#oh you wanna spend some time with sand? be my guest i have a pool in my house

[thisloveislikeabattle]

the fact that ray isn't intimidated by boeing's presence, not even for a second, might be my favorite thing ever regarding ray's personality

he's well aware of who he's dealing with, he knows what kind of person boeing is, so yes ray will play boeing's game but with his own rules

that's his boyfriend and he's not backing down anytime soon

[iceprincessviviane]

Smell of the sea

Pairing: Yandere!c!Foolish x Fem!SeaNymph!Reader

Type: Romantic (Foolish is yandere), oneshot.

Warnings: Yandere, swearing, injury, threats, possessiveness, silly jokes created by me.

Summary: Foolish is hosting you in his summer house. You spent there almost a month having a great time, but you want to have some space.

My first yandere fic.

She was sitting at comfortable couch in big terrace and admiring view. Sun was kissing her skin and wind blowing away the hot. Specific smell of salt has reached her nose. Sky was light blue without any clouds and silence filled scream of gulls.

Foolish's summer home was like paradise on Smp. Great weather, sea nearbay, peacefuly area and god's companion were making this place like heaven. Y/N reached out for an apple. In front of couch was standing small table with bowl full of a lot of fresh fruits; everything was here.

"Good morning my goddess." After hearing that, she felt a gentle kiss pressed to top of her head. Foolish took a deep breath and sat on couch with wide smile.

He was wearing ancient, light green robe with open torso, his skin was shinning in the sun. In common days like this, he prefered to be in human form, shifting into shark one with grey skin and fines only, when they wanted to swim together. She has never seen him in full divine form, only when he decided to change height.

"Good morning Foolish." She replied and blushed immediately.

"You are awake early today." He said moving his eyes on her.

"Yes... I just couldn't sleep." Y/N sighted slighty.

"What happend?" His was worrying about her after hearing the news.

"Nothing excatly." She shrugged.

Foolish sent her soft smile and grabbed her hand gently. He pressed another kiss, but on her fingers. At the very beginning true god was really careful towards her, treat her like godess, treasure. Y/N started to notice that this week. Of course she met some of the others Smp members, but he was the sweetest. She was a little shy, but after spending with him a lot of time, Y/N get used to his behaviour.

"If you wish, you can go back to the sleep. I don't mind." Foolish said softly locking his green, emerald eyes on her figure.

"I wouldn't fall asleep... I might go into a walk."

"Do you want me to accompany you?" He asked carefuly.

Y/N nodded and smiled to him. They both stood up and Foolish offered her arm, she grabbed it gently, than they left the terrace. Summer home, but in fact Temple of Undying was unbelivable big. It had living parts, sacral places, big outside field, a lot of aesthetic pools filled with fishes, turtles and water lilies. There were also small places filled with grass, trees and flowers. After everything Summer Home was in the desert, reaching the sea. Of course they had Nether portal, very big one outside, but they had visitors hardly ever. Even Foolish admited, that before her hosting, he didn't have a lot of guests, usually spending time alone.

During a walk they remained silence, enjoying each other presence, walking through the buildings and squares. Blooming trees filled whole place with pleasure, flower smell. Y/N relaxed and again felt somnolence coming. Foolish noticed that and lead her to private chambers.

"Get a little bit sleep, I really don't mind." He smiled gently.

"You have right, I shloud probably be awake in afternoon, maybe earlier." She agreed and sighed. Foolish nodded to her, when she entered her chambers.

He walked away, getting lost in his own thoughts. Usually they didn't have plans about spending day or schedule. Most time they were resting, talking or swimming. Y/N liked to listen his stories or plans about new adding new buildings to the Temple.

}*{

Unfortunately, Y/N woke up only for supper and she had a little talk with Foolish, but then she went again to sleep, couldn't tell why this happend. After a quick bath, she crawled on her bed, almost immediately falling deep asleep.

Truly god didn't need a lot of resting or sleep, so Foolish was mostly awake and full of energy during nights. Today was like always. He wandered around, but finally ended up at Y/N chamber's door. Hesitation appeard on his face, he was worried that, because of previous sleeping, she could have light one now. After a few minutes he decided and quietly opened door. His steps were noiseless. Chamber was very big, with main part, bedroom, bathroom, terrace and wardrobe. Today the moon was shinning brightly, showing cleary whole area. Y/N was peacefuly sleeping in big, canopy bed. Silk counerpane was gently covering her figure. Foolish liked to watch her lot. Even when she was thinking, she was alone, he probably was watching her carefuly from distance, especially when she was wandering around in Temple. He just couldn't take his eyes off when Y/N was gracefully walking by the isles, watching trees and flowers completly diffrent than plants in the sea. But when she was sleeping, she looked so innocent and sweet, that he could stare for ages. He stayed in shadows for some minutes, but then got closer and sat at the end of the bed. Gentle smell of the sea salt hit his nose. He took deep, quiet breath, he loved it. There was some time when they cuddle or hugged themselfes, but for him it was always not enough. After all this time spent together, he started to think how keep Y/N around and safe. Although, she didn't mention any plans for leaving, he got cold shiver in his spine each time he thought of parting.

Night has passed and Y/N woke up before noon. She actually felt better and rested. After making a morning routine and eat light breakfast, she started to search Foolish, well Temple was so big, so Y/N gave up in third pool. In this area, water was surrounded by trees and grass. She took off her sandals and enter the shallowest part of the pool, warm water reached her cubes. Pleased smile crawled at her lips, she closed her eyes and enjoy the silence.

