A Picnic (Reira)

[Reira]

'To have a purpose.' That phrase was definately complex, with some intense meaning behind the words. Matrim had said it with such certainty, he meant it, he knew his purpose. Reira just had to think back and she could remember a time when she could say those words, now, it was a differnt story. The more time she spent at this school, the more she found herself changing. It has only been a few weeks and she already had a different outlook on a lot of things.

"I wish I could say 'I have a purpose' with as much sincerity as you," she said after he had grabbed her hand. She smiled inwardly when she noticed her hand fit nicely into his.

"It'll take a lot of people to do this, but once we start this, once whatever plan we can cook up with goes into effect, you have to promise me one thing." She gave his hand a slight squeeze and turned to look at him. "Any promise I can keep, I'll make gladly."

"No matter what happens, you get out of here. Because if your safe, if you make it out of here, they can never hurt me." In one quick movement, Reira moved from laying down, to sitting. She let go of his hand and hugged her knees. She couldn't look at him at the moment. His words were filled with nothing but how much he cared for her, but he wasn't being fair. She cared for him to. How could she promise that to him, knowing that he could be in danger while she was safe.

Once again facing him, she said quietly. "I don't think I can keep that promise. I'll be the death of you...I can't leave here without you. How do you expect me to go on with my life knowing that you could be getting pummeled while I'm off lollying around without a scratch. It's not fair."

Her words were not angry. They had more of a concerned, uncertainy in them. I wish I had a better Qi...one that would actually let me put up some sort of fight.

[Matrim]

Matrim knew she wasn't happy with the idea, but the fact was that she wasn't a fighter. He knew she wanted to leave with him, and he knew that she wasn't a fighter, but part of him was still conflicting with the idea.

Reira..... If people get hurt for nothing..... then it wouldn't be fair to them..... but if I have to stay behind....... I'd want you safe..... and I know that you'd want to fight.....

"Then....." He said, realizing that he'd have to allow her a different solution to that problem, "How about we both promise to each other, that no matter the circumstances, we both get out of here, no buts, no ifs, we get out of here regardless of anything else."

He stood up facing her, he had a concerned expression on his face, he didn't want her to be mad at him, and he definitely didn't want her to feel left out of anything. The fact was her Qi wasn't a battle Qi. It was definitely amazing and helpful, especially if she could get a ghost to help them somehow, but it was a better idea to keep her from fighting altogether. If that meant he had to chicken out and run from a fight, he would just have to deal.

[Reira]

"How about we both promise to each other, that no matter the circumstances, we both get out of here, no buts, no ifs, we get out of here regardless of anything else." She thought about this for a moment. It seems like she was doing a lot more thinking the longer she stayed in this place. Sighing, she leaned her head up against his shoulder.

"It's a promise then.."

She could live with that, as long as both of them got out. Even if they were not in each other's pressence...if they both got out, it would be okay. They'd be okay.

This sucks! I wish my dad taught me some type of fighting..or even enrolled me in boxing or something. *sigh* It's not his fault..no one could forsee the predicaments I would get myself into.

Reaching for a marshmellow, she through it playfully at his face. "Anyways! Wipe that concerned look off your face. It'll all work out..I'm just being stubborn."

She didn't want to talk about this subject anymore. She wanted this time with Martim to be fun and amusing, not serious, like all the other times the two of them were together.

[Matrim]

"Know what the first thing I'm going to do when we get is?" Matrim said looking over to her with a smile on his face, "I'm going to go to get good food, actual good food. Not just cafeteria food all day, but a home cooked meal. I'll pay any body any amount for some home made burgers and iced tea."

Matrim looked up at the sky, "i used to worry about what I ate, but after being in here, I don't really care."

Matrim put his head against hers, and put his arm around her.

"So what about you. What do you think you'd want to do as soon as we leave? I mean, it's not like we're going to get out of Japan within the first week."

[Reira]

"Know what the first thing I'm going to do when we get out is?" Matrim said to her with a warm smile. She of course, returned that smile with one of her own."What's that?," she asked, waiting for him to reply. She loved how their conversations went off on random whims. "I'm going to go to get good food, actual good food. Not just cafeteria food all day, but a home cooked meal. I'll pay any body any amount for some home made burgers and iced tea." Hearing his answer made her laugh slightly. It was such a normal and casual wish. A wish that people in the real world probably did on a regular basis, but in here, normal things like that were taken away from them. You begin to really start to miss the most simple things, things you wouldn't normally think of taking forgranted. Reira could really go for homecooked food right now. Her mom made awesome food.

