Light peered into the room. It crept through the closed window blinds and pierced through the room like spears of light. It moved closer and closer to the two people sleeping in the bed, until one beam of light kissed Emily’s closed eyelids. She grunted and turned her head, but before she could drift back to sleep, the alarm rang and violently pulled her back.

‘Right’, she thought, ‘the boat trip.’

She tried to turn to Ben, but…nothing happened. She raiser her head and looked down her body. Her arms were still missing, that hadn’t changed. However, what was new was her new situation concerning her legs. She tried to kick her blanket off her body, but nothing happened. She strained, wriggled, nothing. She attempted to sit up, which, without arms, required her to use her legs as counterweights. She searched her mind, made a conscious effort to feel around her body to find the limbs she needed, but her efforts were in vain. She decided to try a different strategy. She used the muscles in her torso to turn around and wriggle, until the blanket had slipped off of her and she lay exposed on the bed. Now she could have a better look. Below her hips there was…nothing. Apparently, Ben had indeed gotten up before her and made good use of her permission to do whatever he wanted to her body in case that happened. She was now completely limbless, her leg stumps just long enough to fill her hips. She had no other choice but to wait for Ben, who, as she now realised, was not in bed with her. She didn’t have to wait long. Not even ten minutes later, Ben entered the room. He was walking on his leg stump and knee and pushed a wheelchair.

“Good morning, beautiful”, he said remarked cheerily. “Did you sleep well?”

“I did, yeah, thanks”, Emily said.

“Splendid. So, how do you like your new body?”

“It’s… a lot to take in. But also exciting. I will be completely dependent on you.”

“I know!” He grinned, and Emily realised that this was exactly what he’d had in mind. “I packed everything, so now I only have to get you ready. We’re meeting the others in front of the house in 15 minutes.”

“Let’s do it! Can you help me sit up?”

“On my way.” Ben waddled over to her on his knee and stump and used his hand and wrist stump to prop her up. She used her muscles to assist him and soon she sat on her very short hip stumps.

“Thanks”, she said breathlessly. Ben pushed the wheelchair to the bed and used his arms to steady Emily as she carefully shuffled one hip after the other over the soft mattress towards the wheelchair. Once she had successfully transferred into the wheelchair, she leaned back and let Ben undress her. He pushed the wheelchair to the bathroom, and she could finally have a good look at her completely limbless torso. It was surreal. She tried to do…anything really, but accomplished very little without putting in a tremendous amount of effort. Ben brushed her teeth and did her hair. He went on to put sunscreen on her, caressing every inch of her completely limbless shoulders and hips in the process. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of his hand and stump on places of her body that shouldn’t even exist.

“Could you quickly help me use the toilet?”, she asked just as Ben was about to push her back to the bedroom.

“Sure!” He helped his quadruple amputee girlfriend onto the toilet seat, where she relieved herself. There was a short pause, afterwards.

“Umm…could you wipe, please?” Emily nodded towards her complete lack of legs. Before, when she had just been armless, she had learned to place a piece of toilet paper on the seat and grind against it in order to wipe. But now she was all out of legs, and had no way of doing that simple task.

“Oh, sure! Sorry, I didn’t think for a second.” He leaned over, fetched some toilet paper and did as she asked. Emily could do nothing but wait and let him do the job. Then he helped her back into the wheelchair, flushed the toilet, washed his hands and wheeled her back to the bedroom. He helped her shuffle back onto the back and made sure she was comfortable on her bed, before he got out her bikini and went ahead to dress her. He paused for a short while.

“You’re amazing”, he commented and marvelled at her abbreviated body again. She smirked.

“Thanks! It’s…very different than what I expected it to be like. It’s frustrating, because I can’t do anything, but I feel safe and well cared for. I..I love you!” She smiled again. Ben felt a goofy grin sneak onto his face, and he quickly get Emily into her bikini. He put a pair of hot-pants and a sleeveless top over her bikini, and then it was time to go.