Of course he was watching from the distance, partly covered by big, sandstone column. Today was really hot, he was temped to stay in the water whole day. He was wearing the light robe again, with open torso. Foolish hoped that today he will be able to swim with Y/N or spend time in library, where was pretty cold.

Y/N heard silent footsteps and looked around. Foolish was coming, she sent him soft smile, at least he found her.

"Feeling better today my dear?" He asked and came closer.

"Yes, I think, I needed this long sleep."

Foolish also took his sandals and stepped into a water, it was cold, but in the same time nice.

"I am glad then. I don't want to see any sadness on your beautiful face." His smile widened, then he hugged her tightly and put hands on her waist.

She lean head on his chest, he was warm and smell like sand or desert. Y/N could say, that there she felt safe and with Foolish she felt cherished and somehow... loved? She fast chased away that thought and focused on peace and silent of this moment.

"We can go swimming if you want." His whisper hit softly her ear.

Y/N giggled slighty, moved herself that she could looked at him. "Actually... I thought about maybe visit other members of Smp?"

Foolish looked at her with surprise and cold shiver went down at his spine.

"Oh... I didn't expect that... you want to visit someone specifically?" His tone was a little bit unsure.

"I thought about Philza maybe, we didn't see him a lot? But if you don't want to go, I can go alone, it doesn't take a lot of time." She said and smiled innocently.

Shark god looked deep into her eyes, couldn't decide. For some reasons he didn't want to see Philza today and prefer to stay in summer home with Y/N, but in another side, he just didn't want to let her go alone.

"Well I have to do some stuff here too." He said slowly.

"So I will be in the home before supper." She clapped her hands in joy. Foolish slighty nodded and smiled. Maybe a little trip will be good for her? And he will set up some things...

}*{

Y/N always liked Philza's company, he visited desert several times and she always enjoy his pressence and stories, which he was telling. Similar to other old beings he lived enough long to see and exeperience a lot. This time wasn't diffrent Y/N was invited inside and he got her cup of tea. They sat in the kitchen and talked about common things. Technoblade was on the adventure with Ranboo, so they had peaceful time full of laughs and giggles.

Foolish thought it would be easy, but since Y/N left for visiting Philza he was very distracted. Uninvited thoughts filled his head and strange feeling in his stomach. He tried to build, read and walk, nothing helped. Knowing Phil they would sit and talk but... what if there will be somethin else? Or what if Y/N won't come back? Shark god sighed, being worry about her and being worry that she won't come back have been mixed together. This was one of his biggest fear. Since she have stepped in his life, he didn't wnat to be alone anymore. After a hour more struggling he gave up.

Phil was about to escorted Y/N, till she will reach the desert, but in the end of his yard stood Foolish in more appropriate clothing than ancient robes. He sent them soft smile. Sun was getting down, throwing longer shadows. Phil nodded to him.

"Hi mate."

"Foolish what a surprise!" Y/N said and smiled back to him.

"Well I think, that I needed also longer walk." He said and gave her hand. She grabbed it gently and blushed slighty. Phil glanced at them and smirked.

"Thank you for the visit, I hope we will meet again sooner."

"I think next time you can actually visit us." Y/N said and looked at Foolish.

"Yes, of course. Technoblade and Ranboo ale welcomed too of course." Shark god nodded and smiled proudly.

"See you then, I wish you safe trip back."

They both waved to him and left property value. Foolish squeezed her hand gently and smiled to her, his worries disappered immediately.

"How was the visit?"

"Phil like Phil was telling me stories and gave me couple cups of tea. Technoblade and Ranboo were on adventure, so we were alone."

"Wanna eat something in home or go immediately sleep?" He asked softly.

"Honestly I want to eat something, also I like suppers with you, because we are always talking." She admitted with unsure tone.

"I am glad to hear that." Foolish looked directly into her eyes. "And I am glad that you are back. I am so used to your pressence..."

She reciprocated glance and blushed a little bit more. They spent rest way back in silence. Maybe words wasn't needed there?

}*{

They both sat at the long table in terrace, stars showed up in the sky, moon again was shinning brightly. A lot of dishes were on the table, Foolish held glass full of ambrosia, when Y/N was eating some fruits. They changed clothes, because even at night, there still were hot.

"Maybe in next week we can visit Tommy and Tubbo? Then we shloud definitely meet Kinoko Kingdom, since you have helped them with buildings and of course guest Phil, Technoblade and Ranboo as we promised!" Y/N said with excitement in her voice.

Foolish again felt this starange feeling in the stomach but hid it with soft smile. Since when she wanted to do so much visits and meetings?

"Of course my dear... " He agree little unsure.

"You know... I just think we shloud more meet with Smp members." She stated while was looking at him.

"So I now am not enough?" He asked playfuly, ignoring cold shiver at his spine.

"Well, it's not the case... I am just missing others company a little bit, but I very enjoy your pressence Foolish. Here... is like paradise, you know?" Y/N said and looked down, trying to hide her blushing cheeks.

Demi god smirked and took a small sip. "I am glad, that I am 'enough'. You brought a lot of joy and happiness into this place."

He looked directly at her and took another sip. She looked lovely with red cheeks and shy smile on her lips. Foolish got completly lost in her beauty, that she spotted, that he was looking at her.

"You are staring at me."

"I am not staring my goddess. I am admiring, that is diffrence."

Y/N shook her head with disbelief and tried to focus on her dish, but it was difficult under Foolish'es burning gaze. After eating, they stood under railing, looking at peacefuly ocean. Sounds of small waved crashin the coast was very calm. She slowly put her head on his shoulder, when was watching the horizon. He smiled softly and put hand on her's hip gently.

