Ashleigh's Story | Laura Funk
It was the end of August the end of summer before my junior year of high school. The family vacation that year was to Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. I met him on one of the boats that ferry to the island. The "vacation" had been hurried, cramped, and irritated...with only enough time to spend one day on the island we tried to pack all the sightseeing in then make the last boat back to the mainland. The day had been long and hot and we were all becoming tired and grumpy; then it didn't help that the boat was delayed. Finally the boat came and we were on our way across the deep water. Feeling the need for fresh air, space and the desire to explore the darkness, I wandered from the cabin onto the deck. Leaning on the railing and gazing out into the misty night, an eerie feeling that I was not alone came over me. Before I could turn around I heard a deep, masculine voice close behind me.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" I turned toward the owner of this intriguing voice and found that it belonged to a young man around 18 years of age.
"Y-yes, it is." I finally stuttered, trying to suppress the sudden fluttering in my stomach as I gazed dreamily into the clearest blue eyes I’d ever seen.
“It’s amazing how bright the stars are out here, you can see everything.” He pointed to the sky and I grasped the rail and leaned back to watch as he pointed out all the visible constellations. “Those three stars are Orion’s belt and over there is Cassiopeia, the Big Dipper is there…” I lost track of his voice as I became aware of how close he was standing to me. I could feel his left hand brushing against mine on the railing, his chest close to by back and his voice low and as it whispered close to my ear. His right hand moved down my arm and grasped my right hand so he could use my fingers to trace the shapes made by the stars.
I stood, lost in the enchanted tension for a moment as my imagination flashed with all the sappy, romantic stories of strangers in the night falling in love after sharing such a moment. The stranger finished pointing out the stars but didn’t let go of my hand, instead he wrapped his arm around me and with the other hand, swept my hair back and leaned down to kiss my neck. I turned in his arms and touched his clean shaven face gently with my fingertips. He leaned down and I closed my eyes as my head began to swim, feeling the warmth of his breath mingling with mine. His lips no more than brushed against mine when my very first kiss was brought to a sudden end.
“Emily! Emily, where are you?” I jumped and my head snapped back as my little brother’s voice broke the magic of the moment and brought me rudely back to reality. Embarrassed by the interruption the stranger was gone as quickly as he’d arrived. I glared at my little brother and angrily asked what he wanted. He told me the fairy was about to dock so our parents had sent him to find me. As pushed through the crowd of weary travelers my eyes frantically searched for the enchanting stranger who had taken the virginity of my young lips, but he was nowhere to be found. I didn’t even know his name.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" I turned toward the owner of this intriguing voice and found that it belonged to a young man around 18 years of age.
"Y-yes, it is." I finally stuttered, trying to suppress the sudden fluttering in my stomach as I gazed dreamily into the clearest blue eyes I’d ever seen.
“It’s amazing how bright the stars are out here, you can see everything.” He pointed to the sky and I grasped the rail and leaned back to watch as he pointed out all the visible constellations. “Those three stars are Orion’s belt and over there is Cassiopeia, the Big Dipper is there…” I lost track of his voice as I became aware of how close he was standing to me. I could feel his left hand brushing against mine on the railing, his chest close to by back and his voice low and as it whispered close to my ear. His right hand moved down my arm and grasped my right hand so he could use my fingers to trace the shapes made by the stars.
I stood, lost in the enchanted tension for a moment as my imagination flashed with all the sappy, romantic stories of strangers in the night falling in love after sharing such a moment. The stranger finished pointing out the stars but didn’t let go of my hand, instead he wrapped his arm around me and with the other hand, swept my hair back and leaned down to kiss my neck. I turned in his arms and touched his clean shaven face gently with my fingertips. He leaned down and I closed my eyes as my head began to swim, feeling the warmth of his breath mingling with mine. His lips no more than brushed against mine when my very first kiss was brought to a sudden end.
“Emily! Emily, where are you?” I jumped and my head snapped back as my little brother’s voice broke the magic of the moment and brought me rudely back to reality. Embarrassed by the interruption the stranger was gone as quickly as he’d arrived. I glared at my little brother and angrily asked what he wanted. He told me the fairy was about to dock so our parents had sent him to find me. As pushed through the crowd of weary travelers my eyes frantically searched for the enchanting stranger who had taken the virginity of my young lips, but he was nowhere to be found. I didn’t even know his name.
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