Ethereal Love

Two Pieces

Ricky tugged on her hand before dropping it awkwardly, and then gestured for her to follow him as he started down the path that lead towards the dock, but she stayed still, staring at him as he walked ahead.

"Nini, come on." He said. She looked up, brow furrowed.

"Why?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why are you being nice to me? Why did you pick me up? Why don't you hate me? I treat you like shit because of my reputation. I barely even know who I am anymore." She muttered. He sighed softly, approaching her and laying a hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

"I know you're confused, and you're upset, so I don't want to say anything right now because what I have to tell you is something you'll need a clear head to process. But trust me, come jump in the lake with me and you'll feel so much better." He said. Nini deliberated for a moment, but she wanted to know what Ricky wanted to tell her, so she conceded.

"Alright." Ricky beamed, reaching to grab her hand again then thinking better of it. She followed him down the path.

Ricky sped up a little as he reached the dock, laughing gleefully as he cannon balled into the refreshing water, splashing about like a five-year-old. Nini laughed, unable to help herself. He looked so young and carefree.

After a minute or two he seemed to realize that Nini wasn't in the water with him and turned around to look at her, frowning.

"Are you coming in?" he asked, pouting a little.

"I don't know..."

"Come on, Nini, I promise you'll feel better." He said. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath in and nodded. She was in a foul mood and couldn't see herself having any fun, but Ricky looked so cute, like a little puppy dog, and Nini couldn't say no.

"Fine, hang on, let me take off my shoes." She bent down; tugging on the laces and jogging a little further up to leave her converse under a little boulder in case it started raining again. Then she rolled up her jeans to just above the knee, so that they wouldn't get too wet.

She then made her way back over towards the end of the dock where Ricky had swam up to, waiting for her. His head cocked to the side as he watched her approach the edge of the dock and sit down. She was just gonna stick her feet in the water, but Ricky wasnt having any of that. He waited until she was lost in thought again before grabbing her wrist and gently dragging her off the dock and into the water.

"Ricky! What the hell?! This is a $600 shirt!" She yelled at the boy. Ricky grimaced. "It's just water, Nini. It'll dry." He told her. She sighed and grabbed the hem to yank it up so she could throw it on the dock. Ricky raised an eyebrow.

"What're you doing?" he asked.

"Drying it, like you so kindly advised." She shrugged. He laughed, rolling his eyes.

Ricky couldn't help but glance at her chest and he subconsciously licked his lips.  She was wearing a particularly nice bra... not lingerie, just a regular push-up bra. It was pink with black stripes and had a cute little cat on the right cup with a bow and tiny little bell in the middle. It was gonna take everything in him to keep his eyes on her face, and not her boobs. "My eyes are up here, Bowen." She said, matter-of-factly, crossing her arms over her chest. So much for being a gentleman, he thought.

"Sorry, but you're just so beautiful." He replied. She blushed. "Are you gonna take your jeans off too?" Ricky asked her. "Um... I don't know if that's a good idea," she said as she treaded the water.

"Why? It's not like I haven't seen you in a just bra and underwear before... hell, I've seen you naked. What's the point hiding from me? Besides, you wear bikinis to the beach. How is that any different?" she shrugged, realizing that he had a point. Without further deliberation, she shimmied her way out of her wet jeans. Ricky's breath hitched, but she'd already turned and started swimming towards the dock so she could lay her jeans out with the rest of her stuff. Ricky turned around, shaking his head. He hadn't expected to react like that...but then again, he hadn't really expected Nini to actually take off her pants.

"Ricky?" he jumped as her voice shocked him out of his daydream.

"I like cats!" he blurted, whirling around to face her. She frowned in confusion but shrugged it off.

"Okay... c'mon, are we just gonna stand in the water or are we gonna have some fun?" she asked, stepping back a little and smirking playfully. Ricky opened his mouth to respond but then his breath caught as he stared at her. Nini followed his gaze, blushing as she realized why he was acting strange. Since she took off her jeans, she was clad in just her bra and matching panties. They were pink and black, like the bra, but rather than a picture of a cat they had the word 'Purr-fect' written in cursive script. She blushed madly, suddenly shy. Ricky finally regained his composure and smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry, I was just..."

"Admiring the view?" she wasn't sure where that had come from. "Sweet", innocent Nina Salazar-Roberts would never have said anything like that. Then again, "sweet", innocent Nina Salazar-Roberts also would never have had sex with Ricky Bowen and be stood here with him right now, in the lake, in just her underwear.

"Yeah... yeah, I guess I was."

"Hmm... it is a pretty nice view, if I do say so myself."

"Yeah, it is. Very sexy."

"I wouldn't go that far..."

"Oh, trust me; you're the sexiest thing I've seen in a while."

"You want sexy? I'll give you sexy..." Ricky was shocked at her sudden boldness but decided to play along, desperate to see where this was going. He was glad he was wearing sweatpants, even though they were weighed down with water. If he'd been wearing jeans, they would be feeling particularly tight right about now...
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I'm making this a two-parter. I also felt like this chapter was all over the place.

Just to clear something up: they're able to stand in the water because they're standing in like a 4ft area and Nini is 5'5 and Ricky is 5'8. They jumped off the dock and then swam to where they could stand up. Hope that makes sense lmao.