Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:17:34 -0500 From: Peyton Jones Subject: Love On A Mountain Chapter 3 in High School Lesbian Love on a Mountain This story is the property of the co-authors and cannot be reproduced or distributed without specific consent of the authors. This work is Copyrighted. All Rights Reserved. It is written for your enjoyment only. This story about the love between two women and is fiction. Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental. Chapter Three By Chrissy and Peyton Harper showered Bailey with kisses as both of their hands moved back and forth caressing each other. She kissed Bailey's cheek and neck causing Bailey to moan. Bailey tilted her head allowing Harper to kiss her on her neck. "Oh Harper, what are you doing to me? You have my body on fire," Bailey moaned. Harper kept kissing Bailey on her neck knowing some of her kisses were leaving marks on Bailey's neck. Her one hand had moved over Bailey's breast and she was using her thumb to tease Bailey's nipple. Bailey reacting to Harper's touch pushed her chest out and thus her nipple forcing it into Harper's finger. Harper with her index finger along with her thumb pinched and tweaked Bailey's nipple causing Bailey to moan even more. "Oh, god, Harper you're going to make me cum and we haven't begun to make love," Bailey moaned. "Is this what I have been missing? I can't get enough of you. Please take me. Oh god, I've never felt this good before." Harper placed her leg between Baileys and moved it back and forth giving Bailey the friction she needed between her legs. As soon as she placed her leg between Baileys and moved it up and down a little she felt and heard Bailey moan knowing that she had brought Bailey to her first orgasm from a girl. Bailey had grabbed Harper around the shoulders wrapping her arms tightly around Harper and lifted her head up burying it in Harper's shoulder and mouthed , "Oh god ugghh," as her orgasm consumed her leaving Bailey unable to move on her own. Harper kept kissing Bailey but moved her hand from Bailey's breast to her abdomen. She felt Bailey's mound which protruded out slightly. Bailey kept her pubic hair trimmed short in a small line about one inch long for her cheerleading so hairs wouldn't be peaking out when she cheered. This was unlike Hunter who kept hers shaved which is how Rachel liked it. As she moved lower she could feel Bailey holding her breath and widening her legs to allow for Harper to touch her there. Harper moved over Bailey's mound and with her middle finger, slowly sliding over each side of Bailey's labia. Moving her fingers slowly, she lightly brought her finger down Bailey's slit past Bailey's clitoris and back through her vagina. Bailey tensed and she moaned as Harper's touch was sending shivers through her whole body. Harper could feel Bailey moisture as she slid her finger deeper into Bailey's slit bringing louder moans from Bailey. Harper continued to move her finger around and inside of Bailey as if she were playing with her instead of finger fucking Bailey. Each time she brought her fingers across Bailey's labia she got a coo from Bailey and when her fingers entered Bailey's vagina and ran across her clitoris she felt Bailey tense and moan. Harper kept kissing Bailey throughout, this time trying to satisfy her own desire, as this was a dream come true for her to be passionately kissing and making love to Bailey. Her fingers were soaked with Bailey's fluids and were making noises as they moved in and out of Bailey. Harper could feel Bailey beginning to tense as Bailey kissed her harder and her arms grabbed tighter to Harper as Bailey's whole body tensed and began to spasm. She gave a low guttural sound followed by a continuous, "Awg, oh god, oh god ughhh!" Harper lay there as Bailey's orgasm continued to flow through her body from head to toe which seemed like ten minutes. She kissed Bailey's cheek as she allowed Bailey to enjoy her first two orgasms at the hand of another woman. "Oh god I did not know I could cum that intensely especially from the hands of another girl. That was unbelievable! Oh Harper, wow!" Bailey exclaimed. Harper kissed Bailey on her cheek her hand very lightly rubbing Bailey's labia and her slit. "If that is what it is like to make love to another girl, sign me up," Bailey smiled and gave a quick kiss to Harper on the lips. "You know that was just the beginning don't you? There's more to making love than fingering," Harper said to Bailey. "There's more?" Bailey questioned. "A... yeah, but not everyone does everything. Some people like to do everything and some people only do what we just did. The thing about making love is to do what the other person likes. There are some lesbians that only kiss and rub on each other until they cum and there are others that love to feel the fingers or tongue of their partner until they cum. There are no rules or guidelines to follow. It's not like letting a guy stick his dick into you and when he cums that is it. With women there is no limit what you can do or not do, other than your body telling you you're satisfied and happy," Harper explained. "Will you teach me more? I want to experience more of what I've been missing?" Bailey asked. "I will if we have time. I need to go out to the road and put up a marker if someone comes by now that the snow has stopped," Harper explained. "I don't want you to. We have enough food for a few more days. I want to stay here with you and make love before we have to go back," Bailey pleaded. "We only have two maybe three days of food left and your foot needs medical attention," Harper told Bailey but already Bailey was getting to her as she no longer sounded so confident in her explanation. Harper knew there was no guarantee when they would be saved. Harper knew for her and Bailey things would be different than it was before they ended up here. Here Bailey was dependent on Harper, and Bailey wanted her. What harm would one or two more days do? They couldn't take the food with them as there was no way to cook it. This was going against her best judgment and against all she had learned about survival. "We have enough food and we can't take it with us. My foot doesn't ache as much and the damage is already done. I figure they will have to operate to fix it now. My cheerleading days are over and I have no plans to cheer in college anyway. Please Harper. Let's stay here for another day or two and enjoy making love. When we get home we both know life will be different," Bailey pleaded. Bailey knew Harper's weakness and she used it against her pulling Harper down to her. She wrapped her arms around Harper's shoulders and neck, looking her in her eyes with a loving look. She kissed her on Harper's lips parting her lips with her tongue and moaning into her mouth. Harper pulled her head back from Bailey saying, "One more day. We can stay one more day." Bailey smiled at Harper, kissing her again she whispered into Harper's ear, "Thank you." They lay there for thirty more minutes kissing and hugging each other. "Making love works up an appetite," Bailey laughed. "We have enough of that Spam don't we?" "Yeah, I'll cut a slice for each of us and warm it up," Harper said as she got up pulling a blanket around her since she was naked. "You look pretty sexy wearing that blanket and knowing there's nothing underneath," Bailey teased Harper. Harper warmed up the slices and brought them back to their bed lying next to Bailey as they ate. "I've never spent the day in bed making love before," Bailey said to Harper. "This will be a first for me too," Harper told Bailey. "So you have made love to a girl before just not for the whole day?" Bailey inquired again. "Are we back to that topic that again? I would have thought after what we did you would have either forgotten about that or it didn't matter to you anymore," Harper sighed sounding exasperated. "In case you haven't guessed, I'm nosey. Besides now that I have had sex with you, I want to know about my competition," Bailey. "This isn't a