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Post by Cleo Saintclair on May 17, 2020 10:55:21 GMT
[For Cleo Saintclair, River Hughes, & Lainey Yurkovich - On the flight to Santorini]
With Val gone now, it was just the three of the girls on the first flight to Santorini. The girls had done some extra bonding the night before at their sleepover that had been set up specifically because they had been excluded from the original one. Cleo was really glad to be with River and Lainey now.
At some point during the flight they had converged together, sending the boys away, and all sat in very roomy first class seats that made it easy for the three of them to sit together in an area that held only two seats. They had simply laid back one of the seats into it's bed position and voila! Extra seating!
Cleo sighed contentedly. "Wow, what an insane day!" She said to the girls. "I can't believe the reveal was only this morning! It feels like it was days ago." She said with a little laugh.
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Post by Lainey Yurkovich on May 17, 2020 18:16:01 GMT
Lainey sipped her soda and nodded in agreement with Cleo. Happy to have the two girls she'd gotten so close with here. "I know right!? And now we're going to Santorini Greece. This is nuts." She exclaimed. She was curled up in her pineapple blanket that Dean had given her on their second date.
She set the soda down in the cup holder that the seats had and then eyeballed Cleo and River."Are you guys excited for your alone time with Penn and Alex?" She asked.
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Post by River Hughes on May 17, 2020 23:55:18 GMT
River nodded along with the girls--this whole experiment had felt like a lifetime of difference between who she was when she walked in, but she didn't really know how to add anything of value to that remark, so she just stayed quiet. She sipped her ginger ale and rubbed her ears, which still hurt from the altitude.
Lainey's remark got her attention, though, and she tried to give Lainey a stern look, but wound up giggling instead. "Are you implying what I think you're implying, Ms. Yurkovich?" she asked in a fake-shocked voice. She turned to Cleo and raised her eyebrows. "I'm sure Cleo and I weren't thinking anything of the sort....at least...in the last 30 seconds or so..." she burst into helpless giggles and had to finish off her pop to make herself stop.
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Post by Cleo Saintclair on May 18, 2020 0:20:52 GMT
Cleo sat cross legged and at Lainey's question followed by River's remark she definitely turned a bit pink and started to giggle. She buried her face in her hands for a moment and wiggled her knees up and down. "Certainly not thinking anything like that." She teased as she removed her hands. "Honestly, yes, I'm excited. Also a little nervous..." She trailed off, blushing harder, debating on whether or not she should say this but decided she had to get it out.
"Okay, so you know how Alex got stopped at TSA? Well, um, he told me that he has, um, a certain something pierced..." She was sure her face could not be more red in this moment. "And I'm a little...scared of it hurting me..." She admitted, chewing on the inside of her lip.
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Post by Lainey Yurkovich on May 18, 2020 6:54:44 GMT
“Maaaaaybe.” Lainey waggled her eyebrows at River, before breaking out into a grin. She liked this side of River. It was nice to see her come out of her she’ll, and she had a pretty contagious laugh when she used it. Lainey couldn’t help but start to giggle along with her. She reached for her drink again, holding it in her hands, and looked at Cleo.
She tilted her head slightly, curious to what she had to say. She nodded her head as Cleo reminded them what happened in the airport and she took a drink of pop, only to begin to choke on it, as she registered what Ceo meant about Alex. “No!” She nearly sprayed Dr. Pepper but quickly covered her mouth as she had a coughing fit. When she recovered she tried desperately to keep the grin off her face. “Your kidding.” She croaked. She glanced at River and then back at Cleo. “Is it like...tip? Or b-base?” She asked. Biting her lip. Her face was turning red as well but mostly from pure willpower to not laugh at Alex for having his you know what pierced. Lainey took a moment to calm herself, seeing as this was probably something that worried Cleo. “Can he take it out?” That was her first thought to solve the issue. She glanced at River to see what she thought.
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Post by River Hughes on May 18, 2020 22:36:37 GMT
River had just been smiling a little blankly at Cleo as she tried to puzzle out what on Earth she was saying, but once she figured it out, her hands flew to her mouth and she stared at the younger girl with wide eyes. She hadn't even known you could pierce that. Her cheeks heated quickly as her brain unhelpfully supplied several possible ways that might work.
"W-well, they wouldn't let you do it if it was dangerous, right? Like the actual parlor...I mean, um..." she managed to answer, although it came out as almost a squeak. "And Alex wouldn't make you do anything unpleasant, he seems too nice for that...A-at least I think so..."
Goodness, River had just been worried about the basics, and Cleo was dealing with a much stranger issue. Perhaps she ought to count her blessings...
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Post by Cleo Saintclair on May 18, 2020 22:54:06 GMT
Cleo buried her face in her hands for a moment with a little embarrassed laugh and then peeked over her fingers at the girls and laughed again. The whole thing felt so ridiculous to talk about.
"I don't actually know where it is." She admitted. "I didn't ask." She giggled again, her face bright red. A week ago she would have never imagined having this conversation. "I mean, he said it's supposed to...make it better...supposedly." She couldn't stop giggling, half with amusement and half with pure nerves.
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Post by Lainey Yurkovich on May 19, 2020 0:55:56 GMT
Lainey finally let her laughter out, and she nearly keeled over. She didn't know if she could look Alex in the face again without laughing and knowing he had a...ya know... She quickly recovered and pulled her legs up under her. "Well, I'm gonna need details after. I gotta know now." She laughed.
She let her laughter die off and then looked between the two of them. "Can I uh...ask how you guys feel about...Like, what are your feelings on doing it?" She asked. Her face turning a bit red. "I'm gonna confess because I trust you two, but not gonna lie, I'm a weeeee bit scared, and like...I dunno. I've only done it one time, and Dean's well...experienced. So I'm worried I won't be like...up to his standards." She brought her hands up to hide her face, before she peeked between her fingers at them.
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Post by River Hughes on May 19, 2020 1:15:32 GMT
"Um, yes, definitely need to know. I'm sorry but...it's for science." She agreed when Lainey said they needed a report afterward. It was kind of weird having a group of friends that actually wanted her around, but she liked it. She was having fun, and she felt like she could actually say some of the goofy things that popped into her head around these two.
River gave Lainey a panicked look when she changed the topic, and her blush returned full force as well as a serious twinge in her chest. She was mostly looking forward to it, but boy did she share Lainey's worries. "At least you have experience at all! I have no idea what I'm doing," she confessed. "Penn was almost engaged before, so I'm pretty sure he and his ex...You know. But I've only ever even gotten close once with my ex, and he pretty much forced himself on me." She looked away as she admitted even that much and stuck her necklace in her mouth. "I have no idea how to deal with actually wanting to do that kind of thing," she added with a nervous laugh.
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Post by Cleo Saintclair on May 19, 2020 2:18:52 GMT
Cleo started laughing too. "I'll definitely let you know how it goes." She was a having a great time with River and Lainey and definitely hoped to see them more after the show was done too.
As the conversation changed she listened thoughtfully. "It's definitely not something I take lightly. I haven't done anything since my ex and that was a couple of years ago. Even without my other worry, I still feel a little nervous. Also excited. Mostly excited I think...but ya, it's a big deal and I don't want to disappoint. Alex is definitely really interesting to look at it, sometimes I wonder if I'm too...plain for him." She bit her lip and shrugged a little.
"I mean, I have to imagine, or hope at least, that even though this is a new step, that we've built strong connections with these guys and sex is about more than the sex, it's a deep emotional connection and so hopefully it all just...falls into place?" She said thoughtfully.
"How did your guys' reveal go!?" She asked as the thought crossed her mind.
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