Alone

Chapter 11: Lost In Dreams

Inside Alicia's dreams...

I'm floating, through an endless sky full of stars and its peaceful. A wave of calmness flows through me and I cannot help but feel completely content.

I slowly start to descend from the sky but I'm not afraid. It's as though I have total confidence that I will land gently back to the ground.

As the surface starts to come into view, that's when I see him. A beautiful, strong, and extremely charming man, with his arms open wide, ready to catch me safely in his embrace.

I gracefully fall into his large, strong, arms and he proceeds to hold me like superman while we stare deeply into each other's eyes. His deep blue eyes pierce through my green eyes and its almost as though he can see within my soul. It's as though he can see everything about me and know all my deepest desires and with the glint in his eyes, I can tell he wants to be the only one to fulfill those desires.

His hand reaches up and brushes the side of my cheek, slowly moving down to circle his hand around the back of my neck. Even the simplest touch sends every nerve in my body on high alert. I want, no I need more.

With his hand supporting my head he slowly moves his face closer to mine. I close my eyes in the anticipation of his soft lips grazing mine. He slightly teases me, getting ever so close where I can feel the heat of his minty breath against my mouth.

The anticipation is killing me and I decide to take what I want. It may be bold but I know he wants it as well. I raise my arms to his face and slowly loop them around his neck, feeling every bit of open skin I can along the way. I weave my fingers through his dark hair and pull his face closer to mine. I need to feel his lips on mine now and I succeed.

He deepens the kiss, while slowly lowering me to my feet. His hands begin to roam my body and every touch feels like electricity flowing through my entire being. I have never experienced this feeling before and I'm not ready for it to end...

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Alicia Pov

And nope, the beautiful dream had to end and now I'm back in the reality that I'm stuck with an arrogant jerk, in the middle of no where and although he may look like the man in my dreams, he is far from the charming dream version.

Yes, I am very attracted to him and I'm more than willing to admit that but that is as far as it can go and no further. And if today has anything to do about it we may not even survive long enough to even form a true friendship let alone a love connection.

I may be being a bit over dramatic about the situation we will be in today and the plan is less than promising, so I will whole heartily confess that I am scared.

There is a definite attraction between myself and Captain Shepherd especially considering my dream and he does make feel safe. I can't help but wonder what these feelings are, whether they are genuine or just the fact that we're alone and I'm the damsel in distress and he's the hunky space Captain.

I have to keep reminding myself of his arrogance and any other bad habit I come across. Yes, I've always dreamed of finding love in some epic way, but surely this can't be what fate had in store for me.

I have no idea how long we will be out here, let alone how many more dangers may appear in our path, and although I'm terrified, I will never give up trying and I know Shepherd won't give up either.

And on the bright side, he's a soldier so he's an automatic survival guy right there! I'm sure he has had a ton of training in case of any possible event that we may come across and this has to be one of them. As for now, I have confidence in his abilities to keep me safe and with my intelligence, we will absolutely figure out a solution!

I begin to feel him stir awake beside me and my mind immediately returns to visions from my dream. Suddenly I feel flush and try to get up and run for the bathroom before he sees. I need to take a cool shower to get this hot feeling to calm down so I can concentrate on today's mission.

I truly do not understand the hold this man has over my body but it's getting more and more difficult to keep in check. I only wish I knew for certain if I affected him this way as well.

When I make my way out of the bathroom, I forgot to fabricate new clothes so I try to dart out quickly so he doesn't just see me wrapped in a towel like I did with him yesterday, hmm yesterday, the way the towel hung so low on his hips, I could see the defined v-line along with the little trail of hair that disappeared beneath the towel. The small beads of water that slowly flowed down his perfectly, sculpted body that I wanted to lick along the trail.

Wow, ok settle down there horndog! I quickly open the bathroom door and in my haste crash directly into Shepherds hard, n***d, slightly hairy, very manly n***d chest.

I yelped in surprise and nearly knocked us both over in the process but he was able to maintain his balance and catch me as well, but not before my towel fell to floor. He pulled me up into him trying to help cover my modesty, a reflex I suppose, but it only seemed to backfire on us both.

We were entangled in each other's embrace, our n***d bodies pressed against each other and our breathing uneven and erratic even. For a moment we only stared into each other's eyes, possibly waiting for the other to break the awkwardness that now ensued.

He backed away first while closing his eyes and reaching around the floor for the missing towel which only made me smile at his flustered behavior. "I'm so sorry, I was only coming to give you these," he proceeded to point to a stack of clothing on a nearby chair.

I found a robe and reached out my hand to signal it was ok for him to open his eyes. "Thank you, Shepherd but may I ask why it's all black, and are we supposed to look like black ops mercenaries?"

He laughed and that michevious glint was back in his eye, "It's just the most basic combat selection I could find and it will keep you safe out there. I need you to be safe out there."

I had to turn around considering that comment made me smile and it made me feel something I'm not ready to admit even to myself. Looking back at Shepherd, I proceeded to thank him and asked if he could give me some time to get dressed and prepare for the mission.

I'm not sure what could be so important from his broken ship left in his cave to where we have to risk our lives to retrieve it but for now I guess we both just need to trust each other considering we're working toward the same goal...getting back home.

Kyle POV

I could feel she had woken before me but was really hoping she would get out bed soon because I had a minor issue that I'm sure she wouldn't appreciate. After a moment, I decided to stir a little, hoping that would alert her to my presence and she would want to get out the bed first. Thank goodness it worked, now back to my problem.

That woman is going to be the death of me! I hardly know her and vice-versa but already she has completely infiltrated my mind.

She was the main presence in all my dreams though the night. They were incredible even though they were only dreams. Things happened in my mind that would make a p********e blush! So my problem I'm now having to deal with as a result of said dreams, is my aching, rock hard morning wood and as much as I would have loved for her to roll over this morning and help me with my situation I don't think we are even close to that happening.

After uncomfortably getting out the bed, I started to undress from the clothes I wore to bed. I assumed she would be out of the shower soon and then I needed a much needed cold shower. I was pacing around in only my boxer shorts when I thought about our mission today and how miss beauty queen would need a much more stealthy outfit than anything she was probably going to walk out in.

I chose to make her clothes much like my uniform but not as bulky and in women's sizes of course. When walking towards the back of this ship with the bathroom I must have gotten momentarily distracted because the next thing I knew I had a gorgeous n***d woman in my arms completely pressed up against me. I could feel the heat and softness of her entire body and her perfectly rounded perky breasts against my bare chest.

I no longer had just regular morning wood but now a full hard on and I was praying she wasn't gonna freak out. It's involuntary and hey, she's f*****g sexy!

I immediately pulled away and closed my eyes, trying my best to be a gentleman and not a bumbling fool while trying to apologize. She accepted and although we were both red as tomatoes, I'm sure we both acted cool about it... on the outside anyway.

I turned around to leave for the bathroom so I could finish getting ready and left her to do the same. We have a big day today and I know she's scared, I am a little as well but I vowed to keep her safe and I will. Alicia may have her doubts of the importance of the items in my cave, but I know that even if we do find someone or something among this solar system that can help us, we will still the things in my possession to get home.