WARNING:  ADULT THEMES!

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I know it defeats the whole purpose of camping but my morning started out so great, it’s one of those days when I deserve to treat myself with a muffin as opposed to dad’s experimental porridge.

As I stepped into the little canteen by the lake house, I was surprised to find Matt there, flirting with three barely-clothed women.  No wonder he had been hanging out here all day yesterday!

Natalie:  Oh my gosh!  Gerald!  We’re so glad to see you back here!

“Figures!  Of course you know them!”

In fact, I bet he knows them at a whole deeper level!  Suddenly I had the strongest urge to strangle someone…preferably those scantily-clad girls, hovering around my brother and Gerald like the pests that they are…right after I’m done scratching their darn perfect skins and scrubbing their perfect pretty faces on the concrete!

Gerald:  Kimmy, I only came here yesterday to hire a boat so we could go fishing.  That’s all.

“So?  I don’t recall ever demanding an explanation.  I couldn’t care less what you do with your life Gerald!”

Samantha:  Hey handsome!  We waited for you last night but you never came.

Is it absolutely necessary to touch his arm while she showcases how good she can pull off that y, pouty lips look?  And the darn bastard couldn’t at least have the decency to push that hard enough to send her flying off the window?!!

Matt:  Sorry sweetheart but our parents held us captive with a family bonding tradition.  We’re here now though, we can get the party started, right Ge?

Gerald:  Sorry Matt, Kimmy and I are just here to get some muffins.

Samantha:  Matt I thought you said he has no girlfriend.

Matt:  Kim here is not his girlfriend, that’s my little sister and Gerald is an almost adopted brother of ours.

Natalie:  Great!  Join us for breakfast then!

By the way she batted her eyelashes and reached for Ge’s hand, what she really meant was, ‘have me for breakfast baby boy’!  Like I care!

Gerald:  Thanks for the invite girls but Kim and I already made plans.

“Nonsense!  Don’t be silly.  You guys have fun.  I’ll see you two back at the camp.  Enjoy those pretty muffins!”

I had to direct my gaze to those perky women to emphasize my reference at the provocative display of cleavage galore before I my heels and made my haste exit.

For goodness’ sake Kimberly!  Get a hold of yourself!  You don’t own the man.  There is absolutely no need to entertain that thought of yours to murderize all the pretty girls that cross your path and toss them off the nearest cliff! 

Why am I feeling this way?  Just because Gerald and I slept together does not mean I’m his one and only!  We are both single so there really is nothing wrong if he entertains other potential bed partners.  So, this urgent need to kidnap him, chain him to my bedpost so I can have him all to myself, is really not justified!

Ugh!  Gerald that jerk!  I’m sure he’s very happy to take my word literally to enjoy those pretty, y muffins!  So what?  So there’s a chance that he’s a generous man who requires me to share his booty with others.  Don’t all good-looking men have that policy?  It never bothered me with Josh…not that I ever came close to my share of Josh’s body…Still, with the millions of times I have seen Josh with his chick of the day, I have never had the need to break down and cry.  Why should it be any different with Ge?  What’s so special about him?

“Eeeekkk!”

I shrieked as someone picked me up from behind.

Gerald:  Gotcha!

“Put me down you punk so I can kick your !”

Gerald:  Not until you promise not to run away again.

“You don’t own my legs.  They’ll run whenever and wherever they want to!”

Gerald:  Well then, I’m not letting go.

“I’ll scream and make a scene!”

Gerald:  And how do you plan to explain things to mom and dad?

“Fine!  I won’t run.  Will you put me down?”

He did put me down but he was quick to secure a tight hold of my hand.

“What’s this?”

Gerald:  Your choc-chip muffin princess.  You bolted out of there so quick but I didn’t want to run after you empty-handed.

“Sure, sure.  I’d like to believe that the reason you’re delayed had nothing to do with you flirting with those purring -kittens, but newsflash honey!  I really am not as dumb as I look!”

Gerald:  Kimmy I promise, I really don’t want anything to do with those girls.  I’m not interested in any other girls, hun.  Ikaw lang.  It’s always just been you.