"Comfortably?" His whisper hit her ear and eyes caught her's. Y/N nodded in response.

"Good." Foolish said with satisfied tone. He waited couple of minutes, then took his chance and tickled her unexpected.

Y/N literally just jumped away from him, then crossed arms. "What was that?!" She asked with betrayed tone.

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist." He smirked and get closer, but Y/N kept moving away at his each step. Finally her back touched the railing, Foolish put his hand on it.

"Nowhere to run?"

"Unfortunately..." Y/N whispered slowly.

He leaned in and grabbed by second hand her chin. Their eyes met again, she smiled innocently.

"There is no escape from me my sweetheart."

After this words he pressed their lips together in slow kiss, Y/N put her arms around his neck, Foolish'es hand from railing embraced her waist. There was silence, they get lost in the kiss, clearly waited for this for so long. When they pulled away, their breaths were sharp and heavy.

"I would never want to escape." She whispered softly, causing him to smile.

}*{

After a few days full of love affection, kisses, cuddles and words Foolish wanted to give Y/N special gift. It spent some time to prepare it. This day he woke up first and set up breakfast, wanted to enjoy this moment fully. When everything was ready he put casket on the table and sat, waiting for her impatiently. His robe was decorated by gold and stones, white silk was shinning slighty in sun.

Finally Y/N went through the door, today they ate on big hall full of windows, sunlight was going through them. She was wearing blue like sky dress type robe, her hair was falling softly at her back. Foolish smiled to her and stood up. They hug each other gently.

"How was your sleep love?" He asked softly.

"Pretty good and yours?"

"I was dreaming about you." Foolish admited and kissed her forehead. She giggled and blushed slighty.

"Sweet talker." Y/N said and sat at the table. He followed her steps, then they started to eat. Silence was filled by sounds of cutlery and glasses. Again he was staring at her while drinking ambrosia.

"I have something for you." Foolish finally said and pick up casket.

Y/N rose her left eyebrow with curiosity. What it could be? She appreciated all gifts which he go her, but didn't want to bother with some stupid whims.

"It's sweet of you, but you know that you don't need to spoil me so much? I already live here for free, have everything and don't need to worry about anything." She admitted slowly.

"I want to spoil you a little my goddess. Just a little." He stood up and moved closer to her, then opened the box. Inside were a set of golden jewelry with gems such as: emeralds, rubies, sapphires and diamonds. There were two pair of bracelets, necklace and tiara.

Y/N made big eyes. "I can't take it... it's too much..." She said quietly.

"I will be so happy when you will wear it. I promise." Foolish said softly, taking them out the box.

She sighed, but nodded to him, allowed to help her with it. They took off old one and put new one. "How do I look?" Y/N asked watching her new jewelry.

"Now like mine goddess." Foolish said with satisfied tone and their eyes met. He kissed her cheek and she giggled softly.

"Thank you..." She looked down shyly. "Did you make it?"

"Oh yes... I had some spare gems and you know how I love gold. I just wanted... you know. Give you something. You're making me happy."

"It's beautiful, I love each part of it and I love you." Y/N whispered.

"I love you too my love." Foolish responeded and kissed her lovingly.

}*{

Unfortunately Y/N couldn't visit rest of Smp members this days, because she started to feel bad. She assumed, that she stayed too long on the sun and didn't drink enough. Foolish agreed with that and added, that maybe more swimming or baths could help. Of course she shloudn't go to cold tundra, her state could get worse and that was the last thing they wanted. Y/N spent almost whole days in her chamber or library, because there were cold and quiet.

Foolish closed carefuly door, his love just went to sleep, although early time. Afternoon just passed, but she was too sleepy and drain out of energy already. He didn't say a word, just took her and put her in the bed. Shark god went into his personal chambers and looked at alchemical area. There were still remains of his newest project, he smiled a little, couldn't belive that this could actually work so well.

At the beginning he belived that Y/N is his destiny. She was perfect, she could be a goddess and he wanted to make her one, his goddess actually. It would take time, yes, but it will be worth. They were perfect match, Sea Nymph and Shark God, what a pair and she even fell in love with him... day of their first kiss was the happiest day of his immortal life.

But thing was that Foolish enjoyed their time spent together, alone in the temple, but Y/N was sociable person, she loved meetings, visits, trips and parties. Of course he liked rest of the Smp members... but Y/N was a person, he desired the most. What if someone will involve her in war or conflict? He couldn't let that happen. This land saw enough blood od innocents and fights. Y/N needed to be safe.

Foolish looked at empty alchemist bootles. It took almost a week to saturate gold potion of weakness. Dose was harmless, just caused person which wad wearing the jewelry feel weak and sleepy. That shloud be enough, to make Y/N stay in the temple with him. Of course he couldn't make it last forever, buy for now it have to be enough. Maybe after some time she will lost interest in meetings or visits and understand that Foolish is the only person, she needs. If not... well he knew how to saturate gold with potions effects. And there were two pairs of bracalets and tiara left.

