Chapter 4: "The Beginning of A New Life"
It was just another sunny day in the forest. Victor and Anita have been trapped there for weeks. They have managed to survive for a while, then last night, they've agreed to live in the woods for a little while. Victor woke up and saw Anita still asleep beside him. He smiled and planted a kiss on her forehead. He carefully removed his arm from around her and got up to put on his clothes to go outside the cave. He looked at the surroundings and starting thinking. He had asked Anita to marry him last night, but how would they do that?
Victor looked at a tree and saw a few vines around the trunk. He went over to it and thought of something. Maybe he could make rings out of them. Victor took a few strings off and sat down against the tree. He started fixing the vine rings and thought of how they would get married in the forest alone. There was no way out of the woods, so they needed to come up with some way of their own to get married, since nobody was there to help marry them.
Meanwhile, back in the cave, Anita woke up and looked around. Where's Victor? She put on her clothes and went out of the cave to find Victor.
"Victor!" Anita called out. She looked around the area they were in, but there was no sign of Victor anywhere. Then suddenly, Victor snuck up behind Anita and grabbed her by the waist. "AHHH!" Anita screamed and Victor laughed.
"That was for jumping on me and making me scream yesterday." Victor said and Anita turned around facing him.
"You know you scream like a girl?" Anita giggled. Victor smiled.
"I do not!"
"Yes, you do."
"You better watch it, or else I'm gonna..." Victor thought for a moment.
Anita laughed. "Or you'll what?"
Victor grinned and started tickling Anita. "Hey! Cut it out!" Anita laughed and tried to pull away from Victor. Victor laughed. Then Anita got a hold of Victor's wrists and pinned him against a tree and grinned at him. "You know, you suck at trying at attack me." Anita giggled.
Victor smiled and looked down. "Okay, I'll admit it. I am not good at that." Victor looked in Anita's eyes. "But I know I'm good at this." Victor grinned and kissed Anita on the lips. Anita looked at him and smiled.
"Mmmmm, true." Anita said after the kiss.
"I got something for you. Come with me." Victor said and he pulled Anita by her hand and she followed him.
"Okay." Anita smiled. What could it be?
A little bit later, they arrived at treeless hill they slow danced on last night. Only this time, the sun was rising from beyond, making the picture look just like a picture of a fairytale. Anita looked around and smiled.
"It's even more beautiful at daylight." Anita said. Victor smiled and grabbed Anita by both arms and turned her around so she was facing him.
"This is what I want to give you." Victor said and he took out the two rings made out of vines out of his pocket. Anita looked down at them and let out a happy sigh.
"Victor,...did you..."
"I made a wedding ring for you, and for me." Victor grabbed Anita's left hand and put the vine ring on her finger. Anita smiled, then took the other vine ring from Victor's hand and took his left hand and put it on his finger. Victor looked at the ring and smiled at Anita. "Now we have to say our vows?" Victor said. "But what should we say?"
Anita thought for a moment. "Let's just try to make them up on the spot." Anita said. "I'll go first."
"Okay."
Anita grabbed both of Victor's hands. "I, Anita Knight, take you, Victor Volt, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish forever as long as I live." Anita smiled. "Now you say it."
Victor gulped. "Okay." Victor was a little nervous, and then he sighed. "I, Victor Volt, take you Anita Knight, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish forever as long as I live." Victor smiled.
"Very good." Anita said.
"Now what?" Victor asked.
"I...think that's it."
Victor thought. "There's just one more thing." Victor put his hand on Anita's face. "I now pronounce you, my wife."
Anita giggled. "And I now pronounce you, my husband. You may kiss me now." Victor chuckled and gave Anita a long, romantic kiss on her lips. Some clouds went in front of the sun and literally made a spotlight on Victor and Anita when they pronounced each other husband and wife, as if nature approved of their outdoor wedding. After the kiss, Victor and Anita looked up at the spotlight and watched as it suddenly faded away. They looked at each other and giggled.
"You are now Mrs. Volt, Anita." Victor said. Anita smiled.
"So... now what'll we do?"
Victor thought for a moment. "Well, we still have the honeymoon." Victor smiled.
Anita laughed. "But where? There's nothing but woods."
"I think we can work it out." Victor grinned and kissed Anita deeply. Anita put her arms around Victor and let out a moan of pleasure, enjoying their wet and delicious kiss. It was the perfect wedding any couple could ask for.
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The sun was setting and Victor and Anita were wondering around the woods, looking at their new surroundings. For a few days, they are living in a cave, just for their honeymoon. It was starting to get cold outside and they needed to start a fire.
"Whoo! Lets get some branches and start a fire." Anita said and started to shiver.
"Okay." Victor said. They both looked all over the ground and gathered a few branches and went back towards their little cave.
"You know, I wonder how long it will be til it's winter?" Victor said. It's been very cold the past few days and red, yellow, orange, and brown leaves started falling from the trees.