In the guest house, Lily and Hanna had gotten ready in remarkably efficient synch. Over the past days, Hanna had gotten used to having no legs, and Lily, having more reach due to having one leg, had learned to anticipate Hanna’s needs. The two worked in some kind of odd choreography and were quickly getting ready. In the bathroom, Lily prepared the toothbrush for Hanna and handed it down to her, readily. Then once they were done brushing teeth, she helped Hanna climb on the small stool they had found in the broom closet, so that Hanna could spit into the sink and see herself in the mirror. Lily handed Hanna the hairbrush, the sunscreen and anything else she couldn’t reach. Once they were both covered in sunscreen and ready, they headed back to the bedroom and Lily handed Hanna her bikini, and both helped each other pick an outfit to go over it. Then Lily collected everything else they might need, their towels, dry clothes to get changed, and more, and Hanna packed it all in a bag. Then they left the house and headed to the kitchen to help Ben prepare the breakfast and snacks they would consume on the boat.

When Ben wheeled Emily out to meet the others, there were audible gasps from the others.

“Wow, Em, you are….SO CUTE!!”, Hanna squeaked.

“Ahaha, thanks”, Emily laughed.

“What happened to you?” The question came from Lena. There was no concern in her voice, just curiosity.

“Well, I don’t know, I…I had a good time here so far, so I told Ben that he could do whatever he wanted to my body if he happened to wake up before me today, as long as the timer was set to one day. Seems like he was determined to make the most of this chance.” She grinned and Ben blushed, which caused everyone to laugh.

“But…you’re so small”, Lily said. “How…how do you feel?”

“It’s very odd. There isn’t a whole lot I can do, I have nothing left to move, but…I mean, it’s also interesting. And exciting. Should be a great day. I also have the best fiancé in the world to looking after me and catering to me. Basically, I have the best life of all of you.” She stuck out her tongue at them and everybody laughed again.

“Alright then, I guess we should get going”, Ben said. He had already driven the car up to the house, and now he wheeled Emily to the nearest door and helped her get into the seat. Once she was comfortably in place and her seatbelts fastened, the others got in, while Ben put their bags, the folded up wheelchair and the food into the trunk, before he got into the driver’s seat and they drove off.

“There’s one stop we have to make. There’s this bakery we have to stop at and fetch some pitas. I think Lily and James should do that. People will still look, but you two look the most normal”, Ben said as he turned onto the main country road and approached the closest town.

“Sure thing”, said James, and Lily nodded.

“Get some range, but make sure to include Pita Crema and their pita with spinach and maybe the one with minced meat. They are the perfect food to have on the boat.”

They arrived at the bakery five minutes later, and James and Lily waddled and hopped into the house. There weren’t many people around, just some locals, but they all stole quick glances at the two young, disabled people and the mysterious car they had emerged from.

About ten minutes later, the two returned, each of them holding a plastic bag. When they opened the car doors, the smell of fresh and hot pitas filled the car. They got in and Ben quickly drove off.

“Everything alright?”, he asked.

“Yeah! Everything looked delicious. Really looking forward to trying it all”, Lily said.

“You should, that’s the best bakery I know”, Emily interjected and grinned.

They drove on and enjoyed the views along the shoreline.

“I had no idea Greece was this pretty”, Hanna said.

“Yeah, you wouldn’t think so, but it’s absolutely gorgeous”, Lena agreed.

45 minutes later, they pulled up at a beach, which was filled with about a dozen tents along its length. Each tent had at least five boats pulled up on the beach. Ben stopped as close to the one belonging to their rental company as they could.

“Wait here for a second. I’ll sort everything out, then we can quickly move everything to the boat. If you want, you guys can start unloading everything from the car.

He jumped out of the car and stump-knee-waddled to the tent.

“Hey there! Giannis?”

“Kalimera! Ben, yeah?” The man was in his late forties or even mid-fifties. His skin was leathery, and he was tall and strong. Everything about him was exactly as you would imagine a Mediterranean man with a life of physical outdoor labour.

“Yep, that’s me! Nice to meet you!”

“Likewise. I trust you had an easy time finding us?” His English was good. He had an accent but was obviously very much used to dealing with tourists. He had most likely studied tourism somewhere in western Europe, probably in Germany, Austria, or Ireland, and it showed. Many Greek people do it, and usually they make good use of it when they return.

