"Don't be so shy Alice." Hecate said with a soft hum as she held on to the little boat that Tanya was sitting in. The red head was still pulling on her bikini, she didn't feel very comfortable as she still had the idea people could see her pregnant-body. Of course after two months she had trained most off, as she had done that way too heavily but still, she forgot that part and felt that she didn't recognize her own body and that it looked disasterous in a bikini. This was the first time she and Hecate would do anything together, that was not counting the twins. Which was a first time as well, mostly they stayed indoors and as Alice had finally got her hands on the right stroller and wanted to do something, they had decided to go on a short shopping trip to buy anything the twins would need for a little swimming pool moment.

Leaving Jupiter alone with Ceres, teaching her, her magic as well language was a hard job on the young man. But now Hecate and Alice sat crosslegged in the shallow water to have fun with the twins. Anton seemed to be a bit scared and clung to his mother while Tanya seemed to have the most fun with Hecate. Perhaps it had to do with Alice being unsure about herself that her son felt it, while her daughter was with Hecate. The ice companion seemed to do well in her own bathingsuit, which Alice would rather wear but Hecate would never let go. She was used to her fur, perhaps she felt a bit insecure herself but the blue haired lady wouldn't even show Alice.

It was a miracle how the four of them had arrived here without much of a drop, but than again, holding on to two babies and trying to change clothing as well as fix all the floating savety cushions and what not for the two gave them a lot of time before they were finally in the pool. Leaving out the fidgeting Alice had done before they were finally in the little baby bath and she had not stopped much before that. The flash was thank god not seen by the twins but Anton seemed to have noticed the sound of the thunder and wanted to almost cry, but finally the young mother let go of what she looked liked and started to talk to her little boy and made sure he wouldn't give a concert full of wailing sounds, she didn't want to disturb the rest of the pool. Not that there were too many people but still, it was an issue in that case that she didn't want to have. Thank god her children seemed to never be the most difficult once, they cried softly when hunger or in need of anything else and simply were more looking for her attention or Hecate's. Anton was now pulling on one of her hair locks and she absolutely didn't mind. Tanya seemed to be having more fun with Hecate and Alice couldn't help but smile now that the unsetteling feeling had been gone.

She looked up when she heard her name, the familiar way of speech could remind her of only one person and she stared at her future bridesmaid, "Alisa, so nice to see you again." She had to make sure to keep half an eye on Anton before anything would go wrong but it was not impossible to talk to her friend. "The weather surely surprised me. I didn't even notice it that much when I arrived here." She said with a little worried frown. How long would her children hold on in the swimming pool.

It was a shame that Jupiter wasn´t here but last time Alice met Alisa she had been alone, she smiled at her friend as she held her son close to her while Tanya seemed to be having a lot of fun with Hecate who had given a short greeting before focussing again on the girl of the twins. Alice her eyes looked shortly at Lumen and frowned a little, she didn't know but it seemed the companion was different, "Have you met Hecate as a human already?" because as far as Alice remembered, Hecate was left out of the herb adventure with Lumen and Jupiter, which had made her a grumpy little lady for a couple of days and very angry at Jupiter.

As they talked about the weather, that didn't seem to bother her baby girl, while it was her baby boy, perhaps because she was a little stressed, that did notice it, she looked at the jacket that Alisa nodded at, "It might have taken a while before I got comfortable with wearing revealing clothing again and to wiggle those two into all the floating armours so they won't be able to drown." Another reason to strictly hold on to Anton who seemed to relax a little now Alice visible did so as well simply by talking to a friend.

Thanks to the compliment that Alisa gave her, Alice couldn't help but form a soft pink blush on her pale cheeks, "Funny you say that.." she mumbled, Hecate gave her a sharp look as she sighed and shook her long aqua hair away and looked at Lumen while splashing Tanya a little to the sound of the baby girl her giggles, "I think I'm still not back in shape and that's bad to say I know because I have trained too hard according to the doctors." another reason she was swimming as well, she might have stood up too quickly, walked too quickly and slept too less and had not given her body enough time to restore. She surely had enough pain with that.

While Alice realized that Alisa had not met Hecate as a human, she pointed it out, Hecate looked up again and gave a bright smile to Alisa, to show she was doing perfectly fine now that she was human. "I found a new companion while I was shortly away on a travel for answers. Jupiter is with her now, it seems she is his cousin and well Hecate and I decided to go for a swim." Mostly Hecate, wanting to do something active and she well... Alice tried to forget her own thoughts about how she thought she looked in her swim gear. But Alisa said she looked fine, so she was fine.. if only that way of convincing worked but she tried very hard to believe it. Which seemed to be visible on her face as she replied and Alisa seemed to boost her ego again a little, "Thank you, I'm glad to hear that to be honest." For some reason, wait let's simply not go there. She was no longer feeling as if she was an elephant with carrying two children and she was rather good in shape, it was also trying to fit into a wedding dress that might have given her the pressure.

She turned her eyes towards her son as Alisa greeted him and he seemed to be first at all a bit surprised, of course he wouldn't remember Alisa but soon enough he started to laugh at her and it felt some sort of a relieve, she looked shortly at Tanya who seemed to hold her little legs up to Lumen, very interesting in her new friend. Tanya seemed to be more daring but Anton was a bit holding aback before anything yet, who knew what the future would hold. She turned her gaze back on Alisa shortly as she explained what happened and nodded with a short giggle, "That surely would make things a lot easier. I try to at least go outside every day for a short walk when they are asleep but at this point I still feel guilty when I'm not around them." Her baby boy gave a short giggle when Alisa petted him, "Glad he likes you." Alice said with a soft laugh, they barely had seen other people but their parents and her companions. She was so afraid of her sister and the hidden meaning behind that one Rune Knights that she had no idea how else to protect them. Perhaps her instinct had told her off the storm and that not many people would be here in the swimming pool.

She also remembered an summer ice skating moment, where she and Alisa had been alone and a lonely early morning tennis match. They seemed to think in a same manner bumping into each other in the most vacant places. It made her laugh, close her eyes and shake her head a little before turning back to open her eyes and see what was going on.

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Perhaps she was good at finding them but to be fair they actually found her. Alice still had to have the conversation with her companions to ask if they planned to stay with her for well for as long as was possible or if it would be a wait before they left again. The distressed feeling was a bit gone because Jupiter has asked her if Ceres could stay but still, anxiety spoke higher than normal sense. Alice was glad the pool was rather quiet and that one of her best friends was here and seemed to be enjoying spendinh time with the four of them. Because she enjoyed it rather well herself.

It made her want to bring out the kids more often. Be proud and not constantly afraid. With her companions she was sure she would be able to protect them and she was especially sure if Konstantin was there too. But right now there was no time to think so negative it was nice to spend a day with Alisa and Lumen. Once the storm was over and time to leave it was a bit of a struggle with two babies but she managed easily with Hecate and hoped to see Alisa soon again. Time would tell but she was sure of it.


Exit.