Chapter 10! I made it! And it's out before Christmas! I honestly didn't think I'd be able to get my lazy ass to type another chapter soon, but I did! And it's a longer chapter too! Anywho, This being a PG-13 story, I had to omit some of the more detailed parts of hte story, but oh well. Use your imagination. Lol. Anyway, here are some thank yous:

To lazygirl: you know what's sad? I honestly don't know! I should, but I don't... I think it's been at least a week... wow I'm a nerd. Anyway, thank you!

To kimi: Thank you! I think There's only 2 or 3 chappies left, but hopefully I get get them out soon!

To PaochiCute: Hey! I finally got the inspiration to start typing again just after I emailed you back on MySpace. Anyways, I didn't put Matt's POV in this chappie.. that'll come later. I think it made it better since this is a fluff chapter and its better in a girl perspective. And I know, It's awesome! I think it's the first time over 100! Wheeee!

To RuRi-RuRi-728- lols... I'm only in 9th grade, but the pressure is ON! The adults are talking to me about my future, what I'm going ot do with my life, financial options for college, everything I do MATTERS, and one tiny little screw up could get me booted off the list for a scholarship like THAT. Isn't it wonderful? And they wonder why we turn to drugs and crap and are always on the verge of a breakdown. Anyway, thanks... I hope you like fluff!

To JyouraKoumi: Okay...anyway, hope you like mushy fluff... thats the stuff of this chapter

To luvisgood: haha, yup. Big old macho man is cared of a little needle! anyway I tried to put humor and romance in this chapter.

To Eat.Me: Thank you! And by the way, I love your name. :D

To absolutgirl: yes yes I know, Im a bad girl... Im lazy. Lol. Anyway, I'll send you some e-chocolates and e-cards and hope for your speedy recovery. lol. : )

To -Glittery-Bubbles-: That is so like me! Like now, I'm strung out on fake Midol ( think I might of reviewed your story, the boy at the bus stop one, and left you a spastic review) Anyway... PLEASE dont let that be the last chapter! Thats such a cute story line!

To Mimato25cutielicious: Thank you! I'm so proud of myself... I got it out before Christmas: )

To: Princessstephanie: Well, I guess its ok cuz we dont get humidity, but other than that, it kinda sucks. Its hot in summer, it almost never rains or snows, and when it does, its like a 1/4 of an inch, and its freezing in winter. anf I know... that was stupid thing to do to myself. I'd rather be like I was and be happy than live like I am now. But I'll manage. I've been through worse. And about that last thing... haha... well... not recently. Just so you know, I'm not like a dark gothic suicidal kinda person. Just trying to deal. Anywho... I hope you like this chapter! It's pretty fluffy!

Mrs. Ishida presents...

Chapter 10

Mimi's POV

What a nice day. Maybe today we'll have some good luck. It's the first time we've dared to really venture outside since we got here. The last time we didn't make it past the patio. Now we're a good 50 feet away from the little dilapidated cabin. I shiver and pull my thin sweater closer to me as a small breeze starts up. We've decided to see if we can find a source of fresh water such as a pond or stream or maybe even a fountain. We've gotta bathe sometime. And besides, maybe if we find water, we can find fruit or something; junk food gets old surprisingly fast. My feet are starting to hurt, but I'm not going to complain; I figured I've done enough of that while we've been here, and besides, it's my fault for not packing more comfy shoes. But pine needles and sandals just don't work well together.

"Okay, so Matt... how are we going to get back?" I ask, walking a little faster to keep up with his pace.

"Well, we can just stick to the trail... we won't be out here long... I just wanted to look around. It was getting boring in there," he said, looking all around at the area around us. Wow. Our teacher was right; when you really look at it, it IS gorgeous out here.

Our little nature hike didn't go as smoothly as we planned. As it turns out, Matt's horribly allergic to something out there and broke out in a red, itchy rash. I stubbed my toe on a rock, and at the time I coulda sworn that I broke it. And a Disney misleads us when they make all the little forest animals so cute and cuddly; a chipmunk nearly attacked us when it saw the open bag of potato chips in Matt's pocket. That thing was possessed- it even had an evil little glint in its eye! Anyways, it wasn't all bad though. After running away from the demon possesed chipmunk, we finally came upon a little natural spring. It was so pretty... there were a ton of flowers and grass and rocks everywhere.

