Bette hesitated a little but Alice who was leisurely relaxing in the shallow end of the pool, suddenly swum to the side where Tina and Bette were sitting and splashed a fair amount of water all over them.

“Alice, what are you doing?” Tina jumped, realizing that her silk blouse got transparent in one brief moment.

“Making your decision for you…now you definitely have to go and change…and you better change into swimming suits, ladies, and join us because you are already wet,” Alice laughed, threatening to splatter them with more water. “Stop being an old, disgustingly boring married couple and come out and play with us.”

Alice’s plea was loudly supported by the rest of the girls. Tina looked at Bette and took her by the hand, quickly leading her back into the house.

“Sorry, Bette but I didn’t want you to feel uncomfortable and Alice is famous for making fun of others. I actually believe she’s only alive because it’s against the law to kill her.”

“Thanks, Tina but I’m fine. I actually think that it would be fun if we could join our friends,” Bette said, still holding Tina’s hand.

Tina noticed that Bette said ‘our friends’ and her heart skipped a beat. She felt that Bette was not only accepting Tina’s friends as her own but also making Tina more special and by saying this, unconsciously admitting a connection between them.

They went to Tina’s bedroom to pick out swimming suits so they could join the giggling girls back at the pool. Tina chose two of her nicest suits…a turquoise blue bikini for herself and modest one-piece black swimming suit for Bette. Tina was totally tempted to get Bette into the bright red bikini that would really accentuate Bette’s unique mocha skin but she thought better of it, knowing that Bette’s views on clothes, or a lack of it, was different from her own.

“I guess modesty will become a very popular word in my vocabulary for the next three months,” Tina mumbled to herself, imagining the possibilities of seeing more of Bette Porter’s body some day.

After choosing their suits, Tina and Bette both walked idly to the bathroom to change and collided right in the middle of the doorway. As soon as their bodies came into direct contact Tina shivered as she immediately reacted to their proximity. Bette became aware of it as well…or rather, she felt it when Tina’s breasts touched her own.