SEEK And Find

Chapter 29

Warning: brief nudity, again. Plus another cliffhanger, I'm sorry!

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Elsa wasn't in the SEEK House. Not that Anna was expecting things to be that easy, given that half an hour had passed between letting her go and chasing after her, but she had held out hope before checking all the rooms — including the upstairs deck, just in case history was going to repeat itself. No luck.

However, from up there she could just barely spot the well-tanned ankles of Esmé sticking out from the end of a chaise lounge by the pool. Rushing downstairs, she dashed out the back door.

"Esmé! Have you seen... ass."

The end of that was something of a Freudian slip, being that she had stumbled out there to discover the pop star sunbathing in the nude. While it was lucky that she was lying face-down, it still presented quite the appealing sight, she had to admit.

"I have," Esmé said in a sleepy-yet-amused tone. "Lots of ass. Have you?"

"Uhh... yeah, I'm, um... seeing it now." She felt as if she should look away, but she couldn't; it was right out there, two round hemispheres of bronzed flesh catching the sunlight due to the sheen of sunblock coating them. Round, and full, and perfect.

"That a problem?" When Anna didn't answer right away, she chuckled. "You're a little too gay for me to do this while we're both in the same house, huh?"

After a few seconds of indecision, Anna grunted, "Yeah," having no real way to refute the claim.

"Oh?" Though she didn't react much, she did turn her head and raise her sunglasses up to look at the poor, conflicted girl. "Wow, I didn't expect you to admit it so easily. Good for you; Pride forever. But I still need my tan, so we'll have to work out some kind of warning system. Maybe I'll hang my bathing suit on the doorknob..."

"On the... wait, you don't mind me looking?"

"Why should I? My booty is incredible. And it's not like you're some 'bro' or rabid fan, feeling all entitled to see it. Grope it without my permission."

Not entitled, per se, Anna thought guiltily. Just tempted... But she shook her head out, ridding herself of a few ridiculous fantasies that had begun to play themselves out mentally. She was going to be as bad as Rapunzel if she kept that up!

"Never. Y-your body is your body, period."

"Glad we have that settled." Then she flexed it, and Anna let out a tiny yip. "But you're invited to cop a feel if you want. First one's free."

"Really? Wow, thanks..." She had taken a step forward, hand outstretched, when she shook herself again, standing ramrod-straight. "NO! No, w-we have to find Elsa; butt-grabbing can wait!"

Esmé was still chuckling with a wide grin as she said, "Aww, no fun. Just wanted to see what you'd do. Anyway, why do we have to find Elsa? Is she lost?"

"Not exactly; I just have no idea where she is." When Esmé only blinked at her, she sighed. "Yeah, she's lost."

"Well, I heard the car drive away, so she's somewhere there's roads, I'm sure." When she began to roll over, Anna whipped her head around to stare determinedly into the blue pool water. The generous glimpse of her back had been too much already! "Did she say anything about where she might go?"

"N-no, she didn't. Just that she had to go." She could hear rustling but refused to let her curiosity get the best of her. "Do you have any ideas?"

"Well, one or two. First, you should probably text her; at least see if she answers. If not, we can get a cab and look around some places. It's a big island, but it's still only an island."