Hunter woke up that morning happier than he had been in a long time. The previous night, they had talked about a lot. They had gotten some things cleared up and Hunter felt closer to her. Literally. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and looked down to see Arabella sleeping soundly on top of him. A smile spread across his face as he watched her nostrils flair with every breath. He brushed the hair out of her face and kissed her lightly on the head before carefully slipping out from under her. He walked into the kitchen and poured her a bowl of Froot Loops. He poured a glass of milk and a glass of orange juice and set it all on a tray. He started the coffee and walked outside. He picked a flower from a patch of plants next to the house. He walked back in and put it on the tray. He picked up the tray and carefully brought it over to her. He set it on the table and placed the flower in her hair before sitting down and putting her head on his lap. "Good morning, Ellie." He whispered.
She hardly felt him slide out from under her, his movement didn't wake her up. What woke her up was his absence. His warmth was gone and she no longer heard his steady heart beat. Arabella buried her face in the cushion, wondering where Hunter had gone. It felt cold to not have him by her. She pulled legs up into a little ball and she took her head of of the cushion, wondering if she could fall back asleep. But the sun was sitting her face and it was slowly waking her up more and more. Arabella felt Hunter sit down on the cushion and when he pulled her head up onto his lap, she let her body relax "Morning" she mumbled and turned her head so that she could bury her face in his leg.
"I made breakfast." Hunter said, fixing the flower in her hair. Hunter helped her sit up and he put the tray on her lap. "I made your favorite: Froot Loops." He said, kissing her temple. "Oh and there's coffee." He said with smile. He leaned back on the couch and sighed. "How'd you sleep?" He asked quietly.
Arabella reached up, touching the flower lightly and she looked down at the tray of food. A smile spread across her face and she looked up at Hunter with sleepy eyes. He was truly amazing. Being with Hunter made her realize just how terrible her relationships with all the others were. Hunter made her feel like she was floating on air. Resisting the urge to lean against him, Arabella picked up her coffee and took a sip. It was perfect. "I slept great, you?" she asked in the soft voice the one has after waking up
Hunter smiled at her. "I could tell you slept great." He said with a chuckle. "You were snoring loud enough." He teased. He adjusted and moved on the couch so that he was sitting behind her. She was eating and was sitting near the front of the couch. Hunter put his hands on her shoulders and started rubbing them. "I slept pretty well, too." He said, placing a small kiss on the back of her neck.
"I do not snore" Arabella said and looked at him with a fake look of shock. She took a bite of her Froot Loops and she leaned back into Hunter a little bit. A soft moan escapsed her lips as she rubbed all of the tension out of her shoulders "I'm not going to be able to finish my breakfast if you keep doing that" she said softly, closing her eyes.
"Well, if you weren't so stressed..." He said quietly. He continued to massage her shoulders and neck. "So, when do you want to leave?" He said with a sigh. He didn't want to leave, but he was excited for her to move in. He placed another kiss on her neck. He pulled away for a moment before kissing her again. The smell of her hair and the smoothness of her skin made him crazy. "We could leave after lunch." He moved his lips to her shoulder. "Maybe this afternoon." He said still rubbing her shoulders.
"Mmmm.." Arabella said softly, tilting her head down as he kissed her and rubbed her shoulders. She felt like she was in her own little heaven "Won't after lunch be a little late? I mean, it's a little while from now, right?" she asked, turning her head up to look at the clock on the wall. It was 11:30AM. "Or not" She giggled and finished off her coffee. Arabella turned her head to look at Hunter and she pressed her lips against his lightly "Thank you from breakfast"
"No problem." He said quietly. "Get used to it." He said, grabbing her orange juice and taking a sip. "So we'll leave in about 4 hours?" He said, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back. "We'll just take our time getting ready." He said, burying his face in her hair.
Arabella giggled softly and she placed the tray on the ground. She folded herself into Hunter's arms, resting her hands on his forearms in front of her "Four hours to get ready? What are you planning?" she asked, pretending to be suspicious. Her fingers traced circles in Hunter's skin and she closed her eyes, loving the feeling of him holding her like that.
Hunter held her tightly. He rested his chin on her shoulder. "Not THAT." He said with a shrug. "4 hours isn't enough time for that." He said, kissing her neck again with a smile. I just thought we'd go swimming or something. Maybe take a shower. Then start packing. Then leave." He whispered with each kiss. "I wouldn't be against other ideas though." He said brushing his lips up to her ear.
Arabella giggled, shivering lightly when his lips moved towards her ear "Too bad, I was gonna rock your world" she teased then twisted her head slightly to look out the window. It was another beautiful day. "Swimming sounds good" she said softly with a nod. After a few moments, Arabella pulled herself out of his arms and she pressed her lips against his forehead "I'm gonna go get dressed" she told him and walked to their room. Quickly, she changed out of her clothes and she pulled on a bikini. Arabella wrapped a towel around her waist and walked back downstairs.
