If only Sally understood why I did that. She didn't realize, I am feeling miserable too. Since I knew I was at fault to flare her heat cycle and rage. Yet at the same time, her rejection was weighing me down as well. This was another feeling, she didn't understand. I took a huge breath retracing the tracks we had taken. Surprisingly, she knew her way back, I thought impressed.
Ignoring all the lovemaking married couples, including Mason and Lucy. Sally got back to the rock seeing Mike, Jay, Nick, and Aaron were chilling on it. And they noticed Sally was very upset.
Mike asked puzzled, "where is Cory?"
"Hopefully, in some watering hole drowning," hissed Sally, and then she stormed right past and got back into the waist-high water. Then she swam out to the same rock edge she was hanging out with the ladies. Only now she was the only one there. She saw Maria and John were romantically making out nearby the one waterfall. Then Abby and her husband Rick were elsewhere likely doing the same, she guessed.
Meanwhile, the guys all looked at each other confused and shocked. They weren't anticipating her to come back raging upset. Not too far behind, they saw Cory coming up with a regretful look plastered on his face.
Once I reached the rock I held my sigh and sat on my blanket. My friends here were looking at me with this unusual expression.
"Back so soon from drowning yourself in a watering hole, Cory?" asked Mike trying to lighten up the mood as he chuckled.
I couldn't help but laugh to think she told me that. And I didn't think she'd tell the guys this.
Nick asked, giving me a strange look, "what did you do to her?"
"It's more like what I didn't do," I chuckled replaying in my mind what I did and didn't do.
They all laughed fairly hard.
"Alright, spill." Jay inquired, "what didn't you do?"
I briefly explained what happened as they laughed listening to me.
"Then I insulted her since I didn't kiss her lips. She ended up throwing a rock at me and told me to go drown myself." I ended it at that as they looked at me wide-eyed. And then they laughed hysterically.
"What did you do that for?" asked Aaron laughing. "You know if JJ heard this, you'd be hearing the lecture."
For a second, I chuckled knowing JJ would lecture me for stirring up Sally's heat cycle the way I did. "I had a weak moment but this was the first time she's wanted me to kiss her. But I had to keep myself in control since she was losing control. So I purposely made her mad at me this way she'd snap out of it. I know if I kiss her lips while she's in heat I will lose control. If I gave in I wouldn't be kissing right now." I explained feeling pretty awful for what I did. Meanwhile, my pals laughed harder at me. Even though they saw my guilt, I knew they were on Sally's side, not mine.
"That's one way to cool down a heat cycle," Mike teased.
Being the more sensible one from being married once, Nick said. "I think it would be wise to talk with her and this time, don't edge her on. That burning she's feeling is only going to get more tense and painful. And what you did flared it and left her unsatisfied. That part will hurt her physically. You need to apologize."
I nod knowing what Nick said is accurate. So I stood up and walked to the edge and found Sally sitting in the water on the rocky edges. Her face looked as if she wanted to cry. Which caused me to feel terrible.
Just as I hopped into the water, "Good Luck, man," I heard Aaron's voice say behind me.
"I might need more than luck," I replied, hearing them chuckle, and then I swam paddling my way to her. As I narrowed in her direction she stared at the water acting like I didn't exist. Once I reached the rock side I pulled myself up and sat next to her. But she still only ignores me.
"Sally, can I please talk to you," I asked gently.
"Depends." She softly snipped.
I touch her hand resting under the water on the rock. "I promise no more jokes or insults," I solely whispered.
"If you think you can restrain your childish behavior," Sally said as a warning.
Using my thumb, I made cycles around her upper hand and began talking softly toned. "I know you're not very happy with me right now. And you have every reason to be. I am to blame for what I did back there in the cave. I only meant to show you the shimmer rock but you being in heat got the best of me. I didn't mean for it to escalate that far between us. And the only way I could think of how to snap you awake from being in heat. Along with the matter, I had to snap myself awake, or else I would've broken our deal. To wake us both up, I resolved it by insulting you. And I am truly sorry, I didn't mean for any of this to happen."
Sally heard every word and even though she didn't look at me once. But she did lean up against my side and allowed me to cuddle her.
"Okay, I get what you're saying," Sally finally said. "But your insult isn't helping me. I don't understand what has come over me. I never felt a heat cycle quite like this."
I sighed deeply trying to explain. "You may not want to hear it. It's the bond I have set with you. You may not want to marry me or have feelings for me. But your body and subconscious feel something. And that's why it's going into an intense heat cycle. Your body is in a craving to conceive my baby. And I could give into you easily. I could have kissed you in the cave but that would have led me into wanting something more than a kiss. But I have respect for you so I won't touch you until we get married. Plus, I don't want our first kiss on the day you're in heat. I know you wouldn't be acting like this any other day. You're only annoyed with me because your body is in a hormonal craving and I am not giving in to that craving. Nor will I give into it either. I am going to try and help you through this as best as I can."
Sally exhaled telling me."Yes, I know the bond connection is causing me to go through this more intense heat cycle. I understand there isn't any hiding this." She looked at me with soft eyes. "I do feel the pull and the craving for you. My insides feel like they are on fire. I just want it to stop. The only time it did stop was when you kissed me and I wanted more. Naturally, I got upset when you didn't give me more."
I kissed her head and then said. "I know. Sadly, it will only get worse as the moon sets but by tomorrow the burning will stop. Then it will benefit our bond together as well. But until then I am going to do everything I can to help you get through it."