[jrueships]

thinking about romantic beach trips with pg and kawhi and sometimes tmann tags along too bc. they are a family…

ROManTIC BEACH TRIPs ⁉️⁉️

Photoshops these two together like a classic jack frost x Hans frozen Disney amv LMFAO

FIRST OF ALL... I wanna talk about the differences in drip here. As always, a big factor in the pg/kawhi relationship. ... we need to talk about Kawhi's floral granny shorts... wtf is that bruh KWBDKS looking like a dusty guest room mattress that got bed bugs probably. In general u can say his drip is very convenient. He just throws on whatever he can swim in. King. He doesn't really care for sunglasses, he just wants to get going on the trip. But PAUL?? Paul simply NEEDS the blue tinted shades. He doesn't understand how Stupid he looks in them yet. And the backwards cap of COURSE. He's here to take a 'hot' photo of the water behind him. Meanwhile Kawhi has some far away Observer clicking random pics that look the cleanest but no one knows what the hell he's doing. I feel like they'd Both wear their own jerseys to the beach, but for different reasons. Kawhi might just grab his because it's sleeveless and easy, while pg grabs his to show off that he's pg and he's going on a romantic trip with his 'Whi Whi' LMFAO

But anyways.. imagine them lounging on the sand (on a beach towel ofc tho) listening to Kawhi's music. His mixtapes LMAO. Pg being the first and only one to hear them, the only one to watch kawhi tap his foot to the beat and nod whenever the bass drops to his approving. Just quiet relaxation. Pg dumping some warm sand on Kawhi's knee to help it feel better and then he brushes it off to reveal a hidden sand bug now biting kawhi's knee (kawhi doesn't really react to it. He just kinda glances down at it and lays back down like 'if I die, I die' but pg freaks and has to flick it off real quick for kawhi.

Maybe a skittering crab visits them? Kawhi randomly just starts telling unknown facts about it, like it's scientific name. Pg just refers to it simply as Mr. Krabbs tho. They probably try feeding the crab, which attracts seagulls that attack the crab and make them sad LMAO

While they DO spend time lounging and staring at the waves thinking about how far they've come and how strange yet nice it is to share this spectacular view with someone they love, they're both open to fun beach activities. Maybe they try jetskiing and pg has a competition with kawhi to see who can stay upright the longest? Who can build the biggest sandcastle? Who can get the most skips with a rock? That one was more difficult because sometimes Kawhi found rocks that he felt too bad to skip away tho so finding suitable ammo was scarce.

BUT ABOUT THE FOUND FAMILY (Vin diesel voice)... I think Pg and Kawhi are definitely the kind of parents who let their kids take home like. A bucket of seashells. As long as there's no little creatures in there, they can take em. Kawhi probably helps TMann find the prettiest and coolest of shells to collect, and Pg hypes TMann up about how they could be useful fashion accessories if you save em right! Kawhi is definitely the kinda dad who's the designated carrier, so he carries the bucket and the picnic basket and the umbrella all in one hand for his family LMAO. He scoops his hand into the sand Bank for cool sand pebbles and creates a tide pool AKDNKW. Pg probably picks up a starfish and is like 'oh this is cute!' And then it tries doing that creepy starfish sucking disintegrating thing so he throws it back into the beach/ocean/salt water whatever BRUH idk.

Tmann probably isn't a big open water swimming, and especially hates the icky feeling of wet sand mush between his toes, so kawhi and pg probably have to coax him into the water a lot. Usually he gets on a floatie and they push him off to sea and everything is cool until a curious fish tries nibbling on his toes. Then he thinks he's getting attacked by JAWS and races to the shore.

Pg and tmann probably take a ton of fashionable instagram Beach pics in their extra clothes and whatever and then you just see kawhi crouched over in the background wearing some plain grandma boxers poking some seaweed with a stick LMAO. Local beach cryptid..

They're definitely the kinda parents who have like... a whistle that they blow whenever they think their kid is swimming out too far JANJDAJ. Kawhi will spot some big waves coming and he'll usher his family back onto the sand, safe and away. One time pg stayed back because he thought he could tough the waves out and then he got hit by one and like. Exploded or smthin idk LMAO the end result is just that he got sand in his trunks and that made him grumpy for the rest of the trip until they saw some dolphins

I think kawhi is kinda just. A natural creature magnet. He's just so quiet and stoic that animals are drawn to him. He'll be standing in the water and all a sudden a bunch of stingrays are swimming around him. Or suddenly he'll just take off his water shoe and they'll be a tiny octopus hiding in it. Very good for pg and tmann's instagram pics LMAO

Tmann probably feels bad for the scavenger seagulls so he feeds One (1) and they all get mobbed by squawking feathers of fury. Tmann probably cries because GETTING FLOCKED BY BIRDS IS SCARY!!! Pg probably tries reenacting that one scene in this really bad The BIRDS movie where like... the main character tries karate kicking this really bad cgi bird LMAO. Either way they end up losing half their foods to the birds and half to run into the closest building to hide from them

When they swim at the beach uhhhh pg probably jokes about like.. 'uh oh! I think I swallowed a jellyfish! Guess you'll have to pee in my mouth lol' then looks at kawhi expectantl-

ANYWAYS YEAH. BEACH FUN <3!! EXACTLY!

[mind-reader1]

The Twins of La Huerta (Ch.2 Part 1)

A/N: This is a collaborative fic from myself, @bbaba-yagaa, @brightpinkpeppercorn and @roonarific. It is DIFFERENT than the one posted by @sceptilemasterr over the past few months. That being said, this story doesn’t strictly follow canon, it’s got crack-fic moments, serious moments, NSFW moments. A bit of everything and so we really hope you enjoy! Not for the faint of heart. 

Warnings: None 

Word Count: 1,942

Catch up with Chapter 1 Here!

Chapter 2 Part 1: Dull Pencils and Pool Noodles

During all the confusion in the lobby, Tyler was able to slip by unhindered for the most part, grabbing a key from behind the desk as he passed through. He carried the still unconscious woman to the room he selected and removed her hoodie before gently laying her down. As he folded up the piece of outerwear a small metal object fell out and landed on the bed. Is that a tranquilizer dart? Ugh, what a shit show. He picked up the dart and placed it on the nightstand before pulling a chair to the bedside, deciding to catch some shut eye himself.

