Note: To whoever geussed James and Carlia were going to be together you were right and their lives will get even more exciting.
The years have passed by so fast. The once baby Dollies were now teenaged, semi-adult Dolichorhynchops. Carlia of course was still in love with James, and Edward and Jeremiah were still best friends. The two male Dollies still would have long conversations on life and how they couldn't wait to meat their mates. Well, Carlia and James would never have to talk about that subject again since they were officially mate.
Earlier in the journey James and Carlia asked their mothers how they could officially be mates. Both of the mothers replied saying there was an oath all couples of their kind had to take to be joined in mate ship. The young couple quickly decided they wanted to take the oath so their mothers allowed them to take and become life long mates. The reason they let their children do the oath this young was because they shared a bond not even death would be able to shake. Peter, even though still slightly jealous of James got over Carlia and moved on. Carlia and Peter were of course still friends but Carlia still was sorry for supposedly "picking favorites".
Back to present day now. James and Carlia were nearly the same size of their mothers but were still a far way from being adult Dollies. Since they could defend themselves the pack could spread out a little more. Carlia and James always stayed close. James and Carlia decided to spend a little alone time with each other.
"Hey mom, Carlia and I are going to go ahead and uh… look for a new school of fish to hunt," James said approaching his mother with his mate right beside him.
"Well okay, as long as you two don't venture off too far," his mother, replied. Carlia and James swam off over the closest reef bed. Once they were swam a few feet and knew no one could see them, they immediately started locking their snouts in a kissing form. Carlia moaned a bit. She could feel sparks flying around in her stomach. Soon after a few seconds more of the kiss she could feel her hormones skipping around and going out of control. She reached her fins around her mate's torso and pulled him close. He could see what she was trying to do. She wanted to mate. At first he didn't fight it.
He let her continue the mating process. The couple sunk to the bottom of the ocean floor leaning on a small sand mound. James was positioned on top of Carlia. Then he came to his senses. If he were to impregnate his mate now then they would have to go back to the birthing grounds and would never make it to the mating grounds and so ends the line of their family line.
He quickly pushed his mate away in a split second decision before his hormones took over. Carlia looked puzzled and a bit disappointed. James looked at his mate with remorse. "Look, we can't do that just yet," she looked at him with unsatisfaction. "Look I want to do it just as much as you do, but if you get pregnant before we even get to the mating grounds then that will spell out um, well disaster." James explained. Carlia thought about it for a second and came to the same conclusion as her lover. Carlia sighed. "I understand." Carlia smiled and swam a little closer to her mate to a lips distance away and whispered sensually, "But you have to promise that when we get to the mating grounds, that you're to make it worth my while."
He smiled and blushed. Carlia still loved the sight of him blushing. "Oh trust me it will be." Carlia leaned in and kissed her mate. He gradually complied and locked snouts with her. James looked into Carlia's eyes. He could see that the kiss they shared was a fair enough compromise for her disappointment in having to wait for mating with her life long lover.
"Well was that satisfying enough," James asked his beautiful mate.
"Hm, I don't know," she started as she started to press her snout toward James again. "Why don't you find out for yourself"?
As they shared yet another passionate kiss, Carlia slipped her fin down to James lower part teasing him a bit. Before her flipper could reach where his reproductive organs were, he intercepted her flipper and moved it back around his back.
"I assume that's a yes?"
"What tipped you off," she said with passion in her voice.
They smiled and decided to do what they actually told their mothers they were doing. Fortunately, there was a school of tuna nearby and decided to ambush the waiting prey. When they got enough for everybody, they shoved on back to where the rest of them were. They carried the tuna in their mouths back to their waiting mothers and brothers.
After they passed out the fish equally to each other, they decided to dig in. After they finished their meal, they decided that the place they were at was a good place to camp for the night. Night came too early and before she knew it, Carlia was already snuggled up next James in their makeshift hut they constructed together. With one more kiss and a smile on their faces, they fell asleep in each other's embrace.