An unbelievable trip

As I hurriedly shoved my wallet into the back pocket of my jeans, I heard the doorbell ring.

“Ah, she’s here already!” I said while rushing to open the door. In front of me, stood my older sister, with a fairly big bag on her shoulder.

“I’ll be done in a minute Alice, just wait!” I said to her, before she could even say hello.

“Yeah, yeah okay. Just hurry will you? The plane will leave in two hours, and we’re still here.” She replied while impatiently typing a message on her cell phone.

“Ready!” I said after a few minutes. “Let’s go!”

And so, we got into her car, and drove for about 20 minutes, while listening to the radio in the car. When we finally arrived at the airport, we checked our luggage in, and then we stood there, waiting for the plane, while drinking a cup of coffee from a vending machine.

Finally the plane arrived, and we got on board of it. It was my first time ridding on a plane, so I was excited. My sister left me the window seat, as she had already travelled by plane a couple of times. She was having fun seeing me so excited.

“Hope we don’t crash.” She said with an evil smile on her face. She knew I have heard many stories about airplanes crashing and I was a little scared.

“Don’t say that!” I whined, while checking my seatbelt. “You can’t scare me!”

“Yeah, yeah, I wouldn’t even dream of it.” She replied with an ironic tone.

We were almost at the destination, at the St. Kitts Island. We decided at this destination after finding the Tripbase website on the internet. And there it was, Saint Kitts and Nevis sister Islands. Me and my sister we’re looking for a quiet place to unwind and recharge our batteries, so we discussed going on this trip. And before I knew it, we had already bought the tickets and made our reservations.

When we arrived, it was already evening, so we took a taxi to our hotel. It was called “Bird Rock”, and it had an incredible view of the Caribbean Sea.

After we checked in our room, and arranged our luggage, we had dinner at “Diana’s Restaurant”, meal which consisted of specific Caribbean dishes that even now, thinking about them, make my mouth water.

Afterward, we were pretty tired after all the new things around us, so we retired to our room, and went to bed. The next day, we planned to go to the beach, and take a deep into the sea.

After a few hours, I woke up at the sound of the TV. My sister had left it on, and fell asleep like a rock. So I got up, and turned it off. But by then, I wasn’t sleepy anymore, so I decided to take a stroll on the beach. As it was still late at night, I could be all alone on the beach. So I changed into a white, thin blouse and a pair of jeans and went out of the room, as quietly as possible.

Just as I thought, I was all alone on the quiet beach, which was located in a protective cove. As I walked around, the warm sand was gently massaging my feet. And red strings of light started appearing slowly, on the clear sky.

As I was preparing to return to my room, I saw a man coming out from the water. He had long, black hair, and a good stature. He was definitely a swimmer. And while he was brushing his hair back, water was dripping from his body, leaving a trail on the dry sand.

I stood there entranced by this man, who seemed that he was coming straight from a dream, as to answer my desire for company. At first, he didn’t seem to notice me, but after he got his black shirt back on his broad shoulders, he fixed his eyes on me, and slowly approached the place I was staying at.

As I saw him coming, I could feel a small wince of fear, passing through my body. But nevertheless, I didn’t move a muscle from the place I was at. I could feel his eyes going over my body, bonding me.

When he was in front of me, he took my left hand, and laid a cold kiss on it. I could almost feel the salty water of the sea, now on my left hand. I didn’t say anything, I couldn’t.

He stood there, in front of me, looking at me, holding my hand into his, for what to me seemed a couple of hours. He then slowly leaded me towards the sea, without even muttering a word.

Even if I thought it was strange, at that moment I couldn’t disobey him. I was following him blindly. There was something attracting me to this person, something binding me, leaving me at his will.

As we slowly walked into the sea, I could feel the small, cold waves crashing at my feet. When the water was around my waist, he suddenly stopped. He then turned at me, and embraced me.

His arms were cold, clinging desperately onto me. As if waking from a trance, I put my arms around him, and whispered: “I’m sorry!”

He then looked at me, with a sad smile, and nodded. He understood. While still holding me, he softly touched my forehead with his lips. When he let go of me, I noticed a tear, dropping onto his cheek. As I gently wiped it off with my right hand, I could feel its warmth.

Before I could realize it, tears started flowing out of my eyes, blocking my view of the man. After I wiped them off violently, rubbing my eyes, I noticed he was already gone. I couldn’t see him anymore. My knees gave in, and I was in the water up until my neck.

After that night, all I would do was sit at the beach, usually at night, waiting for him to appear again. But regardless of how much time I waited, he wouldn’t come. After a week had passed, it was time to return home. And indifferent to what I said, my sister, who thought it was all a dream, persuaded me to return.

I knew I couldn’t stay anymore, and I also knew I wouldn’t see him anymore, so I agreed to return home, without too much fuss.

The ride home wasn’t nearly as fun as the ride to the Islands, and I didn’t get to visit much either, but one thing I know for sure. I will never forget the night I meet him. Even if no one believed me, and even I don’t understand what happened exactly, but I can say with sureness that it was all real.

Since that day, whenever I get some free time from work, I return there, in hope that I will see him once again, and this time, I will surely go with him, wherever he takes me.