The Return Journey

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Laughing over the tug of war didn't last too long as I let out a loud shriek and went sailing through the air. With a loud wet splash I landed on Adam.
A tangled mess of arms, legs and hair I came up gripping onto his shoulders and gasping for air at the same time.
Blinking through the wet hair in front of my face I started laughing instead of yelling, he looked so frightened!!!!?
"Oh god! That was funny!" I held onto my sides as best I could and went under. Popping back up with my hair out of my face I grabbed onto Adam's shoulders yet again.
"WAIT! I cant swim in these jeans. too tight!" I said between giggles, trying to tread water and it wasnt working too well.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

"KATE! I can see right thru that...Stop! No, I mean I'm naked and a vir....Oh God! Your shirt is see thru! Hey? Don't laugh!"

And then despite myself and how embarressing it was I began to laugh, seeing the humor in it all and how funny I must look. After all we were the only two left in the entire center.

"Just keep your pants on ok?" I asked again and wathched her try to float as she did the exact opposite.

"Kate? What are you doing?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Struggling with my pants I finally got them off and tossed them towards the edge of the pool.
"What did you say?" I hadn't heard him due to the battle and being under water to get these damned things off!
I blinked a few times, getting the water out of my eyes and he flushed and laughed.
"What's so funny?" I chuckled unable to help myself, this was rather funny.
I glanced down, my shirt was see through but all well, the panties didn't cover much either but it was just us for pete's sake!
"Oh stop, No one is going to see....Besides this is nice!" I smiled and proceeded to float on my back.
"Going to swim or gawk all day?" I teased.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

"I was saying I'm naked and , oh never mind" I stuttered as her pants flew over our heads and landed with a wet "plop" on the ground. A quick peek and I verified she was at least wearing panties and that see thru top.


"I was laughing at the look on your face when you landed in the water" I alibied as I followed her eyes down and again saw ALL of her thru the shirt. I couldn't help it I just stood there and stared until her words shook me out of it.

"Oh stop, No one is going to see....Besides this is nice!"

"But I can see" I mumbled as she slid over the water on her back, the twin peaks making an alluring pair of mountains to....

"Ummmm, I guess swim?" I answered and thinking at least I could hide the fact how my body had reacted to hers.

I dove under the water and kicked hard, pushing myself towards the cooler end of the natural pool and hoping it would reduce the swelling quickly.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Chuckling, I dove under and swam to the opposit end, then diving I turned and swam towards Adam. A few feet away and out of breath I resurfaced.
"Why the red face Adam? Am I intruding on your space? Because I can go.." I waded over to the edge of the pool where the water barely covered the backs of my thighs and turned back around.
"You don't seem to want company here.. Or am I just imagining that?" I asked softly. He did look a little upset when i swam towards him.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

"No" I blurted out at the idea of her leaving and then realizing how it sounded. "I mean YES" I corrected and then blushed as she pointed out my reaction to her as she walked away and more and more of her was revealed as it came out of the water.

"It's just that..." I sighed as she turned to face me and I lifted my eyes to her face. "I'm not real used to swimming nude with anyone?"

I was in the same dilema only worse now, Kate was half in, half out of the water and I was still nude and reacting to her.

"Don't leave Kaitlynn" I called to her "But PLEASE toss me a towel?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

"Not used to being naked around people?" I asked, questioningly at first and then it dawned on me!
"Oh my lord!" I gaped at him in astonishment.
"A virgin???" I couldn't believe it! It was just too far fetched! I mean LOOK at him! how could be possibly be a virgin?
I grabbed a towel, wading back towards him, still gaping.
"Thats... WOW.. thats an achievement if I ever saw one.." I smiled, handing him the towel and remaining in my spot of a few feet away.
I eyed him up and down, baffled utterly by this news.. It was just.. WOW!

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

"We thought it best to wait until we were married" I confessed and blushed, trying to explain the relationship between Karen and I. "Now? I wish we had and she might have stayed behind."

Gratefully I took the towel and wrapped it around my waist, then grinning at the uselessness of it as the water soaked it and pulled down like an anchor.

