In Depth's Place

Ling gasped as she felt my cock's heat between her fingers get warmer and as my tip slowly pushed out and towards her. Outside the wind and the occasional cracking of branches and trees went unnoticed. I couldnt' see how far I was growing but could feel the pressure between us.

"I can't believe I'm about to do this" Ling stated shuffling in the small tent space. "I'm a little nervous". Ling had never experienced the pleasure that I had, I could understand that she'd be a little worried as at times it could get clostraphobic but in a wonderful way. My cock contrinued to grow, my heart was not longer beating fast but with powerful thumbs that filled my ears and chest. With every beat I grew out further. Ling's dark shadow crawled on her hands and knees over my cock and sat over my hips. I could feel her exposed thighs atop my member. "Are you nervous?"

"No" I lied confidently. "You can trust me to keep you safe. I'd never let anything happen to you, especially when you're with me". Ling smiled and kissed over my neck and shoulders, our bodies growing hotter in the cool and moist air. It didn't take long for my cock to grow across the tent. It was when I could feel the rain through the tent's fabric on the other side that I knew we were ready. Ling teased me further by grinding down my length, my tip rubbing against her warm nethers. 
She was almost giddy with excitement, I could feel her hands shake slightly as she rubbed them against my tip. I needed to pull myself back so Ling had room to move. In the dark I could tell that my massive and hungry cock was almost Ling's entire body length. I lifted slightly as Ling's hands held under my shaft so she could give my tip a gentle kiss, she could taste the pre.

 

"Take care of me" she whispered nervously before pushing her hands against my entrance, her forearms becoming enveloped quickly. I gasped from the sudden and intense pleasure that was almost painful. Ling was eager to push in further, though compared to my bodies sucking and pulling she didn't need to make any effort. I was hungry for Ling's form. I wanted to draw her into my cock and keep her there forever. She bent her head forward and smiled to herself as it too was absorbed into my length.

Through my cock I could feel her bulging out at the sides, adding to my width. My member pulled upwards, clenching down on Ling's head tightly and through my skin I heard her let out a long moan to my powerful hold. Her shoulders bulged in next and was slowly followed by her chest and breasts. I moaned as her perfect form was pulled in further. Her legs skidded against the soft wall behind her as she moaned louder, both of us enveloped in mountains of pleasure. 
To tease me Ling wiggled and threw her body inside my cock, forcing waves of arousal through me. I would have came already if I wasn't block from doing so. Ling's bulged twisted and turned till she dropped down further, over her hips and down her legs. She'd turned so she was facing the sky though inside she probably couldn't even tell. I let out another loud moan as my cock lifted upwards, carrying her legs up with it.
I pulled my shaft again my front with both hands, barely able to hold it up from the weight and pleasure. The gravity flowed Ling in slowly and steadily. The pleasure I was experiencing was like no other I'd had before. It wasn't just sexual but something greater, similar to being within Ling but uniquely different. I pressed my face and cheek against my hot cock where I could feel my heart beating powerfully. 

Against my skin Ling's form bulged, she was upsidedown me and her head was beginning to disappear into my base. She and I were rocked with pleasure as we hit our climax, Ling's form disappearing into my body and her cool feet slipping down after the rest of her. I heard her scream from the pleasure as the last of her bulge disappeared, as soon as her feet had finally dropped down I could hear her climax no longer.

My pleasure wouldn't die down for a long time, it must have been hours before I could finally collapsed onto the tent's soft floor with a feeling of accomplishment and pleasure. My member wouldn't return to it's normal size but at least turned to a more managable size. In my sleepy and dreamy state I guessed it was about a few inches past my knees. Every movement Ling made was pleasure and noticed, every beat her heart made I could hear. Her pulse seemed to sync with mine as I could feel it running through my own veins.

The night's sleep wasn't complete or even refreshing, but rather disturbed. I couldn't relax my brain for it was constantly working to dissolve the strange hunger I was feeling. Within my enormous sac I was trying to devour and digest Ling. I didn't want to predict what would happen if I relaxed my consciousness and allowed my body to work Ling down. I could sleep but never really rest. Outside of the tent the storm continued to blow and howl with occasional crashes and booms of lightning that were growing more freqent, as though it were turning into an electrical storm now. The flashing would light the tent up briefly but no thunder could be heard from the lights, it was all show.

"Guys, you in there?" Jackie called. Her hands were visible against the grey tent's zipper.

