Situations

-Marina's POV-
I woke up quite differently from how I had fallen asleep. I was in Gerards arms and he was still asleep. He was so tall and warm I didn't want to move. I already felt bad about waking him up with my stupid dream last night. He didn't need to lose anymore sleep over me. The sky was still dark outside so I probably still have some time to enjoy this, I thought. I snuggled back into Gerards chest. I knew it was unlikely I was going to fall back asleep but I also didn't want to move. I could lay here and breathe in the intoxicating scent of him, or I could get up and be productive. Well you could at least try and get dressed, I reasoned. My leg did feel better. I could do this, I thought to myself. I shifted away from him slowly, trying hard not to wake him up. I sat up, letting my feet touch the cool floor. Slowly and carefully I walked to the drawer where I had seen him put my things. I was proud of myself for not falling over. I opened the drawer, looking for a pair of jeans and a clean shirt. Suddenly strong arms were around me.
"Why did you leave? Come back to bed." Gerards voice said in my ear. I felt my knees go a little weak. Whether it was from the cut on my leg or him being so close to me I wasn't sure.
"Will you stay?" He asked, brushing his mouth against my neck.
"Yes." I murmured. He turned me around and picked me up, I automatically wrapped my legs around his waist and buried my face into his shoulder. He carried me back to the bed and laid down on top of me.
"Gerard."
"What? Are you uncomfortable? I'll stop if you want." He put his mouth right up against my ear.
"No, you don't have to stop. I'll stop talking." He giggled, a surprisingly high sound in my ear.
"I don't want to hurt you, let me know if any of this hurts your leg." He kissed my neck and travelled down to my collarbones.
"You have such lovely skin." He sighed against my chest. He reached down and tugged at the hem of the shirt I was wearing, his shirt. I lifted my hips up and he tugged it off. Now we were both in our underwear, he pressed his chest against mine, pulling me tighter to him.
"Kiss me." I said. Instantly his mouth was on mine. He kissed me gently yet passionately. His hands travelled down to my hips. His hands were so large I felt so small underneath him. One of his hands came up and stroked my stomach slowly, gauging my reaction. I shuddered and he moved his hand lower, touching my stomach and occasionally grazing my underwear. I broke our kiss and gasped. He kissed my neck again, moving down to my chest. I felt the build up and I wanted him to continue. He put his hands on my chest and squeezed. I felt his thumb trace circles on my nipple through my bra. My hips rocked up against him. He reached underneath me and undid my bra, immediately his mouth was on my chest. He licked and teased me, biting me gently until I was gasping and tugging on his red hair. Suddenly he stopped.
"That's enough for now, I just want to hold you." He pulled me into his arms. My breathing was still heavy but I managed to not whine about this turn of events. After all, he was a gentlemen, and I was in no position to argue with him about anything.
"Rina?"
"Hmm?"
"Don't go anywhere right now. Just stay." He buried his face in my hair.
"I won't. I couldn't get very far anyway." I joked. He laughed and settled me against him. Together we fell back asleep.
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I woke up with a start, realizing the bed was empty. Looking around the room I saw he was nowhere to be found. I realized I much preferred waking up and watching him sleep than waking up alone. I got out of bed and got dressed, the memories of last night making me dizzy.
I walked into the dining hall. "Gerard? Are you out here?" No answer. It didn't look like anyone was even around. Where did he go? He wouldn't leave me would he? Not after last night, at least I hope not I thought. I walked into the kitchen, looking for something to eat. The electric lights hummed in the silence. It was weird being all by myself in a strange place like this. I didn't even know what I was allowed to eat, would they be mad? I opened a cupboard and pulled out some cereal. The only kind they had was Count Chocola, a grinning chocolate vampire greeted me. I pulled out a bowl and opened the old fridge. There was almost nothing in there. Alright, guess I'll have dry cereal. I sat down at a table to wait. Hopefully he comes back soon. I ate my dry cereal slowly, trying to make the time pass as fast as possible. I was nearing the end of the bowl when they walked in.
"Hey you're up, and eating my cereal." Gerard said when he saw me.
"Yeah, I woke up a little bit ago. I didn't know if I was allowed to eat this or not. I'm sorry,"
"Oh I was just kidding, I don't care if you have some. It's quite good don't you think?"
I watched the other guys go to the kitchen and start putting food away. Did they go grocery shopping?
"Where did you guys go?" I asked him, trying to seem unconcerned.
"We just went out to get supplies. And to blow a hole in the city wall." I almost choked on my cereal.
"Really? You just left went to get groceries and blow up the city wall? Is this an average day for you?" He laughed.
"No, but it had been a while since we had done anything and we needed supplies. If we're gonna go into the city we might as well fuck something up. It's what I do." He said this so casually and again I was reminded that this was his life. He sat down next to me and popped a bit of cereal into his mouth. He gestured to the grinning vampire on the box.
"Vampires will never hurt you." He leaned in, his mouth against my ear.
"I'll never let them hurt you, I promise." My breathing quickened and I bit my lip. He got up, grinned at me and walked down the hall towards his room. I noticed his teeth were strangely pointed. Almost like a vampires would be, I thought.
-Gerards POV-
I'd spent the last week with Marina, just hanging out and getting to know her. It was kind of nice to learn knew things about someone. I knew everything about my friends already. Now we were sitting out in the desert. I had taken Rina to one of my favorite spots, a small cliff in the desert. You could sit on the rocks and have your feet dangle over the edge. I'd often come out here to think and to watch the sun rise and set but now it was something I wanted to share with her.
"Come on." I said, pulling her towards me. She immediately climbed onto my lap. I liked building this type of intimacy with her.
"Do you watch the sun a lot?" She asked.
"Yes. It's a big ball of radiation and I can't help but feel as if one day it'll burst but it's so beautiful to watch it rise and set." I put on black sunglasses and looked down at her, God she was attractive. Right now I don't really care about the sun, I thought. Nothing could be better than watching her. I hadn't asked her about the other night when I touched her. I hadn't tried to again, I just held her in my arms and we slept together. Just sleeping, it was nice. I kissed her and we slept. It might be nice but you want more than that don't you? A voice inside my head asked. We watched the sun go down.
"Rina? Can I ask you something?"
"Anything Gerard." She looked up at me, her face curious.
"How long are you planning to stay? And I'd prefer it if you called me Gee now."
"Well as long as you'll let me I guess."
I didn't mean to sound like a douche. "You don't have to leave, unless you want to. You can stay, but I have one condition for you if you do decide to stay and join us."
"What's that?"
"You have to learn to fight, you'll have to ride with us and we can't be protecting you all the time. You need to be able to take care of yourself more."
"Alright, I can do that. As long as you're willing to teach me I'm willing to learn." I tightened my arms around her and kissed the back of her head.
"We can head back soon. Just a couple more minutes."I said, sighing happily. I stared at the dying sun with her. I would give anything for this to be the rest of my days.

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