Cabin In The Woods

by Kristine Robinson

  Her eyes met mine. Surprise glinted in them. “Really?”

  I took her face in my hands and kissed her gently. My heart pounded at what I was about to say, but I couldn’t keep it inside anymore. I had to tell her; she had to know what she meant to me. “I love you, Gabi,” I said, and I meant every word. “You’re my reason for living now.” Fresh tears spilled from her eyes, and I gently wiped them away. “Please don’t hurt yourself. You’re so beautiful, and strong. Tina would be so proud of you.” I kissed her again, slower and deeper this time. “You’re not alone. You’ll never be alone as long as I’m on this earth.”

  She closed her eyes and lay her head on my shoulder. “I love you too,” she murmured back.

  We clung to each other throughout the night, two survivors in their sea of pain finding comfort and solace in one another.

  ***

  I sat her down at the kitchen table and carefully cleaned and bandaged her wound. “Are you sure you don’t want to go to the hospital?” I asked, concerned.

  She shook her head. She was on her third cup of coffee, and she seemed to be sobering up. “No, I’m okay. Really. It doesn’t hurt much.” She grasped my hand. “Thank you,” she said sincerely. “Thank you for helping me. I feel okay, now that you’re here. I can hold on.”

  I understood completely. It was the same way I felt.

  She took a deep, shuddery sigh. “Connie, I’m done drinking. My parents were right; all it did was cover up the pain.” The firm resolution in her eyes reassured me. “It’ll be hard to face it head-on, but I can do it as long as you’re with me.”

  I held her hand tighter. “I’m so proud of you. And I’ll always be here for you. That’s a promise.”

  I led her to her bedroom and slipped her in between the sheets. She leaned against the pillow and closed her eyes, but as I turned to leave, she whispered, “Stay with me.”

  How could I not?

  I crawled into bed beside her, and when she kissed me, I took charge.

  It was my turn to make her forget.

  I brushed her hair away from her beautiful face and kissed her, slowly and thoroughly, my tongue sweeping gentle circles across her lush, full lower lip. She sighed with pleasure as our tongues danced slowly together.

  My heart raced with newly-awakened greed as I slipped her shirt up slightly, exposing her flat stomach. I dipped my head down and swirled my tongue around her navel before moving down to her hips and tracing a line across her warm skin just above the fabric of her shorts.

  Her breath caught. God, I loved having this effect on her. It drove me wild.

  I gripped her shorts and pulled them down her hips, moving my mouth down to the top of her black panties, brushing my lips against her hot skin. I gripped her panties with my teeth and pulled them down ever so slightly, exposing just a hint of her hidden treasure. I slipped my tongue across her skin, but moved back up before I went any further down.

  It was her turn to beg now.

  “Oh, no,” I whispered, pleased to hear her whimper and moan. “Not yet.”

  My lips trailed up, across her navel and slowly up to her abdomen before pushing her shirt all the way up, letting her firm, perfect breasts spring free from their cloth prison. Blazing, swirling heat gathered in my lower belly, and I swallowed. God, she was so perfect. I wanted to take her now, make her mine, make her cry out with the force of her sweet release.

  But I forced myself to go slow, to tease her a little first. I wanted to give her the night of her life. Maybe I could show her that the world was so much more than pain and sorrow.

  I sucked lightly on her hard, swollen nipples, one after the other, and she squealed with delight. My tongue swirled and flicked, and Gabi arched her back, thrusting them deeper into my mouth.

  I couldn’t wait any longer. I tugged the hard peak gently with my teeth one last time before moving down. Her thighs parted for me eagerly as, with trembling hands, I slipped her panties down her shaking thighs, being very careful to avoid her bandage.

  I wanted nothing more than to taste her, but I restrained myself—barely. First I kissed the flesh around the white bandage softly and gently. “You have to promise me to never hurt yourself again,” I murmured against her skin. “Promise me, or I won’t go up.”

  “I promise,” she whimpered.

  My lips curved in a smile against her skin. It was good enough for me.

  I kissed my way up her soft thigh, and she tossed her hips, both of us trembling with anticipation.

