I'm Begging You

[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

"Oh?" Kurt said with a small smile as he once again began to trail small kisses from her lips down to her neck.

His arms tightened around her for half a second as she raised herself against him, his fingers sliding over the small of her back, his lips pressing against her skin. She let out a soft sigh as Kurt pushed her ever further through the water until they could both easily stand.

He held her there for a moment more, everything else forgotten. The sun high above them was ignored, the cool water rippling in waves as Kurt's thumbs slowly hooked beneath the cloth of her swimwear. For a second Kurt rested there, simply holding her. He smiled against her neck as he let out a breath, Jamie's fingers slowly running through his hair as he began to speak again. "I think we'll have to see about that, Lady Pyne."

The scruff on his cheek would scratch against her skin.

"I think you'll find..." He trailed off as his thumbs slid down her thighs. "I'm more than up to the task."

 

[Jamie Pyne]

"I'm burnt." She said, eyes glancing down to her slightly reddened shoulders. "I forgot sunscreen." The blonde let out a small curse for her forgetfulness. Being the pale complexioned human she was, sunscreen was a life necessity, almost as much so as oxygen itself. The sun was her most formidable enemy, always there, always threatening.

Annoying.

Jamie sat up, running her fingers through her still damp hair.

"I should put some after exposure cream on it before I start on dinner, before it gets worse."

And probably find a shirt that sits off the shoulders, rather than atop them. The pain would set in soon enough and clothes atop sunburns were never pleasant.

[member="Kurt Meyer"]

 

[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

"I can help with that." Kurt said with a smile, shifting slightly so that he could sit up besides her.

The sun wasn't really a problem for him, he could probably stand out here all day and be perfectly fine. Jamie of course didn't have the same natural resistance, something that would be a slight problem when they took their trip back to Tatooine. Maybe he would have to make sure that she packed extra sunscreen, or just get her a Tusken Raider robe. He shook his head.

That bridge would be crossed when they got there.

"I can get pants too." He said with a smile. "Just encase someone wanders in while you're cooking."

He doubted anyone would, but with how loud things had gotten it was better to be safe than sorry.

Especially with what had happened here on Naboo lately.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

"That would be best, I think." Jamie allowed herself one more glance over Kurt's body before pushing herself up, collecting her own clothes. "And I would appreciate it, the help that is." Heading back towards the same door they had exited from earlier, Jamie gestured for Kurt to follow along with her inside. "I'm going to need a shower also, I think." She paused, squinting her eyes at Kurt. "Because someone threw me in the pool." The door was then pulled ajar, the cool draft from the inside of the estate hitting her chest and instantly making her shiver. "C-C-Cold!"

Like a frightened animal the girl practically sprinted from the doorway on the tips of her toes to the large staircase that lead upstairs towards her bedroom and attached bathroom. "Cold! Cold! Cold!" She shouted the whole way down the corridor, still entirely undressed, body unadjusted to the temperature difference.

"Come on Kurt! Quick! Up, up, up!"

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[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

He didn't need any encouragement.

While Kurt could stand in the sun all day, he wasn't so good with the cold. As Jamie urged him forward The Courier rushed after her. Once or twice he almost slipped on the wet trail she her hair had left, barely catching himself once or twice as he grasped the railing. He half turned, half jumped over the wooden obstacle, bounding up the stairs two at a time as Jamie rushed in front of him.

"Hang on!" He shouted after her, watching as she slipped into her room.

There was a smile on his face, though goosebumps were already rushing over his skin.

Kurt was glad that Jamie didn't live on Hoth or some other ice world, he couldn't take the idea of having to run through snow or other cold. The air conditioning in her house was enough to make him shrivel up a bit, something that the portraits hanging on the wall were undoubtedly noticing as he rushed past them.

"Okay okay." He told her as they stepped into the bedroom, Kurt closing the door behind them. "Turn your shower on."

 

[Jamie Pyne]

Jamie tossed the swim wear into the small wicker basket in the corner of the room before scampering into the bathroom. Her fingers pressed against the panel that activated the shower, setting the temperature to the perfect degree. It would take less than fifteen seconds for the water to heat properly, giving her time to remove...

OH NO! -- The bracelet... Oh stars, no...Aela.

A massive pit formed in the blonde's stomach as she felt her chest tighten. Her teeth bit into her lower lip as she exhaled a strained, heavy breath. Jamie froze in place at the sink, staring at the mirror in an almost pale shock.

Oh no...Nononononononono.

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[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

Kurt wandered up behind Jamie, having grabbed some clothes and laid them out of the bed for him to wear after they got finished showering. She wasn't the only one that got dirty after all.

