This was actually quite difficult to wright keeping some sort of realism in the story, and even more difficult to choose a category it should be in!
I hope everyone enjoys it, I apologize if anyone thinks it should be in a different category :) have fun!
P.S: I didn't use an editor once again so I'm sure there's plenty of spelling and grammar mistakes in there for those of you who seem to enjoy good punctuation rather than the actual story line. I've been told my stories are generally easy enough to read and enjoy, so I honestly don't care if its grammatically correct, but have fun critiquing it anyways ;)
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It was a pleasantly hot summers afternoon on a weekend, and Steve was enjoying an ice cold beer whilst watching his wife Alice tend to their child.
It had been barely four weeks since they brought little Alexandria home from hospital, although it of course felt like yesterday to the couple.
Two things happened that day...
Firstly just like any other young parents, they became absolutely captivated by their offspring and secondly, it rained. In fact it absolutely POARED down from the moment they stepped inside with their newborn child as apparently mother nature had decided to unleash what might had well been a nonstop monsoon for the weeks that followed.
They of course didn't care what the weather was doing outside seeing as their attention was understandably drawn elsewhere.
While Alice was of course on maternity leave from work for the whole year, Steve had to go back to work less than a fortnight after the birth took place. As reluctant as he was to leave his wife and baby behind every day, someone had to keep the money flowing in to finance the repayments on their home loan.
Today however was the first weekend the sun had managed to poke out from behind the clouds and the two of them decided to make the most of it by hanging out under a large shade umbrella by the side of their beautiful in ground pool.
Alice, sensing his eyes on her looked up at him "Watcha thinking about hun?" she asked him.
"Oh nothing in particular babe, just about how lucky we are," he replied as he snapped out of his daze.
Although extremely hard working, the two of them really where lucky for their age. Having met each other at school, they got married less than a year after they graduated and spent the following years securing good stable jobs and saving up for a home deposit. Now both at just twenty six years old they had their first child AND where living in their very own house (although they of course now owed the bank a sizable amount of money just like any new home buyers).
They weren't necessarily rich, although you couldn't ignore the fact that they were amongst the minority of people in the same age bracket as themselves who'd been smart enough to know what they wanted from a younger age, and weren't afraid to work for it.
It wasn't until Alice fell pregnant that they decided to settle down and reap what they had sowed by spending the vast majority of what they'd saved on a home deposit. They hadn't saved nearly as much as they'd planned to but they weren't picky.
The only necessity was that the house MUST have a pool!
Although they compromised slightly on the size of the house, as long as they could look forward to a dip in the cool refreshing water after a long hot day in the scorching Australian sun, they didn't mind having a little less room inside.
Suddenly Alice's mobile rang.
"Who's that?" Steve asked her.
"Oh, it's just Skye," she replied after looking at the caller id "Hey sis what's going on?" she said into the phone.
Skye was Alice's younger sister. At 23 years old, she hadn't even begun to achieve what Steve and his wife had made for themselves. Not to say that she was lazy of course, she simply wasn't lucky enough to have met the person she wanted to marry so soon in life. As such, she still lived at home with her parents.
As Alice finished her phone conversation, Steve looked back to her "What did she want?" he asked.
"Just wanted to know if she could spend the weekend with us," Alice replied "Do you mind?"
"Nah that's fine with me," he said as he took another swig of his drink.
"Good, cause she's already on her way," she said with a cheeky grin.
"Oh I see, so I had no say in the matter?"
"I'm sorry honey, I know you wanted to finally make use of our backyard pool as a family," Alice said defensively "It's just that she wanted a weekend away from the parents. They can be a bit irritating to live with after a while as much as I love them,"
"It's ok babe, I was just joking!" he said as he grinned "I was just being silly. Besides I like your sister, she's always a good bit of fun,"
The back screen door swung open.
"Well that's always good to know! I AM fun!" said Skye as she walked towards them with a beer in her hand "Hope you don't mind, I stole one of yours Steve,"
"God! You were quick!" Alice exclaimed.
"Yeah I was already driving when I rang. I knew you couldn't say no," she said with a laugh.
"Well make yourself at home why don't ya?" said Steve.
"Don't mind if I do!" she said before pulling her shirt off and wiggling out of her shorts to reveal she was already wearing a bikini ready for the occasion.
As she laid out a towel on the deck in front of the pool, Steve couldn't help but admire her figure, if only subconsciously.
He had known her since she was a kid but seeing as they lived in the tiniest little shoe box of a house whilst saving up for their own; he had never actually seen her in swimwear.
