Chapter 7

Crystal’s POV…

I woke up by the chirping of the birds. The door was cracked open. Cool breeze made me shiver. I don’t remember falling last night. I have never woken up so fresh ever in my life. The only problem is, I am stuck under Alex's arm.

The position we are in is a bit tricky, my legs are on his legs, and his arm smacked around my torso.

I remember one night at debby’s house. It was a typical sleepover, Debby and I decided to share bed while other friends of ours had to sleep on the floor. Debby unintentionally placed her leg on my stomach at the middle of the night and I farted. It was so loud, that all of my friends woke up thinking someone had attacked.

On the top of that, I couldn’t even pretend to sleep, the gas kept coming out of me. It was the most embarrassing night ever ever ever. No other embarrassing moment can replace this one.

Debby covered it by saying her air conditioner does that sometimes so no one would make fun of me.  But, does she stop mentioning that night? No.

That night I spent crying on the kitchen counter and she laughed her ass off.

This is the sole reason I don’t sleep with anyone, especially in close proximity.

Alex has a sly smile on his lips and he snored a little as well. My bladder is full and this heavy arm secured around me isn’t helping my situation.

What is more embarrassing than farting out the bomb explosion sound? Peeing myself.

This will beat my most embarrassing moment if I don’t get up soon.

I tried prying his hand off, he didn’t bulge.

“Alex” I shook him.

“Alex, take your hands off me” I spoke out loud.

One thing I know is to never startle a sleeping person, you can end up with blue eyes. But oh well, blue eyes or peeing myself?

And this is how I end up slapping him hard on his face. His eyes jerked open, stared right in my eyes then scanned the whole cabin.

Quickly prying his hand off I dashed towards the bathroom.

“What happened?” he asked in an alert voice.

Emptying the bladder never felt so good, a satisfied sigh escaped my mouth as I walked out.

“Are you okay?” he asked as I sat on the couch.

“Who gave you permission to hug me?” I accused.

“What?” his eyes bulged.

I gave him no nonsense look. I mean business here, I am not comfortable cuddling while sleeping.

He chuckled lowly, as if my voice were a joke. I held my ground.

“I don’t need permission, piscine” He laughed. Why does his morning voice is so beautiful? More deeper and sexy… (kitten)

And with that he pulled me towards him. As smoking hot he might be, I don’t like this behavior. I am not okay with anyone touching me.

He suddenly pulled me towards him, thrashing around I yelled.

“WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO HUG ME? CUDDLE WITH ME? WHO TOLD YOU CAN TOUCH ME?” even I could feel the shrillness of my own voice.  He vinced back.  Hurt written all over his face.

His mouth moved but no words came out.

“DO.NOT.TOUCH.ME” I gritt out.  Soon his hurtful expressions turned into anger. His face hardened and he dashed out of the cabin.

I heard the voice of the engine roaring and he was gone, just like that…

I sat there for a while, calming my nerves. This happens all the time. I am not a morning person, just stay away from me till I drink my coffee, is that so hard to do?

“Oh coffee” I muttered. I need coffee.

I never got a chance to observe the place, it is a run down cabin, looks like someone used to live here before they decided to go AFK and left everything here.

The lounge area has a couch, a small coffee table, the whole interior is made up of wood, looks handmade, along with the small cabinet pushed in the corner. A small bathroom to the back of the house, a small kitchenette with  stove  and few utensils thrown randomly around the platform. A small room with bed on the right side.

“Right” I whispered to myself.

I rummaged through the food bag placed on the center table. Just a few bottles of water and packed food.

“Coffee flavoured candy it is” I sighed.

I tried to switch on the stove but the gas was out. Sighing, I sat on the couch.

“WHY AM I STILL HERE?” suddenly the thought hit me.

I dashed out of the cabin with a bottle of water and a pack of chips. Cabin was surrounded by trees and bushes, I followed the tire marks which led me to the road. I started walking down the hill, it was chilly even in the afternoon. It will snow soon, most probably tonight. I started running down, along the side of the road.

I am glad daddy used to force me to training sessions, now I understand their worth. I covered a large distance in just a few hours. I took a break then again started walking.

Why did he kidnap me?

Why did he bring me here in this secluded area?

I don’t even know him, then how does he know me?

