This one will be short but bear with me...I have something big planned for the next update. I just needed to get AsYa's talk out of the way...😃
Will send PMs about this update tomorrow 😛
Part 8
It had been two days since they seen the unknown islander on the beach. Asad has tried looking everywhere he could but no sign. Why would this person be hiding from them and what was going on? He planned to go looking again and maybe back at that abandoned place where he'd found the supplies.
"Are we going to talk?" He heard Zoya say softly a little ways from him. He was surprised she was asking to talk after all since she was doing the most of the avoidance. So he nodded an scooted closer to her. "Let's talk." He said barely a whisper.
"I'm sorry if my behaviour was I don't know...not very ladylike. What happened happened and we can't change it. I just don't want things to be weird. We have to be with each other on this island. I'd prefer it if we were back on speaking terms." Wow. She just let it all out there, Asad thought in his head. This wasn't a talk, this was just a try for a quick fix and he wasn't having it.
"Why did you kiss me?" He asked looking her square in the face. They needed to get it all out there before they could move forward. She looked taken aback by the question but she cleared her throat and answered him anyway.
"Because..." She sighed closing her eyes and dropping her head. "Because I ... wanted...to." He wasn't going to make this easy on her. She'd made him feel like the worst person since this happened and she needed to explain now. "Why?"
She gasped, "Really?" She looked at him with a frustrated look. "That wasn't enough for you? Am I stroking your ego now?" He didn't answer but waited for her to answer his question. "I wanted to kiss you..." she stood up and started pacing. "...Because I wanted you...okay no that came out wrong...scratch that...I was emotional...I wasn't thinking...I just..." she stopped pacing and closed her eyes breathing in deeply, "I wanted...I no...I like you and I was...I don't know what I was feeling and before you ask...why didn't you stop it from being more than a kiss?" she tried mocking his voice.
"I didn't stop because I wanted it okay...It might have been the most impulsive and craziest thing I've done because we don't really even know each other but there it is,"...she sighed turning away. "After we kissed...I just couldn't stop what happened next." She couldn't meet his eyes and so he said,"Thank you." She turned facing him with confusion in her dark deep eyes. "For talking to me."
"You're welcome." she mumbled and he got up and walked down to the water 's edge, smiling to himself.
- - - - - - - -
What just happened? Did they just talk or did she do all the talking? She shook her head. Oh he thought he was just going to get away like that? Zoya followed him down to the beach and tapped him on the shoulder. "Why didn't you stop me?"
He just smiled and leaned close to whisper in her ear, "For the same reason you didn't stop." And then turned back looking out at the water. Zoya felt his words shiver down her spine.
She smiled unable to stop herself and retreated back up the beach. . .
- - - - - - - -
The next morning, Asad with Zoya in tow scoured the beach looking for the man an what he found disturbed him on many levels. He found two men...not one but two men laughing and drinking from coconuts close to where he'd found the supplies he'd brought back to the beach.
"Hey." He called out walking swiftly towards the men. When the men saw him, they took off running towards the shoreline and getting onto a jet-ski? Where did they get a jet-ski and why on earth did they run? Why wouldn't they help them or something? Frustratedly, Asad took the empty coconut shells they abandoned and smashed them against the nearby tree.
"WHAT. ON. EARTH. IS. GOING ON!!?" He shouted. He felt a hand touch his shoulder and he flinched then realized it was Zoya and apologized. With teary eyes, she folded herself up against him, hugging him. He was so surprised at the action that he didn't hug her back immediately but when the shock wore off, he held her tightly to him and closing his eyes, prayed that they'd make it off this island soon. . .
END of CHAPTER
Feel free to drop a comment below 😃 It's always welcomed and encouraged 😉
Edited by cclove - 11 years ago
127