“Yeah, it was easy enough. It’s not my first time being in the area”, Ben smiled warmly.

“Glad to hear it. So…you want to rent a boat. I have to ask, are you okay operating it?” He motioned to Ben’s missing leg and hand.

“No worries. Yeah, it’s been a long time since the accident, and I have operated plenty of boats since. I just figured I’d take my friends out. I know them from the accident support group I was a part of afterwards. They are good folks, all missing something, some more than others. We just want to have a good day. We’re all used to the way we are. Think of us as any other customers, there’s no difference, really.”

Giannis smiled. “Very happy to hear that. Sure thing, we’re happy to do business with you. You said on the phone you were six people, is that correct?”

“Yep, there’s six of us.” Ben nodded.

“We’ll give you our biggest boat, so you can move around more freely.” He motioned to one modern looking boat with a sunroof. It was noticeably bigger than the others. “Usually we charge extra for it. You can comfortably put ten people on it, but I won’t charge you extra. You booked the smaller boat, the upgrade is on me. Besides, nobody booked it for today, so I might as well let you have it. You can repay me by writing a nice review on TripAdvisor.” He winked.

“That’s mighty kind of you, thank you! Sure, I’ll write a kind review as soon as I get back home.” Ben didn’t even try to hide his surprise.

“Don’t mention it. I like what you’re doing. You are very…what’s the word? Inspirational. And you’re just trying to have a good time. If I can help you with that, I’ll gladly do it.”

“Thank you so much”, was all Ben was able to say.

“Okay, then let’s get down to business. Here’s the contract. You pay me the rent now, return the boat before sundown. That should be around eight o’clock in the evening today. Once the boat is back here, we will see how much fuel you used and charge you for that as well. The tank will last all day if you don’t drive non-stop but go for a swim now and then. It’s cheaper for you if we charge you for what you actually used instead of just having you pay the full tank.”

“I understand”, Ben said.

“Please sign here, and here.”

Ben did as he was told, paid Giannis for the loan, and they shook hands again.

“Okay, get your friends, and we can load up the boat, before I give you the mandatory introduction to the boat.”

“Thanks again. We’ll be right by the boat.”

Ben returned to the car, where the others had unloaded everything by now. Emily was still in her seat, though her seatbelt had been unfastened, so she could make use of what little movement she had.

“We’ve been given a free upgrade. We’re taking the big boat. Let’s get our stuff over there.”

The friends quickly voiced their approval of these news and got to work. While the others slowly moved everything to the boat, Ben helped Emily out of the car, and she began slowly shuffling towards the boat. It was hard work, and she quickly felt the exhaustion, but she powered on, while the others were at busy with their stuff. Ben quickly realised that bringing the wheelchair along had been pointless. It was useless in the sand, and wherever they would go over the course of this day, sand would always be part of the equation. He also discovered with a chuckle that the crutches had been in the trunk all along, and that Lily’s hopping into the bakery earlier had been completely avoidable. He packed them onto the boat.

Emily arrived at the boat just as her friends finished stowing everything in the numerous boxes and storages inside the benches on the boat. Ben and James helped lift her up and Lily and Hanna pulled her onto the boat. Then they were ready. Giannis quickly went over the map of the nearby islands and reefs with them, gave his recommendations on where to go first, and explained how the boat worked.

“Always keep one person on the boat. And, no offence, don’t make that person her.” He nervously glanced in her direction.

Emily chuckled. “None taken. Yeah, best if you folks don’t leave it up to me to make sure the boat doesn’t swim away. Same applies to Lena, I reckon.”

Everybody chuckled and Giannis beamed with relief.

“Also, the law used to say that you have to wear swim vests at all times. They changed that, now the boat just has to have a vest for everyone. You are six. The boat has twelve vests, which are stowed here, here and here.” He quickly opened some flaps on some benches to show them.

“If the police check on you, and they sometimes do random checks, show them this.” They all nodded.

“Well, I have shown you where the anchor is, how to work it, you have the map of the area, know where the vests are and not to abandon ship all at once… Oh yes, when you get to shallow water, make sure to raise the propeller. You do that with this switch on the lever which also controls the speed. I’d hate to have to charge you for destroying the propeller, those things are very expensive. Now…any questions?”

