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Chapter 19 - Caveman Experience

BELLA

The storm finally started to clear. There was only a light sprinkling of rain, and some lightning in the distance was flashing in the dark. I didn't know what time it was, but I was pretty sure it was nighttime. I made sure Edward and Jake had some water, before I suggested that we just sleep here tonight. We were all sitting on the bed already, and so I snuggled Jake down by my side.

I heard Edward moving the pot. "The water's almost gone. Did you get enough?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," I lied. I was thirsty, but he needed to be well hydrated to be able to get us out of the cave in the morning. I knew sawing through those branches would be a lot of work.

He let out a sigh and lay down closer to me than usual. I wondered if I was in the wrong part of the bed, it was hard to tell in the dark. I felt him squirm a little closer. "Do you have enough bed?" I asked.

"Ah, yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to keep you up," he said sheepishly.

"No, it's just, you usually don't like me near you, so I just wanted to be sure you were comfortable. I know you have a lot of hard work to do tomorrow clearing the cave entrance. I wanted to make sure you're alright. I don't want to be in your way," I said slightly embarrassed by my rambling.

EDWARD

Bella was too sweet. I suspected she didn't drink any water, but I couldn't call her out on it, because I didn't know for sure. I really wished I could read her mind and make sure she was truly okay.

She suggested we sleep here, and I decided not to fight her on it because I was tired, and the cave felt nice and cool. I guess a cave was the closest you could get to air conditioning on a deserted tropical island.

She lay down on the far side of the little stuffed mat we called a bed. I watched as she perched herself as far from me as possible in what looked like a very uncomfortable position. I watched her wiggle, snuggling into the baby as he settled in for the night. I felt guilty, because I knew she was doing it for me. I wanted to let her know it was okay. I didn't mind if she bumped into me. Not anymore at least.

I thought I would actually like it if she did.

I moved a little closer to her, thinking of ways I could casually brush against her on "accident," when she asked if I had enough bed. I guess I wasn't as slick as I'd thought I was. What she said next made me feel like crap. She had been sleeping on our already crappy bed in uncomfortable positions for months, so I'd be comfortable. She'd put herself out for me, and I hadn't been that nice to her. She was a fucking saint. I had to fix this.

"It's okay, Bella, you're…" How could I word it and not sound like a creep? "I, um…what I mean to say is..."

She rolled closer to me, and I realized she'd left Jake on the far side of the bed sleeping. Her face was right next to mine, and I wanted to kiss her so bad.

"Shhh," she said softly, "Whisper, the baby's out."

I swallowed hard, trying to make out her eyes in the darkness. I wished I could see her expression better, but I was kind of glad it was dark, as it was hiding my body's reaction to her proximity. I cleared my throat as quietly as possible, trying to regain my composure.

"I don't mind you next to me," I whispered.

"Thanks, Edward. I don't mind you, either," she giggled and lay down next to me. Our arms were touching, and it made me smile when she made no move to wiggle away from me.

I settled down next to her, not moving my arm away from hers and listened to her breathing. I could tell when she fell asleep. I leaned over her and took in the scent of her hair. It was just her, no particular scent I could name, but it was distinctly Bella. I didn't know what it was that made her smell so good to me, she just did.

Her scent relaxed me, and I was sleeping in no time, having a pleasant dream filled with Bella.

BELLA

I fell asleep, feeling the warmth of Edward's arm next to mine. I touched him like that so it would seem like an accident, but I wanted to test it out. I needed to see if he was really okay with me touching him. I kind of giggled to myself as I thought of Edward's words. I knew I was "not so bad" before, and now he "didn't mind me." Mister Smooth, he was not, but he was still very sweet; awkward, but sweet. I was glad it was dark, so he didn't see the giddy expression on my face. It took me forever to fall asleep, because my insides were doing little flips of excitement.

