The next morning, Rayne woke up in Stoker's arms. They both remained with their underwear on. However, before they fell asleep, they spent a few hours, kissing and letting their hands explore the other's body.
She lifted her body to look at his sleeping face, and asked herself, "Why is it so hard for me to say, and get what I want?" She lowered her head to his chest and listened to his heart beating.
Across the hall, Harley woke up, slipped out of the shared bed, with her now fiancée, and put on a robe before leaving the bedroom to start breakfast. After she closed the door to her room, she went across the hall to check to see if their guests were awake. She slowly opened the door and heard Rayne asking her question. She asked softly, as not to wake Stoker, "Rayne, why don't you join me in the kitchen?"
Rayne lifted her head from Stoker's chest, turned her head to the left, seeing Harley in a tiny yellow robe, and answered, "Sure. Give me a minute to get decent, and I'll join you."
Harley smiled at her friend, then said, "See you in a few minutes." She started to close the door to give her some privacy, but stopped and said, "Now I see why, Stoker chased after you. He was always a Tail Guy, and yours looks quite nice in those minuscule panties, Rayne." She closed the door right after.
Rayne wondered why her backside felt cold and when Harley, more or less told her she could see her ass and tail, her eyes flew open and pulled the covers over her lower half.
About ten minutes later, Rayne walked into the kitchen, fully dressed in the clothes she wore yesterday. She noticed, Harley at the counter, cutting up some vegetables and cheese. "Hey." She said.
Harley looked up from the counter to her friend, and said, "Sorry for teasing you this morning. I guess getting engaged to Vinnie is detrimental to my brain function."
Rayne ran over to Harley and embraced her tightly. "You're getting married!"
"I am," Harley said, putting down the knife and hugging her back.
"What made him ask, Harley?" Rayne asked.
Harley looked around the kitchen to make sure they were still alone. Then looked Rayne in the eyes, and asked, "Can you keep a secret?"
"For you? Of course!" Rayne answered.
"I'm going to be a mother. I'm pregnant by about six weeks," Harley said.
"You're pregnant! I'm so happy for you!" Rayne exclaimed. "Wait, if you're six weeks along, how are you planning on fitting in your dress?"
"Well, I'm hoping the Little One will be born by then. And Carbine won't mind us bringing a, Plus One," Harley said.
"If she does, Rayne and I will bring the tyke as our guest," Stoker said from the Kitchen Door.
"How long have you been standing there?" Harley asked, obviously surprised to find Stoker.
He walked over to the pair, then answered, "Long enough to hear he knocked you up. Do I have to have a talk with him about responsibility for his actions?"
"That won't be necessary, Stoker. Vinnie already asked me to marry him, after I told him last night," Harley said.
"Was that before, or after, he fucked you through the wall last night?" Stoker asked, getting more agitated the more time passed.
Harley let Rayne go and she went to stand directly in front of Stoker. She placed both of her hands on hips and yelled, "What we did, after we went to bed is irrelevant! We love each other Stoker! True, having a kid right now is not the most opportune time. But we are both adults and we can handle being parents!"
"What's all the commotion, this early in the morning?" Vinnie asked from the kitchen door. He was only wearing a pair of light gray sweatpants.
Stoker walked over to Vinnie, crossed his arms over his chest, then said, "You had better treat her right, punk. Cause if you don't, and I find out, I will personally take you out!"
Vinnie looked past Stoker to Harley, and asked, "What did you tell him?"
"I didn't. I told Rayne, I am pregnant. He happened to walk in on me, telling her," Harley explained.
"Doesn't matter how I found out. You still need to answer me, punk," Stoker said.
"Coach, I know what I'm known for and as I told Harley last night, none of it was true! I said all those things to impress the rest of the fighters, with the hopes they would accept someone as young as me! Ever since I met Harley, I knew she was the one for me. Now, she's going to have our child. Our child, Stoker! This is something I never thought would occur. A woman, willing to have my kid! I love her, Stoker! I will do anything for her, and now our child! If you want to hit me, go ahead! But it not change the way I feel about her!"
"You mean all those stories you told of how you slept with most of the women on Mars, was completely fake? Bullshit Vinnie! I've seen you around several women and how they fell to your charms! Don't lie to me and say you haven't slept with them!"
