The cleaning moved quickly at least as Alexandra trotted back and forth from car to fridge, putting the dozen-odd bags of groceries away in the appropriate places before grabbing a vacuum to take to the carpets.  James had already finished dusting, so the job went fairly quickly, just leaving the rooms upstairs to get cleaned out but given that was mostly a lot of taking dust covers off the beds, they could handle that before they went to sleep.<br/><br/>Right now, the sun pouring in through the beachfront side of the house was calling her with the shimmer of the sand and the crash of surf.<br/><br/>Ducking into the bedroom again, noting the two suitcases, she grabbed hers and pulled her towel out before quickly stripping out of her jeans shorts and tank top, revealing the black two-piece she'd worn underneath.  "Barb!  Grab your swimsuit and let's hit the beach!"  The deck was swept enough, they could get the corners later.  She hurried past the blonde with a laugh.  "Come on let's go!"