Green-minded (EDITING) ✔

F O U R T E E N: Truth Revealed

"Babe, here's the plan. You'll stand up on my shoulder. Then climb on the wall, I think it's around 10 feet to get out of this well." Tony instructs me.

"I'll try but I'm not sure if I'll succeed though." I respond. My pulse is racing, I swallow the lump on my throat, feeling a bit anxious on what I'm about to do.

"You can do it, I believe in you. Once you're out of here, run back to the beach and bring someone to help me, too." He squats, his back facing me. He signals me to climb onto his shoulder. Standing up, he holds both of my hands. I balance carefully then press my hands onto the walls.

The rocks are old with mossy covering. It's very slippery. I get to step on three to four rocks but I lost footing, falling down quickly. Good thing that Tony is fast enough to catch me. We attempted for three more times, but to our dismay, we failed.

True enough to what the woman said, the rain starts to fall. You've just got to be kidding me. It's more slithery now, I jump back down. The little hope I have that we can survive this gets wash away with the raindrops. Suppressing the tears from falling, I close my eyes. Tony moves closer to me.

"Geez. That lady is pretty annoying. Is she X-men's Storm? She easily whirled up a storm towards us. Damn! I hope I'm Professor X right now." Tony laughs, then lifts his face up, raising his arms towards the sky. His hands are catching the raindrops while his eyes are shut close.

I chuckle, knowing that he's just finding humor in our situation to lighten up my mood. Such an awesome guy I have here.

He opens his eyes and leans down, "Babe, let's just shout. Maybe they are trying to find us. We've been out for hours."

I nod and shout as loud as I can, "Help! Please rescue us! Help!"

"Is anybody there?! Save us! Help!" Tony yells.

It's been a few minutes and nobody came. The water is now ankle-deep, "I think the woman responsible for this is the same person who fed me nuts. She's definitely nuts! Hate her so much." I say on gritted teeth, "Tony, there's a little bit of a problem.  I can't swim."

"Same thoughts. I think it's Joan. Don't worry. You can count on me, I can swim. I played Michael Phelps, remember?" He winks, resting his hand on my shoulder.

"Oh yes, in your movie, 'Golden Olympian', right?"

A proud smile appears on his face, "You watched my movie?"

"Who didn't? That was a good one." I smile back.

"Thanks," he blows me a kiss, "I got your back. I'll carry you when the water gets deep."

I sure hope we'll not get to that part.

*****

The water reaches my knees, the rain is pouring heavily on us. Noticing that I feel cold, Tony approaches me then hugs me tight, sending shivers down my spine. Then, a gentle warmth fills me from within as heat radiates off him. I embrace him back as we look into each other's eyes. What if we won't survive this? What if no one really comes to help us? I want to kiss him one last time. Just this once.

Standing on tiptoes, I reach for him and lightly press my lips against his. Feeling a bit embarrassed about what I did, I shake my head and look away. Tony touches my chin, making me stare into his blue eyes and he leans down to kiss me. To my surprise, I part my lips and his tongue enters my mouth, boldly wandering inside. I can't help but respond to him and he lets out a moan, tightening his grip on my back. I let our kiss go deeper and deeper. Gosh, this feels amazing.

Out of breath, we end the kiss. My heart did a somersault, pounding out of my chest. His eyes bore into mine, he smiles widely. Then peppers my face with small kisses. I giggle.