that august night - c.l.

10. Eyes on me, love

He watched her with adoration in his eyes as she walked across the yacht, looking at the sea. He looked as the sun kissed her skin and the wind messed up her hair and even then it looked flawlessly perfect. Charles may have looked at her for too long because she called out his name and asked him what he was looking at. They had a conversation before Charles started the yacht and went out on the free sea. Elena made him company and he couldn't be happier about it.

...

"You ready? The water may be cold but," - Before Charles could finish his sentence, Elena ran past him and jumped off of the yacht and into the water as he watched. Elena reached the surface of the water, removing the drops from her eyelashes as her hair didn't get into her face as it usually does. Charles didn't know why but Elena made him feel a different way. It's not just that he didn't know what he felt towards her, he didn't even know why. They only knew each other for short period of time and no one has left this kind of mark on him.

"What are you looking at? Come on, the water is just fine." – Elena yelled over to him and he smiled before jumping in too. He jumped in a little too close to her as Elena moved her head away once his body hit the water. As Charles was trying to swim out on the surface, he brushed against her leg. Elena's body shivered and she didn't know if it was from the water or his touch. Neither of them moved as they only breathed deeply, letting their bodies adjust to the temperature of the water they found themselves in.

They enjoyed looking into each other's eyes. She saw a color that she never thought would give her this much comfort in such a short period of time. And Charles saw a spark he never thought someone could have.

"Where did you learn to jump like that? That was on a professional level." – He asked just to ease down the silence that started surrounding them. But he didn't move away. "I did some swimming back in my high school days. Besides that I also did volleyball, gymnastics and tennis for a really short period of time." – Elena explained as his eyes moved across her face taking in every line on it like someone asked him to remember it. But that was just for his own inner peace. He never wanted to forget her face, taking in everything just so he doesn't do so.

"So you are sports type? Why tennis for a short period of time?" - He asked continuing the conversation. "Yeah, it did not go well. On my fifth day I fell and ripped up my shorts and skirt. It was really embarrassing. I never went there again." - Elena awkwardly smiled as Charles laughed, assuring her that it is not as embarrassing as some things he did. "At least you are a great swimmer. Can you do a backflip?" - He asked as she held challenging look. "Watch me." - Elena swam away and climbed up on the yacht again.

She did as he asked, and perfectly landed in the water as he swam up to her. "Great job, that looked amazing." - He praised as she wiped way the drops from her face.

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He watched her as she dried her hair with a towel. Charles himself had a towel around his upper body but the sight in front of him didn't help. On the other side, it was slowing him down as he imagined how her lips would fall apart as he held her hands above her head and-

"Charles are you okay?" - Elena interrupted his thoughts. Charles placed the towel over his lower front as the thoughts from earlier weren't as innocent as anyone would think. "Uh yeah. I want to take a shower." - He explained awkwardly standing there. But Elena wasn't dumb. She knew how men acted in certain situations. You don't need anything more than eyes and mind to understand them. Even if you happen to know them for few days only.

"Well I wanted to take a shower too." - Elena teased as Charles' expression grew confused, like he was not getting the hint. Men, Elena thought. "Well then, you can go first, I can wait-" - As he started talking she wrapped her hand around his wrist and dragged him to the bathroom. As soon as they reached it, she turned around closing the doors behind them.