Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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Annabeth followed behind Erinn when she put Morgan down. The water was chilly but incredibly refreshing and she knew she’d get used to it in a few moments time. She swam out slower than Erinn and kept an eye on the dogs on shore, she didn’t want them to go off and cause trouble among the few others at the beach. Suddenly, she felt a splash of water on her face. “Oh you don’t say,” she let out in a sarcastic tone and rolled her eyes but let it go. She took a page out of Erinn’s book and turned on her back to float. The waves weren’t bad at this point and the gentle rocking sensation was soothing. 

Opting to go back to treading water, Annabeth checked back on the dogs. Some were in the sand, a few were still at the water’s edge. She turned back to Erinn and splashed her girlfriend a bit. “I’m gonna head back in and listen to my iPod. You should surf and I’ll watch,” Annabeth added. It sounded like a pretty decent idea. It would be entertaining to watch and she could chill and keep a better eye on the dogs for awhile. 

Paddling around a bit more after splashing Annabeth in the face, Erinn was sightly disappointed that Annabeth didn’t rise to her bait. It was something that she was exceptionally good at, considering how Erinn could be a lot of the time. It took a special person to deal with Erinn and Annabeth knew exactly how to brush off a lot of her antics and just roll her eyes a bit, which was probably the reason they managed to work out so well together. With a huff of breath, Erinn settled for closing her eyes and just resting on her back in the icy water. She had been working out a lot more often lately and the cool water was just what her muscles needed to help soothe any lingering aches and pains they had accumulated as of late.

As a few trickles of water landed on her face, Erinn crinkled her nose up and opened her eyes to look over at Annabeth. To Erinn, that was a challenge. Despite the fact that Annabeth was just telling her that they should head in for a bit so Erinn could grab her surfboard, it was a challenge. Flipping over so that she was on her stomach, Erinn quickly swam over towards Annabeth, wrapping her arms around the girl and dunking her back into the water for a moment before pulling her back up into her arms. “You’ve got a bit of water on you, babe,” she commented goofily as she started to carry her back out to the shoreline, setting her down once they were there. “But, yeah, are you sure you’re okay with me hitting the surf for awhile?” she asked, a concerned look crossing her face for a moment as the dogs all trooped over and started to nose around at their feet, eager for more attention.

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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Annabeth shooed Wilde away and he ran off towards the water. She wasn’t concerned about him in the least, he was a good swimmer and also seemed to have an ability to keep Arthur in line. “You should, but you look hot doing most anything,” Annabeth said flirtatiously. It was true, Erinn was incredibly hot, along with beautiful and sexy and sometimes even cute. Annabeth admired the view, not the water but her girlfriend instead. 

“Let’s go in,” she said after a few moments and stood up. Somehow she already had sand on her and dusted it off. Walking around the blanket, Annabeth grabbed Erinn’s hand and they walked down to the shore and Annabeth laughed when Arthur came running as fast as he could, which wasn’t all that fast, towards them. He seemed excited for them to come into the water, just like a little kid showing off something cool to their parents. They finally were close enough that the tide came up enough to wash over their feet and ankles. Annabeth unlaced her hand from Erinn’s and leaned down to pet Morgan who had come over, his fur wet from the water. She picked him and gave him a kiss on the top of his head.

A bit of a smug grin took over Erinn’s facial expression when Annabeth complimented her. She had a bit of an ego a lot of the time, which Annabeth seemed to encourage with a lot of the things that she said. “Mm, very true. I do look pretty damn hot sometimes,” Erinn agreed, smirking a bit as Annabeth hopped up from the ground to tug her over towards the water. Letting their hands link together, Erinn followed along with a smile as she watched the dogs bounding over towards them with an eager look to them. The five dogs really were like their children and it made her smile every time she thought about the fact that they really were something of a small family.

