The Auditions

Chapter 8

Jamie is back with 8 bags of shopping, jeez what did he get! I rush to open the glass door as he is struggling to hold them, he runs in and deposits them on the breakfast table. I giggle at him "You are worse then women with shopping, you were gone so long" It's now 8:45am.
"There's so many things we needed, I got matches for the BBQ, sausages, steak, chicken, veggies for salad and salad dressing, bread, buns, hot chocolate powder, some movies to watch tonight, some clothes and underwear" he murmurs as he opens each bag showing me what he got.
"And this" he hands over a smaller gift bag "For you, open it." My eyes shoot up at him and I smile, a gift for me. I remove a small gift wrapped package out of the bag and begin to remove to wrapping paper, inside is a jewellery box, I open it and there this a delicate beautiful love heart necklace made out of tiny little diamonds and my heart melts. "Thank you" I say unable to express my feelings, "For everything, for being you." I wrap my arms around his stomach and hold him kissing him chest.
"I love you" I whisper to him
"And I you" he responds holding me tightly.
"Let me put it on for you" he says and turning me around he clips it on around my neck. "Looks beautiful on you".

We are packed and ready to go on our hike, the island is way on the other side of the beach and we need to pass a long track and a cliff to get there, it will possibly take us over an hour.
We begin our journey at half passed 10 each carrying backpacks.
The weather is really quite warm and lovely for a winters day, it's humid. We have been walking for about an hour when we stop near shore for a rest.
"Care to join me for a swim?" Asks Jamie.
"No way" I shake my head. He takes of his t-shirt and sweatpants, shoes and socks and he is dressed only in his briefs.
"I think you need to be cooled down Dakota" he says as he walks towards me and picks me up over his shoulder.
"No" I scream, "Noooooo Jamie" I'm screaming until my lounges are sore but he holds me tightly so I cannot escape and removes my sweat pants and shoes. "I'm going to put you down but don't run" he says "Okay?"
"Okay" I mutter breathlessly and he put me down, and I run as fast as I can pacing around a large rock on the beach and he chases me, the adrenaline is coursing through my body as I try to escape him but he catches me and deposits me into the water and I scream laughing at the same time as he follows me in.
The water is cold, I'm shivering and my bones are aching.
"That wasn't so bad was it" he laughs as he swims towards me and holds me, and moves my hair away from my face and tucks it behind my ears.
"It's cold" I shiver.
"Only for a bit, after a while you can't feel anything" and he's right, I can't feel it. We swim towards a fishing wharf in the middle of the water and Jamie climbs up and helps me up too and we both dive off. I can't see Jamie anywhere, I'm looking around frantically trying to spot him but he is no where to be seen. I call out to him but he does not answer and my heart skips a beat, the seconds feel like a lifetime.
"Jamie" I scream out as tears roll unbidden down my cheeks. I dive under water trying to spot him but the salty water blinds me and I can't see anything, "Jamie" I sob fearing the worst, and there's a not building up in my throat as I sob with unstoppable teas running down my cheeks. And out of no where he grabs my feet and pulls me under, and we both float to the top together and he is laughing, how could he do this, I am still reeling from the thought of losing this man who is so dear to my heart, I am furious! "Why would you do that" I scream as my tears continue to flow. His laughing ceases and his face is serious "I'm sorry" I slap him and push away from him and he swims towards me grabbing both my hands and pulls me towards him "I'm sorry baby" he kisses me "I'm sorry" he murmurs between kisses "I'm sorry" he continues hugging me, soothing me as I sob into his chest, the thought of any harm coming to him I can't bare. When I am all cried out we swim back to shore, he undresses me removing my wet shirt and dries me with a towel and then dresses me in his T-shirt and sweater and helps me put my pants back on. He removes his briefs and is naked standing in front of me I gasp flushing and looking around but we are alone, there is no one here but us. He is squeezing the water out of his briefs trying his hardest to dry them up and then places them on a rock in the sun and he sits beside me on a log, naked. I shuffle and move away trying to avoid any contact with him, I'm mad as hell at him for scaring me like that.