“Hey, what happened?”

Tyler was stirred from his sleep by the woman's voice.

“Oh, you're awake! You just passed out all of a sudden and I carried you here to the hotel.”

“Why?” Her stormy eyes were fixed upon his as she sat up, still a bit groggy.

“Why what? Why did I carry you here? I wasn't going to just leave you out there and I decided to hang around in case you needed anything else. I can go now if you want me to though.”

Before she could question him further, her eyes fell upon the dart on the nightstand.

“Where did that come from?” She picked up the dart and inspected it closely.

“It fell out of your hoodie when I took it off. I-"

“Who shot me Tyler?”

He looked down at his hands nervously, afraid to answer as he didn't see where it came from, though he had a pretty good idea.

“I didn't see it happen, so I don't know for sure. But if I had to guess, I'd say it was Jake and that I was the intended target.”

Anger spread across her face as she began to climb out of bed. She was pissed, and Jake was going to pay for what he did to her. Tyler moved to stop her, urging her to let it go and rest.

“Let me go Tyler, I need to find that dopey pilot. He's earned himself a slow death by a short, dull pencil for what he did.”

“Come on you need to rest. Just cool it for a second bef-"

It dawned on Tyler that their faces were only inches apart. Their eyes locked and they lost themselves in each other's gaze. He understood that what he wanted to do could end in a gruesome death for him, but he decided to go for it anyway. Slowly he pressed his lips against hers. At first, she flinched but after a brief second, she returned the kiss and placed a hand on his shoulder. After a few moments they separated while smiling at each other.

“You know, I still don't know your name.”

Still smiling at the kind-hearted young man, she shook her head before responding.

“My name is Estela, and you should know that that was the first time I've ever kissed anyone.”

Whoa. Tyler was slightly dumbfounded at the revelation, even slightly embarrassed.

“If I had known that I would've went out of my way to make sure it was special for you Estela...” His face grew hot with embarrassment.

“It was fine don't worry about it. It was actually rather nice. Oh, and I guess I can kill the pilot later. Right now, I should be sleeping off that sedative I suppose.”

“I'll leave you to it then. I should probably check in with everyone else anyway.” Tyler got up and made his way to the door.

“Hey, thanks for carrying me here and then staying to make sure I was okay. Where I'm from, people don't just do things out of the kindness of their hearts.”

“It was no problem at all, Estela.”

He smiled at her one last time before leaving her to sleep and going to check in with the others.

*****

Taylor and Jake had distracted Tyler long enough to get back to the group, both of them breathing hard, awkwardly untangling their fingers from each other, Jake cleared his throat.

“Great. Now not only is Tyler going to try and kill you, but that scary chick will probably come after us too.”

“Some moody college kids aren't gonna scare me Princess. There are far worse people out there,” he trailed off, his eyes darkening, a shadow crossing his face. Taylor wanted to ask him what he meant but they were interrupted.

“Taylor! There you are. All the guests are missing, some of us are going to search by the pool want to join us?” Diego came bounding up and gave her a sly smile, looking between her and Jake.

“Yeah that sounds great.”

“Mind if I tag along Princess?” Taylor raised her eyebrow at Jake.

“You always ask for permission Top Gun?” Jake grinned and followed some of the others towards the pool. Tyler emerged from upstairs just in time to see his sister strolling down towards the pool with the pilot and some of the others while the rest of the group was headed into the hotel. He stopped Sean.

“Hey, where's everyone going?”

“The guests disappeared, we're splitting up to look for them, want to help?”

“Uh yeah. I wanna keep an eye on my sister though, don't trust that pilot.” Sean's eyes followed Tyler's to where his sister had been moments ago, he nodded and kept walking.

Taylor, Jake, Diego, Grace and Aleister stepped out onto the poolside and basked in the warm sunshine, but it was empty.

“No sign of the Cabana boys.” Diego sighed, and Jake climbed into a poolside hammock.

“Maybe spending a couple days here wouldn't be so bad.” He laid back, fingers locked together, hands behind his head as he closed his eyes, the hammock gently swaying the breeze. Taylor climbed in beside him, laying against his chest, looking up at him. Jake opened one eye lazily and glanced down at her, a small smirk playing on his lips.

“I could definitely get used to this view.”

“It's pretty great isn't it?” Taylor inched closer, their lips just brushing when they were thrown from the hammock.

“Ouch!”

“Hey!” They untangled themselves, wiping sand off, and looked up to see Tyler standing over them. Taylor gave her brother a nasty look and made a dramatic show of accepting Jake's help up.

“We should all be helping the group look around. Don't you think?”

“Why don't you start with ‘please’ next time?” Jake grumbled. Tyler took a threatening step towards him but was interrupted by Grace.

“I found something!” They all walked over to the fence only to find it wasn't really much of anything, a tree that had rapidly grown around the fence.

“Well we didn't really find anything, we should regroup. See if the others found anything.” Everyone nodded and made their way back to the lobby where the rest of the group was waiting. Taylor found Aleister staring at a portrait of a man who looked familiar, Tyler also wandered over.

“Do you know him Tay?” She shook her head. He had been in her strange dream from the plane, Tyler's too.

“Aleister who is that?” Aleister seemed distracted, broken out of his thoughts by Taylor's question.

“Hm? Oh Taylor, Tyler, this is Everett Rourke, CEO of Rourke Industries and the man who built this hotel.”

“He seems…”

“Familiar.” Taylor finished for her brother who nodded.

“Hmph, yes well that's probably because he's the man who paid for this wretched vacation.” Aleister said storming off. The twins followed him with their eyes, his behavior strange. A silence fell between the two.