Letting go of Annabeth’s hand once they reached the water, Erinn wandered a bit further out, delving in up to her waist before turning back around with a playful smile. Paco was paddling along next to her and she ruffled his fur for a moment before letting him go on back towards shore. Flipping up onto her back Erinn kicked her feet to paddle herself backwards before she flicked her toes, splattered water over onto Annabeth with a bemused laugh. “Your face is kind of wet,” Erinn pointed out, a goofy smile on her face as she floated in the waves on her back. She was being childish again, but that wasn’t something that came as too much of a surprise. If Erinn wasn’t doofing around when she was just hanging around, something was probably wrong.

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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“It’s not sounding old, it’s sounding reasonable.” Annabeth countered. Watching the weather or making sure one had an even tan was being responsible and mature, not old. They made their way to the sand and Annabeth placed her stuff down next to Erinn’s and let go of the dogs, keeping an eye on Arthur. Going into one of the bags, Annabeth grabbed a blanket and laid it out on the ground so her, Erinn and the dogs could lay and relax on it and avoid getting too sandy.

Before sitting down, Annabeth kicked off her flip flops and slid off her shorts before lifting her tanktop over her head and folding them neatly and placing them in her bag. She had chosen a more modest cut bikini, or as modest as one could really get. But Annabeth had seen girls wearing much less. Slipping her glasses from their place on her head, to actually covering her eyes, Annabeth sat down cross-legged on the blanket. Wilde bounded up to her and she rubbed at his fur and pressed her cheek against his furry head. “Are you actually going to surf?” Annabeth asked. She’d seen a few people do it at the beach and in movies and stuff, but she never knew anyone who actually did it.

In Erinn’s mind, sounding old and sounding reasonable were close enough to the same thing that it didn’t make any difference. Of course, that was likely just because she was slightly childish and often made rather unreasonable choices. “That’s why I love you, always the reasonable one,” Erinn commented, shaking her head slightly as she set down her things. Moving out of the way, Erinn helped Annabeth straighten out the blanket for them to sit out as the dogs scattered about the area. Some bounded down towards the water, but Taco was insistent on trampling all over their blanket. With a reproaching frown, she booted him away with her foot and the dog scampered away to play with the others instead.

With the dogs out of the way, Erinn took a moment to strip down to her bikini, tossing her shoes and her shorts into the sand near the blanket as she took them off. It was little things like that that highlighted the differences between her and Annabeth. She just threw things wherever they landed, while Annabeth took the time to fold them up and put them away properly. Not ready to sit down quite yet, Erinn stayed standing to the side, stretching out a bit as she looked out at the water. “Well, the weather is perfect, the waves are pretty damn good, I look hot surfing, I might go for it,” Erinn shrugged. She didn’t want to leave Annabeth alone on the beach, however, so for now she was content to stay in on shore and goof around in the sand.

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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The two of them loaded the dogs and supplies into the truck, the dogs causing a bit of a hassle because they did not want to stay in the back, but they eventually settled down. They seemed excited, as if they knew exactly where they were going. Annabeth hopped into the passenger’s side of the truck and buckled up. “It is super nice out. It’s supposed to be pretty nice most of this week according to the weather channel.” Annabeth informed with a nod of her head. She had watched it just last night. “I’ll make sure to wake you up at even intervals so that your tan remains even.” It would not be good if just one side of Erinn received sun, she could already see it and the complaints Erinn would probably have.

The drive to the beach was a pretty short one considering their proximity to the beach. The dogs were already excited in the back and eager to be let out, and Annabeth was pretty excited too. Getting out, she grabbed one of the bags from the back before grabbing Paco, Morgan and Arthur’s leashes. They were closest to her. Annabeth waited for Erinn by the side of the car, and when she came by her, Annabeth leaned up slightly and gave her a quick kiss. “Today will be good, yeah?” she asked. It would be nice to enjoy the sun and the water and spend time with their little family. The dogs really were like their kids.

When she had only had two dogs, it had been a whole lot easier to get them settled in the back, but she didn’t regret welcoming the other three into her family at all. Erinn was used to having lots of people around, since she’d grown up being part of a sports team, so having the extra dogs around made it feel more like home. Well, home to Erinn being the locker rooms and hotels on the road, anyway. “You sound like such an old woman sometimes,” Erinn said, chuckling slightly as she started to pull out of the driveway. To be honest, she hadn’t watched the weather channel, well, ever. That seemed like such an old person thing to do and besides, she could always just look outside to see what the weather was like. “But, thank you. I’d rather tan evenly than look like a doofus for awhile.”