"Kinda useless aint it?" I joked, having got what I wanted and finding it worthless. "If you want to swim I'll race you across to the far side and back again"

Still smiling my eyes widened in near panic as Kate took up the challenge and began pulling off her top.

"Wh.. What are you doing?" I questioned, turning my eyes as her bare stomach came into view.

The shirt flew over her head and landed with another "plop" on the ground behind her, making everything sway in a very interseting motion as she placed her hands on her hips and answered.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Laughing, I took him up on his bet and tugged off my shirt.
"I can swim better with less weight on me...." It was a good valid reason.
"It's noble of you to wait til marriage.. Not many did.." That was before the accident, now it didn't matter.
Walking over beside Adam I smiled, "Ready?"
Lowering myself into the water, he gaped at me.
"GO!" I took off trying not to laugh, he should have asked about my swimming experience.. I was on the high school swim team for all my high school years...

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

Kate's lithe body flashed thru the air as she dove and then like a porpoise she sped away from where I stood admiring her figure. There was no way I could win this race I knew and turned, moving to the shore and at last! My clothes! Tugging on the pants and then the loose fitting shirt I crouched on my heels and admired her graceful figure as she reached the far side and turned, racing back towards me, her arms and legs pumping energetically.

Less than a minute later she reached the shore on which I was waiting and rose to her feet, her chest heaving as it drew great gouts of air in, her skin a bright and quite arousing pink.

"You win, Kate" I smiled and rode offering her a towel and my compliments. "You've got a great pair of....arms"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Gasping for air, I popped up and gasped in shock.
"YOU!" I laughed throwing water at him with my cupped hands.
"Made me race there and back for nothing!?" I splashed him again and ignored the towel. Wading to the end of the pool, I hopped out and shook off some of the water. Then ringing out my hair, I turned back towards him.
"That's not nice.... You can make it up tho.. cook me dinner?" I winked, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around myself before his jaw hit the floor.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

"I can do better than that if you let me?" I offered as she walked from the water and I did a double take, the water had turned everything she wore transparent and there was no doubt she was ALL woman and quite a woman before she covered herself with the towel.

"Ummm, You tell me your favorite Idea of a meal and I will prepare each and every ingrediant, then serve it to you under the stars"

Shaking the vision of Kate's body from my mind I grabbed the rest of my our clothes and fell in beside her as we headed for the entrance to the center.

"And if you promise to wear the dress I have in mind for you I'll serve it a wine and music as well" I teased then blushed, knowing the dress and the plan I had in mind.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Turning back towards Adam I smiled and winked with a sassy little look, "You gotta date buddy!" Picking up my wet clothes and tying the towel securely, I thought for a moment on something to make for dinner.
Everything sounded good, so what would be a meal fit for two on the first night in hell? I chuckled, I shouldn't think of this weird under ground base as Hell but it was damned close.
"How about some steamed veggies and steak?" He nodded his head, "It's done!" And we moved on back towards the housing quarters.
"Which dress?" He told me which one and where it was located.
"Alright I will meet you back here in an hour?" I asked, we agreed upon the time and I set off one way, he went another.
Curious what he meant by under the stars? We were a mile underground, how would we see the stars? Very interesting, i couldn't wait to see what he came up with.
Stepping into the new room, i shed the borrowed clothes and began to ready myself for a shower. Moving around I paused mid step and gasped, his dead fiance was the woman that stayed in this room.. The one that died in the lab? I wished he had said something sooner, I felt a little akward in her room surrounded by her things..
Shaking it off, i showered and readied myself, trying not to think about her.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

It was selfish I knew as I named the dress I wanted to see her in and she assented without question. We parted and I moved to the galley to give her wishes as best as I could as well.

Fruit and vegtables was not a problem, nor a rarity as the humid and virgin soil supported growth within the walls and kept us supplied with its abundance, an over abundance as it was designed for two score.

A steak? I laughed quietly, wondering if she knew that nearly all life had been extinguished, not just human, but ALL life.

But again fate had intervened, a quirk in keeping the "higher ranking" satisfied in all wishes and needs, giving me the rank to access those special privelages and the knowledge to use them.

