[PRE-NOTES] The chapter title is just a joke, don't worry nothing gross happens. ;^) [/PRE-NOTES] “Alright everyone, if you’ve put your stuff away in the lockers let’s go find somewhere to lounge.” You shut your locker and twist the key, dropping it in your bag. Your wife waiting just a few feet a head of you was looking at a map of the park. ”Ooooh! Anon! Ice cream! Do we have enough to get some for everyone?” “Don’t worry Stella we have plenty of money. But let’s go find some chairs first.” You look behind you and call out to the kids. “Are you guys done? Let’s go, we’re burning day light!” ”Hold on dad...I’m so tired…” Your eldest whines as she shumbles up next to you. You smirk. “Well, maybe you’ll think twice before sending your sister to the ER next time. Besides, all that house work is good for you. Now when YOU need a new roof you’ll know exactly what to do.” Amber groans as she lumbers past you and up next to Stella. Cynthia and Sera aren’t too far behind. ”Dad it’s sooo hoooooooooooooooot!” “Well, maybe you shouldn’t have worn that full body swim suit then.” Cynthia cringes. “Ugh...and let a bunch of boys oggle me? No thanks!” ”Oh yea, because all the guys are just tripping over each other to get a look at your lanky bod.” Sera rolls her eyes. Cynthia grumbles something as the two pass you. Alright, everything is in the lockers. Time to go and find a place to sit and set your things down. After about twenty minutes of searching you all found a decent spot next to the huge wave pool. “Alright! This spot looks decent.” ”Thank GOD!” Amber whines, falling onto the beach chair with all the grace of a lead brick. ”Awww Amber, poor thing. Do you think some ice cream would make you feel better?” Stella asks. Your daughter mumbles an incomprehensible answer to your wife. ”Uhhhm...I’m just going to take that as a yes? Would anyone else like anything?” “I’m good sweet heart.” ”Sherbert please!” Sera grins. ”Hmmm. I don’t know what flavors of slop they have. I’ll just come with you mom.” With a smile, your wife and daughter leave for the concession stand. Taking the opportunity to open the umbrella near by and apply sun screen. ”Ohh Mr. Mous~ Do you need any help getting that on your back?” “Huh? Oh, no thanks Sera I think I’ve got it.” ”Are ya suuuure? Because I can get those hard to reach places y’know~” Without warning, Amber shoots up from her seat and grabs Amber by the shoulders. ”Buh! Hey! Sera! I suddenly got the urge to go down the tube slide! Come on! It’ll be fun!” ”Wha-HEY! AMBER!” And like that, the two of them were gone. … Well that was odd. And now you were all alone...to watch the stuff. Damn it. Looking out towards the wave pool, a light bulb goes off in your head. “Hmmmm…” You mean...you COULD watch your stuff if you didn’t go too far in… +++ Standing in line, you grab onto Sera to keep yourself on two legs. ”What? Still tired? You didn’t seem that way just a few minutes ago!” Sera pouted. You glare at your triceratops friend through your bangs. “Look...just, stay still, my legs are jelly right now.” Sera looks you up and down. ”Your dad must be working you down huh?” “And I still have five more projects to complete until my “punishment” is over!” Sera rolls her eyes. ”Honestly Amby, I don’t get it. If anything, your sister should be the one in trouble.” You groan as the two of you take another few steps forward. “What ever. Look, could you just pick up the two person tube?” ”Sure, But I’ll need your help.” “What?! But, it’s like only seven pounds!” ”Yea, But it’s also taller than both of us. I cant hold onto you AND the tube at the same time.” Sera picks up the donut and gestures for you to hold the latter half. Whimpering, you slide your arm around the outside and hold it close underneath your armpit. ”Oh come on! It isn’t THAT bad Amby.” “No...no it IS that bad.” ”Ugh, you’re such a baby.” By the time the two of you made it to the stairs to climb up to get to the top, you got a sudden face full of ass. “Sera...was it really necessary to wear a bikini like...that?” Sera looks back and down at you to see what you mean and then smirks. ”Like what? A bikini where all my goods are hanging out?” Cringing you look away. ”Yea...like that.” ”What can I say, I’m confident in my body. Besides, gotta look good for