Welcome to the Island, chapter 9.
As always, It would be remiss of me to go any further without offering my heartfelt thanks to my incredible editors and to you, the readers, for your support and feedback. You all make this story what it is.
Now, on with our tale.
********
It had taken at least a few hours to climb up the northernmost ridge of the volcano's caldera. Without any means of accurately measuring time, I had no idea
how many,
I just knew it had taken a while. Coming
down
the western ridge was significantly quicker. Maybe it was the sheer steepness of the terrain, perhaps it was the much-needed assistance from gravity, or it could have been that Liz had a plan and was practically running down the mountain while bouncing with excitement and dragging me along with her.
It will forever be one of the great mysteries of physics to explain how neither of us fell and rolled the rest of the way down. Liz was obviously very confident and experienced on her feet. I think I was just lucky.
It was odd how quickly we all seemed to be getting used to the uninhibited sexual displays. Ray was still in the midst of his threesome when we made it to the foot of the mountain; one of his brunettes was riding him slowly and sensually while the other was grinding herself onto his face while they both kissed above him. Ray was flat on his back and seemed to be having trouble deciding where to put his hands. Liz called excitedly over to them as she skipped passed, timing it almost perfectly with the onset of the girls' orgasms. She waved over Louisa and Tom as well as she dragged me along the path toward the river. They had already finished, but through the long grass, it looked like Louisa was perfectly happily cuddling quietly into the side of our group's youngest member.
It didn't take long for Liz to wrangle everyone together, though, and we soon found ourselves back in the river with the rest of the girls. All of them jumped up excitedly and hugged Liz as we arrived, followed by all of them, apart from Amy, doing the same to me, all four of them planting wet, sloppy kisses on my lips and purring something about missing me. Or at least a certain part of me. Amy flushed a little at hearing the comments but was smiling at me the entire time. I ended up sitting between Hayley - who was pressed into my right side - and Hannah, who was lounging across the river bank with her head resting in my lap. Liz was sitting on a rock in the middle of the river, commanding the entire group's undivided attention as she laid out her theory.
"Wait, hold on," Robyn said with a look of concern as she glanced over to me after hearing Liz out. "You don't think you can build a shelter?"
"Yeah, man," Ray added. "I know it was a big ask, but nobody meant to put pressure on you."
"No, no, no," Liz answered before I had a chance to. "It's not that he
can't.
He just laid out to me all the work that it would entail, and even I didn't think there was that much to it. He would be able to do it. I just don't think any of us really understood or appreciated how hard it would be, how much work would be involved, and, more importantly, how long it would take."
"I mean, is there a rush for it?" One of Ray's girls, the one with the bigger chest, asked.
"Depends how you feel about giving birth out here," Amy answered with a teasing grin.
Ray, who had chosen that moment to take a large mouthful of water from his bottle, sprayed it out of his lips and started to choke. The girl who had asked the question patted his back almost casually as she pondered the answer. "It could take
that
long?"
I nodded. "With
all
of us chipping in, it would take at least a few months, but as more of you become pregnant, the workload would just be too much for you. Heavy lifting is never advised during pregnancy, from what I understand..." I cast a look over to Amy, who nodded vigorously. "...so eventually, it could end up as just the three of us doing it. That would stretch the time scales out to... Fuck, who knows." There was something in the back of my mind wondering how it was possible to be okay with knocking up four or five girls and worrying about how quickly I had gotten used to the idea.
"I suppose that this, in a roundabout way, brings up the issue of tracking all of your menstrual cycles," Amy added. "I'm going to go out on a limb and assume nobody found packs of pregnancy tests in the cases."
"
Hold the fuck on!
" Ray spluttered, apparently having regained the ability to breathe again. "Pregnancies? When was that decided?"
"In the lake," his other girl shrugged. The rest of the women nodded as well, all of them with slightly bemused looks on their faces. "What did you think would happen with all the sex we've been having?"
"I... but..." the levels of confliction on his face were almost comical. "Decided what?"
"Well..." Amy answered for him. "... Hayley, Louisa, Robyn, Hannah, and Liz actively want a baby, so they are going out of their way to get knocked up." My ears pricked up. This was news to me too. I flashed a glance at Hayley and Hannah, only to be replied with a sweet smile and a casual nod from each of them. "Katie, Zoe, and Caroline are not opposed to the idea but not actively trying. If it happens, it happens." Amy finished.
"And what about you? Have you decided yet?" Katie grinned at Amy.
"Yup. But that's something I'm keeping to myself for now."
"Holding it close to your chest, eh?" Hayley laughed.
"Aah, and what a chest it is," Hannah chimed in, pulling a round of giggles from the rest of the girls.
Yes, yes, I would be lying if I said I didn't sneak a quick look... and agree wholeheartedly.
Ray's face looked like it was being boycotted by his blood supply. "But... I had the snip," his frown turned into a genuine attempt to scrunch up his own face. "Didn't I? I think I did... or was I just planning on having it done?" He scratched his head. "I can't remember."
"Well, having spent a fair amount of time down there," the larger-chested brunette said with a smirk. "I can say I haven't noticed any scars."
"Let's just assume that all of those very tasty swimmers are fertile and healthy, then," the other girl grinned.
"Fuck!" He murmured, still scratching his head. "Little Rays running around. That sounds..."
"Wonderful." The smaller-chested girl finished for him.
"Yeah, it kinda does, doesn't it." He smiled a little and pulled them both a little tighter against him. Yeah, I noticed the sudden change in his mind from the other day too.
Louisa and Tom, having given up the pretense of being nothing more than friends, snuggled in a little tighter against each other. Tom was taking in the whole scene, but Louisa was nodding softly as her hand wandered absently over her belly.
"So... umm... moving on, before Ray has an aneurysm," I chuckled. "How was your walk? Did you find any more food?" I asked Amy and Hannah.
"Oh yeah, loads. Probably even more than by the beach. Look," she pointed out to the bank of the river behind me. There was another stack of mangos and bananas, along with something else I hadn't expected to see.
"Are those Watermelons?" I asked in surprise.
"Yup, there are hundreds of them; the plants seem to stretch for miles around the forest floor," Amy answered.
Liz frowned. "Well, that pretty much answers the questions about animals. There is no way they would just be left there and not eaten if there were any herbivores around, and no herbivores mean no predators."
"Well damn, I was hoping for a barbeque. Guess we are going to have to try our hands at fishing then."
Liz was grinning and nodding as she looked at me, shifting a little uncomfortably on the stone. "Are you okay?" Hannah asked, squinting at her. "You seem like you are in pain."
"Oh, I'm okay," Liz said, her smile growing a little more mischievous. "I made Dan stick his dick up my ass."
Robyn sat bolt upright from where she had been lounging in the water. "You fit
that
thing up your ass?!? Holy shit, girl, I'm impressed!"