I picked myself up and pulled out of my hazy state quickly. "Is Jason out there?" I asked while reaching behind and pulling the blanket up and over myself to hide the obvious. 

"No, he's not out here" she stated, sounding as though she were shivering. "I'm coming in" Jackie declared loudly and unzipping the front before falling in and zipping the door back up before the rain flooded in. Just a quick look outside and I could see that the ground was covered in leaves and broken branches, a few had gotten caught up in Jason's tent lines. Jackie remained at the tent's front, a blue flash revealing her completely naked back.

"Everything alright Jackie?" I asked cautiously, trying not to stare. The lightning was so frequent that it may as well have been a blue Sun. Jackie shook her head quietly, her head hung as she began to turn. Her belly was massive. I stammered and looked at her in utter shock, my eyes couldn't have gotten any wider if I didn't have 

eyelids. 

"It... was an accident" she claimed quickly with both hands holding her massive bulge. She crawled quicky forward and opened my blanket up before turning and pressing her back against my front, my member pressed up between us but she didn't seem to notice. "I think I'm in shock. I was outside for an hour just wondering if I should tell you guys" she stuttered. She wasn't lying as her body was freezing. I couldn't do much more than wrap the blanket around the both of us and hold her against my warm body, my member still between us.

"How did you do it?" I asked softly after I gave her a long moment to calm down.

"We were talking about each other and how much I liked him... I wanted to prove to him how much I like him when... well one thing let to another and soon we were playing around with each other" Jackie shook from the cold. She was gradually growing warmer but very fast, she must have been out in the rain for a long time. "I didn't mean to. I was even trying to stop it but I couldn't and he just, couldn't escape... from me" Jackie whimpered slightly as she spoke, probably thinking of herself as a monster. I hugged her tighter. "Is Ling..." she finally asked noticing that she was nowhere to be seen.

"Yeah. Did Ling ever tell you how we discovered... this?" I asked. My hands were rested upon hers which were in turn resting upon Jason. Jackie's hair shook from side to side. "It was an accident. We were alone during the floods back at home and we were just, well, having fun when she pulled me in". Jackie gave a quick  chuffed laugh. "She and I didn't just make it happen, it wasn't up to us to start or stop it. Ling had me for a few days before I came back, imagine how scared she must have been". Jackie leaned forward and spun herself around to  face me. She must have been very comfortable with me as my cock was resting upon her leg, still hard and large from before. 

"She must have been terrified". I nodded, rubbing my hands over Jackie's sidea. "But it all worked out, didn't it?"

"We're both here aren't we?"

"Yes, well..." Jackie looked down at my cock. A flash from above illuminating me for her. "In a manner of speaking". We shared a brief laugh. "But I didn't know that I could do this".

"I think it passes down to the people you do it with. I mean if everyone could do it then everyone would know about it by now".

Jackie nodded. She rest her hands over my large member awkwardly. "That doesn't make her like... our sister or mother does it?"

"I don't think so" I replied with a  laugh though took a moment to think about it. "No I wouldn't think so". Jackie smiled widely to me, revealing her sparkling white teeth in with the constant flashing. We remained together for a while, just talking about things and reassuring Jackie that she and Jason were going to be fine. As we chatted Jackie had shuffled around in front of me so my member was pressing against her sex. She was in a vulnerable state so I didn't say anything, but I couldn't help but think she was doing it deliberately. 

"Do you think Jason would understand? I mean this was supposed to be our secret and he's a doctor. He might want to disect me or something".

"He'll understand, I'm sure he will" I remarked uncertainly. I had gotten to know Jason quite a bit over the last couple of weeks and to the best of my knowledge he was an alright bloke, but then I could always be wrong. "If you knew you could do this would you have told him?" Jackie shook her head. I hummed and comtemplated the situation, trying not to show how big a deal this way. In truth I was a little angry with Jackie for she'd given our biggest secret away to someone she'd barely known, but then it wasn't her fault. That gave me an idea. "Maybe he doesn't have to know?"

"He's going to know, he already does" Jackie scoffed, pressing her hips firmer against my tip.

"Well... when you're in there you sort of lose track of everything. Like time and everything around you". Jackie nodded slowly, she knew this herself but wasn't sure where I was going with this. "The longer you're inside the more it affects you that way. Maybe if he was in there long enough he'd forget alot?" Jackie was about to interject. 

"I mean once he's out in the real world we could tell him that he was hit on the head with something". 

