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Chapter 13 Errands Day part three.
At first, Jack didn't realize what was happening. One second he was turning back to face his arachne roommate after she said she needed to tell him something. The next he was seeing a pale face with a multitude of closed eyes mere centimeters from his own. And there was some sort of heated pressure on his lips.
He leaned his head back reflexively, eyes widening out of panic. He wanted to yell but the pale face and pressure followed and kept his mouth from opening the whole way. His throat made a sort of gagged high pitched bellow, like a panicking deer.
Jack pivoted his torso and raised his left arm. His lips broke contact and he placed the palm of his hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. "Gah!" He yelped as he shoved.
His legs forgot to alternate their motions when trying to escape and he tripped over himself. "Oh crap!"
He braced his right arm as he fell and hit. His left arm rotated back to the ground and kept him semi-upright.
The arachne in front of him opened her eyes halfway and smiled.
"T-tetra! What are you doing?" He cried.
She paused a moment and then focused down at him. "Letting you know I'm interested." She purred.
"Interested!" He barked. "Tetra we shouldn't do this. You promised."
"Shouldn't do what?" She advanced on him. Her eyes narrowed a hair.
Jack kicked his heels and slid back from her. "W-we can't. Whatever you think you're doing. We can't do it."
She didn't slow down. Her front legs extended out to either side of him. "And what are 'we' doing Jack?"
He kicked his heels again and pushed himself back against her door. He reached for the handle but missed by at least a finger span. He froze as Tetra loomed over him. Her pedipalps hovered over his thighs. She tilted her whole torso down ninety degrees. Her breasts hung right above his chest. Her clawed hands lowered toward his head. Her smile hadn't changed.
Jack brought up both of his arms and sunk further to the ground. "Tetra." He breathed. "You're scaring the hell out of me right now." His heart hammered rapidly.
She stopped and blinked. "I.." She blinked again. "What am I..?"
The arachne pivoted back up and retreated a dozen steps. Jack sat up and looked at her. Her eyes were wide, one hand was near her face. "I.." Suddenly she whirled and dashed toward a dark corner with a window. She ripped open the curtains and peered out. Moonlight washed over her body. Her smooth carapace glowed in a faded silhouette. Her claws glittered against her chest.
Jack got his feet under him and stood up. Tetra was still gazing at the sky. She was whispering something. He narrowed his eyes and approached slowly, trying to catch what she was saying.
As he neared he could just make out a word or two. "..it's not..it's not..."
He stood to the side and tried to see what she was seeing. He swallowed. "It's not..what?"
She darted her eyes at him. "It's not full. Not tonight."
He gave her an odd look and then took in sharp breath as he grasped it. "The moon."
She nodded and looked back out. "It's not full. Not tonight. So why...goddess why?"
Jack stepped a bit closer to get a good angle on the Earth's largest natural satellite. "It's almost full." He glanced back at her. "Wouldn't that...?
She shook her head vigorously. "Doesn't work like that. It's the night only." She lowered her head and braced one arm against the frame. She closed her eyes firmly. Then she pounded on the frame rattling the whole window. Jack jumped back a step.
"I did it again." The arachne muttered.
He delayed a second be fore asking: "Did what again?"
She shook her head. "That boy. I scared that boy."
"Calvin." Jack identified.
She nodded. "And now I've scared you." She pounded the frame again then slumped to the floor.
"Tetra." Jack breathed.
"I saw something that I wanted." She grumbled darkly. "Something that I thought was right. And I tried to take it."
Jack knelt beside her. Like this, they were almost the same height. "You stopped Tetra. Before you went too far."
She punched the wall just under the window, rattling it again. "I broke my word." She growled. "I broke my word." She faced him, eyes glistening with wetness. "I lied to you." She pronounced it like she was spitting out poison. "You've been nothing but kind to me, and I lied and terrified you."
He reached out and tried to lay a hand on her shoulder. She jerked it away. The fuchsia side of her hair swayed forward and blocked her face from him. "I should just leave."
Jack breathed in sharply. His heart started up again.
Oh HELL no!