“Spoken like a true liar.”

Gerald:  You know it’s true.

Without warning, he picked me up once again and started heading deeper into the woods.

“Ge, what the hell is wrong with you!  Put me down!”

Gerald:  I’m kidnapping you.

“Have you completely lost your mind?!”

Despite my protests, he continued forward until we were lost somewhere in the bushes.  I am in the company of a mad psycho or a possessed man!  Either way, this could only end up badly for me.

“Why the hell are you grinning so happily there?”

Gerald:  I knew it!  You have special feelings for me!

“Just as I have suspected.  You have completely lost it!”

Gerald:  I have never seen you get so jealous…until now.

“And the sight pleases you so?  You don’t even have the decency to camouflage your true evil nature?”

Gerald:  You are so cute when you’re jealous hun.

“Jealous?  Ha!  As if!  Why would I be jealous?”

Gerald:  You don’t want any woman stealing me away.  You want me all to yourself.

“You are so full of yourself!  Sorry to burst your bubble babe but I don’t care about you or your women!”

I don’t know (and frankly, don’t care) if he only did it to shut me up and end our argument but I found myself enjoying the sudden feel of his lips claiming mine in a burning-hot, sizzling kiss that made my toes curl.  I know there’s a reason somewhere in the back of my head not to eagerly wrap my arms around his neck and encourage his tongue to delve in deeper, but the amazing pleasure overshadowed any logic.

Gerald:  You care way more than you can imagine and it scares you.  Rest assured sweetheart, ‘I’m forever yours, faithfully’. 

“Arghh!  You drive me nuts!”

Gerald:  You want me.

There he goes again, expertly stealing another kiss and I’m silly enough to welcome his devious ways, letting him rob me of all that I have.

“I hate you!”

Gerald:  I love you.

“What?!”

Surely it's not what I think it is!  He said it in such a serious, husky tone as if there’s a completely different, far deeper meaning to those words than just brotherly or friendly love!

Gerald:  You heard right Kimmy.  I love you.

“As a friend, right?”

Oh dear God!  Please say it isn’t so!

Gerald:  Kim, I’m in love with you!

He couldn’t possibly mean that!  I mean, why? 

Before I could further delve into the matter, he caught me off balance as he dipped me down and dived for my lips. 

I swear, before I started and got lost in his sweet, passionate kiss, I had every intention to protest…but when it comes to Gerald…I am admittedly weak.  There’s something so magical about his kisses that tangles my stomach up in knots and make me feel so light and fluffy at the same time.  I can’t ignore the unbearable happiness that I feel when he kisses me, causing me to shamefully cling on to him wishing each kissing moment to last forever.

Gerald:  I love you Kim.

“Will you stop saying that?”

Gerald:  I love you, I love you, I love you!

As irritated as I am at his annoying attempt to complicate things, I can’t hide my incredibly happy smile.  I felt those million butterflies in my stomach and my heart felt like it was doing a funky dance in my chest.  It was such a struggle to keep my feet from floating off the ground. 

“Kiss me.”

I am now a true believer of the saying, ‘be careful what you wish for’.  I am very much aware of the danger of getting lost in his kisses but his sweet, delicious lips are all I could ever think of!  He kept murmuring “I love you” as he gently laid me down on the grass, his lips never parting from mine.  I know what it looks like and it is exactly what it looks like.

 My mother would so not approve…’A lady should never be caught indecent or in an immoral, uncompromising position!’… Doing the unthinkable act of humping in the woods is definitely way far off from being lady-like.  My mother will surely disown me.  Lucky for me…mother is not around!

“Ge, someone might see us here.”

He let out a mumbled curse and a big, defeated, sigh before taking his lips off my neck.  I immediately regretted the action.

Gerald:  Sorry honey.  I got carried away.

I missed his lips the minute they left my trembling, sizzling skin, I just have to pull him back to me.  What the hell!  We’re not celebrities.  I doubted paparazzi would actually be lurking around these bushes of all places!  Surely we are far enough from civilization to be caught!

Gerald:  I was kinda hoping you’d do something like that.

