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"Come on get in the water with me." The girl sighs while she puts her arms around her best friends shoulders. She peaks over him to see his attention on a paper of musical notes while he scratches a part to write something new down.
"I'm not finished yet. Smettila di infastidirmi." Stop bothering me. He says and swats with his hands at her so she lets go of him.
She rolls her eyes and lets go off him putting her hair up so she can get in the pool.
Her and Elio's mom are a few feet away picking the fresh peaches of the trees which means she really has to get into the water alone.
She shoots Elio a last look before she turns her back on him walking over to the small pool to swim a few rounds.
Elio stops writing for a second and watches her get into the water elegantly. She dives under the water and he's fascinated with how easily she moves through the water and he notices it again.
He notices that something changed this summer between them but he can't make out when or why.
After Oliver left two years ago Elio felt like he would never heal again and he still loves him he probably always will. But being so close to his best friend physically and mentally made him see her differently.
She is attractive there is no doubt but every summer they came to Italy she denied any male or female attention and he never understood why.
Little did he know she felt the change between them too, for much longer than him.
When she gets back out of the water he quickly looks back down at his notes and tries to look focused while she moves past him her wet hand grazing his shoulder lightly.
She lays down in the sun to let the heat dry her skin while she hears Elio's leg bounce up and down repeatedly.
"Tricky part?" She asks him her eyes stay closed while his head flies in her direction, his leg stops bouncing.
"What?" He asks confused because he was distracted with trying to not look at her. But he couldn't deny that his eyes grazed over her skin watching the small water droplets stick to her skin and reflect the light in beautiful colors.
Her hair was darker at the ends due to them getting wet and he feels tempted to let his fingers stroke through her delicate her. He knows it's soft he felt it many times when they were hugging or she was walking past, it was beautiful when the wind stroked her hair making the soft scent fly over him, bewitching him with it.
"Your leg is bouncing, that means you don't know how to change the part so it fits perfectly." He stares at her and says nothing until she opens her eyes and smiles lightly.
"It doesn't need to be perfect Elio, relax a bit." She tells him and he nods before turning back around to look at his papers. She sighs and closes her eyes again and dozes off until the sun moves from the middle towards the end of the sky where it kisses the land.
Her skin has gotten dry by the heat of the sun, while it flushed with rosy color the light orange freckles standing out on her cheeks and shoulders.
Elio's and hers mother already moved inside the house to get some juice ready for dinner and Elio was so restless that he stopped changing the notes and got rid of his shirt to get into the pool.
In the meanwhile the water got lukewarm making Elio sigh when he gets inside the warmth loosing up his tense msucles. He swims a few rounds before he settles on just floating in the water enjoying the last sun rays on his skin.
This is how every summer here goes, lazyness, music and food.
"La cena è quasi pronta per uscire presto dall'acqua." Dinner is almost ready make sure to come out of the water soon. His mom steps out of the house and calls for them but just in that moment he dives under the water so he can't hear her.
The voice of his mother waked her up making her sit up and call back.
"Alright I'm just going to take a last swim."
"Take your time honey." Elio's mom calls back contradicting herself but when it came to her she lets her go through a lot. Mrs. Perlman disappears back into the house while she gets up and walks over to the pool.
"Elio." She calls his name while she tries to make out his body under the water. She sighs and slowly gets in as well goosebumps rising on her skin due to the warm temperature of the water.
Just when she gets in the water Elio's face breaks through the surface his dark curls hanging in his eyes, making her chuckle.
"Dinner is almost ready." She mumbles quietly while she sighs at the relaxation and leans against the edge of the pool closing her eyes.
She can hear her best friend moving through the water, light splashes sounding around her but she is to tired to open her eyes.
"Sometimes it feels like a dream." She says quietly and opens her eyes to see Elio swimming close to her his green eyes staying on her face delicately.
"Maybe it is." He says and he doesn't know what exactly changes but something moves in the air.
Maybe it's the way the last sun rays shine in his best friends eyes or the way the water reflects on her skin beautifully. Whatever it is he knows he can't ignore it anymore.
She tilts her head at him trying to understand his words while he swims a bit closer.
"How? How could it be a dream when it feels so real?"
"It can be whatever you want it to be." Elio says swimming just a few inches in front of her and she wonders if he's talking about the same thing she's thinking off.
She pushes herself slowly off the edge and lets her hands travel over his shoulders making his mouth open slightly before she winds her arms around his neck.
"What if I want it to be something I can't have?" She whispers slowly her breath grazing his lips while his hands move to her waist.
This is nothing new. They were best friends and never afraid to hug each other or touch in a friend way. But it felt completely different.
"You can have it. Everything of it." Elio says and with a last look on her lips she moves forwards and presses her lips to his ignoring her fear or hesitation.
Elio responses with the same intensity she does and he moves them back against the edge of the pool while she sighs relieved opening her mouth to graze his tongue with hers.
His hips push against hers slightly while her hands move into his wet her tangling her fingers between his curls while the sun kisses the couple with its last rays.
There is no space for air or water between their bodies as their pushed together as close as possible, their hands wandering with new found interest and desire to touch as much as they can.
She hooks her fingers under his necklace playing with it lightly while her lips travel from his mouth over his jaw and down his neck making a soft moan appear from his opened mouth.
"I can't believe.." he starts but needs to take a ragged breath when her lips graze just the right spot underneath his ear.
"Non ti chiamerò più. La cena è pronta!" This time it's her moms voice and she immediately lets her hands fall from her best friends neck.
I'm not going to call you again. Dinners ready!
She stares right into the green eyes that make her feel so restless these last months and realizes what just happened between them.
I don't speak Italian so the sentences might be wrong ✌🏼
