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Chapter 6 - The Morning After

Bpov

My head felt like it was exploding. I cracked my eyes open and groaned at the light. I knew I shouldn't have drunk so much but I was trying to be one of the guys. I needed to be drunk if I was going to listen to a bunch of guys talk about masturbating. That was just nasty.

The problem was, I didn't remember much about last night. I remembered laughing a lot so I hoped I had a good time. I was hoping I didn't out myself, and if I said anything, I hoped the guys were too drunk to remember anything or make sense of it.

I looked around slowly as moving my head hurt like hell. Edward was nowhere in sight. I laid back and sighed. I had a very vivid dream of him carrying me off with him. I wasn't sure if I could face him at all without blushing. I heard a knock on the door and then Jasper appeared.

"Hey, dude, I brought you some water and Edward told me to get you some pain killers out of his medical kit." Jasper dug through a red duffle bag and pulled out a couple of pain killers. He handed them to me and twisted the lid off the water bottle.

"Drink it all. You need to flush out your system."

I knew that. I knew I should have stopped drinking JD and start drinking water about five shots in but I didn't and now I was paying. "Jasper, I don't remember much of last night."

"That is alright. You didn't do anything to embarrass yourself." He cringed for a moment and then said. "Um, don't be surprised if Emmett calls you Herman."

"Herman?"

"Yeah, you said if you had to listen to your parents have sex you were going to move out in the forest alone and become a Herman."

"Herman? That's a hermit."

He started laughing and it was a little too loud for me so he stopped and said sorry. "You kept insisting it was a Herman. It was pretty funny. I'm pretty sure that name is going to stick."

"Great," I fell back. The name Herman would magnify my nerd status as a boy. Thank god it would only be for another three weeks.

I was pulled from my musing by Emmett's booming voice. "HERMAN!"

He walked in pounding his chest and laughing. If my head didn't hurt so much I would probably laugh. "Hey, man, how you feeling this morning?"

I gave him a thumbs up sign and he laughed again and Jasper, sweet man that he was, shushed him. "Let his pills kick in, man."

Moments later Edward came in looking at me nervously and I hoped I didn't do anything to make him feel uncomfortable. He pulled a bag from behind his back. Grease was seeping through it. "It's fresh from the kitchen and perfect for a hangover. Hopefully, it'll put some meat on your bones," he said handing it to me.

I opened up the bag to smell a heavenly greasy sausage filled biscuit with egg.

"Thanks," I whispered.

I ate the sandwich, eager to get rid of my hangover. Emmett handed me another bottle of water, which I also drank pretty fast. My mouth still tasted like ass. I hated that. That was why I usually didn't drink. Playing the guy I was supposed to be, I got up slowly and announced I was going to take a piss and wash the ass out of my mouth, which caused them all to laugh loudly. I grabbed my bathroom bag and locked the doors.

I didn't plan on coming out for a while.

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Chapter 7 – Proof

Epov

We had been at camp for two weeks, and ever since our drinking session, Rick had avoided me. I had heard him whispering my name at night when he was sleeping and that made me wonder more about him, and myself.

Was I attracted to him because he was gay and so was I? I didn't know how that worked. I heard people couldn't help it if they were gay and gay people always knew when someone else was, too. Was that what this was?

I swore I liked girls. If I allowed myself to fantasize, I still got hard thinking about girls. Hell, maybe I was bi.

I found it hard to look at Rick when he was around. I think Jasper noticed my awkwardness around Rick. He asked me if everything was ok and I said everything was fine.

Later that evening, Rick came out of the bathroom rubbing his hair with the towel and the smell of strawberries and flowers filled the air. He wrapped the towel up on his head like a chick would and I wondered again if he was gay. "Rick?"

He looked up startled and pulled the towel off of his head. I don't think he expected me to be there.

"Yeah?" he asked carefully.

"Are you gay?" I finally asked.

His eyes popped wide.

"It's alright if you are. I was just wondering if you were, you know? I had some questions if you were."

He made a choking sound and he looked like a deer caught in headlights. "I assure you, I like people of the opposite sex," he finally spoke nervously.

"You sure about that?" I asked.

His eyes darted down my form and I might have been mistaken, but it looked like lust flashed through his eyes just before he frowned. He just nodded his head yes and quickly dove into his bed out of sight.

The next day Rick went to breakfast with Jasper and Emmett and I lagged behind. As soon as they were out of the cabin I grabbed Rick's bathroom bag. I opened it and was shocked by what I saw. There was strawberry shampoo and conditioner, and Freesia body wash. There were also some girly facial stuff, pink razors, and a pink and purple hair brush. The most baffling thing was an almost empty tampon box.

What the fuck?

