Kara sat at the edge of the pier and swung her legs to and fro through the clear waters. She watched the summer sun fade, its bright colours drained into the lapping ocean waves. She loved being cocooned in this tropical heat during her holidays. She held the glass bottle of her coke against her chest, letting the condensation seep onto her skin.

She cracked open the twist top with a hiss.

"That smells rancid." A voice too melodic to be saying such words sounded below.

Kara nearly spilled the drink onto herself.

"It's too sharp." The voice said again.

Kara peered over the edge of the wooden boards, her hair falling into the waters. "Hello?"

A face glowing of moonshine crested through the water. "Hello."

"Wow." Kara gasped, the woman's eyes were midnight green, though the dark shade shined with a iridescent shimmer.

The woman giggled, it was a sound to match the finest instruments.

Kara hadn't expected anyone to be in this area. The trip over to this natural rocky curve into the ocean was heavily forested which kept the causal tourists from coming.

She knew all the locals and had never met this woman before.

She would've remember.

The woman smiled, her teeth pearl white within her dark dark lips.

Kara definitely would've remember.

"I'm Kara."

The woman laughed again and came closer. "A pleasure to meet you, I'm Lena."

They stayed in proximity to one another, but Lena's impish smile kept Kara's words at bay and her tongue tied.

"Would you accompany me for a swim?" The sun had all but gone from the sky at this point which made it hard to discern the woman's expression, her voice had changed, becoming even more musical.

"Oh, yes," Kara in her haste to join jumped up to kick off her shorts, "I'm a good swimmer!"

Lena made her way to the front of the pier just in time to grasp the bottle of coke that nearly spilt into the ocean. "Careful!"

"Sorry!" Kara knelt down to steady the drink and grazed her fingers against Lena's. "You're so cold, maybe you'll want to come up for a bit? I'm staying with relatives and dinner will be starting soon… do you have dietary restrictions I could go grab whatever you liked."

"How accommodating." Lena smiled, but quirked her brow. "Though I rather you fulfil my first request before offering me more of your services?"