Love Takes Two

Chapter Seventeen

William locked his door on his way out of the house. He shoved his keys into the pocket of his chinos,turned around to head towards the beach,but stopped at the sight the curly hair lady walking beside A guy in wearing the colourful shirt he had come to hate,in his one hour on the island.

It was not the man that really caught his attention,it was the lady beside him. Something about her screamed familiar,but what it was,he didn't really know.

From her small and petite frame to her hair and the way she walked,she reminded him of a particular someone.

Someone he had been trying hard to forget for the last two weeks.

William shook his head at his own train of thought as he too,made his way to the beach. He drowned when he didn't see the lady or man in colour shirt anymore.

Shrugging that it was really none of his business,he stepped down from the stilts and started to make his way to the many chairs but the sight of the setting sun caught his attention.

William stopped to admire the view, feeling quite enchanted with what he was seeing. He retrieved his phone from his pocket to take several shots but somehow,his phone ended up in the sand.

He bent down to retrieve it but was beaten to it. He stood up straight and found himself staring into the bluest eyes he had ever seen in his life.

He knew that blue eyes anywhere any time.

"Lena?" He frowned at her. "What are you doing here?"

Mandalena(not the real one),smiled at William as he took his phone from her hand.

"That's like asking me why am I eating." She rolled her eyes. "I came here for the same reason as you. To relax and enjoy my holiday. It's quite simple. I didn't know that I would run into you."

William nodded. "I apologize for my tone. Welcome to Reethi beach."

"You too."

"Is Mandaline here?" He stretched his neck to scan the crowd that were busy settling down.

"Nah." Maddy waved her hand. "She is back in Philly. I wanted her to come,but you know how she is."

"Okay." He turned once more,to stare at the sun and beach.

"The speech is already starting,I would have love to invite you to join us but my table is already full."

"No,problem. Go on." He didn't even check to see if she was gone or not.

"See you around then." She said before walking away.

William vaguely heard the speech but his gaze remained on the sun,until it disappeared down the beach. The beach lamps,hanging from a string tied from one palm tree to another in a crisscross sign,came on immediately. It casted soft lights over the beach,giving it a serene and peaceful setting.

The sound of clapping caught his attention. He turned to survey the reason,but couldn't see since the stage was really far from where he was.

After the claps died down, Billy ocean's Carribean Queen song filled the many,eliciting many ohh's and Ahh's from the crowd.

William started forward to find a seat but couldn't find any. All the seats were occupied. Cursing himself for getting carried away by the setting sun,He gestured to one of the men in white shirts ,black slacks with bow ties around their neck.

"Sorry,but I can't seem to find a seat,can you get me one?"

The guy,with a name tag John McCrafe, pointed towards the front.