Like Your Eyes (EN)

chapter 2

-"I love coming here early in the morning, the smell of the foam on the sand, the wind, the birds singing and the waves crashing on the beach, the view... The sun rising over the ocean. And there's hardly anyone there."

Maya had turned her head and Carina had her head in the palm of her hand her elbow on her thigh looking at her as if hypnotized, her lip between her teeth.

The blonde had blushed and the Italian had raised her head and blushed back, realizing that she was staring at her.

- "excuse me"

- "it's ok, don't worry"

- "have you been surfing long?"

Maya had turned her head to look at the ocean, she had started to talk and Carina had stepped forward to watch her talk.

- "probably since I was old enough to stand on my feet"

Carina had put her hand on the blonde's arm.

- "can you... Talk, slower?"

- "oh yes, excuse me" Maya made as she turned to the brunette. "I was saying, since I can stand."

- "oh yeah! And that's your passion?"

-"Yes. It's a hard passion to take on".

- "why?"

- "my father was a great surfer and he died during a competition... He drowned. So imagine telling my mom that... That I want to be a surfer... That I want to follow in his footsteps"

-"I'm sorry"

-"That was a few years ago" Maya turned her head towards the ocean.

- "is that why you spend so much time in the water?" Carina asked as she put her hand on the blonde's arm to look at her.

-"Yes, I'm closer to him that way. And then I want to be the best. I want to make him proud."

Maya had started to stroke her board.

-"You can go in the water if you want. You can go surfing."

-"It's okay, don't worry," Maya answered with her best smile; the Italian girl had blushed and looked away.

They talked for another hour and then Jack arrived, as he does every morning.

-"Hi!" Said the young man.

Maya smiled and looked up at him.

- "Heyyy!"

Carina had turned around and looked to where the blonde had put her eyes.
She had exhaled as she dropped her shoulders.

The blonde had stood up.

- "Carina this is Jack my boyfriend."

The brunette had risen in turn.

Maya had taken her boyfriend in her arms.

- "hey you're dry!"

- "yes I haven't been in the water yet."
She had turned around. "This is Carina."

The brunette had reached out to shake her hand.

- "Nice to meet you."

- "hi" replied the man

- "and your name?"

- "It's Jack, I... I told you" said the blonde looking at her.

- "sorry..."

- "no worries"

- "what are you doing here?" Jack asked to the photographer.

- "I'm on vacation"