He was in love with her.

He had fallen in love with her and he had kissed her.

It had only been a kiss on the corner of her mouth, but it had startled her. Kip hated himself for it. Three weeks had passed since the kiss, and he hadn't seen Dana since. Did Maddox forbid her to see him or had it been her own decision? The not knowing was frustrating and he could barely think about something else since he was locked up is this shitty little room. Once a week Maddox let him out to take a shower and to empty the bucket in the corner of the room; but every other minute there was a chain around his ankle allowing him to take just a few steps. He however couldn't even get anywhere close to the door.

And he was held captive for months.

Months!

He wasn't surprised by his feelings for Dana; hoping to see her had been his only light the past weeks; the only thing he could look forward to. The only thing that dragged him through this misery.

He felt ashamed for his thoughts about her. She was the fiance of his brother; in her eyes he was like a brother. There had been nothing wrong about kissing her cheek – but pressing a kiss to her mouth?

Sighing, he raked a hand through his long, greasy hair. His scalp was itching. He felt like a filthy animal and without Dana's help he would never be able to leave this place. If she didn't want to see him anymore... then he would probably never get out.

It was not making any sense, he knew that very wel. Dana wouldn't be pissed because of one kiss – Kozik had smacked her right under Juice's nose and the two had stayed friends nevertheless. But doing nothing, the waiting, it just messed with his head, making him doubt everything and going through every possible scenario.

Numbed, Kip looked up as the door opened. As soon as Dana entered the room, he forgot about his painful joints. Worried he studied her face, but there were no injuries, no tears.

"Hey," she said softly, kneeling across from him and swinging with a key. "Gonna free you."

"What?" he stammered baffled.

"I behaved very well the past weeks. Maddox will leave the island for a week and when I begged him to let you out of this room for this week because you wouldn't be able to hurt him anyway, he agreed."

Kip swallowed the lump in his throat. He didn't want to think about the things she had been doing to get him to agree.

"Thank you," he said in a hoarse voice.

She offered him a smile that caused a twisted feeling in his stomach. It was unbelievable that she was still able to smile after all this. She was so different from Cherry, who had been driven into a corner and betrayed them all. Although Dana had been desperate too, she pulled through time and time again.

"How's Tabitha?"

"Good. Maddox seems to get used to her."

He saw the relief in her eyes. A little awkwardly he rubbed his upper arm. "I'm sorry about last time. When I kissed you."

She didn't look away. "Don't be."

Relieved, Kip took a deep breath. She clearly hadn't been angry.

"Go take a shower, you smell."

Although that wasn't his fault, shame washed over him. "Is Maddox really gone?" he asked as he had loosened his chain and walked up to the hallway. "Is he really letting us... just walk around freely?"

Dana shrugged her shoulders. "We can't go anywhere anyway. He said he had some business meetings."

Kip could barely believe that Dana was freed from that asshole for a whole week. He had probably tightened up the security, but Kip still wondered if there would ever be a better moment to escape.

Ten minutes later Kip was showering. He sighed contented as the warm jets loosened up his stiff muscles. Would he finally sleep in a bed again, instead of on the ground?

The question disappeared with the water in the drain as the door to the bathroom was opened. He couldn't see much through the steamed glass, but there weren't much people who could walk in. A little dazed he stared at the condensation until the shower door was opened and Dana stepped in.

Kip couldn't believe his eyes. Before he could say or do something, she pushed him with his back against the cabin and her lips crashed on his. His whole body responded as her hand stroked his chest, as her tongue invaded his mouth.

Still he pushed her away. "Dana... I... what are you doing?"

She bent her head, a blush appeared on her cheeks. "I thought – I thought you wanted this too..."

"Juice is my brother! My friend! You're his fiance, I can't..."

"But Juice isn't here!" she answered, glaring at him. "Juice isn't here, okay? A man who I hate is touching me for ten months! I want... I just want..." She took a deep breath and wiped her eyes. "Never mind. I was selfish. I just wanted sex with someone I care about for once. Someone I have feelings for – something else than hateful feelings."

