Here's the next chapter and it's Jaz's last full day with Dalton at the cabin. Hope you enjoy it!

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Chapter 20

Dalton and Jaz booked their flights to Long Beach, with Jaz adding in her small detour to visit Elijah's family. They would both arrive the same day, Dalton in the morning but Jaz couldn't get there until the evening with the flight schedule.

They let Preach and their team mates know as soon as they were done.

Flights booked. I land on Friday at 10:30am – Top

Mine lands at 6pm – Jaz

10am for me – Amir

I'm at 11:15am – McG

Top & Amir, I'll pick you up from the airport. McG, you can Uber – Preach

Seriously? – McG

Well, if you promise to not wear your mold mittens in my house, I'll consider waiting for you – Preach

Ok, fine – McG

Jaz, I'll come back for you in the evening – Preach

I can just get a cab or an Uber – Jaz

No ma'am, your chariot will await – Preach

Thanks Preach – Jaz

With their flights booked, they only had a couple of days until Jaz would leave for the Vallins'. She had called them to let them know, and they had been thrilled, confirming everyone's thoughts that it would be a great idea for Jaz to go and see them.

Dalton had offered once again to go with her for the visit, but she had decided it was something she really wanted to do by herself. She needed to do it by herself.

Although she wouldn't see him for those two days, Jaz was so happy that she would see Dalton again at Preach's, especially since she still didn't know what her plans were after the long weekend. She was still waiting to hear back from McG about an appointment with Captain Xander Harris. Once that was confirmed she could start to figure out her game plan.

She looked over at Dalton who was typing a text on his phone, probably to Preach or his sisters. She couldn't help but wonder, what would become of them after these next two days?

They still hadn't discussed what had been evolving between them since they had agreed to not label their situation and just take it as it comes. She wasn't sure if she should bring it up with him, or just let it be. The last couple of days had been amazing – more than amazing! But, would it be out of line to ask what he thought? She's not sure.

After confirming his flight to see Preach and their team, Dalton sent a quick text to his sisters. Since Jaz would be leaving two days earlier than him, he thought it would be a perfect chance to catch up with his sisters, especially since he hadn't seen them at all since Jaz had arrived.

He didn't know how he felt about not seeing Jaz for the two days she would be away, but at least he knew that he would see her again at Preach's, even if all the team would be there too. From there he wasn't sure what was going on. He knew that Jaz would be meeting with Xander, and he was more than happy for her. That also meant she would be in DC. He had given some thought to McG's suggestion of him also speaking to Xander about his own nightmares and the demons that led to them, but still wasn't sure what to do.

Would Jaz want him to also be in DC while she was trying to work through her own demons? He wasn't sure, and he wasn't sure if he should ask. They had placed no labels on what had been happening between them, but he was starting to think that they needed to have a conversation about it before she left.

He would think about it over the day.

With their flights booked and breakfast eaten, they decided to hike to the waterfall for the day. Jaz loved it there and since she didn't know if she would be going back to the cabin at any stage, she wanted to make sure she saw it at least one more time.

It wasn't the best weather, it was supposed to be drizzling with rain on and off all day, but for these two omega team members, a bit of drizzle was a walk in the park compared to the conditions they were sometimes affronted with.

They packed some lunch, got Patton ready and set off for the long hike ahead of them.

They fell straight into the easy routine they had developed over the last few days, and last few weeks. Truth be told, they had shared an easy rapport for the last three years, there were just a few things that had heightened considerably in the last couple of weeks and especially in the last few days.

They teased each other, competed with each other, hung shit on each other and flirted with each other.

As they approached the waterfall, they decided to head straight to the lookout at the top that Amir and McG had visited last time, before going for a swim at the bottom.

As had been the case at every lookout, Jaz was in absolute awe of the spectacle before her. She just couldn't get over the beauty of these mountains and greatly envied the relative seclusion that Dalton enjoyed whilst residing here.

She got her phone out to snap a couple of pictures and then dragged Dalton over to take some selfies that she would enjoy sending to their group chat later that day. Still not a lover of selfies, Dalton started pulling some funny faces in them, which Jaz joined in on. As they prepared to take another one, he surprised her greatly by leaning over and kissing her cheek. She giggled when she showed him that she had caught it on her phone. To make him feel better, she immediately returned the gesture, also managing to catch that picture too.