We were touching, and he didn't mind it. I was worried he was just saying it to be nice, but I knew he really didn't mind it, when I woke up the next morning.

Edward was wrapped around me, with his face buried in my hair. My smile would have given The Joker a run for his money. Edward really didn't mind touching me at all, and that was evident, as he seemed to be touching me with every inch of his body he could, including several inches in the lower region pressed against my butt. Yup, definitely several inches there.

I worried he'd freak out on me when he woke up. I wondered if I should pry myself away from him, but then realized I just couldn't make myself do it. I decided to enjoy the time I had with him and nuzzled back into him more, pressing my nose into the crook of his elbow that was under my head. I hadn't slept with a pillow in a long time, and his arm was nice. And let's not forget, he smelled so damn good. How could a man smell like that without soap? I wondered if they made soap scents that were based on good-smelling men like Edward. If they didn't, they should have, because damn! Before I even realized it, I was licking and kissing his arm, tasting his skin.

When I felt him pull me back against him, I was worried he'd be upset that I'd woken him, but he just ground his erection into me, and I moaned a little and pressed back harder, so he'd do it again. He groaned in response, and I turned over to see his face in the dim morning light. I pressed my leg between his, rubbing against his erection again. He tightened his grip on me and moved his head down to my neck and inhaled deeply.

My body felt hot all over, but not sweaty hot, just like there was a fire burning under my skin. His hand slipped up under the back of my shirt, and I moaned softly, feeling his rough fingers against my skin. I was dying to get closer to him and pressed myself further against him, inadvertently rubbing against his huge erection. Holy cow, was that thing really real? I could feel all of it now, from top to bottom. Jesus, I'd heard size was important, and I didn't know what average was, but I had a feeling he was not average.

My curiosity got the better of me, and I reached down and palmed him, trying to truly get a feel of where he started and ended.

EDWARD

Holy fuck, I was having the best dream. Bella and I were making out, and she was rubbing up against me. Then something changed, I didn't know what exactly, and I started to wake up. For a minute, I thought I was still dreaming, because little Bella had her hand on my cock and was rubbing it up and down through my pants.

Fuck, that was hot. Not only did she not freak that I had a boner, but she was rubbing it. I should've been a gentleman and stopped her. I knew it was very inappropriate, and our relationship was still kind of unknown, but I just couldn't do it.

I couldn't stop her hand. It felt too damn good. I realized then that my hand was up her shirt. I looked down at her eyes to see if she was okay with what was going on, and I saw her looking down at her hand, like she was really concentrating on something. She was moving it so slowly, but I wanted her to move it faster. The urge to buck was too much, and I pushed against her hand.

She looked up at me surprised and pulled her hand away. "Sorry," she said softly.

I couldn't think straight at that moment, I just wanted her to know that she never had to be sorry for touching me, especially like that.

I pinned her under me, and she looked up at me with worried eyes…that was until I ground into her heat and fuck, she closed her eyes and moaned. She liked it, and it felt fucking awesome, so I did it again and again, as I buried my hands in her hair and kissed her bare skin wherever I could find it. She tasted so damn good. One of these days, I would really taste her as she screamed my name, but we had to get a separate room first. I could tell she was trying to be quiet as she bit my shoulder. She moaned my name as she placed small kisses where she'd bitten me. God, that was so fucking good.

I'd finally had enough of her skin. I needed her mouth. I started kissing her hard and excited, pressing into her more. She bucked against me, egging me on, until her body stiffened under me. I knew she was close and ground against her more.

"Oh, God!" she cried out as she came. Watching the blush spread down her body as she panted was enough to make me come myself. I jerked against her stiffly and involuntarily as I buried my face in her hair. I collapsed on her, trying to catch my breath, and kissed her neck softly. She was enjoying it, until we heard clapping.

Bella quickly shoved me off of her and scooted away.

"Shit…shit…shit," she hissed freaking out and scrambled out of our alcove.

Fuck, this was not good.

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