September 16th:

It was only a matter of time before Chris and Ashley got together, everyone knew that. No one was prepared for how adamant they would be with their relationship, though. When they got off the mountain, it started with constant touching: Chris having an arm around Ashley, Ashley pushing herself into Chris' body, their hands brushing against one another. It was cute. Everyone liked them together. A month or so after they got off the mountain, Ashley started staying at Chris' place about twice a week, until the end of her freshman year of college, Chris' sophomore year, where she was basically at his place every night. They would sleep in one another's arms, giving one another innocent kisses in the living room, giving one another more passionate, but still innocent kisses at night in his room.

Come summer, when they got home, they discovered they no longer could fall asleep without the other with them. Ashley would tell her mom she would be staying the night at Sam's place, and would sneak in through Chris' window and sleep in his full sized bed with him. Chris would tell his dad that he was going to stay at Mike or Matt's place, and would sneak in through Ashley's back gate and go to the guest house in backyard. Ashley would sneak out of her twin sized bed and go sleep in the queen sized bed in the guest house with Chris.

When they were around their friends, they were holding hands and giving one another sweet kisses. They were the only couple to come out of the mountain, after Matt and Emily's big breakup, and Mike and Jessica's break so she could recover in therapy. It was obvious to everyone that Chris and Ashley depended on one another.

When classes started again, Ashley started renting a house in a student housing neighborhood with two roommates, a pair of girls she had come to know over the past year. Chris started staying over at Ashley's place. Like most college students, they eventually engaged in intercourse.

The two of them bust through the front door, causing Ashley's roommates cats, Gretchen and Antigone, to scatter. Her puppy made a whimpering noise from the kennel in the corner. Chris hoisted Ashley up, grabbing her, holding her and kissing her, walking across the room to release the puppy with his left hand, right hand still holding Ashley up. Nothing could break the two of them apart. He carried her up the stairs, clumsily fumbling with Ashley's doorknob. Once he got the door open he threw her on the bed and shut the door behind him. "You sure your roommates aren't going to be home?" he asked nervously. He knew this wouldn't stop him from doing anything, but it would save a lot of awkwardness later.

Ashley shook her head, though. "No, they're at the bar. It's Lori's twenty-second birthday. I couldn't come with them for obvious reasons. I do need to be able to pick them up, which won't be for another few hours."

Chris nodded and smiled, taking off his glasses and putting them on Ashley's nightstand, next to hers, as to not break them or anything else. This was a new experience for both of them. They usually were gentle, romantic, careful with one another when they had sex, making sure to take one another's every action into account before doing anything, but something happened today, something that made them want to melt into one another's arms and forget everything.

Josh.

He had been turned into one of those creatures. They received a phone call from Sam who told them about what new information was coming up in the police reports. A pair of officers were killed, presumably by Wendigo Josh, months ago when they had escaped the mountain. The news upset them both greatly, sending them to one another. Suddenly, without saying a word to one another, they left their date in the middle of the movie. They made it to the car, hand in hand, exchanging innocent kisses, but things quickly became more and more heated. Chris got in the drivers seat, Ashley in the passengers, but neither buckled up. Chris climbed on top of Ashley and started kissing her. When he inched his hands under her bra, feeling up her breasts in just the right way to make her moan, she stopped him. "Not here. My place."

They were now on Ashley's bed. Chris had taken Ashely's shirt off and was fumbling with her bra. Ashley smiled at him and undid it for him herself, unleashing her breasts. She looked shy, but comfortable. She knew if this was anyone else, she would be running for cover. Instead, she was embracing him, unbuttoning the blue button-down he wore specifically for dates. She moaned in pleasure as he flicked her nipples, causing shivers of pleasure to be sent down her spine.

Hastily she unbuttoned Chris' pants, releasing him from the denim prison and allowing herself to be taken with him. She pulled off her pants and panties as Chris pulled off his boxers. Chris pulled out the condom from Ashley's nightstand drawer and quickly put it on, ready to feel the sweet relief that came from being inside her.

Once they were done they collapsed onto one another, relishing in the company the other provided. They turned on Ashley's PS4 and watched Netflix, mostly Disney movies, admittedly, until Ashley got a call to go pick up her friends. The nineteen year old smiled at Chris as she threw on a pair of tight fitting sweatpants that depicted Stitch from Lilo and Stitch on the left leg, and a tye-dye "Keep Austin Weird" t-shirt she had gotten when she was a freshman in high school, that was big enough to fit Chris comfortably. "You coming?"

Chris jumped off the bed and onto his feet, managing to slip on his jeans that were still on the floor, and face planting into the ground. Ashley let out a laugh and helped him up. "Come on, goofball." She grabbed Chris' glasses for him off the nightstand and threw him sweatpants and a blue t-shirt depicting some white lettering displaying his nerd status. Even with the news that had gotten them to this point, the news of Josh becoming a wendigo, they were happy. Everything would be alright.

Last night I stayed up until 5 in the morning writing this, because I couldn't bring myself to stop writing, so I've the first three chapter completely written. This story will be updated on Saturdays (including this Saturday) but I was so excited to get it out there I published it today! Please let me know what you guys think of this. This is something completely different for me.