They all though for a moment, but when they couldn’t come up with any question, they said their goodbyes and Giannis and two of his assistants pushed them off the shore.

Ben was the first to take the steering wheel. He started the engine and slowly lowered the propeller, until it was just below the surface. He carefully reversed into deeper water, before lowering the propeller down completely. Then he turned the boat around and increased the speed until they felt a nice breeze as the boat was skipping through the bay.

At the front of the boat, Hanna and Lily had spread some towels and were helping Emily get out of her clothes, while Lena and James were huddled up on another bench. Emily shuffled to the bow of the boat and positioned herself so that warm breeze was streaming around her body and enjoyed the feeling on the cool air on her armless shoulders and her legless hips. The others followed her lead and ditched their street clothes as well, and soon everybody was just wearing swim wear. Hanna laid on her back and stretched her arms and stumps in the wind.

After a few minutes, Ben decreased the speed.

“Are you guys hungry?”

“I wouldn’t mind breakfast about now, to be honest”, said Lily.

“Yeah, me neither”, Emily agreed. The others nodded as well.

“Alright then”, said Ben and steered the boat into a semi-protected bay on the next island. “Could someone get the anchor ready, please?”

“I got you”, said Lily, and gently pulled Emily to the side to reach the hatch with the anchor at the bow of the boat. She pulled it out, gave Ben a thumbs up and waited for his command.

“Hang on…now!” On his mark, she dropped the anchor in the water and slowly lowered it. Soon the chain-part turned into rope, and she kept going until the rope went limp.

“I’m ready here”, she told Ben. Ben put the reversed the engine until the rope was right again, then he switched it off. He made his way to the front to show Lily how to best tie the rope to the boat, but Lily was already done by the time he arrived.

“My dad showed me how that works a long time ago. He taught me how to sail, and that was part of it.” She grinned.

They assembled under the sunroof and Ben scanned the little bay. The water was dark blue, but clear. Apparently, the shoreline fell off rapidly underneath them. They were completely alone; no other boat was in sight and the small island seemed to be uninhabited. All he could hear was the sound of the crickets on the nearby island, and the sound of water hitting the shore and their boat.

“Nice place for a breakfast”, James commented.

“Yeah, I’m surprised myself. It’s great here”, Ben said with a smirk.

“Okay, who’s hungry?” Everyone raised their voices and then started chuckling. “Great”, Ben laughed. “Hanna, next to you is the cooling box. We have water there, and there should also be some cups. Lena and James, you have the bag with the food. We have pre-cut fruit, which Lily, Hanna and I prepared this morning. Also, some sandwiches, and of course the pita. So…who wants what?”

They took their time having breakfast and enjoyed the remoteness of their location. The pita was as good as Ben had remembered it. Everybody agreed that the sweet pita crema was the best, but after that, everybody had a different favourite, it seemed. Ben spent most of his time feeding Emily and enjoying that situation thoroughly, while Lena had decided to try and use her arm stumps to eat. She had James pre-cut her food, and then went for it with her stumps. It took her a while, but she got surprisingly good at it in a very short amount of time.

After breakfast, the group decided to stick around and go for a swim. James volunteered to be the first one to stay behind and guard the boat, so that everyone else could go if they wanted to. He waddled to the stern of the boat and dropped the small ladder that was right next to the engine into the water. Hanna and Lily were the first to hop into the water.

“Perfect”, Lily commented. “Almost like my bathtub.”

“I gotta try that myself”, said Lena and let herself drop over the side of the boat into the water to join the two.

“What about you?”, Ben asked Emily. “Would you like to go for a swim as well?”

“I’d love to, but… how do I do that? Can a person swim without any limbs?”

“Good point. Now I feel kind of bad for taking away your legs before today.”

“It’s okay, really…”

There was a brief moment of silence.

“How about I go in first?”, Ben suggested. “You could jump in from the bow. I’m sure James could help you get over the edge. I’ll wait for you and make sure you don’t drown.”

“O..okay! Yeah, sure. Sound’s easy enough. Let’s try it.” Emily smiled an uncertain smile.

