"Quake"Page 1!!!

Stephanie was frantically searching what was left of the school, it looked like the Earthquake had destroyed most of it. Thank god the students had all gone home already. but she knew that her love was still in there somewhere and was worried about him. She was carefully working her way through the rubble and calling out "Wil, where are you? Wil?" but got no response, she wasn't sure where he was in the school, when the quake hit, so she would have to keep looking.

She put her hand on a beam, to step over some debris, it was a mistake. Some of the ceiling fell on her, knocking her to the ground and knocking her unconscious. A short time later, Dezmond found her, he knelt down, he was very concerned about her, he checked her pulse, it was strong, so she must not be injured to seriously. He brushed her beautiful blonde hair away from her face, she had a cut on her forehead, he took his handkerchief and placed it over the cut, then bent and gently took her mouth in his, kissing her deeply and gently, drinking in her sweetness. She began to stir, returning the kiss and moaning. Dezmond stopped kissing her, then said "Are you alright my love?" Stephanie nodded, "Yes, I think so, just got knocked out for a minute, are you alright?" She sat up, feeling a little dizzy at first. "Yes, I have a few injuries, but nothing serious, we need to get out of here." "I have looked around Wil, I didn't see any way out, since we are down in the basement." Dezmond helped her stand, she noticed he was not using his left arm and there was a bad gash on his leg, that was bleeding heavily. "God Wil, you are hurt pretty bad, we need to get that bleeding stopped." Dezmond looked puzzled, "What bleeding?" That was when Stephanie realized that he didn't even know about the gash, she became worried, he must be in shock.

She made him sit down, then checked his arm and leg. His arm was definitely broken, he moaned in pain as she checked it "I am sorry Wil, but I have to see how bad it is." She placed a small, gentle kiss on his lips. She then moved to his leg, she tore the pant leg, so she could see the wound better, it was deep, he had lost a lot of blood, she really started to worry, she didn't know how he was still on his feet with that kind of blood loss. She looked up into his eyes, they did look shiny from pain, and a little distant. She was afraid he was going to pass out, she had to stop the bleeding, so she took the handkerchief he had used earlier and placed it on the gash "This is going to really hurt Wil, but I don't have a choice." He just nodded, he was really becoming distant, she knew he was going into shock. She put pressure on the wound, which made Wil cry out, but it got the bleeding reduced. She took the scarf that she had been wearing and wrapped it around his leg, it was the best she could do.

Steph sat next to Wil, taking his face in her hands, looking deep into his green eyes, she could see pain and shock in them, she had to get him out of there. She gently kissed him, tasting his sweet mouth, he took her in his arms and began to kiss her deeper, devouring her mouth with his, it was a kiss of desperation and panic, as he knew he was going into shock. She let him kiss her, knowing it was allowing him to keep some hold on reality. She couldn't believe how passionately and deeply he was kissing her, they had kissed before, but not that much, they had only started seeing each other a few weeks ago, when she transferred here from another school. He began to probe her mouth with his tongue, then their tongues began an intricate dance, as the passion rose, she wanted to stop, so she could find a way out, but his kiss just felt too good. The kiss became more frantic, as he fell deeper into shock, he was nibbling on her lower lip, then sucked it into his mouth, sucking on it hard, no matter how hard he kissed her, he was losing the fight with the shock and blood loss. After another moment, he stopped as he lost consciousness.

Steph held his head for a moment, then gave him another kiss, enveloping his mouth with hers, then got up to look for a way out. "I love you Wil, I will get us out of here, I will not lose you." She said and began looking around. After about 2 hours of looking with no luck, she heard noises, "Hello, is anyone in there?" A voice asked, "Yes, please there is an injured man in here, he has lost a lot of blood, you have to get us out." Steph said. The voice on the other side said, "Ok, hang on, we'll have you out in a few minutes." Steph went back to Wil, he had regained consciousness a few minutes ago. "Thank you Steph, I love you too." She was a little puzzled, "Thanks for what?" She asked as she sat next to him, he put his good arm around her, "For allowing me to kiss you like that, it was the only thing I could think of to do, to keep my senses, but it didn't work." Steph smiled "There is no need to thank me, it was wonderful." Wil moved to kiss her again, capturing her mouth with his, devouring it, she moaned, she had never kissed a man this wonderful before, his kisses made her toe's curl. She continued kissing him, putting her hand behind his neck, to draw him in deeper, then the rescue workers got through and took them to safety.

The first thing he saw when he woke up, was a big bouquet of red roses. He reached over with his good arm and took out the card, it said 'My darling Wil, I love you so much, I know we really hadn't said it before. I didn't count when we were trapped in the school, because we were both in emotional stress, so I didn't know if either of us meant it, I now know that I do mean it, I will see you soon, much love Steph.' Dezmond got a tear in his eye at her statement, he too had meant what he said, she was the most wonderful and intelligent woman he had ever met, not to mention the most beautiful. He had loved the day she came into his life, it was the first time they had kissed, it was a small kiss and quite accidental, but he had never forgotten it. They had both come around a corner, they ran into each other and their lips had pressed together for a moment, the electricity in the touch had shot through him.

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