We laid our towels out and relaxed. Sunscreen was an absolute necessity with so much of our bodies seeing the sun for the first time, and we had fun putting it on each other. It was a hands-on activity. Katie's and my own skimpy swimsuits were displaced repeatedly as every crevasse was slathered up. We worked together to do Sarah. Her swimsuit covered a lot more skin, but because it was so thin it offered little real protection. We pulled it away from her body as far as it would go and reached underneath while she screamed and laughed at how much it tickled. I had to lie down on my front for a little bit after we were done, lest my natural reaction to the fun get us kicked off the beach.
When we (well, mostly me) were done settling down from the sunscreen, Sarah pitched a photoshoot for the group chat, to commemorate our new digs. We were careful to set up for this in a way that it would be just us in the shots, no background beachgoers, so we wouldn't accidentally be creeps. I don't really know what to do with myself in front of a camera most of the time, but Katie was a natural model and quickly took to posing herself in ways that combined the pale shape of her body and the dark, thin straps of the bikini artfully. She did a full set of poses wearing the bikini normally, then she pulled the straps to the sides of her tits and did it all again with her hard nipples bared to the world, and anyone who walked by. The looks we were getting were not abating.
We took photos of Sarah too, after I sacrificed more of my water to up the sheerness of her suit to a pleasing level. We muttered and debated for a bit when we saw a couple about our age coming up the sand, wondering if we could get away with asking them to snap at least a couple of pics of us as a trio. I watched the pair approach. She was a busty redhead wearing nothing more than a sunhat and a black thong bikini bottom with side ties, her shoulders tattooed with birds, and a few lines of cursive text etched on her ribs below one bouncing full breast. Her body was all curves, in that classic hourglass way that was particularly wide at the hips. Her boyfriend was tall, fit and totally naked and shaved, rocking a dark all-over tan. I judged he might be a little hard already, and if not, he was intimidatingly long for a man not even aroused yet.
"Come on," Sarah protested. "How hard is it to get trio shots that aren't all too-close selfie type ones?"
"No way!" Katie said, nervously pulling on her straps. "We can't just ask strangers to be part of this. We're pushing the limits for this kind of beach as it is. What if they say something?"
It looked like I'd be the deciding vote. I glanced back at the couple. God, the redhead had wonderful boobs, and such strong thighs. Just asking would keep her from walking past, giving me more time to respectfully observe her assets. "They seem cool," I said. "Might as well make the most of it while we're here."
"Babe," Katie hissed, though she didn't object again. But I kind of got her point this time. We were in public and being observed, but we were separate from the audience. A beach like this one was a little bit of a no-interaction zone outside the people you came with. There was still a taboo lingering about who you interacted with in the nude. Making a request of someone brought down that barrier. I felt it too. Involving Sarah had been one thing. She was a friend that we both trusted, and someone Katie had kissed and flirted with before. This couple could be anyone, say anything, think anything of us. Katie and I watched, united in nervousness, as Sarah intercepted the pair. She talked animatedly, showing total confidence despite her swimsuit still being transparent all down the front, and cocked a thumb back at us. The redhead seemed to laugh (sending hypnotising ripples of movement down her torso) but nodded her head and followed Sarah back towards us.
"Just a few quick ones of the three of us together," Sarah was assuring the girl as they came back in earshot. She handed the girl her phone and rushed over to join Katie and I.
Katie wrapped one arm each around my shoulder and Sarah's and squeezed us in close. Her boobs were out, Sarah's suit might as well not have been there, and my package was barely contained inside the tiny half thong, so it made for a hell of a picture. All of us were pink in the cheeks (not just from the sun) and breathing a little too hard as well.
"You guys are pretty bold," the girl commented as she snapped the first one. Guessing our motives, she added "everyone grab the person next to you for this one."
