Author's Notes: I won't be leaving! The Army tried to screw me over and it is a long story, but in the end I told them to shove it and I left. They obviously didn't know whom they were messing with! What does this mean for all my readers? I'll tell you! It means more chapters more chapters more chapters! I don't know if you can tell that I'm happy that I'm not leaving. This chapter is going to be a short one, but it is just to get these author's notes out there.

Chapter 13

Terry looked up at Nicole from his sitting position on the bed mattress. Her eyes beamed down upon him with a grace and beauty that he'd never seen before. Everything that had happened in the compound faded away to nothing more than a bad dream as he started to fall head over heels for her again.

Locks of silky, red hair fell into her sparkling blue eyes, and it almost looked planned. Being the innocent looking girl that she was, Nicole had no idea that she was driving Terry crazy with her sex appeal. With a harmless bite on her lip and a flick of her hair, she won him over once again and he starved for the touch of her skin.

In one wave of feelings and memory Terry realized just how long it had been since he'd even kissed Nicole. Watching Scott and Nicole do those things on tape had hurt Terry because they had never even made love, but looking at her now he didn't care. All he could think about was his love, and now growing lust for her.

He tried to pull himself to his feet so that he could give her a kiss, but a string of pain shot up his leg so intense that it brought a tear to his eye. He'd almost forgotten about the bullet wound, but he was quickly reminded.

Seeing the pain in his face, Nicole rushed to his side to see if she could do anything. Putting much haste into her step, she tripped over her own feet and fell forward, toppling onto Terry.

They ended up lying on the bed together in the same fashion that they'd done countless times at the mall. She was laying half on him and half to his side with one hand on his chest. She could feel his heavy breathing and strong pulse, and she smiled at the position. She had one leg draped up and over his legs, barley missing the wound.

Both of them smiled as the realized just how comfortable they felt with each other. Before they met each other the world was one way and afterwards everything got turned upside down. It was all they could do to not go crazy, but they had no choice other than to live in the world of chaos. Laying there with each other it didn't matter. Everything seemed right when she was in his arms, as if that was the way it was supposed to be.

She leaned in to give him a soft kiss on his tender lips and he could feel her whole body tremble with pleasure. That one kiss made life worth living, and that was all there was to it. Things could get better or worse, but that kiss would always be there.

She leaned over and threw her body so that she was straddling his body. She arched her back to bring her lips to his once again, though this kiss had more passion and lust behind it. He placed both of his hands up on her face and then ran his fingers through her hair.

In between kisses he whispered, "I love you." With the sound of his words she smiled and placed another sweet and wonderful kiss on his lips.

Her body began to move back and forth on his, sending lines of pleasure up and down her body. She brought her hands down and lifted the bottom of her shirt up and over her head, exposing her perfectly shaped body.

The baby blue bra that she wore just made her pale skin look even more beautiful and delicate. She brought her body down to press it against his, feeling the warmth and excitement that he gave off. A mutual smile was given just before he placed his lips on hers for a kiss with such passion and love that it left Nicole breathless.

She reached down and undid the top button of his pants so that she could see the top of his boxers.

Terry grinned when he realized what was going to happen there in that room, and Nicole could feel his eagerness for it.

"I love you, babe," he said.

"I love you, sweetheart," she responded.

(Author's Notes: This was a really short chapter, but I had reasons for putting this one in. I wanted to get more touchy with the characters and show emotion between them as opposed to just having a horror story and I wanted to get a chapter out quick so that my readers would know that I'm not leaving and that there will be more chapters to come.)