Jackie raised and eyebrow at this. "'Hey Jason, guess what! Everything that happened to you was a dream and you hit your head before. Don't worry about checking for a lump or anything cos there isn't one'. I'm sure that'll work" Jackie mocked, rolling her eyes.

"You think up something then, Doctor".

"Maybe he was bitten by something and went into a bit of a mentally transparent trace, drooling and vomiting and all that". I shrugged. "There are all sorts of weird bugs on tropical islands. It was too stormy for us to swim him back to the main island". I shrugged again. "Better than your idea" Jackie laughed, her hips thrusting innocently forward more. I tried not to think about it but any further and we'd be having sex. "Thanks. For being such a good friend".

"I care about Jackie". She nodded slowly, keeping her eyes out of mine. She pushed her large body up over my legs and leaned forward, getting close to me as she prepared for a kiss. "Jackie?" I asked leaning back slightly.

"Relax. Just me thanking you for being a good friend" she smiled. I allowed us to kiss on the lips gently. I felt that the kiss was lasting too long but when I discovered this I was already kissing Jackie back. Our lips parted as our tongues grazed over each others. I could hear our wet kiss through the storm.

"Wait" I whispered quickly. Jacie's kissing persisted. "Wait" I repeated placing two hands on her shoulders. "I think you've thanked me enough".

"There's more I can do for you" she responded by bending forward some and kissing the base of my member with a hand rubbing over my sac, over Ling. I shuffled back a bit but she eagerly followed.

"Jackie... what are you doing?"

"I need you" she replied. "I need someone, anyone. I can't stand it. I'm so hungry for this".

"You know that it would be a mistake". Jackie paused, leaning up to face me. I could almost see the desire running through her body, but looked away and nodded in agreement with me. "You don't love me".

"I do" she responded quickly, looking up and into my eyes. "But, not the same way that Ling does. I'm sorry". Jackie sunk back and a small tear dropped from her hung head.

"You don't have to be sorry" I remarked happily. I didn't mean to but was aroused by Jackie's advances. 

"I do. You and Ling are perfect and I'm trying to use you for my own desires. I'm so selfish". I smiled and moved closer to Jackie. On my knees I leaned forward and gave her a tight hug. Despite what I'd said my member throbbed against Jackie's body in the embrace. "That's not really helping" she remarked with a laugh that turned into a loud hiccup. 

Over the next days since we arrived on this island and the cyclone above and around us really wasn't letting up. The lightning continued, the winds pushed and every now and again was the monstrous crashing of another palm tree falling victim to the storm. I wanted to do something to protect us but in trust their was nothing I could do. 

The campsite wasn't directly underneath any trees so we were at least safe from accidents, the beach was being rocked with enormous waves which washed up debris from surrounding islands. I'd check it out every so often and found that half a boat's engine had washed up.

Most of the time I was in the tent with Jackie, either sleeping or enjoying a meal. inside the two of us we could feel our passengers move and in Jackie's case protest. Being alone with Jackie like this was awkward and a test of my fidelity. We were both filled with lust and urges more consistant that gravity. We would sleep away from on another but through the night find that we'd made our way towards one another, Jackie's hand rubbing over my resistant cock or my arm draped over her belly.It was like fighting natural  itself. 

I'd promised Jackie that I wouldn't release Ling until she and Jason were alright, at least she could relax. I was constantly fighting a small battle internally, holding back my hunger to consume Ling completely. Every time I woke from slumber I made sure to check that Ling was still whole and enjoying her stay.

"Jackie?" I asked as my eyes opened slowly. It wasn't like most mornings where we'd wake up close to one another, as she was gone from my tent. I sat upright, feeling Ling give a sudden shake as she too woke with me. I could still feel her pulse running through my own, if she were any closer I'd be able to hear her thoughts. "Jackie?" I repeated, pulling myself to the tent's zipper and taking a look outside. The only way we could tell if it were night or day was the colour of the sky. 
Not matter if it was light grey or completely black, the colour of the world beneath the clouds remained the same. I looked upwards and found that it was completely dark so some time during the night. If the moon were out I couldn't see it, though on the bright side the rain had stopped. I was about to call Jackie's name again when I fell forward. My body was still within the tent but my hands rest on the wet grass outside, I'd been dropped by a sudden and powerful urge. It wasn't like the hunger I'd been feeling all this time but more of an electrical strike through my body, it lowered my defences and tried to digest Ling. 
It took a lot of will power to force my body into submission, afterwards I remained kneeling on the wet ground in fear. For almost an entire minute I couldn't stop myself; if it happened again I wasn't sure I could stop at all.