  My tongue parted her slick, smooth lips, and she cried out with pure pleasure. I darted my tongue in between them, tasting her hot, sweet juices. Good God, she tasted heavenly!

  I slipped my tongue across the hard bump near the top. It was swollen, evidence of her desire, and I slid my tongue in slow, deliberate circles. She trembled and wrapped her hands in my hair, pulling me closer.

  I darted my tongue across it faster, enticing it, drawing out her pleasure. My fingers drifted down and swirled in her slick wetness, and when I slipped two fingers inside her tight, wet passage, she bit her lip and squealed with delight.

  She gasped as I slid my fingers back and forth inside her, savoring how wet and tight she felt around me.

  I withdrew my fingers, and as if on cue, her trembling hands flew to the waistband of my jeans. “Connie, please,” she moaned. “Please, I want to touch you.”

  How could I say no to that?

  Her shaking fingers fumbled with the snap of my jeans, and she finally got them off, sliding them urgently down my legs. I kicked them off, and Gabi yanked frantically at my hot, soaked panties. Something about her urgency enflamed my desire.

  She finally got them off, and without any hesitation her hand plunged in between my thighs. My breath caught in my throat and my thighs quivered with the strength of my surge of pleasure as her fingers circled and swirled.

  I’d thought that I was in control. Oh, I was wrong. Gabi held me captive with her nimble touch, and our fingers moved in synch with each other, matching each other’s pleasure.

  Gabi’s hips bucked, and I felt her tighten, then tremble uncontrollably as her orgasm burst through her. She whimpered and moaned and squealed with the force of it, and at that moment I couldn’t hold back any more. Her release was mine, and my pleasure peaked and then broke as her frantically pumping fingers brought me to orgasm. We cried out together, sharing in our pleasure as we came together.

  Finally, after what seemed like ages, Gabi’s trembling stopped, and I felt my own climax ebb and fade away. Panting, we collapsed into each other’s arms, both of us still trembling with the aftershocks. Gabi’s hot, sweaty, naked body pressed fully and completely against my own, and we held each other, savoring in the afterglow.

  I ran my hands through her thick golden hair and kissed her, slowly and deeply. Exhausted, she kissed me back, and we lay there for nearly half an hour, slowly kissing and stroking each other’s faces. Gabi’s extraordinary eyes gazed into mine, and in them shone love, trust, and gratitude.

  “Thank you for being here for me,” she murmured. “I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve you.”

  At that, I kissed her again, pressing against her soft, warm lips. “You’ve done everything,” I said simply.

  We lay together, naked and entwined in each other, for the rest of that long, magical night.

  Epilogue

  Six Months Later

  “Are you sure you’re ready for this?” Gabi asked me. She squeezed my hand.

  I swallowed. “I’m sure.” I glanced up at her, and a wave of pure love hit me. “Are you?”

  She looked a little unsure of herself, but she nodded. “Just keep holding my hand.”

  “I’ll never let go,” I promised.

  She kissed me, and I sighed against her soft lips. “I love you.”

  “I love you, too.”

  We took a deep breath then, and together we opened Tina’s bedroom door.

  Neither of us had been inside since she die
d. But together, we would face our loss head-on.

  It was a little dusty, but otherwise was exactly as she left it. My own pain was mirrored in Gabi’s eyes, but we didn’t turn back.

  Wordlessly we began packing up Tina’s stuff. It was, after all, time to finally move on.

  To my surprise, my grief lessened as I placed her clothes and shoes in a box destined for Goodwill. It was like finally shutting a door on a wailing ghost. Tina would be happy that her stuff was going to people who would benefit from it.

  I stopped as I spied a book on her dresser. I picked it up, blew the dust off of the cover, and stared. It was our senior yearbook, a copy of the same one that I’d thrown across my room in what seemed like a lifetime ago.

  Suddenly I wanted to see her face again. I wanted to see her smile. I took a deep breath and braced myself for the pain that I knew seeing her again would bring.

  I opened the book, and a piece of paper fell out.

  Gabi’s eyes followed the paper, and she dropped the jacket she was holding. “What’s that?” she asked.