"Tetra, no." He said adamantly. "You are not leaving."
She got up suddenly, and turned away from him.
"Tetra." He called while standing back up. She didn't move. "Tetra I forbid you to leave."
The arachne shuffled further into the room. "Tetra. Don't hate yourself."
Her head perked up. She whirled back to him and placed her fingers on her chest. "Jack, I'm a monster."
He stepped up to her. "No you're not. You're more than that."
She gritted her teeth. "Jack, don't be an idiot."
His eyes hardened. "You're not leaving."
She folded her arms. "How are you going to stop me?" She scoffed.
Like this.
He stepped in and reached toward the back of her head. "Tetra I forgive you." He raised himself on his toes and pulled her head down at the same time. Her eyes widened as he caught her off-guard. Then he kissed her. Hard.
This close to her he could almost feel her blood rush faster. Both of their hearts sped up.
Tetra broke off the kiss with more dignity and poise than Jack achieved earlier. "What're you-"
"There." He nodded and let go. "Now I've broken my word. Done something risky that might eventually land me in jail." He looked at her sincerely. "Can you forgive me?"
She gazed at him. "You..kissed me."
Jack breathed out slowly. "Tetra, you are, hands down, the sexiest woman I have ever met in my life." She pursed her lips and blushed fiercely. "And I'm not just talking about your killer body."
She blinked and looked at him askance.
He closed his eyes and nodded his head side to side. "It's a compliment."
He reopened them and stared right into hers. "You've protected me, advised me, counseled and comforted me." He breathed out slowly again. "I can't think of any woman alive that's done for me what you have."
She smiled lightly and blinked back a few tears.
Jack glanced upward briefly. "Okay, Sula's a very close second." He waved a hand. "But she's married so I'll settle for being in the friend zone with her."
The arachne chuckled. "You aren't.." She paused. "disgusted by my spider body."
Jack was taken aback. "No. Of course not." She gave him an expectant look.
"Okay." He raised both hands while relenting. "The eyes take some getting used to." She didn't change expression. "And the webs." He acknowledged.
She bared one fang and tapped it with a claw. Jack folded his arms. "I worked with a werewolf for almost a year remember? Being in close proximity to somebody with those," He inclined his head toward her arm. "Used to be just another weekday for me." He let his arms drop. "Now it's everyday with two people like that." He raised a hand. "Syleris practically counts as a third with her talons."
Tetra pulled her hand away and used that same claw to mark his point. "I should probably thank this Talbot." She mused.
Jack shrugged and lowered his gaze a degree. "I still don't know what's happening with him." He shook his head and looked back up at her. "But seriously Tetra, you can't leave."
She folded her arms again.
Jack inclined his head forward. "You told me earlier that no one's perfect, and to not hate myself." She closed her eyes. "Allow me to give you the same advice." She breathed out and nodded slowly. "People don't always learn important lessons the first time."
He raised a hand. "So you screwed up. So what?" He eyed her. "If you leave, if you run away..."
Her eyes flashed open at those last two words. Jack's heart jumped and he paused before continuing.
"Well, I know you're stronger than that Tetra." He concluded.
She drummed her claws on her arm. She regarded her host with an intense expression.
"Please, don't leave."
Her drumming stopped. "You're asking?"
Jack nodded. "Yes."
She drummed her claws once, then made a fist with one of her hands. "Earlier you said you 'forbid it.'" The edge in her voice cut at Jack's core.
He winced as she threw his words back at his face. "I... got a little heated." He glanced toward the floor. "And I was still freaked out from earlier." He looked back up at her. "I'm sorry."
She relaxed her hands. "Forgiven." Jack raised his head a bit and smiled.
"You are requesting me to stay?" She clarified.
"Yes."
She smirked. "You know you have to give me something."
Jack narrowed his eyes and frowned. "What do you want?"
She grinned with all her teeth. "A kiss, from you."
He glared at her silently. His mind twisted the scenario around in dozens of angles, trying to find a weakness. "I already kissed you."
She cocked an eyebrow. "I want another."