competition," Harper tried to explain. "What's her name?" Bailey asked. "Really? You want to know her name?" Harper asked knowing that there was an unwritten rule about talking about girlfriends to potential girlfriends. "Tell me please? Does she go to school with us?" Bailey persisted. "No she doesn't," Harper said out of exasperation. "Is she in high school or college?" Bailey wouldn't let Harper end this conversation. "High school," Harper said letting Bailey question her and Harper answering her despite Harper not wanting to. "Where did you two meet?" Bailey continued to pry. "At summer camp. We were both at forestry camp," Harper said lying her head down resigned to Bailey's persistence. "Another ranger to be," Bailey commented. "No not her. She is going to Cornell next year on full scholarship. She is going to be a physicist," Harper told Bailey. "She's smart. Why was she at forestry camp then?" Bailey asked. "Boredom. Her mom wanted her out of the house for the summer so she enrolled in three camps to fill her summer. She looked at the curriculum for the science and math camps and she said she would be bored as she knew all they were going to teach. She then selected forestry because it took up most of the summer and sounded interesting," Harper told her thinking if she told Bailey how smart Rachel was Bailey would stop with the questions. "What's her name?" Bailey kept asking Harper. "Rachel." Harper sighed as she answered letting Bailey know she was tired of answering. "Pretty name. Is she pretty?" Bailey asked. "Very," Harper answered quickly and emphatically. "Do I need to be jealous?" Bailey asked. "Bailey, don't asked that. You know there is no way to answer that either safely or realistically. Either way I can't answer that without getting into trouble. Besides what are the chances of you two meeting or what are the chances of us seeing each other when we are home?" Harper asked thinking if she did it would end this conversation. "Do you think I'm pretty?" Bailey asked. "You know I do. I've already told you were my crush since elementary school on. I just never pictured us having more than a going to school type of relationship. They lay there in silence for a few minutes before Harper spoke, "Okay, I believe I am over wanting to make love. All these questions have officially changed any desire I had," Harper stated. "Why, do you think I'm a snob and all stuck up?" Bailey ignored Harper continuing to ask questions. "You know this conversation is not one to have if we are going to make love?" Harper again told Bailey. "I know but it is your opinion of me and I want to know how you feel about me," Bailey pleaded. "Yes, you can come across as thinking you're better than others," Harper softly said trying not to hurt Bailey's feelings but at the same time being honest with her. "Before or after you came out as a lesbian," Bailey inquired. "Both, before you didn't even notice me. Now that you know about me it has been somewhat worse as your group of friends seems to take notice and pick on me more. That is why I can't wait for this year to be over and I go to college where it won't matter as much who I am. There I will be simply another student," Harper said sounding relieved. Bailey reached over and pulled Harper to her kissing her as she did, "I'm sorry for treating you that way and ignoring you. You deserve better." Bailey and Harper hugged and kissed until it got heated between each of them. Harper had already cupped and was squeezing Bailey's breast making Bailey moan especially when Harper would pinch her nipple a little bit as she played with her breast. "You know you can touch my breast to if you would like," Harper whispered to Bailey. "I don't know what to do," Bailey responded. Harper straddled Bailey being careful not to hurt her leg and sat on Bailey's abdomen. She took both of Bailey's hands and brought them up to her breasts cupping both of them. She kneaded and squeezed both breasts with Bailey's hands until she felt Bailey was comfortable doing this on her own then she released both hands. Harper moaned as she felt Bailey squeezing and teasing her breasts. She looked down at Bailey who was looking up at her with stars in her eyes. She slightly moved her hips and pelvis back and for causing friction on her pussy lips against Bailey's mons. Harper moaned more feeling the wonderful sensation between her legs. Her labia was already slick with her fluids and easily glided over Bailey's mons as she moved her hips back and forth. Bailey continued to pinch and squeeze Harper's breasts and nipples enjoying the feeling she saw Harper experiencing. Harper sat on Bailey's hips and continued to undulate her hips back and forth bringing her hand to her own mons and finding her nub began rubbing it in circles. Bailey looked down from her chest to see what Harper was doing with her hand and moved her hand on top of Harper's. Harper could feel Bailey's hand mimicking hers and she pulled her hand away replacing it with Bailey's. "Rub my clit," she instructed Bailey, telling her what it was that Harper wanted. Bailey was touching Harper for the first time and touching a girl for the first time. The wetness and stickiness of Harper's fluids didn't seem to bother Bailey as she rubbed in small circles and up and down Harper's clit. Harper closed her eyes but continued moving back and forth loving the feel of Bailey's fingers on her clit. Harper could feel the stirrings begin to rise in her then Bailey did the unexpected that sent Harper over the edge as her orgasm came crashing down on her. Just as Harper was reaching her peak, Bailey moved her hand down farther slipping a finger in Harper's slit and being that Bailey's fingers were turned up and curled as they went in she found Harper's g-spot rubbing across it sending Harper's orgasm exploding as she came. Bailey could feel the fluids in Harper increase and heat up as she came and Bailey taking her three middle fingers flattened them and spread Harper's juices across Harper's labia. "I take it I hit a good spot," she said as she continued to run her three fingers across Harper's labia. By now Harper was bent over and lying on Bailey's chest trying to catch her breath. "The best spot you could hit. How did you know where to rub?" Harper asked her as she labored to speak. "I didn't. I wanted to see what it was like to put my fingers inside of you. Then I remembered there was a g-spot inside of me that feels really good when I masturbate, so I wanted to see if it worked on you and apparently it does," Bailey said as she smiled and kissed Harper's cheek. "For as cold as it is in here you've worked up a sweat," Bailey said as she wiped beads of sweat from Harper's forehead and chest. "The best kind of sweat," Harper smiled and moved her lips over to kiss Bailey's lips. "Something tells me if we stay in bed all day there will be more of it. These sheets will be soaked along with us too. We will need another bird bath before we leave." "Then I hope we soak them and we are drenched," Bailey said hugging Harper and kissing her neck and shoulders. "What else is there to do while having lesbian sex?" Bailey asked. "Give me a few. I just had an earth shattering orgasm. You can't expect me to go this soon afterwards," Harper explained. "Besides I don't think we can do it all today without exhausting ourselves. We wouldn't enjoy it then and only be doing it to do it. You have to do what is enjoyable when it's enjoyable. Let's lie here and for awhile and enjoy each other while we can. Tomorrow will be here soon enough then we will go back to life as it was." "That's what I was trying to avoid. I don't want to go back," Bailey moaned. "Why not? I thought you would want to get back to your family and all of your friends?" Harper asked curious as to why now she didn't want to go home. "Because it's all fake and I'm a fake and if I go home I'll have to play the Ms. Goodie Two Shoes again and I'm tired of playing that role," Bailey told Harper almost crying. "I don't understand," Harper questioned. "Before all you