Sorr guys for the long wait. Here it is: chapter 10!

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Sleep had come and gone while I sat there on the cold floor. Every time I had started to fall into sweet oblivion, something would stir me right back to reality. This time the reason for my sudden awaken had been a few tree branches falling near the cavern where we were currently residing, due to the harsh winds that had picked up.

I sighed and finally got up from the make-shift bed I had created the evening before. The sheets were a mess from my troubled sleep and the pillow was filled with hair strands that had fallen from my scalp as I slept. I winced inwardly when noticing this. Every time, since we had left the city all those months ago, the baths we had taken in the small rivers or even houses we found in our way were very scarce and few and they never could get the dirt quite away either.

Again another sigh escaped my lips as I picked the blankets and sheets from the floor and proceeded to store them in the corner where the rest of our stuff lied, neatly arranged because of my obsessive compulsive behaviour towards messes and filthiness.

The covers were now carefully tucked in and a sudden growl from my stomach told me I was famished. Yet again a sigh was heard from inside the small cave. The amount of food had started to dim again and I was certain we weren't going to leave this cave in a while. It was then decided the meals would have to be scarce now and it would consist mainly of tuna and those food bars I had stolen from a sports store in the last city we were in.

The granola bar tasted awfully (cereal was slowly becoming my least favourite food) but I finished nonetheless and processed to bury the paper that had was contained the granola bar that was now residing on my stomach.

A lighting stroke then and I hastily got up, suddenly afraid. My feet took me to the entering of the cavern and I could finally see what really surrounded us.

A vast amount of green encircled the small entering. High trees and low bushes and tall grass were all what I really could distinguish. The rain that kept falling was now denser and the wind that had picked up somewhere in the middle of the night was powerful and uneven, as if a tornado was raging on.

I shivered silently and moved inside once again. Edward was already up when I entered, sitting on a blanket and eating.

"Morning." He brawled when he noticed me, his mouth full of uneaten food.

"Just because we are nowhere near civilization doesn't mean you can speak with our mouth full." I declared while taking a seat near him.

His face instantly turned a bright pink and he swallowed the rest of the food in a quick motion.

"Sorry." He whispered, as if he was afraid the sound would shatter the cavern around us, his face then turned red and his eyes moved downcast.

"It's quite alright." I mumbled, fidgeting with my fingers.

A pregnant moment passed us as we stared at everything besides ourselves. No one really quite knew what to say so we both remained quiet. Edward kept glancing around, his face contorted in a unsatisfied scowl as he regarded the cavern and I kept fidgeting with my fingers, only looking up every now and then to see what my companion was doing. It must have been at least an hour before he finally decided to break the silence that had so neatly engulfed us.

"When this rain stops…" He started but quickly shut up when he noticed I had gotten up and was heading outside.

The moment the sound came out of his mouth; my body seemed to have jolted with electricity and was now moving on its on accord. My steps were deliberate as I made my way outdoors, into the rain.

"Bella!" My companion called but my body refused to turn around and wait for him.

It was then that I felt the first droplets of rain fall on my face and smile instantly graced my lips. I opened my arms and started spinning around, my face towards the grey sky filled with fat clouds.

I felt free. My mind was clouded with happy thoughts and my body was spinning around, getting wetter and wetter by the second. Somewhere in my mind I knew I was acting like a lunatic but deep down I could care less. Who would see me like this? Edward? Probably, yes. But what did it matter really? The world was dead, the last traces of civilization were finally gone and the only person alive and near me was him and I was pretty sure he could care less about me and my sanity.

"What are you doing?" Edward asked me as he approached my location and grabbed my shoulders so I couldn't continue with my circles.

My face turned up and my brown eyes moved over his features, committing every inch of his face and body to memory. His eyes were a vibrant green, his hair was sticking in ways I thought physically impossible and his shirt and trousers were damp due to the water but he couldn't have been a more beautiful sight even if he tried.

My hand reached forward and grasped his shirt bringing him closer to me. If he was surprised by my actions he didn't show it. I could smell the light aroma of cinnamon he always gave off as his body approached mine and my mind spinned. My head rested on his shoulder and I felt his hands moving down my shoulders and encircling my waist. A sigh escaped my lips when I noticed that his head moved slightly to rest on top of mine.

I was finally at peace.

When we returned to the small cave, our clothes were wrenched with rain and leaves and our bodies were shivering in cold. I removed the heavy sweater I had on and my waterproof boots, that were now pretty much soaked, and grabbed a blanket to wrap around my body. If we couldn't get warmer soon I was pretty sure our changes of getting pneumonia would increase drastically.

I turned around and was about to find a nice place to lay the blankets and lie down when I noticed Edward was in front of me, regarding me with his vibrant green eyes.

"What?" I asked, my voice croaked with exhaustion.