Ben scuttled to the side of the boat and jumped into the water. Meanwhile, James had joined Emily at the bow and helped her get as close to the edge as possible.

“I’m ready here”, Ben shouted from the water.

“Okay, I’m coming then”, Emily replied. She shuffled forward until she couldn’t go any further. Then she scrunched body together and bounced forward. The fall from the boat to the surface was longer than she expected, but soon she was surrounded by the lukewarm water. Soon after, she felt Ben’s hand and stump and she broke through the surface again. She inhaled and took a moment to analyse her situation.

“I got you”, Ben said right next to her.

“Thanks!” She smiled. “Oh hell, the water really is nice!”

“Right? Really the perfect temperature. How do you feel?”

“Good, I think. I still don’t know if I can swim like this.”

“It’s shallower near the beach. I think I might even be able to stand over there. Let’s head over, so we can give it a try.”

“Sounds good to me.”

Ben began swimming towards the narrow strip of beach, taking Emily with him. While on the way, his hands traced Emily’s limbless shoulders and hips and they enjoyed a moment of closeness while he swam and explored her new shape at the same time. Emily enjoyed the attention from his hands, and the feeling of the water streaming past the skin where her limbs used to be.

“Yeah, I can stand here. If you want, we can try and see if you can swim here.”

“Okay then. Let go of me when you’re ready”, Emily replied. Ben did as he was told, and Emily inhaled deeply. She was surprised to find that she didn’t just sink. The air in her lungs kept her afloat. However, she also couldn’t do much else. She had no idea how to propel herself into any direction, and as soon as she exhaled, she began to sink. Ben saw her predicament and grabbed her again.

“I guess this won’t work on my own”, Emily said, a bit disillusioned.

“Seems like it. But I’m here. Lay back and close your eyes.” Emily did as he asked, and he moved her around, letting water stream around her body again and allowing her to relax.

They enjoyed the time in the water together, and then they headed back to the boat to meet up with the others. Another obstacle presented itself at the ladder. There was no way for Emily to use it. She wasn’t the only one who struggled. Lena took about ten minutes to figure out how she could climb it with her half arms and one leg. Emily didn’t even have that. There was no way she could use the ladder, so instead, Ben headed to the bow with her, and lifted her as high as he could. James waited on the boat and leaned far over the edge, while Hanna grabbed his stumps to stop him from falling into the water himself. He took hold of Emily, and Hanna and Lily pulled James with Emily back onto the boat. Then Ben swam back to the ladder and climbed back onto the boat himself.

“Huh, that was a lot of work”, said Emily. “Sorry guys!”

“Don’t worry about it”, said James.

“How does it feel being like…like this?”, Lily asked.

“It’s fun, but I wouldn’t want to do it for very long. There’s almost nothing I can do on my own. I can’t even swim, and that’s super frustrating. Exciting, but also frustrating.

“I can imagine. How long are you stuck like that?”

“Only until tomorrow. I told Ben he could do what he wants to me, but the timer has to be set to 24 hours. So I’ll be back to my armless self tomorrow.”

“I guess that’s something, at least”, Lena said.

“Yeah, absolutely. It is a fun experiment, but I’m happy to see it ending at some point. How do you get on?”

“Oh, it’s great. I’m really enjoying being a triple amputee. I have enough stump left to grab onto stuff, but not enough to not justify asking James for plenty of help.” She winked and James blushed. Emily giggled at that. “Besides, it’s fun to figure out how to do stuff. Normal things suddenly present challenges, and it’s awesome to figure out how to master them.”

“I’m glad you’re having such a good time”, Emily said, before she leaned towards Lena. “And I think that you and James are a great match.” She winked.

“So do I.” Lena grinned and looked at James, who just smiled at her.