"Well, " Anita said while starting the fire. "I don't think it's too far away now, Victor."
"I hope we don't freeze to death."
"Me too." Anita said. "Now, you stay here and keep the fire going and I'll go look for something to eat."
"Alright." Victor said and Anita left the cave. Victor looked to the fire, which started to grow, and imagined what life would be like now living in the woods. He was thinking about having a child with Anita and what that would be like.
He knew Anita would be a great mother, but he didn't know if he would make a good father or not. He wondered if he can be responsible enough. Of course he's responsible for such other things, and he is willing to help Anita out when it happens. In the back of his mind, Victor still wasn't so sure if it was a good idea or not. There's plenty of danger out in the woods and the baby could easily get killed.
Anita came back in the cave after a few minutes. "Victor." Anita said and Victor snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Anita. "I can't find anything."
"What?" Victor stood up. "What do you mean?"
"I looked in every tree and bush and there are no berries or anything else."
"Well, we couldn't have ate them all?"
"Apparently, we're not the only ones." Anita said and she pointed to a few tracks on the ground, next the the bush in front of the cave. Victor and Anita both walked out of the cave and got a closer look at the paw prints. They were bear footprints. Victor looked around the area and saw another set of paw-prints on the ground, except smaller.
Victor knelt down and looked at them. "No, we are not." Victor shook his head. "We have bears and wolves."
"We should be safe by the bears cause it's almost hibernation. Wolves are the ones we'll have to look out for." Anita said.
Then all if a sudden, they heard faint wolf howling in the distance. Victor and Anita looked to each other and scrammed back to their cave. Listening for the wolves who sounded like they where getting closer.
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"I...kinda like hearing them howl." Victor whispered. "It's... kinda soothing." Victor and Anita were both back in the cave trying to keep warm. They were both shirtless, only to keep each other warm by their body heats.
"I think you're right." Anita whispered, rubbing Victor's arm and chest. Victor was shivering more than she was. He was rubbing her arm and her back. Anita scooted closer to Victor so that their skins were touching, hoping that would somehow keep them warm more.
Then Victor leaned over and kissed Anita deeply on the lips. Anita smiled and returned her kiss. Victor was now making his way inside Anita's mouth with his tongue. When Anita felt it she pushed Victor off of her lips.
"Victor." Anita whispered. Victor looked in Anita's eyes. "Not tonight." Victor just gave her a little smile.
"Come on? It's our honeymoon. Can't we just-"
"No, Victor." Anita frowned. Victor frowned and laid back down next to Anita, continuing keeping her warm.
"Okay." Victor said quietly.
"Look, it's not that I don't want to,...it's just that..." Anita sighed. "It just hurts right now." Victor was shocked when he heard that.
He hurt his beloved Anita? He never knew that. She never showed any signs that she was in pain, although, he did feel Anita's hands tighten on his arms when it was happening, but he thought it was from another emotion she was having.
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier? If I'd known that then we wouldn't have done it last night, or the night before." Victor said.
"I don't know. I guess I just..." Anita then forgot what she was gonna say. Then she sighed again. "I'm sorry, Victor. I thought you knew?" Anita asked.
Victor thought for a moment. "I didn't. When I had 'the talk' with my mother when I was 12, I didn't like to talk about it very much. I didn't have very many questions about it anyway, so I've never known...that I would hurt you." Anita looked to Victor. "I'm sorry, Anita. I wish I knew." Victor looked down and frowned. Anita smiled and gently pulled Victor's face kissed him on the lips.
"You're so sweet. Don't worry. It's just all part of it. These things happen, and I promise that after a while it won't hurt so much anymore." Victor smiled. He was relived. "When it's not hurting anymore then we can."
"Anita?" Victor asked.
"What?"
"Do ...do you want to have a baby someday, like,...out here."
Anita's eyes widened, then after a few seconds she looked down and looked lost.
"Anita?" Victor worried.
Anita let out a sad sigh. This can't be good. "I-I-I'm afraid that's never gonna happen, Victor." Anita said.
"What? Why not?" Victor said and then he saw Anita forming tears in her eyes. "Anita!" Victor said. "What is it?" Victor said a little loudly and Anita just started crying. Victor now knew what was going on. Boy, he's really done it now. "Oh no." Victor said pulling Anita in a hug. "No." Victor whimpered a little loudly and let out a sad gasp. He let Anita's tears fall down on his shoulders, drizzling down his bare back and chest. "I'm so sorry, Anita. I shouldn't have asked." Victor apologized. Anita cried some more.
"It's not you're fault, Victor." Anita muffled in Victor's shoulder. "You needed to know." Anita gasped for air while she was sobbing Victor was now starting to feel tears running down his cheeks, feeling sorry for her, and knowing that there's no way that they could never be parents.
