Forest Point: Ben and Izzy

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Recap

: She put her head down and continued holding the apple. She was so sleepy. The rain was hitting the windows and the murmur of the conversations going on in the living room were a dull hum. Izzy closed her eyes and felt the apple fall out of her hand. She was going to pick it up to put it back, but sleep took her away.

Forest Point: Ben & Izzy - pt. 02

Izzy woke up in the bed which she and Ben shared. She sat up and looked around. Her phone was sitting next to her on the table. She looked at the time (2:14PM) and then saw that she had one text from Ben.

"Text me when you wake up, please."

Before she could talk to him, she chose to go and use the bathroom and brush her teeth. A four-hour nap was sure to have given her morning breath... again. When she got back to the bed, she first fixed the sheets and then sat back against the headboard. Izzy closed her eyes and prayed that he'd forgive her for trying to keep it from him.

"Hey, I'm awake. Oh, um, did you carry me up 2 flights of stairs to put me to bed?"

Ben knocked and walked in almost immediately. He sat on the bed and gave her a hug.

"I'm sorry I walked away," he whispered.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Ben," Izzy replied back and sniffed.

Here come the tears

, she thought. "First fight, huh?"

"I hope it's our worst," Ben responded and rubbed her back. "As soon as I walked away, I wanted to run back and redo that whole reaction. Man, I felt so bad."

"I could never deceive you, Ben," Izzy cried and hugged him tighter.

"You have to see how it looked."

"But that's why I asked Emma to not saying anything during this vacation!" Izzy confessed.

"You asked her to keep it from me?"

"Yeah, but..." and then Izzy realized that while her intentions had been good, it was actually deceptive. "Oh, no! I'm so sorry! I didn't realize how deceptive it was for me to ask her that! I just didn't want my birthday to be a huge deal. The party last week went overboard enough to cover my next

five

birthdays. I thought that since most of the people here had been there, no one would bother making a big deal out of it. This was about

me

, Ben. I'm so sorry." She tucked her face into his shirt and cried some more.

"Well, talking about being sorry," Ben countered, "

I'm

sorry I accused you of choosing tomorrow to be

the

day because of your birthday. I know you're not like that, and you did say already that it would be the safest if we waited until then."

"I can show you the app," Izzy offered and pulled back from him.

"I believe you, but I

would

like to see it," he confessed. "You know, since it's me you'll be recording about when you mark that you're having sex and all."

"Here," she presented and handed him the phone. "I'd like to talk to you about it if you'd be alright with that."

"Well, since I'm officially your boyfriend, and you'd only be allowing me to make love to you," he told her and set the phone down next to him before he cupped her cheek, "I suppose it's only right that we discuss it. But come here. I want to feel you in my arms again."

Izzy sniffed a laugh. "I'm in your arms every night."

"And I love every minute of it," he argued. He pulled her from the bed to straddle him. "I don't ever want to be in that situation again, Izabella."

"I know, and I admit that I was wrong," Izzy shared. "You're probably the first in history to ever have me admit it straight off the gate, so please take it." She laughed and hugged him tighter.

"Alright, now," Ben announced and sighed, "let's take a look at this app." He picked up the phone and held it so they could both see it.

"So, I take my temperature and answer a few answers each day," Izzy explained. "It then processes it and shows me where my cycle is most likely at. My fertility is showing that I would probably get pregnant anytime between this past Wednesday and Saturday, so I when I told you Sunday night would be best, that's what I was basing it off of."

"What kinds of questions does it ask you?"

"Moods, symptoms, sickness, and then I can enter notes," Izzy further detailed. "The entire manual is on the app. I used to have to enter the data on a physical chart and have to look up stuff in a huge, two-inch thick book!"

"I really want to be with you, Izzy," Ben told her when he closed her screen and set the phone down. "And just like you, babe, I want to do things to make you happy. You arranged the boat for that first day because of one thing I mentioned the night before. You introduced me to toasted bagels with raviolis. Can't I want to do something for you too? Does that surprise you?"

"No," she answered quietly. Ben turned her so that she was now resting on her back with him hovering over her. "I really want to be with you too. You're kinda hot and a little sexy and

damn

, you're a great kisser." Ben smiled and gave her some incredibly hot kisses that had her moaning. Or maybe it was where he put his hands. Or his tongue. Or his knee.