He frowned deeper. Of course there was no weakness. There was no back door, no loose end to exploit. He was stuck in the middle of her web and the only option left was to acknowledge his defeat. He'D held out as long as he could. But she's forced his hand.
"Well." He stated. "I can already tell how this relationship is going to go." Her grin took on a malicious glint as he approached. He stopped short and held up a finger near her face. "This does not change your status among the others. You do not have priority over Sula or Syleris or any other guest I am responsible for." He paused to let his point register. "Agreed?"
She chuckled in her throat. "Agreed."
He waited one moment more for a Deus ex machina to intervene. He briefly considered cheating and just giving her a peck on the cheek. But she wouldn't be satisfied with that.
Neither would he.
Hot chick wants a kiss from you. Better make it a really good one.
He leaned into her and kissed hard. She wrapped her arms around his body and clamped her pedipalps around his waist. He hooked his arms around her back. Their bodies pressed against each other. Heartbeats inflamed and brain chemical cocktails fired off.
He vaguely noted that her arms were making some motion behind him he couldn't see. He ignored it, figuring that even if he did open his eyes to look he wouldn't understand what she was up to. Plus his mind was operating at a different setting at the moment.
Her front legs curved in suddenly and planted themselves right where his thighs connected to his butt. He was going to ignore that as well until his feet left the ground
His head reeled back and his eyes shot open at the new sensation. Several webs were moving around and threading underneath her body and around his own, suspending each in the air.
Jack snorted in amusement. Fuck you, gravity.
She snaked a hand toward the back of his head and pulled it forward. He resisted stiffly and her eyes flew up.
"Wait, Tetra." He panted. "How. Mmm.." He blinked and swallowed. "How far are we taking this?"
He could have sworn he saw a flash of fear cross her face. "O-only as far as you want Jack." Her sultry smile threatened to overwhelm what little mental control he had left. "I already got my kiss."
He blinked rapidly, trying to force his brain to consider some sort of limit. "We can't...We can't." He shook his head and forced himself to focus. Her chest sliding along his shirt didn't help.
"We can't break the law." He finally managed.
She hummed and sighed. "As you wish." Was that..relief?
Just before the animal part of his brain was stripped of its constraints the last remnants of his higher functions made a realization. She has seen that movie.
The rest was lost to flesh and sensation.
She dreamed.
She was back in the forest.
Mother wasn't there.
She was alone.
She was free.
She danced among the branches
She danced alone.
The leaves swayed in time with her
Then she had a partner in her hands.
A man.
They danced
She led first.
And then he led the next sequence.
The leaves followed them.
They blew around in an array of color and motion
She led again.
Then he led.
A hand snatched the man away. The face of mother screeched. "TELL HIM!"
Tetra woke with a grimace. Shut up, mother.
The lights around her door were still on. Starlight shone through the uncovered window. The curtain was torn and hung limply at the sides.
She grunted and made a mental note to repair it before the next night.
Jack hung laterally by her threads a few meters away. He snored lightly.
I will tell him. When the time is right.
Tetra smiled as she approached him. It was probably fortunate that he passed out in the middle of their 'session'. He was clearly exhausted when he'd entered her room hours ago. But his concern for her well-being spurred him to check in on her.
I should bring him to his bed.
He stirred a little as she cut him loose and carried him down to the second floor.
His narrow door presented an unwelcome challenge.
She spun up a hammock for him and attached it to the ceiling outside his door. Then she tilted her abdomen to the side and sidled into his room. Boxes of his stuff were still strewn about but her night vision allowed her to nimbly avoid tripping over any of them. She pulled at a support thread and lowered him from the ceiling.
Her arms cradled her host and she laid him on top of his bed. When she pulled a sheet over him he raised a hand.
"Te-ra." He croaked.
"Shhh." She lightly grasped his arm and placed it back at his side. "We'll talk in the morning."
He closed his eyes and sighed.
She leaned over him and kissed his cheek. "Sleep well, Jackey."
A/N: Hello again readers.
Sorry for the short update. Been working lots of over time lately.
Anyway, comment and review please.