"I slept, if you can call what we did, sleeping with a few of them. But most were only for show, coach," Vinnie said. He went over to Harley, wrapped his right arm around her shoulders, and said, "That's all in the past. This is the only woman I want in my life, and in my bed. I love Harley, Stoker and I intend to love her for the rest of my life."
Harley put her left arm around his waist, and said, "I sort of knew his escapades were mostly false. If they were any truth to the rumors of how many women he slept with, I wouldn't have dated, and now, be giving birth to his child. I trust him, to abide by what he says, Stoker. If I can, why can't you?"
Stoker sighed, then said, "I give. Vinnie, you know I wanted to pursue Harley, before Rayne came along. I still care for her, like a sister. Treat your family right, you got it, punk?"
Vinnie quickly kissed Harley, then face him again, and said, "You've got nothing to worry about. This woman will have her husband at her Beck and Call, no matter the time. And when our little one is born, I plan on being a very active father in his or her life."
Stoker went over to him, then after a few seconds of his intense gaze, he wrapped his right arm around his neck and gave him a noogie between his antenna like no other. "I knew there was a decent guy in there, somewhere. All it took was the right, babe to bring him out."
"You're still calling Harley a babe, after sleeping with me last night?" Rayne asked.
Stoker let go of the now abused Vinnie, and went over to Rayne. "Harley is still quite beautiful, and will be hotter than the sun, as she gets further along. But, I've only have eyes for you, Rayne. Even though I said it last night, I want to shout it from the highest mountain on Mars. I love you, Rayne." And kissed her, right in front of Vinnie and Harley.
Rayne kissed him back and placed both of her hands on his ass, then gave it a good squeeze. "You know, for a mouse your age, your butt is still nice and firm. I like a man who knows how to stay in shape." She looked down to his crotch and saw his pants bulging, quite well. "Go and take a cold shower, while Harley and I finish breakfast. We all have to head back to my mother's this afternoon for another Bride's Maids dress fitting and I don't think, she's going to want to see that," she said pointing downward.
"For a mouse my age, huh? When we are alone again tonight, I'll show you what a mouse my age can do," he said, then slapped her butt with his right palm.
Rayne jumped out of his arms and squeaked at the same time, as Stoker said, "The last time I made a girl squeak like that.. Never mind. Be back in a few minutes." He made sure his tail was high and out of the way, so Rayne to see his butt.
Vinnie knew what Stoker was about to say since he was in the next tent, as his coach, screwed the cute Bar Maid that night. Her squeaks were quite loud, they almost kept the entire camp awake. But he wasn't going to tell Rayne or Harley that tidbit of information. However, his knowledge of what Stoker did was clearly written all over the half of his face that was exposed.
While Rayne was busy watching Stoker walk out of the kitchen, Harley caught a glimpse of Vinnie's face, then asked, "You know what he was going to say, don't you, cutie?"
"Moi? I think not," He obviously lied through his teeth to protect Stoker.
Harley went over to him and grabbed his left ear with her right hand and as she pulled his towards her, she said, "Either you tell me what he was about to say, or you will be sleeping alone, and in the living room for the near future."
He knew, Harley would make good on her threats, and that was something he definitely didn't want. Ever since they moved in together, he had found his own little slice of heaven, and it was being as close to Harley, as often as possible, including having her head resting on his chest while she slept. "Let go of my ear, and I'll tell you, and you alone," he said.
Harley let go of his ear, then said, "I'm waiting."
Once Vinnie was able to get some sort of sensation back into his ear, he leaned over to Harley, and whispered, "The last time he made a girl squeak, he was doing it with the local Bar Maid." He stood up straight again, and said, "That was before either of you were part of the Fighters."
Unfortunately, Rayne did hear Vinnie's explanation. She looked down the hall, where Stoker just went down, and thought, 'How many women did Stoker actually sleep with? If I give my heart to him, can I trust him not to stray? One way to find out!' "Please excuse me, Harley," she said, before she followed Stoker.
As she entered the hall, she took off her top and bra. Followed by her boots and the rest of her clothing. She threw her clothing into their room, then walked to the bathroom and opened the door. She slipped in, listening to the water flowing from the shower, and closed the door.
Stoker was lost in his own world, as he contemplated, falling hard for Rayne. He knew deep down, he always carried a torch for her. But, within the short time of her returning, he had fallen off the deep end, and can't imagine his life without her.