I zipped it back up and put it back in its place. I opened the duffle bag he had and looked in it. It was full of guy's shirts, socks and pants. I didn't see any underwear until I dug down under the flap at the bottom, where I found…pink lace? I quickly tucked it back down in the bag. I was pretty sure now that Rick was a girl. Even if he was gay, he wouldn't need those tampons, that was for sure.

I zipped up the bag and fell back on the ground and let out a huge relieved sigh. I wasn't gay. I was just horribly attracted to a girl. Wait, what if she was gay? She said she was attracted to the opposite sex, but she was dressed as a boy when she said it so did that mean she liked girls? I had to talk to him, or her, and figure this out.

When I arrived at the breakfast table the guys were all talking about spelunking in the caves just outside of camp. James, one of the camp leaders, was putting together a trip. Emmett and Jasper were trying to talk Rick into going. I thought this would be the perfect time to sneak off in a private cavern for a little chat. "Yeah, man, you should totally go with us. I'll keep an eye on you."

He looked at me nervously and then finally agreed, realizing no one was going to let him back down. After breakfast we all loaded up our packs and started to hike. I watched Rick nervously, as his pack weighed as much as him and caused him to fall over when we put it on him. Poor kid was going to be sore tonight.

We hadn't hiked too far out of camp when we came to some caves. We were hiking in and spending the night inside and going to explore some more and hike out tomorrow. Over all, it sounded pretty cool.

We hiked in for about two hours before we came to a huge cavern. James announced we would be spending the night there and we could look around, just not to go far. We needed to stay in pairs. I took that opportunity to grab Rick as my buddy.

I pulled out my smaller pack and a flash light and we headed down a tunnel. We watched a couple of guys go to the right so I led him to the left so we could be alone.

To my surprise he explained the process stalagmites and stalactites are made. He seemed like a smart kid and curious as he examined everything. He stumbled a few times but caught himself on the wall.

I went a little further ahead where there was a path that was a ledge. Rick stopped, looking at it nervously. I called to him to follow me. I had the flash light so the kid had to come. I should have listened to him. He was a few steps out when he started to slip. I ran to catch him, slipping myself. The last thing I heard was Rick saying, "Oh, shit."

Bpov

I knew going into a cave was not a good idea. I had learned about them in science and I could tell the guys were not going to back down, so I just gave in.

I was regretting it when they put my pack on my back.

I really needed to learn to say no before I got myself killed.

I was thinking that as Edward called to me to walk out along a ledge. Granted, it did look like a path, but I was pretty sure I would fall. I just didn't have a talent for staying upright. I had only taken a few steps out when I slipped. Edward tried to catch me but he fell as well.

I said, "Oh, shit," and he pulled me closer to him just before we hit the ground, or I should say before he hit the ground. He had pulled me on top of him so I landed on him. It knocked the wind out of me but I was fine.

I knelt next to Edward and pushed his hair off of his face.

"Edward?" I called to him. "Edward!" I called a little louder and tapped his cheek.

He let out a groan.

"Thank god." He was alive.

Someone so good looking shouldn't die in a cave, even if I never had a chance with him because he was gay. I noticed the ground felt squishy and looked around for his light. I grabbed it quickly and looked to see what we had landed on. Mushrooms, lots and lots of mushrooms.

Edward started coughing as he caught his breath. I was sure he had the wind knocked out of him, too.

"Are you okay?" he rasped.

"I'm fine thanks to you. Are you alright?"

He moved slowly, feeling around, trying to figure out what he had landed on.

"Mushrooms," I answered his unasked question.

"Lucky me." He sat up and when he moved his legs he groaned loudly.

"Are you okay? Is something broken?"

"No, but I think I may have twisted my ankle pretty badly. Hand me my pack. I have an elastic bandage in there."

I quickly handed him his pack and he pulled out a first aid kit. He opened it and sighed, resting his head on the box.

"What?" I asked.

"I gave it to you at the cabin. I don't have another one."

I suddenly felt really guilty. He must have seen the look on my face because he told me it wasn't a big deal.

"Well, now what?" I asked.

"We wait. I'm sure they'll notice we're missing and then come find us. I'm sure James has a first aid kit with a bandage in it I can use. Then we can get out of here."

"I'm sorry."

"Hey, no reason to be sorry. We're going to be fine. I shouldn't have dragged you out on the ledge. I've seen you walk."

I punched his shoulder and told him to shut up.

He laughed and pulled out a couple of pain pills.

I offered my canteen to him because I wasn't sure where his landed. He took a drink and looked at me oddly.

We sat silently for a while. It seemed like he was trying to get up the nerve to talk to me about something. I really hoped it wasn't about being gay. I had no idea about anything to do with being gay and I would hate to say something that would upset him.