"That sounds really good right now! Cafeteria food is so bland and boring! Thank god for these marshmellows!," she said as he leaned his head on hers and wrapped a secure arm around her. She snuggled in closer to him. "So what about you. What do you think you'd want to do as soon as we leave? I mean, it's not like we're going to get out of Japan within the first week."

That was a hard question for her to answer. There was so many things she wanted to do once she got out of here and she never really thought of what the first thing would be. She wanted to find her mother and she wanted to bring her back to her awaiting father. She wanted to be able to sit in her backyard, while her mom poured her special lemonade, as her dad cooked dinner on the grill. Reversing time was not an option though. She couldn't go back to that.

"I want to make lemonade," was her simple answer. "Then I want you to be the be the first taste test victim!" She laughed again, while wrapping her arms around his torso and hugging him. Yep, she was definately getting attatched to him. Which was more then a little fightening! Because if he ever left, it would hurt. She just got over the pain of her mother leaving, she didn't want to feel that same way again.

"And finally, I'm going to make you promise something...it's only fair, seeing as how you made me promise a few things today," she said with a grin.

[Matrim]

"Oh?" He said as she made her statement about him promising her something, "And what exactly would that happen to be?"

Matrim looked over into her eyes, he was completely playful at the moment even though he could tell she was going to be serious. He grabbed another marshmellow. He thought about leaving this school. He thought about the outdoors.

OHHHHHHHH Animals I want to see animals.....

Matrim looked up at the sky, he saw birds from occasion, he saw a snake in history, and even managed to see a squirrel once. At least, he thought it was a squirrel.

Reira..... please don't make me promise something that I can't do....

[Reira]

"Oh? And what exactly would that happen to be?" Should she tell him now, since he asked for it? Or should she save it for another time. Her tone wasn't serious at all, it was as if she was talking causally, like they always did, but the meaning behind her words would be serious. Taking a breath she began.

'If there so happened to be a reason..for us to end our relationship. I want you to promise me you just won't get up and leave and stay out of my life forever. A reason would be nice to...and that's all.'

Is what she had tried to say. Seriously though, she could tell he was totally playful at the moment, and she did complain about how serious all their encounters had been, so why ruin the lite happy mood? So instead she just sighed at herself and redirected her sentence.

"I can't tell you until we get out of here, silly," she said with an elaborate hand gesture. Should she even? No need to think about it now. She forced the absurd thought to the back of her mind, and allowed herself to just lean back and not worry about anything. Then she grinned widely.

"Since your being such a good boy, I'll reward you with a free kiss..Buuut you have to kiss me first, if I do remember correctly, I've started all the kisses and you have to make this one a long one, since it's what your Mistress wants," she said trying very hard to contain her laughter. She was picking up on his playful vibes.

"Sooo," she said poking his forehead. "What do you think of that?"

[Matrim]

"Since your being such a good boy, I'll reward you with a free kiss..Buuut you have to kiss me first, if I do remember correctly, I've started all the kisses and you have to make this one a long one, since it's what your Mistress wants, Sooo what do you think of that?"

Yes M'am!

"I'll tell you what I think," Matrim said as he put his hand up to her face, bringing it up to his and brought his lip to hers, gently, letting her choose just how far this kiss would go.

What in the world are you trying to get me to promise Reira..... I'm going to hate it if it's something I can't guarantee, I would hate to let you down.

Matrim began to wonder what it would have to deal with. After all there was only so much that he could do to disturb her, they were going to find her mother after all. That was the first thing on the list to tell you the truth. Second was to find a place that they could all live together peacefully without being hunted down by 650.

[Reira]

"I'll tell you what I think," Matrim said, cupping her chin with his hand. She managed a soft smile, before his lips crashed to hers. This kiss seemed different for some reason, like there was a hidden meaning in it. She knew then, in his kiss, that he would try his best to promise anything for her.

She brought her hand up to rest tenderly on his cheek, and the other on the back of his neck, entwined in his hair. Then in a swift movemet, Reira leaned up against him, pushing him down, so that she layed gently on top of him. She deepened the kiss, much to her own surprise.