He was about to wander past her and step into the shower when he caught her expression out of the corner of his eye. He frowned for a moment, stopping himself and glancing towards Jamie fully to see that she looked like she had just seen a ghost. His lips thinned. "Babe?"

Kurt stepped behind her.

"What's wrong?" She looked like she was about to throw up.

Had she forgotten something? Did the Sith Get loose? Did her parents have security cameras pointed at the pool?

All of those seemed like horrible options.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

"Um. I."

Blue eyes floated down to her wrist, the bangle hanging loosely against her skin. Innocent, harmless, forgotten.

For a long minute she stared at the thin material, realizing the terrible, terrible mistake she'd made. In the moment she had completely forgotten to remove the bracelet. Whatever had just gone on over the past hour or so, well, Aela had gotten the memo. A calling card from worlds away. A postcard of euphoria and ecstasy. Anything more and she could have been watching.

"Oh no." Her voice was raspy, defeated. "What have I done?"

Her head turned slowly to Kurt, he had no idea... Jamie swallowed the knot in her throat. "I forgot to take this off."

The index finger on the girl's other hand pointed to the bangle on her wrist. "Kurt, I forgot."

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[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

"Uhhh..." Had Jamie gone insane?

Had Kurt literally karked her brains out? He was good...but was he that good? It was a question that he had often pondered in life, but now it seemed like a very real concept. Slowly, gently, he grabbed Jamie's shoulders. His fingers massaged, as if trying to calm her.

"Honey." He turned serious. "It's a bracelet."

He glanced at the bangle for a moment. "I think the leather is treated so it'll be fine with some water exposure."

Not to mention other...stuff, but it was probably fine. He couldn't imagine that the thing would start falling apart, plus if it did Theed literally had hundreds of jewelry shops where they could go to get a new leather band. Perhaps even a chain if she really wanted to.

Not like Jamie couldn't afford it.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

"No. Kurt. You don't understand." She punctuated her words sternly. "This bracelet."

Oh, how did she word this so he would understand the depth of trouble she was going to be in for this.

"Aela and I..." She said, hands tugging at blonde locks as she leaned forward towards the mirror, staring herself down like it was some sort of contest. Without even noticing the blonde began to bounce up and down, a murmur passing through her lips as she glared at her stupid, forgetful self. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh."

It wasn't just a bracelet. It was the bracelet. Not a gift or a trinket or piece of flair just because.

It connected the two. Not good. Not good at all.

The water was hardly the concern here. No, it was much worse than that. So. Much. Worse.

 

[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

He blinked, slowly starting to confirm to himself that his girlfriend had indeed gone instead. It was understandable really, given everything that she had been through lately. Perhaps the Sith and all the stress of what happened here on Naboo was simply too much. Why she chose now or the bracelet...who knew. "Why don't we sit down for a sec?"

Kurt asked her quietly.

The Courier of course had no idea what the bracelet actually was or did. He was not a complete stranger to the mysteries of the force, both Jamie and Kaile having explained things to him more than once, but she hadn't exactly made anything clear about what the bracelet was. So far she'd just said that it was the bracelet and that she and Aela had done something with it. Kurt could only assume that it was a friendship bracelet of some sort, something the girls back home used to do as well.

"It'll be fine." He told her. "We can get a new cord or something."

Was she really that worried?

 

[Jamie Pyne]

Jamie turned away from the mirror, her eyes settling on her boyfriend's.

"Kurt. This bracelet." Her face was pale, more pale than her natural Nabooian complexion. More pale than the purest ivory. She looked like she was about to be sick. If she wasn't so panicked, so frozen in place, she may have, but for now there was only dread. Dread of looking Aela in the eye the next time she saw her, having known. "Aela and I are connected through it."

Would he understand? Probably not...

"When the Sith abducted me, tortured me, this bracelet was both how she found me, and how she felt what was wrong." Maybe now it would begin to click for him, and how she had managed to survive that day. It wasn't some genius escape she'd made. If it wasn't for Aela and that bracelet, she would have been dead, or worse. Perhaps likely worse. "She will have felt everything I just... Felt.... Outside."

[member="Kurt Meyer"]

 

[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

"Oh." Kurt said as he reached up and scratched his head. For a second still he thought she might actually be crazy, but then she added the bit about the Sith and it started to make a little bit more sense. He went through a quick range of emotion, frowning, thinned neutral lips, then a sudden expression of shock. "Ohhhh."

He paused for a moment, looking at the floor, the ceiling, then at the Mirror.