“Where's your mysterious friend? Haven't seen her since we got off the plane.”

“She's sleeping off a tranquilizer dart. You and that pilot know anything about it? Or maybe about the used condom I almost slipped on? You two seem awfully friendly.” They stared each other down.

“I wouldn't have any idea what you're talking about Tyler. I'm sure Jake wouldn't either.” Their conversation once again interrupted by Grace. She had found something out by the fence after all but didn't want to share with the group at first because it had scared her, it looked like a saber tooth tiger tooth, this island kept getting stranger and stranger.

“So now all we've got is more questions.” Zahra said.

“What do we do now?” Quinn asked.

“You should get some sleep.” Estela appeared behind Taylor making her jump. Tyler also looked surprised but relieved to see her. Taylor scooted closer to Jake and away from Estela, worried about the death glares they were both receiving.

“Estela! Where have you been?” Lila asked.

“Looking around. Same as you.”

“Did you find anything?”

“Nothing that would matter to any of you.” Taylor noticed the way her brother watched her, hanging on every word.

“Shouldn't you let us decide that?” Taylor challenged. She didn't like her secretive nature or how close her brother seemed to be with her already.

“We all have secrets.” She looked pointedly between the twins, both of them unsure what she meant.

“Like I said, night is falling. You should get some rest…you'll need it.” They didn't have a chance to consider it before she took off back towards the rooms, leaving everyone even more confused.

“What the hell was that?” Sean asked bewildered.

“I think that means it's night time bro.” Craig said. Lila started spewing her spiel about the guests being back soon and assigned rooms. Zahra was the first to ignore her, grabbing a key to one of the suites. Everyone decided to follow suit, some grabbing other suite keys. Taylor sauntered over with Tyler right on her heels, only two suites left, a honeymoon suite and a jungle themed suite. They shared a look, and both went for the honeymoon key, Taylor grabbed it first and gave him a smirk. He didn't have to say anything; his look did all the talking. It was a warning, it said don't do it Taylor. She winked at Jake and flashed the key she had picked up at him, he smirked and chuckled.

“I can't believe you.” Tyler mumbled under his breath.

“I don't know what you're talking about Ty.” She sauntered off to her room and he went to his. Taylor walked into the room and took in the scene, rose petals strewn everywhere, scented candles, even a private hot tub. It was only a moment before there was a knock on the door, Taylor smoothed out her shirt and checked her hair in the mirror before answering, disappointed to find Diego waiting there.

“Hey!”

“Diego!” She tried to hide the surprise in her voice but failed.

“You were hoping I was someone else, weren't you!” She tried to play it off.

“I know you better than that Taylor. It's the pilot isn't it!” Taylor tried to hide the blush creeping into her cheeks.

“We may have hooked up in the control tower.” Diego laughed, and Taylor's blush deepened.

“I knew it!”

“You can't tell Tyler though. He already wants to kill Jake because he...ugh it doesn't matter how, but he knows. Also, Jake may or may not have hit the mysterious girl, Estela, with a tranq dart,” she shook her head at Diego's confused face, “it's not important and it's a long story. So, what did you come up here for?” They heard cheers from below and walked over to the window and saw some of their classmates down by the pool.

“Looks like a party.”

“You're the one who wants adventure, let's go!” Diego grinned.

“Let's go get Tyler first.” They walked a few doors down and knocked on Tyler's door.

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Opalescent Tides - Chapter 4

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At first, Amethyst thought she'd fall asleep easily; after all, she had a place to stay, a comfortable bed, and she'd eaten a pretty satisfying dinner. Yet she lay wide awake at 5 in the morning, wearing one of Greg's oversized tee shirts and Rose's boxer shorts, staring at the glow in the dark stars on the ceiling. 'Humans are weird... They spend all this time building houses, but still wanna see the sky at night... The real thing's way prettier.'

* 

As she rolled onto her side, she eyed the broken sand dollar laying on the night stand. Guilt and embarrassment washed over her as she remembered her little incident at the antique store. 'I'm such an idiot.' she thought with a groan, burying her face into her pillow. Even if Rose had paid for the damages, she still felt terrible for breaking all those dishes. 'Gotta stop dwelling on it... The damage is done, and it's probably too late to give her a better apology, anyway.'

The door to the guest room creaked open; Amethyst bolted upright, but relaxed as soon as she realized it was only Lion. "Fuck, dude. You really know how to startle someone." she huffed.

Lion leapt up onto the bed and pawed at the blankets, and only then did Amethyst realize what he wanted. "Aw, okay. Come on." she said, lifting up the comforter so he could slip under. The cat's throat rumbled -- she recalled Rose calling that a 'purr' -- and he rested his head against Amethyst's lap.

"You just wanted to cuddle, huh?" she cooed, scratching him behind the ears. Lion lifted his head, however, peering over Amethyst's lap and directly at the mirror on the wall. Curious, Amethyst turned her head in the same direction and noticed two pairs of eyes glowing in the otherwise pitch-black room; the golden ones being Lion's, and the blue ones being her own.

"Whoa..." she remarked to nobody in particular. Lion gazed up at Amethyst, slowly blinking his eyes at her. Amethyst laid back against the mass of pillows and took a deep breath. "Hm... Maybe that's why I can't sleep." she said, running her fingers across the cat's back. "Maybe I'm a night owl like you. Aren't cats usually awake during the night? I'm not as experienced in land creatures, so sorry if that's wrong." she continued, sitting upright and nudging Lion off of her lap. "In any case, I'm gonna take a night-time stroll. You wanna come along?"

