The Golden Trio: Sequel

Underwater Mission

ARA'S POV
When we woke up the next morning, Adam and I were still shirtless. I had at least been courteous enough to put on underwear. I got up slowly, careful to not wake him up, covering my chest.

I grabbed some clothes and headed into the bathroom, where I looked at myself long and hard. My hair was tousled, my eyes, puffy, and my body had definitely changed since just a few months ago, when we had just arrived at the academy. My build was a lot more slender, my hair had straightened out a bit...

I drew in a shaky breath. I had sex last night. It's normal for a teenager to lose their virginity--I know many, many people who have and they grew up as wonderful adults. But I was scared. I couldn't have a child. Dear god, please do not let me have a child. I had missions to take care of. My sisters.

If I got pregnant, Mr. Davenport would freak.

That's what scared me the most. I wanted to strive to impress Davenport, he'd been so gracious to me and my sisters.

I put on a bra and slipped on a shirt that was light and loose. I then put on my shorts and some rainbow converse.

Suddenly, I heard Bree scream. "Adam, oh my god!"

I ran out the door to see Adam wide-eyed in bed but not exposed.

"What's wrong? What's going on?" I asked.

"He's shirtless."

I laughed weakly. "You've seen him shirtless before, Bree. Why freak out now?"

"Because you slept with him shirtless. Didn't you?"

"We did more than--" Adam began, but I cut him off.

"Yeah, but it's not like he was naked." I glared at Adam.

Bree shuddered and went into the living room. I stopped smiling, turned around, and slapped his arm.

"Nobody needs to know that we did that last night!" I hissed.

"Fine, fine."

I won.

ONE WEEK LATER

We were all gathered at the table for breakfast whenever I heard a beeping noise from my watch. Everybody else's rang out as well and we all knew what it meant. Moments later, Davenport's hologram pulled up in the middle of the room.

"Guys, I know it's vacation, but I've just located a mass toxic waste dump at the bottom of the ocean near the edge of beach. I need all of you to head in and remove it from the waters before it starts washing up on the swimmers and infects the wildlife."

We all nodded and the hologram disappeared. Davenport sent Chase the coordinates and we rushed off to go get scuba-gear on.

Once at the beach, we secluded ourselves among some rocks and Chase informed us that the site was around four hundred feet down. He ordered Alli and Arly to stay above water, in case an emergency broke out.

I, however, was told I'd be heading under with the trio.

As preparation began, I talked to my sisters.

"God, Ara," Allison teased, "I can't wait to be an aunt."

Shock rippled through me and I blushed. "You know, don't you?"

"Know what?" Arly asked innocently, and I realized that she was at the ice cream parlor the whole time.

"I...had sex. With Adam," I admitted somewhat ashamed. But I couldn't deny the butterflies I got recalling the moments.