your dad.” You scowl. “He is NOT looking at you!” ”Whatever you say Ambyyyy~” She accentuates by shaking her hips. “Besides, I’m legal now, AND a graduate! And so are you by the way.” You give Sera a deadpanned expression. Well, as much of one as you could from behind her tail and ass. “I’m not really looking for a boy friend right now.” ”You NEVER are! Cheer up Amby! Go put your self out there! I know you aren’t as, heh, well endowed as I am, but hey! Some guys like that!” “Fuhhhhhhhhhh! Sera just...MOVE UP!” You push your friend forward up the stairs, her giggling all the meanwhile. After what felt like forever, but was probably only twenty minutes, the two of you were finally at the top. A human lifeguard who looked bored enough to jump off the tower just to escape the monotony of watching people go down a wet slide lazily waves you two forward. ”Alright you two, stay inside the floaty, don’t try to move too much and hold onto the handles all the way down.” As the both of you sit down you wince as the cold water makes contact with your butt. Tucking in your wings and trying to move your legs in a position where you wouldn’t be kicking Sera in the back of her head you give a nod to the life guard. ”The two of you ready? Alright.” He places a foot on the back of your tube and begins counting down. ”Three, two, one…” With a kick of his foot, you lurch forward. Sending the two of you down the twist and turns of the tube slide. Sera, giggling all the way down, seemed to be really enjoying her self. You on the other hand, were holding on to the tube for dear life. Once at the end of the slide the both of you landed hard on the water surface. ”HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! WOOOO! That was great!” Sera rolls over and splashes into the pool below. ”Come on Amby! We have to make room for the other people coming down.” Shivering, you meticulously climb off the floaty and into the surprisingly luke warm water. After helping you out of the pool. Sera passes off the floaty to one of the teenage helpers who promptly runs it back to the other tubes near the beginning of the line. ”Well Amby, how was it?” “Well...I’m certainly awake now.” ”Good. Now come on, let’s go see if your mom is back with our ice cream!” +++ Waiting in line you looked over all of the flavors they had on option. Chocolate Slop. Vanilla Slop. Cookies and Cream Slop. Where was their Strawberry? You let a little bit of annoyed air leave your nostrils. As the line moved ever so slowly forward you contemplated on what exactly you would get. So far, none of the options looked appealing. But with how fucking hot it was out today you knew you’d need something to cool you down. With your arms crossed you began tapping your feet mulling over your options. Chocolate was out of the question. Such a normie choice. That would exclude chocolate chocolate chip and brownie as well. Mint? No, another pretty bland choice. ”*Gasp* O! M! G!” You were pulled out of your very important life decisions by some shrill skreach from behind you. You turn around only to be face to face with an extremely dorky looking velociraptor girl. “Bah! May I help you?” ”Oh! Oh sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you. I just couldn’t help but notice your swim suit! That’s from Nausica, right?” Looking down, you looked at your Nausica and the Valley of the Wind full body swim suit. “Uhhhh…Yea?” ”OMG! I love that movie! Do you like anime?” Suspicious of this girl’s motives, you answer very carefully. ”Yeeeeees? Why do you ask?” ”OMG! I’m such an Otaku! What series do you like to watch?” >I’m such an Otaku. >Otaku. Oh noooooooo. “Probably nothing you’ve seen.” ”Ohh. Well, I like obscure stuff! Like Bocchi The Rock!” Bocchi The Rock? Sure, it’s old but it’s not exactly obscure. Not bad taste though. Could be better but not bad. “Uh huh...I’ve seen it.” ”Oh...and my brother just showed me this really retro one that I just LOVE! It’s called Angel Cop! Have you heard of it?” Her ecstatic bubbly personality and large glasses gave you the ick. But, Angel Cop. That made you perk up a bit. Now Angel Cop you knew of. Also a good one. This girl seemed to not be as normie as you thought. Looking down at her bag you noticed...oh...oh no. Sword Art, Naturo, Hunter X Hunter? See