"Great! And it's not too far from the cabin either," Matt whipped some empty waterbottles out of his bag and filled them up with the springwater.

"Yeah, it'll be great just as long as that chipmunk doesn't attack us again," I said, looking around. He laughed a bit.

"Who woulda thought something so cute could be so evil?" he laughed. "Anyway... the only thing I don't like about this place is all this dry grass," he said, with a more serious tone.

"Why? I think it looks great," I replied with my hands on my hips.

"Well, yeah, it may look great, but there are a lot of thunderstorms out here... this could easily catch fire... and with this rock in the way and the forest, we wouldn't be able to see it. That's just a little discomforting, isn't it?" He said as he finished filling up the waterbottles and stood up. I sighed. He always has to be a glass half empty kind of person.

"God, Matt, You're so negative! Lighten up! It's gorgeous out here! What could possible happen? I mean, what are the odds of this catching fire and reaching our cabin, just as we happen to be here?" I asked, rolling my eyes, as we started to head back.

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This is his brilliant plan for getting ourselves clean: we take this huge bucket outside after heating it with water, strip down to our birthday suits, dump the water over our heads, shake it all off, and, for want of towels, air dry. Apparently he has a suicide wish to catch a wonderful and peaceful death of pneumonia out here in the wilderness.

"Matt, you realize that if we do that, we'll die of hypothermia. If not that, we'll catch something,"

"We will not... besides, do you have any other ideas?" he argued. I do, but I sure as hell ain't telling him. Let's just say it's a good way of conserving water and saving time. I hope I don't give it away. I try to lock my face so it won't betray me.

"How about we bathe in here and the other person stands outside?" He almost starts to argue, but then stops. A strange look crosses his face, and oh crap, I've betrayed myself. Damnit. He's not gonna let me live this down.

"Or, as we both are thinking, we could just skip the going outside. And the waiting. And the separate rooms," he says with a smirk. If this hadn't been what I was thinking too, I would have slapped him. But all I can do is blush for being caught and hope he doesn't rub it in. After all it, doesn't sound like that bad of an idea. And it sure is more appealing than freezing my ass off outside waiting to dry.

"Matt, we really shouldn't..." I say quietly. Which is right. That just lead to temptation, which'll lead to other things, which could be bad. And besides, as far as I knew, he only wanted to carry this out until we get rescued. "I mean... I... it's just that... well..."

"Right... this has happened before, and you don't want to get attached..." he replied, with a hint of sadness. Is he starting to like me again? Me as in me?

"Yeah... I mean, I'd love to but..." I trail off. But it's way too strong for me to fight. "Aww, what the hell... let's do it. Forget what we ever did or whatever. We both know we want to," I say, looking up at him, and lifting his face up a little with my fingers. But I didn't take my own advice. No matter what, I'd never forget anything that we ever did, so much that I still loved him. He smiled a little and we just sat there looking at each other for a little while before we finally started setting things up.

First we took the huge tub we found and filled it with the water we collected. We set it by the fire for a little, but that didn't do much to heat it up. I was still a little shy about showering with someone else, especially a boy, but I put that out of my mind. I've done more than this before; I shouldn't be embarassed... suck it up! I kept repeating in my head. Just as I pulled my sweater up over my head, he spoke.

"Mimi, if you're uncomfortable with this in any way... just tell me... and we won't do it," he said. Is he nervous?

"No, Matt, really, I'm fine... but, the same for you... you know, we don't have to do this if you're nervous at all..." I replied and looked over at him.

"No... I'm fine... well, I guess I'm a little nervous, honestly..." he said with a cute little nervous laugh. Thank god... I was just starting to think I was alone.

"I am too..."

"Okay... tell you what... how about we turn around and we get in without looking... that way we won't be so shy or anything," he said, turning around. I also turned around and grabbed my blanket to wrap around myself, waiting for a signal from him or something.

"Right... so... umm... you done?" he asked sheepishly. If I too wasn't terribly nervous, I would've laughed at him; he just sounded so cute!