Quietly Kurt stared at Jamie's naked body, then his own in the reflection. Then a small smile broke out on his face. A snicker escaped him, he couldn't quite help it. That quickly turned into a chuckle, and then outright laughter.

"She-she-" Kurt quickly found himself laughing far too much to actually use words.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

Jamie's face was entirely blank. She stared at him as if he was insane. A few passive blinks of her eyes. She couldn't fathom how he thought this was at all funny. The longer he laughed the angrier she became until finally she slapped his chest, not hard, but enough for him to realize she wasn't finding any of this humorous in the slightest.

The blonde yelled, scolded him. "Knock it off! It's not funny!"

Her head shook, sending wet strands of golden hair from side to side, throwing water in just about every direction.

"How am I supposed to look her in the eye! This is going to be so embarrassing!"

He's karking laughing! "This is serious!"

[member="Kurt Meyer"]

 

[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

"Oh come on!" Kurt said as he finally pushed his laughter down enough. There was still a wide smirk on his face, he couldn't quite hide just how funny he found this situation.

"It's sex!" He protested. "It's not like she's unaware it exists."

He would hope at the very least.

"Just explain you got caught up in your handsome roguish boyfriend." He still couldn't stop smiling, his face was starting to hurt a little bit. Kurt just didn't really understand the big deal. So Aela knew that Jamie had sex, that wasn't such a bad thing.

Not like it wouldn't have happened eventually anyway.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

"No, Kurt!" Her face reddened a bit. The more he talked about it the more embarrassed she became even discussing the matter. "You don't know her like I do. This is going to be the worst conversation ever." She groaned, "I'm never going to hear the end of this now!"

Why didn't I just take the stupid thing off!? Why did I forget!?

STUPID.

Jamie wanted to tell Kurt she was still pure, but that wasn't something she felt openly right sharing. Still, she had to address the gravity of the situation somehow.

"She's either going to be mortified or tease me for the rest of my life. Neither one of those I can deal with, Kurt. She's going to torment me either way!"

[member="Kurt Meyer"]

 

[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

He still couldn't help the small smirk on his lips. What was he supposed to do? There wasn't a way for him to reverse time, and it wasn't like he could somehow change what they had just done. Besides, he was pretty sure it wasn't that big of a deal.

"Well..." He paused for a few moments, thinking.

There wasn't really anyway out of this. According to Jamie Aela would already know everything that had happened, and there wasn't taking it back. He had no idea how this thing worked, but if it transmitted emotions then Aela would also know just how mortified Jamie currently was. That was something at the very least...probably.

"Maybe you just have to out mortify her." He told Jamie. "When she teases you, start listing off the details."

He almost laughed again.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

"You're abhorrent." She quipped, pushing Kurt towards the shower. "Go. Before I hit you."

She shook her head, stepping into the large, ornate basin on the opposite side. The heat of the incredibly hot water and the bite of the humid air catching her was invigorating. Near scalding water was a delight to Jamie, and a small respite from the looming dread over her head of what she would say to Aela, or what Aela would say to her next time they saw one another.

"We can start dinner after, if you're hungry?" She reached for a large bottle beside Kurt to wash out her hair. "I'm pretty hungry now, myself."

Besides, Jamie was actually pretty eager to make this. Avoiding her family and eating alone weren't exactly the most warming feelings. And unless she was with Aela that was generally how she spent her time on Naboo. Cooking for him would be a nice change of pace.

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[Kurt Meyer]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

As she turned his hand slowly wrapped around her, the hot water rushing over the both of them as he pulled himself closer. "Sure."

Kurt was actually rather fond of water showers, mostly because his entire life had been filled with nothing but sonics. On Tatooine water showers were seen as wasteful, in the navy it had been the same story, and on The Messa a system like that would simply have been far too heavy. So when the rare opportunity presented itself where he actually got to spend time in a water shower Kurt was more than happy to do so, especially considering the company.

"I worked up quite an appetite." He said with a small smirk touching his lips.

His stomach growled as if on cue.

The Courier kissed Jamie's neck, then backed away a few inches so he could scrub himself.

 

[Jamie Pyne]

The blonde laughed, turning away from Kurt to run her fingers through her hair, rinsing the soap away with the intense heat of the water beating against her. Thankfully now with the shorter locks it was a slightly faster process, given that there was less to deal with after the cutting of her hair several weeks back, yet there still seemed to be enough that it would take a fair amount of effort to be rid of the suds entirely.

"Did you say you were heading off tomorrow afternoon?"

There were still things to talk about, things to discuss. It wasn't quite as though everything was rosy and glamorous, but they were at least workable.

Or at least, they were more so than they were before. She hoped anyway.

[member="Kurt Meyer"]