WPOV
"Hurry!"
I was Jamie's voice, he sounded urgent. Ian and I straightened our clothes, that would have to wait.
We went outside the door, "What's wrong, Jamie?" Ian asked.
"We're all meeting in the rec, hurry!" he hadn't answered the question, but we followed him anyway. We ran through the barely lit cave halls, and eventually because I was falling behind, Ian threw me over his broad shoulders.
"I hate it when you do this." I said gritting my teeth, and hitting him in my frustration.
"Do do something about it." He said chuckling at my attempt to punch his shoulder.
"Maybe I will." I gave up trying to get down and decided to get revenge some other time.
We arrived at the rec, and everyone was talking gathered around Melanie and Jared. They happy, and nervous expressions on their faces as they looked at all the people milling about them. I looked about myself, trying to see if anyone knew what was going on in here.
"Jeb, what is this all about?" I asked, finding him in the crowd.
"Jared and Melanie have an announcement to make," He had a very large smile on his face, hiding beneath his big unruly beard, but he didn't give anything away.
I gave up, and made my way over to Ian, who was standing with his brother, and Jodi. She still looked a little shell shocked, but she seemed to be fine. She was chatting animatedly with Lacey, and I didn't want to…intrude upon their conversation, so I jast sat upon the ground, next to Ian, and wound my arm through his. He turned his eyes upon me, and I felt my heart do a happy dance in my chest.
Everyone had finally arrived, and the group began to get quiet. Jared stepped foreword, looking only slightly red in the face, but determined to say something.
"Uhhm," He cleared his throat, "Melanie and I have an announcement."
"Obviously!" Some unknown voice yelled, bringing a wave of light laughter.
"Well, what is it?" another voice without distinction called.
Jared struggled to find words, and I predicted what he would next say, though my mind could hardly believe it.
"Melanie…is…pregnant."
Someone spoke up, and this time, we all knew who it was, "Man, you waste no time no time, do you? She's been human for what, a month- two tops?"
"Shut up Kyle," said Ian forcefully, clearly not amused. I got up from his side, and made my way to Melanie, to tell her congratulations.
"Wow," I said, "Miss big'n'tough is going to be a mom. Who would have thought? But what made you change your mind…from before?" I asked, both excited, and curious about the current situation.
"Well," she said slowly, "We decided that even though this isn't a great world to raise a child in, the cave is better than anywhere else out there… And I hadn't realized how much I want a child…and we have to keep our species going somehow. Not all of us can self combust into a million little babies." I laughed, and noticed that she actually looked completely happy, and I felt a sense of pride for her; we had become like sisters, and I was happy if she was.
"Well," I said in a serious tone, "I don't know how you'll make it nine months with someone being inside of you. You sure didn't let me stay for long."
We laughed, I had to admit, that was a pretty good one as far as me joking. Jeb decided that we should celebrate and passed out a soda to each person in the group. They were some brand I hadn't seen before; Jones Soda, but it was a lot better than most of the ones I had tried before, and claimed to be made with 'real cane sugar, and love'. I doubted the brand had been continued since the…invasion…
We all chatted about the progress the cave was making, and drank our sodas in happy company with one another. I spotted Jamie in the corner trying to impress a girl with the size of his muscles. I laughed, it was adorable. Soon, Jeb walked to the center of the group and mustered up a massive yawn.
"Well, folks, today was a very eventful day, and I think you would all agree that," he paused to yawn once more to add to the effect, "that it is time to retreat into our beds." He clapped his hands together and motioned us all through the door. Ian and I began to walk back towards our room, and we waved goodbye to Doc, and Jamie, who were heading down a different branch of tunnel.
Soon we arrived back at the door of our cave.
Ian pulled me into his arms, and soon we found ourselves back where we had left off before Jamie had burst in. His warm lips brushed softly against my own, and he began to kiss my down my neck.
I could not describe what I was feeling…it was so…intense. I found my skin to be getting hot under his delicate touch. His hands had found my hair, and his fingers wound through it as he brought me into one of those molten kisses. Our lips met with more and more force, and we pulled each other close so that we could feel each other's hearts beating. His heart was racing, as was mine, and soon we both had to stop and gasp for air.
"Wanderer," he whispered softly into my ear, "I don't think you really know how much I love you." There was only one candle burning in the room, and the reflection of his twinkling blue eyes was all I could see as he said this. I was about to say something equally heartfelt and true when I remembered that I was supposed to get revenge…
"I think I know." I said, in a teasing voice, "Well, good night Ian." I flipped myself over and feigned sleepiness.
"Wanda?" he sounded worried…and was almost like he was whining. I almost laughed and gave it away right there.
"Go to sleep Ian, tomorrow's another big day, and Jeb would want-" he flipped me over, and forced a kiss upon my lips. It was rough with passion, and I fought mot to give in…I wasn't done getting my revenge. I pulled back and began to speak, but his fingers reached up and silenced me.
"I don't give a damn what Jeb wants. I know what I want, and she's laying here in bed beside me." Okay, I think I was done with revenge.
A/N Sorry guys…I have writers block for this point of the story, so I apologize for the shortness of the chapters…and the "cliffy"