After taking my breath away with another zealous, fiery kiss, his lips ever so slowly trailed open-mouthed kisses from the sensitive flesh of my neck and travelled down south towards my swollen s, making me lose all sanity and decency altogether.  The man sure is totally gifted!  There is no one else that could ever kiss any part of me the way he does! 

I was lusting in the most indecent of ways but the thrill of being outdoors ignited the passion between us even more until we were caught up in an frenzy.  My insides shivered at every exquisite of his tongue. 

Gerald:  Oh God, Kimmy, I love hearing you moan. 

“Please don’t stop.”

I am normally a er for sweet and s addressing how much he worships me while his hands are all over me.  Right now though, while insurmountable heat is flaring inside me, I would rather focus solely on action.  I don’t think I can ever get enough of the feel of his mouth on my skin.  The man really knows how to bring out my inner .

 Abandoning all shame and inhibitions, I arched forward, taking all the wonderful sensations in as his tongue circled and played.  I couldn’t take it anymore…I pulled his hair to get his lips back on mine and kissed him with all the emotions of desperation, jealousy (…yes, fine…maybe I was a little jealous…), giddiness, excitement and lust that have been cooped up inside of me.

As we tossed our last pieces of clothing, I found myself on top, straddling him…exploring not only his lips but returning the favor and damping warm and kisses all over his drop-dead delicious body.  I smiled my wicked, pleased smile as he braced himself to enter the moist, hot paradise that is bound to make him lose a few brain cells.

I was on fire and boy, don’t I feel like a star on one of those movies!  I grinded and rode like a rodeo queen, giving my best award-winning performance until we couldn’t stop ourselves from screaming with a great rush of pleasure and release.   Judging by the moans and satisfaction on Gerald’s face, my performance was so deserving of whatever is the equivalent to the Oscars in the industry. 

Ten minutes later, we were still trying to catch our breaths, our exposed bodies enjoying the warmth of the sun and the satisfaction and tingling sensations. 

Gerald:  God woman, only you can make me lose my mind over and over! 

“I take it, it was as good for you as it was for me?”

Gerald:  I am officially off the market!  There’s no way I am going to let you go now.  Heck, I am going to willingly hand everything I have over to you hun, down to the very last cent!

“Be careful sugar, I might just take you up on that!”

Gerald:  Honey, you can have it all, my money, car, my dignity, my soul…I’m all yours!

“Wow, I feel just like Julia Roberts in ‘Pretty Woman’.  A e.”

Gerald:  What?!  You know that’s not what I mean!

“You’re paying me for .”

Gerald:  I’m giving you my all…that’s what people in love do. 

Here he goes again, bringing up a topic of complication.  Love means expectations…high expectations that the person won’t look for, or even flirt with another…expectation that he won’t leave you…expectation that he won’t hurt you…I hate expectations!

“Uhmm…we should get changed before someone happens to get lost in this part of the jungle.”

Once we were decent again, we decided to stay lying there, just enjoying the warm sun on our skin and each other’s company.  In the middle of our laughter and tickling session, he cupped my face.  The seriousness on his face ignited activation of my nerves.

“Ge?”

Gerald:  I love you Kim.

Why must he keep bringing this up?  Can’t he get the hint that I’m avoiding the subject?  Yes, I’m ecstatic when I’m with him.  He pleases me in a way that no one else can.  But, does that mean I’m in love with him too?  Then what?  We are so happy with what we have and what we are doing right now, there’s no need to complicate and end things just yet.

“Ge, we’re having fun.  Let’s just enjoy what we have right now.”

Gerald:  Whatever you say boss. I know someday soon, when you’re ready to swallow your pride, you’ll admit that you love me too. But just so you know, I really do love you Kim. 

“Argh!  You are so full of it and corny as hell.  I can’t figure out for the life of me why I am with you!”

Gerald:  It’s love, you know it is!

“Hmph!  Dyan ka na nga!”

I didn’t even get to run far enough, I was yet again captured in his arms.  God I love his scent!  It’s hard to deny the joy of the familiar feel of his warm body held tight against mine as he pulled me in for an embrace. 

