Out of the Blue

18

A cool breeze glided across Stephanie's face as she woke up to the sweet salty smell of the cove. She noticed Andrew's heavy, muscular arm around her waist. He was quietly sleeping. A few drowsy seconds later she noticed she was wearing Andrew's dress shirt from the night before. She reached her neck so her nose touched her shoulder and breathed in the leftover cologne deeply and smiled. A moan tingled Stephanie's ears and she shifted her body so Andrew's and her foreheads were resting against each other.

Stephanie closed her eyes. The small waves lapping the cove shore were soon droned out with the steady beat of Andrew's heart. She placed her head onto his chest. The rhythmic up and down motion of Andrew's breathing relaxed her. If the two of them were stranded on the island forever, Stephanie wouldn't mind, not one bit. Right here, right now, was perfect.

Andrew's grip around her body tightened as he pulled her closer to his firm chest. " Mmm good morning Steph" he mumbled as his lips gently kissed her forehead. Stephanie smiled, greeting Andrew back with a giggle and "good morning, my sleepy head" as she kissed his bare shoulder. Only sleeping on a blanket, Andrew just having his dress pants on and Stephanie wearing nothing but his shirt, when a cool gust whipped through the cave Stephanie began to shiver and Andrew squeezed her tightly. She never wanted him to let go.

Andrew lazily mumbled "Shit it's Monday, and we have to be at work in an half hour." They both drawled out a long "ugh" and settled closed into each other as the wind picked up again.

"Andrew, I don't want to leave I want to just escape out here forever." Andrew laughed and let her go, getting up he picked Stephanie up in a cradle hold and began to walk her to the boat.

"We can take a shower in Ms. Darla's and we both have extra clothes in the break room just don't let the warden see us in the clothes we are now." Andrew settled Steph into the boat and began to drive. " Alright but I'm taking shower by myself, I've got sand where it should never be" she said and Andrew leaned his head back laughing harder then usual and sarcastically said " Well shoot I wanted to see that short curvy body and out of the world booty you got here" he tapped her butt and Stephanie flinched and started giggling.
" Hey, hey watch the hands". She wrapped her arms around is neck tighter and have him a kiss on his scratchy cheek and whispered sensually "I get first shower."

Warm water began to rain over Stephanie's head, slowly soaking in and water falling down her body soon becoming a veil of water down her face. Lathered shampoo then conditioner in her hair, rinsed out and washed her body quickly with bar soap. She was done in about two minutes but this was time to think about the past events. It was ok to do right? I really do love him, every inch I swear. I see him in my future. We were prepared, well I was on the pill and it's not that time. These kinds of thoughts raced through her head and she began to wonder if he's was going to expect it almost regularly now, no he's not like that he said how much he loved me. Stephanie shook her head of these doubts and turned off the water. There was a ring of a bell and she began to rush drying herself off with a towel thinking it might be Ms. Darla. After slipping on her extra uniform she began to hear mumbling in the lobby. She heard Andrews voice, almost curt and troubled but Stephanie also heard another voice, a girl's but not Ms. Darla's. Was it a customer? No Andrew wouldn't have that tone of voice. Stephanie began to walk up the stairs into the aquarium lobby where Andrew was.
The mumbling stopped. Eight steps later, Stephanie saw what was happening in the lobby and she crumbled into a million pieces. Her chest dropped a thousand floors, face burned with humiliation, her eyes welled up with the ocean and her body felt fatigued all at once. Stephanie recognized the bleach blond who was intensely kissing Andrew for what seemed like a century. She turned him around then opened her eyes and looked at Stephanie. Then shoved Andrew off of her.

  " Oh my god Andrew! Get off of me! How could you do this to you're girlfriend?" Anna stormed off out of the lobby front doors. Stephanie's knees got weak. Her whole body began to shake. Andrew turned to Stephanie with a worried look in his eyes. The same worried look when she cut her foot on the coral. Stephanie felt sick, disgusted...cheated.

  " Yeah Andrew, how could you?" Stephanie's lips trembled as she said the words. She tried to hold back the tears but it was useless. Stephanie began to walk out the door when Andrew grabbed her arm.

  " Do you really think I would do that to you!?," Andrew had rage and disbelief in his voice but the worry in his eyes, " as soon as Anna heard you   walking up the steps she came onto me. It was a set up, I swear! I was telling her she needed to leave and she wouldn't! Steph, I l--"

  "Don't even think about saying the next words!" Stephanie turned to face Andrew with fire in her eyes and tears On her face. After everything last night? All of that to waste? She felt violated. Stephanie thruster her arm forward to shake off Andrew's grip and began walking home. It was pouring rain outside but she didn't care. She didn't care about anything any more. She was done.

Andrew was pissed, wronged. This was all Anna's plan. All of it! Now he lost the love of his life for something he didn't do. Andrew started to pace, then he began to run out the door into the pouring rain to catch Stephanie but she was out of sight. Tears welled up in his eyes as he walked back inside. He looked at one of the counter stools picked it up, and threw it against the wall, leaving a scuff mark. Andrew pressed his back up against the counter and slid down until he was sitting on the floor. He cupped his face in his hands to hide his crying. Everything he loved just walked out the door and was never coming back.