Pure | Cate Blanchett

Chapter 10

Cate

Amanda holds me from behind, her arms wrapped tightly around me. Her breathing is soft. Her chest rising slowly against my back. I reach back to feel her skin against my fingertips.

Her skin is warm and comforting. I close my eyes and take in a deep breath. I slowly spin myself around so I am now facing her. She tightens her grip on me after I get comfortable.

Even though I am taller than her, she somehow can hold every part of me close. I snuggle my head just below her collarbone, right above her perfect breasts.

Her scent is so intoxicating, as cliche as that sounds. More enticing than Andrews ever was. Her bare chest holds my head up, and her neck holds my head perfectly.

I snake my arms around her torso and hold just as tight. Her skin touching mine everywhere. I take a deep breath, trying to memorize the moment. If I were to die now, I would die the happiest and most content person on earth.

A deep moan is made by Amanda, her body moving a bit to get comfortable. She sighs and yawns, causing me to yawn as well. She brings me closer to her, tightening her grip. I do tighten mine too.

"So you're awake?" Amanda asks, her voice barely above a whisper. I nod my head and hide further into her chest. Her lungs move as she breathes, which are now closer together than when she was sleeping a few minutes ago. She doesn't say anything after that, we just continue to hold each other.

"Let's do something together today," Amanda moves me closer to her face, assuming so she can hear me better.

"Like other than explore each other's buttons?" I smile like an idiot, but she doesn't see. I nod again, glad she understood initially. "Like what?"

"Like a date?" I feel my heartbeat quicken and my stomach fill with butterflies. Jesus, why am I freaking out?

"If you want to call it that," I hug her tighter, "I was thinking more like exploring nature. Like a hike or something..." I close my eyes and pray her answer isn't negative.

"That sounds like fun. Let's do it," I open my eyes and smile. I bite my lip to try and contain my excitement. Amanda moves a tiny bit and reaches for something. Her skin moves against mine in such a way I need to bite my lip a bit harder to contain everything I'm feeling.

"It's a little past one right now..." she trails off for a second while she does something, "want to leave around 8? Or 9?"

"8," I answer her question. I hear her sigh and place down what I assume was her phone and replace her hand so she is holding me again.

"I set an alarm for 7:30. Do you think that's enough time to get ready?" I nod into her chest again.

"Can I borrow some clothes?"

"Definitely. We are close to the same size," that the last thing Amanda said before I felt my eyes close and I fall asleep in her arms. Skin to skin.

A few hours later the alarm goes off. I wake up in the bed alone. Her side is still warm, so she must have gotten up only a few minutes earlier. The alarm is turned off and I hear Amanda move around the room. I sit up to show her that I'm awake and to wake myself up completely

"I know a trail a few miles out of town that is secluded with a river and a lake near the end of the trail. Does that sound good?"

"That sounds wonderful," I try and rub the sleep out of my eyes, adjusting my hair. I bring the sheet over my chest out of habit and take a deep breath.

"I'm going to put together some food for today. You can wear anything," she motions towards her clothes and walks out of the room, closing the door behind her.

I get up and walk towards her hanging clothes. I am not planning on wearing my lingerie from last night, so hopefully we are close enough for me to borrow some underwear too.

She has a hung compartment thing on the far side of the bar full of various bras, underwear, and socks. I carefully look through her collection, realizing basically all of each category is black. So I grab one of the only pair of grey Calvin Klein panties and the matching sports bra. Thankfully they fit well.

I run my hand over all of her hung shirts, pants, and the occasional pair of shorts. I grab one of the three pairs of shorts she has and try them on. They are a bit big, but I found a belt I could use to help keep them up. I wanna say they look pretty damn cute.

I find a t-shirt with a design I find appealing, if I'm being honest all of her shirts I find appealing, and slip it over my head. I look in her mirror and am relieved I look good. I grab a pair of socks after getting dressed and slip them on my feet. Looking over her decent sized collection of shoes, I find a pair that will work well with hiking, I'll just have to see if she has a pair as well.

I open the door and slowly walk out of her room, shoes in hand just in case. I turn the brief corner, only showing my head, to see her back turned and her attention fully on making sandwiches for us.

"Do you have a pair of shoes you're going I wear?" Amanda turns around and notices my hidden body around the corner.

"I do," She points to the kitchen table. A pair suitable for hiking sits in the linoleum, "There should be a second pair for you in my room," I feel my anxiety calm down seeing she already has a pair. I walk fully out in the open so she is now able to see me. I hold up the pair of shoes I found, now hoping I picked the pair she was thinking of.

Amanda stays still, her eyes locked on me. Her jaw drops slightly before quickly closing. I look down at my outfit, suddenly self conscious of my outfit choice.

"What?" I ask, hoping I can understand what's wrong. The insecurity is clear in my voice. That may be what brought Amanda out of her trance.

"You..." She takes a couple steps towards me, "you look very hot, you know that right?" I look down towards my sock covered feet and hold my stomach and torso with my arms. I bite my lip to try and prevent an embarrassed smile.

"Thank you," I eventually croak out. Amanda gently takes my chin between her index and thumb and bring my head back up to make eye contact. We stare at each other for a few more seconds before she breaks the silence.

"Ready to go?" Her voice is husky and sweet. It sends shivers down my spin, which I'm positive she felt as well.

"Yes," Amanda lets my chin go and turns around, grabbing her backpack full of the food she just put together. We go around grabbing last minutes things and a couple minutes before 8, we are mounting her bike and are on our way to the hiking trail.

The cool air feels wonderful against my skin. The air traveling up each loose leg in my shorts and cooling me down from the core. I don't mind though. I was too busy holding onto Amanda to care.

She is the warmth in my heart I didn't know I was missing, and I sure wish with every bone in my body I don't fuck it up.
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Authors Note:

Thank you so much for reading! Please vote and comment if you enjoyed... I would definitely appreciate it...

I honestly love how this chapter turned out, I hope you do too. I'll try and write more like this if you like it better. Please let me know!

Thank You!!!
-B