Around two weeks had passed since the breakup. Sydney had been pulled out of bed by Amanda, who'd decided to treat her to a relaxing day out on the water, followed by a night of Fourth of July fireworks. The two women laid out on deck chairs, sunbathing on the deck of Amanda's yacht. Sydney was wearing a skimpy yellow two-piece, matching her blonde hair. Amanda, similarly was wearing an equally skimpy aquamarine two-piece that matched her recently dyed bantu knots.
Amanda turned onto her side and looked at Sydney with concern.
"You OK?" she asked. "You've barely talked since you got here."
Sydney sighed and turned over to look at her friend.
"Truth is Amanda, I still think about what happened. It hurts like hell and... And I don't know if it'll ever stop." she whimpered. Sydney started to sniffle a bit. Amanda got up and kneeled down to meet Sydney's gaze.
"Hey, hey," she said, wiping a small tear off her friend's face. "Let's get off that subject huh? C'mon, we got a home theater in the cabin below. I got one of those French flicks you like."
The two women made their way down a small staircase to a tiny red cabin. There sat a couch and a small flatscreen atop a cabinet containing some DVDs. Sydney opened the cabinet and went through what Amanda had. Couple of popcorn flicks, a few Miyazaki movies and...
"Jacques Demy's Lady Oscar?!" Sydney exclaimed. "I didn't know you had this!"
Amanda chuckled.
"Sydney, you know me. How long have I been reading manga?"
"Good point. C'mon, let's put it on, this is one of the few Demy films I haven't seen!"
The two women cozied up on the couch, letting the subtle glow of the television wash over them. Midway through the movie, Amanda looked over at Sydney, who was more relaxed than she'd seen her in days. Amanda subtly curled up a bit to Sydney, letting her friend rest her head on her shoulder and enjoying the closeness. The film ran for about two hours, by which point it was mid-afternoon, still too early for the fireworks to start. Amanda looked over, and saw that Sydney was peacefully resting on her shoulder. She continued enjoying the feeling of Sydney's skin on her own... until her shoulder started getting numb. She shook her friend lightly.
"Sydneyyyy... hey, Syd."
Sydney shook her head and rubbed her eyes.
"Mmm... Sorry about that. I slept badly last night."
Amanda giggled.
"Hope you liked the movie. I mean, whatever you were awake for."
The two got up and stretched a bit.
"C'mon then, I got an idea. You mighta fallen asleep, but we still got an hour before the fireworks. You wanna go swimming?"
"Might as well," said Sydney "I mean we're dressed for it."
The two made their way out to the lower levels of the boat, where they could jump into the water below, then swam just outside the yacht.
"Whew... man, I tell ya, the heat was killing me. The water feels great." said Amanda.
"Well you know what's a great way to get cooler?" asked Sydney. She splashed her friend from behind.
"Oh! Ha ha, Sydney!" Amanda chortled, splashing back. The two women hurled small waves at each other for the better part of twenty minutes, laughing the whole time.
"Hey, race you to the other end of the boat!" said Amanda, getting a head start.
"Oh no fair!" said Sydney, trailing behind her. The two swam as quickly as possible to the other end of the boat, then darted off to get back. Midway back, Sydney let out a loud yell of pain. Amanda stopped and turned around.
"Sydney? What's wrong?"
