Pure Intentions? Chapter 40
As soon as Teela finished bandaging his ribcage, Adam hopped off the bed going to his dresser to retrieve a pair of pajama bottoms. He was thankful he had the foresight to have his valet pre-pack some clothes for both him and Teela having anticipated that she would have agreed to stay with him at his grandfather's Villa. Pulling on the garment, he turned to face Teela who was still wrapped in the bed sheets. His breath caught in his throat at the sultry image before him. The sheet covered her entire body modestly; however, it left her beautiful shoulders bare the soft tendrils of her drying red curls caressing her back.
"So does it?", he asked drawing her attention back to him as she had temporarily spaced out after wrapping him in bandages.
"Hmmmm?", she queried.
"Does my charm work?", he asked suggestively with a sexy wriggle of his eyebrows, reminding her of her last question to him.
Snapping back into focus, she directed her gaze to him answering coldly, "No."
Returning to the bed, he sat on its edge taking a hold of one of her hands as he did so. Pulling her on top of him, he enveloped her in an embrace burying his nose in her mass of red curls. Taking a deep breath, he moved a section of her hair away from her neck giving him access to the soft skin below her jaw line. Instantly, he felt her freeze up. Adam recalled that Teela had also temporarily stilled her movements in the shower, right before he made love to her. A thought began forming in his head. Perhaps Teela wasn't as willing of a participant in their lovemaking as he was. Perhaps she found him lacking in his true form. The prince thought that was unlikely as he knew that his body was the exact same build and size between his two forms. What changed or actually increased in magnitude when he harbored the magic of Grayskull was his agility, speed, and strength. The change in his physical appearance regarding the deeper almost booming voice and darker/tanner skin tone and voice was just a magical illusion; in place to protect his identity. Adam quickly dismissed the notion that Teela found him less of a man in his true form, understanding his aficionado on a deeper level. Something else must be bothering her.
Pulling away from her, he raised a palm to her face, tracing his thumb over her slightly bruised lips, a result from his ardent kissing. When she didn't pull away from his caress, he gently turned her face toward him. Looking deep into her eyes, he noticed a slight trace of sadness within their blue-green depths.
"What's going on inside your beautiful head?", he asked gingerly.
"What do you mean?", she feigned trying to hide the fact that she was upset.
"You froze when I kissed your neck right now", he clarified.
"I'm tired", she answered as she tried to stand up. Wrapping his strong arms around her, Adam kept her within his embrace. To his delight she didn't struggle against him and willingly remained on his lap.
"Did I do something wrong?", he asked not willing to let the topic drop because his gut was telling him something was off.
As soon as the question left his lips, Teela averted her gaze refusing to look at him.
"Tee..", he pleaded. "Talk to me."
Finally finding his eyes again she held his gaze as she uttered, "I thought we were going to take things slow."
"We are taking it slow", he responded as his thumbs drew seductive circles on the top of her bare thighs. Adam felt like a novice, he couldn't help but touch her tempting smooth silky skin.
"No we are not", she answered forcibly. Pushing off of him, she stood in front of him, her chest rising and falling with hard breaths her hands gripping her waist. Luckily, she had the foresight to tie a knot in the bed sheet, otherwise it would have slipped off her curvaceous body, much to Adam's disappointment.
Not wanting to seem indifferent, he asked "Explain taking things slow."
"Not having sex all the time", she answered through gritted teeth.
"You don't want to have sex with me?", he asked keeping his tone even.
"That's not what I mean", she replied. Coming to sit next to him, she laid her head on his shoulder as she continued "The night you broke up with me you said that there was nothing more you could give me."
Interrupting her, he answered "I meant that as He-Man, because our relationship couldn't move forward due to my father's decree."
"But do you see how all we've done since you shared your secret with me is have sex", she pointed out to him.
"Is this about you not having an orgasm in the shower?", he asked unable to grasp the concept of why she was upset.
Blowing a frustrated breath, she raised her head from his shoulder as she answered "No."
"Are you sure?", he asked, needing conviction.
"It's not that, Adam." "However, I do have some concerns about our lovemaking tonight but we're not discussing that right now", she informed him. Lying backwards, Teela placed her arms beneath her head before she continued "Other than eating together twice, you fighting Packer tonight, and us visiting Grayskull all you and I have done since agreeing to court is have a ton of sex", she spelled it out for him.
"That's good in my book", he stated sheepishly earning him a scowl. Copying her actions, he laid down next to her. Turning to her, he wrapped an arm around her waist as he asked "You want us to cool it a bit when it comes to the nooky?"
"Yes", she uttered as she smiled up at him at the use of the vernacular. Reaching over, she threw an arm around his waist too. Face to face she continued, "Other people usually don't have sex from the beginning of their courtship."
"Tee, I'm not going to lie." "It's going to be very hard for me not to touch you", he stated seductively. "The months following our break-up were very difficult for me, especially, because you were always an arm's length away."
"It was hard for me too, but for other reasons", she informed him her voice catching in her throat. Prior to this they had never talked about what the break-up cost her.
Pulling her close, he uttered "I am truly very sorry for any pain I caused you, my love." "I can only ask for your forgiveness and hope that I can make it up to you", his earnest voice reverberated throughout the bedroom." However, given her request Adam refrained from kissing her. "Please tell me how I can make things better for you."