saw of me was this popular cheerleader who in your own words thought "I was better than others" and frankly I was used to getting my way, spoiled if you will. Now I've experienced humility, embarrassment and not getting my way and depending on someone else for the basics of life. As hard as that has been, this time has been the best time I could have had and it's because of you," Bailey told Harper taking her hand and touching Harper's cheek. Harper didn't know what to say so she sat there holding Bailey's hand against her cheek giving it an occasional kiss. "What about your family? I'm sure they are sick worrying about you?" Harper asked trying to let Bailey know there were people who cared for her. "I'm sure they are if they are still looking?" Bailey sadly said. "Of course they are still looking. Parents don't give up looking until they have proof of you being dead or alive. I know my parents would never give up looking if my father has any say in it. He's probably out now retracing my steps trying to figure out what direction I went," Harper said somewhat proud of her father. "What about Rachel?" Would she be worried about you?" Bailey asked and Harper could tell Bailey was jealous that Harper had someone other than a friend concerned for her. "I'm sure she is concerned but Rachel and I aren't really girlfriends." Harper told Bailey. "I thought you said she was your girlfriend?" Bailey asked sounding confused. "No, we met at camp and one thing led to another. We've only seen each other maybe a half dozen times since between camp and now. She is seeing someone else so we are not exclusive," Harper explained. "That must be hard only seeing her occasionally? If she is seeing someone else why do you keep seeing her?" Bailey asked curious why Harper would be willing to see someone she knew was seeing someone else. "Rachel and I have a.....let's just say we have an understanding. She understands what it is like being a lesbian. She will sit for hours and let me vent on the problems I'm having and patiently can talk me through them. She is a true friend and I love her for that. I guess you could say we are really friends with benefits. But one day I know she will no longer be available as she intends to move in with this other person sometime after she goes away to Cornell," Harper explained to Bailey. "Sounds complicated but she must really be important to you. I'm glad you have someone like that to be with," Bailey thought out loud. "Other than your parents is there anyone who you are really close to?" Harper asked. "Are you kidding? Have you seen my friends? They are more interested in what clothes they are wearing and who is dating who than me as a friend. I couldn't count on anyone of them in a time of need. Well maybe one but I'm not sure even she would accept me if she knew about us. None of them I'm sure couldn't do set a splint or open a can of beans with their pocket knife. I doubt they would know what hypothermia is or how to recognize it if put in this situation. You see my life is one of meaningless friends. That is why I'm stuck surrounded by them. I bet half of them will not make it through college as the only reason they are going if they are going at all is to snag a husband who will support them."Bailey told Harper sadly. "Why do you put up with them?" Harper asked. Bailey looked over at Harper sighed and softly told her, "Because it's easier than going through what you are having to go through." Harper could see what Bailey was saying as she knew if she had to go through it again she would have waited until she graduated high school before she would have come out. The two lay there dozing off but arm in arm. When they woke they could see it getting dark by the little bit of light coming in the cabin. "Harper, would you take me out so I can pee before it gets dark. It's much easier when there is sunlight." "Sure, then I'll start dinner," Harper said. I'm going to use half of what's left saving the rest until tomorrow if we have to stay another day. After that we will go without unless we get lucky and someone comes along." "What are our chances?" Bailey asked sounding worried. "We were busy and not listening but I didn't hear any cars or snowmobiles at all. If we have to hike it out we won't make very good time in your condition so it depends on the nearest occupied house which my guess would be five to seven miles. In this snow, that could take us a full day," Harper reasoned. "Let's hope we run across someone then," Bailey said. Bailey and Harper put their clothes and coats back on then Harper went over to Bailey and crouched down so she could get on Harper's back. Harper stood up making a groaning noise as she stood. "Are you saying I'm getting fat?" Bailey said into Harpers ear as she was picked up. Harper adjusted Bailey on her back and headed for the door. "No, I would say you've lost about three to five pounds since you've been eating my delicious gourmet meals and so have I which equates to a loss of strength." "Ah, then you should prepare all my meals. I've been trying to get that weight off me forever," Bailey joked. "I like you the way you are. You don't need to lose any weight," Harper said as they went out the cabin to the cold outside. Bailey leaned to Harper's cheek and kissed her, "Thank you," she said as she smiled and squeezed Harper a little tighter around the shoulders. After they each peed, Harper put Bailey on her back and trudged back in the cabin sitting Bailey in the rocker chair while she fixed dinner consisting of rice and Spam. That left them with enough rice, beans and Spam for two more meals tomorrow then, they would be out of food. After they ate they cleaned up from eating and prepared for their next to last night in the cabin hoping they got lucky tomorrow and someone came by. They got on the bed and moved close to each other Bailey taking Harper's hand and placing it over her breast. "I'm getting used to you in bed with me and playing with my breast. We will have to find a way of doing this when we are back at home," Bailey cooed. Harper thought of her times with Rachel and how they would cuddle naked when they slept. She imagined doing the same with Bailey too. She leaned over Bailey's shoulder and kissed Bailey on the side of her mouth before pulling back to go to sleep. "I love you, Harper," Bailey then said shocking Harper. Harper leaned over to see if she had heard right and Bailey lifted her head to look at Harper. She kissed Harper lightly on the lips saying again as she met Harper's eyes "I love you, Harper Roland." Bailey and Harper continued to look at each other until their lips came together and they simultaneously moaned as they kissed. They continued to kiss running their fingers and hands across the others cheeks and through the other's hair their passion building until Harper brought her hand down across Bailey's breast. Bailey moaned into Harper's mouth until Harper squeezed Bailey's nipple between her thumb and index finger which caused Bailey to arch her chest up and let out an inner sort of growl of satisfaction. Bailey let her hand also find Harper's breast and she pinched Harper's nipple as Harper had pinched hers. The emotions intensified between the two as Harper's hand left Bailey's breast much to her disappointment until she felt Harper's hand moving lower on her body. In anticipation to where Harper's hand was going Bailey twisted a little more so she was now lying flat on her back. Harper's hand now had unrestricted access to her goal. Bailey moved her hand between them lowering it as she went towards Harper's sex. Harper's hand was only seconds ahead of Bailey as they both found the other's slit moving their hand lower so they were basically cupping the other's labia. They both let out a moan at the same time their mouths parted and separated from their kissing by the fraction of an inch between their lips. As their fingers entered their slits their bodies tensed and their lips came back together. Their passion increased as their tongues tried to dance in their