Once the ladder was back on the boat and everybody was ready, Lily pulled the anchor in, and Hanna took the wheel. They drove around the numerous little islands in search of another remote, but sunny beach. Over the past few days, they had all become very comfortable around each other, so when Lena asked James to help her take off her top, nobody batted an eye. In fact, Emily turned to Ben and asked him to do the same for her. The two of them enjoyed the sun at the front of the boat, where the sunroof didn’t reach. After around twenty minutes, Hanna announced that she had found their next target, and that they’d be arriving within the next five minutes. Lily got the anchor ready again, and they all looked up to see an idyllic beach tucked away between two rocky walls on a small, uninhabited island. Nobody would come here anytime soon. It was perfect. As soon as the propeller had been raised and the engine was switched off, Hanna and Lily were busy getting out of their swim suits to go for a naked swim. Lena asked James if he would stay with her on the boat again, and so Emily and Ben were free to leave the boat yet again.

“Would you help me lose my panties as well? I’d like to go for a naked swim as well.”

“Sure! Mind if I join you?”, Ben asked.

“Not at all.” Emily grinned. Soon thereafter, the two of them were back in the water.

“Let’s head for the beach”, Emily said.

“Okay, sure!” Ben slowly pushed his limbless fiancé towards the beach. Once they arrived, he helped her sit up and she shuffled forward. She visibly enjoyed being able to do something on her own. She headed towards some pine trees on the far side of the beach and then turned towards him once she had reached the shadow. He wasn’t far behind her. She studied his body as he came closer. His handless arm sometimes hung awkward at his side, and it aroused her to imagine what that was like. Having an arm. It had been a long time since she’d had one. At the same time, it had been even longer since she’d had a handless arm. To have all the articulation of a full arm, only for it to end in a useless stump. And his leg. One leg was complete, while the other was just a half. Not at the hip, but also no full knee. Just…half a leg. His body was fascinating to her, as fascinating as her own unusual current shape. Once he arrived, they decided to go a little further to find a place a little more shielded from the others’ eyes, so they could enjoy each other’s nude body in the sun.

Hanna was having a great time. Ever since Emily and Ben had asked her to come along, she had absolutely loved every minute of it. The whole situation was so odd, so incredible. The temporary amputations, the trip to Greece, her old and new friends. Her past few months had been painful. Her relationship with her ex-boyfriend had broken apart quickly and unexpectedly, and after it had ended, she had felt lost and alone. The invitation had come just at the right time. She had met Lily. She was certain that Lily and she would remain very close friends after this trip. Something just felt right about Lily. She was nice, considerate, a bit crazy and, tons of fun. They had spontaneously decided to get scuba certified, and actually gone through with it. While being temporarily disabled. Yes, Lily was definitely the type of friend you could do weird stuff with. She was amazing. And pretty. Damn was she pretty. Hanna studied Lily’s body, while she was hopping up and down the beach, completely naked. Her body wasn’t athletic like Lena’s, who obviously worked out, but Lily was very proportionate. Her stomach was flat, her waist just the right width. Her hair was naturally blonde, no golden, actually, and her breasts were well formed, but not unnaturally big. B-cup, Hanna knew from handling both their clothes over the past few days. Her thigh was slender, and Hanna was sure than normally, Lily would have a perfect thigh gap – but right now, her second thigh was nowhere to be seen. Instead, her other leg ended right at her hip in a beautiful and perfect stump, highlighting her well-shaped vagina and shaved pelvis.

‘If I wasn’t straight…’, Hanna thought to herself. The it hit her. She had been thinking about Lily the way she had about all her boyfriends for a few days now. She was the complete package, just the opposite gender of them all. “Shit”, she shouted out loud.

Lily turned to look at her. “What’s wrong?”

‘Damn, why did she have to say that out loud?’ Hanna scolded herself.

“Nothing, all good.” She forced a smile onto her face. “Hey, wanna go and explore the island in this direction? I think Emily and Ben went over there, so let’s see what lies the other way.”

“Sounds fun, sure. We just have to watch out, Ben warned us about snaked, and there’s plenty of rocks and bushes over there.”

“Yeah, but we’ll be careful. Come on!”