Reira was a very lucky girl to have someone like Matrim in her life. Someone who was totally devoted to her and willing to risk his well being for her to escape this place and find her mother. She was very very lucky..she almost felt underserving of him.

She hoped she wasn't making him feel uncomfterble. She wasn't planning on cutting this makeout session short.

(ooc: I leave the rest up to you! Hahaha! Take that!)

[Matrim]

(OOC: oho young grasshoppa, skilled you have become over our time of leaving posts such as these in the hands of the other person.)

Matrim felt as she climbed onto him, he felt his mechanical heart slowly beat faster. He wasn't sure if it was him sending the signal, or his heart acting on it's own. It was hard to tell with an artificial heart. But one thing was for sure, with this thing no matter how fast it went, he didn't have to worry about it stopping anytime soon.

She deepend the kiss, and it was his first kiss this deep, but he went with it. He wasn't sure what he was feeling, but he was definitely feeling something. What was the word to describe this feeling....

Wet.... definitely wet....

For awhile he forgot to breathe, then he realized he had nostrils after switching from leaning to the right to the left, having his nose brush against hers during the transition. His hands were on her back, he held her tight, his left hand placed on her shoulder blade, his right hand on the small of her back.

He broke the kiss for a second to catch his breath just long enough to breath in heavily twice and say, "Wow..." before reengaging the kiss.

(OOC: Take that, grasshoppa)

[Reira]

(ooc: *chases after you with a baseball bat!* I can't believe you made me do this! haha )

Reira thought it was her imagination, but she could've sworn she felt Matrim's heart beat faster. Her chest was pressed hard against his, she wondered if he could also feel her raised heart beat. The kiss was intense. She had never done anything like this before, it was all new to her. Who knew where this could lead to, she was sort of following Matrim's lead. She hoped not too far, she also hoped her mind was strong enough to control her body, which seemed to have a mind all on its own.

The kiss went one for a while. The two of them rotated left to right, skimming their noses together every now and then. She felt his hands linger on her shoulder blade and the other on the small of her back, pressing her tighter to him. Reira was having trouble breathing.

Finally the two of them pulled apart, long enough for Reira to catch her breath. "Wow..." was all Matrim could say. 'Wow' was definately an understatement. She laughed. "You can say that aga----" She didn't have time to finish her sentence for the kiss was back on. Fine by her.

This time however, Reira pulled at his shoulder forcing him to roll on top of her. She liked it better this way. Time to step it up a notch. As they kissed, Reira would sometimes stop, and give him a small peck, and at other times she would tease him a little more by biting his lip. One of her hands rested at the back of his neck, swirling his hair, the other one on his chest, sliding down smoothly to feel his chisles abs.

(Hahahahahhahahhahaha take that! Padwan!)

[Matrim]

(ooc: *Chases with lightsaber* I could say the same to you! this is tough..... nice star wars reference though.)

Matrim didn't want to crush her with his weight so he used his elbows on either side of her to keep his weight lifted off of her. She was definitely enjoying this, every once in awhile she would peck him on the lips or bite his lip. One of her hands twirling his hair, he didn't know what it was, but the hair on the back of his head was a definite sensitive spot for him, especially if somebody pulled on the short hair, and her twirling it had a similar effect. Her other hand moving down his chest to his abs.

He rolled over, pulling her onto him having gripped onto the side of her hips, he broke the kiss with a grin on his face while doing so. He sat up partway, his arms outstretched behind him lifting him off the ground, this caused for his shirt to slide back and down his arms, exposing the core, and his entire torso to be seen. He just stared at her and smiled, and then leaned his head forward and kissed again, he brought up one hand, putting his weight on the other, it pulled his shirt slightly up on the arm that was still down, and it swing over to the hand which reached out for the side of her hip.

God I love this girl.....

(bring it! lol)

[Reira]

(ooc: *eye twitches* )

Her being underneath him didn't last too long, in the midst of it all, she once again ended up being on top of him. Holding her firmly by the hips, Matrim turned his body, so that she was sitting on him, his weight supported by his arms. In doing so, his already unbuttoned shirt fell off to rest at his wrist, revealing his muscular torso. Reira enjoyed that.

He grinned at her then and she grinned back, placing her forehead against his. One of his hands found a resting spot on her hip. That area was a sensitive spot for her, but she had no time to think about it, for the kissing had started again.

