Pearl sunk back into the warm embrace of the water and her girlfriend's arms, allowing the woman to pull her close as their bodies aligned to that familiar little spot they were both comfortable with. She nuzzled into Jasper's ample chest, kissing and nipping softly at the flesh as the woman as she replied about rewards. Pearl looked up at her, surprised. "Why... I wouldn't use sex as a bargaining chip!" It was only another split moment that passed before the dancer was chuckling and burying herself in Jasper's Achilles's heel, nuzzling her neck. "Who am I kidding, I most definitely would. Anything to get you in bed with me." With that, she bit down on her girlfriend's neck and made sure she was sleeping in Jasper's room that night.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Pearl woke to the sound of bickering in the kitchen, but tried rolling over and going back to sleep anyway. By the sounds of it, the conversation had been going on for a while now already and whatever they were saying was hushed. It bothered her a bit, as if secrets were being swapped, but it was none of her business anyway. She'd only recently started dating Jasper and she wasn't about to try and push herself into a family she hadn't met yet. So instead, she had turned over and embraced the lingering warmth of her lover's side of the bed, curling up in the scent and smiling. The bedroom had started to smell like her too, now, or at least that was what Jasper had remarked once. Immediately, Pearl teased her, asking if the smell had turned her on as much as it had the dancer the first time. Pearl grabbed Jasper's pillow and cuddled it close, but it was no substitution in the slightest for her giantess that seemed to be both muscular, but fluffy in all the right places. She whined softly against the pillow and decided finally that she needed to get out of bed, if not to subdue her love with cuddles, then to at least check out what smelled do darn heavenly.<br/><br/>As if having a sixth sense, the moment Pearl started rising from bed, Mala cracked the door open and peeked her head inside. She would have knocked first, but she knew her mother was already in the kitchen and Pearl was much less strict about privacy. Once she found her mother's girlfriend, she beamed immediately and ran in to tackle the woman to the bed, much to Pearl's dismay. The smaller woman caught the child, but the weight of the impact still flattened her to the mattress. Still, she chuckled and stroked the child's hair with a grin. This was every morning, something that had started happening only occasionally and now had become routine. Had Jasper been in here as well, Mala would have politely asked for admittance before tackling the both of them. Pearl stared up at the child when she'd finally calmed down and then suddenly grabbed the child in her arms and hugged her tight, blowing a raspberry on her cheek that made Mala giggle. She'd always wanted kids and now Mala sort of felt like hers. Between classes and home, she saw the child now more days than she saw Jasper. The giantess had mentioned taking her holidays to focus on family and when Pearl had been told who all would be coming and specifically how long it had been since they had a full house, Pearl understood and supported her decision.<br/><br/>Mala tugged the woman out of her daydreams and Pearl easily followed. "Come onnnnn! I smell fooood!!" She chuckled at the child's persistence and managed to grab a pair of shorts on the way out the bedroom door that she stumbled through the hallway putting on, all the while being dragged by Mala. The child was persistent, that was for sure. Only when they made it to the mouth of the hallway did Mala let go of Pearl in favor of clamoring up a stool and drooling at all the food, food with which her hand was slapped away from the moment she tried to take a sample. And just behind her, Pearl emerged from the hallway, finger-combing her bedhead to the best of her ability. Had Mala not dragged her, she would have taken the time to look presentable, so when she spied Peridot hovering over the pancake station, she blushed and made a last ditch attempt to fix her hair before accepting it as is and smiling at the small tot.<br/><br/>"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Peridot. I've heard a lot about you. I'm Pearl." She gave a charming grin towards the woman, already feeling a touch intimidated in her presence knowing how smart the woman was. Pearl had never excelled much at mathematics or the like as it seemed arts and recreation had claimed her heart at an early age. Nevertheless, she greeted the woman appropriately and moved on to adjust Mala on her stool so she wouldn't fall off before placing her hands on the table on either side of the child and plopping her chin onto Mala's head; with which the child responded with a giggle, eyes still transfixed on the food. Pearl put a hand over Mala's eyes jokingly and immediately got it pulled away. Their antics kept up for a short time as the older woman giggled right along with the child. It was almost sweet to see how easily the two co-existed.<br/><br/>Pearl eventually paused the game and glanced up at Jasper and Peridot. "I heard about these possible eating contests by the way and you know if you start those, Mala is going to want to join in as one of the big girl's and I won't sit around waiting to clean up<i>that</i>mess, so how about we refrain from any eating contests this yet, mm? For me?" Pearl knew Jasper would happily comply with her and she also knew the woman would likely still have all this extra food gone before anyone had any say about it. Where this family put it all, she did not know, though, because as Pearl gazed upon Jasper, she couldn't see an ounce of her girlfriend's body out of place. Staring at her brought back the desire to touch, but Pearl tried her best to stay away for now. She didn't know how Jasper reacted to public affection around family. If it had been strangers, Pearl would have already gone over and smothered her giantess with several kisses without a care to what they thought, but she knew a bit of respect was needed in this situation and she acted accordingly, for the most part. It still took her a while to rip her gaze from Jasper and place it back on to Peridot as she found herself a stool to sit in. "I also heard I'll be helping you in the kitchen." Pearl leaned in, placing her chin on her hand as she grinned at the smaller woman, a glint of dominance in her eye. Jasper had mentioned Pearl would try to tell her what to do and she was correct to assume the older woman wasn't having that. "I'm really excited to swap recipes and see what you're capable of! I've never cooked for quite such a large audience before--I mean, I've been cooking for Mala and Jasper for quite some time now, but I'm sure other parts of her family eat just about as much, if not more." She chuckled and leaned back up in her seat.<br/><br/><<about 700 words short, but that's ok :p I didn't have anyone else to control quite yet 'cept Mala. I will bury you in words muwahahahaha~ >>