could use some help. She was clearly in need. You place a hand on her shoulder. “Girl, talk with me. I can give you some GOOD Anime suggestions.” ”Oh! Sure!” Before you knew it, you were sitting down with this random girl over ice cream (you settled on vanilla) giving her all the suggestions you could. Making sure not to overwhelm her, starting her off easy and with more digestible stuff. Turns out, anything good she HAS seen was because of her older brother. Soon enough you were done with your ice cream. “Welp, that’s about all I have to recommend. Hopefully, your tastes will improve.” ”Wow! Thank you SOSOSOSOSO MUCH! Hey, before you go, can I get your number?” You froze. What did she just ask? “I-I...uh...what?” ”Your number! Can I get your number? Or do you have a Dinocord?” “W-why do you ask?” She giggles. ”To talk silly! I don’t know too many people who like anime as much as I do! I need more otaku friends like me! Besides, I’ll need more suggestions after I’m done with all the shows you gave me.” There she goes using that fucking word again. You ponder for a moment and decide to give her an ultimatum. “Tell you what, never, and I mean NEVER, use the word ‘otaku’ again, and I’ll give you my Dinocord.” +++ You made sure to enjoy your sherbet. Even if by now you were practically eating it like a soup. You needed the stimulation. Amber had already finished hers and was now in the wave pool lounging in a donut. The excitement of the slide having finally resided and she was back to her tired self. Cynthia was off with some other girl, on the other end of the pool. They seemed to be talking about...what ever. Wasn’t important. And Mrs. Stella was out of sight, where ever she was. The situation was perfect honestly, because it meant you could enjoy the view from the pool chair completely uninterrupted. The view of what? Well… Mr. Mous was out having some fun in the water himself. For a middle-aged man he has taken surprisingly good care of his body. And you were enjoying every second of it. Every time he’d come back from underneath a wave, the water pouring off his body. How it’d glisten off his muscles. That man did things to you and he didn’t even have to try. You let a goofy smile grow on your face. He doesn’t even notice you staring. A part of that attracted you. It was almost like watching him shower through the window but a little bit more risque since you weren’t in the bushes. How you wished their window was just a little bit lower. Out here you got a full view of his body, such a shame those pesky swim trunks got in the way, and were so baggy. You weren’t complaining with what you were given though. Your heart was already racing. You could feel the push and pull of your hormones as you crossed your legs tighter and tighter. Warm blood quickly flowing toward your- ”Uhm, Sera? You’ve been licking your spoon for a few minutes now. I think its clean.” You sit straight up and bite down, cracking the cheap plastic spoon in between your teeth in the process. So distracted by your piece of eye candy you didn’t notice that Mrs. Stella had returned from where ever it was she went. “O-Oh! Yea Mrs. Stella. The Sherbet is just so good I wanted to make sure I got it all. Haha!” You really hoped your nervous chuckle wasn’t so obvious. ”Oh, is that why you aren’t in the wave pool with everyone else?” “Y-yea, I just like to enjoy my ice cream hehe…” ”Oh, I see.” Taking her seat, Mrs. Stella leans back and stares at her family in the pool with you. Fucking, Damn it. Just as it was getting good. Now you had to be stealthy again. Tossing your plastic spoon to the side you slurped the rest of the melted treat down and quickly departed with the paper cup next. Leaning back into the shade yourself you attempted to get back into the zone you were previously in. ”Looks like my family is having a lot of fun out there.” Or you guess you couldn’t do that. “Mhmm.” You hum absent mindedly. ”Especially Anon. I haven’t seen him enjoying himself this much in quite a while.” Oooooh, girl, you have no idea how much fun he COULD be having right now. You’d treat him juuuuuust right~ “Yea, it must have been a stressful few weeks.” You respond, praying she’d shut up and let you get back to your voyeurism. ”Oh you’re right. It has. I know how to help