  “No clue.” My heart pounded as I bent to pick it up. Tina’s handwriting was unmistakable.

  Gabi sidled up beside me to read the note over my shoulder.

  Connie,

  If you’re reading this, I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry. I just can’t do it anymore.

  All I can think of is that stupid fight we had. It was all my fault, and I’m sorry for that, too. More than anything I want to pick up the phone and call you to apologize, but I can’t bring myself to do that. If I hear your voice, I might tell you everything, and I don’t want to worry you.

  I wasn’t meant for this world, Connie. I just can’t carry on. All my life I’ve been fighting against it, but I can’t fight anymore. I’m too tired.

  You probably think I’m weak. I am, but I can’t help that.

  I want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being my friend for all these years. You helped make my life bearable in so many ways.

  But the fact that I can’t go on anymore isn’t your fault. I don’t want you to think that there’s anything you could have done to take this awful burden away from me. Some people are just born broken, and it’s nobody’s fault.

  I know I’m not doing you any favors by writing this letter instead of calling you to tell you this myself, but like I said, I can’t gather enough courage for that.

  I’m so sorry.

  Connie, I expect you to mourn me and then get on with your life. You’re a beautiful, amazing person, and you have so much to offer the world. Go out and experience it for yourself.

  Tell my parents and my sister that I’m so sorry to have done this to them. I love them with every fiber of my being, and hurting them breaks my heart. You were right, I AM selfish. I can’t bring myself to go on for their sakes. For that, I’m sorry too.

  I’ve always loved you like a sister, and more than anything I want you to be happy again.

  Please don’t think too badly of me.

  Forever and always your best friend,

  Tina

  I didn’t bother to hold back the tears, and neither did Gabi. We sat on the edge of the bed with our arms around each other as we read and reread Tina’s note, drinking in her words.

  These tears felt cleaner, washing away my grief until it hollowed, turning into a purer sort of sadness.

  I wiped away my tears and smiled a little. “I’m so glad we found this,” I whispered.

  “Me too,” Gabi replied. She read the note for the fourth time. “It’s almost as if she’s speaking to us again, isn’t it?”

  “It is,” I agreed. I could hear Tina’s soft voice in my head, telling me that it was okay to move on, and that it wasn’t my fault.

  I would always mourn her, but from now on I would heed her final wish. I now fully believed that it was possible for me to be happy for her sake.

  Gabi and I embraced, and in that moment I knew that, as long as we had each other, we could find the strength to carry on.

  Table of Contents

  Copyright

  Table of Contents

  Title

  Cabin In The Woods

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  First Time & New Adult - "Fate"

  First Time & New Adult - "Soft"

  First Time & New Adult - "Hidden Passions"

  First Time & New Adult - "Love Me Hard"

  First Time & New Adult - "To Kiss A Girl"

  First Time & New Adult - "Forbidden Classroom"

  First Time & New Adult - "I Choose Her"

  First Time & New Adult - "Destined"

  First Time & New Adult - "Secret Teachings"

  First Time & New Adult - "This Is Real"

  First Time & New Adult - "First Time In College"

  First Time & New Adult - "She Fills Me Up"

  First Time & New Adult - "Make Me Smile Again"

  First Time & New Adult - "The Mechanic"

  First Time & New Adult - "Virgin Beginnings"

  Contemporary - "The Masseuse"

  Contemporary - "She's A Nightmare"

  Contemporary - "The CEO"

  Contemporary - "My Boss Is A Pain"

  Contemporary - "A Perfect Stranger"

  Contemporary - "Just For Fun"

  Western & Cowgirl - "The Chase"

  Western & Cowgirl - "Cowgirl From Hell"

  Western & Cowgirl - "Bad Tordado"

  Ménage -"White House Scandal"

  Ménage - "Two Loves"

  Ménage -"Double Grades"

  Thriller & Suspense - "A Dangerous Game"

  Thriller & Suspense - "The Detective"

  Thriller & Suspense - "Love And Crime"

  Thriller & Suspense - "Taken"

  Thriller & Suspense - "Private Investigator"

  Thriller & Suspense - "Officer"

  Thriller & Suspense - "Her Sister"