I began to retreat back into the tent when Jason's unzipped itself from the inside. It only then struck me that there was someone inside there with a torch on. 

"I'll be back soon. Don't worry". Jackie emerged from her tent and glared through the dark to see me. "Hey" she whispered. She'd pulled her clothes back on, which I was thankful for. Her shorts and shirt; all of which fit her like normal. Jackie kneeled before the door with a wide smile. "How are you two doing?'

"Alright" I lied. "Jason?"

"He's fine. In one piece but really sleepy, almost as  much as you. You've been asleep for thirteen hours straight. You didn't notice that it's dark again?"

"I did... but I thought it was the same night as tonight. I mean last night" I remarked with a smile. "Does he, you know".

"He's only been back for a few hours, he believes me though. About a spider bite knocking him out and all that". Jackie was very pleased. I knew how much she was worrying about all of this. "It was so amazing, bringing Jason back made me feel so... well I'm sure you know. Ling said it was easy to get back to normal, I didn't think it was that effective though".

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously.

"Oh. Just that... well you know how pregnant woman get stretch marks and all that?" I nodded slowly. "Well don't 

really have worry about that stuff".

"Congrats".

"Thanks" she replied with a quick laugh. "I still feel really funny though. How long does that usually last?"

"You're going to have tingles for the next week or so" I laughed, cringing as my member gave me a strange flexing feel.

"Thanks for hanging in there with me. I probably wouldn't have made it if you weren't there".

"You're welcome". I turned my head around to look around in the tent. "I might release Ling now, I'm sure she misses me".

"I'm sure she does" Jackie stood up to leave and see to Jason. "Let me know if you need a hand" she winked before disappearing. 

I retreated into my tent. My sac made it hard to move but I was getting used to it at least. It was time to let Ling out, for me it was the moment of truth. I was looking forward to finally getting some proper sleep.

As these thoughts entered my mind I could feel my muscles tighten. I began to rub my hands over the base of my length, concentrating my mind on relaxing my body. After a while I was realizing that I was growing aroused, my my length remained the same. I rubbed harder and tried to think of Ling's gorgeous body, remembered the night we stent on the roof before our flight or just her sexy smile. They weren't working for me. 
With every passing moment I grew more nervous and more anxious. I couldn't get myself aroused enough while simultaneously fighting back the hunger I was feeling. My body wasn't willing to release Ling just yet, not before I'd absorbed her body into my own. My efforts were failing me when another strike of lightning filled my body, dropping my chest forward as I grunted and moaned while trying to fight back.

"Ling?" came a voice at the tent. I couldn't look up. I only concentrated on the fight at hand. "Is everything 

alright?". The hunger disappeared slowly and I could face Jackie as she stepped into my tent. 

"Why?" I asked with a flustered voice. 

"After two hours I thought she'd be back. Huh, must be a guy thing" she joked with her tongue poking out at me. Inside Ling gave a sudden wiggle of movement, perhaps she was sleeping or trying to tell me she was in pain. I didn't know and that's what worried me. I was having trouble with discovering whether I was holding on or letting go, I was on the precipice. "What's wrong?"

"My body won't let me release Ling and she doesn't have long left".

"She's running out of air?" Jackie asked concerned, stepping into the tent and zipping the door up behind her, checking that Jason's tent light was out before turning back to me.

"No, it's not like that. We're just running out of time". Jackie nodded. She was kneeling before me and quickly pealing her jacket back.

"I want to help" she answered before I could ask. I was too worried to argue, I would take any help offered to me. Jackie continued to undress, unbuckling her shorts and pulling them away with her tight shirt. She turned away from me as she began to undo her bra, her hair hiding the smile she didn't want to show me. Jackie's perky breasts were revealed to me in the dark before she slid on her back and struggled with her panties. After the first few hours I found my eyes had focussed to the darkness and allowed me to see better, not perfect but at least improved.

Jackie began crawling towards me. "Wait... ". She continued up to meet my face with hers.

"This is for Ling, not for us" she started, though not meeting my gaze.

"Is it?"

Jackie bowed her head. "I want this. I've got so much bottled up inside of me right now and just need to release it all or I'll explode". Jackie smiled and looked up at me with wide eyes. "But you're doing this for Ling, you're not cheating". With this Jackie pushed against my shoulder till I was laying on the ground, my hard cock pointing upwards, still massive but not near as much as it had been a few days earlier. "I'm being completely truthful with you because you need to be true to yourself. I know you, if you're uncomfortable with what we're doing you won't have fun".

