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australian, farm girl, literal sunshine, surfing competitor.

“What do you mean he couldn’t make it? The three of us were meant to be going out for a nice meal to catch up with you,” Tessa grumbled. Her own boyfriend couldn’t turn up to their meal out, so she was left with just their mutual friend - her boyfriend’s best friend. The blonde sighed. “I guess that means more food for the two of us. And hey, it’ll be good to catch up, I’ve not seen you in ages and I wanna know what’s been going on with you!”

Mackenzie stopped in her tracks when Tessa asked her not to go. Her instincts were urging her to leave, but part of her knew that if she did, it’d be the first step into the direction of losing Tessa and she didn’t want that. It took her a moment to turn around, purposely avoiding eye contact. It was something she did whenever there was conflict. She learned it was safer that way, to remain in her own bubble. 

“i’m sorry.” Mackenzie muttered, trying to concentrate. The pressure on her chest was incredibly annoying, but not something new. She loved Tessa, more than she let on for sure, but she didn’t quite know it herself either. “I want you too -just please don’t push me” 

Tessa let out a loud sigh. “That’s all I needed to know, babe. I went the wrong way about trying to get it out of you. I just wanted to know that.” She shrugged and walked over to the other woman, taking both of her hands and pulling her gently back to the bed. It became so obvious to the blonde how strong her feelings for Mackenzie were when she realised she was getting dramatic over it. Tess was usually more chilled than this.

Tessa was grabbing some groceries from the local supermarket when she felt her hand reach for the same item as somebody else. Her head turned quickly to apologise to the other woman, but her words got stuck in her mouth when she recognised them. It must have been around ten years since she’d last seen Tequila, so she had to do a double take. “T?! Tarahi?” Tessa beamed, wrapped her arms around the woman in an instant. “This is crazy! I didn’t ever expect to see you again. Especially here. Both of us trying to get the last pineapple!”

Caspian smiled a bit and shook his head. “Sometimes you can get a good looking person with a great personality it’s just not that often these days.” Not that he thought he was the best looking - he knew he was decent enough though since people did still offer him their number. “Well in my case, I think I was being too subtle? At least that’s what Brandi told me. She kept kicking me every time you walked away and I didn’t get your number. Chicken fajitas that I can do, I’ve made them a dozen times back home. If that’s what you want, then that’s what you shall get.”

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T E S S A   B R O O K E S

australian, farm girl, literal sunshine, surfing competitor.