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Music: Daughter - Medicine (Sound Remedy Remix)
Virulent
Chapter 10
"What do you think will happen when we get out of this? Will we need to look for a new house or something?" Bella asked, knowing how silly her question was. They were resting in their tents. Edward was on his back with Bella sprawled across his chest. She played with the fabric of his clothing as she waited for his response.
"I don't think anything can be the same again. Not after all this," Edward replied. His hands ran through the tangled locks of Bella's dark brown hair.
Occasionally she'd wear make-up as it made her feel more professional. But now, Bella was barefaced and extremely beautiful. Edward couldn't stop looking at her. Her eyes had never been so bright. Of course, he had seen her without make-up before but usually he'd see her with smudged eye-liner and ruined lipstick after their activities. He liked the natural beauty of the woman next to him.
"Hey," Bella started. There was a shyness to her voice. "Do you want to... do it?"
He smiled at her, amused and surprised at the same time. She was probably blushing at herself for asking such a delirious question during the middle of a real-life survival game. He chuckled as he pressed a kiss to her hair.
"Sure, why not," Edward said.
"Really?" Bella asked with excitement. But then it hit her. They didn't have any condoms. "You didn't happen to grab the box of condoms in my room, did you?"
She peered up at Edward. Hope was running through her veins.
He nodded. "Sure we did, what do you think Jasper and Alice do in their tents all day? We still have plenty left."
"Plenty of condoms but not enough food," Bella stated with a morose tone.
Edward exited the tent to get the box of condoms from the boot of the car, earning a wink from Jasper who was sitting outside. Lucas sat on Jasper's lap, snoozing away. Edward ducked back down into the flap of the tent, only to meet an exquisite sight. Bella had shed off all her clothes.
"Whoa," he breathed. "That was quick."
She pulled him down by the neck, closer and closer. She kissed him. His hands immediately went to her breasts and fondled them. Cupping them. He brushed his thumbs over her erect nipples. He slowly kissed his way down her body, before his tongue entered her. She gasped as he pushed her legs apart but the desire to clamp them tighter around his head coursed through her heated body. His tongue was magic. His lips were heaven. She played with his hair as he played with her body.
She came with sparks behind her eyelids and fire on her skin. He came up to her, kissing her again.
"When can I give you a blowjob?" Bella asked.
"I can never wait to be inside of you, that's why," he whispered, huskily into her ear. "I'd rather come into your core than on your tongue."
It was an acceptable excuse as she couldn't wait for him to be inside of her. He slipped on the latex and gently entered her with both of them groaning. It had definitely been a while since they were this close together. Even though they physically slept with each other, they had been too tired and worried to take off all their clothes and pretend that everything was back to normal.
She moaned. He cursed. They both panted as her breasts bounced slightly at his thrusting. He placed a hand between them, rubbing her frantically. She couldn't hold it in any longer. Letting out a throaty moan, Bella came undone. Like water droplets from a tap. Like ice-cream on a hot, sunny day. He followed with a grunt, placing kisses on her forehead as he tried to catch his own breath.
"That felt really nice," he said. It was wonderful to just forget for a moment. Wonderful to forget where they were and the mess they were currently in. The whole world was in destruction. But that moment of bliss was therapeutic. It was sensational. Simply exhilarating.
"I haven't gotten my period yet, but what's going to happen when I get it? Am I just going to bleed everywhere?" Bella asked, out of the blue.
"Alice already thought of it. There's a few packets buried deep inside the trunk of the car somewhere. Maybe... you'll just have to not change your pad all that often," Edward said, cringing at the thought of bleeding through a vagina. It sounded painful to men. "I think Alice got a few tampons from her bathroom as well."
"Yeah, girls definitely have it tougher than guys," Bella said. "But what if we run out of... you know... condoms?"
Edward chuckled at the adorable expression on her face. She looked worried. He placed his forefinger under her chin and gently sucked on her lips. Kissing them until they were swollen with attention.
