Welcome to Gaia! ::

Alex stepped out into the sunset. She was wrapped in her white bathrobe that was tied securely around her waist. A faint smile lingered on her lips as she neared the pool, the smell of chlorine reached her nostrils as she neared and only made the excitement within her heighten. She walked with bare feet to the same lounge chair she sat on that very morning. She untied her white robe and pulled it off her shoulders to reveal a white bikini. It was modest in its own way. It wasn't revealing, but it was still flattering. It was as simple as white bikinis could get. Alex glanced at the sky then down at the still pool where the cotton candy colors of the dusk were reflected perfectly.

There was a splash and ripples disturbed the peaceful picture painted onto the pool's surface. From the deep to the shallow swam Alex under the water. She moved gracefully enough that, coupled with the visual alteration caused by the movement of the water, it seemed that she wasn't swimming at all. It looked as if she was being propelled by some invisible force.

The cotton candy sky transformed into the signature bright reds and oranges indicative of the last rays of a sun giving way to the moon. A sucker for such beautiful natural occurences, Alex sat at the edge of the pool, her legs dipping into the shallow end. A shiver ran through her body as the near-night breeze blew against the droplets on her skin. She sat, hands gripping the edge of the pool as she watched the sun hide itself in the horizon slowly. It was a pleasant feeling to have something as reliable as the sun; to know that it will come back to warm one's shoulders and put color in one's cheeks.

Astronomical bodies were the only reliable aspects in Alex's life.

Alanna had taken a pause to watch the sun set, the colors reflecting on her tanish skin and sand blond hair. With a wistful smile she moved forward but again paused.

There sitting on the pools eage was a woman she could only discribed as a goddess. She watched the sun's last light play on the woman's skin and hair, the breeze light and cool rushing pass.

Taking a deep breath she grab a towle from a near by table and walked over to the woman sitting on the pools eage. With a small smile she spoke, holding the towle out calmly "You'll freez if you just sit there" Alanna said gently, even if she didnt know who this woman was, she could help but feel attracted.

Dante made long, clean strokes in the water as she swam. The practiced movement of an athlete, rather than of a swimmer. Sometimes it felt good to do something other than dance for her excersize.

After what seemed a long time the woman surfaced in the deep end of the pool, treading water as she pushed water from her eyes with the flat side of her hands. The lighted blue of the pool made her eyes seem, somehow, more blue than they were previously, turning their whites a pale shade to match the irises. As though she'd stepped out of a Frank Herbert novel and into a swimsuit.

Those deep blues landed on Alex and Alanna and she waved a single hand toward the shallow end of the pool, the direction they both her. Flipping onto her back, she lazily kicked her way toward that end of the pool, giving up partway and simply floating somewhere in the middleish of the water.

Too bad the apartments were so in town. It was convenient for walking and to keep her from paying obscene amounts for gas, but the sky was much more dull with so many lights from all over competeing with the sky to be seen. At the ranch, the sky would be a riot of stars already. Here, only a few brave satellites were visible around the horizon.

The professional smile gave way to a more sincere edition when her hazel eyes found Dante floating not very far from her. She had her back turned to the deep end at the moment of the wave and consequently missed it. The sincere smile remained when Alex turned around to the sound of Alanna's voice. "A pleasure, Alanna! I hope I'm able to attend to your needs." Alex laughed quietly, barely audible. There was no real reason for the laugh other than the joy of having so many new residents around her. There was the potential of finally getting what she had always wanted: a tightly knit group of friends, maybe even lovers, on whom she can lean on. A family, one could say.

Alex turned toward Dante, the water was calm around them, with only a minimal amount of ripples due to the lack of movement made by the two. She leaned back, slow and easy, and let the water lift her and have her balanced on the surface. There she floated in the opposite direction that Dante was. She smiled, silent and calm, to the sky above.

She fought against her mind which insisted on thinking about the events of the day. All the excitement, the sadness, and everything in between. She fought hard, and won when she forced herself to focus the future's potential.

Dante floated, her eyes half closed and with long lashes brushing the top curve of her cheeks. Her arms were perpendicular to her sides, helping to balance her on the surface of the water. With her eyes closed she didn't even feel Alex entering back into the water. The smell of chlorine was strong in her nose, and she knew she'd be ready to get out before too much longer.

Laying there, palms up with her fingers curled inward, had she just extended her fingers they would have brushed the tips of Alex's hands as they passed one another. It was a moment artists and photographers could have tried to emulate, but never would have been able to produce something as true and coincidental as this moment.

As though sensing a moment almot missed, Dante slipped back into the water, swimming beneath Alex and back up on the other side before she even noticed that she'd done so. For just a moment it occurred to her that this was her landlady and that she ought to be treated accordingly. And then she splashed cool water across the bare stomach of the other woman.

Before Alex could sit up though she slipped beneath the water, looking perfectly innocent as she started to float on the other side. Innocent other than the little smile playing on her lips, and the fact she was floating the opposite direction now.

Alanna took one last look at the women in the pool, finding herself blushing. Giving once last longing look to the water and to the sky she moved back to her car to get her bags, next stop, her appartment

[going to appartment 107 (i think) ]

Alanna entered the pool area and gasps at the wonderful sight of the lit pool. She stood in awe for a few moments smiling to herself. Her eyes fell onto the three other girls in the pool and she chuckled. This place was really relaxing.

Dropping her towel and removing her robe she moved to the deep end. Glancing about to make sure no one notice (she was embarrass about her slightly above average skills in swimming ) She did a near perfect swan dive into the waters.

She swam till she was about at the middle of the pool and came up for hair, brushing her blond hair out of her eyes.