Love and the Undead (gxg)

Chapter 8

"W- we most certainly are not!" She exclaims.

"Ummm yes, we are. And unless you want me to come over there and carry you to the water myself - without putting my clothes back on - you'll strip and come on in." I smirk at her, but my cocky attitude doesn't stop the slight blush from covering my cheeks at the thought of me carrying her while naked.

She doesn't see it, because she's got her eyes covered and her own red face to worry about. Seeing her blush helps me feel a little better about mine, but I wonder if its because she feels something about me? Or whether its just the fact that she's in the presence of a naked person? Oh well I'm not even gonna think about that right now. Since she still hadn't answered me I start counting while taking small steps towards her.

"1...." God, I hope she agrees because I don't think I could really carry her all naked like this without my face turning into a damn tomato. "2......"

"Okay okay fine!" She shrieks. "Go to the water and you have to turn around until I'm in!"

"Awww, no fun." I tease her, as I run back to the water happily.

I walk in slowly, because its a little chilly but I can feel her eyes on my back - probably just making sure I don't peek - and I don't want to look like a wuss in front of her. I gasp when the water gets up to my belly button and I know I have to just dive in and go underwater if I want to get my body used to it. Okay on 3. 1.. 2.. 3! Damn it but its soo cold. Okay on five then. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5! Shit. Uhh okay on 10. Come on you got this its just a little water. 1... 2... 3... 4- WHAT THE FUCK?!

I mentally yell as I'm pushed underwater by a giggling you-know-who. When I come up sputtering, I see Iris standing there giggling at me. I glare at her and start forward but then I freeze. She says something about I deserved it but I'm too focused on the fact that the water is only up to just below her breasts meaning they're completely in the open for me to see.

Ohgodohlordohjesus. A soft "ahem" lifts me from my thoughts and my eyes jerk back to Iris's face. What I see is not an angry look like I expected, what with me being a creep and all but a smirk, along with a heavy blush.

"My eyes are up here Raine." She points out.

"I'm aware." I say smirking back at her.

She rolls her eyes and tells me, "You're impossible." As she walks past me and dives underwater gracefully without pausing.

Hmph. I totally could've done that if she hadn't pushed me.

She comes up and laughs, splashing me with water in the process. Now that we're both in deep enough water that we can't touch the bottom and no body parts are exposed I feel much more at ease, and I'm sure she does too. We swim lazily around for awhile, telling stories and laughing with each other.

After a couple hours go by, we both lay back and float idly in the water, and I definitely did not peek. Okay, maybe a little. But can you really blame me? She's got that adorable little tummy, not chubby by any means but not stick thin either. And those legs... My god. Its really not my fault, if she'd just stop being so damn cute. Man, I need a cigarette now, I gotta get my mind off of her body.

"I'll be right back, I'm gonna have a smoke." I tell her, and she nods in response.

I swim to the edge and walk out, heading towards my jeans which have both my lighter and my cigarettes in them. Crouching down I grab both, and then throw my shirt on so that I'm not just walking around out here totally naked. My shirt comes to about halfway down my thighs, which is still pretty revealing but better than being naked so I'll have to deal with it. When I turn around and start walking back towards the lake while pulling a cig out of the pack I see Iris watching me with an expression of almost disappointment.

"What?" I ask, wondering what's wrong.

Her facial expression changes lightning fast and she scrambles for words.

"Uhhh what what?" Is her brilliant response.

I just chuckle, "well you looked really dissapointed for a second."

"Oh, I uh, well uh- why'd you put your shirt back on?"

".... Because I didn't want to smoke naked?" Why would she have a problem with me putting my shirt on?

"Oh yeah makes sense I was only asking because I wasn't sure if you were done swimming or not so yeah that's all." She says quickly, averting her eyes.

"...okay. Well I mean I probably won't get back in, for awhile at least, its starting to get a little late."

She nods and starts swimming to the edge of the lake before walking out and putting her shirt on as well. Damn. I wish she had kept that off.. Wait. Is that what she had been thinking too? The thought fills me with excitement. No, surely not. Lighting my cigarette, I sit down on the grass with my knees bent in front of me, watching contemplatively as Iris walks over to where I'm sitting and settles down next to me. Both of us are in only our shirts, and although it's not awfully cold out the breeze raises goosebumps upon our still-wet arms and legs.

"So," I ask her, "You want to just stay here tonight? I'm sure we could find a house pretty close but this is nice, I think."

She doesn't answer for awhile, and when she answers she isn't looking at me, but at the lake.

"Yeah, this is really nice..."

She sounds almost surprised, like she couldn't believe that anything could be nice before this moment. She turns and looks at me with a serious look on her face and she says,

"You're really nice."

As if that surprised her as well. I'm not sure what to say so I just give her a small smile, although she can't see it because her gaze is still on the lake. After watching her for a moment longer I let my gaze roam as well, and I think to myself, this is so peaceful.

- Next chapter soon -
  Much love,
  Me