"Finally!" Emma exclaimed and ran over to hug Izzy when she and Ben were coming down the stairs. "Are we good? Are you guys good?"

"We're good," Izzy shared and hugged her best friend.

"Any chance we could get that game back up and running?" Izzy asked and laughed. "Lisa's not the only one who enjoys playing games." When Emma smiled at Ben who was standing behind her, Izzy gave her a confused look. "What? Did you guys play more when I left the room?

Oh!

Did Nick propose too? Shoot! I missed it! Well, two out of three isn't bad, I guess."

"Oh, hell no!" Nick yelled when he came out of his room with Amanda. "We all went off and did our own stuff. I mean I, for one, used the time to have some hot sex, but everyone else just kinda went and did their own thing. I think I heard a movie going. Anyway, we're up for resuming the game."

"Thanks, Nick," Izzy told him and nodded. "And good for you. Glad to hear you're getting some this week."

"Hell yeah!" Nick answered and laughed as he put his arm around Amanda.

Soon everyone trickled back into the living room to continue playing the game. Mark stood up and announced that it was his turn to pick his next victim. He picked Mitchell who picked truth.

"Brother, where's the craziest place you and Trina have had sex?"

Trina made the sound of a buzzer. "Not fair. Leave me out of it."

"Alright, I'll admit the craziest place I've had sex in general," Mitchell amended. "I have had sex in the restroom of a certain bar about fifty yards from this house." Gasps filled the room.

"You guys did that too?" Toni asked and then covered her face in embarrassment.

"That was you guys?" Brad asked and then turned to look at Emma. "I told you I heard someone having sex in there!"

"Was it the ambiance of the bar scene, or the pool table that got you excited, or what?" John asked and gave both couples a judgmental look.

"I'm next," Mitchell announced. "Tina, truth or dare?"

"Truth," she answered.

"Tina, how many times have you had sex on this vacation, and have they all been in the house?" Mitchell asked.

"Seven, and yes," she answered. "We're a little tired from being parents. Sorry to let you guys down. We know we used to have more stamina than that."

"Seven?" Emma asked and widened her eyes as she looked around the room. "Anyone had more than seven yet? Really, Tina? Seven

already

?"

"I mean, I know it should be more, but we've been catching up on sleep," Tina justified. "Twice Wednesday night, Thursday morning, twice that night, Friday morning and this morning. That shower is awesome and just has that ambiance as John mentioned a minute ago."

"Hold on," Emma declared. "How many times have you all done it so far?"

"Four," Brad answered.

"Five," Aaron told them.

"Three," Logan confessed.

"Shit, I mean, I think it's only been six for us," Nick answered and turned to Amanda. "How are we lagging?"

"Four," Mark and Mitchell both answered at the same time. And then everyone turned to look at Ben.

"Oh, duh," Tina said with an air of obviousness and waved off everyone else. "Ben. Let's hear it."

"That would be none for us," Ben answered and smiled at Izzy. "Yet," he whispered.

"Bullshit!" Aaron yelled.

"We literally heard you!" Stacie argued.

Izzy inhaled deeply and then shook her head. She reached for Ben's hand and smiled up at him. "Well, who knew we were apparently the only ones who knew there were more activities than just sexual

intercourse

that can be done in the shower?"

"Oh, hell yeah!" Nick exclaimed and stood up to clap his hands. "

Hell

yeah! Get it, boy!" Nick yelled and gave Ben a high five." Ben shook his head at that.

"Izabella!" Emma exclaimed. "Who

knew

?" She then smiled to herself and looked back at Brad.

"Well, I think more than just sex is being had tonight," John noted and pointed at Izzy. To his surprise, Izzy winked at him as she continued to smile, though her blush was becoming more evident.

"Well, that makes it my turn," Tina announced and turned to Brad. "Brother, dear, what say you?"

"Truth," Brad answered.

"When did you know that Emma was the one?" Tina asked him.

