Castaways {Jariana}

The Island - Day 1 pt 2

"Oh, Lord...", exclaimed Ariana as she surveyed their big find. "This is the most beautiful sight I've ever seen."

They stood at the edge of a small pool of crystal blue water. Water fed into the pool by a waterfall on the opposite shore from where they stood. The lagoon was surrounded by rocks and tropical greenery creating an idyllic setting that any photographer would give their eye-teeth to find.

Jai squatted down next to the water and filling his hand, took a drink. A smile lit his face as he looked up at Ariana.

"It's fresh water."

"Is it safe to drink?"

"Don't know, but we'll die without it."

Ariana fell to her knees and greedily scooped handfuls of water into her mouth. Then, she proceeded to splash the fresh water on her face.

"Oh, that feels so good. I didn't realize how thirsty I was."

Jai joined her in gulping down the water as fast as he could. Then, he dunked his whole head under, relished the feel of the cool clean water on his skin. He popped back up and whipped his head with a little pop that sent a stream of water shooting straight into Ariana's face.

"Hey!", she shouted indignantly, "That's cold!"

Then, with a wicked smile on her face, she swept her cupped hand through the water and sent a returning volley of water right back at Jai. What followed was a water fight worthy of any backyard swimming pool. Five minutes later, a thoroughly soaked Ariana cried 'uncle' and the battle, if not the war ended.

"I haven't had this much fun in years", remarked Ariana as she sat trying to squeeze the water out of her hair.

Jai was lying back on the soft moss next to her, breathing hard and still laughing. "Yeah, me too."

"My hair is just a mess." Ariana dug through her shoulder bag until she found a hairbrush and her Paul Mitchell Leave In Conditioner.

Jai leaned up on his elbows and watched her silently. He never realized how sexy it was to watch someone rub conditioner into their hair. He bet it felt really soft too. And her skin ... he already knew how good that felt. Unconsciously, he wet his lips and he must have made a noise because she looked up at that instance and caught him. There was no mistaking the look in his eye and his body's reaction to her. Jai quickly turned away, embarrassed and started staring into the water.

Ariana smiled to herself. He may not remember their time in the water, but his body obviously did.

Jai was trying to calm himself and certain parts of his anatomy by practicing some deep breathing while he stared aimlessly into the pool of water. He slowly returned to normal - well, his normal ... which wasn't quite 'normal', but then, he was a teenage male so that was to be expected.

"Look at that!", shouted Ariana as she pointed down into the water. She was standing beside him now.

And there, right where Jai had been seeing, but not looking, was a school of about six large fish swimming lazily through the water.

"We need to catch one", she stated, matter-of-factly.

"How?", Jai asked. He had no idea, but his stomach certainly liked the idea of a fish fry.

"No idea."

Jai looked around at his surroundings and tried to think outside the box. Suddenly, a small sparkling light hit his left eye and he automatically blinked and reached up to bat it away. Then, he realized what was sparkling. He stepped towards Ariana so quickly that she automatically stepped back.