BEYOND THE SEA. JAMES "MAC" MACKREIDES (THE MEG 2018)

WEDDING CRASHERS.

A party yacht passed by Suyin's glider with perfect timing.

The team yelled out and were accepted onto the boat which the bride wasn't happy about (understandably so).

Suyin left in a flash after everyone was aboard to collect Jonas.

He was okay.

Ana might have doubted if he would survive but looking back she didn't expect anything different. She was glad the hero didn't die this time.

"Hi, can I join you?" Mac stood a few feet back from her. "Please," Ana smiled at him. He came up to lean against the railing, looking out to the sea. The silence was comforting, the two were always able to sit in silence and not feel awkward, not expected to talk.

"What happens now?" Ana looked up at him.

"I don't know," He answered truthfully.

"Probably take a couple of weeks off, right?" There was way they were resuming work right away.

"Right." He smiled down at her.

"Maybe um..." Oh boy. Here she goes. "Maybe we, can do something? Together?"

A vague ask. Something you could ask a friend. But also something you could ask a person you considered to be more than a friend.

"Yeah, that sounds nice." He was grateful Ana made the "first move", yes, he took that as a move, which is what it was intended to be. He didn't know how she felt but she was quite obvious in her adoration.

Looks say more than words do, and the look Ana had on her face and the one Mac had on his said everything.

She broke her gaze and turned to face the sea, trying to conceal the smile that was threatening to break out and failing horribly.

Mac's eyes stayed on her but turned to where she was looking when her eyes lit up even more if that was possible.

Suyin's glider was visible off in the distance.

"Hey, hey!" Lori yelled from the deck above, waving to Suyin.

If Anastasia's vision wasn't so bad she would've seen Suyin wave back, but if her vision was good she wouldn't have seen it anyway. Happy tears clouded her eyes, she swiped at them, trying to shoo them away.

Happy tears felt different than sad ones.

They came the same way, blurring your vision and threatening to fall, but the emotions that came with them were different.

With happy tears, relief comes with them, good news normally results in them.

Sad tears are the opposite, usually packaged with a horrible feeling, sometimes a heartache or even nausea.

The sad tears were over and done with.

That thought is what Ana was sure brought them on.

No more pain, only joy.

Mac wrapped his arm around Anastasia and she leaned into him. The blanket around her provided warmth, but he provided all the warmth she needed.

Not just in this moment, but in her life.

Anastasia would consider her ability to fall in love easily as her worst quality, but it seems this time it paid off.

The relaxation after Jonas and Suyin stepped aboard the yacht was the best feeling in the world. The Mana One crew, a family, were sitting on one of the many decks, wrapped up in blankets, basking in the feeling of great relief.

Ana and Mac were sitting next to each other, her blanket was now placed around both of their shoulders. "Well, here's to being alive." Mac raised his cup, others following suit. "And to our friends," DJ added, a solemn smile graced Ana's face.

She clinked her cup against Mac's with a cheers and took a long sip, letting the hot liquid warm her up.

Maybe good things were better left unsaid.

Anastasia and Mac's relationship wasn't confirmed but they had an understanding.

An understanding that they cared for each other, loved each other, but didn't need to say it out loud.

It wasn't the right time to profess love for someone, but who was to say that time wouldn't come soon?

Because it definitely would.

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