him...”destress” though.” Uh-huh, you were sure that Mrs. Stella knew how to...wait what? “Huh?” ”Oh. Never mind that. Maybe it’s a little inappropriate...but it is just US girls out here.” “I...uh...I guess?” Was she? Right now? With you? Was she talking about this? You shift a little in your seat. ”I think this is when I’m most attracted to him. Just enjoying himself and being the same goofy guy I knew in high school all those years ago.” You suppose that was cute, you could name a lot of other aspects about what made him so hot though. “O-oh...yea?” You start taking a sip of water, your throat was really dry at this point. ”Mhm…” Stella nodded. “I also think him being wet with his shirt off is really fucking sexy.” You start coughing profusely trying not to choke on the water going down your throat. Mrs. Stella heeds it no mind. ”Ohh, seeing him after a long day at work and when he finally gets out of the shower...yea...I really like to help him then~” Why, why is she doing this? Why with you? Actually it was kinda hot? WAIT NO! THAT’S HIS WIFE! WHY IS SHE TELLING YOU THIS STUFF! ”In fact. If you don’t mind, I think I may join him.” The usual innocence in Mrs. Stella’s eyes were replaced with a hunger that rivaled even your own. Getting up she took off her loose over shirt and tossing it on the chair. ”You’re free to join us when ever you want Sera.” You nod sheepishly. “Y-Yes ma’am.” After walking a few steps, Stella stops and turns around with a sly smile on her face. ”When I say “join us”, I DO mean the pool Sera. Only I get to ride my husband like a horse.” Turning back to the wave pool she continues to make her way to Anon, leaving you with what must be the most crimson red face. You let go of the chair railing you hadn’t noticed you were squeezing with a death grip and let go of your breath. She…SHE KNOWS?! You look around frantically. Getting up you race to the bathroom. You had to find somewhere private STAT! +++ You were laying in the lazy river, Sister by your side. Wasn’t you first choice, but you all had an hour left in the park and you wanted to go down the lazy river. But Sera was no where to be found. Your mom said she was in the bathroom. You hoped the ice cream wasn’t bad. But your stomach didn’t feel upset so, you didn’t worry about it. ”Finally enjoying yourself?” You look up from your lounge floaty and over to the one beside yours, Cynthia was still laying back gazing into the tree branches above her as you both drift lazily down the artificial river. “Yea, I guess. I’m not looking forward to tomorrow though.” ”Heh, guess you thought that you’d be enjoying your new found freedom after highschool huh?” “Oh, Shut up.” ”I’m just saying sis. One let down after another. Losing the art contest, barely making it through finals. And now you have to do house work for the rest of the month. Bet you didn’t even get the chance to try and send out letters to colleges huh?” “Hey! I won runner up!” ”If you ain’t first you’re last sis. Besides, I TOLD you the contest was rigged.” “Ugh, what ever. And it’s not like YOU have any plans for what to do after high school anyways.” ”Yes I do.” “Oh? And what is that, pray tell?” ”VA” “VA? Voice acting?” Cynthia nodded. “Sure, knock yourself out, I totally believe in you.” ”It’s okay I know you don’t. But that’s fine. I’ll just prove you wrong.” “How so?” ”Well when it comes to doing something when someone else says you can’t, let’s just say I have some good inspiration.” You cringe and glance over again at the floating stego. “Ugh, don’t be sappy, that’s weird.” ”What? We’re best sisters now right?” “Yea but it sounds wrong coming from you. It sounds “gay” as you would like to describe it.” ”Well, aren’t you gay?” Cynthia smirks. “Wha-NO! I like guys!” ”Then why haven’t I seen you date any yet?” “If you like guys why haven’t I seen YOU date any yet?” Cynthia’s brow furrows before giving a conceded nod. ”Touche.” Glaring at her, you lie back down and close your eyes, returning to the enjoyment of drifting down the river. Enjoying the peace, you were so close to drifting off into a nap. ”Hey Amber?” Oh Raptor Jesus above. “Yes?” ”I know you’re trying to relax but...how have I been?” “What?” ”Like...as a sister. I’m kinda...new to it.” You roll your eyes. “Cynthia you’ve been a