Completely throwing her for a loop, Dalton leaned over and kissed her smack on the lips whilst her hand was still in selfie position. Jaz wasn't complaining at all, but she was shocked that he had been bold enough to do so while she was taking photos, and looked at him with surprise in her eyes.

He just shrugged, "Couldn't help it," was his only explanation as he started down the path back towards the lake at the bottom of the waterfall.

As she followed him down, still surprised, but pleasantly so, she checked the pictures on her phone. Sure enough, there were photos of them kissing each other's cheek. But she had somehow also caught their kiss on the lips too.

She glanced up at Dalton walking in front of her and couldn't help but admire his broad shoulders, strong back, and yep – there was that ass again. She looked back down at her phone and knew that she wouldn't be deleting those last three photos. They certainly wouldn't be sent to the group chat, but she had every intention of keeping them for herself.

By the time they arrived at the bottom, the drizzle had well and truly set in, ensuring that they were the only crazy people out there today.

They set their gear up underneath an overhanging rock and sat down on their towels next to each other to eat some lunch.

Jaz thought about asking Dalton right then about… so many things. About all the things that had been running through her head. About all the things that were starting to drive her crazy. About all the things that had never mattered to her before, with anyone else.

But she wasn't sure if she wanted to tempt fate just then. They had another day and a half together, she would hold off a little longer.

Dalton knew Jaz had a lot going on in her head just then. He knew her well enough by now to get a read on her, and he also had a ton going through his own head. Now wasn't the time though… although he wasn't quite sure when the right time would be.

He looked over at her, and when she returned his gaze with a multitude of thoughts visible in her eyes, he had to lean over and kiss her.

He held his lips to hers for a few seconds, hoping to ease some of those thoughts and when she pulled back with a giggle, he just shrugged and said, "Couldn't help it."

She just smirked at him and asked, "Again?"

"Yeah, so what?" He teased.

She grabbed his wrists in both her hands and had him pinned down on his back in two seconds flat. Her hands held his arms against the ground on either side of his head, while she sat astride him, using her body weight to hold him in place.

Looking up at her satisfied smirk, he knew he could reverse their positions just as quickly, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't like looking up at her like this. Her long hair was falling about her face, framing her beautiful features and damn if he wasn't feeling some serious pangs deep in his chest right that moment.

He just looked back as she giggled, still proud of the position she had put them in.

"Let's go for a swim." He suggested.

"In the rain?" Jaz quirked an eyebrow.

"It's the best time to swim. The water is warm, and we're gonna get wet anyway, right?"

She smiled a very private smile as she remembered one small detail about this hike and the waterfall. She moved herself off him and stood up.

"Sure thing, Top." She said in her low, raspy voice as she began to peel off her clothes.

Dalton just stared back. Mouth hanging open, eyes starting to glaze over with every part of his body going rigid, and… stiff.

The bikini. Jaz had on that bikini.

"Fuck." He breathed out.

Jaz tossed her hair over her shoulder and called out, "See you in there," as she walked towards the lake, knowing exactly how this bikini affected him.

Not one to be left behind, Dalton quickly stood and made swift work of removing his t-shirt. He ran towards Jaz, picked her up fireman style over his shoulder and strode out into the lake.

Jaz shrieked and couldn't help but laugh out loud. It would be big belly whooping laughter if she wasn't currently bent in half over his shoulder, but she did take the time to play paddy-whack on his back as he held on tight to her legs.

As soon as he had strode out to a decent depth, he unceremoniously dumped her in the water, and when she came up spluttering, he just grinned.

"That's what you get for teasing."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Jaz managed to spit out between the water still in her mouth and the smile creeping onto her face, still feigning innocence.

Dalton was standing right in front of her with his eyebrows raised, "You know exactly what I'm talking about."

Jaz let out a laugh, a beautiful, loud, uninhibited laugh and before he knew it, she had leapt up out of the water, hands on his shoulders and was attempting to dunk him under.