mouths. Their fingers were soaked from the passion they were causing from being so aroused. As their fingers moved over their slits and up to their clit they each moved their hips and pelvis to match the other's strokes. Their intensity increased until their lips no longer were kissing but remained close enough that they would occasionally touch as they would move. They each opened their eyes and found them staring at each other both with a distant look of bliss in their eyes. Bailey was the first to feel the stirrings, her orgasm rising as she pulled Harper tighter to her and moaned louder, her mouth forming an O as her orgasm consumed her body and she began to twitch uncontrollably beneath Harper. Harper feeling Bailey's body tense, and seeing her eyes get bigger as her mouth formed an O, couldn't contain her own orgasm and she exploded herself her body going stiff and convulsing as her orgasm flowed through her body. They lay there panting their fingers still inside the other but not moving as each time they did it would stir a reaction from the other as they were still getting over their orgasm. Harper pulled her fingers from inside Bailey bringing them to her mouth. Bailey watched as Harper raised her fingers wondering where she was going with cum soaked fingers. She noticed Harper had a small strand of cum hanging down from her two fingers as Harper brought them to Harper's mouth and without hesitation licked them clean. "You should lick your own to taste what I taste like. You have no idea how good you taste," Harper said and smiled at Bailey. Bailey hesitated but slowly brought her fingers up to her lips sticking out her tongue to taste Harper's cum. Harper watched as Bailey tasted cum for the first time as far as Harper knew. She wasn't repulsed which was a good sign but she didn't put her fingers completely in her mouth either, so Harper took Bailey's fingers and put them in her own mouth cleaning them off. "It's an acquired taste. In time you'll learn to enjoy it," Harper said smiling at Bailey. "I did like it. That was my first time and I was being careful," Bailey tried to explain to Harper. "You don't have to try this but this is even better and you get more to taste," Harper said to Bailey as she began to slide down between Bailey's legs careful of her ankle while she moved her other leg over to compensate. "What are you doing? Harper, oh god!" Bailey exclaimed as Harper moved between Bailey's leg and teased Bailey's clit with her tongue. "Ahhggg, god," Bailey continued to moan as she took Harper by the back of Harper's head and holding it against her pussy. Harper licked Bailey's pussy several times before she used her tongue to part Bailey then inserted her tongue licking inside of Bailey's vagina. Harper continued to lick inside of Bailey occasionally taking her tongue out to lick Bailey's labia and up to her clit. Bailey was constantly moaning and calling Harper's name as her head moved from side to side. Harper knew this being the first time for Bailey and already being aroused she wouldn't last long. She kept her attention on Bailey's vagina until she felt Bailey had experienced enough then she withdrew her tongue replacing it with her index and middle fingers. Her tongue then moved up and she twirled it around Bailey's clit. As she felt Bailey's orgasm rise she sucked hard on Bailey's clit sending an explosion through Bailey. "AGGGHHh!" Bailey moaned as her body rose off the bed and twisted back and forth before she went still except for the occasional contraction her body was experiencing. Harper had moved up and was gently stroking Bailey's hair as she recovered. "Wow is all I can say! That was beyond anything I have experienced. Unbelievable!" Bailey commented. "Did you like that?" Harper asked. "Did I? That would be an understatement. There aren't words to describe it," Bailey exclaimed. "I wasn't sure if you would. That is the basis for lesbian sex. If you don't like that then there are just fingers and that gets old," Harper tried to explain. "Let's just say there is nothing to worry about there." They lay there for a while before Bailey rolled over to face Harper. "You know I'm not a virgin anymore?" Bailey said looking Harper in the eyes. "I know, you just had sex," Harper replied. "No, I mean before this. I'm not a virgin. I let someone make love to me this summer before school. Well it was anything but make love more like he fucked me," Bailey said and Harper could see and hear in Bailey she was ashamed of what she had done. "Why are you telling me this?" Harper asked seeing Bailey's expression. "Because I want you to know. I'm not proud of it and now that I found you I'm ashamed of it. But I didn't know you this well and it was more or less out of necessity. You see it was with Charlie Lawson. We've been dating more or less for two years now. He's been trying to get me to do it for some time. I felt if I didn't, word would get out that I don't put out and I must be a lesbian. I know, I'm sorry, but in my defense as the captain of the cheer squad I have a lot to lose being labeled a lesbian and up until then I didn't know. I suspected I was but didn't know," Bailey explained. "I understand, believe me. There are times I wish I was invisible," Harper replied. "Anyway he was to the point of breaking up with me and telling everyone I wouldn't do him, so I agreed thinking one time and he would be satisfied. So one night I let him and it was the most disgusting thing I have ever done. I literally went home and threw up afterwards. Since then I tell him I'm afraid of getting pregnant and we can't. To appease him I jerk him off or give him a blowjob but I won't let him cum in my mouth." "What are you going to do once you get back home? Are you still going to see him pretending you're not a lesbian?" Harper asked wondering if being with Bailey had been for naught. "You know I want to be with you Harper but I'm not as strong as you and I'm afraid I'll cave to pressure." "Say no more," Harper said with a tear or two dropping from her face. "I'll turn off the lamp. Tomorrow we can leave." "Harper we still have tonight," Bailey tried to tell Harper. "No, I'd rather have memories than hold you knowing it would be the last time. I should have not let you talk me into making love. I knew better than to think someone like you could ever have feelings for a lesbian dyke like me," Harper said showing the anger in her voice. "You're not a lesbian dyke and I still love you," Bailey softly said as her voice cracked trying to talk to Harper. Harper got back in bed after turning off the lamp. She turned her back to Bailey who tried to take Harper's hand and wrap it around her. Because of Harper facing her back to Bailey and keeping her hands tight against her she was unable. Neither could see the other's face but if they were able, they would see the other with tears coming out at the sides as they lay down. Eventually they were able to fall asleep. The next morning Harper was already up and working on an idea she had for a stretcher to carry Bailey out to the street and down the mountain if necessary. Bailey woke up seeing Harper up working on it. "What are you doing?" she asked Harper. "Making a stretcher to carry you to the street. Now that you are up I'll make breakfast for us before we leave," Harper said sounding subdued. "I take it we aren't staying another day?" asked Bailey. "Is there a point now?" Hunter replied. "I was hoping we would..." Bailey said softly with her voice trailing off. "Do you have to go to the bathroom before I start breakfast?" Harper asked. "Yes, do you mind?" Bailey said and tried to stand. "Oh fuck, fuck, ouch!" Bailey cried out as she tried to stand and put too much weight on her foot dropping back on the bed. Harper dropped what she had in her hand making a banging sound on the wood floor and rushed over to Bailey. "Bailey, are you alright? You have to be careful with that ankle of yours. That is not a cast that you can put weight on but a soft make shift cast to keep you from moving it." "I was