Lion merely slow-blinked at her again. "Alright, suit yourself." Amethyst stepped out of the guest bedroom, making sure to leave the door open a crack in case Lion wanted to leave, and quietly made her way down the stairs.

Once the reached the kitchen, Amethyst unlocked the back door and stepped out onto the concrete patio. As she gazed ahead into the yard, faintly lit by the magenta sunrise, her heart nearly dropped out of her chest.

Little green flecks of light floated around in the air. Her eyes wide, Amethyst stepped out into the grass, the dew wet beneath her feet. She reached a hand towards one of the lights and grasped it in her palm; only then did she realize the little flecks of light were insects. As she cupped another hand on top of it, the bug's body lit up again, causing her hands to glow. "Whoa..." she whispered. Amethyst opened her hands and allowed the bug to fly away. 'Just like the stars in my room...' she thought to herself, gazing up at the sky. 'Wonder if that's what they're made of...' The thought of crushing up these cute little bugs just to make some fake ceiling stars made her skin crawl, though.

As she made her way through the yard, she approached the swimming pool all the way in the back. The water reeked of chlorine -- something she'd easily overlooked when she was mid-transformation the other day, but now that she wasn't quite as desperate, she realized just how disgusting it was. 'Why would they ruin perfectly good water like that?'

"Amethyst?" Greg called from the house, causing Amethyst to jump. She turned around -- damn it, was Greg a night owl, too? "Oh, uh, hey." she awkwardly waved a hand.

"It's a little early to go for a swim, isn't it?" Greg teased.

"Huh? Oh, nah." Amethyst scoffed, crossing her arms and making her way back towards the house.

"I was only joking. You're free to swim if you want." Greg clarified.

"Yeah, but that water stinks. Full of all kinds of nasty chemicals." Amethyst snorted. "What are you doing up so late?"

"I think you mean early." Greg chuckled. "I just woke up; this is a family of early birds, you know. And I was actually about to go for a morning walk... I like to do it just when the sun is rising. Care to join?"

"Pfft, sound like a bunch of nerds." Amethyst smirked. "But yeah, sure. Got nothing better to do."

Greg unlocked the gate to the fence, shutting it behind them and leading the way down the dirt path towards the woods. "It's beautiful out right now… If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll see some deer out and about." he remarked. "Did you get any sleep?"

"Nope, not really." Amethyst responded with a shrug. “Never seen a deer before, by the way...”

“They’re pretty easy to scare away. You gotta be real quiet if you plan on seeing one.” Greg said.

“So uh…” Amethyst swatted away a mosquito. “You’re just like… a normal guy, right? No mermaid genes?”

"I guess you can say that." Greg shrugged. "If you can even call a guy with a mermaid wife 'normal.'"

"Pfft. You'd brag about that if you could, wouldn't ya?" Amethyst teased, nudging him playfully with her elbow.

"Not sure who I'd brag to. But hey, even if she wasn't a mermaid, she'd still be worth braggin' about." Greg said with a grin.

Amethyst stuck out her tongue. "What a sap." she teased. "So, uh, she told me she doesn't remember much about her mermaid life. Kinda went out of her way to forget it, even. But... do you remember anything?”

Greg went silent; for a moment, Amethyst worried she'd struck a nerve, but Greg spoke up again before she could apologize. "I do. It... wasn't a very happy time for her, I guess." he said. "I’m not sure she’d want me telling you the specifics… And I can’t ask her, because that’d involve reminding her about it, which is a big no-no.”

“Ah, I get it. Don’t worry about it.” Amethyst said, turning her gaze down towards the ground. “Just got kinda curious, I guess… Thought maybe it’d help me remember why I chose to be a human.”

Greg chuckled. "Yeah, I don’t blame you… Trust me, I’d tell you the whole story in an instant if I had any say in it. But I don’t, so I’m gonna stick to respecting my lady’s privacy. Just having Steven around is risky enough, honestly; he’s got good intentions, but all we can do is hope he’s not blabbing to everyone in town that he’s a mermaid…”

Amethyst snorted. “Yeah, that kid sure knows how to talk…”

The conversation trailed off, and the two of them continued on their way through the woods, listening to the sounds of chirping crickets and the waves from the nearby beach. 

* 

"Amethyst!" Steven called from downstairs -- and just when Amethyst was starting to doze off, too.

With a groan, she rolled over onto her back. "What is it, dude?"

"Will you take a walk with me? I gotta pass out some invitations, and Mom and Dad aren't home, and they don't want me walking by myself!"

Damn, did she hate yelling back and forth across the house. But if she said no, it'd only go on longer, so she heaved herself to her feet and stretched her arms. "Alright, on my way down." she mumbled, rubbing the back of her head. "What're these invitations you're going on about, now?"

"For the pool party this weekend!" Steven said, waving the stack of papers around in his hand. "Don't you remember? I'm gonna invite Connie, and Garnet, and Pearl, and Priyanka, and Doug, and Sadie, and Lars, and Peedee, and -- "

"Alright, I get the picture." Amethyst waved a hand dismissively.

"--and you!" Steven added with a grin, handing her one of the invitations.

"Well duh, I sure hope so, since I'm living here and all." Amethyst smirked, taking the card from his hand and looking it over. Come 2 Our Pool Party! Friday at 6:00! was written in black sharpie, and there was a drawing of a swimming pool in crayon underneath. As they made their way out the door, and Amethyst locked the door behind them, she looked at the people Steven had drawn around the pool; one of them had purple hair, which she assumed was herself. "Aww, you're a good artist. How old are you now, kiddo?"