She should have remembered from the last time she attempted this that it wasn't going to work. Instead she ended up back in the water with him and when they both came up spluttering, big smiles plastered across both of their faces, she lunged forward and kissed him, both her hands making their way around his neck to hold on tight.

Dalton held on to her tightly around her waist, lifting her off her feet and she kissed him until she needed to pull back for air.

He looked into her eyes, slightly surprised by her spontaneity.

She just gazed back into those ocean blue eyes that sparkled and shrugged, "Couldn't help it."

A slow smile spread across his face as he lifted her legs to wrap them around his waist.

"Is that right?" He asked huskily, his eyes starting to bore into hers.

"Uh huh." She murmured, with her arms still wrapped around his neck and her eyes staring right back into his.

He kissed her. Over and over and over again. Each time with more force, more passion and more urgency.

With one hand on her ass, holding her in place, he slipped his other hand inside her bikini top and massaged her breast, letting his thumb make circles around her nipple, which was already hard and craving more and more attention.

She ground her hips into him as he started walking them through the water, to the place that always seemed to get the better of them, between the waterfall and the rock interface.

Not once did their lips leave each other's and the groans of their quickly increasing lust were drowned out by the water itself.

He backed her right up against the rock face, careful not to cause her injury, but struggling to hold back. His hand was still caught in her bikini, providing shivers throughout her entire body.

He himself was rock hard, and knew he needed some sort of release, and fast.

"Adam, I need…" Jaz started, before slamming her lips back on his.

"I need you to…" She started again, before the pull of his lips was just too much again.

"What do you need, Jaz?" He asked between the collisions of their lips.

"What do you need me to do?" He tried again.

"Fuck me." She managed to rasp out.

Dalton added that to the list of sexiest things she had ever said.

He slipped a hand between them to move her bikini bottoms to the side and held her gaze as he plunged into her in one swift movement.

She gasped out loud at the immediate pleasure, competing in volume with the waterfall behind them, before clenching her legs even tighter around him, urging him on.

Not able to hold back, he slammed into her hard and fast. It was what they both needed and neither of them held back, knowing they wouldn't last long this time around.

He had her ass gripped tightly in his hands, guiding her hips in time with his urgent thrusts, both of then crying out with each stroke.

The roar of the water behind them barely drowned out the roar in their ears as they both approached their pinnacle.

Jaz had her eyes squeezed tightly shut feeling every thrust deep inside of her, aching and desperate to reach her release.

When she eventually opened her eyes and placed a hand on his cheek, the other still wrapped around his neck, she felt herself start to give in to the bliss. She wanted to look right into his eyes as her orgasm took over.

Dalton was right there with her. Squeezing her even closer to him and slamming into her as hard as he could, he looked right back into her dilated brown eyes as he gave into his own orgasm and felt himself erupt inside of her.

"Fuck, Jaz."

"Adam."

They both cried out as they held on tight and rode out the tidal wave they had produced. Eyes never leaving each other's, their breaths loud and ragged and their cries raucous and full of satisfaction.

Resting their foreheads together as they tried to get their breathing under control, their chests still heaving, Dalton flicked his thumb over her nipple one last time, ensuring she rippled even further with pleasure.

"You wore this bikini on purpose." He managed to murmur accusingly, but appraisingly.

After a few seconds, still catching her breath, Jaz leaned close and murmured against his lips, "Couldn't help it."

As her lips met his in a slower appreciation of what had just happened between them, he chuckled against them, before fully embracing her lips with his and held her tight.

They both enjoyed just holding on to each other and holding onto whatever this 'non-labelled, but questionable' situation was that had developed between the two of them.

Walking back to the cabin after another hour or two at the waterfall, Jaz's mind wandered. With just over one day left together, they still hadn't talked about where this went from here.

They were going to be back with their team in a few days – their whole team.

Is that where they go back to pretending one of them is sleeping on the floor and trying to keep their hands off of each other in front of the others? Where they pretend to the others that the last few days, last few weeks hadn't happened? That they hadn't been exploring each other's bodies intimately or that she hadn't been feeling things that she had never felt before?

Or do they end this? Do they delude themselves into thinking that these memories will pass and not stick in their minds forever? Do they call time and be thankful for the time they had, but realise that eventually Turkey and their job will beckon, and this was just a fun little interlude on their leave?