"Can you blame me?" I asked with a bit of a laugh. Jackie made her way over my member and was sitting atop of my chest.

"Don't think about this. Just let it happen. I promise that when it's over you'll feel great". I nodded slowly. I leaned up and we began a long kiss.

Her tongue was soft and smooth, I hadn't noticed earlier how great a kisser she really was. Her lips tasted great and I savoured them, trying to lose myself in the moment. Overhead was the gently rumbling of thunder as lightning picked up again, the familiar flashing overhead light photographs of a celebrity.

Leaning back from the kissing I was quickly reminded that the person I was kissing wasn't someone with black hair and green eyes, she had blonde hair with opal blue eyes. Jackie picked herself off of myfront, taking a single step then kneeling at my waist where my tip pointed up tp her chest enthusiastically. A blue light from overhead revealed the moment she gave me a wink before devouring my member between her lips. Jackie sucked eagerly and hard, sending goosebumps through my skin as I felt my pleasure increase.I wasn't certain but I could assume that I was no longer fighting back against Ling's absorption but only because I could no longer keep up the battle with myself. 
I was thankful I could feel her every movement inside to reassure me that she was alright.

Despite Jacky's eager pleasuring I couldn't feel my arousal get any higher than what she had already given me. When the wet lips over my tip disappeared I looked up. Jackie was holding her sex just above my massive shaft, before I could object she began to lower herself ontop. I let out a loud moan as my head pressed against her hot lips and started to enter and stretch her pussy. Jackie gasped loudly as she lowered herself down steadily, taking small breaks as she had never has sex with someone this large, Jason being something of a technical exception. Already I could feel myself getting deep pleasure, my heart beating powerfully as I was sat upon by Jackie, her nethers having taken in my entire length with some difficulty. 

I watch Jackie smile to herself as she pulled up and down over my length, the lightning keeping it all illuminated for me to watch from below. My cock grew inside of Jackie's tight body, my heart's beating getting me harder and ready for release. I reached my hands down and rubbed over Jackie's belly, I could see and feel my massive cock through her skin. When Jackie noticed this her body tightened in slight shock but only increased our ecstasy.

Suddenly the base of my length widened and Ling's feet were placed in position, my throbbing and moaning telling me that I was about to cum. 

"Jackie..." I started but unable to complete my sentence for the sheer volume of arousal. She looked down on me and quickly picked up on what I was trying to communicate. Jackie pushed up from my cock but any attempts to break our link resulted in more pleasure, keeping us together. I wanted to scream out to her that I was about to orgasm and release Ling but couldn't retrieve the energy needed.

When I hit my climax Ling was pushed out quickly, her legs instantly lodging in my shaft and gradually forcing her hips down aswell. Only a small part of my cock was visible and allowed me to watch as Ling was pushed out. The constant light show stopped and rain came pouring down, hitting the ground so hard it was deafening.

Jackie and I were screaming in pleasure but it couldn't be heard. A clash of lightning that lit up everything showed me Jackie's screaming mouth and eyes clenched shut. I was blinded by the light, feeling my cock pushing Ling out further but unable to stop. Lightning was crashing close to us, as though the storm was created by the pleasure we were all feeling, the gods envious of what we had. Through the flashes and crashing I could watch Ling's hips enter my cock, following by her chest and her shoulders. Jackie's screaming wouldn't stop as through the flashes of blue I could see she was struggling to separate from my cock, only managing to get a few inches away from me. I wanted her to hurry as I couldn't stop cumming Ling's form out of my sac, her feet were out of my tip and deep down inside of Jackie's womb. I felt a hard grasp over my member as she clenched down and pushed upwards with her knees pushing up. It was an awkward yet arousing sight as Jackie's slid furhter and further off of my massive length. Like a strobe light I couldn't only watch in flashes of light as she reached my tip.

The sudden relief as we were separated sent chills through my body, my eyes shut tight as I came Ling back into the world. I didn't need to see her to feel every part of her body as it exited my head and bulging onwards. When her last few bulges were released I continued my climax, erupting my cum in the tent in full volume and covering the two girls beyond my cock. 

When my pleasure died down so did the storm above us. The loud rain turned into a sprinkle and the lightning slowly it's constant hammering of the Earth. In the quiet the sounds of our breathing was strong. With what little energy I had left my body was shifted up and I felt over a pair of wet legs, my hands ventured up and to her arms.