trying to help you so don't have to do everything for me. I know you don't like me right now and I don't blame you," Bailey said tears in her eyes from the pain she had just experienced. Harper checked Bailey's leg making sure it hadn't moved or done more damage to it, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be treating you this way. These last several days have been special and ones I'll remember my whole life," she said as she came up to give Bailey a kiss on her lips. "I would like to do more but what I really need is you to carry me to the outhouse so I can pee before I pee my pants," Bailey said with a laugh. "Seriously, I need to go and now." Harper laughed and helped Bailey off the bed and onto her back so she could carry her out to the outhouse. "You know if we weren't stranded and almost out of food, this would be a beautiful place to camp," Harper stated as she walked out to the porch and stepped off to go towards the outhouse. "Only if you were here too," Bailey said into Harper's ear as her head lay on Harper's shoulder while being carried by Harper on her back. "Maybe in a couple of years after we have graduated from college you will buy this place for me and we will come here on weekends," Bailey added kissing Harper on her ear and cheek. Harper set Bailey down so she could pee. "Damn girl. You weren't kidding," Harper said listening to how much Bailey was peeing. "I told you I had to go." Bailey said sounding relieved. As they walked back to the cabin Harper stopped and faced the road ahead of them. "What, do you hear something?" Bailey asked over Harper shoulder. "No, but I wanted to get one good look around while we have a chance to see this place while we can. It is a beautiful place, so quiet and serene," Harper softly said to Bailey. "You are such a romantic Harper, seeing the good in everything. Any chance you would take me inside before we leave and you make love to me one more time?" Bailey questioned. "Slide off and stand up," Harper said to Bailey helping her stand on one leg. Harper then turned around to stand facing Bailey taking her in her arms. She kissed Bailey passionately filled with a lot of emotion then backed away slightly and looking into her eyes she said, "I love you too Bailey Powell." Harper's declaration to Bailey was overwhelming to Bailey. She wrapped her arms around Harper's shoulders and hugged Harper for all she was worth all the time hopping as she was only on one foot. "Come on, let's get you back inside," Harper softly said to Bailey as she turned back around to let Bailey get on her back. "Does this mean you are no longer mad at me?" Bailey asked Harper as she got on Harper's back. "No I'm still mad at you for falling in love with me and making me fall in love with you. But I understand what you are going to put up with if you come out. It's just being in love from a distance and not being able to do anything about it is going to be hard. Seeing you every day and not being able to hold you and kiss you is going to be torturous. And what's worse is not being able to tell anyone," Harper explained to Bailey. "You will know how much I love you. I will make sure you do," Bailey whispered to Harper into her ear as Harper carried her into the cabin. "What if you find someone else to love while playing this straight role?" Harper wondered out loud. "Never, there is only one person who can fit in my heart and she is carrying me into the cabin," Bailey told Harper. Harper put Bailey down and turning to face her, "You promise?" "Yes, cross my heart," Bailey said as Harper gently lay her down on her back passionately kissing her. Just as things were getting heated between them and the next step would have been taking their coats and clothes off, Bailey's stomach growled making them both laugh. "Someone else has a say in this," Harper giggled. "Sorry, my stomach is in control of my entire body," Bailey giggled back. "So if I want anything I should make sure you are well fed first?" Harper asked. "It would help if I had something in my stomach to start off with," Bailey giggled. Harper got up kissing Bailey first so she would have something to think about while Harper fixed some rice and Spam. "I'm going to split this in to two meals in case we are here tonight," Harper said. "Make sure they are equal portions this time. Yeah, I've been watching you and you always find a way to give me the larger amount. Why is that?" Harper blushed as she had been caught giving Bailey the larger portions every day. "I didn't want you to go hungry," Harper softly spoke. "I was hoping you wouldn't notice." "I think it was sweet and considerate of you. Always putting me first just like going to pee. You always sit me down first before you go," Bailey said. "Oh no, that is for an entire different reason," Harper said and laughed. "And what would that be?" Bailey asked. "So your ass is the one that has to sit on that cold seat first not mine," Harper giggled making sure she was standing over by the wood burning stove out of reach of Bailey as she cooked the rice. "You turd head, just you wait until I can walk again. I'll get you for that one!" Bailey laughed. "In your dreams. By the time you are able to walk on your own we'll be back in school and I'll be but a memory to you," Harper joked not realizing the full scope of what she had said. Harper glanced over to Bailey who sat there with an astonished look that quickly Harper could tell had turned into sorrow, as Bailey had tears form running down her cheeks. "Oh Bailey, I am so sorry," Harper said as she rushed over to Bailey taking her in her arms and hugging her. "That didn't come out right." Bailey sobbed but was able to hold Harper, "Do you really think I will forget you? Or worse you forget me?" "No, at least I hope you won't forget me because I will never forget you," Harper said as she hugged and peppered Bailey with light and gentle kisses. "I hope not," Bailey softly said bringing her hand to Harper's face and caressing it with her fingers. They sat there a few minutes Bailey caressing Harper's face while Harper sat there with her eyes closed enjoying Bailey's touch. "I think the water is boiling." ---------- Rachel had come over to Sylvia and Frank's house as she had a few times before. If she did she brought an overnight bag and spent the night in Harper's room. If she didn't come over, she always called to see if there was any news. "Jimmy, I think it's time we talked with someone about the possibility. It's been over a week now.....," Sylvia began to say. "No, I won't begin to think of my precious daughter being gone. I just won't. She is a survivor and is out there somehow, I know. I can feel it. She is telling us she is okay," Jimmy said but you could tell he was scared and only half believed what he said. "He won't think of giving up hope," Sylvia said to Rachel so Jimmy couldn't hear. "Do you blame him? It's his only daughter and he has trained her on survival skills. Unless he is faced with her death, he is going to hold out hope that somehow she has survived and is trying to get home," Rachel told Sylvia. "Besides I tend to agree with him. She is out there somewhere, I know. I can feel her. We just have to find her." "I sure hope you are right. After this long and to not have heard one thing from her or any signs of their car," Sylvia said. After a few minutes Sylvia added, "Rachel, Harper is lucky to have a friend like you." "No Mrs. Roland, I'm the lucky one to have a friend like her. Rachel remarked. "Can I fix you and Mr. Roland lunch? Both of you must be getting hungry by now." "Let me, I feel like I should be doing something," Sylvia said. "I'll help. I don't want you to have to take care of me. You have enough to handle without worrying about me. After all I've practically been living over here since Harper..." Rachel started to say missing but she hesitated because Jimmy had walked into the room. "It's alright, Rachel," Jimmy said as he walked over giving her a hug around her shoulder with his one arm. "I know I am being stubborn. I