The Stranger on the Train

Chapter 28: Lotion and water guns

Pov y/n

I look over at Rose to see her laying there with closed eyes, her chest raising evenly and I chuckle at how fast she fell asleep. Playing in the pool must have tired her out a lot.

"Thank you for applying the lotion onto her, even though she was a little fuzzy." Scarlett says, seeing me watching Rose.
I turn around to look at the beautiful woman and smile.

"Of course. You were making sandwiches and I wanted to help get Rose ready for her nap. She seemed exhausted and therefore was fuzzy, which I didn't mind. We still applied the sunscreen and it seemed like she had fun." I shrug it off and Scar smiles softly at me.

"You really have a way with her. Whenever she plays or goofs around with you, she seems so happy and carefree. I love seeing her that way and I am so, so thankful that you make her this happy." She says sweetly and I can't help it but to smile as well.

"Anytime. I love that little sunshine and she definitely has a place in my heart." I admit, seeing Scarlett's expression soften even more, her eyes starting to sparkle at my words.

"By what she told me and the looks of it, you definitely have one in hers too. And also in mine." She says and my heart soars with happiness.

I'm not sure if she only means this in a friendly way or also in a relationship kind of way but either way, it makes me incedingly happy.

"You also have one in mine." I reply and watch her eyes lighting up.

She reaches out for my hand and intertwines our fingers. My eyes meet hers and her green oceans hold so many happy emotions that I can't keep them apart.
But I don't need to identify each one because all that matters is that she is happy.

We gaze into each other's eyes for quite a while until I feel like the sun is heating up my y/h/c (your hair color) hair to cook an egg on it. I remove my gaze from Scar's and decide to join her on her chair since it's in the shadow.

She grins a little at my action. Our hands are no longer intertwined but now our legs are slightly touching and it gives me a bunch of butterflies in my stomach.

"Was the sun too hot?" Scarlett asks, her eyes sparkling as she already knows the answer. I roll my eyes playfully.

"No, I just wanted to be closer to you." I say, a grin on my lips.
It's not completely wrong, I like being close to her. The sun was still the main reason though.

"Mhm." Scarlett hums and pulls up one of her legs to turn to face me.
I turn to look at her as well.

Her body so close to mine, only inches away, makes my skin tingle in anticipation.
Scarlett lifts up a hand and takes one of my wet strains of hair between her fingers, playing with it a little. I watch her eyes observing the movements of her fingers before they look into mine. She lightly pulls on the strain before tugging it behind my ear.

"You know, you with wet hair does something to me, that I can't explain." She husks and I feel a light shiver run over my skin.

"Is that so?" I ask, equally as silent as her words before. She nods and her hands come to a rest on my knees.

"You in a bathing suit isn't really helping with that." She whispers, her eyes darting over my body and I take a sharp breath in when her eyes linger on my cleavage for a few moments.

Probably unintentionally, she licks her lips, making my head run wild with thoughts and images.

"You know, you look extremely attractive in a bikini yourself." I whisper back and her eyes snap back up to look at mine. She raises an eyebrow with a smirk.