Chapter 17: Star Crossed Lovers

Zack slowly had moved his hand from her waist to her own hand, interlocking his fingers around hers after he placed her gently on her feet to let her walk. Aeris felt that nothing would ever be the same between her and Zack because of their love for each other now, and deeply feared for Dyne's return to them now.

"Damn she's pretty." She had recalled him saying as he hovered over her broken body when she first met them. She remembered their constant fights and bickering at each other. Aeris could even remember the one night before she disappeared and found Cloud. He way he glared at Zack angrily when he first attempted to kiss her and was stopped by Dyne. She shuttered at the thought of what would happen when he returned and Zack felt it.

"What's wrong?" He asked looking down at her in concern.

"Nothing…" She told him looking to the ground and then back up at him.

"Nothing huh? Sounds like something's wrong." He told her as he returned his arm around her slender form.

"It's Dyne…" She suddenly told him losing her gaze to him again and he took in a deep sigh without turning away from her.

"Don't worry, he's not coming back. Watch I bet you the next time you see him, he'll be running around looking for his old friend to avenge his family that the Shrina killed." He told her trying to convince her to cheer up as they passed under the small opening to the town's entrance and walked along the tan coble path to the Inn.

"Yeah… probably…" She told him as she looked up to meet his gaze and smiled to him.

"Well we're here." He told her smiling back as he turned away and reached for the handle, twisting it gently. It swung open silently and a man was standing in front of them, behind a nearby counter. He smiled to them as he finished up polishing his glasses and cracked his knuckles quickly.

"Hello, can I help you?" He asked softly as Zack reached into his chocolate brown bag and pulled out a small sack and through it on the counter.

"Have a room?" Zack asked as the sack hit and opened to the side as it tilted. Several small gold coins spilled from the mouth of the bag and scattered across the front of the counter, glittering brilliantly with the ceiling lamp that hung gently above them, lighting up the small area.

The man smiled as he looked down at the money, his eyes gleaming with joy.

"Of coarse! Right this way!" He said as he cheerfully walked out from the side of the counter and passed in front of them towards a set of swallow stairs nearby. Aeris and Zack followed closely behind the man up the narrow stair well as they made their way up it.

"Here you are." He told Zack as he walked into a room nearby to reveal a delicate warm area. Aeris smiled as she walked into it and Zack tossed the man another coin and smiled to him in gratitude. The man nodded and then turned away happily as he trotted downstairs and left Zack with her.

"You like?" He asked her as he closed the door softly and came up behind her, with his arms gently wrapped around her waist, with his hands softly rested on her stomach.

"Yeah, it's beautiful…" She told him as she admired the decorations and then noticed something strange and started to giggle.

"What? What's so funny?" Zack asked starting smiling as well as he looked around the room to see what she thought was so funny.

"There's only one bed." She told him turning to him smiling and he shrugged. Suddenly he lifted her up, and gently laid her back against the soft red covers on the front side of the bed, looking down at her smiling.

"Oh well, guess we'll get through this." Zack told her as he slowly leaned forward and pressed himself against her lips, kissing her passionately while holding to her shoulders.

Aeris pushed her lips back up against his as she raised her arms slightly around his neck. Zack began to pull his hands back from her and pulled the leather gloves gently from them and tossed them to the side, as he pushed Aeris back towards the back of the bed holding her to him still.

Gently, she lowered her hands from his neck and them glide down his shoulders where the deep brown suspenders to his uniform rested and she gently slid them down the sides of his arms as she creased her fingers along each muscle that rested under his skin. Slowly Zack pulled back her jacket, picking her up softly and placing her arms behind her as it slid off quickly, as he lifted his purpled lined sweater over his head swiftly and dropped it off over the edge and then dropped her back down pressing his lips against hers more fiercely now.

Aeris now slid her hands down his smooth hard chest to his belt, sliding it from its latch and then quickly tugged it off from around him.