Hunter nodded to her when she came back down the stairs. He walked past her, placing a kiss on her temple and yanking her towel down a little. He laughed to himself a little as he walked up the stairs. He slipped on some swim trunks and emerged from the room again. He walked down the stairs and looked out the window to see a blonde head of hair already bobbing in the water. He smiled and ran outside. He ran toward her and tackled her in the water.
Arabella squealed when he tackled her and she wrapped her arms around him tightly so that when Hunter stood up, he would have to take her with him. He stood up and Arabella came out of the water, sputtering a little bit. Arabella had gotten pretty far out while she was waiting for Hunter and when she stood on flat feet, the water was up to her shoulders. She looked up at Hunter with a teasing look of anger "Since when do you think you can tackle people? I am the tackler in this relationship!"
"I am vengeful." He said defiantly. "I strike when you don't see it coming." He smiled as he stood up in the chest-deep water. He sloshed over to her and smiled. "When did you get so short?" He asked, kissing her forehead. He laughed and, before she could respond, fell backward into the water, his arms extended. He held his breath and tried to swim around her without her noticing.
Arabella stood up on her tip toes, looking around to see where Hunter had gone, but she didn't see him anywhere. The water was too dark. She pouted slightly, folding her arms across her chest. "Got some swimming lessons from Will, have you?" she asked, wondering if he could hear her.
Hunter swam behind her. He looked at her bikini'd body for a moment and his eyes widened. He shook his head and swam so that his shoulders were in line with her legs. He quickly wrapped his arms around her legs and stood up. She screamed as she rose into the air and grabbed his hair for support. "Ow! Ow! Let go of my hair!" He said frantically as she screamed again.
Her heart was racing and her breathing was shallow. Her hands were tangled in Hunter's hair but she didn't even realize it. Arabella looked down and realized that her hands were in his hair and his cheeks were red from pain. She quickly let go of his hair but she wrapped every body part of hers that she could around him, holding tightly to him. He didn't even need to hold her, she would have stayed there. "You" she breathed "Scared me"
"Well, yeah." Hunter said with a chuckle. "That's kind of the point." He heaved her up again, holding onto her legs. He let his hand fall to the bottom of her feet. He held on tight with one hand and tickled her foot with the other. She laughed and screamed and squirmed on Hunter's shoulder.
Arabella squealed with laughter and she wiggled around on Hunter's shoulders, trying to get her foot loose from his grasp "Hun...Hunt...Hunter!" she managed to gasp out between laughs. Then, she was able to pull herself out of Hunter's hands and she squealed with delight. However, in her excitement and her squirming, she managed to let go of Hunter and she fell back into the water with a little yelp of surprise.
Hunter tried to hide a laugh at Arabella falling into the water. He turned around to go and help her up, but there was just white foam. He raised an eyebrow and wondered where she had gone to. He didn't even think she could swim all that well.
Arabella quickly regained herself under the water and she looked at Hunter's legs. With a smirk, she swam around so that she was behind him and before she rose out of the water, she reached behind her and untied her bikini top. Arabella stood up, holding up the top with her hands. She looked at Hunter's back for a moment and bit her lip "Hey, Stud Muffin. Over here"
"There you are, Honey b-Whoa!" Hunter said as he turned around with a grin before realizing the state of her bikini. "Oh my...gods, Ellie." He said, looking away. His face turned pink and he put a hand up blocking his view. "Always with the skinny-dipping, aren't you, Ellie?" He said quietly with a nervous chuckle.
A devious smirk stayed glued to her face as Arabella dropped tossed the bikini top towards the shore and she walked towards Hunter. "You haven't lived until you've gone skinny dipping" she said, like it was a basic fact. Arabella walked closer to him and she took his hand away from his eyes and she held it firmly in hers. Seeing him blush and hearing the nerves in his voice made her feel strong and sexy, it was an amazing feeling. She felt like a Bond girl or something. Arabella dropped his hand and she wrapped her arms around Hunter's neck, pulling herself closer to him.
Hunter's cheeks turned even redder as she pulled closer. "Umm...I've lived. I've done plenty." He said quietly as he continued to divert his eyes. They had rolled around in bed and everything, but there was something about this that Hunter found embarrassing. Maybe it was the left over mentality of being a hunter. "What are you doing?" He said quietly.
"I'm having fun, Hunter. What are you doing?" Arabella whispered and she placed her lips against his jaw in a lightly kiss, her lips just grazing his skin. Her hands slid down his chest and down his stomach, her thumbs hooked into the waist band of his shorts and she started to tug them down "Why so nervous?" she whispered against his skin.
Hunter jolted and backed away. At least tried to. "I'm just...This is...We're out in the open, Ellie." He said quietly, trying not to whine. He moved his hands down, trying not to touch anything, and grabbed her wrists. He pulled his shorts back up and held them there. "You've had your fun." He said nervously.