Is that what this was? A fun little interlude?

Jaz was driving herself crazy with all these questions swirling in her head. She'd never been an over thinker, but she was struggling to shake all these thoughts from her mind.

"Hey – Jaz…" She heard break through her thoughts.

"Hmmm?" She turned to Dalton, wondering how long he had been trying to get her attention.

He looked at her curiously, "You ok?"

"Yeah," She answered quickly, "Yeah, I'm fine."

He could tell just by the look on her face that she had been lost in thought, and he was pretty sure he knew what situation she was thinking about. He stopped walking and turned to face her.

"Hey – look, I know we need to have a conversation, about a lot of things," He started simply, "But let's enjoy the rest of today, and we'll talk tomorrow…?" He suggested.

She just looked down, her thoughts still clearing and her mind still in overdrive.

He lifted a hand to bring her chin up so that her eyes met his and searched for agreeance, "Yeah?"

Jaz looked into his eyes and could see there were thoughts in his mind too. But she did like the idea of enjoying the rest of this day and tackling the harder stuff tomorrow.

"Yeah ok, sounds good," she agreed, nodding and smiled softly at him.

"Good." Dalton was relieved with her agreeance. He had a lot going on in his head too, but wanted and needed this bit of time with her; to just pretend that there wasn't some big conversations to be had, just for a little while longer.

They fell back into their easy gait, and continued their way back to the cabin. Patton stayed right by their side as if sensing that this could be their last hike together, at least for a while.

Jaz and Dalton settled themselves on the couch when they got back to have a rest before tackling dinner, with Patton snagging a spot between the two of them.

Jaz couldn't help but laugh as she scratched his head and his ears, "He really has settled into life in the mountains, hasn't he?"

"Could say the same about you…" Dalton ventured slowly.

Jaz shrugged her shoulders, "Meh, it's ok here."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone your secret." He teased.

Jaz rolled her eyes, "Fine, it's been a lot better than I thought it would be."

"Is that right?" Dalton asked slowly and suggestively with his eyebrows raised.

Jaz threw a cushion from the couch at him and said dryly, "Not like that"

He held his hands up in the air, "Like what?"

"You're as bad as McG." She accused.

Dalton scoffed, but then gave her one of those smiles that warmed her up from the inside out. Perfect teeth showing, eyes sparkling and the crinkles around those eyes, deep and from a place of happiness.

She couldn't give him anything in reply other than a smile of her own. Skin glowing, eyes bright and wide.

She got up off the couch slowly and started to walk towards the bathroom.

"I'm going to take a shower before dinner." She said to him suggestively, over her shoulder.

Dalton didn't need any further hints. He was up off that couch quick smart and disappeared into the bathroom with Jaz.

Jaz got a text from McG later that evening letting her know that he had got her an appointment with Captain Xander Harris for the following week. He also let her know that he would be accompanying her to DC after being at Preach's for the weekend.

Jaz was very appreciate of McG's efforts in securing this for her, but she couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

On one hand, she knew she desperately needed the help from Xander. She had eventually felt comfortable talking to him in Incirlik and she would much rather talk to him about her situation and her nightmares than have to start again with a stranger. She needed to get on top on these nightmares, before she let them consume her.

On the other hand, when she was in DC, she wasn't going to be with Dalton. And that was the crux of it.

Dalton cooked dinner outside for them that night and they sat looking at the stars afterwards, eating s'mores, drinking beer and just enjoying the moment.

Side by side they sat around the fire, not engaging in conversation very much, but exchanging a lot of glances and just enjoying the comfort that the company of the other provided.

When the fire eventually died out, it was Jaz who rose from her seat first and turned to hold her hand out for Dalton.

Looking up at the softness and the invitation on her face, he took her hand and she led him inside. Once there, she silently and deliberately removed both her own clothing and his, one article at a time until they were both completely naked.

Leading him towards the couch she lowered them down so they were laying facing each other and kissed him softly at first, slowly and indulgently.

Dalton returned the kisses, tilting his head to deepen them and getting lost in the euphoria that Jaz's tongue in his mouth ignited.