He turned to wash the soap from his body, when he heard the curtain open. He turned around to see Rayne enter the shower, completely naked. "What are.."
Before he finished his question, Rayne sealed her lips to his and wrapped her arms around his neck. She withdrew from the kiss and said, "I want you to make me squeak, like that Bar Maid, Stoker." She then started nibbling on his neck.
Stoker placed his hands on her waist, moaned, and said, "You have no idea what you're doing to me, Rayne."
Rayne reached down between his legs and gently took ahold of him, guiding him to her entrance, and said, "Yes I do. I want you, in me, Stoke." She slid him into her body, and they both moaned in pleasure.
Stoker backed her against the wall, and started thrusting his hips. "You feel better, than every woman I've been with," he said before he grunted, trying to take the ebb off so he didn't finish before she did.
Rayne was also loving the sensations, Stoker was giving her. It was like his body was made to fit her's, perfectly. With each thrust, he brushed against the spots, that made her swoon in undeniable pleasure. "Right there! Keep doing what you're doing! I'm.. Agggh!" Her orgasm took over. No other man made her go over, that intensely. She held on tightly to his neck, as her body shivered and she started to come down from her high.
Stoker felt her body go over. Her body contracted around him, holding him tight, milking him. And that was his downfall. His body spasmed, shooting his seed, deep within her.
The two lovers held each other tightly, bathing in the euphoria of the afterglow. Stoker eventually slipped out of her, pulled his head back, and kissed her.
She kissed him back, then said, "That was wonderful, Stoker. I'm going to have to move in with you, to see if you can give me a repeat performance, almost every night."
"Almost every night? Why not every night?" Stoker asked, running the fingers if his right hand through her hair.
"I need you to be around, for a good long time. If we did that, every night, it might kill you," she teased, placing her hands on his chest.
"If I did die, what a way to go," he said.
The shower started to run out of hot water and run cold. Stoker then asked, "You know, Vinnie and Harley probably heard you. What are we going to tell them?"
"You can tell them, anything you want. I'm going to say, I staked my claim, on the man I love," She answered and backed away from him. But as she left the shower, she discovered, she was quite sore in her lower areas. "Did you have to be so rough?"
He came up behind her, and as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, he said, "You wanted me to take you, the same way I did that Bar Maid. I was only giving you what you wanted, and then some. I never gave her, or any other my seed."
"Now I feel special," Rayne said. She turned in his arms, kissed him, and said, "They have to have finished getting breakfast ready, by now. Care to get dressed, and head back to the kitchen?"
"Do I have to?" He asked with a smile.
"You do, if you want me to sleep with you again. Come on, lover. Our friends are waiting for us.
They did dry off and get dressed. But not without Stoker trying to make out with her, which ended up with Rayne slapping his tail away from her, quite a few times. Eventually, they made it back to the kitchen. Where they found Harley laying back on the counter, with Vinnie on top of her and his right hand between her legs.
A few hours later. All four of them rode through the dessert back to Mercy's home. Rayne rode behind Stoker and Harley rode behind Vinnie. Both men had their tails wrapped tightly and protectively around their respective others waists.
Vinnie looked at Harley's face in the mirror attached to his bike, and asked, "Are you planning on telling Carbine you're pregnant, doll?"
"Not if I don't have to. You know how she will react. Once a general, always a general. I really don't want to deal with her," Harley answered.
"You're call, Harley," Rayne said, "But I know my sister, or at least I did. She'll be happy you're expecting, trust me."
"We'll see," Harley said. "So, you and Stoker crossed the line this morning?"
Stoker reached back with his left hand and placed it on Rayne's left thigh. "It was something we both wanted. I was going to ask her, tonight, if she wanted to come back to my place. I wasn't expecting her to join me in the shower. However, making love to her, brought us closer together. I for one, don't want to be without her."
"And I don't want to be without him," Rayne said.
"Wait! Are you both saying, what I think you are saying?" Vinnie asked.
Stoker smiled, then answered, "I guess I am. If we were dating for a while longer, I'd be asking for her hand."
Rayne's body stiffened up, then she said, "Stoker, I think you had better stop the bike, we need to have a little chat."
Stoker removed his hand from her thigh and placed it back on the hand grip. He then said, "You two go on ahead, we'll catch up."
"Uh, sure, coach," Vinnie said.