Kip stared a bit sheepishly at her. "You have feelings for me?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "Why wouldn't I, Kip? I like you, I feel comfortable around you and well, you have quite a body. When you kissed me... I wanted more. A real kiss."

"But Juice..."

"I'm constantly fucked by someone else than him! I need this – I need a little bit of fun. And you need it too. If we ever manage to get back to Charming, Juice will get over it."

Kip hesitated. "But if Maddox finds out..."

"He won't. He isn't around and I convinced him that you're just a friend. Can't we just forget where we are, for just one week?" She stepped closer to him, so close that her hard nipples touched his soaked chest. He breathed in sharply as her hand stroked his erection, pulling it softly. "You want this too. You're hard as hell, and the look in your eyes is telling me that you want me."

Kip knew it was true. After having been locked up for so long, her presence was just overwhelming. And if it would make her feel better, if it would make him feel better, then why not?

Stroking her cheek, he stared into her eyes for a while, convincing himself that she really wanted this. Her arms slid around his neck and when she kissed him again, he stopped holding himself back.

His hands wandered across her hips, her breasts. Her skin felt warm, soft... it made him gasp for breath.

After a passionate kiss she led his hand downward while looking up to him. Seeing her pleading eyes, he gave in. His fingers played with her, glided inside her, while she leaned with her head and back against the shower cabin. Her lips were parted, she looked up to him through her eyelashes.

"It's... it's for the first time in months that I want sex," she said with a gravelly voice. "It feels... It feels so much better than..."

He silenced her with a kiss, he didn't want to hear Maddox's name.

Or Juice's.

The thought about the man however made his stomach cringe again. He was betraying him; he should have protected her from rape and instead of doing so, he was just about to fuck her himself.

She moaned as he shoved his fingers deeper inside her. He was also burning with desire; he kissed her neck and her breasts. As he sucked her nipple, she started to jerk him off. It was such a long time ago that someone had touched him that way that he was sure he wouldn't last long. With one hand he turned off the shower, afraid that he would lose his grip otherwise, then he lifted her and backed her up against the cabin.

Hesitating, he looked at her. Shouldn't he say something? That he thought that she was beautiful – that she looked damn sexy? He didn't want to be like Maddox by just taking from her what he wanted, even when she wanted the same.

"Are you sure you want this?"

"Didn't you feel how wet I am?" Her lips touched his, she sank her teeth in his bottom lip. "Let me come, Kip. My last orgasm was ten months ago, let me enjoy sex again."

Although there was still a nagging feeling in his stomach, he lifted her a little higher. She tilted her pelvis and he pushed himself inside her. As soon as he felt her around his tip, a soft moan slipped his lips. "We don't have a condom," he realized.

"I'm at the end of my period, it will take at least a week before I'm fertile again," she assured him. She pressed herself against him so that he slid deeper inside her. He had wanted to pick up a slow pace, but once he trusted inside her and their eyes locked, he lost control.

Before he knew it, he was done.

"Sorry," he muttered as he slid out of her. "It uh, was a long time ago."

Would she compare him to Juice now? Would she conclude that this wasn't what she had been hoping for? Fuck – he had really done it. He had fucked his brother's old lady – his fiance. Suddenly he was disgusted with himself. However, he couldn't leave yet; she wasn't done yet. To avoid to look her in the eye, he started to kiss her again, his hand gliding between her legs where he satisfied her until she drove her nails into his shoulder blades and arched her back.

How was it possible that she wasn't plagued by guilty feelings? He knew how much she loved Juice. Or was it different for her, because she was forced to have sex almost every night?

"Thank you," she panted in his ear after she had reached her momentum as well. "That felt amazing."

He lowered her on her feet again, still not looking at her.

Her hand glided across his chest as she tried to catch his glance. "Didn't you like it? Or – or is it because of Cherry?"

Kip had barely thought about Cherry, not for a while. Thinking about Dana had made him feel guilty, but thinking about Cherry... that only hurt. A lot.

"I don't know," he muttered. "It feels like I've betrayed Juice."

And it didn't just feel that way. That was exactly what he had done.