Their hands gripped the other tightly, letting them roam over their bodies, and cradle each other's head as their kissing deepened even further. Their bodies were pressed tightly together, and they rocked with each other as their lips barely came up for air.

Dalton lifted one of Jaz's legs to wrap around his hip, and with this angle he let his fingers wander down towards her center and stroked her softly. Her moan as he did so had her opening her eyes, looking directly into his own, but their lips still never left each other's.

With his hands still stroking her, spreading her wetness all over her slit, he felt her hand wander down his chest, over his abs and lower even further to grip him delicately and reverently in her hand. She stroked him with long, slow strokes, enjoying the feel of the soft outer skin sliding against the enclosed hardness.

They undulated together as the pleasure they were giving each other rose in a steady and heated manner and their hips moved in rhythm with their hands.

Their need grew. It had done nothing but grow the last few weeks and Jaz pulled away to change their positions so that Dalton was sitting on the couch and Jaz was kneeling above him, her knees on either side of his legs.

He held on to her waist as she leaned down to re-join their lips together and he slid his hands up her rib cage to cup her breasts in his palms, never getting enough of her and her beauty.

After rubbing themselves against each other while they continued to kiss, their need for each other was almost sky high. Pulling back to look into Adam's eyes, her hands resting on his shoulders, she moved so that he was in line with her entrance and slid down slowly, savouring every moment that the feeling of him inside of her aroused and exclaiming as such with a loud moan.

Taking their time, they rocked against each other, slowly and deliberately. Jaz slid herself up and down, working her hips so that only the very tip of his cock was still inside of her, before sliding all the way down so Adam would bottom out inside of her.

"You're so beautiful, Jaz." Adam whispered roughly to her, marvelling at the beautiful creature in front of him. On top of him. Riding him.

He buried his hands in her long flowing hair and brought her head down to his to kiss her perfect mouth, wanting to feel as much of her as possible, as if committing her and her body to memory.

"So are you." She whispered back to him in between kisses. In between moans.

No one had ever called him beautiful before, but in that moment, it felt like the most intimate thing he had ever heard.

He pulled his lips back from hers for a second, just to look into her eyes. Their gazes held, both with emotions treading the fine line between unreadable and completely obvious. Whatever they were, they both started to move with more urgency.

Jaz rose and fell over and over, sliding herself up and down so Adam was as deep inside her as possible. She could feel the flutters inside of her begin to expand with the combined feel of his rock hard cock, his extremely capable hands all over her body and his hot mouth, devouring her lips, her neck and her breasts.

Adam thrust his hips up so he could slid into her as deep as possible. Her heat and her tightness enclosed around him ensured that the quivers he felt deep down, were starting to come to the forefront. He couldn't keep his lips away from her body, she just tasted so good, everywhere.

They rocked together, every part of them pressed together. Every goose bump, every nerve ending, every touch, all working in synchronicity to transport them to a place of exhilaration.

Their cries were loud and almost violent as they urgently, desperately called out each other's names.

Adam knew he was about to come and not wanting to do so without Jaz, he reached a thumb down to circle her clit.

The immediate pleasure that Jaz felt made her throw her head back in ecstasy and she rode him harder, both their hips moving frantically as they both reached that place of euphoria, riding wave after wave of bliss and gratification.

They wrapped their arms around each other and held each other close as their bodies continued to surge and pulsate with the aftershocks of their union. Jaz buried her head in Adam's neck and he rested his nose in her hair, her apple scent stirring something deep inside of him.

They were still wrapped tightly together when eventually the ripples their bodies had emitted, filtered out and their hips stilled against each other. Only their chests were left heaving against each other's, but getting their breath back didn't feel as important as holding on to one another.

They were struggling to let go of each other, way too content being enveloped around each other, but they managed to pull their heads back to press their lips against each other in a long, lingering and intimate kiss.

When their eyes finally met, there were those looks again. The emotion in their eyes that was unreadable; or they were telling themselves it was unreadable.

That had felt different to their previous intimate encounters. More visceral. More instinctive. More tender. More intimate.

But why had it also feel like a goodbye?

Well needless to say, the next chapter gets a bit angsty. Thanks so much for reading! What did you think? XXX