Bona Fide Queen

One

"Hmm those clouds aren't looking very nice."

I covered my face away from the fading sun only to notice the angry grey clouds in the distance. Bracing myself on the railing, I glanced around the empty water's that were calm and gentle.

Like it was waiting for a storm.

Grumbling my discontent, I pivoted on my heel and was meet with my brother's eyes, a chilling blue, to my rare violet eyes.

Tyler only glanced toward the sky quietly, scanning for whatever as he stood still.

Sighing, I snatched back his attention.

"Tyyy," I drawled his name until he finally looked at me.

He'd always been a more quiet person to my more loud one. Polar opposites, really. He was steady and serious, and I was fun and, admittedly, a bit unpredictable, even to myself. It had always been that way.

Yet despite our differences, we were siblings.

Though we weren't close, we had always accepted that we were bound by the explainable blood ties and could not ignore each other forever.

As a way to get close, well, that's where the open sea and boat come in.

"We're supposed to be having fun! Not just having the 'quiet contest'!" I whined as I poked his arm, much to his brooding annoyance.

"Violet, we're lost in the middle of the sea and a storm is coming. Now is not the time for 'fun'." He said in that oh-so serious way of his.

I pursed my lips and crossed my arms, leaning against the railing for support as I crossed my legs at the ankle.

"Ty, we're not lost. And if we are, I'm sure someone will find us eventually." I shrugged, nonchalantly.

Ty huffed out a crude laugh.

"When? When we're dead? Yeah, no thanks. I'd rather go back and finish off my degree then be 'found eventually'." His brows were pinched as he too crossed his arms and began thinking to himself.

But I knew he was right. Our little bonding trip was wasted. Ty being in college and me in high school, we had our own, separate lives to be in. Only, while his life was staring, mine seemed to be slowing. I'd convinced our parents on a bonding trip that they totally agreed on, which was my way of getting out and exploring.

Lately, I'd felt trapped, even after sneaking out and roaming around in the dead of night, I had felt restless. A restlessness I couldn't explain, like I wasn't where I was supposed to be, or doing what I wanted. Not that I knew what I wanted in life. Yet.

Plus, I hadn't been given many options that my uptight parents would agree to.

My last, and only, viable option was a boating trip, which I knew if I brought Ty along, I would not only have company, but someone to.... Be responsible for me.

The thundering booms and cracks in the distance brought be back from my thoughts.

"Ty, we're going to be just fine. All we have to do is turn the boat around and wait till we float our way back." I tried to offer a reassuring smile only for it to disappear as Ty replied, "It was stupid of us not to have had more company. Our engine is broke with no way to turn back."

In only two sentences, our predicament was explained.

I'd only suspected that the engine stopped for a moment, but Ty seemed to have been certain it was dead.

Suddenly, everything started to pile up.

We were stranded, alone, and in the middle of the sea, drifting farther and farther away from land.