Pulling into the beach, Erinn parked close to her favorite spot and hopped out. Opening up the back door, Erinn grabbed some of the bags, as well as Wilde and Taco, pulling them down out of the car and onto the ground next to her. “Calm down, boys. It’s just the beach.” The dogs had taken to eagerly running around her and she knelt down for a moment to untangle their leashes before ushering them around to the other side of the car. Stopping at the back door, Erinn let down the bed of the truck to pull out her surfboard as well. She didn’t know if she’d get to use it, but she was always prepared for the possibility. With everything in tow, Erinn circled over to Annabeth’s side of the car, grinning over at her girlfriend as she walked over. Stopping for just a moment to kiss her, Erinn gave her an eager nod. “Yeah, of course it will. You’re with me, after all,” she shrugged, smirking a bit as they carried on down to the beach. Finding a spot to settle down, Erinn tossed the bags down to the sand before letting the dogs leashes go. Obviously, making sure her surfboard was down safely on the ground was the most important thing, so she took extra care to lay it down gently.

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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Annabeth had already made the sandwiches when Erinn came in and rolled her eyes playfully at her. “Wow, so much effort,” She teases and packed everything in a small cooler. She had soda and water bottles and any drink she could really find in the refrigerator. She packed chips and a few other snacks and made sure she had water and food for the dogs as well. Their boys needed to be taken care of as well. Double checking that she had everything, Annabeth shouldered the bag and walked into the living room.

She dropped it on the floor and began to leash the dogs. With five dogs, it took more time that it probably should have, but she wasn’t going to complain. Annabeth loved them all so much. The room had a few dog toys and Annabeth grabbed a few so the dogs would have something to do aside from run and swim, and put them in the bag Erinn had ‘packed’. Annabeth quickly ran back to their room and grabbed her headphones and cellphone and decided that yes, she was all set. “Ready to do, babe?” Annabeth asked with a smile and looked towards Erinn.

Nodding seriously, Erinn wasn’t going to disagree. Obviously, there had been a lot of effort in finding the already packed up bag. “Yes, all the effort,” she commented, taking a seat on one of the chairs in the kitchen as she watched Annabeth move around and pack things up. She probably could have offered to help, but she was quite happy just watching her girlfriend busy about in the kitchen. Besides, knowing Erinn, she probably would have just ended up getting in the way and messing things up, so sometimes it was for the best that she stayed off to the side and let Annabeth take control of things. “Oh, dog food, good plan,” she noted, knowing that she probably would have completely forgotten about that.

Erinn did at least hop down to help with the dogs when Annabeth started getting their leashes on. Paco nosed over towards her, eager to get his own leash on and Erinn clipped it on, also getting Wilde’s as he sniffed at her leg. It took awhile to make sure they all had their collars and leashes on, but that was to be expected when you had as many dogs as they did. A few moments later, both the dogs and the humans were ready to go and Erinn gave Annabeth a quick grin. “Yeah, let’s get out of here,” she said, tugging on the dogs leashes as they left from the house. They probably looked like a total mess, but Erinn didn’t care. She loved having all the dogs around and it just made them feel like a real family. Loading the dogs up into the truck, Erinn got into the drivers side and waited for Ananbeth and the dogs to settle themselves in. “It’s a perfect day. I’m glad you woke me up, but don’t be surprised if I fall asleep on the beach.”

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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It really had been too long. Yes, they had some nice night around the house, but it had been awhile since they had a nice day with the dogs included. It was a hassle with them all, but this would actually be the first time they added Morgan to the group. “Oh you do. You look nothing like a coach, but that tan will cure you,” Annabeth rolled her eyes and gave Morgan one last kiss before shooing him off her lap. Following Erinn’s lead, Annabeth swung her legs over the bed. She had everything she needed here. For some reason, she decided to bring a beach bag when she last went to her apartment and was now glad she did, it would save her a lot of time.

