“What are you thinking” he asked his fingers tracing small circles in her back
Kira slid over to the other side of the bed before standing and turning to look at him.
“I was just thinking about tomorrow” she said softly, seeing a shadow cross his eyes. Turning around so that he wouldn’t see the sadness in hers she had began to pull her clothes on. Grabbing her phone she had mumbled something about needing to phone before disappearing up to the deck to make her phone call, all a rouse so that he wouldn’t see the tears threatening to spill down her cheeks.
By the time he had dressed and joined her she had pulled herself together
“Did you get through” he asked softly
“No, didn’t seem to get a signal” she smiled up at him. Craig had nodded offering to take them further inland to pick up a signal. Kira had smiled in thanks and he had manoeuvred the boat until her phone had sprung into action. As she made her call from the other end so that he was not able to hear what was being said he had watched her. He had watched as her face had lit up while speaking, while she laughed softly at the person on the other end and how her whole body had relaxed.
As she rang off, she had remained seated looking out to sea lost in her own thoughts. After several minutes he had brought the vessel to a stop and moved up to join her.
“Everything OK” he asked casually
She had nodded biting her lip as though words she wanted to say were being held back, her eyes confused and full of conflicting thoughts. He stood silently feeling that something very important was about to be said, when with a soft sigh she had turned from him once more looking out to sea.
“Fine” she said softly
“Listen Kira, If you don’t want to go to this party tonight we could blow it off” he offered softly
“I’m sure everybody will understand”
She had looked at him with softness in her aqua eyes, which were the same colour as the shallow waters they had just left
“No, I’m good” she said brightly “It’ll be fun”.
He had returned her smile before pulling some fishing rods from one of the many holds which lined the side of the boat before showing her how to put on hooks and caste her line, the earlier mood quickly lifting as they both laughed at how badly she fished. He had moved behind her to help, making her laugh more as he had tickled her as she lifted her arms to cast the line
“You are not helping” she had giggled falling against him as he once again tickled her, making the two of them fall back onto the deck he with his arms holding her tight
“I think we have to face the fact that you are not a fisher” he had chuckled before moving back to the controls
“Maybe we should just see if you can swim better with them”
Still giggling she had looked back at him nodding her head.
Moving to a small sandbank he had put out the anchor before helping her into the small outboard vessel which ran behind the larger boat. They had taken this to the sand bank where they had put on their snorkels and mask to float gently in the cool refreshing waters. Kira was amazed at the clarity of the water in which they could follow the brightly coloured shoals of strange and exotic fish, and Kira had enjoyed swimming amongst the marine life following Craig, who was a strong and elegant swimmer moving through the water gracefully. He had always stayed close to her touching her to point out interesting fish and diving under her to pick up beautiful shells for her to look more closely at.
Kira had been disappointed when he had looked at his watch and indicated that they should come ashore.
“Well if we want to make the party we had better get moving” he had said gently helping her back into the small boat. Kira had been disappointed to leave having had such a wonderful day and knowing that it was her last, this fact more than any causing her to feel almost empty inside, however, if he noticed her silence he didn’t say anything lost in his own thoughts.
As he had taken the boat back to the berth they had left the day before, the two of them had sat together at the wheel, him sitting on the captains seat while she leant in between his legs against him laughing as she steered the boat. He had nibbled on her ear as he whispered instructions on how to work the throttle and other levers which covered the dash. He had made her laugh with comments such as “women drivers” and the journey had passed all too quickly.
Back at the villa they had moved back upstairs to their room to shower and change. Kira had watched as he pulled his tea shirt over his head, now only wearing the swimming shorts he had worn earlier. Swallowing a small lump, her whole body had been filled with such a desire for him born from the sudden realisation that tomorrow their time together would be over that she had moved forward and much to his surprise gently pushed him onto the bed until he was sat looking up at her. Placing a finger on his mouth as he began to speak she leaned forward gently whispering in his ear