A/N- Hey everyone! Sorry if anyone thought that was the last chapter, but there are still a few. If you liked the Chelsea part from the last chapter… there will be an encore performance in a few chapters as well! Enjoy the chapter! Also, there's another lemon in this chapter...
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James and I eventually left the Cullen's residence after only a few hours. James couldn't stand how… civilized they were. Although I didn't mind resting on the cushiony couch, I did miss nature as well. We had said quick goodbyes before running out of the house. I was headed for Denali, but James had pulled me east.
Flashback
"What are you doing?" I growled at James. He had been pushing me to my right for over five minutes now.
"We're not going that way." He replied. "We're going east."
"Why? I want to go see everyone in Denali! I want to see if Garrett has really tamed Kate."
"We both know he hasn't tamed her. No one can tame her. She just has a new partner in crime… as well as a constant sex one." James said. "Now, we're going east."
"Why?"
"Because, we're going to spend some time together, with no one else."
"Can we go to Denali soon?" I asked, placing my hands on my hips.
"Yes." James said. He started running through the trees, leaving me standing where I had originally stopped.
"Wait, how soon is soon for you?" I yelled. I growled quietly before chasing off after him.
"You never gave me a specific." James laughed when I caught up to him. "Don't worry, we'll see them again."
End Flashback
So now James and I were back in Yellowstone. James was watching a herd of buffalo while I sat lazily in a tree. We had just had our own meals of deer, but I knew James wanted to take down one of the buffalo. I grinned, getting an idea.
I quickly checked the area for rangers. When I couldn't smell, see, or hear one I jumped from the branch and ran into the herd. Before the herd had even started to react I had an older animal down. My teeth were buried in her fury neck, my hands gripping as much fur as I could. I looked up to meet the golden eyes of my mate. I moaned as I noticed him watching me finish my meal. His own meal was slowly dying beneath him. I released the body of the old female buffalo and waited till James was done.
"What do you want to do with the bodies?" James asked.
"There's a pack of wolves in the trees. They're looking at two easy meals." I replied.
"So in essence we're helping the circle of life." James shrugged. He took my hand and we walked into the trees.
"Exactly. These older buffalo would have died within another year and the wolves or another predator would have eaten them then. We're just giving them a quick death and an easy meal… well I gave my meal a quick death. You had to go let it suffer."
"Sorry, I wasn't really focused on snapping it's neck. Have you seen how big it is?"
"So the mighty hunter can't break the neck of some animal, but you can take it down in a second?" I chided. James muttered under his breath, low enough so I wouldn't hear. I just laughed and kissed his cheek.
"Next time… I promise you… next time." James growled.
"Fine, next time." I said. "Now, what are we going to do?"
"Other than go find that herd of buffalo? I don't know…"
"It's too soon James. Let them rest and relax." I murmured. I still didn't really like the idea of feeding off of blood, human or animal, but I know it's not something I can just ignore. So, instead I try not to over hunt. It wouldn't be all that great on my conscious if I was responsible for the extinction of an animal… any animal. "Why don't we go find a lake and cool down?"
"Cerys, you know we don't need to cool down." James sighed. He was looking off into the distance as though he was contemplating something.
"James, stop." I said. I tugged on his arm to get his attention. James finally looked back on me and waited for me to say something. "What's wrong? You seem so depressed. Do you not want me to be around? Do you want to be a solitary nomad like Carlisle's friend?"
"No it's not that… it's just… I'll be fine." James murmured. He turned back around and continued to walk.
"No! I'm not taking that as an answer!" I cried. I heard a few birds flutter out of the trees and fly off. James stopped again and looked back at me. "Please James. Please tell me what's going on."
"I'm just trying to decide where to go next. We've already been here for almost two and a half weeks." James shrugged.
"Don't leave me." I whispered. I knew he heard me as his eyes became saddened and he looked down. "Please, don't leave me again."
In an instant I was in James' arms, being crushed into his body. "Cerys, I'm not going to leave you, ever again. That wasn't my doing… well it was, but it was because I was forced to think without my heart. I'll never leave you. I love you too much." He kissed the top of my head and I wrapped my arms around him.
"Good, because I wouldn't be able to make it a day without you." I whispered. James just nodded his head and rested his chin on the top of mine.
"Can we drop this for now and just relax?" James asked. "I promise I'm not leaving you out here, in Denali or Forks, or anywhere else. I just have a lot on my mind right now."
"I'd like that." I said. "And you're damn right you wouldn't be able to leave me anywhere! I'd follow you if you ever tried."
"Good, cause you're the best shadow I could find." James replied before kissing me gently. I smiled into the kiss, but James broke away before making it any more passionate. I grumbled in response, but James just pulled me through the trees. "Why don't we just relax tonight?"
"Like, just star gaze?" I asked. Ok, I definitely know there's something wrong now. James has never wanted to star gaze and only has when I've begged him to.
"I know you like to so I thought we would." James replied.
"Right." I replied, but I still allowed James to pull me after him.
For the rest of the night we spent time just watching the night sky. It did surprise me when there ended up being a meteor shower. I watched, completely awestruck, as flying pieces of ice lit up the night sky. "I thought you might like it." James whispered.
"I do. It's amazing. How did you know this was going to be happening?" I asked.
"I heard some people talk about it." James replied. "So I decided to find us a nice spot so we could watch it."
"No hidden intentions?" I asked. James gasped with innocence and I laughed, slapping his chest jokingly.
"Never, my lady, has there been an indecent thought about you in my mind." James said with false seriousness.
"Really?" I laughed. "But what if this lady has had inappropriate thoughts about said man in her head?" I whispered in his ear, nibbling the bottom slightly. James groaned and rolled us over.
"Then I'd have to say… I lied." James growled before attacking my mouth. My arms instantly wrapped around his neck and my hands twisted into his hair. My legs wrapped around his hips, eliciting a groaning growl from him.
James made quick work of my clothes and of his. Within the next few seconds we were both groaning at the feeling of being completely together. My head was thrown back and James littered kisses on my pale neck. My fingers scratched red marks into his back. I'm sure they would have been bleeding scratches if we were both human… thank go we aren't.
I felt the coil in my stomach tighten and muttered a low "I'm close". James grunted his reply and within a final stroke I was falling over the edge. It seemed as the meteors were falling all around me now. I couldn't believe the sensations running through me even though I'd felt them multiple times before. I felt myself clenching around James as he let out a final growl and burst into me.
We were both panting and trying to gasp the unneeded air as we came down from our highs. James rolled off of me and pulled me into him. I curled into his side and rested my head on his chest. "No dirty intentions for tonight then?"
"I wasn't the one who started it." James replied. "I was being completely truthful in what I said. You had to go and bring in the sexual tension." There was a slight laugh in James' voice towards the end.
"James?"
"Hm?"
"You're a liar. A hot liar, but a liar." I stated before kissing him lightly. "But I love you anyway."