“Prepare for me to look all red from getting burned,” Annabeth almost always got burned, but hopefully that wouldn’t happen today. Placing her feet fully on the floor, Annabeth stood up and stretched out a bit. She walked over to the drawers and rummaged through a bit before finding her bathing suit and clothes to wear. Shorts and a tank top would certainly do for the hot weather and the location. Annabeth quickly changed into her new outfit. “I’ll pack lunch if you get the other stuff,” Annabeth tempted. She figured sandwiches would be a good lunch, and she’d back lots of drinks and snacks in case they had a long day.

Frowning sightly at Annabeth’s comment, Erinn agreed with a grumpy look. She really did need to start working at making herself more coachlike. Obviously that meant she needed to tan and hit up the gym a whole lot more often than she already was. “Yeah…yeah I should be logging in way more time at the gym,” she muttered, her face turning to quite the thoughtful expression. She was probably taking it a bit too seriously, but Erinn really did want to be perfect for her job. She was very rarely insecure about anything, but this was one of the few things that truly meant something to her and doing it properly was a big deal to her. It may have just been an assistant position, but to Erinn it was the start of an entirely new life course.

“You’ll wear sunscreen,” Erinn assured her. Lots of sunscreen if Erinn could help it. Besides, she most definitely didn’t mind helping Annabeth lather it all on. With Annabeth getting herself dressed and ready, Erinn set about finding something to wear herself. She settled on a black bikini and a pair of short jean shorts. Shirts were optional, obviously, and Erinn decided against it. “Sure. I’ll get the other stuff ready,” Erinn agreed. Admittedly, she already had a bag ready with everything in it, so it wouldn’t take too long for her to juts grab the bag with all of the beach gear. Heading over to her closet, she picked up the bag and tossed two towels in with the rest of it. “Got it all ready,” she commented, a playful look on her face as she headed out to the kitchen.

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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“Will do,” Annabeth consented and kissed Erinn back lightly.  Waking up  Erinn with kisses was something she could definitely do, it was mutually beneficial after all. “Yes, do that. I’ll just skip,” she added. Luckily the school was pretty understanding when it came to absences, and Annabeth could probably write her own not considering she lived alone. There was also no doubt Annabeth was a bit lacking when it came to ambition for her studies, she actually hadn’t done her assigned home work in about two days, but she was not the only one and didn’t receive any bad marks for doing so. The teachers seemed to want the year to end just as badly as the student.

Reaching over, Annabeth grabbed Erinn’s phone off the charger and handed it to her so Erinn could make the call. Annabeth said up and patted her lap and was pleased when Morgan came from the end of the bed and curled up with her. She stroked his fur while Erinn called the school. It would be really nice to just have a day to themselves, and Annabeth hadn’t been to the beach in awhile, so that would also be nice. “I figured we could pack lunch and some stuff and head over to one of the less crowded beaches so we can bring the dogs. I might leave Arthur here though, he’s annoying out in public”

Erinn probably shouldn’t have been encouraging Annabeth to skip school, but it was the end of the year and no one ever went anyway. Not to mention, she would have been a terrible hypocrite if she said anything about it, considering she hadn’t exactly been the star student back when she had been in school. “Yeah, they probably don’t want any of the seniors there anymore anyway,” she agreed, nodding slightly as she rubbed at her eyes. Letting out a quick yawn, Erinn stretched out her arms and went through her daily routine of stretching as she dragged herself into a more wakeful state. Waking up had never been Erinn’s favorite thing, so it took her a few minutes to actually be aware of what was going on around her.