just can't believe she is gone." "It's alright, Mr. Roland. I feel the same thing. I keep waiting for her to walk in like she was never gone wanting to know why we all are standing around," Rachel said. Jimmy kissed the forehead of Rachel saying, "Harper has a good friend in you. She needed one after she came out and finding you was what she needed. She has only had a few calls from her classmates wanting to know if we have heard from her. That Powell girl's phone has not stopped ringing over there. I know because we were over there and that night it was constant." "Jimmy, let's not judge her for her friends. It's not Bailey's fault that Harper chose to announce to the student body she was gay," Sylvia explained. "No but they didn't have to treat her the way they did," Jimmy complained. "I think it showed she had courage and strength to come out when she did. If she had hid her feelings she would have felt she was a fake to her friends and classmates. She would have walked around feeling she had zero self worth and lost all hope. Eventually she would have given up feeling defeated, her grades would have suffered, she would have no self esteem and no ambition. I don't see that in Harper. She is proud, she is headstrong, and she is full of ambition," Rachel explained. "You talk like it is from experience," Sylvia said. "To some degree I am. I came out a few years before Harper plus I had the benefit of having an older brother who would have, well let's say no one would have dared to have done any of those things to me like they've done to Harper. Besides, it's not about the number of friends, but the quality of them. She only needs one or two high quality friends to get by not a whole school of shallow friends. She told me how they circle around her to protect her at football games so the name callers can't get close to her. --------- At the Powell residence George Powell was discussing going back to work not giving up but not optimistic they would ever see Bailey alive again. Diane was more optimistic telling her husband they should be doing more to find Bailey. "The whole student body is looking for her. We will find her, George, don't give up hope," Diane told him. "I'm not but I don't know what else there is to do. Just waiting around is driving me crazy and I can't stand the phone ringing off the hook. I feel like telling everyone to quit calling. We will call them if there is any news. We need to make sure the phone is free it Bailey calls. Speaking of which, when was the last time you talked to the Roland's?" George asked. "Day before yesterday. Poor Sylvia is worried about Jimmy. She says he is convinced Harper is safe and trying to get home," Diane said more to herself than to George. ------------ Harper got up going over to the wood burning stove getting out the container that held the rice. She poured half of what was left in the boiling pot. Then she got out the last can of Spam and cut half of it then so she and Bailey could get two meals out of it. She waited for the rice to be done before she cut the half of Spam in two so they each would be able to share. She smiled as she cut the Spam thinking she couldn't fool Bailey this time since she had been paying attention to her before. After the Spam had warmed she brought it over and sat on the bed. Bailey and Harper shared the gourmet meal that Harper had fixed the two. "What do we do today, wait it out or hike until we find help?" Harper asked Bailey. "As much as I want to stay here with you, I think we should listen to see if we can hear someone before we rush out to get rescued. We won't starve with one meal left, but that means we will be leaving tomorrow on empty stomachs and have to hike until we find help. It hasn't snowed any more for two days which is a good sign, right?" Bailey reasoned. "I believe I'm going to make a survivalist out of you yet," Harper joked. "But I have a better idea." "Take your clothes off and get under the blankets with me and let's make love one last time," Harper smiled bringing her hands up to Bailey's cheeks. Bailey smiled back, "I was hoping you would say that." Harper and Bailey began to take their clothes off but once Harper watched Bailey take her jacket, shirt and bra off she had to stop and watch. "What?" Bailey asked inquisitively. "I just had to watch one more time. You are so beautiful," Harper said with all the emotion she could muster. "Only for you," Bailey said bringing her hands up to Harper's face and kissing her. 'You are too and more so if you will get those clothes off," Bailey said as she began to unbutton Harper's shirt slipping it off Harper's shoulder. As Harper's shirt slipped off and Harper unclasped her bra letting it slide off too, Bailey smiled and commented, "Absolutely beautiful!" Bailey totally surprised Harper as she leaned over and kissed then sucked Harper's nipple into her mouth. First one then the other, causing Harper to stick her chest out forcing it into Bailey mouth. Harper moaned and brought her hands up to Bailey's shoulders which in turn held Bailey's head to her chest. Bailey sucked each nipple then sucked Harper's areolas leaving both of them wet with Bailey's saliva when she released both. Bailey tried to turn so her body was on top of Harper but because she was on the wrong side she couldn't without hurting her injured leg. "Wait let me switch places with you and you can be on top this time," Harper said and got off the bed removing her pants and panties. Then she walked around getting in on the other side allowing Bailey to turn on her stomach without hurting her leg. Harper then let Bailey decide what she wanted to do as Harper lay on her back enjoying Bailey taking control. Bailey cupped Harper's breast as she kissed Harper. Her thumb running across Harper's nipple before Bailey moved down and sucked her other nipple into her mouth. She toyed with Harper's areolas kissing them and sucking on them letting each of them fall out of her mouth with a popping sound. She let her hand moved down to feel Harper's mound then lower cupping Harper's pussy. Harper spread her legs out allowing Bailey to have free access to her. Bailey ran her fingers over Harper using her index and ring finger to go up Harper's outer labia. She used her middle finger to ease up parting Harper's lips finding Harper very wet as her finger moved up to Harper's clit. Harper tried to stay still but Bailey's fingers were too exciting and erotic and Harper arched up moaning. She grabbed Bailey's hand and pushed it harder into her pussy. "Oh Bailey yes," she moaned and with her hand forcing Bailey's fingers inside of her, Harper began to undulate her hips up and down, " yes, yes," she said as Bailey's fingers moved in and out of Harper making a squishy noise as the moved. Harper moved her hand over her clit and rubbed it back and forth as Bailey kept fucking her with her fingers. Harper was breathing erratic and her chest was rising and falling as Harper fast approached her orgasm. When it hit her she let out a low moan her hips jerking as she reached for Bailey's head bringing her lips to her moaning into Bailey's mouth. Harper's body then began relaxing as her head lay back on the bed. Bailey allowed Harper to recover removing her fingers and rubbing the outside of Harper's pussy slowly. She looked down at her fingers remembering what Harper had her do yesterday. "Go ahead taste them," she heard Harper say to her. She slowly brought her fingers to her mouth sticking out her tongue she tasted Harper's cum. Harper was about to take Bailey's wrist to her own mouth and clean Bailey's fingers off when Bailey stuck her fingers in her mouth and cleaning them herself. "Harper I want to taste you," Bailey said looking up at Harper's face from her chest where she was lying. "There isn't a lot of room for you to do that and not stick your leg off the bed. Maybe we should wait until we have more room," Harper said then she could see the disappointment in Bailey and realizing this might be the only time for a very long time if ever, she thought, "wait