He shifted and groaned loudly again when his ankle moved. He shifted his pant leg up and I could see it was swelling. I instantly felt bad. I had a bandage with me that I didn't need. As the minutes ticked on I felt more and more guilty. He seemed to be getting more and more nervous by the minute.

It started making me nervous.

Epov

I wanted to ask if she was a girl. I needed to out her and have her confess she was. It was hard to think of her as a girl when all I knew of her was presented as a boy. The problem was, my body somehow knew she was not a boy and reacted to her accordingly.

Of course, I couldn't come out and say 'Hey, Rick, I dug through your stuff and found your tampons and all your pink shit'.

Just thinking the words made me uncomfortable.

I had to find another way to out him, or her, I meant.

I licked my lips, tasting the remains of the lip gloss that was on the canteen she had shared with me and I smiled. I had a legitimate clue.

Bpov

After sitting silently for so long he finally blurted out something that shocked me. "Are you wearing girl lip gloss? Because your canteen tasted fruity like lip gloss."

I blushed and wondered if he could see it in the dim light. How did I explain a guy wearing lip gloss? It was colorless, so I assumed I was safe, and I was until I shared my drink with Edward.

"It's clear," was the only thing I could think of.

"But it's lip gloss, like a girl would wear?" he asked.

I shifted away uncomfortably not sure how to answer. I realized lying at this point was stupid because he already knew. I shrugged and wondered if he saw it.

He let out a sigh. "Rick, are you a girl?"

If I was a real guy I would be offended, but honestly, I was relieved that I looked enough like a girl still to be recognized.

To answer his question and relieve my guilt, I reached under my shirt and pulled out the bandage. I moved down to his hurt ankle and carefully started wrapping it.

When I looked up at his face, I noticed he was staring at my now prominent breasts. I pulled my coat closed and blushed as I moved away from him.

I was surprised to hear him whisper, "Oh, thank god, I'm not gay."

I didn't fully understand what he meant by that or what it had to do with me being a girl.

"So, Jake and Seth?" he asked.

"Seth is my stepbrother and Jake is an ass, but yeah, he knows. That's why he's being such a douche."

Edward started laughing and it made me smile. It was hard not to smile when he smiled.

"So, what's your name? I mean, you're not really Rick, are you?"

"No, I picked Rick because it was short for Richard, you know, dick? It would be the closest thing to me actually having one," I said with a smirk and he laughed "My name is Bella. Well, Isabella, but I go by Bella at home."

"Bella, that's nice, I like it."

I laughed this time. "Thanks, Edward isn't such a bad name, either."

"Please, it sounds like a geek name."

I laughed at him, remembering I thought it was geeky when I first read it on paper, but seeing the man behind the name proved to me that it was definitely not geeky.

"Not as geeky as Jasper."

Edward guffawed.

I went on. "Don't get me wrong, I love Jasper just as much as the next guy, but when I saw his name I was pretty sure he would have asthma and thick glasses."

"Dude, that's cold," he defended his friend.

I just shrugged. "It's cool, I was pleasantly surprised. All my bunk mates turned out to be hotties, so it was all good."

"Hotties? I think you've been hanging out with Emmett a little too much."

"I think you're right," I laughed. "Point is, names don't really mean anything, you're not a geek and neither is Jasper, despite your names," I smirked as I said that and he threw a mushroom at me.

We had chatted quietly for a few hours before I began to worry. His flash light began to flicker and Edward noticed that I shivered a little.

"You cold?" he asked

"Just a little. I hope they find us soon. I'd like to warm up by the fire. I wonder what's taking so long," I voiced my worries.

He motioned to me to come over to him. I wasn't really sure what he wanted from me. I stared at him for a moment.

"Oh, come on, Bella, I won't bite unless you ask me to."

I rolled my eyes at him, trying to hide my nerves. I wondered if he could see it in the dark.

I moved closer to him and his scent engulfed me. I fought to stay focused. He was just trying to warm me up, not hit on me. Edward was much too gorgeous to be interested in someone like me.

I nestled under his arm and rested my head on his chest. I lost control of my hands as they ran over his muscular chest. He didn't seem to notice, though. Thank god, that would have been embarrassing.

He wrapped his coat around me, letting me know he was just trying to keep me warm. I inhaled his scent deeply again and instinctively snuggled in closer wrapping my arms around him without even thinking.

He squirmed a little. "Hey, that tickles."

I was mortified for half a second, thinking he was just trying to get me to stop touching him, but as I moved my hand to slide it out of its position, he jerked and laughed again, proving he really was ticklish.

Our position was just too tempting.

