A Dip in the Pool

“Are you sure that nobody is home?” Barbie asked.

Ronan nodded. “They are gone for the day. Those potted plants shield the pool from view anyway. We run to the pool wrapped in our towels. When we get there, we can throw them on a chair and dive in.”

His roguish smile gave her the courage she needed. “Let’s go,” she cried, and took off running.

Unfortunately, her towel fell off partway across the lawn, but she ran naked the rest of the way. Ronan picked up the towel and set it on a chair before he jumped in the water with her.

They splashed and swam in the nude. Barbie giggled the whole time. Ronan felt alternately giddy and guilty. He couldn’t believe she had agreed to it.

In the end, nurture won over nature. His strict upbringing led to the utmost respect for Barbie. Although myriad other scenarios ran through his mind, when they got out of the pool, he handed her her towel, wrapped his own around his lower half, and they ran back to the house to get dressed.

The next day, Ronan’s mother said to him, “I need to talk to you.”

Ronan paled and waited for her to continue.

“You know we’ve been setting up security cameras inside the house and around the property,” she said. “We have cameras facing the back lawn and the pool…” she said.

Ronan felt nauseous.

“… that don’t seem to be working. Could you try to figure out why?”

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This is my contribution to the Unicorn Challenge. It’s an easy challenge: no more than 250 words and use the photo as a prompt.