"There's always the pull-out method," he finally replied.
"I've always been skeptical of that though," Bella said.
"I'm an experienced man," Edward said, murmuring into her soft hair as his hands roamed her body. "I have every part of you memorized. I think I know when I'm going to come when I'm inside of you."
"You've got me hot and bothered again," Bella huffed.
It didn't take long for round two to happen with a blast.
"Wanna take a shower?" Edward asked with a smile. They were wrapped up in a blanket of post-coital bliss. Bella nodded as Edward pecked her on the lips before getting up from underneath her.
He jumped out of the tent and told Alice and Jasper, who were now inside their own tent, to not look outside as both he and Bella would be naked by the water.
The national forest was deserted. They thought surely people would've wanted to hide out here, more than within the city walls. But it turned out that there was no one in sight. No sounds of rangers or other human beings in the forest. People probably thought it was safer to retreat to their homes and to populated areas for maximum protection. But that was the center of pandemonium.
The awesome foursome took daily showers, seeing how Lake Wenatchee was so large. But in order to not contaminate the water that they'd drink, they usually used empty containers and poured it over themselves. Washing their clothes was similar. By dumping water on the article of clothing whilst someone else scrubbed at it, they managed to get dirt and sweat off of their clothes.
As a rule of hygiene, they also did their urination and defecation a safe distance away from the water. As for brushing their teeth, Edward and Jasper magically forgot to grab toothbrushes while they took the tubes of toothpaste from the bathrooms of Bella and Alice. Using their fingers as a toothbrush wasn't so bad.
Edward walked Bella out of the tent and held her close. He poured water gently onto her skin, occasionally kissing the water-glazed areas of her body. The water trickled down from her hair to her thighs, calves and feet. She did the same for Edward, but on her tippy-toes.
They held each other close as the rays of sunset caressed their naked skin. It was serenity and happiness.
In some sense, they felt like they were in their own world. They weren't panicked or stressed about their ambitions. They had never spent so much time with each other. Usually, they'd just see each other during breaks or at night for a delightful rendezvous.
Now, they were floating tranquility and relaxed satiation.
Edward wondered about what his students were doing. The lecture theater was large. Classes were big. He didn't know everyone he taught. He wondered if his parents were alright. He wondered about many things while holding Bella to his chest.
Similarly, Bella's thoughts drifted to that of her patients. The woman who saw her husband cheating on her with a girl twenty years his junior. The man who had tried to take his own life with a bottle of pills. The woman who had panic attacks on a weekly basis. And the man who had the unhealthy habit of checking his front door forty times before he could go to bed. She wondered about all of them. Thought about what they were up to now. What they were doing. And how they were coping.
She leaned into Edward's muscular frame. He wasn't built like a bodybuilder. But he was attractive and handsome in a gentle sort of way. She looked up at him. Simply staring. He looked down at her. Simply admiring. For a split moment, both of them felt like they were doing something strange. Something prohibited. The moment felt unusual.
And then it hit them.
It was the equivalent of them showering together at one of their apartments. Even though the rules never suggested they couldn't shower together, it usually consisted of them doing the deed again in various positions against the bathroom walls. But they didn't do any of that this time.
The way he stared at her made her feel tingles go up and down her spine like the dazzling lights on a carnival ride. He licked his lips as he felt himself being magnetized to her swelling heart. He felt his heart race and his hands sweat. He'd never felt this way before.
They were embracing and touching and blossoming.
Like two lovers.
"Sorry," Edward said, quickly pulling away.
She felt cold wind on her skin at the loss of his body warmth. It brought a chill to her body. Her lips quivered slightly as her arms came around her front to cover her torso. He walked away, in search for his clean clothes. She followed suit.
The moment, abandoned.
Well, that was cozy. And disappointing.
Q. What did the football coach say to the broken vending machine? A. Give me my quarterback!
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Love, perpetually.