Several days passed on the island. Laura and Graham had come to accept that they could be stranded there for some time, and although neither of them were particularly happy about that prospect, they realised that there was very little they could do to change it, given that they had no means of getting away. They had one inflatable life raft, that was in no shape to survive the perils of the open sea once again, and nothing else, except a few broken remains of the boat that had marooned them there in the first place. Anything that might have been remotely salvageable was now lost at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
They didn't even really have a clue where they were. Before the nightmare of the boat trip, they had been staying somewhere in the Solomon Islands, but the storm had blown them many, many miles, perhaps even hundreds of miles off course, so there was no way to possibly determine where they had now ended up. It didn't really matter much anyway, the key thing was for them to survive, and they would stand a much better chance if they worked together. But things had got off to a bad start. Laura just wanted to get back to civilization. Graham just wanted some peace to be able to think of a way out. But her constant complaining about their situation was affording him no such luck.
"For God's sake Laura, what do you expect me to do?" he said one morning, as she insisted they try to at least find some way of improving their living arrangements, having just spent the past few nights under a makeshift canopy, comprised of the life raft and some branches they'd managed to break off the eucalyptus trees growing slightly inland.
"Well, you said you're an architect, so surely you can think of something," Laura said.
"I don't really think that particular skill is going to be of much use here, on an island with no tools or suitable building materials whatsoever," Graham huffed. But he couldn't help but sort of agree with her. If they were to be there for some time, they would need a better and more stable structure in which to live. He decided to scout around a bit, to see what he could find that might be usable. They needed more wood to keep the fire going anyway. It had taken long enough to get it started in the first place, so it was imperative they didn't let it go out.
"Right madam, I'll see what I can do then," Graham said dryly, as he stood up and prepared to move off.
"Why do you have to do that?" asked Laura, "treat me like a spoilt child?"
Graham turned back to face her. "Because that's how you sometimes come across," he replied. "Why can't you do this? Why can't you do that?" he mockingly imitated.
"I'm not spoilt in the slightest," she insisted, "in fact if anyone comes across as spoilt, it's you, you stuck up English prick!"
"Somebody did get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning," Graham smirked.
"We don't have a fucking bed, we don't have anything!" Laura shouted.
"You see what I mean? You're such a little brat," he said, turning away once again.
"Oh, fuck off Graham!" she screamed after him.
"Don't worry, I'm gone," he spat, marching off. He was fuming. He'd had just about enough of her running on at him, and seriously wondered how long they could really tolerate each other in such close proximity with nobody else around. But he couldn't deny the attraction he still felt to her, regardless of that. She was a very pretty girl, and he was a man with needs. Needs that had been neglected for far too long. And here he was, on this island with her. Just her.
His mind started to wander onto thoughts of her again, dirty thoughts that definitely shouldn't have been in his head at all. He thought about the heat and feel of her smooth, toned skin beneath his fingers, her firm, rounded breasts cupped in his hands, her warm, wet pussy clenching his cock. But the type of wood he wanted to give her was not the type of wood that was going to help them in their current predicament. And so, he decided to keep focused on his mission for the time being, as he walked on through the rainforest.
Meanwhile, back at the camp, Laura paced back and forth, getting worked up the more she thought about Graham and how he treated her, like she was an inconvenience who was always in his way.
"Prick!" Laura muttered under her breath. 'Where does he get off, thinking he can speak to me like that?' she thought.
Her pacing had burnt off the initial red-hot anger, leaving her body buzzing with the residual flood of adrenaline from the argument. She hated any kind of confrontation, but being with someone 24/7 and with nowhere to escape from each other, it was only natural that they would get on each other's nerves, Laura tried to rationalise. She realized that a lot of her anger simply stemmed from her own pent-up sexual frustration. Her marriage had lacked any sort of physical contact for the last couple of years, and now here she was, alone on this island with a handsome stranger, possibly stranded there for life.
She didn't know how much more of his 'I'm the boss' attitude she could take. But if she was being completely honest with herself, she would admit that when he barked orders at her, in his deep gruff voice, she secretly got a thrill. She thought back to an incident a few days earlier when he had a go at her for putting the firewood in the wrong place, and couldn't help but think how sexy his voice was the more agitated he got. Watching him gesture to where the wood should be placed, caused her to focus on his large hands, quickly getting lost in thoughts of them running through her hair. Her eyes had travelled up imagining how the short beard he was now sporting would tickle against her skin, how his lips would feel against her own. She imagined his hands fisting in her hair, pulling her head back as he pressed his lips against hers. The kiss would be brutal in a hard, punishing way. His teeth sinking into her lower lip, nipping at it before he'd run his tongue over it to soothe her swollen lip. As she had watched him go off on a rant, not taking in a word he was saying, she couldn't help but feel aroused.
She was finding it increasingly hard to distract herself from these types of thoughts she was having about Graham. She just wasn't ready to confess that if circumstances were different, she could easily find herself enjoying his company. When he did deem her worthy enough to speak to, she was amused by his dry, sarcastic wit, and that just pissed her off more, because she really shouldn't like him. She was married for God's sake, and from the little he had said about himself, she wondered if perhaps he was too.