In short form? I raided the General's Ice Box and chuckled as I did it.

And took from the special stash two of the finest PorterHouse Steaks, grilling them as I felt she might prefer them, adding fresh mushrooms to the abundant variety of vegtables and fruits I had picked, tasting and flavoring them as I went until I was satisfied with the culmination of flavors and texture.

Smiling I again raided the absent ranking officers special stock of a wine that promised robust and sweetness in its red interior, carefully packing each and every item I needed to move it to where I had promised.

A quick change of clothes and I was ready, carrying the light burden towards the one spot not carefully planned in the design of the center, but made so very special because of it's natural setting.

"Computer. ASK if my GUEST is ready and once she assures you she is? REQUEST her presence where I am at and guide her to me" It was as stern a warning as I could give the inanimate peice of equipment and hope it followed.

I stood within the natural cavern, a quarter mile further farther away from the point where we first swam, a point where the cavern created an almost perfect dome. Waiting for my guest and hoping. Hoping tonight would be the beginning of our lives together and a new beginning.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

at the last moment, I pulled my hair up into a tight coil and secured it to my head.. Leaving only a few tendrils to hang down, the computer chimed in and asked rather nicely for me to join Adam. Moving out the door, I was led by lighting and the computers directions, a great distance from the rooms. Moving along, I finally came to a large opening.
"Hey there.." I called softly, Adam's back to me. I stopped and waited for him to turn around and face me, hoping this was the right dress he requested.
Why I wore it was beyond me? All I could think of was I wanted him to look at me with interest, not friendship.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

I turned from setting the final touches to our table and then had to force my jaw closed with a concentrated effort. It was incredible in the difference the dress made and how her hair piled up brought attention to her bare shoulders and long neck, incredible how the cut of the dress showed each curved and swell yet didn't over do it, making me wish to see more that wasn't visible and taking my breath away at the thought.

"My Lord You're a beautiful woman, Kaitlynn" I complimented clumsily and then gasped as she slowly spun ever so gracefully on her feet to show me the rest, the long dress clinging to her lean legs, the way it draped between her buttocks and how the color complimented the skin of her back so visible in the deep "V".

She was indeed beautiful and suddenly I was glad I had asked her to come to this spot with me and she had accepted.

"This is your chair, Kaitlynn" I offered, pulling it back and watching her move towards me in the artificial light cast by an overhead bulbs. "The best seat in the house to see the stars"

Gracefully she bent and placed her weight in the chair and I slid it forward, almost giddy at the sight of her shoulders and the swells within the dress as I moved to the table and lit the small candles.

"For us to see each other and our food while we eat" I explained as the second spurted to life and I moved to my own seat and the remote. Her eyes were curious, questioning at what I had hinted at repeatedly and I smiled, pressing the remote button and putting an end to the mystery.

"Look over head Kaitlynn" I spoke gently, my eyes adjusting as the overhead bulbs died out and slowly a million pinpoints of fainter light appeared. "I first found out about these tiny miracles when I cut the power to service the lighting system, now I know they are tiny living organisms that absorb the light and flourish in it then glow with their own energy in the dark."

Overhead the tiny "stars" winked at us and I watched Kaitlynn's face as she studied them, her eyes, her high cheeks, her jaw line and the long neck leading down to her bosom...feeling myself stir and knowing how badly I wanted her, how I wouldn't deny it any longer to myself.

"As I promised dinner under the stars" I spoke and poured the wine, then toasted. "A good meal, a bottle of wine and a lovely woman to share it with."