Lily began hopping into the direction Hanna had pointed, and Hanna began crawling in that direction. It was harder for her since her stumps were different length, and her left leg stump ended above her knee, so walking on her knees wasn’t really an option. However, she had been like this for almost a week now, and she had gotten pretty good at handling her body. She made progress, and while it was slower than Lily’s she didn’t mind, she enjoyed the view. A little further down the coastline, the beach was disrupted by some big boulders, which had to have broken off the rocky cliffs years, probably even centuries ago. Some big chunks of rock had even made it into the water, and Hanna could spot the fish even from her lower position as she crawled along. The boulders forced the two women to make their way around them, but as soon as they had completed the little detour, they were shielded from the others’ views. They had the entire rest of the beach for themselves.

Lily plopped herself down in the hot sand, her near perfect body with the missing leg at full display, and grinned at Hanna. Hanna, breathing a little heavier by now, made the last few metres to Lily and stretched her body right next to Lily, her longer stump digging into the sand. There they enjoyed each other’s company and quietly sunbathed. Suddenly, Lily got up and hopped a few hops towards the water, until she reached the wet sand.

“What are you doing?”, Hanna asked.

“Building a sandcastle. It has been years since I have done that. Wanna help me?”

Hanna had to smile. That was exactly what she loved about Lily, these random ideas, which only served one purpose: to have fun, no matter what anyone else thought. It was what had come through during their nightly conversations, it was why they were now both certified scuba divers, and it was part of what made Lily so appealing to her.

“Sure, hang on!”

She propped herself up and crawled over to Lily, who had already begun digging trenches. The next hour was spent with intense building. Once or twice, Hanna thought about just leaning forward and kissing Lily on the mouth, but she didn’t dare to. She’d rather keep that emotion stowed away than risk destroying what they had.

About an hour later, they had created an impressive and intricate labyrinth of sandy towers, tunnels, bridges, and trenches. Lily turned away and hopped to some nearby trees. A few moments later, she returned with some thin twigs.

“We can use those as flag poles, what do you think?”

“Ah, great idea. I can place the ones on the smaller towers, but you’ll have to do the one in the centre. I don’t think I can reach that far and don’t want to destroy the castle”, Hanna said.

“Let’s get started with the other towers then”, Lily replied. She handed the twigs to Hanna, who began crawling around the castle and carefully placed a “flagpole” on each tower she passed on her way. Once she had done a full turn, she was sitting directly in front of Lily. She looked up, grinned, and offered Lily the twig for the last tower. Lily took the twig, carefully placed it on the last tower, and then took a few hops back.

“Awesome! Come here and look at it”, she told Hanna. Hanna crawled over to her and took a good look.

“That’s probably the best sandcastle I have ever built. It’s definitely the most fun I’ve ever had building one.” She smiled and extended her arms towards Lily for a hug. Lily leaned forward as if to accept the offer, and…kissed Hanna on her mouth. Hanna’s eyes widened; her heart skipped a beat. ‘What is happening?’, she thought to herself. ‘Doesn’t matter, go with it’, she quickly told herself. Lily seemed to be equally surprised. She broke the kiss and took a hop back, a shocked expression on her face.

“I…I am so…I’m so sorry”, she stammered as her face flushed with shame. Tears began to stream down her face, and she turned away and sat down. “That was completely uncalled for”, she sobbed. “Can…can we just..”

“Hey, hey”, said Hanna, and slowly crawled over to her.

“I should not have…”, Lily continued.

Hanna arrived next to Lily. She softly put her hand on Lily’s arm.

“I really like you, I…I enjoyed the time here immensely, I just…I hope you can forgive… I don’t know how or why…I honest to God thought I was straight, I..” Lily was interrupted mid-sentence when Hanna gently turned her around and kissed her again.

“Shhh. So did I”, Hanna whispered.

Now it was Lily’s turn to be shocked.

“Ever since we arrived on this beach, I realised that I like you more than I thought I could. I..I was so afraid of telling you. I loved spending all this time with you this week, and I didn’t want to destroy what we had. Imagine my surprise right now. A very welcome surprise, though.”

Lily sniffed, took a deep shaky breath, then another one. She seemed to calm down. “Really?”

“Really”, Hanna assured her, and grinned. “When did you know?”

“I honestly didn’t. Until five minutes ago, I was sure I was straight. I think it may have started while we built the sandcastle. Still, I was as surprised as you were that I just did that. Sorry about..”

“Ababab, no, don’t apologise. I really liked it”, Hanna said, and quickly pecked a kiss at Lily again.