This kiss lasted long enough for Reira to force it to stop in order for her to catch her breath, but she was far from done. With both of her hands resting against his chest she began to place small sweet kisses along his jawline, making her way down to his neck. When she found a sensitive spot on his neck, she began to suck. She grinned while she did so. After a while, she stopped, kissed it better, and kissed him on the lips quickly, and hugged him.

"Now everyone will know your mine," she said sheepishly, looking at her hadiwork. A small red mark could be seen on his neck. "Your going to have to buy your own cover up. I'm not sharing," she said with an evil laugh, once again leaning her forehead against his.

(ooc: Yay!! Did I win? ....I can't believe I wrote that....oh goodness!)

[Matrim]

(ooc: Matt got a hickey, Matt got a hickey, Mat got a hickey hey hey hey hey.......... damnit I'm gonna epic fail this post, I think you win the romantic posting game of chicken we have going here.)

Shivers ran up and down his entire spine, his eyes were forced shut and he had never felt anything like it. Who knew something like this felt so strange and so..... for lack of a better word, good. Matrim let out a sigh when she finally released, he wondered if the mark there would last very long.

"Now everyone will know your mine. Your going to have to buy your own cover up. I'm not sharing."

"And here I am without anything to give you, you're so thoughtful!" Matrim said as a joke, giving her a quick peck on the lips. "Then again," He said, finally gaining some motion in his body he reached over and grabbed a marshmellow and held it up between them, "You can have my marshmellow."

He smiled, he was very happy, not just because they had gotten physical for a moment when the furthest he had gone with a girl prior to dating Reira was shaking hands or even a small hug. But also because he didn't remember any of the bad stuff in his life when he was with her. It was all good, she didn't necessarily distract him, it wasn't like he just pushed it out of his mind for later, but it all seemed so small in comparison to what he had with her.

"You know what, I'm definitely not afraid to say it, and if it's too soon for you I understand." Matrim said, looking at her, "I mean, you've known boys before in your life, so maybe I'm a little new to this, but I just know it."

He looked her in the eye smiling and said in a very serious voice, "I am completely in love you Reira."

[Reira]

"And here I am without anything to give you, you're so thoughtful," he said to her, followed with a small peck on the lips. She smiled at him, if only he knew what he gave her. Matrim was everything to her. She needed him. He slowly wiggled his way through her defenses and now, she couldn't even think back to a time when she was against relationships, at least not now, when he was holding her so close to him. "Then again," He said, reaching over to grab a marshmellow and held it up between them, "You can have my marshmellow." She laughed. "Why thank you kind Sir! Don't mind if I do!" Taking the marshmellow from him, she plopped it into her mouth and ate it.

This hour, this minute, this day was perfect to Reira. Everything about this moment held nothing but happy sailing. When she was with him, she felt safe, and wanted. The gaping hole inside her chest that her mother tore out was long forgotten and filled with what Matrim and her had now. She was still delicate, but she wanted to make every second count with him.

She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder, completely happy. She could stay like this forever, in their own little world, where nothing could touch them, but this, was nothing but wishful thinking. Reality was a bitch.

"You know what, I'm definitely not afraid to say it, and if it's too soon for you I understand." Reira raised her head off his shoulder and returned his gaze. His eyes were bright. "Go on," she encouraged, totally curious now. "I mean, you've known boys before in your life, so maybe I'm a little new to this, but I just know it." Reira scoffed. "I knew boys, but none of them can even compare to you, Matrim! Don't forget I'm completely new to this to."

He was smiling, but his tone suddenly grew serious. Not the alarming serious, but a serious that told you it was the truth. "I am completely in love you Reira." Her eyes widened, and a faint blush grew hot on her cheeks. She knew he loved her, but hearing him say it, made her insides squirm with delight. She laughed girlishly. "I go to bed thinking of you, I wake up thinking of you, I get butterflies when I'm around you..I guess I'm totally and utterly in love with you to," she said cheerfully, giving him a kiss and then a soft embrace.

It's the most amazing feeling! But I know, from my mothers past experiences, that this same feeling can turn around and rip your heart out. I won't, no I vow! Never, ever, to make my mothers mistakes! I'm different from her. Matrim, your won't hurt me will you?

It was a question only time could answer.