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The First Time

The first times for James and Juliet.


"I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep." Walt Whitman


The first time they made love it was raining. They both had the day off and the five of them went to the beach for some much needed relaxation. They had made friends with people in the Dharma Imitative as well. But they couldn't talk about how they got there and about the rest of their people with them. So it was the five of them that shared that information. She always thought it was funny because before the freighter exploded and they started time traveling they were five strangers. Sure Jin and James knew each other for 108 days, but Jin barely spoke a word of English for most of that. She had just come to their camp from the one that was trying to kill them and the freighter people came after her. So they were five strangers that were stuck together having to survive. And now the five of them were a family.

James and her friendship had grown deeper with each passing day; they found it easy to talk to one another. They were partners, they were friends, and then one day they were more they just didn't quite have a label for it yet.

Jin, Miles and Daniel had left before them, because James wanted to go for one last swim. He asked her to stay with him so she did. It started drizzling on their trek back but it felt good after being in the sun all day. By the time they saw the yellow houses of Dharmaville (James' nickname for it) the rain was coming down hard, they were soaked and they could barely see where they were going. They ran laughing and smiling into James' house.

James watched Juliet laughing as she shook the rain from her hair and sprayed him with it. So he moved closer and returned the favor and shook his head in her direction. "I can play that game too" he couldn't help but smile she looked stunning even soaking wet. Her hair had started to curl around her face. His heart rate sped up and his breathing increased as he looked into her blue eyes, she was standing inches from him smiling. He didn't even know who made the first move but suddenly he felt her lips on his. Her hands were on the sides of his face and his were around her waist as he pulled her closer deepening the kiss. Her hands were on his chest and they both pulled away. "James" she whispered with her head resting against his. "Juliet" he whispered back. That's all they said before their lips met again. Their mouths strained together, tongues battling for dominance. They walked backwards until they hit the door frame leading into the bedroom. He pushed her up against it her arms went over her head as he slid her shirt off and then back to his chest unbuttoning his and throwing it on the ground. With his hands around her waist he slowly led her to the bed

The rain came down in sheets…hard… unrelenting. Everything was drowned out, the sound of the rain as it hit the window next to the bed. The only sound they heard was their own heavy breathing. Every touch, every shift of his weight felt incredible like nothing she had ever experienced before.

Afterwards coming down from the clouds now, sweating ... James tenderly brushed long strands of blonde hair out of her eyes. She had her arms around his neck looking up at him, the moonlight glistened off her skin and he leaned in and kissed her again. Nuzzling one another still joined, they lay quietly under the covers snuggled down on the soft mattress of the warm bed and wrapped in each other's arms.