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Blushing only slightly at his stare, I managed a smile and made my way to the table. Sitting where he had shown me, I thanked him quietly as he pushed in my chair for me.
Setting everything up I was still a little baffled by the Stars comment? When this caught his attention I was looking for them, he smiled in a knowing way and hit a button.
As I gazed upwards when the lights went out, I gasped and smiled, Little lightening bugs! Inside this cave? I was amused and smiled.
"That is one hell of a star show.. Thank you Adam." I reached out and touched his hand, giving him a little squeeze before turning my attention back to the ceiling above.
That is until the food hit my nose and made my stomach rumble. Laughing, I shook my head as I looked back at him, "Something is hungry tonight... And everything looks very good. Thank you Adam."
He poured the wine and I put the napkin over my lap, watching him. He kept looking at me, but also kept avoiding letting me KNOW he was looking at me. It was cute to say the least. He'd flush when ever we made eye contact and he was always polite and sweet.
I liked him. No idea what exactly drew me to him? It wasn't because he was probably the last man on earth, nor was it because of how he looked.. I wasn't really sure but he was reliable and sweet.. Protective and considerate.. Many things.. Including a virgin. I almost chuckled at that one but luckily held it in! Whether he was a virgin or not, he was someone many would love to be around.. And I was enjoying his company!
"Well this looks heavenly, smells heavenly, and I am starved.. Can we eat now?" I winked at him as I picked up my fork and waited.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

Smiling at her obvious hunger and the pleasure in her eyes I lifted the covers off the the Porterhouse steaks, then the smaller covers off the the steaming vegtables, offering each to my guest first.

"Fresh peas, beans, carrots, baby onions, mushrooms, broccolli, asparagus shoots?" I showed each with a touch of pride. "Each raised in the dome attached to the center and free of any chemical"

It was fun just to be with someone and share a simple meal, watch her taste each and making a face of pleasure or mock disgust. I laughed and found myself aware I was being drawn to her, unable to take my eyes from her face and when I was forced to how quickly I returned to it and blushing when I was caught.

"It's the custom of this center to let the guest of honor raise the toast?" I made up and offered Kaitlynn her glass then taking my own up and waiting expectantly.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Raising my glass, I grinned and spoke.... "Here is to new beginnings and interesting futures..." I clinked my glass with his and sipped the wine. Smiling, I set the glass down and thanked him for dinner.

"This all looks very... well, very filling and delightfully delish! Thank you."

We made small talk, drank the whole bottle of wine and fnished our dinner still smiling.

"This has been fun, to say the least.. Do I get dancing as well?" I teased softly, curious about how he would avoid being too close to me like he did in that pool! That made me chuckle a little as I remembered his red face. He was truely too sweet for words..

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

Dance? I thought she would never ask! There was a distinct advantage to technology at times and this was one of them.

"A slow, never ending waltz that will let us cling to each other and days gone by?" I suggested gently and rose offering my hand. The sad smile I received in return nearly broke my heart as she rose and accepted my hand.

"And the music?" She spoke the question softly, hushed as if we were entering into something special.

"What else, Moon River...." I replied as softly and pressed the tiny remote before dropping it to the table.

The crooning male voice spilled over the hollow as we stepped together, our bodies gently bumping as our hands met and we fell into unison rhythm to each other and the music.

 

[Sweetp4u]

kaitlyn

"You are just full of surprises arent you?" I smiled as I spoke softly. This was a little odd and mostly sad, but It made me feel human again.

Feelings weren't a bad thing, just something we often tried to pretend we didn't have all together. I moved to him, bumping at first but quickly picked up to his movements.

Whispering a soft appology for stepping on his foot, I finally fell into step before him. The music was soothing though sad almost in tone but it was romantic as well.

I tried to keep a respectable distance between us but failed miserably when it was more natural to relax and move against my partner. We danced for what seemed like ages but was only a matter of minutes before the song ended.. And with it came the reluctance to part.

I could feel my heart skip a little beat as we danced and smiled, this felt good. Felt like home as my dad used to always say whenever he held my mother... And that is what I felt at this moment. I titled my head back a little and looked at him, smiling yet again.

"Thank you for the wonderful night Adam... This is something I don't think I will be forgetting in quite awhile." I kissed his cheek tenderly.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

It sounded as if she were wishing me a good night, a gentle parting before she went to bed and left me...alone.

"Kate? I know you think it's sweet that I dont have any..experience?" I began, not knowing just how to say what I felt to this woman that had captured my heart.