"No, I haven't. And you haven't either. No one is going to see us, Hunter. We're in the middle of nowhere. You gotta relax" Arabella said and she looked up at him with a small pout. She pushed herself closer to him and she leaned up to press her lips against his in a teasing kiss "Just..let go of the worry" she whispered and kissed down his neck lightly "It's only you and me here and I happen to think that you look pretty amazing without clothes on"
Hunter sighed. "As do you, but that doesn't change the fact that you're topless." He said, kissing her neck. The slight tinge of saltiness made him smile, but he shook back to the matter at hand. "Ellie, please put you're top back on." He pleaded, with still red cheeks and eyes that tried their hardest to look into her eyes.
Arabella smirked up at him and she shook her head, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him close to her "I threw my top, I have no clue where it landed. Even if I did, I don't want to put it back on because I'm having fun and I'm trying to get you to do the same thing" she said softly and she started peppering his collar bone with kiss and she ran her fingers down his back.
Hunter closed his eyes and smiled at the feeling of her body against his. The feeling of her lips on his skin. He sighed before placing his hands on her arms. He let them fall lower and lower until they were at her hips. "I am having fun. Just not naked fun." Hunter said with a sigh. He wanted to make her happy. He gave up. He took a deep breath before snaking a few fingers into the waist of her bikini bottoms. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "I quit." He said with a sigh before pressing his lips to hers.
Arabella grinned against his lips "I knew you would" she said softly and giggled. Her hands pulled at his shorts and she smirked up at him. Arabella loved skinny dipping, but it wasn't always a sexual thing for her. She felt free when she went skinny dipping. It was the most freeing experience of her life. The thrill of being caught was enough to give her an adrenaline high. Arabella kissed him tightly before yanking his shorts down, she kept her eyes on his face, wondering how he would react.
Hunter tightened up when he was suddenly pantsless. "Oh?" He said before kissing her tightly on the lips before pulling her bottoms down. She looked at him, relatively unaffected. He sighed and ran his hands down to her butt where he squeezed gently. He hummed against her lips and smiled as he grazed his hands all over her body.
Arabella shivered as he ran his hands all over her body and she dug her fingernails into his back lightly. She kissed along his jaw then giggled. Pushing herself away from him, she fell back, diving into the water. Arabella swam down near the bottom and she pushed herself to swim past Hunter, letting her fingers graze against his skin.
Hunter squirmed and tried to walk away from her, under the water. He finally stopped and turned around. He looked into the water and waited until he saw the glint of gold hair before diving and scooping her up and tossing her over his head. She screamed and landed with a splash as he fell backward from the throw.
Bubbles rose up around her and she twisted her body, trying to steady herself. Arabella stood up out of the water, her hair was a total mess and she looked at Hunter with a look of mock surprise and anger. She forgot that she was topless, well..she didn't care, actually. Arabella put her hands on her hips and glared at him then ran at him, throwing herself at him in a tackle hug.
Hunter caught her and immediately blushed. He stumbled backward and tripped over a patch of seaweed. He fell backward with Arabella still in his arms. He pulled her down under the water with him and kissed her tightly as the slowly floated to the bottom. He breathed into her mouth and ran his hands down to her hips where he ran his hands lightly up and down her sides.
It was like there was electric shocks coursing through her whole body. Arabella wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer to him. In that moment, she felt so connected to Hunter and everything was just so perfect. Arabella wished that it would never end. Her legs hooked on either side of his hips and Arabella kissed him passionately, not really wanting to go up to the surface for air.
Hunter smiled against her lips and finally stood up for air. He put his hands on her legs and held her up as he walked out of the water. He felt her lips against his neck as they finally reached dry sand. He awkwardly bent down and picked up the towel that Arabella used and draped it over her back, sufficiently concealing their nudity, before walking toward the house. He ran inside and kissed her tightly on the lips. "You always do this..." He whispered against her lips. "I'm going crazy." He said as he pressed his lips to hers again.
Arabella giggled against his lips and she lightly nibbled on his bottom lip "I'm just making up for time we lost while you were a hunter" she whispered and kissed down to his chin. She grazed her lips along his jaw to his ear and she kissed around it before nibbling on the lobe "Let's go for that shower" she breathed. Her heart was racing and just being with Hunter like this was a huge thrill. She knew that it was always going to be a thrill, it was always going to be special for her. That wasn't going to change.
Hunter's heart was racing and he was breathing heavily. He couldn't imagine doing this with anyone other than Arabella. He grazed his hands to her butt and squeezed gently as he ran up the stairs. He hummed against her lips and straight to the bathroom. He pushed the towel off and stepped into the shower. "Well, this is a first." He said under his breath before groping the wall for the knobs to turn on the water. He finally found it and turned it on. He kissed down to her shoulder and held her closer.
The water splashed down on her her but she didn't notice. All she knew and cared about was that Hunter was holding her and his lips were on her shoulder. Her hands were on his chest and she could feel his speeding heart under her palm. Arabella pulled herseld closer to him, digging her fingernails into his skin lightly "Oh gods, Hunter, you are incredible" she breathed and bit her lip, pushing herself closer to him.