"Umm.. yeah..." I replied quietly, and slowly stood up, with my blanket still wrapped around me. As I turned around, I saw him too getting up, having the same idea about the blanket as me, with one wrapped around his waist. "So..." I started. He half grinned, but I could still see he was scared. As scared as me. Scared of what, I don't know. I'm a girl; I'm nervous about this, and shy, and self-conscious. But also, I'm afraid of becoming more attached to him than I already am, and doing something that'll make me love him even moreso, and then having my heart ripped out and broken... again. What does he have to lose? He's getting me until we get rescued, and then he gets to choose from a number of lovelier ladies than I at school.

We just stood there, looking a the sides, doing anything but looking at each other. I had to do something, so I just stepped into the bucket, still not removing my blanket. He followed suite, also not removing the blanket. We finally had to look at each other... it was a bit awkward stading this close to him half naked just looking up at him, but at the same time, I was comfortable.. completely comfortable. That feeling of being the only 2 people on the planet was returning. He always had this effect on me; and his eyes always held my attention. It's very cliche, but so very true. I barely felt my arms lfting to wrap themselves around him. He smiled at me and held me closer to him. I think for a while we forgot why we were standing here in the first place; I know I did. I don't know what reminded me, but I thought it was time; I wasn't nervous anymore. I gently pulled away from him, took my arms from around him, and untied the knot in the blanket holding it up. It slowly came off, and I threw it to the side. It took me a second to look up at him, but when I did, I was kind of relieved; he hadn't turned into a brainless, drooling, sex-driven ape who couldn't take his eyes off my boobs. Instead, he had a small, welcoming smile, and he was looking straight into my eyes. His eyes strayed just as far as my hair or my cheeks. And I didn't find it difficult to keep my eyes with his as he too removed the only thing separating us. He took hold of my hands in his, but that wasn't enough for me.

"Hold me, Matt," I asked quietly. He took his hands from mine and trailed his hands up my arms, making me shiver. With one hand on my lower back and one hand on my upper back, I was pinned against him, not that I minded.

"We're not getting very much done, Mimi" he said softly against my ear, once again, sending shivers through me. I giggled a little.

"I know... we're supposed to be washing. The water's just gonna get colder," I replied, not doing anything to move or even shift at all.

"At least our feet are getting squeaky clean," he said, nestling his face in my neck and hair. I smiled a bit. Then, out of nowhere, "I'm not nervous anymore, Mimi," I lift my head off his chest and look him in the eye, kinda funny.

"Okay... I'm not either,"

"Good... I don't want you to doubt or feel bad about anything you do with me," he said, smiled, and rested his forehead against mine. "I only want to do anything important with you if you are 100 percent sure you want to and 100 percent willing to. I'm never going to force you to do anything," he took one hand from around me to stroke my cheek, adding so much to that statement. I couldn't help but smile and want to hug him.

"Aww, that's sweet Matt," I said, realizing my face was turning as red as a tomato. "You know I must say the same to you,"

"I know... but I never doubt anything I do with you," he whispered to me, and just like in the most mushiet chick flick, leaned in for that heart-stopping, mood changing kiss.

I jump up at the sound of the loud crash. Oh, it's only thunder... wow... a storm came up that fast. When I fell asleep, It was calm outside. Or maybe it was just that I was exhausted. Let's just say that we didn't get much bathing done. It looks like it's still early morning. I think I'll just grab some more blankets, and go back to sleep. But even though I'm tired, I still remain awake, just basking in my own happiness as I lay in Matt's arms, grinning and blushing at the memory of what we just did. The first time wasn't spontaneous... we'd talked about it and made sure evrything was alright. This was kinda like that time, only it was spontaneous- but just as wonderful. He knows just how to handle me; not too roughly but he's not too cautious. If I close my eyes and really think about it, I can still feel his roaming hands. But finally, my tiredness overcomes me, and I snuggle closer to him, and fall asleep.

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Now I don't want any complaints from hentais that I didn't describe them gettin' it on. Like I said, If you're that desperate for that kinda junk, improvise. Either you're really bored or just ran out of things to masturbate to. Lols. JK, I know that was mean. Seriosuly, I was just kidding. Anyway, I think this fic is almost wrapped up. Only a few more chapter! Please review and tlel me what you think! Thanks! Happy Holidays!