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Raquel smiled but simply shrugged. "I'm not sure what else to make or do but simply wait forthem to finish baking..." She began gathering the dirty dishes and putting them into the large washing machine, as well as wiping down the counters that were laced with flour and other messes.
"Though we ourselves are a mess... we should probably clean up." she offered, glancing back to his flour streaked face with a smile.

Raquel smiled, thinking about it. "Sounds fun to me." She concluded with a nod, puling off her fingerprinted glasses to clean them with the edge of her apron. "Shall we change and meet outside?" She asked with a c**k of her head.

Raquel's face turned bright pink as she stumbled after him, removing her shoes and slipping her own apron off. "Er- Y-yea...sure..." She stuttered to herself as she removed her own shirt and jeans, dropping them in a heap next to Damian's. She laid her glasses gently on the arm of the chair before walking fast to catch up to him. She felt a little funny wearing nothing but her black bra and white boy short underwear, but couldn't figure out why. It couldn't be any different than swimming in a swim suit. Damian just always had the power to make her stomach turn into knots at showing skin. Probably the first man to ever make her feel that way.

Raquel's face was still slightly red. "Well what's the fun of life without a little spontaneity?" She asked with a nervous c**k of her head. She took a seat on the edge of the pool near him, easing herself into the water, basically still following suite, only on a much calmer level. She slowly, easily, held her breath and brought herself underwater and back up, removing the flour and smoothing her hair back as well.
When she reemerged, she instinctively reached out for Damian's hold, still uncomfortable in water. She smiled a bit embarassed up at him, blinking the water out of her eyes.

Raquel smiled up at him, her eyes sparkling for a bit. "I love how you say that with so much meaning every single time..." She leaned up and kissed right below his ear for thanks.

In the shallow end, she felt more at ease, even being able to stand being a little deeper, as long as her feet still touched the ground. Even more so knowing Damian was there. She loved being alone with him, having the entire house to themselves. Thats when a thought struck her. "Do... do you think we'll still be like this... I mean, years from now? I-if we do decide to stay together...?" She asked, looking up to hear his thoughts on it all.

Raquel nodded, pulling away to wade a bit in the water, even going as far as leaning back on her back to look up at the ceiling of the enclosure, which was clear enough for her to see a bit of the sky. "I hope so..." She sighed softly, letting the sound of the water and noise outside take over her as she closed her eyes a moment. "...I just don't want you to get bored you know? I mean... I'm not saying you will... I just-" She furrowed her brow. She hated just prodding around for answers. If they did want this to work, she should just voice her whole concern so Damian could understand. She promised herself she would play no mind games with him. unless if course they were for jest and very small.

"Over the years I've known only men who were bored with their significant other... coming to me for a break or something different... I just don't want you to end up feeling the same..." She stood herself up to look at him, her hair dripping wet. She was just confused was all. She figured all men were like that, not knowing any others, and simply accepted it as a fact of life. She just figured thats how relationships worked. "Will you promise me, that if you do get bored... you'll at least tell me so. So that I can work on it, or ... or if you want to sleep with another woman. So that way it doesn't have to be a secret..." She looked to him with hopeful eyes, really wanting to to see things work between them at any cost. And in her mind, if that meant Damian needed a break sexually, she'd let him.. even if she wouldn't like it deep down...

Raquel's face flashed red again as he pulled away, but smiled up at him, relieved to a certain degree. "Thank you..." She leaned up to peck her lips against his. "I'll do my best to keep us from ever becoming unhappy tho..." She said with a defiant nod, kissing him once more.

Raquel giggled, splashing him back. "Yes I remember. I just need to get used to it." her eyes held a playful spark as she flicked his forehead. She was just about to dunk him, or splash him again when she stopped. "...do ... you smell something?" She cocked her head before hearing the oven timer go off. "Oh shoot the muffins!" She furrowed her brow, trying to make a dash to the stairs of the pool. "I forgot we were using a more high tech oven, They cook things much faster than older ovens." She had a look of panic as she sprung out of the water, dripping wet, making a mad dash for the kitchen.