Series-AFigureLikeThat

A Figure Like That
he stared into the clear navy, blue sky while
stretching his arms behind himself and
digging his hands into the still dry, yellow
sand. He pushed his feet into the tide until
his skinny, bare legs were drowning up to
his thighs.
“Just saying...” she continued.
“Perhaps, but I would imagine it would
become increasing boring, pretty quickly if
we did; change makes life interesting you
know? Now, I think we need to stand up
and move back closer to the cabin before
the incoming sea life starts to have cunning
plans of how to quickly colonies the unseen
naked parts of my unmentionables.”
“Maybe I like boring?” she countered,
using Jack’s shoulder to prise herself up
until the water was rising vertically above
her ankles. She stood there adjusting her
bright, red bikini while saying to him.
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