Chapter 7

Flash Back

She could hear his rhythmic breathing as she lay still on her bed looking into the darkness around her. Her heart beat with his breathing as if he and she were one person. She could feel the warmth that his little boyish body gave off and felt something for the first time, she felt very aware of herself, as if she shouldn't be there with him at least not like this.

She sat up gently, as to not wake him, and looked at him. His black curly hair was mussed; with his eyes closed she could see the dark lashes on his eyes that looked so peaceful along with his face that held a small smile, what ever he was dreaming of he seemed to like it.

She lay up on his chest and closed her eyes, she felt his breathing differ; she had woke him. She felt him stir and heard him speak.

"Are you okay?" he asked her in a worried tone. She sat up so she could see his face and answered him.

"Yeah, I'm all right. I was just a little cold so I thought that if I got closer to you I could get warmer." She answered. She looked into his deep green eyes and felt warm inside as if she had lowered herself into a pool of warm water.

"Oh, okay." He answered sounding less worried.

He had just turned eleven and already he was acting all high and mighty as if he knew so much more about things than she did. It was starting to bug her. Just the other day he had the nerve to tell her all about feminine things. Feminine things! Like how a woman is supposed to act and behave around a man, and even sex. Yes sex, he talked to her about sex, as if she didn't know about it yet.

It still seemed strange to her that she was only ten and yet she was already able to have children. Her mother told her that it was normal and even that some children got married at her age, she was glad that she wasn't married yet! She began to think about what it would be like to be with Val. Her face became warm and she looked at Val.

"Remember what you said earlier about sex?" she asked him timidly, a little bit embarrassed.

"Yeah. Why do you ask?" He said as he looked into her eyes, the little pools of blue he adored to see after a long day at school; to just relax and wind down, the ones that calmed him. He knew that she was a girl and felt her shame in asking a question, on this topic, to a boy and not just any boy but her best friend.

"Well, I just I wanted to… I um… say it again I can't remember it very well." She knew this was crossing a line that should not have been crossed over to begin with let alone twice. She felt a shudder in her chest the kind you have when you're really cold, and she laid down again beside him.

"Um, okay… Well, first off…" his throat tightened up like it did before when he talked about this earlier. He should never have brought it up, he regretted it deeply. He could feel his face become very hot in embarrassment. "A guy and a girl are different… Look, how can you forget, I just told you!" he yelled at her as he turned to face her. Her face was pink too he seen, and draped his arm around her tiny waist…

Present

Val looked at Rapunzel now, looked at her soft features as she slept. He had a burning urge inside of him to lay his arm around her tiny waist again just so he could feel and hold her, it was hard but he eventually brushed that aside. He did however look at her more closely; he noticed for the first time that her night gown was very loose on her body and was a bit transparent.

He started to try to look through her gown, he looked at the cleavage that showed above the top of her gown and thought about how womanly she was. He looked down through her gown at her breasts and became very embarrassed; he knew this was just as bad as taking advantage of her so he looked away. He felt her stir a bit beside him and he sat up as she opened her eyes.

"Your still here?" she asked him groggily as she yawned. She felt her gown pull off her body a bit too much as she sat up. She felt shame for a moment but dismissed it after she saw the look on Val's face, a mix of fascination, awe, and glee. She dropped the hand she had quickly brought to her exposed breast and let him see it in its full glory. She watched his face change expressions from fascination to embarrassment and she turned his face back towards her. "It's okay, this is what I want." She said softly and calmly. He opened his eyes and looked at her bare body again. He pulled her into him and did the unthinkable.