His eyebrows rose slightly and his mouth quivered but besides that he didn't react, instead he moved past me and started taking his also moist clothes off and searching for a blanket for himself. I shrugged and took a seat on the farthest corner away from the entering of the cavern and enveloped the mantle around my still wet body, ignoring my companion that had decided to seat on my left.

The temperature in the small cave seemed to drop further as the day progressed; preventing my body and clothes to dry like I had intended them to. My body trembled due to the cold atmosphere. One look towards Edward told me he was going through the same thing as I was. And then my teeth started chattering and that's when I heard the groan erupting from my companion's mouth.

"You have to take those clothes off." He announced in a hoarse voice.

"The hell I will!" I said, my face colouring from the thought of him seeing me in only my bra and panties.

"Bella" He groaned again, this time moving further next to me. "Do you want to die?" He asked, a smile tugging at his lips and when I didn't answer (obviously) his hand found its way to my waste and my shirt was being suddenly tugged.

My mouth opened in shock and my hand instantly closed around his.

"Don't you dare." I warned, all the while seeing red.

He simply chuckled and by then my shirt was off and he was prying me free from my soaked slacks.

"Edward!" I shouted then and that stopped him from continuing his quest.

I used the opportunity to get as far away from him as the space allowed. My face was turned to the wall and it was a red as a tomato despite the cold I was still filling. And then I heard a booming laugh from behind me. I shuddered and wrapped my arms around my body in an attempt to get warmer.

"Who would have know that you were such a prude?" He asked then and I heard the sound of the blankets falling to the floor and steps towards my current location.

I panicked. Here I was clad in nothing less then a bra and some slacks, frozen to hell and now terrified to death because just a second ago the companion I had had for a few months in this god forsaken place where humanity had perished and would have trusted with my own life had tried to pry me from my clothes without my consent. I shivered when I noticed he was standing behind me, one of his hands tugging at my own, urging me to turn around and face his devilish handsome face.

"Trust me." He finally said when he noticed I wasn't moving anytime soon.

His lips where suddenly on my neck, kissing its way upward until it reached my ear and then he said: "Don't you trust me anymore?" He asked, his voice was husky now and his hands had found their way towards my hips.

"Yes." I answered willingly, any thought of fear long gone from my mind, and I turned around to face him.

His face light up instantly and he now wore a crocked smile on his lips. Lips, I so longed to feel with my own and that made me start chewing on my lower lip. A sudden wind picked up again and the cold crossed us like a blade, chilling us even more than before. In a second I was in his arms, my face on his chest and his hands on the small of my back.

"We have to get warmer or else we'll die." He announced. The tone in his voice was commanding and I found myself nodding in approval.

He removed his own shirt and slacks and turned in my direction, now only clad in boxers. His eyes were dark and lust filled as he regarded me. I instantly pulled the slacks down and moved towards him as if in a trance. My mind was screaming for me to stop, carefully warning what would happen if we got much further than this but I ignored it purposefully striding towards him and then finally enveloping my arms around his neck.

"Bella…" He said. His tone was warning and strained and I knew he was preventing himself from kissing me.

"What?" I asked, my voice was playful and light, astonishing us both. "Nobody will know…" I trailed off, stepping on my toes and directing my mouth towards his.

And that seemed to make something in him click and next thing I know I'm several feet away from him.

"I'll know." He answered sharply and proceeded to grab the blankets and place it carefully on the floor.

My face flamed with shame of having been rejected so I kept my mouth shut and waited till he was done. He was quick and when he was finished he told me to go sit by him. I did as he had told me and then another blanket, the warmest of them all, was covering us both. An arm wrapped around my waist and I felt myself being crushing against his chest, instantly turning my face as red as a tomato, due to the early rejection.

"Sleep, now." He ordered before placing a lingering kiss on my forehead.

I sighed inwardly and adjusted my position so I wouldn't get cramps during my sleep. Edward was already softly snoring when I had finally decided this couldn't get any more comfortable and laid my head on his chest. His breathing was calm and soothing as I found the first traces of sleep engulfing me.

When I woke up the next day, Edward was still laying next to me. My mind was a blur and I had to close my eyes first so I could get some sense into my mind and that's when the events of the previous evening folded in front of me and I found my cheeks burning with embarrassment. I had thought he was still sleeping but a quick peak at his face told me he was regarding me.

Oh God!

"You're awake." He said.

I nodded and tried to get up but his arms encircling my torso didn't bulge an inch. My eyes shot open in question and I saw him shrug before placing another lingering kiss on my forehead.

"This is very comfortable, don't you think?" He asked his voice mocking and cheery.

But I didn't find the time to answer because the next thing I know footsteps were heard from outside the cave.

AN: I hope you have enjoyed it! And again sorry for the long wait! Leave a review so I can know what you thought of this chapter, please!

And thank you for the many reviews I got from the last chapter that certainly made me want to keep writing!