there is a way but you would be pinned under me." "Let's do it. I want to taste you and not from my fingers," Bailey told her. Harper came around the bed and straddled Bailey around chest. She moved her knees up inch by inch until she was sitting on Bailey upper chest. She moved up over Bailey's shoulders and lowered herself just above Bailey. Harper looked down to see if Bailey was alright before she lowered the rest of the way. Harper had intended to open her pussy for Bailey but she couldn't wait as Bailey had already wrapped her arms around Harpers thighs and stuck her tongue out to give Harper a long lick through her slit. Harper moaned and touched the back of Bailey's head in reaction to Bailey sucking on her. "Mmmnnn. I love it and I love the feel of your pussy rubbing across my tongue," Bailey moaned. "Feel it from my perspective," Harper moaned back as she held Bailey's head to her pussy with her hand. Bailey kept licking and sucking away as if this was her first pussy which it was. She couldn't get enough of it licking the inside of Harper plus the outsides getting the taste of Harper's labia and all of her juices. Harper was beginning to feel the pangs of her orgasm pick up when she rose off of Bailey causing Bailey to moan, "No, where are you going?" Harper continued to get off of Bailey but turned her around facing Bailey's pelvis then lowered her pussy back down only in reverse as she was before. Bailey not realizing what Harper was doing other than turning herself around wrapped her arms back around Harpers legs and pulled Harper back down to her, her nose going up almost to Harper's rosebud. It wasn't until Harper bent over and wrapped her arms around Bailey and lowered herself to Baileys pussy and sucked Bailey's clit into her mouth did she react. "Oh fuck, oh god," she moaned and grabbed tight onto Harper's upper thighs leaning back an inch or so with the sensation of Harper's tongue now licking through her slit. Bailey was distracted only a second by Harper before she continued her discovery of a woman's sex and the pleasures it brings. The two continued to kick and suck away at each other not a care to be had other than pleasuring each other. Bailey was the first to feel her orgasm rise in her mid section as her stomach began to tense. She gave a warning to Harper though not intentionally as her moans changed their pitch and her grip on Harper's thighs strengthened. Harper reacted by increasing her sucking on Bailey's clit harder and using her two fingers inside Bailey which Harper had learned was Bailey's erotic spot thus sending Bailey into a different world as her orgasm overtook her. "Awwgghh, oh fuck yesss!" Bailey moaned. "Don't stop! I love you Harper!" Hearing Bailey say what she said in her emotional state was too much for Harper and she was right behind Bailey with her orgasm. Harper was so concentrating on Bailey she had ignored her own pleasure and when her own climax released she pressed down with her own pussy half breathing and half sucking on Bailey's pussy which gave Bailey a jolt as Harper's warm breath added to Bailey sensation extending her orgasm. Bailey lay there underneath Harper panting and catching her breath. She would occasionally give a kiss to Harpers labia or clit. "I'm in love with your pussy can you tell?" Bailey sweetly asked Harper giving another kiss to it. "If you make me cum like that every time, you can taste it all you want. I don't think I have ever felt a stronger orgasm or came as fast as you had me cum," Harper said as she gave slight kisses to Bailey's inner thigh and on her clit not wanting to get up herself. "As much as I want to make love to you and you teach me all the different ways you know to make love, more than anything I would love for you to turn around and cuddle up with me right now. If we have to leave soon I want to my last vision of you kissing me and hugging me," Bailey softly and sweetly said to Harper. "Why, I'm not going anywhere?" Harper said. "You know what I mean? I want to have this vision in my mind long after we leave this place. The two of us lying naked together after making love, cuddling and kissing like two lovers," Bailey said as her fingers grazed over Harpers face. "You make it sound as if we are never going to see each other again. Do you know something I don't know and are not telling me?" Harper asked sounding concerned. "We've already talked about this. When we go back it'll be like it was before until we go off to college. I told you I can't afford to reveal myself until after I graduate." "You talked about it. I listened. Bailey it's hard coming out and people don't understand. Going away to college will make it less of an issue but it won't solve your problem. You are always going to have those who don't agree with your choice but you have to learn to ignore them, putting your feelings and whoever you love first. If you don't you will always be miserable like you have already explained you were and living life as a fake. If you need more time I can wait until we graduate but you have to promise me between now and then you will need to admit to yourself first that you are a lesbian. Then your parents should be next before anyone else but only if you want to tell them. The first order is you. You have to be able to admit to yourself you are gay." "Look at how you are treated at school? I don't want to be treated like that," Bailey explained. "Do you think going off to college is going to changed that? Do you think there a magic switch you can turn on to tell everyone and it will be alright? At college you will see the same people plus others you don't know, all who will judge you from the day they meet you. It is much harder for them to understand the longer they don't know. You don't have to wear a sign or label you are gay. Just don't hide it and be afraid of it. If someone asks tell them and stand proud. If they are that against it, do you want them as a friend?" "What you say makes sense and I agree with it but I am not as strong as you are and I would be devastated to not be liked by everyone. I've worked hard get this popular," Bailey said. "Listen to yourself. Is that something to be proud of? Do you want to go down known as the girl who was really popular but totally miserable because she couldn't let the one girl she knew she loved? Or do you want to be content, happy and madly in love with the girl and let her know every day?" Harper asked her. "Bailey, I love you and I have always loved you even as little kids, but when we walk out that door and have to assume the roll of two straight girls, I will be sad but content because I know who I am and in time I will find a girl who loves me and that makes me happy. What will you have? A fake life possibly with a guy who doesn't do it for you but you need to keep up the pretense so others will think you are straight. Who is living the happier life? For the second time Bailey had managed to piss Harper off and she got out of bed and dressed. However she couldn't stay mad for very long. Since she had been around Bailey, she had gotten to know the girl she previously could only know from a distance, but now she found she was hopelessly in love with her. Harper however hard as it could be, could never go back to the way it was and she knew she was doomed forever to love Bailey, even if it was from the distant. It was at that time she wondered if she should change colleges so she wouldn't by chance run into Bailey on campus and see her with her friends. Final acceptance date was still months away so she would have time to decide. They stayed in the cabin for the rest of the day still not hearing any signs of snowplows, snowmobiles, or people on skis. They were too far from the road to hear anyone on skis anyway. Before they blew out the light for the last time Bailey broke the silence they had sat in for the last several hours. "Are you that mad at me that you can't come over and cuddle with me?" Bailey asked Harper. Harper let out a sigh which Bailey hearing it, she turned on