A Kiss For Every Lifetime

Chapter 16: Coincidence

We swam for like an hour before we decided to grab some breakfast since we haven't eaten any.

We headed to a restaurant inside the hotel and ordered some food. We ate and talked. Jodie was beside me and was talking about a lot of things and a thought slip in my mind.

"Hey, Jodie, mind if I ask you something?" I ask and she nodded, facing me.

"What's Sean's first name?" Once the words left my lips, Jodie grinned and nudge my side with her elbows, "You're interested are you?" She wiggles her eyebrows teasingly and I felt my face heat up.

I shook my head, "Just curious," I cleared my throat and Jodie gave me a knowing smile before she started poking at her food, "You better ask Sean about it, he didn't tell me and Everest refuses to tell anyone," I frowned and hung my head, "I see,"

Jodie rub my back gently and grinned, "Did you know that Sean is a sucker for black haired chicks?" Jodie whispered in my ear and I blushed, "I wasn't asking," I muttered and Jodie nudge me again, "He's never been in a relationship but he always turn his head to any black headed girls when he goes for dinner in a restaurant," she giggled and I smiled.

I wanted to know more about Sean but he was a mystery box sealed tight. It was hard to read him with all his constant avoiding for me to see his face. I tried hard enough to see his face but he seems to notice it and hides it perfectly in the shadows.

"I'll go catch some air," I stood up and pointed at the balcony, Jodie nodded and continued eating. The balcony was beside the pool and when I reached there, the sound of water splashing reached my ears. I stop walking and contemplated if I should just go back or hang around the balcony. I chose the latter and headed straight to the railings.

I leaned my elbows on it and closed my eyes. A sudden tug in my body made me lurch forward and hold onto my dear life. I didn't fall or anything but the distance was most likely the same ending.

I took a deep breath and calmed by heart. A movement was caught in my peripheral vision and I turn to look down and I turned stiff as a board.

Sean's bare back was facing me, he was leaning on the side of the pool, watching the view ahead of him. My heart thudded inside my chest, I know it was wrong to stare but their was something about him that made me want to see his face and to know him.

He started doing laps and stopped after his tenth. He dived under the pool and for a moment, he was only a blur and when he resurfaced, time went still.

"Everett,"

As if the wind had carried my voice towards him, he looked up and sea green with a hint of sapphire blue stared right back at me. His mouth was parted slightly as if he was in same shock as I was.

He swam towards the side, disappearing from my sight. I was still shell shock at what I saw. My head was throbbing at all the thoughts that was running inside my head. The pain in my chest came back but it was worst than before. I fell in the ground with my hand on my chest. It was burning.

I heard the scraping of chairs coming from behind me and soon, a hand was placed on my shoulder.

"Temper, are you alright?"

Just like that, I was brought back to reality and the burning subsided, only leaving a slight throb. I look up and saw Roxanne leaning over me with a worried expression. I nodded and slowly stood up.

My legs couldn't handle the weight of my body so I wobbled and fell on the ground again. "I'll bring her to our room," his voice was the same as Everett's. Tears pricked the corners of my eyes and I held back a sob.

His presence was behind me. Warm hands picked me up from the ground and carried me. I was staring intensely at his face. The resemblance was uncanny. He had the same facial structure as Everett's. Nose like Everett's. Lips like Everett's. Hair like Everett's. The only difference was, his name was Sean and not Everett.

Sean's hands were cold as ice and his shoulders were tense. I knew he felt uneasy with all the staring I was giving him but he looked so much alike with Everett that my heart ached at the thought.

Once we reached the room we were staying, in placed me on my bed and stood a few meters away from me. He was avoiding my gaze. "I'm sorry,"

My mouth pulled into a firm line. "Who are you?" I ask and Sean looked at me. His face was filled with sadness and longing. "Sean Moriarty but my parents call me, Everett, I'm Everett Sean Moriarty," that was all what it takes for tears to sprung from my eyes and I hunch over the bed and started crying.

"It's just coincidence, just coincidence," I muttered over and over again as I rock my form gently.

Sean or Everett moved towards me and sat on the bed, on the opposite side. He was facing the wall, "I don't know what you're going through right now but I hope you're going to be alright," his words were gentle.

I stopped crying and just lied down the bed, stiff. Sean stood up from the bed and headed to the door, "I'm heading out to grab some medication for you, stay," then he left.

Just a coincidence. I close my eyes and allowed sleep to take over me. Just a coincidence. He is too cold to be my Everett.