They give her a rest.

After being quite content with the promise of ice cream, her cousins stopped caring about whatever Berry is wearing.

"We are going to play outside until we go to the aqua park!" Matthew said and left the room, and soon after his brother followed. This gave Berry a breather, so she made sure to adjust her shorts enough to cover her underwear properly, and this time hid the bag on a high shelf, so her not-so-tall cousins wouldn't be able to reach for it. She herself also went down and looking through the living room window she did, in fact, saw her cousins outside, running and throwing dirt at each other. Well, if they keep it going, they will have to wash themselves before they will go to the aqua park. For now, though, Berry decided to let them have their fun.

And so, surprising to even Berry, she had a peaceful morning for two hours, with no one disturbing her even for a moment. She used that time to just sit in silence, while reading one of her many unread books, which she had no time to get into lately.

The time went by slowly, with Berry enjoying herself greatly.

. . .

But all that is good, must end in time. Two hours later, with her cousins still absent, Berry decided that she had to get them inside, as they will have to travel by bus to the aqua park, which was still a twenty-minute drive from the nearest bus stop. That, together with a bath, would take approximately one hour, so it was best to do it as early as they could...

Berry felt a little embarrassed about going outside with such a revealing outfit - clear view of her stomach and legs, and yet... it wasn't as bad as most things she had to endure nowadays. Also, she won't be outside for long, she will just say to her cousins to return home, so it won't take even a minute. Surely nobody will have a time to even spot her in time.

Leaving the book on the table, she stood up and approached her house' door.

"It's not like I even need to step outside. I will just say loudly that they should come back..." she reached for the knob to pull the door towards her, but as soon as she did it, she felt it opened with thrice the **** she wanted, and before she knew it, she was losing her balance, falling on her back, together with two smaller figures landing on her.

"Uff!" she gasped, while landing on her back, as she was pinned on the ground.

"Oh, sorry Berry, we thought it was almost time to go to the aqua park! No?" One of the boys said with an innocent voice, still lying on her, with a dirt on his face. Actually, now that she got a good look at them... they were dirty all over their faces and clothes. And since they were lying on her right now...

Berry got up from the ground, together with her happy cousins, absolutely clueless of how not-nice was what just happened, she took a good look at herself... she was dirty. As dirty as them, even. All her clothes had to be cleaned now, together with theirs. But what's worse, she could feel the dirt on her hair, and exposed parts of her body, since she was wearing such revealing clothes...

Now, not only her cousins need a bath, but also her...