Eric Comes To A Decision

Eric walked over to a small wooden stood and picked it up, he moved back towards the wood stove and laid it down on the ground. With a little grunt, his foot slammed down and snapped one of the legs clean off, after a moment he turned it over and repeated the process. "What are you doing?" Anna's voice asked it had been almost two hours since the pair had so much as said a word. Anna was merely sitting on the old cot that was in the corner of the tower while Eric had positioned himself closer to the stove to keep warm and tend the flame.

"We don't have many legs," Eric replied with another grunt, breaking off the third leg, "It's already getting late, the sun will be down soon, and this storm isn't letting up at all." He glanced back at Anna with soft eyes, "We're staying here tonight, so we'll need plenty of wood." Anna nervously gulped and merely stared back at Eric, slightly frightened by the prospect, "Lucky for you, I'm here," He lightly joked trying to calm her,

"Why aren't you scared?" Anna's voice squeaked out,

"I am scared; I'm terrified that Zoey and Kenny haven't been found and are somewhere out in this fucking storm...god, I pray the fuck not, they can't be..." Eric whispered under his breath, "But us?" He said with a small shake of his head, "We're just fine,"

"How can you say that? Look where we are," Anna whimpered while cupping her face in her hands,

"Yeah, look where we are," Eric calmly replied while walking over and sitting down next to Anna, gently putting his hand on her back, "We're in a tower high up where no animals can get us, it has a stove to keep us warm, enough furniture to tend the fire, a bed for us to sleep and our packs have almost two or three days of food and water, which I highly doubt we'll need anyway."

Anna let out a slow breath and let her hands lower, though she quickly had to wipe her eyes, "I'm sorry, Eric," Anna wholeheartedly stated, "I-I shouldn't have pushed in on your relationship, it's my fault that Zoey ran off and she's out there." Anna quickly felt twin streams of tears pour down her face, "Oh god, if something happens to her, it's my fault," She whispered, "What the fuck did I do?"

"Hey, hey, hey," Eric softly said pulling Anna from the dark thoughts she was quickly slipping into, "It's not your fault, maybe she just got turned around or...or even changed her mind. Either way, she made a choice to run off, you can't blame yourself for that," Eric explained trying to calm Anna's guilty conscious,

"Bullshit," Anna denied as she wiped her eyes with her sleeve, "I'm just a bitch who moved in on a relationship and caused the other girl to get lost in the fucking woods. I'm fucking scum,"

"Stop that!" Eric nearly demanded of the blonde, "You are not scum, Anna. You didn't move in on us, I knew very well what I was doing and my feelings when I saw you yesterday. I tried to tell Zoey, but she wouldn't listen...I knew exactly what could happen if I came up here, and Anna," Eric sighed before shutting his eyes, "I did. I came up here, and I was so grateful to even be near you again."

"Eric..." Anna gently murmured while she tentatively moved her hand to his knee,

"I care about, Zoey, I really do but like I told you, I love you, Anna, not her. I feel like a douchebag for saying something like that, but it's just the truth. And I'm not going to sit there lying to her face about my commitment when I can't even say that I think she's the most important person in the room." Eric explained with a small shake of his head, "If anyone here is scum, it's me,"

Anna let out a sharp exhale and let her head rest on Eric's shoulder, her hand sliding up from his knee to his hand, quickly interlocking with it. "Why's it have to be complicated?" Anna asked though it seemed more she was just asking the world, "Why couldn't you have just stayed at in Greenwall? Why do we feel the need to deny ourselves of the most intense and amazing feeling in the world?"

"I...I don't know," Eric mumbled back while letting his head rest on top of Anna's while his thumb gently stroked her hand, "I, ahem, I think...fuck, when I see Zoey, I'm going to have to break up with her. I can't do this to her anymore," Anna's eyes went a bit wide, and she quickly sat up, looking at Eric in some shock, "It's the right thing to do,"

"You're going to...you'll break up with her for me?" Anna stammered out,

"Yeah, she deserves to be with someone who'll care about her completely, and I can't say I do anymore. I can say that about you, though," Eric replied with a soft smile,

"Eric," Anna squeaked out while a touched smile, immediately embracing the teen. "I love you, I love you so much," She whispered while quickly looking up and planting a kiss on his lips. Eric pushed back and easily kissed her in turn before Anna pulled back, though the break only lasted a single moment as Eric pressed in and kissed Anna again. Anna's breathing picked up, and she quickly accepted and renewed her's with new strength. In only a moment the pair were deeply locked with one another, tasting, holding, and even feeling each other.

Anna's eyes were no longer wet; her heart merely pounded hard while her hand traveled down towards Eric's belt. She only had sex with Eric once; he was her first and Anna secretly thought Eric would be her only. Now that they were going to be back together, Anna was willing to allow him to have her again; he was the single man she'd ever even consider doing this for so quickly. But Anna knew that nothing would stop them from staying together this time, regardless of the distance, Anna was going to hold onto Eric for dear life this time.

Suddenly Eric let out a small grunt and quickly pulled away from Anna, his hand moving to hers and stopping it in place, "W-What?" Anna whispered in confusion,

"No, we can't, not yet," Eric sighed,

"What? I trust you, Eric, you don't have to prove anything to me. I'm okay," Anna quickly replied attempting to reassure him if he had any doubts about her,

"I know you do, but that's not why," Eric said with a short smile, "I'm still with, Zoey, right now. I can't cheat on her; I need to wait until I've talked to her. Okay? I owe her that much,"

Anna quickly let out a nod, shaking off the small lustful thoughts that had just started to enter her mind, "Of course, that's...that's exactly what you should do," Anna agreed as she pulled her hand away from Eric's crotch, "You're right, we owe Zoey that much," Eric nodded, relieved that Anna at least understood his side.

The pair went quiet, now finding it a bit awkward since they clearly were almost about to do something. Eric couldn't deny his **** want to be with Anna, his...well, his girlfriend once again. As the two began to look around the room, Eric rubbed the back of his neck before giving his knees a small pat, "I'm, uh, I'll get back to breaking stuff for wood,"

"Yeah, and I'll...see what we have to eat for dinner I guess," Anna quickly said while hopping off the cot and moving to her bag.