"On our second date," Brad answered without hesitation. Emma turned suddenly to look at him. Clearly this was brand new information. "I took her to a place that was really nice because

someone

had suggested it. He hadn't mentioned

how

nice the place was, so when the bill came, I was a little short. I was worried and started to panic, but Emma noticed it, reached over and touched my hand and told me it was so nice that I had taken her to this fancy place, so it only seemed right that she should pay for half since she'd always wanted to go there. No judgment. No big deal. We had our first kiss that night, and I've only had eyes for her ever since."

Izzy was in tears and squeezed Ben's hand as she rested her head against his shoulder. Emma reached out to hug Brad and cried too. Pretty soon most of the girls were reaching for tissues. Then they all started laughing when they saw each other tearing up and pointed at Brad.

"This is supposed to be a fun game!" Lisa argued out and groaned.

"OK, um, my turn," Brad noted. "Ben, truth or dare, buddy?"

"Dare," Ben answered and surprised Izzy with that one.

"Well, crap," Brad answered and laughed. "I just thought everyone was doing the truth thing. Alright, well, then, let's keep this in the spirit of high school. I dare you to show us how you first kissed Izzy."

When he saw that Izzy's reaction was welcoming to the idea, Ben stood up and offered her his hand to bring her over to the stairs. "We were up on the third floor when I got the idea to get that awkward tension of when and where and how we'd have our first kiss out of the way, so I went down to about the fifth step down and left her up one because of our height difference." He then set her up to be a step higher on the set of stairs there in the living room and leaned in to kiss her just as he had that first day. The feelings were the same, though this time, they were familiar because they'd kissed many times since then. She even had her hand on his arm like she had that first time. When he pulled away, Izzy sighed and looked at him with a warm smile.

"Just as good as the first time," she claimed and leaned in to kiss him again quickly before they left the stairs to sit back in their places.

"Whoa," Emma breathed.

"That was hot," Tina acknowledged without much thought.

"I think I need to go to the bathroom," Amanda announced.

"I may have just had an orgasm," Lisa claimed, and that made the other girls in the room laugh.

"My turn," Ben announced and maintained his hold on Izzy's hand. "Nick, truth or dare?"

"Dare, dude," Nick answered. "And make it a good one!"

"Pick three people in this room and tell them exactly how you feel about them," Ben challenged.

"Alright, um, well, I guess if you dish it out, you have to take it. Ben, I think you're awesome & one lucky dude. Logan, I know we don't talk much, but I admire the hell out of your commitment to dental school and marriage and making it all work. I've always thought that you were a better man than me. And Amanda, sex with you is fucking amazing, but somewhere in the middle of all this, I fell in love with you. I know I play it off most of the time, but I'm totally committed to you. I mean, I'm not ready to propose or anything, but I'm pretty sure I love you, and I want you to be mine. You know, like, just with me. Is that cool?"

"What?" Amanda asked with shock. "Oh, Nick! It's only been you all along! Do you think I'm seeing other guys?"

"Well, yeah! I mean, what about that dude you keep talking about? Bobby somebody?"

Amanda burst out laughing, as did Emma.

"Is he talking about Bobby, your 74-year-old frequent flier at work?" Emma asked and laughed again. Izzy recognized the name and then burst out laughing as well. Bobby had been a regular at her dental office, but he hadn't been in for a while.

"Nick! Bobby makes an appointment every week to get a 'physical check-up' but only comes to see us girls in the department, and he always brings us flowers. He's got a bit of memory loss since losing his wife last spring, so when he found that we always welcomed him and enjoyed his visits, he began bringing flowers each week for us at the office and would sometimes bring a treat too. There's only been you since we met! Honest!"

"Well, alright!" Nick cheered and leaned down to give her a sloppy kiss. It was romantic, Izzy acknowledged, even if it was kinda gross to watch. It only made her appreciate Ben more. She smiled to herself.

"Alright, my turn!" Nick declared. "Lisa! Truth or dare?"

"Finally," Lisa told them exasperatedly. "Um, truth! No wait! Dare! Wait! Yeah, dare."

"Are you regularly on Facebook?" Nick asked. Lisa nodded.

"Oh, if she doesn't post one day, about 16 messages pop up asking if she's OK," Emma told the group and rolled her eyes.

"OK, this will work then," Nick responded. "Go onto your Facebook and type the phrase, 'I'm coming... I'm coming!' Then, in about five minutes, and I'll set the timer to let you know, edit it to say, 'I just came.' Sometime later, you have to read all the comments aloud to us."

