Author's Note: A big ol' Thank You to everyone who's reading and commenting. Another round of thanks to AuroraIncident, without whom this story wouldn't exist. My Beta Readers, especially Boots and adub. And a special thanks to the author, who shall remain nameless here, for your criticisms, which led to significant rewrites to this particular chapter.
Since this is a shorter chapter, Chapter 5 is scheduled to be released sooner than we've done in the past. I haven't decided how this will affect the release date for Chapter 6 yet. Be sure to check my author's page for information regarding updates to the release schedule.
As always, any characters engaging in sexual activity are at least 18 years old.
4 - Not From A Textbook
Saturday, August 19, 4:07 AM, Belews Lake Woods
Miles froze.
Fuck!
His eyes darted about, trying to see anything out of place.
I've crossed these woods so many times. I got careless. Where'd that voice come from? If it were an adult, they wouldn't be whispering.
"Huh-Hello?" He whispered into the void.
"Hi friend!"
What the hell?
"Pixie?"
"Of course. Were you expecting someone else?"
I wasn't expecting YOU.
"No. Well, possibly? Where are you?" His eyes still hadn't adjusted to the darkness enough to make out any figures from the woods.
"Right here," she giggled as she stepped away from the tree.
"Phew, I wasn't expect..." He couldn't finish his sentence.
Holy shit!
"What's wrong?" She held up her hands.
Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?
"Where are your clothes?" He averted his eyes.
"I tucked them away," she took his hand and tugged him lightly. "C'mon, we gotta get further away from camp so no one can hear us."
Is this a trick? Someone has to be playing a joke on me.
"Okay..." He tried again, letting her lead them as he continued looking up. "But why are you naked?"
The greatest joke of my life.
She led him to a spot where they could see the sky through the leaf canopy.
"Because I'm not ashamed of my body."
She's 4'11 at best. Couldn't possibly have much more than an A cup. Maybe AA. Yet, She's standing in front of me like nothing is out of the ordinary. She's more comfortable with her body than anyone else I've ever met.
"Miles?"
Why do I have a feeling I'm not going to like whatever she's gonna ask?
"Yes, Pixie?"
She released his hand, took three steps forward, turned, and faced him. "Are you ashamed of my body?"
"No! I mean Ye- No. Errr, s'hot! Uh..."
She blinked several time as she attempted to process his response, "Pretty sure I heard a 'No' in there... are you reassessing your answer?"
"Sorry," he pointed to his forehead. "I think it's rebooting."
"I can wait for your answer," she smirked.
Be careful with how you answer this.
He lowered his gaze, attempting to maintain eye contact and failing immediately.
She's so petite I would have thought her boobs would be nonexistent, but... wow they're definitely there, and they're looking right at me.
She held her hands out from her sides, further putting herself on display.
Okay, even if they are looking at me, I'm looking right at them! I should not be... they're so nice, I mean no, should not be looking at them. But she can't expect me to look away. She probably expects me to close my mouth before I start to drool though.
"You okay?"
Oh, God. She's talking, isn't she? How's she expecting me to focus on what she's saying if she's expecting me to make an observation on her body?
"I- uh..." He couldn't find his words. His eyes continued to travel lower. Even in the moonlight, he could see that she took her personal grooming more seriously than he would have assumed of someone who walks around the woods naked.
His struggle to find his voice was made more arduous as she took a step. Not toward him, but merely to separate her legs from one another. If she held a look of anger or embarrassment on her face, Miles had no way of knowing. He couldn't bring his eyes above her hips.
There is no logical way for her body to be this well-illuminated by moonlight.
Though he couldn't explain it, he also couldn't complain about it.
God, she's perfect.
He grinned and gave her a nod.
"Is that your answer?" She queried.
"Oh, shit," he blushed. "What was the question?"
"Are you ashamed of my body?"
"Hell no!" He said with more force than intended. "I- Uh... I mean, no. I'm not ashamed of your body. And I definitely see why you're not ashamed of your body."
Satisfied with his response, she smiled and returned to his side to take hold of his hand once again. The sensation made him feel important.
"You didn't know I was going to be out here, did you?" She had the same bounce in her voice as she usually had during the day.
"No," he admitted. "In fact, I'm still not at all sure why you're here."
"Well, as you know, today is my birthday."
"Yeah. Happy Birthday."
"You're actually still a bit early. See, I was born at 4:20."
Of course, you were.
"So I wanted to be one with nature at the exact minute of my birth."
"That makes a surprising amount of sense."
In a Pixie sort of way.
"Miles?"
Uh oh, what now?
"Yes, Pixie?"
"Are you ashamed of your body?"