Unlikely encounters

The weeks of the cruise went by fast now that me and Austin met eachother. We met up with eachother every day and hung out. I never told my parents about him because I knew that his appearance would instantly cause my parents to hate him. On the last day of the cruise, me and him went up to the sundeck where we spent our first evening together.

"Hey Austin?" I asked

"Mhmm?"

"Are we friends? Or.... Or do you, you know...." I trailed off, but before I could continue my sentence, he was leaning in to kiss me, and this time I didn't pull away.
Our kiss didn't last long, and it wasn't extremley passionate, but I felt sparks go off inside of me, and I wondered if Austin felt the same way. When we pulled away, I looked into his eyes and I saw stars. I think I loved him.

"Austin, when we leave do you promise to call me?" I asked him.

He lived in Oregon and I lived in Las Angles but I really wanted to keep in contact with him. Over these past three weeks he'd become my best friend.

"Of course I'll call." Austin said as he hugged me

Our last night together was spent sitting on the sundeck talking with eachother and looking out onto the horizon. Before we parted from eachother that night I said to him,

"Tomorrow at 8:00 before we all get off, meet me on the deck so I can give you my number."

I went to my room and watched the notebook, thinking about leaving Austin.



~~The next day~~



"Mackenzie, where do you think your going?" My mother asked as I tried to sneak out of my room to meet Austin.

"Oh, I just wanted to go up on the deck." I said

"No honey, all the suits get early departure! Were leaving right now." My mom said.

I fought with her for a long time, begging her, screaming at her to let me go but she didn't let me. As I walked off the ship tears streamed down my face and I thought about Austin waiting for me patiently on the deck. We got in the car and drove to the airport. I spent days in my room crying, wishing that I could talk to Austin. But as months went by I stopped thinking about him, and we never talked to eachother again.... Until 10 years later.

Notes

Only one more chapter tonight!