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JetBlack 2008. Stranded, Chapter 2. All publication rights reserved. Use without permission prohibited.
Chapter 2
I wiped the sweat from my brow, taking a moment to stretch as I looked over my work. The sun had been on my bare back for the past four or five hours, and now it was finally setting. The shelter wasn't pretty, but it would keep us warm. It was a lean-to shelter, with a distinctive half "A" shape, which I had placed between two young trees. I'd spent nearly the entire day building it; painstakingly sawing away at branches, cutting saplings, weaving the elastic wood into a framework that would stand up to both wind and rain.
I smiled softly, recalling how Britt had been so eager to help. I don't really know why I had been smiling at the memory; she was rather persistent in her need to help me build a shelter. Perhaps a better word would be annoying
.
I had been out scouting for suitable materials with her when she had noticed some, how had she put it?
"Oh! Look at these pretty flowers, Jet!" She exclaimed as she ran directly into a narrow passage in the brush, her eyes set on a group of small, white-pedaled flowers.
"Britt, wait!" I yelled, dropping my crude walking stick and grabbing her by the shoulder firmly. I spun her around, looking her in the eyes and noting she seemed a little frightened.
Good. She should be,
I thought.
"Look, you can't go running off into the underbrush every time you fucking see something pretty! Jesus, Britt! There could be a bear, or a wolf, or something poisonous..." I trailed off, losing steam when I noticed the tears coming to her eyes. A pang of regret hit me.
"I-I'm sorry Jet... I didn't think..." She began, stuttering slightly as she made an obvious attempt to prevent the tears from falling.
I shook my head and pulled her close, leaning my forehead against hers and looking into her eyes. My voice dropped low as I sighed, "Britt, it's just you and me out here. You have to be careful. Please don't go running off. It's not safe out here. There are a million things that can go wrong out here and we're a long way from a hospital." Inserted paragraph break
She seemed so small, so close to me. I licked my lips involuntarily, an uncontrollable little habit I had whenever I felt the urge to kiss someone. My voice dropped another decibel, "I can't do this without you. I don't know what I would do if something happened to you and I don't want to find out. Please. Stay close to me."
She nodded, her eyes locked on mine as her lips parted ever so slightly. "I won't leave you Jet." Her soft, small hand pressed gently against my chest.
I let out a shuddering sigh, releasing some of the pent up frustration that was building. What the hell was going on between us? Her cheeks were flushed, her lips parted, the full length of her body pressed against mine. We had never been this close before in all of our years together. In fact, I always found it kind of awkward to simply share a couch with her or let her lean up against me. I knew I had some intimacy issues, in the beginning of a relationship anyways. My life had been a hard one. I guess I just naturally put up emotional walls. The one former love of my life had worked hard at overcoming them. Most women lacked that strength.
I blinked. What the hell was I thinking? This was Brittany, not a potential lover. Off-limits. No.
"Jet..." She whispered as if she knew exactly what I was thinking. Her hand slowly caressed me, trailing up and down my chest. All traces of tears were gone from her now dark gray eyes. I didn't think I'd ever seen them so dark.
As my lips inched closer to hers, I wondered just why she was "off-limits." I did have feelings for her. I couldn't lie to myself about that. Our lips touched, slowly. There was no denying she had feelings for me either. We had grown up together. She was my sister; technicalities be damned. Did it matter that much? We knew everything about each other. The closeness and intimacy we shared could never be matched. She had simply spent too much time with me. I trusted her, she trusted me. She knew nearly my every flaw, my every quirk.
Her head tilted ever so slightly to the side, her soft hand moving up my chest, sliding slowly behind my neck as she urged me closer to her. This didn't feel wrong. I gently caressed her soft cheek. It didn't feel like I was breaking some terrible rule of nature. Her warmth was something real. Her lips were soft. Her tongue amazing.
It couldn't possibly be wrong. She wanted this as much as I did. Yet we were letting some stupid law a million miles away prevent us from being with each other.
What about mom and dad? Especially dad.
The thought crept out of nowhere. A low growl escaped my throat.
I slammed her back up against a nearby tree. All the frustration, all the stress and all the hell I had been putting myself through channeled into a single kiss. My lips met hers hungrily, my tongue penetrating her, tasting. She moaned in an entirely feminine, entirely animalistic way and it was enough to make me instantly hard, despite my usual control.