Taking the phone that Annabeth offered her, Erinn punched in a few numbers, frowning at the thing before she put it to her ear. “Yeah, this is Erinn Tymrak. Yes, ma’am. I know, I was out the other day, it’s a bad virus. Of course, yes. I’ll do that,” Erinn said, idly replying to the receptionist at the other end as she leaned over to rest her head on top of Morgan. The dog wiggled around a bit, but was otherwise happy to let her keep her head on his stomach while Annabeth pet him. Shutting off her phone a moment later, she tossed it to the end of the bed and looked up at Annabeth. “That would be fun. It’s been way too long,” Erinn agreed. Scratching once at Morgan before getting up, Erinn slid to the edge of the bed and ran her hands through her hair a bit. “Besides, I need to get my serious tan back before I start coaching. I have to look the part.”

Something cute and cheesy || Erinnabeth

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Releasing a groan, Annabeth sat up in bed and rubbed her face. She had a late night studying for some of her final exams, and then just couldn’t get to sleep for awhile. But she eventually had, and fell asleep next to Erinn and with Morgan at the foot of the bed and Arthur banished to his own little dog bed since he had a habit of hogging up space. Running her hands through her hair, Annabeth looked over and smiled warmly at Erinn who was still sleeping. Annabeth had hoped they could do something today, something nice and relaxing like going to the beach. She rested a hand on Erinn’s shoulder and shook a bit in an attempt to wake Erinn up. That was something Annabeth wasn’t fully sure how to do, she didn’t want to bother her after all.

Opting to try a different approach, Annabeth leaned over Erinn and pressed a gentle kiss to her girlfriend’s neck. “Erinn,” Her voice was soft as to not startle her. Annabeth pressed another kiss higher up, followed by another one. “Babe, wake up,” Annabeth called, her lips now at Erinn’s cheek. “I want to go to the beach, come on,” Annabeth coaxed and she was sure she saw movement from Erinn. Annabeth placed one soft kiss on Erinn’s lips before sighing and falling back on “her side” of the bed.

After a long day of working out at the gym, Erinn had fallen asleep pretty quickly once she had hit the pillows. She’d gone to bed a bit earlier than Annabeth, who had been studying for something or another the evening before, but she shifted in towards Annabeth when she felt the girl cuddling up next to her. Even when sleeping, she was still attuned to where Annabeth was and to the girl’s touch. Which, in the morning, when she felt Annabeth’s hand on her shoulder, was something that Erinn promptly ignored. She was asleep and waking up just didn’t seem like an option at that point. Annabeth could let her sleep for a bit longer, she didn’t have anywhere particularly important to go, except perhaps work. But, Erinn didn’t really care anymore. She already had her new job lined up and if she didn’t show up at Waxler sometimes, that was just fine.

As much as Erinn was enjoying her sleep, though, when Annabeth started to kiss at her neck, it was rather hard to ignore. Letting Annabeth kiss her neck a few more times before stirring slightly, Erinn waited until Annabeth kissed her lips once and laid back down before her eyes fluttered open. “Mmm, you should wake me up like that more often,” she murmured, rolling over onto her side and sliding a hand around to Annabeth’s back to pull her in towards her. Kissing the girl lightly for a moment, she pulled back with a subtle grin. “The beach sounds lovely, though. I’ll call in sick,” she said with a nod. School could go on without her, she just wanted to spend time with Annabeth. Erinn sometimes seemed to have more senioritis than some of the actual students themselves.

Cats from Hell | Erinnabeth

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“At least make the posters framed. Framed is classy.” Annabeth said with a nod. She would probably stand by that. “I’ll get you a pretty Alex Morgan one,” she teased gently, looks like she had a gift for Erinn coming soon. Annabeth shrugged at Erinn’s comment. She wasn’t amazing at decorating, but she liked her apartment, so maybe she’d be good with a house. “It’s not a hot mess, it’s very…” she searched for the right word for a moment but fell short. “You,” she finished anticlimactically. “We should have a lot of pictures. Of the dogs, of your sibling, of my mom, our friend and us,” She liked that idea, but that was all she could think of now. She thought Erinn would approve, they both had people and pets that meant a whole lot to them. Maybe she’d watch those silly HGTV shows and pick up some tips like middle aged women did.

