I can bring the camera down and get out there for a few minutes later. This time I want to be able to hold your hand and point at the fish."

HARLOW: quirked an eyebrow, extremely surprised with her sister's lack of regret that she hadn't brought her camera with them. But she wasn't opposed, either. It was nice getting to hold her hand and not sharing her with a camera. "Okay," she smiled, nodding in agreement. "Although, I'm sad I won't be able to steal it away from you for a few good snaps of you down there." Harlow ran her thumb over the back of Billie's hand, leading them out of the hotel now that the camera problem was resolved.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: was happy enough to accept surrender, if it meant Harlow wasn't fighting her on the subject. She shivered a little as her sister's nimble fingers tied her swimsuit, brushing against her skin, and the additional kisses sparked need and want that she would definitely satisfy later. "I love you too, Har," she accepted the hand and followed Harlow to the elevator and out through the lobby - they got stares, but only in the way two beautiful girls in bikinis tended to do. "So excited," she confirmed with a huge smile. "I haven't been snorkelling since we used to do it in the neighbors pool - at least until Russell picked a fight with him and we weren't allowed to go over there anymore."

HARLOW: could feel the stares on them, but to be honest, she couldn't have cared less. Her mind was focused on Billie, and the afternoon that they were going to spend together. "I feel like snorkeling in the actual ocean is gonna be different, baby," she chuckled, successfully avoiding having any reaction to the mention of Russell - something that, a month ago, she wouldn't have been able to do.The smallest mention of him seemed to set her on edge and push her back to who she used to be - which was basically a total asshole. This time, though, she ignored it and all was well. "Wait - your camera. Don't you wanna take pictures of the fish and stuff?" Harlow asked, stopping in her tracks.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: nodded eagerly. "I don't think so, babe, I know so. There's not a doubt in my mind." She wanted to shrug off the compliment, but something so sincerely offered couldn't be rejected without hurt feelings left in its wake - so she merely smiled instead, accepting it wordlessly. "Brains has nothing to do with school, Har, so that doesn't matter. And the only reason I've got the beauty is because I'm holding it right now." She couldn't help a little smirk as Harlow looked her over, but conceded the point. "That wouldn't be the worst thing, but I wouldn't mind seeing the beach. Shrugging on her top, Billie turned her back to her sister. "Tie me up?"

HARLOW: rolled her eyes at her sister, but she figured that she wasn't gonna be winning that fight, so she allowed the subject to drop. "Beach it is." As Billie turned around, Harlow retied her bikini top, then leaned forward to press a kiss to each shoulder blade. "I fuckin' love you, Billie," she murmured against the soft, warm skin. "C'mon." Grabbing Billie's hand, she led them out of the hotel room and down to the lobby. "You excited?" Harlow smiled, keeping a hold on her sister's hand.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: had to laugh at that, even as she berated herself for ever saying something like that in the first place. "That's fine by me - I mean, even if it looked like your hand, I don't care. Like I said, let people think what they want. We'll be in the water half the time anyway." Top still dangling from her fingers, she stepped behind her sister to wrap her arms around her waist. "We really need to keep tanning when we're in Cali, because you seriously look amazing with a little color. Even more amazing than usual." She studied their reflections in the mirror - so similar, but so different. "It's really not fair that you ended up with the beauty and the brains, you know."

HARLOW: felt Billie's arms wind around her waist, and in turn, she leaned back against her, establishing eye contact with her through the mirror. "I'm glad you think so," she grinned, running her fingertips over Billie's arm. "You look stunning, too, y'know? I can't keep my eyes off of you." Quirking an eyebrow, the new blonde shook her head. "I don't have the brains. I barely graduated, and you got the beauty, so." Harlow shrugged her shoulders, turning around and holding Billie against her. She glanced down at her still naked chest, and smirked. "You should probably put your bikini top on now, unless you wanna end up naked on that bed again."

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: felt her heart stop as Harlow frowned. "Of course not - I'm sorry, bad joke. You can sparkle if you want to." Biting her lip, she silently yelled at herself for even saying the words. "I love you too, Har - yeah, I'm good to go now." She mirrored her sister's pose, stretching muscles that had trembled with passion only a few minutes earlier. She wasn't sure she'd be able to walk straight, but they could always blame that on the drinks and no one would think twice. Getting reluctantly out of bed, she found her own bikini and then Harlow's, passing it over as she slid her bottoms on. "Can you really see it?" she turned to show Harlow the spot where her handprint would be.

HARLOW: shook her head, a hint of a smile playing at her features. "I don't wanna sparkle, I'm gay enough as it is." She laughed quietly, and then took her bikini bottoms, sliding them on. As Billie turned around to show her the handprint, Harlow surveyed the area carefully. "It's honestly kinda more just red. Would be a lot worse if we used the paddle. We could blame it on sunburn." She shrugged, putting her bikini top back on her body, before she stood up to walk over to the mirror. She looked at herself, running her hands through blonde hair to tousle it, admiring the way the beach effected her hair, and the darkness of her sun kissed skin.

Sippin' On Sunshine || Harllie

BILLIE: laughed. "You better not, or I'm going to have to break up with you. I don't need a sparkling sister." She shook her head. "I never said we'd accept, just that we'd get invited. Believe me, I'm not sharing you with anyone, ever, and I sure as hell wouldn't play in a club with you - that's for us, not for anybody else to watch and get off on."

HARLOW: felt a frown pull at her lips, the idea of Billie breaking up with her - joking as it may have been - dragging her mood down. "You'd break up with me if I sparkled?" It was a relief to know that Billie wasn't into playing in an S&M club, as that wasn't something they had discussed yet, but Harlow definitely wasn't into the idea. At all. Billie belonged to her, and only her, just as she belonged to Billie. "I love you, babe. You wanna get ready now?" The new blonde slid to the edge of the bed, stretching in a cat like manor.