"I left the Lab behind after my crew mates died hoping to find a quiet place for me to die as well. For all I knew I was the last living human on this continent and the idea of living out my life alone? It nearly drove me crazy thinking about it, I knew I couldn't continue year after year by myself and had come back to my hometown to say a final goodbye."

She was in my arms and the dreamy expression on her face was as it should be, as I wanted it to be, but I had to tell her how I felt.

"When I met you it became a different mattter. First it was to make sure you made it back here alive and gave me hope there might be others as well, a proffesional veiwpoint that I focused on, nothing more. Then it became personal as I grew to know you, understand some of what you went thru and realizing I felt the same way. I never thought of it but knew it when we arrived here, I've fallen for you and can't imagine another day without you. I know it seems unfaithful to my dead fiance' but have to be honest to you and my own feelings, I want you Kaitlynn, as my freind, my partner and my...lover"

There, it was spoken and rather than blush and shy away from the feelings she created in me, rather then let her torture me any further with those erotic feelings, I would face up to them.

"Hate me Kate but this is what I want" I warned her then brought my hands to her face, holding them as I pressed my lips to hers, tasting the last of the wine we had shared together and her own unique sweetness as I kissed her, letting all of my want for her come into one single hopefull kiss.

I broke the kiss, not knowing if she responded and cursing my virginity and lack of experience at that moment, waiting in turn for her to curse me, slap me or simply turn away.

"I'm not sorry Kate, I've wanted to do that since the first night we slept next to each other on the ground, needed to know how it would feel so I can carry that memory with me the rest of my life"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

A little blown away by everything he said and when he actually got the nerve to kiss me!?

GOOD LORD!

He was innocent, so he told me, I believed him. But he certainly did not kiss like one.. Or did he? Was the tingling inside because of something more than desire?

I blinked a few times as he pulled away, my body shivered ever so slightly as I tried to form words and regain the ability to speak!
I was shocked, torn, confused, torn again, lost, and certain all at the same time..

Was it because of options? Or lack there of?

Was it because of something more than that?

"Wow.." I whispered, my heart hammering in my chest, a leap that wild could kill someone!

I smiled, not sure what I could or couldn't say to him. What he wanted and I wanted was not an issue in my mind, truth was I couldn't think right then..

Between the wine and the kiss, I was melting.

"Adam? Hush.." I put my hand over his mouth and when he stopped talking I removed it.

"Kiss me again?" I asked softly but a little teasing in my tone.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

And as her hand fell away I obeyed, my arms sliding around her and gently enveloping her lithe body as our lips met and her eyes closed, the feeling that everything was right in the world spreading thru me as my tongue slid to her lips and beyond, toying with her won in a delightful dance.

What should I do? My heart said one thing as our bodies rubbed against each other and the swelling in my pants continued, my mind withdrawing from it all as there was no reasonable way to deny what we both seemed to want and need.

Virgin? I had never slept with the woman I had proposed to but the nights we spent in each others arms, tormenting each other to the verge of collapse and laughing at each other as we hummed with want.

Her hands slid up my back and locked themselves in my hair, sending shivers down my spine as we continued the long, passionate kiss.

And then it was over, both of us pulling back as if on que and her eyes opening, the want in them pronounced.

"Like that?" I teasingly replied "Or do I need more practice?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Smiling, I nodded then made a mock 'thinking' face.

"Well..... Practice does make perfect ya know.." I grinned a little, my lips touching his in a soft little kiss.

"But I think we're both up past cerfew.. What do you think?" I didn't release him, merely let my head move back a little so I could look into his eyes.

This was a little odd at first, holding him and being close to his body. but one could easily get used to it, enjoy it .... Hell even crave it!

I could feel something pressing against my abdomen and paused, a little twinkle coming into my eyes as I smiled at him, "What else have you been wanting to do Adam?" I shifted a little in his arms but only to press closer..

"I guess if you've waited this long.. and for marriage.. and for love.. I best not corrupt you into breaking your morals huh?" I kissed him one last time.

"I best see myself to my room before we compromise the situation even further.." I winked at him and slowly unwound myself from his frame.

"Shall I help with the dishes?"