"Now don't get lost girls. We should be back up and running by tomorrow morning. I booked you two in a room at the best hotel on the island. Well, it's actually the only hotel on the island but it's still really nice. I will make sure someone comes to get you in the morning." He was so serious and business like when he spoke to us. You could tell we made him nervous. Using that nervousness we both giggled as we saluted and with one of our eye's closed gave him an "aye aye Captain!"
We were only staying on this beautiful island for a day while the ship was refueled. A true girls vacation just me and my best friend Ashley. We arrived at the beach around 11:30 in the morning. We had the whole day planned out before we even got our sundresses off. We were to hang out by the beach for a few hours head back to the hotel have a late lunch and then hit the bars. That was the plan.
Sitting on our chairs close to the water Ashley sat up and stamped her feet into the wet sand, "Ya know Lana, there is no one on this stupid beach. We were supposed to have such a wild vacation filled with strange men lots of alcohol and tons of fun. Look around girl, no one around but us. The captain couldn't have picked a more deserted beach for us to sun on." As I scanned the beach there were maybe 10 people scattered around as far down the beach as I could see. Why was it so dead here? Maybe it was the wrong time of the year for this island. I have to admit I was a little bit relieved that it wasn't jam packed with slobbering men. I just wasn't into the whole "vacation hookup." I would hate to just being a one time thing to someone. I shrugged my shoulders trying to act disappointed for Ashley's sake. "Oh well, guess we'll have to make our own trouble."
I put my sunglasses back on and leaned back into my chair. I let the sun cook my already tan skin. The sky was a bright blue. White fluffy clouds moved at such a slow pace I had plenty of time to make animals or other figures out of them. It was just a perfect day.
It was so hot out. I thought we were going to sweat to death. I stood from my chair and walked into the small waves that crashed by our feet. The cold water felt so good on my skin, I had to go deeper. Ashley and I ended up splashing around for a while in the crystal blue water. We jumped on top of each other and playing games with the waves. When our stomachs hurt from laughing and the thought of actually drowning from being so tired flashed in my mind I knew it was time to get out.
Three guys walking down the beach with a football were standing right by our chairs. Oh great how long were they standing there watching us? The coldness of the water stopped the heat from creeping up my face. I caught eyes with one of the guys for just a moment before Ashley jumped on my back. My face went right into the water, smashing against the sand below. "Ouch Ash, that hurt! Am I bleeding?" she just laughed and went back to her chair. When I got back to my chair I turned to see how far those guys walked. They were already halfway down the other side of the beach. I forgot about them for a while and went back to sunning.
I must have closed my eyes longer then I thought because when I woke up I was the only one there. My phone started vibrating in my beach bag making me jump. How long was I out? Here's a better question, how long have I been here by myself? I fumbled through my bag for my phone and read my text message. Great. Just great Ashley followed one of the guy's back to his hotel room and would meet me later at the bar. Typical Ashley shit. I started packing up all my stuff so I could head back to my room alone for a nice nap. The sun always knocks me out and nothing would make me feel better than a bed and then a nice shower. Looking at the sky it was definitely later than I thought. I watched the waves crash a few more times before I headed back. As my mind wandered off to never never land lightening struck the water a few yards in front of me. The light was so intense I had to block it with my arm over my face. Where did that come from? The sky grew dark so fast I didn't have time to get the rest of my stuff. I started running towards the woods at the end of the beach. The skies opened up on me and gave no mercy. I made it to the tree line and turned back towards the water. Oh man all my stuff is still over there. It's not like I wasn't getting wet by the trees but at least the trees broke the big heavy drops into smaller ones. It didn't hurt so badly over here.