Zack worked his hands down to the center of her chest and twisted the buttons carefully to her dress so they easily fell through the small slits so that the dress parted from her chest to reveal her tan thin bra that rested against her chest. Zack slipped his hands behind her soft pale skinned back and gripped the clasp tightly as he broke it off.

He let the ends dangle softly under her as he lifted her slightly and slowly pulled it towards him over her shoulders and then wrapped his arms tightly around her as it dropped off, pushing his chest against hers roughly as he separated from her lips to catch his breath and for her bring back her own.

Aeris let her fingers explore his tight hard body, while he discovered her own, gliding his hands to her sides, down to her hips and then raising them back to her chest gently pushing his thumbs against it.

Carefully, She skimmed the seam of his baggy jeans with her thumbs and pushed them back slowly to his thighs, passed his knees and completely took them from him. Zack reached under Aeris quickly and pulled the unbuttoned dress from beneath her and through it back to the edge.

She lifted her hands from him and raised her hands to hair, untying the thick bow that pushed against her skull and ached her so much with each thrust of Zack's undying kisses against her, pushing her back hard.

A bright pale green marble sized ball rolled from her hair onto the floor and rested on Zack's sweater when she released the bow and her long braided hair began to unravel behind her head.

Zack gently rolled back his soft hands to her hips again and twirled his fingers around the sides of her panties as he lowered his head down the side of her neck and kissed it lovingly, continuously. Aeris held hands around neck running her fingers through his thick black hair as she closed her eyes, savoring each touch he made around her. He was being so gentle towards her and it surprised her that she wasn't screaming in pain by then.

He slowly pulled her panties down her thighs and quickly off as he raised his right hand to her neck and gripped the small string that was part of the rope around her neck and pulled it gently, letting the whole thing come undone, letting it slip from her neck, to the side. He looked to her as she reopened her eyes and smiled down at her with his eyes half shut as he gazed into her emerald loving eyes and dipped his head down and cupped her luscious rosy pink wet lips with his, holding to her long fully to him as he clutched her shoulders tightly.

"Zack…" She whispered as he pushed his body against hers starting to kiss her neck and move down her chest slowly with his hands. Zack could only smile at her as she laid still and he loosened his grip on her, thinking it might be hurting her.

Rather quickly, Aeris took in several deep breaths as his fingers rolled over her chest and down her flat stomach softly. She gently grasped her own hands around his short boxers and dragged them off him. Now, she could feel his whole body and she closed her eyes tightly as he wrapped his hands around her back and forced himself into her rather quickly.

Her breath began pick up speed gripping his back with her fingers digging into his flesh. He softly moaned as he laid her back down and gripped the covers tightly pushing himself hard against her slender form. Aeris felt she couldn't hold back anymore from all his attempts to make her feel good and screamed as he pushed himself against her again. As she laid back breathing in rapidly gripping his back tightly beginning to scratch it up he looked to her smiling and place a finger to her lips to quiet her.

"Sshhhh… We'll wake the neighbors…" He told her breathlessly laughing slightly to her and she smiled back to him softly and the reached up with her arms locked around his neck and pulled him back against her. She kissed his soft lips slipping her tongue between them as they parted and he did the same pressing her to him not wanting to let go.

Her warm soft body against his was all he had ever wanted from the moment he saw her and he had held back for so long and now he wanted to give her everything he had, but he feared it might not be enough for her.

He could feel himself going into a violent heat mood but wanted to control it thinking it wouldn't be enough, or it might be too much for her. Zack loosened his grip around her waist and Aeris pulled back slightly gliding her lips down his neck to his chest and creased her fingers around his muscles. She felt she was loosing herself to him again and painfully tried to hold back.

Zack didn't feel like he could hold I back anymore and grabbed her hips lifting her slightly to him and then through her back against the pillows, frenching her furiously while holding to her tightly, not letting her go for even a moment to breathe as he slid his hands up to her hair and the top of her skull and pushing it against his.

