Derrick: Nah, her name was Snow Beauty.
Marcus: You’re all wrong. The Disney princess’ name was White Beauty. But my girl’s nickname is MINE, so keep your paws off.
Snickering, I hold my phone out from my body and take a selfie. Before I hit send on the photo, I type out my next text so it’s ready to go along with it.
Alex: IDK man, it seems like she can’t keep her hands off me.
Derrick: Dude, that’s creepy. Why are you taking pictures of our passed out girl?
Marcus: What… What the fuck is that? Did you tie her hands together?? WTF Alex! UNTIE HER HANDS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
Marcus: I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU LET HIM DO THAT, KLAUS. YOU’RE BOTH DEAD WHEN I GET THERE.
Klaus: Shit! Don’t look at me, man. I've been so focused on our surroundings I never looked at her. Trust me, I would’ve said something.
Derrick: lol, y’all should see his face right now. I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a face get this red in my entire life.
Derrick: Oof...bad idea to poke the wolf when he’s mad. Pretty sure my arm will be dead for a week.
Marcus: See Klaus even knows to keep his eyes off of MINE. You other two should take note of that. He’ll only be half dead when I get back.
Alex: What’s wrong with having tied her hands? It helped make it so I could be hands free when carrying her, which I would need if I had to protect her. Plus, you never know… maybe she’s into it ;-)
Marcus: …
Klaus: Damn, now that’s a mental picture I can get behind.
Derrick: Why would you do that to me? I didn’t need to catch sight of Marcus’ hard dick imprint in his pants today.
Alex: Why are you looking at Marcus’ crotch, Derrick? Have something you need to share with the group?
Derrick: Just wanted to know if I was the only one who got hard at that comment...
Klaus: Ok… on that note, let’s get back to the original subject. Alex does have a point about picking a name for her.
Marcus: I already told you what it is.
Alex: Pretty sure you have to lick it to claim it, Marcus.
Derrick: I saw some Queen’s Thistle all over the area where we found her, and Alex keeps wanting to name her after Disney princesses, how about we just call her Princess?
Alex: Yeah, I’m down with that.
Marcus: Fine.
Klaus: So, we agree. We call her princess until she wakes up and we can find out her name.
Marcus: One of you guys needs to start a perimeter patrol. I don’t care which of you goes first. Stop fucking around and be alert at all times.
Of course it’s Marcus putting an end to our fun. It’salwaysMarcus. With a sigh, I move to untie our princess’ hands and give her a quick peck on the cheek after lowering her to the ground. My lips stay on her cheek, not wanting to pull away quite yet, and brush against her skin as I whisper, “Well, Princess, I’m glad I have something to call you for now. We’ll figure things out and wake you up before too long.”
I must be channeling Derrick right now because I can’t help but pull out my phone to take a selfie of me with my tongue out, making it look like I’m about to lick her face. My finger hits send on the picture as Klaus says, “Dude, what the actual fuck is wrong with you? Do you not understand the creep vibe you’re giving off right now? No more pictures until she’s conscious.”
Derrick: I think you broke Marcus. He keeps counting over and over, it’s now running together like it’s all one word… one-two-three-four-five over and over.
I’m such a dick. I love it. Marcus can try to lay a claim on her all he wants but he isn’t the only one who belongs to her. “How do you want to split things up?” I ask Klaus, trying to distract him from giving me even more of a lecture over the picture I just took.
Klaus glances over at me. “Assuming I can trust you to be alone with her, I should take first watch. You did carry her all day. We should probably settle with eating some protein bars for now and avoid having a fire until we know the coast is clear.”