Does he even know who I am?

He said I am safe with him but am I really safe? My gut says I should go back to him whereas my mind wants me to run as fast as I can.

I am glad I chose to wear sweatshirt and jeans after yesterday’s bath, shorts would have been a bad choice.

How did I end up cuddling him? Who gave him permission to share bed with me?

Is chivalry dead? Aren’t good guys supposed to sleep on the couch, he wouldn’t fit but still.

Why am I calling him a good guy? Good guy would have taken me home not to a secluded mountain region that will freeze my ass if I don’t hurry.

I felt someone behind me, without turning back I started running, as fast as I could. I heard the panting, just like dogs. Hounds are not the good news.

This boosted my energy. I ran. At this moment I regret criticizing flash every time we talked about super heros, now who wants to be flash?

A loud angry howl echoed in the forest and everything went silent. I stopped and turned around, no one was behind me.

I panted hard, trying to catch my breath. The evening sun shone leaving an orangish red hue. It will be dark soon, the forest is full of wild animals. I outran them once but I don’t think I will be able to outrun them again and again.

There is still no sign of any other human nearby, we are deep in here.

Another lesson of survival in the forest was, always spend the night a little above the ground. Sleeping on ground is like serving yourself on a platter to wild nocturnals.

I started searching for an idle tree to spend my night on.

“I choose the one which has a large bough, so the branch doesn’t break due to my weight and also the large surface area will provide little comfort and security during night. I won't fall off even if I fall asleep on a tree.

The only problem is, it's far too up. I will have to struggle to even reach the first branch.

To reach the top of my selected tree I first climbed on the nearby shorter tree, it looked pretty weak but I am sure it will handle my weight for a while.  Deep down I wished I never should have left the cabin without a proper idea of the location we are in.

Sun was about to set and it took me a great amount of time to reach, turns out I don’t have upper body strength.

Now I just need to jump from this one to another one and we are set for the night.

It took me 5 minutes just gathering the courage, 2 minutes to recite the prayer and 6 more minutes to contemplate if I should return back to the cabin.

I was about to jump when I heard him, “ Ready or need more time?” he asked, causing me to fall face first on the ground.

“Are you dumb?” I yelled groaning loudly.  He stood there leaning casually on the tree.

“Shout as much as you want, attract as many animals as you want, I just need to outrun you to survive” he spoke in a bored tone but I could hear the anger behind his voice.

“How long have you been standing there?” I asked dusting my clothes.

“Follow me” he ordered in no nonsense tone. I can physically see the anger radiating out of him in waves. He started walking to the cabin.

An angry kidnapper or hound dogs whom I outran once? 

And this is how I end up getting tossed on his shoulder. I guess I am epitome of wrong choices.

He walks seriously fast, and watching the road upside down really messes up with your head. He has already warned me, I will be left alone tied to a tree if I even think about pulling another nuisance trick.

“On second thought, I am ready to walk” I suggested.

No reply.

His perfectly round ass moved elegantly as he walked. Even though I am upside down, I still like his ass. But after a while you get bored of this ass too.

“Your shoulder blade is hurting me” I whined.

Bouncing on my tummy on his shoulder blades for an hour was painful.

No reply. But his hand holding my thigh tightened the hold, causing me to wince in pain.

His anger increased as we reached near the cabin, I can feel it to my core.

The night had successfully rolled in, it took him almost half the time to reach the cabin than it took me to run away.

Once inside the cabin he threw me on the bed.

“HEY WHAT THE FUCK” I shouted as my butt touched the bed.

“SHUT UP” he yelled this time. I swear I felt the room shaking. “Shut the fuck up” he repeated in a low tone holding my chin, his face inches away from me.

He silently commanded me to stay in this room without talking. His eyes, his hazel eyes shone bright golden color. The golden splex of his hazel eyes seemed to be expanding as he stared harder in my eyes. His pupils abnormally dilated.

I broke eye contact but didn’t dare to move. Eventually he let go of my chin and left the room. He was kind enough  not to bang the door hard.

Taking deep breaths I curled up in the corner of the bed. I don’t want to live here yet I feel home with this stranger.

I don’t know him yet I feel safe with him.

Even in his furious state I know he won't harm me.

Then why has he kidnapped me?