Stranded

III

I slowly flutter my eyes open.

Blink.

Blink.

I see a blurred face and the bright sun was blocking the view even more. I held up my right hand to block the sun, the face became clearer. I turned my head from left to right as I looked around.

The body was hovering over me so I couldn't exactly get up. Panic rose over me as my consciousness set in and I realized a stranger was above me. My eyes moved rapidly across the socket, I cross my arms on my chest.

Who knows what this pervert was doing while I was asleep. Now that I think of it, I was not back at the beach anymore, this seemed like a closed off space.

The person laughed, a feminine sound echoed the room. I relaxed a little knowing it's a woman instead of a man, but still have my guard on.

"Why are you laughing?" My voice came out raspy and hoarse.

She gave me a whole coconut and motioned for me to drink it. I sat up slowly and grabbed the coconut from her.

The freshness of the drink woke me up immediately. I can feel it flowing down every inch of my esophagus, right into the pit of my stomach.

Now that I mentioned it, my stomach grumbled and I looked up to the girl. Her face was full of dirt and she wasn't wearing any modern clothes, just some cloths around her intimate areas. Not just her face, her whole body was covered in dirt and pieces of leaves stuck in her hair.

The girl left my side and bent down to pick up something. She turned around and lifted up a machete.

My eyes went wide and I jumped onto the bed and stood in a defensive pose. She laughed again. She took a few steps towards me and instead of slashing me with the huge machete, she took the coconut I had in hand and started to crack it open.

Oh.

I relaxed and sat back down on the bed, which was quite comfortable actually, even if it's made of up-palm leaves and...coconut husks?

The barbaric woman left outside and I followed.

Trees.

Trees surrounded the place, how can I leave this place? As I was thinking, a rustle came from a bush and I looked to the girl. She looks up as well. She stopped what she was doing and walked up to me, she held me behind her back while looking out to the tree filled forest.

A voice rang from the direction of the bush and she replied. I couldn't understand at all, but I do know, it's Thai. Soon after some more replies, she takes one final look over at the bush and turned to face me.

Her brows knotted inward, she dragged me to a fire she made and sat me down on a log.

The girl pierced through a piece of coconut and put it over the fire, she gave me it and I ate it hungrily. I don't know how long it's been since I ate, this is the best thing in the world right now, I just imagine it as chicken.

I can see her laugh.

"What?" I ask.

She looked at me and stopped.

"Do you speak English? Do you have anybody else around? Can I have a phone? When can I leave? I need to get back to my family and fans."

The girl tilted her head, "Slow-ly?"

She speaks.

"Okay, Okay, what's your name?" I ask slowly as possible.

"Li-sa." She pointed to herself, then pointed to me with a questioning look.

"Jen-nie." I mimicked her way.

"Ah, Jen-nie," she nodded her head, "eat, please."

"I am. Can I ask a question?"

"Ask." She said.

"Where did you find me?"

"Ah yes, sand, water." She replied.

"Oh the beach?"

"Be-ach?"

"Yes, the sand and water is called the beach."

Lisa nodded and laughed.

"Did you carry me here? To your place?"

"Carry?" She looked confused.

I showed her with my arms, cradling a baby motion and she nodded.

"How did you find me?"

Lisa stood up and started to show me, she pretended she walks on the beach. Then she took a double take.

"I see, oh! Body." She pointed towards me. "I run, you-" she flattened her palms together and put them in a sleeping motion.

"Oh, okay."

"I...carry? You and here you in bed." She finished her story.

"Thank you." I got up to hug her.

Lisa tensed, she didn't reciprocate the hug, but I didn't mind.

"It's getting dark."

"Da-rk?" It seems like I'm teaching her English.

"Yes, dark." I covered my eyes and motioned the sun going down.

Lisa nodded. She motioned towards the entrance of her bamboo house tent.

How can I contact my company and family to tell them I'm fine?

Are they looking for me?

How long will it take to see them again?

I was stopped from my thoughts when Lisa suddenly took off her last bit of clothing in front of me. I shrieked and turned around.

"Oh my god, Lisa, please put your clothes back on."

"Water." Was all she said.

It seemed she was making her way towards me and I waved her off with my hands on my back. Lisa didn't stop, so I forcefully pushed her, she landed on the ground.

"I'm sorry, uhm, please just put your clothes back on."

I avoided her and grabbed her clothes, more like cloths, to give back to her.

Lisa put on her dirty clothes again and I turned around.

"Sorry I pushed you," I apologized.

"I water?" She did a bathing motion and I finally understood her.

"Shower? You want to shower?"

She didn't understand and dragged me outside, she pointed to another closed off space, it was away from the house. Lisa pulled a bamboo stick and I see water flowing from above, acting like a shower head.

"Shower." I point out for her.

"Sho-wer." She nodded. "You?"

"Yes, can I do after you?"

Lisa just smiled and nodded, I know she doesn't understand anything I'm saying.

"หลังคุณ" (after you) I said.

Thank you my Thai fans.

"คุณพูดไทยได้ไหม?" (Can you speak Thai?) She said something in Thai.

Now it's my turn to just smile and nod.

"That's all I can say, but หลังคุณ?"

"Yes." She started to undress herself again and it was my cue to leave her.