Flipping onto her back without removing his arm around her, she stated "You could ask me if it's alright to cum inside of me, before you do so!".
So unexpected was her response, Adam felt as if a mesatronic bomb just exploded inside their room. Realization hit him hard in the face. This was the true reason she was angry. Bolting off the bed, he grimaced at the pain his sudden movement caused within his ribcage. Just now, Adam remembered that he was still bandaged up. Breathing through the pain, he stared at her as she glared back at him.
Raising herself onto her elbows, she waited to see how he would respond.
"Tee", he pleaded.
"What!", she demanded. "Did you think that because your father wants you married and with an heir on the way by the end of the year, it would be alright for you to do that?", she uttered as she jumped off the bed.
Crossing his arms across his muscular chest, he stared deep within her eyes as he answered, "No."
Verklept, she asked "Then why did you do so?"
"I thought you were on birth control", he stated apologetically, hoping this was still the case.
"Whether I am on birth control or not isn't the issue here, Adam", she stated as she raised herself off the bed.
"Then what is?", he asked failing to see the error in his way.
"Twice today you assumed control of my life without taking my wishes into consideration", she stated plainly.
Confused, he stared at her as he thought of everything they did today to ascertain when he made a decision for her. She waited patiently for him to figure it out. He scowled when he did. Teela was alluding to the fact that he had made the decision of leaving her behind at Grayskull to go after Stephania this morning, before his sister showed up.
"Your still angry with me about this morning?", he asked for clarification.
"I don't want you making decisions for me on my behalf", she stated matter-of-factly.
"Would you have stayed behind if I had asked you?", he asked.
"Probably not", she stated honestly.
"Tee, Stephania is my problem", he responded acerbically.
"She is our problem", she stated just as forcibly. Then it hit her, "Wait...the Etherian's didn't apprehend her?"
So much for waiting to divulge this information to her in the morning, Adam thought. Deciding honesty was the best policy, he shook his head.
"When were you thinking about telling me this", she exploded.
Shrugging his shoulders, he responded "Tomorrow morning."
Teela stood frozen at her spot at those words. She stared at the Prince as if seeing him for the first time. Anger at all the secrecy surrounding him resonated deep within her. Throwing her arms in the air, she faced away from him as she despondently stated, "More secrets."
Adam closed the distance between them, coming to stand directly behind her. Raising a hand, he placed it gently on her shoulder as he uttered gently, "No." "There are no more secrets between us, Teela." "I was just going to wait till morning to share this information with you." "I knew you'd be upset and I wanted to make sure you had a good night's rest before we headed out to seek the Rock children", he explained his reasoning without giving her a chance to respond. He then continued, "I am sorry about this morning, I didn't mean to control your life."
Hearing the sincerity in his voice, Teela turned to face him just as an explosion blew in the room's windows. Cowering low, both Teela and Adam used their arms to shield their heads as shattered glass rained around them.
Hovering in mid-air outside of the now tattered bedroom was no other than Lady Stephania backed up by Skeletor and Count Marzo. All three floated with arms extended outwards, having combined their powers to blow-up Adam's bedroom. Propelling herself forward, the raven haired beauty was the first to enter the bedroom her gaze finding Prince Adam as he shielded Teela's half-naked body with his own.
Narrowing her eyes, she wondered at his show of bravery. Now she understood why Teela had survived her previous assassination attempts. Apparently, Adam was always in her room substantiating the Court rumors that the Prince and Captain were sleeping together. Jealousy boiled green within her, making her attack the couple with fire balls of magic before her accompaniment joined her within the bedroom.
She was amazed at how quick the Prince and Captain leapt to their feet, once the shattered glass stopped falling on their heads. Together, they scooted behind the massive four poster bed giving them cover from the fire balls.
Using the sign language taught to them in childhood, Teela and Adam communicated the need to exit the bedroom from the hidden wall panel. Seeing their hand movements, Skeletor who was now in the center of the room recognized it as a means of communication and cast a translating spell. No sooner had Adam and Teela inched their way towards the hidden panel when Skeletor unsheathed his Havoc Staff pointing it in their directions. Milliseconds before they were blasted by the Lord of Destruction's magic, Adam realized that he had left his Power Sword with its scabbard leaning up against the wall on the opposite side of the hidden panel. Hoping to shield Teela from the blast, he pushed her behind him as the magic beam enveloped him.
The pain hitting his system felt like a thousand cigarette butts were just put out all over his skin. Falling to his knees, he turned his head to see that Teela was alright. However, she too was on her knees as she tried to minimize the amount of her body exposed to the impact. Both were now enveloped in a diaphanous magical bubble having been created by the magic of Skeletor, Stephania, and Marzo. Apparently, both he and Teela were to be carried out of the Villa in this plastic bubble. Fighting against their restrains both Prince and Captain tried to free themselves from their magical prison, but to no avail. Resorting to yelling for help, hoping that one of the Manor's staff would come to their aide Teela and Adam were carried out of the bedroom floating magically in the night sky.
As they left the room, Adam's eyes kept desperately seeking the Power Sword. Luckily, the three evil doers were so preoccupied with their catch, none had noticed the shining silver metal sword leaning up against the wall.
Resigned to their fate, they sat crossed leg within the bubble glaring at each other their unfinished conversation put on halt until they gained their freedom.