Project: Sunshine

21- In a Pickle

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Lana yawned, stretching her arms as she sat up. She lay there for a moment before she shot up when she could feel someone beside her. She looked down, her eyes were met with Nova's sleeping body, her hair spread all across her face.

She smiled, brushing the hair out of the girl's face. There was a knock on the door before it opened.

"Nova are you- oh!" Jaleigha cut herself off when she saw Lana, Lana's eyes widened. This looked a little odd, Lana didn't sleep with a shirt on. She didn't bring any extra clothes and didn't want to sleep in what she wore. "Oh~" Jaleigha smirked.

"Uh- it's not what it looks like!" Lana didn't get out of the bed, she was only in her undergarments. "Um... Look, she's fully clothed!"

"Hm... Okay~" Jaleigha snickered as she left the room, Lana sighed, dropping her head onto her hands.

    God dammit.

"Mf... Where are your clothes?" Lana looked down, and Nova slowly moved. "We didn't- do that, right!?" Nova shot up, eyes wide.

"No... You passed out pretty quickly." Lana looked down, at her hands which squeezed each other.

"Oh... Good." Nova dropped her shoulder as she sighed. "It's not that there's something wrong with you! I um-"

Lana put a hand over Nova's mouth, laughing slightly as her shoulders shook. "It's okay, I get it." She slowly removed her hand, the other's mouth was open slightly, shocked by Lana's actions.

"I wouldn't... Have been against it." Nova muttered, Lana stopped laughing almost immediately.

"I... Thought it was going there but you..."

"Relapsed."

"Yeah." Lana glanced away, looking to the door. "I won't tell them."

"Thanks." Nova moved forward, wrapping her arms around Lana's waist and hugging her from behind. "Thank you for staying."

"You needed someone."

"And you kept me warm." Lana hummed in response, Nova put her forehead into Lana's shoulder. She had urges and thoughts. Her arms wrapped around Lana's bare waist.

She slowly moved one of her hands down, "Nova..." The tips of Nova's fingers touched the edge of the lace, she likes to feel fancy.

"What are... Why?" Lana didn't move, she leaned back against Nova as the other hand pushed under them. "Are you okay?"

"I'm great."

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Stella gasped as her face hit the surface, she thanked the gods she could swim. But the harsh waves kept knocking her back under.

"St-"

"El-"

"La!" Angel yelled, diving under the waves. She was a good swimmer and managed to grab onto Stella before the girl drowned.

"Guys!" Toxin yelled as Stella blinked the salt water out of her eyes. Angel swam with an arm around Stella towards Toxin, "There's a bit of land we can get to." Toxin pointed over to the side of the giant cliff the bridge above attached to.

Damn, this island.

Stella pushed away from Angel to swim on her own, her arms and legs felt tired but she pushed on. Fighting against the rough waves didn't help with the fact they were tired from fighting.