She ached but she refused to pull away from his grasp. She moaned softly under her breathe as he pressed himself hard against her body again and slid his slips swiftly down her cheek and bit her neck slightly. He lifted himself and watched as her skin turned a lush red and then faded into a rosy pink and finally back to its peach color. He felt infatuated with her now and he wasn't about to slow down as he leaned over and sucked on the skin of her neck and pulled his hands down passed her shoulders holding to her the sides of her chest.

Aeris felt shocked at his sudden rush but didn't want to take him off. She felt she could only savor his presence with her laying her head back against the silk deep blood red pillow holding him to her righting not to cringe as he bit into her soft neck gently, seeming to want to tease her as if threatening to break the skin.

Zack fiercely forced himself into her once more causing her to scream from his sudden thrust and began to continuously push himself into her, farther, roughly pushing against her chest with his own. He felt more wanting to give himself to her with every breath that she surrendered to him, and every cry that escaped through her lips and filled his mind.

He suddenly felt as if he might explode into passion so deep he not be able to escape it, but now he didn't care. He wanted to give her, her every desire, he didn't care that it might not be enough now, because if it wasn't, then neither was what he was giving her at that very moment.

She cried out for him again as he pulled himself from her and then pushed back in, harder and faster each time. Aeris felt his surge of energy growing. The everlasting pain of love to her was flooding through her own mind, wanting to give in to him, to let him have her physically and mentally. But at the same time, she wanted to call out to him, to beg him to slow himself, but her love for him closed her lips and kept her silent.

Slowly, Zack sat up and slid his arms under hers, gripping the back of her soft smooth shoulders as she did the same for him trying not to dig her fingernails into his tan flesh and he looked down to her, gulping in several puffs of air as he curved his arms to her spine pulled her too him and laid back with her on top of him now.

She felt as if he was toying with her now, daring her to do what she tried to contain inside her. Seeing her chance made her heart skip in excitement that quickly brought into her chambered heart and destroyed her doubts inside that kept her from showing him how much she loved him.

Aeris glided her fingers down his arms as she pushed forwards against his chest with her lips. Her soft peach hands curved over his hard chest and lowered them to his waist after gently kissing each place where her fingers had rested.

He smiled up at the ceiling looking to enjoy her exploration game that she played on his body and she felt he might be surprised if she were to take it a bit further.

Carefully, she creased her fingers down his thighs and then pushed them towards the center along his now hard dick. He shuttered slightly as her fingers lightly brushed against it. She looked to him smirking as she gently licked her lips and gently wrapped her fingers around it, sliding them up off its hard tip and then softly, back down it.

Zack began to feel a certain urge that aroused him from his spot and sat him up straight into her arms. Their chests pushed hard against each others and they could now feel each other completely, both their dreams, and desires began to sink into each other's mind and they both wanted the same thing, to love each other the most they could. Zack laid her back against the pillows once more, kissing her as passionately as he could with her returning the kiss as best as she could possibly muster.

Slowly, Aeris's now loose and wavy hair flowed over her shoulder and bent to the side. Zack didn't know what else to do for her. He loved her more then his own life, but he couldn't quite think of what to do, but let her rest as she began to get limp in his arms.

"Aeris…" He whispered to her as he gently pulled his lips from hers and sat up slightly to let her try and open hers.

"Yeah…?" She asked back slightly looking back to him, her eyelids starting to become heavy.

Zack leaned over gently to the side of her ear pushing his lips against her temple as he whispered to her, "I love you…"

"I love you too…." She told him, feeling as if she didn't give him enough to deserve to be loved by him. He smiled gently as he slipped the red blanket from under her and placed it over her warm body as well as his own, taking his right hand and wrapping it around her thin waist, interlocking his fingers with hers, as he turned her over to her side, so she could sleep easier.

Zack knew now that not even death could keep her from him, not even Dyne's foolish attempts would separate her from his heart now and he smiled at the thought, his bright mako blue eyes glistening in excitement at the thought of always being with her. This had been the best night of his life thus far, and he believed it could only get better now, as he drifted into the same dreamless sleep Aeris had fallen into, awaiting morning to come.