Harper. "Fine, then sleep on the floor. I wouldn't want you to get close to me anyway dyke." For Harper that was a pure sound of hate and instead of ignoring the comment as she sat back down in the rocker she said, "When we get out of here tomorrow, you go your way and I'll go mine and we don't have to have any contact ever again." Bailey immediately regretted uttering that word as soon as it came out of her mouth and she tried to take it back. "Harper, I didn't mean to say that. I'm sorry." "That's not the first time you have said that to me so apparently you do feel that way. Apparently everything else coming out of that trash mouth you have was just a way of getting what you wanted and meant nothing to you. I'll have you know I can throw trash your way too you stuck up lying snob," Harper spewed out though she knew when she said it she didn't mean one word of it but was only saying it to hurt Bailey. Bailey hearing Harper that mad at her and say those things gasped then began to cry. She wanted nothing more than to get out of the cabin and go home only she was helpless without Harper to help her. She lay there for what seemed like hours as it got dark sobbing and wanting Harper to come over to her wrapping her arms around her and tell her it would be alright. Eventually Bailey fell asleep. Just a few feet away Harper sat in the chair sobbing as she too regretted saying those things to Bailey. She wanted to go over to her placing her arms around Bailey and make everything right but even if she did by apologizing, it didn't correct the core issue that was tearing at Harper. She was in love with Bailey and she wasn't sure Bailey was in love with her. Unless Bailey could admit her love by openly admitting she was gay, she and Harper couldn't ever have a relationship and without a relationship Harper would only keep getting hurt. For Bailey's own good Harper needed to have Bailey hate her that way parting wouldn't be so painful. Harper sat in the rocker until she felt it was safe and Bailey had gone to sleep. She eased out of the chair over to Bailey and pulled the blanket up to cover her. She took a chance but leaned over giving a kiss to Bailey's cheek, "I love you Bailey Powell and will love you forever." Then she went back and stoked the stove to keep it warm curling up on the floor to go to sleep. Sometime in the night Bailey had managed to get out of bed and crawled on her hands and bad leg carrying both blankets with her over to Harper. "I know what you are doing Harper Roland. I love you too and I could never hate you," Bailey silently said. In the morning Harper woke up finding Bailey lying next to her both under the blankets. Harper knew she had been had by Bailey so she smiled wrapping her arm around Bailey which woke Bailey up. "I couldn't let you sleep on the floor by yourself and I didn't know how to get you in bed with me without picking you up and that wasn't happening. So if Muhammad won't go to the mountain the mountain must come to Muhammad." "Bailey, I don't..." Harper started to say but Bailey put her fingers up to Harper's mouth. "Shhh, I'm sure there will be a lot of things we say to each other over the years we will regret and need to apologize for. Kiss me and we'll consider this one of the worse," Bailey said with a smile. "I was going to say this floor has made my back so sore. I don't know if I can pick you up. You might have to figure this one out yourself," Harper said and tried to act serious. "Shithead, for that you can pick me up without any help," Bailey said and giggled. "Come on, let's get that fat ass of yours up," Harper said and got herself up placing the blankets on the bed. "Fat ass! I'll have you know there are a lot of people dying to have an ass as good as this," Bailey giggled. Harper leaned over and squeezed Bailey's ass, "Yeah, I bet there are but no one loves it as much as I do." "And no one I would let love it as much as you do," Bailey softly cooed. Harper helped Bailey up and sat her in the rocker. "Before we leave this five star hotel we have enough for one more meal. Well part of a meal. We better hope to find help or by the end of today we are going to be eating each other and I don't mean that in the sexual way," Harper commented. Harper got out the pot to boil water in and set in on the stove. Then while she waited she took the blanket and with the long poles she brought in from outside she began to make a stretcher. Bailey watched as Harper set the poles out then folded the blanket in thirds over the one pole and the other a third over the other pole. "What's going to hold it together in the middle," Bailey said noticing what Harper was doing. "That beautiful ass you've been bragging about all week," Harper laughed. "Wow, you think it's beautiful," Bailey wiggled her ass as she sat. "That I do, that I do," Harper smiled at Bailey. She then poured the remaining rice in the pot and watched as it boiled. She then cut what was left of the Spam and placed it in the pot with the rice to heat up. Together they ate the rice and Spam but again Bailey noticed Harper left her larger amounts than she. "I'll have to take you out to eat in order for you not to leave me the larger amount," Bailey commented. Harper just smiled as she had been caught again. Harper finished with cooking and cleaning up then proceeded to clean the cabin putting everything back where it was found. Bailey watched what she was doing. "What are you doing?" "No trace left behind applies to the inside too. I guess I could leave them something for the food and blankets," she said pulling a couple of twenties out of her purse and placing them on the shelf where the food had been. "You are already the excellent ranger Harper," Bailey told Harper smiling proud at her. After looking around to see if they missed anything, Bailey made the comment, "I guess our luggage stays." "Afraid so unless you can think of a way I can carry it and you at the same time. Three of your pants are trash anyhow since I had to cut them in order to not hurt your foot." "Imagine the surprise on the old guys face who owns this cabin when he opens our luggage thinking he has found some clothes only to discover a bunch of teenagers bras and panties and a lot of makeup," Bailey chuckled. "I'll go out first with the stretcher and come back in for you. It will be easier to lay you down in the snow than to bounce you off the steps," Harper said. Harper took the stretcher out past the porch and set it down. Then she went back inside and got Bailey helping her out and laying her down on the stretcher. After covering Bailey with the other blanket, she picked one end of the stretcher up with Bailey's head elevated grabbing both poles and pulled. The snow offered little resistance as below the surface it had frozen giving it a harder and slicker surface for the stretcher to move. "Look at that it works," Harper said in surprise. "Was there any doubt?" Bailey remarked. "Oh you don't know. My dad and me would practice but never actually practiced using real blankets like in a real emergency." "What if it didn't work?" Bailey asked afraid of the answer. "Piggy back or leave you behind and go find help," Harper stated. "I don't like either of those two options especially the leaving me behind part," Bailey muttered. "It wasn't my favorite option either. Rule number one and it doesn't have anything to do with how much you care for someone, is to not leave them behind unless it is a medical emergency and definitely not overnight." It took them around twenty minutes to make it to the main road where they stopped to give Harper a breather. While they were resting there, "Listen, do you hear that?" Harper asked. "Yeah, what is it?" "Snowmobiles but they are off in the distant. I can't tell if they are coming or going," Harper said. I can't either. One minute they sound closer then they sound like they are going away," remarked Bailey. End of Chapter Three To be continued...... We welcome your comments good or bad. You can reach us at shanda321j@gmail.com. Please let us hear from you.