Gerald:  Have I told you how adorable you are?

“Not as often as you tell me how annoying I am.”

Gerald:  Have I told you how I worship you?

“Hmm…A man worshipping me…I like that.”

As I looked up to gaze at his brown eyes, I met his smoldering gaze directed towards my lips and my heart thudded hard against my chest.

Gerald:  Oh yeah?

God, I found myself my lips at the same time…leaning forward to meet his lips.

“Uh-huh…Sure.”

I closed my eyes and felt his soft, moist lips pressing against mine, kissing me ever so slowly but with enough pressure to cause shivers to ripple through me.  I know we are not too far from the camp site now and he shouldn’t really be kissing me like we have all the time in the world…but the sensation of that slow, gentle, loving kiss got me feeling so light-headed and weak in the knees, I didn’t have the power to pull away.  I just wanted to stay right there in his arms, basking in the giddiness that his kisses and his touch can bring. 

“You are so evil!”

Gerald:  And you smell of and sin my beautiful angel.

I pushed him back playfully and flirtatiously.  Suddenly he disappeared out of sight and I heard a thug and a scream.  It happened so quick, I didn’t have time to think.  As it turned out, we didn’t notice the pit that was right behind Gerald and when I gave him a playful shove, down he went into the dark hollow! 

“Oh my God!  Ge!  Are you okay?”

Gerald:  I think I broke my leg!

“Oh ! Wait, the pit is not that deep but you’re not close enough for me to reach.  I’m so sorry honey but can you stay there while I go get Matt and dad?”

Gerald:  Do I have a choice?  It’s not like I have any place to go!

“Promise I’ll be right back with help.”

An hour later, the rangers were administering first aid on Gerald’s sprained leg as well as his scratches and bruises. 

Ranger:  Luckily nothing seems to be broken but I suggest going to the hospital to get a thorough check. 

“Thank God!  Hear that Ge?  It’s not as bad as it looks.”

Gerald:  Well it sure feels that way!

Dad: What were you guys doing at that part of the jungle anyway?  I told you kids not to stray away from the campsite!

“We got lost.”  (Among other things.)

Mom:  You two always get into some mischief one way or another.  I really hope you haven’t been torturing the poor guy Kimmy.  He seems to get injuries whenever you’re around.

“Hey, it was an accident!  Why do I always get blamed for everything?”

 Mom:  You are always hitting and pushing him.  We’re gonna go pack our stuff.  Kim, try not to kill him while we leave him to your care. 

Matt:  Ge just send out your distress signal when she comes too close.

“Very funny.  Look what you’ve done Ge! You turned my whole family against me!”

When everyone left, I immediately hugged the poor injured Gerald. 

Gerald:  Aw!  Ouch Kim!  Be careful!

“Sorry!  I’m so sorry sweetie!  I was only shoving you playfully.  I feel really bad.”

Gerald:  Ms. Date Killer strikes again.  I’m getting used to it.  You and injury on my part seem to come as a package.  My health insurance premium will surely triple!

“Hey, I have yet to successfully kill one date!  Injured maybe, but on most occasions they were accidents!”

Gerald:  Oh I’ll only have to endure injuries, not death.  That is so comforting to hear. 

“And it wasn’t a date!”

Gerald:  I should brace myself for more brutal injuries to come then.

“Ang sama mo!  Has it ever occurred to you that you might be the clumsy one, injuring yourself at every turn?”

Gerald:  They seem to only happen when you’re around.

“Clumsy cause you’ve fallen in love…”

Ooopppss!  Why did I even think of singing that song? Next time, I really have to think before I blab!  Now despite his injury pains, his gorgeous face is grinning from ear to ear.

Gerald:  I am.

A smiling Gerald gazing at me…is there anything better?

“I love seeing you smile.”

God I’m so tempted to kiss him but I know my family could pop up at any moment. I just had to settle with dreamily gazing into his gorgeous brown eyes, squeezing his hand to try and comfort him.

Gerald:  I love everything about you gorgeous.

He raised my hand to his lips and kissed it tenderly.  It that I couldn’t give him a proper kiss to make him feel better.