"I'm gonna be ten in August!" Steven said, skipping down the sidewalk and stopping every few moments so Amethyst could catch up; the latter was strolling at a leisurely pace, still not nearly awake enough to be around such a bouncy kid.

"Let's see... First stop, The Big Doughnut!" Steven declared. He gestured towards a building with a giant doughnut on top; the smell of deep-fried food immediately hit Amethyst, making her stomach growl.

"Righty-o." Amethyst said, following Steven in through the glass doors.

"Hey Steven!" a girl greeted from behind the counter; she was pale, short, a little chubby, and had light blonde hair that was tied up into a little bun. "Who's your friend?"

"Hey Sadie! This is Amethyst!" Steven said. Amethyst yawned, waving sleepily at the girl. "'Sup. I'm his responsible adult." she said.

"Oh! Well, nice to meet you, Amethyst!" Sadie smiled. "So, how can I help you two? You want your usual, Steven?"

"I'm actually not here for doughnuts! In fact, I'm giving you something!" Steven slid one of the invitations across the counter.

"Aww, thanks!" Sadie said, her expression brightening up as she looked it over.

"The party starts at six, but you can come a little later after that, since you guys close at seven and all." Steven said. "It'll be going on all night! And we'll save you and Lars plenty of drinks and snacks, too!"

"What about Lars, now?" a voice called from the back room; a tall, lanky boy with light brown skin and curly hair (who Amethyst presumed to be Lars) stepped out from the freezer room.

"What were you doing in the freezer?" Sadie narrowed her eyes.

"What do you think? It's hot as fuck today, I was cooling off." Lars said.

"Watch your mouth!" Sadie hissed, gesturing to Steven.

Lars merely rolled his eyes, approaching the counter and grabbing an invitation from the very excited Steven, who was bouncing eagerly and grinning from ear to ear.

"Hmm... Pool party, huh?" Lars said. "Will there be food?"

Amethyst half-listened to the conversation, eyeing the array of pastries sitting beyond the glass case. 'Holy shit...' she thought. 'They're so pretty! Wonder how hard it is to decorate them like that...'

"Yep! We'll have popsicles and pizza, and when it gets dark, we'll roast marshmallows and make s'mores!" Steven grinned.

"That's enough to convince me." Lars grinned. "See ya friday, dork."

"See ya friday!" Steven waved and turned to scurry off, but then noticed Amethyst eyeing the doughnuts. "...Are you hungry, Amethyst?"

"Maybe..." Amethyst smiled sheepishly. "I haven't eaten yet today. And you woke me up to drag me out here, sooo..."

"Alrighty, one doughnut for the nice lady!" Steven said, fishing a handful of quarters from his pockets and dumping them on the counter. "Keep the change. Let's go, Amethyst!"

Lars shoved the pile of quarters towards Sadie, clearly not wanting to deal with it, and retrieved a doughnut with a pair of tongs and dropped them into a paper bag. "Here ya go."

"Thanks." Amethyst said with a wink, grabbing the bag and following Steven out the door.

"Let's see..." Steven hummed in thought, tapping his chin. "Next stop, Pearl and Garnet! They're our friends at the antique store, remember?"

Amethyst tossed the paper bag into a nearby trashcan and took a bite of her doughnut. "Oh boy, how could I forget?" she mumbled.

Steven raised an eyebrow. "What, do you not like them?"

"I mean, I'm cool with Garnet. She was pretty nice, but a little quiet." Amethyst shrugged. "Pearl's just kind of a prick."

"Like a porcupine?" Steven giggled.

"Uh, sure." Amethyst said, though she wasn't even sure what that meant.

"Well, try not to get poked, because we're here!" Steven said. He grabbed the door and held it open for Amethyst. "Ladies first!"

As Amethyst and Steven made their way inside, they both spotted Garnet standing on a step-stool with a feather duster in her hand. She glanced down at the two guests, smiling slightly. "Good morning." she greeted softly, turning back to the dusty shelf she was wiping down. "Anything you're looking for?"

"Just you!" Steven said, hurrying over and handing her an invitation. "You're invited to a pool party at my house! There'll be snacks, and games, and pool noodles! And a bonfire later on in the night, too! So think of some scary stories to tell!"

"Sounds like a fun time." Garnet smiled warmly, looking at the invitation. "And that's a very good drawing. Did you do that all on your own?"

"Yep! No tracing, just me and my colored pencils!" Steven beamed with pride. "Where's Pearl at?"

"She's upstairs getting some cleaning supplies. She'll be down soon, though." Garnet said, ruffling Steven's hair.

As the two chatted, Amethyst wandered through the store -- this time, making sure not to touch anything -- while she munched on her doughnut. But then she heard the sound of creaking stairs, followed by the unlocking of the gate that blocked off the stairway. "Why, hello!" Pearl greeted. "What a pleasure to see you!"

"Howdy." Amethyst greeted, causing Pearl to flinch. Her cheery expression fell, and only then did Amethyst realize her greeting had been directed towards Steven, and Steven alone. "Ah... And good morning to you, too." Pearl said with a forced smile.

"You're invited to a swimming party!" Steven blurted out as he scurried over to Pearl. "There'll be snacks, and games, and pool noodles, and -- well, Garnet can tell you the rest. My throat's getting tired."

Pearl burst into laughter. "Well, as long as nothing comes up, I'm sure Garnet and I will both be there." she said.

"Awesome!" Steven gave a thumbs up. "Lets-a-go, Amethyst! On to Peedee's place!"

"Coming." Amethyst said. As she made her way out the door and shoved the last bite of her doughnut into her mouth, she felt the piercing gaze of Pearl on her back. 'What's her deal?'