I looked up with an evil smile and started to tickle him on purpose.

Epov

I laughed uncontrollably and I couldn't remember the last time I had laughed like that.

It felt good.

Tickling was an odd thing; you loved it and hated it all at the same time. You laughed loudly and uncontrollably as your body jerked to get away. I couldn't even remember the last time I had been tickled.

I decided to return the favor.

I quickly pinned Bella and tickled her belly and sides, moving up her body. She tried to fight back and tickle in return, but she was squirming and jerking around too much to have control over her limbs.

Her laugh was beautiful. I loved it and wanted to tickle her forever just so I could hear it. I had always been selfish like that.

Fate had other ideas for us.

As she squirmed, her leg jutted out, kicking me in the leg I was supporting my weight with.

I crashed hard, landing right on top of her unrestrained breasts. Her beautiful, unrestrained breasts. I landed with an 'oof' and she reached out, catching me and wrapping her arms around me to keep me from falling to the side. She held me tightly to her chest, with my face buried in her hair that smelled so damn good.

"Oh, my god! I'm so sorry; I hope I didn't hurt anything important."

Her hand traveled down my back toward my ass, but stopped before she reached it. For a moment I was hoping she had the nerve enough to check my goods herself.

"I'm…" I groaned, "No, I'm fine." And I was except for the raging hard on I had from feeling her breasts against my chest as her hot little hands ran down my back.

It didn't help that she shifted her legs to either side of me, bending her knees so she could push herself up. She did so without warning me, and when she scooted forward sitting up, my face ended up right in her breasts.

Her soft warm breasts.

Scratch that, they weren't that warm because they both had peaked into firm points from the cool air in the damp cave. Fuck, I wanted to lick those.

I let out a groan again because my cock ached.

I looked up at her worried face. She had no idea what she was doing to me.

"Edward, are you okay?" she asked truly concerned.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine."

I must not have been convincing because she quickly slid down my body, clutching me tightly against her chest. "Oh, Edward, I'm so sorry."

"No no, really, I'm fine." I tried to think of things to make my hard on go away.

Her little hand cupped my cheek and in that moment I wanted to kiss her so badly. Thank god she was a girl. Her brown eyes looked into mine and I couldn't look away. I wanted her so much.

Her eyes snapped to the left and that was when I realized what she was doing. There was a sound coming from above us. I quickly moved back and tossed her my coat. It was bigger and would hide her breasts. She put it on quickly without question.

"Edward? Rick?" I heard Emmett's booming voice call.

"Yeah, down here," Bella called.

Jasper's head peeked over the ledge first. "Are you guys alright?"

"Yeah, I just twisted my ankle on the landing. The mushrooms cushioned our fall."

"Mushrooms?" Emmett asked. Did he ever stop thinking of food? I looked at Bella, not sure how we would get up to the path.

"Yeah," Bella answered him. "How do we get out of here?" she asked.

"Hold on!" Jasper called. "I'll go get James; he'll know how to get you out of here."

I heard her groan. "That guy creeps me out," she whispered to me and I chuckled in response.

She wasn't kidding, though. She pulled my coat tighter around her and helped me up. She practically hid behind me as James showed us the way back to camp. She went straight to our tent and did not come out.

I made my way there with a bowl of the stew we were having and felt bad when I saw her shivering in the corner of the tent. She let out a sigh of relief once she realized it was me.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked like a douche.

It was obvious that she wasn't. I handed her the bowl and she thanked me. It didn't go unnoticed that she didn't say she was fine. She ate her stew quickly and set the bowl in the far side of the tent.

"Are you staying?" she asked timidly.

"Here?"

"Yeah, I mean are you going to bed?" Her big brown eyes met mine. They looked so vulnerable.

"Yes, I'm staying."

She nodded her head, pleased with my answer and wiggled into her sleeping bag. She looked over at me expectantly and so I climbed into my sleeping bag as well and she smiled sadly at me.

"Are you going to be okay?" I asked

She glanced nervously at the tent door. "Yeah, just don't leave me, okay?"

I reached out and took her hand. "You can't be a herman yet," I teased trying to lighten her mood.

She giggled softly and smiled. "Thanks."

She ended up holding my hand all night. Really, she had no reason to thank me. I wanted to touch her, even if it was just her hand. Just that little contact with her caused a warm feeling to spread through my body. I loved the feel of her skin and couldn't stop myself from rubbing her hand with my thumb. She dozed off quickly after that.

I lay there listening to her breathe, wondering what tomorrow would bring now that she was finally a she.

A/N: Well the cat is out of the bag. Edward has confirmed she is a girl and it is obvious he is very attracted to her. The next chapter is lemony so skip it if you are underage.