sister for as long as you been alive.” ”No, no, I mean...acting like one. A good one. How have I been?” You ponder that question for a moment. “You’ve been better. I mean, you’re still more sour than a lemon. But I’m surprised to say that you’ve actually been acting like a decent dinosaur for the last month.” ”Really?” “Yea. I can actually stand being around you now.” ”Okay. Okay, good. I just wanted to make sure.” Sitting up again you look back down at Cynthia. Her face betrayed her words. She was still unsure of your assurance that she had, in fact, gotten better as a person. With a sigh, you lay back down. “I forgive you.” ”What was that?” “I said I forgive you, Cynthia. I can tell you want to turn a new leaf and have made attempts...ATTEMPTS, to change. And for that, I forgive you. For all the years of grief. And...I’m sorry.” ”Sorry for what?” “...For not doing the same.” A subtle smile touched the stegos lips hearing that. ”Thanks Amber. I forgive you too...no hugs though.” “Wasn’t gonna ask for one, but thanks. Let’s just consider all of that stuff in the past a little...sibling rivalry, huh?” Cynthia loudly groaned. Sitting up you glare at her. “What? What was that for?” ”Seriously Amber? Could you get more corny than that?” “What? I don’t understand? How is what I said corny?” ”Because that’s the name of…you know what? Forget it. Never mind. Ugh...Sibling Rivalry, that’s so retarded.” “Oh, fuck off.” You spit back. You settle back down into your floaty and close your eyes. Hoping that you can finally, FINALLY, get some rest after everything that has happened. God knows you need it. [POST-NOTES] Well everyone, this is the end! What started all the way back in January of this year, a story written just because I liked that quirky Cynthia character and wanted to see her get into a cat fight with Amber, is finally over. Despite the long breaks, work trips, and vacations in between a lot of the chapters it's finally done and I had a lot of fun writing it! And it seems you guys had a lot of fun reading it! Despite me not having written anything in quite a while we managed to have, at the time of this last chapter's publication, managed to surpass a lot of the stories here on AO3. Out of ~123 (snoot) stories on this website we are Number 11 in hits (1,955), and Number 10 in Kudos (75). This puts me above or at least rivals a lot of the stories I was enjoying on this site and I can't thank you guys enough! I was always hoping people would like it but I didn't think liking it enough that it would be one of the top 10 stories on this site for Snoot Game. I wanna thank all the Anons for reading, the drawfags for making all their art of Amber, Sera, and the one guy who drew literally only Cynthia and then fell off the face of the earth, as inspirating for this. As I've stated previously, I will becoming a drawfag my self for the board and have something I'm working on (don't expect anything amazing) that I hope to post this weekend. In terms of more stories, the idea of me writing something set in when Lucy just died and it's about Stella cracking Anon out of his shell was certainly something I've thought about but please don't get your hopes up. I'll probably not write it, and even if I do, that's a very very very long time from now. If anyone likes that idea so much they can go ahead and do it though, so long as I'm credited if this story was indeed the inspiration. I would even be happy to give pointers if any help is wanted. So if that sounds like a story you'd like and don't want to wait to see if I'd even write it go ahead. To end, once again, a massive thank you to everyone who stuck around to read the chapters, and the chapter notes. I would really really love it to see you guys tell me your final thoughts on the whole story, here or in the thread. Be as brief or as long winded as you'd like, as positive or critical as you'd like, and while praising and dick riding my story is definitely something any author would enjoy I also like reading comments that absolutely trash my story, so if you're a hater go a head and absolutely dig into it as well. I just like knowing what people think. I'm even willing to answer questions Happy Fang Friday (or Snoot Saturday now)! I hope you enjoyed! I'll be seeing you guys in the threads!