"No way!" Emma yelled and laughed aloud. "Seriously, you have to do that! I want to hear who says what!"

"That's embarrassing!" Lisa accused Nick even though she'd already taken out her phone to type it.

"You have to show Nick that you've posted it so he can start the timer, and someone else needs to see that it was put up on your public wall!" Izzy exclaimed and pointed at her. "I've seen your ways, missy! I know you know how to post them so that no one will see them!"

"Oh, come on!" Lisa exclaimed. "How are you gonna call me out like that, Iz? I thought we had a special bond, you and me!"

"Ha! All's fair in Truth or Dare!" Izzy exclaimed and laughed aloud again as she sat back against Ben. Lisa did as she was instructed, had her post verified by Stacie, and then watched as Nick set the timer.

"In the meantime, I guess I get to pick my next victim. Oh, Izzy! Truth or dare, you mean lady!"

"Oh, you love me, and you know it," Izzy replied and laughed. "Um, dare, please."

"Um, oh! I have one. Ben, first, do I have your permission to have her do something to you? You will remain completely dressed and not even have to move."

"As long as it's Izzy doing it to me, I'm fine with that," Ben answered and watched as Izzy stood up to walk over to where Lisa was standing.

"Until the timer goes off, in front of everyone, I want you to..." she said and trailed off so no one could hear her but Izzy. "Go up to Ben and make a move on him. Kiss him, kiss his neck, touch him, rub against him, but no removing anything, and you can't stop until the timer goes off."

"How long is left," Izzy asked. Nick stopped the timer.

"Hold on," Nick announced and held up the phone. "Whatever it is, she could talk herself out of having to do anything. It's at two and a half minutes left. She has two and a half minutes. All agree?" Everyone, even Ben, nodded or yelled out their agreement.

Izzy inhaled deeply and then let out her breath as she began making her way to Ben. "Go ahead," she told Nick and heard the timer beep again to resume counting down. And so, she began.

She knelt on the cushion between Ben's legs and leaned over him to move in closer. She put her mouth close to his ear and licked it. "Something tells me this is going to lead up to something more," she purred and rubbed her cheek against his. She moved down to his neck and began kissing it gently and then more intensely as he reacted to it. Ben inhaled deeply as she moved one knee closer to his member and the other knee to the other side of one leg. She sat on his knee to continue her routine. She kissed his ear and then brought her mouth down onto his jawline. Finally, she slid her hands up over the front of his shirt and put her lips on his.

Ben had tried very hard to keep his reactions from showing, but when she kissed him this time, his resolve disappeared. Ben slowly leaned forward and put his arms around Izzy. The kiss continued and deepened into what seemed to be more than it ever had been. The timer went off, but they kept going. No one said anything. No one moved. And then, finally, Izzy came to her senses and slowed their kiss. She pulled back from him enough to snap him out of it as well.

"Whoa," Lisa breathed and sighed. "Now, I think I really

did

just come," she announced as she opened her Facebook app and changed her status as instructed by her darer.

"Whoa, that was... whoa," Emma breathed and shook her head.

"Um, so don't... um, babe?" Ben stuttered. "Be careful as you get up off my lap," he warned with a whisper. "You have always, at least in the four days I've known you, had an effect on me, but never to this degree. In fact, no one has, Iz. You're amazing, my girl." He leaned forward to resituate himself on the couch. "Just, be careful," he warned quietly again.

"God, I can't wait until tomorrow night," Izzy whispered and put her forehead to his.

"Um, Izzy?" Emma spoke up. "It's your turn, honey."

"Yes, I guess it is," she answered slowly as she removed herself from Ben's lap and sat on the couch again next to him. "Thanks, Leese. That was, um, quite a dare. Uh, Toni, truth or dare?"

"Dare, especially if it's like that one," Toni answered and laughed.

"You know what? I'm going to make this a double dare, unless anyone has any issue with that." No one spoke up, so Izzy got up and waved Toni over to stand by her. She leaned in and whispered into Toni's ear, "Take Logan upstairs and try or do something you don't usually do. If you haven't tried the shower, do that. But first, pick the next person to get the next victim going."

"Um, Emma, truth or dare?" Toni asked and pointed to Logan to stand up.