"Ling?" I asked quietly and lifting her up to me, brushing my hands through wet and sticky hair.

"Hey" came a familiar yet weak voice. I could hear the smile in her voice. "Miss me?" I nodded slowly while cradling her in my arms. I watched as beyond us Jackie awkwardly retrieved her clothes from the floor and unzipped the tent, stepping out into the morning grey haze without a word of goodbye. Ling watched her leave.

We fell asleep quickly and quietly. I'd lost complete track of how many days had passed us by while we camped, for all I knew Christmas had come and gone. The morning our routines came back to normal it was still wet weather but the storms had passed and the grey clouds remained overhead to protect everyone from the tropical Sun. Outside Jason was sitting by a small fire.

I was relieved that I could wear clothes again. "Morning" I greeted hazily.

"Afternoon" Jason corrected.

"How're you feeling?" I asked kneeling before the red coals.

"Alright. That spider sure knocked the shit out of me" she remarked smiling to himself and stiring the fire with a stick. "Thanks for taking care of me".

"It wasn't me" I responded looking over my shoulder. "Jackie's the doc in training. We just did whatever she told us to do". 

"That's what Ling said. I guess I owe her one" Jason said after a long pause. "She's pretty amazing, Jackie".

"She can be". Jason nodded. "She's taking a fair liking to you. Don't let her down". Jason nodded again. "Speaking of which, where is she?"

"I think she's on the shore with Ling".

The shore didn't look like it used to. The yellow sand was replaced by wet and muddy grains with all manner of junk that had washed up. Down the beach on a wall of boulders and rocks that had washed up were two distant people sitting together looking at the rocks that crashed beneath them. The wind was cold so we all wore our jumpers and trousers. Jackie had a long sleeves black shirt whilst Ling sported a white jumper, from the looks the same one she wore when we first met. As I approached they looked behind to see me coming, Jackie telling Ling a final word 

before standing up and walking away.

"Hey. I'm sorry about everything that's happened so far".

"It's alright" I remarked unsure if i should feel as guilty as she apparently did. 

"No really. Everything I was doing to you in the tent when Ling was right there with us was wrong. I'm not a very good friend".

"You're a great friend. It was just a funny time for all of us. Besides, you sort of won by the end". I tucked my cold hands into my jumper pockets.

"That was a little different. Anyway, she's waiting for you". With that Jackie continued past me and along the shore. I continued along the rocky path along the ocean's waves till I reached Ling and quietly sat down beside her. 

I wish that this was simpler and there were rules. Ling and I had a relationship strong than any I'd had before and in any relationship having sex with anyone else wasn't allowed, but no matter how strong our partnership was we both knew it wasn't like any usual relationship. What we could do together changed things dramatically.

"You were taking care of me" Ling stated after we'd shared a long silence. On the horizon were orange skies and beautiful colours as the Sun was preparing to set, yet still hidden by the clouds. Ling's reached her hand into my jumper pocket and linked her fingers with mine. "What you were doing with Jackie was just to protect me, wasn't it?"

I nodded. "But, I enjoyed it more than I should have". Ling smiled. i was struck with the feeling of miss, as though I hadn't seen Ling or her smile for months.

"It was sex, you'd have to be made of stone not to enjoy it. It's alright, you don't have to feel guilty".

"What did Jackie tell you?"

"A lot... a whole lot" Ling remarked with a laugh. "About her and Jason. About how you took care of her and how she tried to sleep with you during". I turned back to the sea. "How you kept turning her down and how you were worrying that you might have trapped me and how Jackie jumped your bones to help".

"She used those words?". In the sea a pile of leaves and seaweed mixed together. Ling shrugged. I was happy she was taking this so well. In my heart of hearts I knew that she'd accept everything but I wanted her to be angry or unnerved by it, perhaps take away some of my guilt by doing so. 

I wrapped my arms around Ling as we watched the Sun setting over the ocean. The light was being shun underneath the clouds and covered the heavens with a bright orange and pink light, it was surreal. "it was a pretty crazy couple of days, huh?"

"Yeah. You could say that. Thanks for not digesting me".

"How did you know I could?"

"I could feel you. I mean it's like we were the same person in a deeply special way. I could feel your worry and dread that something bad would happen, I love that you care that much about me".

I held my hand over Ling's shoulder and hugged her close. "I love you".

"I love you too". For a time there was no one else in the world but the two of us, sitting by the shore after a great 

storm. It was paradise.