Harley reached out with her right arm and gently touched Rayne's left arm. She then said, "Listen to him, he's one of the good ones, trust me."
Vinnie rode off with Harley, leaving Stoker and Rayne alone. He slowly brought his bike to a stop.
Rayne got off the bike and walked a few steps away from Stoker. She stopped looking out into the desert with her back to him.
Stoker got off of the bike, faced her, and asked, "Rayne, I'm completely confused as to what to do here."
"You're confused!?" Rayne spun around to face him, then continued, "Dammit Stoker! I've been back only for a short time, and you throw marriage in my face! I do love you and I want to live with you. But I'm no where near ready to marry anyone!"
"Rayne, in case you haven't noticed it, I'm not a young mouse anymore. I want what those two and Throttle and Carbine have, and I only want it with you. You already said you want to move in with me, so why not take the plunge, and get hitched? You know, Mercy is going to have a fit, once she finds out you're moving in with me," he stated.
"Now you're worrying about what my mother thinks?" She sarcastically asked. "That woman has dated more guys than I have fingers and toes! Her opinion on my love life is inconsequential! Carbine and Throttle have been in love for almost as long as I can remember, and Vinnie does everything at the speed of light, that apparently includes starting a family. I want to be wooed, for a good long time, before I say yes to marrying anyone, including you!"
Stoker took his helmet off and through it to the ground, before peering into her eyes, and asking, "What happens if I got you pregnant this morning, Rayne!? Then what!? You run off into the sunset again, and I never know my own child? Not happening. If you are pregnant, you're going to stay here so I can be part of my child's life, a very active part."
She took off her helmet and threw it to the ground, just as Stoker did. But instead of standing there, she strode over to him, and got in his face. "Just because you made a contribution to making the child, a very small one at that! Doesn't give you the right on how I run my life!"
"I don't want to tell you how to run your life, Rayne! But, if you run again, I will find you and drag you back here. My own father, ran out on me and my mom when I was very young. I'll be damned if I'm going to let my own child, grow up without a father!"
Rayne felt her heart stop when she heard, Stoker grew up without a father. She calmly asked, "Is that why you're so insistent on being in the child's life?"
Stoker took a few breaths to calm down, then answered, "Yes. I was about three when my so-called father decided he wasn't cut out to be a family man. He left my mother and me alone to fend for ourselves, which back then, was very difficult for a single mom. She worked her tail off, keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table. As soon as I was old enough, I left so I wasn't a burden on my mother."
Rayne closed the distance between the two of them and embraced him tightly, as she continued listening.
"My mother found me, trying to join the army. But she wouldn't hear of it. I told her it would be easier for her if I wasn't around. She slapped me, right in front of everyone, screaming, "You're my son! You are never a burden! I love you, Stoker!" She started crying which broke my resolve. I made my mother cry. Even though, I held her tight, I would never forgive myself for making her cry. That was something a son should never do. I left with her and took her back home. I found a job, taking out the trash, and other menial tasks to help out. One day, I came home to find her, dead on the floor. I fell to my knees beside her lifeless body and held her as I mourned over her passing. After she was buried, the doctor told me, a stroke killed her. From what they could tell, she went quick. I left the gravesite and joined the Freedom Fighters, and never looked back."
A few tears left Rayne's eyes, as she said, "I didn't know."
Stoker felt her tears on his fur. He gently brought his index finger of his right hand under her chin, lifting her head to look at him, and said, "I made my mother cry, and now, I made the only other woman I've really loved cry. That is not acceptable, to me. I'm supposed to be leading my brothers, making sure they treat their respective others properly, and here you are, shedding tears over something I did. I don't feel I'm worthy of you."
Rayne did the only thing she could think of to squash his stupid thinking. She crashed her lips against his, kissing him deeply, then said, "Don't you ever say you're not worthy of my affections, Stoker! I was crying over your situation! Your father, if you can call him that, is a complete jerk! What type of a man, walks out on his family?!"
He quickly kissed her, then said, "He was not a man, at least not in my book. I didn't mean to make you upset, Rayne. That's the last thing I ever want to do. As for the other stuff, if you are not ready to get married, then I'll wait, till the end of time if I have to, until you are ready."
She kissed him again, then said, "I appreciate it, Stoker. Come on, we need to catch up to them, in order to deflect some of the un-wanted attention, Harley is going to get from my mother."
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