Lily seemed to collect herself again.

“Wow”, she said after a while. “So…what now?”

“Good question. I really like you. A lot. I too just realised I probably am not as straight as I thought I was. If…if you want to try…”

“I’d love that”, Lily said quickly.

“So would I”, Hanna replied and smirked. “Let’s do it. Let’s give it a try.”

“Should we tell the others?”

“Maybe at dinner. What do you think?”

“Sounds good!”

Almost two hours after they had arrived at the beach, Hanna and Lily arrived back at the boat, where Lena and James had enjoyed a lot of time together as well. On the far side of the beach, they could see Emily, who was slowly shuffling towards them, and Ben, who waddled beside her on his stump and knee and provided support for Emily with his hand and stump.

Emily finally made it to the water. She and Ben had made the best of their privacy, and now it was time to get going again. When she arrived at the water, she was already out of breath. This body truly was exhausting. There was sand in her privates, and she had no way of getting to it. Her armlessness frustrated her a lot right about now. Once they were in the water, she craned her neck to whisper into Ben’s ear.

“I think I have some sand where it’s not supposed to be…”, she said. “Could you maybe…before we get to the boat?”

She could feel his cock stiffening again just at the thought of what that was like for her.

“Sure”, he said, and gently used his hand to free her body of every bit of sand he could find. She instantly became aroused again when his hand brushed over her labia and touched her clitoris multiple times, Then he slid his finger into Emily’s pussy and gently pulled the sand out of her vagina, all the while supporting her with his arm stump so as to not let the other’s see what he was doing.

“Better?”, he asked when he couldn’t find any more sand.

“Much better. Thank you!” She craned her neck again and breathed a kiss onto his cheek.

Once they arrived at the boat, James, supported by Hanna and Lily, pulled her onto the boat again, before Ben swam around the boat and used the ladder.

After the remote island and beach, they stopped at one of the tourist hot spots for a last swim. Dozens of boats had anchored in the turquoise water. Everyone agreed that it was now James’ turn to go for a swim and soon he and Lena were in the water. Lily and Hanna offered to remain on the boat, but Emily decided to rest for a while, so Lily and Hanna went for the first shift. They got plenty of stares from the other boats, and all giggled at the attention. After a while, Hanna and Lily climbed back on board. Lily decided to rest, so Emily and Ben went for a last swim, and Hanna joined them, while Lily watched from the boat and had some bites to eat.

They got going again in the late afternoon. There were some restaurants lining the beaches on the way back to the boat rental. They got changed into their street wear and stopped at one of the places Ben had pointed out. They enjoyed an early dinner with plenty of fresh seafood and all the classic Greek appetizers. The favourite discovery of the day were the zucchini fries. During dinner, Lily and Hanna announced their new relationship status. To their surprise, the others weren’t nearly as shocked as they had been themselves, but everyone was incredibly happy for them. After dinner, they slowly putted along the islands towards the boat rental, where they arrived around half an hour early.

They were greeted by Giannis and his assistants, who helped them disembark and unload the boat. As the others loaded their stuff into the car, Ben paid Giannis for the fuel they had used and thanked him again, before they set off to drive home. Once they were back at the house, Ben loaded Emily into the wheelchair, and pushed her to the side, where she was joined by Lena. The two of them had to watch as the others unloaded the car. It was earlier then every other night had been, but the day on the boat had been exhausting. As soon as the car had been unloaded and everything had been stowed away, they took turns taking a shower, James and Ben helping Lena and Emily, and Hanna and Lily just enjoying their time together.

They reconvened once more at the beach to look at the stars together in their pyjamas, but it didn’t last very long. Lena and Hanna were on the verge of falling asleep as soon as they had sat down in the deck chairs, so the inhabitants of the guest house soon excused themselves.

Emily and Ben stayed a little longer, but then called it a night as well. Ben brushed his and Emily’s teeth, and soon the couple cuddled together in their bed. Ben felt around Emily’s nugget-like shape, enjoying her quadruple amputee body one last time. Tomorrow, she would have her legs back.

“Good night, Em”, he whispered, but she was already fast asleep.