Tessa wasn't exactly what one would characterize as the athletic type so her movements in the pool where languid and pleasurable rather than playful and energetic, mostly settling herself to floating around and enjoying the warm water than splashing about. It wasn't that she wouldn't do it if there was enough wine around but with each passing moment she felt less and less adventurous really as the sneaking sensation of being slightly out of place started to grow inside of her.<br/><br/>The pool was filling up as she looked around, having thought that she saw Rex jumping in but missing him as he swam under the surface to surprise her by gliding up so sneakily behind her, his arms snaking around her stomach to hold her close. Her skin burned slightly as his lips pressed against her neck and a smile started to form on her lips, the gesture calming her a little as she felt his body pressing against her intimately but thankfully hidden by the water.<br/><br/>"Yes...  I am enjoying myself darling."<br/>It wasn't a complete lie but Tessa could still realize that she was ensuring herself of that as much as him. She had only really talked to Grace on the phone and that only did so much to learn to know someone, the rest were complete strangers to her.<br/><br/>As she watched the girls huddle and the boys jab at eachother so comfortably a pang of... well she didn't quite know what it was, hit her. It could possibly be insecurity, something she hadn't really felt before. She wasn't shy about meeting new people but normally there wasn't any pressure in doing it, normally she didn't care what they thought about her because well, they didn't matter. These people mattered, they were the best friends of her husband.<br/><br/>Rex stayed so close, for a good while too, that Tessa almost felt reassured when the mouthwatering barbeque looked ready, his inner gentleman coming out when he helped her out of the pool and handed her a towel for a quick dry up though she had to smile to the fact that it was a miracle that he hadn't toweled her off himself. And that thought had her cheeks heating a little when she followed him towards the food, her stomach actually growling softly before she silence her belly with a crudite.<br/><br/>Sitting down with Rex Tessa accepted the plate she had been handed, her husband knew of her appetite rather well so there was a pleasing abundance of food set before her which she soon sampled with a finesse that had been ingrained since childhood. It hardly lasted long though as she heard the announcement of challenge.<br/>"Uhm, I'm in if that's allright..."<br/>Raising her first finished rib as her cheeks reddened Tessa glanced around, for the first time wondering if Rex would be ashamed of his gluttonous wife now.