“Can this bed be out bed? It’s way better than mine.” Annabeth liked this bed better than hers, maybe it had something to do with being Erinn’s, but she really loved it and fell asleep so easily when she was here. Annabeth moved forward and rested her head in the crook of Erinn’s neck and smiled. Annabeth sighed. “I need to go to bed, I have a test in the morning,” she said with a groan. But getting up to Erinn would make it worth is and she’d get to come home to her as well.

At her current location, Erinn didn’t have any of her posters framed and they were sort of just haphazardly strewn about the walls with a mixture of duct tape and thumb tacks. “I approve of that. We can add it to my collection of them,” she agreed with a nod. Annabeth might have been kidding, but Erinn was never going to object to more Alex Morgan around the house. After all, she was a flawless human being. The house was definitely very Erinn, though that didn’t mean that parts of it weren’t a total mess. To put it nicely, it would definitely be best if they just left most of the decorating ideas to Annabeth. “I’d like that a lot, yeah. We can have pictures of family and the boys. And us. I have the picture I took of us at Disney framed already,” she agreed, a soft grin on her face at the idea of it. She’d gotten the picture framed pretty soon after they had taken it, though she didn’t have it out yet. What with all the drama surrounding them, it had been easiest to just keep it hidden for the time being.

“Of course it can. As long as you’re in it with me, I don’t care which bed we use,” she commented, despite how cheesy that sounded. Erinn had never been the type of person to be cheesy, but when it came to Annabeth, she meant every word of what she was saying. Closing her eyes for a moment as the younger girl adjusted so that her head was resting on her, Erinn was perfectly content in the moment. “That sucks, but okay, babe,” Erinn said with a soft sigh. Leaning forward a bit, she kissed the top of Annabeth’s head before settling back down again. She wasn’t too tired yet, but the comforting presence of Annabeth was more than enough to help lull her into a deep sleep.

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Cats from Hell | Erinnabeth

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Rolling her eyes, Annabeth took Erinn’s words in a good natured way. She knew she was just teasing her, well sort of. “I’m really glad I’m here too,” Annabeth responded before giving her a warm smile. It had taken a few days for Annabeth to think of this as “home”. She felt as if she was a guest the first few days, even if she was naturally comfortable in Erinn’s home. She didn’t want to step out of line or upset her girlfriend. But she gradually realized that this whole think was for them to see how living together would be like. So Annabeth became more comfortable. Sure, she wasn’t as comfortable here as she was at her house back in New York or in her apartment, but it was pretty close. 

It was nice to get a little taste of their future. And Annabeth planned on staying here most nights anyway now, she would just use her apartment when her family came for her graduation. “It’ll be awesome when we get the new house, you know?” Annabeth said after a few moments and turned on her pillow to look at Erinn. “I like your house a lot, but it will be really cool to have one that’s ours. That we decorate together and make new memories in.” Erinn’s house was great, Annabeth loved it, but a house together would be so much more personal, it would be theirs fully and completely as opposed to just Erinn’s or just Annabeth’s.

Erinn really hoped that Annabeth was being truthful and that she really was glad to be there. She had noticed that it had been a bit awkward at first for the other girl and she’d done her best to make things as comfortable as possible, so she didn’t know exactly where things stood at the moment. If anything, Annabeth had seemed to become a lot more okay with everything and that was quite the improvement. Of course, that didn’t stop Erinn from doing everything she could to be sure that the other girl was perfectly comfortable there. Well, as much as Erinn was capable, anyway. She did have her own way about her that sometimes got in the way, but that was just Erinn being Erinn.

However, she was definitely in agreement about their upcoming move. The new house would be a lot more special. As attached as Erinn was to her current home, nothing could outweigh the fact that she would soon be living in a house that she picked out with her girlfriend. “That’s sweet, babe, but I agree. Except, I get to decorate the bedroom. Because sports posters,” she said with a rather serious nod, though the look in her eyes revealed the fact that she was kidding. Mostly. Annabeth might not have realized it, but Erinn would have done anything the girl wanted, even if it meant decorating their room with pink bunnies and flowers everywhere. “No, but, I hope you’re better at decorating, cause you’ve seen this place. It’s a bit of a hot mess.”

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