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“Hey, heads up!”
Catra squeaks as she is splashed with water as Scorpia dives into the pool. Drenched and irritated, she attempts to flick the water droplets out of her eyes as she can hear laughter around her. So much for lazing around poolside.
“Good form, Scorpia!” Entrapta calls from the shallow end, where she is currently testing out her new prototype submarines. Much bigger and larger and more waterproof from the last type, Entrapta had informed Catra.
“Yeah, yeah,” Catra grumbles, standing up to walk over to the lawn chairs Scorpia’s moms had laid out for them. She grabs her towel off of one of them and wraps it around her shoulders shivering.
“What’s the point in coming to the pool if you don’t want to swim?” Scorpia calls over to Catra, from where she has resurfaced down in the middle of the pool.
“Haven’t you ever heard of suntanning?” Catra tries lamely, and Scorpia just tilts her head back and laughs.
“Catra!”
Catra can’t help but perk up at the sound of her name. She turns around to see Adora walking through the wooden gate to Scorpia’s backyard, two tall glasses of ice water in each hand. Adora smiles at her, and quickens her pace to go stand next to Catra.
“Thanks,” Catra says, taking a glass form Adora. Her girlfriend smiles, and leans in to press a kiss to Catra’s shoulder.
Girlfriend. The word still makes Catra giddy.
The start of the new semester was fast approaching, the August skies preparing to turn to September. Catra welcomes the new season and she and Adora continue to explore this new relationship with each other together. New, exciting, and tumultuous at times, being with Adora for these past few weeks has made Catra feel so whole. Delighted with her friend’s happiness, Scorpia had suggested that they should all get together for one more pool party before being dragged back to their studies. Of course, Catra obliged.
“Hey, why are you drenched?” Adora asks, poking at Catra’s cheek.
Catra rolls her eyes in reply, swatting Adora’s hand away playfully.“Take a wild guess.”
Adora laughs that wild laugh that Catra loves so much, and sits her down on the lawn chair. Aodra settles down next to Catra, wrapping her arms around her and resting her chin on Catra’s shoulder. Catra shivers slightly at the feeling of the touch of Adora’s touch, but enjoys it nonetheless. She leans back into her. If she was a cat, she’s most certainly be purring.
“Get a room you two!” Scorpia calls over to them, getting a splashed by Entrapta in reply.
Adora looks at Catra. “Should we stick our tongues out at her?”
Ever the mature, Catra does exactly that, with Adora following suit. Scorpia laughs, causing Adora and Catra to crack up in return.
Leaning back into Adora, Catra sighs. “I’ll miss our drives to school everyday.”
“Me too,” Adora says, squeezing Catra tighter. Catra loves the feeling of Adora’s strong arms around her.
“Promise me you won’t forget about me at Bright Moon?” Catra teases. Adora only holds her tighter.
“I’m going to make this all up to you,” Adora says. “I promise.”
Catra smiles, turning her head to lean in closer into Aodra’s neck and breathing in the vanilla-scent of the other girl’s shampoo. The steady rise and fall of Adora’s chest against her back as she breathes calms her.
“Thank you,” Catra says.