Groaning, not in the mood and lacking any energy to argue, I explain the situation to Tina as gently as I can. I tell her she’ll be safer off-planet for a little while, that it’s temporary, that I’ll come back. She listens silently, fingers twisted in the hem of her shirt.
When I finish, I stumble to my bed. The adrenaline is gone, leaving only bone-deep exhaustion behind. I don’t remember falling into it, but when I wake some hours later, I’m stripped to my underwear and tucked neatly under the covers. I notice my pillow carries the faint scent of Tina’s perfume and realize she must have been sleeping in my bed until I got home last night, waiting for me.
Rolling over slowly, I see Tina’s hazel eyes staring back at me from inches away.
"Mmm, good morning, sleepyhead," she purrs with a soft, relieved smile, as if she’s just grateful that I’m still here at all.
"Morning?" I ask. The light is wrong for it to be morning.
She looks past me at the clock and gives a small laugh. "Well, no, I guess it’s not. It’s a little before three."
"Three? Crap! I’ve got to get ready for the competition!" I jump out of bed and start throwing on my clothes until I catch Tina pouting at me.
"Don’t you have a bit of time?" Her hands pull the blankets down from her, and I see she’s completely nude. DAMN, she looks good!
Well... the competition is at four... She grins as she sees she’s won.
What little clothing I’d managed to put on takes less time to take off as I jump back into bed with the massively hot woman.
She pulls me to her, meeting my lips with hers as her breasts press firmly against my chest. Tasting her soft lips, I moan, feeling her "wet" switch move in reaction to my voice.
"You had me so worried," she whispers, breaking off the kiss and looking me fiercely in the eyes, before saying,
"I’m not leaving your side again."
I nod, knowing she’d been terrified while I’d been gone.
She squeals and simultaneously hugs me tightly to her naked form before rolling me onto my back. Sliding back, it only takes her a moment to get the angle right, and my head slips past her first folds. While she’s wet, she’s not nearly as wet as she usually is when we have sex.
"I need to feel connected with you, to know you’re alive." Until now, I guess I really didn’t understand how much she felt for me. I mean, I know she loves me, but I guess I didn’t understand just how deeply that ran for her. She must have been at her wits’ end yesterday. Then, even lying with me all day, I’d be surprised if she left to do more than go to the bathroom.
I feel my heart warm for this woman. We’ve been through some tough times in our odd relationship, but I can’t deny that I truly care for her.
What, then, of my feelings for Stephanie? I care deeply for her too. Great, I think. What kind of lecherous man am I that I’m falling for two women?
Thinking of my sister makes three and gives me the answer.
Rand al’Thor, eat your heart out!
While I’ve been ruminating, Tina has been working on getting me deeper inside her, and I hear her grunt as I press against her womb.
"I love you, Nick. Never let me go," Tina gasped out.
Then, without any preamble, she begins to move against me. She continues hugging me tightly to her slim body, her firm breasts rubbing against my chest and her pussy sliding along most of my member, making me moan loudly as we make love.
"Oh, fuck, Nick. You always feel so good inside me. Yes, grab my ass. Make me come, Nick. Make me come all over your massive cock!"
She shudders as her orgasm strikes, and I powerfully thrust my hips, driving deep inside her and striking her deepest points over and over again. Her orgasm seems to go on and on, and finally I can take no more and release my ejaculate into her clutching vagina, sending her to a whole new realm of ecstasy...
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I’m almost late for the competition, and Tina asks why it’s so important for me to go. Even Dennis and Rose are curious as to why I’m going to do a math competition when there are so many other things I could be doing to prepare for the coming invasion.
For that matter, I don’t even know why it feels so important. I can’t give them a real answer and just shrug as I get into my car, all three of them in tow. The thought occurs to me that Dennis and Rose have every intention of sticking with me until we’re out of town, and suddenly my car feels far too small. Tina laughs at the situation and insists we take her car instead, so we pile in. The way the three of them are acting, I almost feel like I have my own personal security detail, keeping me on track in this chaos.
Driving through the eerily quiet streets, I notice how tense Tina is, her fingers drumming nervously on the steering wheel. Dennis fidgets with the radio, trying to find something to distract himself, while Rose keeps glancing at me, clearly curious and a little worried. I try to offer them a smile, but I can’t hide the nagging sense of unease in my stomach. There’s so much going on, so many moving pieces in the invasion preparations, and yet here I am, racing to a math competition like it’s the most important thing in the world.
It isn’t until now, sitting behind my team’s table, that I begin to understand why I want to be here so badly. It isn’t for Professor Janet or the rest of my math team. It’s not even for school pride. And despite all the whispers and odd stares I get from everyone who thought I was dead, this still feels right.
This competition is something I understand. It’s something I can, to a degree, control and anticipate. Sure, I don’t know what questions they’re going to throw at me or what the other team will be like, but math is consistent. It doesn’t change. No matter how the world turns upside down, two plus two will always equal four.
Tony, Sarah, and Phillip all gape at me as I take the last seat at the table, their expressions a mix of disbelief and curiosity, silently asking what has happened to me—and why I’ve come back at all.