I had just gotten off work and was headed to the market area to buy some stuff to make for dinner. I was looking at some fruits, I had just picked up a mango when a small monkey took it right out my hand. I looked up and it was a white capuchin monkey. That puzzled me because they aren't native to this area.

"Well that wasn't very nice was it?" I said and he just looked at me

"I'll tell you what? Why don't you hand it over so I can pay for it and we'll split it together?" I said I felt kind of silly at first for talking to a monkey, but that passed when he let out a squeak of approval and handed me the mango.

"Thank you." I said then when and paid for it, just then the monkey climb on my shoulder making me laugh

"You are just too adorable, who do you belong to huh?" Just as I said that I heard a voice

"Kong no!" I turned and saw a man in a black tee shirt and jeans wearing a baseball cap coming towards us, he stopped in front of us

"Kong what have I told you about running off." The man said to the monkey who had just covered his eyes trying to hide, I let out a small laugh

"Kong here." He said holding out his arm, and the monkey jumped from my shoulder to his

"I'm so sorry miss."

"It's fine he was no problem."

"Yeah I'm not sure if I believe that, he's always in trouble." The man said making me laugh. Then he looked at me and smiled which I quickly returned he was good looking.

"Bill Johnson, and this troublemaker is Kong." He said introducing himself and his monkey

"Malia Green it's nice to meet you."

"You live around here?" He asked

"Yeah I work at the clinic." I said and he nodded

"What about you? I've never seen you around here." I said

"I own a boat, I work on the river." He answered

"You're a fisherman?" I asked

"No, I just take people where they need to go." He said

"That's sounds really cool."

"It's a living." He shrugged

"Well maybe you could show me your boat some time." I said, I couldn't believe I was flirting with a stranger

"Well are you doing anything now?" He asked with a smile

"Nope."

"Well come on I'll show you my boat." He and I thought about it for a minute. This guy could be a serial killer and his boat could just be his way of leading me to my death. Then again he could just be a really nice guy.

"Malia!" Bill called my name pulling me from my thoughts

"Huh?"

"You looked really deep in thought for a while there." He said giving me a small smile

"Yeah I was sorry about that." I said feeling myself starting to blush

"It's okay so do you just want to do this any day? I mean if you're not feeling up to it"

"No, no, no I would love to see your boat. Just let me finish grabbing what I need here then we can go." I said deciding to take a chance. I grabbed the rest of my groceries, then found Bill off to the side with Kong

"Are you ready?" He asked me

"Yep." I said then Bill grabbed my bag from me

"Bill you don't have to." I argued trying to take my bag back but he just held it out of my reach

"I know but I want to, I'm not a total savage." He joked making me laugh

"Good to know." I said as Kong climbed on my shoulder

"He likes you."

"Well I like him too he's sweet." I said

We fell into silence as we walked toward the docks. It was only about a ten minute walk from the market area. When we got there I looked around when Bill pointed the boat out

"There she is the 'Bloody Mary'" He said proudly pointing at the ugliest boat I've ever seen it was put together by random pieces of stuff.

"Yeah I know." Bill said as we walked toward the boat. Bill jumped up on it then helped me up. I liked the inside of the boat a lot better than the outside. The inside had a nice homey feel to it.

"It's not much but-"

"But it's yours, and I like it." I said cutting him off

"You like the 'Bloody Mary'?" He asked shocked

"I do I really, really do. It may be a little rough around the edges but its gets the job done right?" I asked and he nodded smiling

"Right." He said then I walked over to the table and grabbed my bag and groceries and walked over to the kitchen area

"What are you doing?" Bill asked me

"Well I thought since you've been nice enough to show me your boat I'd cook you some dinner. You don't mind do you?" I asked him with a smile and he shook his head

"Not at all, knock yourself out." He said then left me to work. I was done pretty quickly, then served it up and Bill and I sat down to eat. While we ate, we talked some more. He told me a little about his time in the Marines, then why he came here, and then about buying the 'Bloody Mary'. He didn't really want to talk about his family or life before the Marines.

"So enough about me what about you? What brought you here?" Bill asked me

"Well I worked for doctors without borders for the past three years. I guess I just didn't really feel like being out in the field only for six months was making much of a difference. So I just decided to stay in the field permanently."

"I think that's pretty cool."

"Yeah you're the first." I told him

"What do you mean?"

"Well my parents were pretty pissed they wanted to me to be some sort of private practice doctor. But that's not me I like what I do. When I decided to stay my parents, family, and friends all thought I was crazy, probably still do. I wouldn't doubt if I went back to the states they would try to have me committed. Only people who got it were my co-workers for doctors without borders."

"I think what you're doing is amazing since I've been here I've never seen the clinic in better shape."

"Thank you, it took a lot of work trust me, I had to call in a few favors to get the funding."

"I bet." He said looking at me with a smile

"I've had a really nice time tonight." I said to him

"Me too I'm glad you decided I wasn't a serial killer and came." He said voicing my thoughts from earlier

"How did you?" I asked but was cut off by the look he gave me

"It's late I should go." I said getting up

"Let me walk you." He said standing up

"Oh Bill you don't have to."

"Malia don't argue with me I'm not gonna let you walk home this late by yourself."

"Okay. But let me clean up my mess first." I said grabbing our plates but Bill stopped me

"Don't worry about it I'll clean it up when I get back." He said taking my hand, I looked into his beautiful blue eyes. His eyes shifted down to my lips then back to my eyes, he pushed some of my hair out of my face then leaned in. Just as our lips were about to touch we heard someone clear their throat and we quickly pulled apart. I looked and saw an Asian man standing near the side of the boat

"Am I interrupting something?" He asked smirking at Bill

"No I was just leaving." I said stepping away from Bill who was glaring at the man

"Malia this Tran, Tran, Malia."

"Nice to meet you." I said holding out my hand which he shook

"You too." He said back

"Well I should go once again it's nice to meet you Tran."

"Hold on I told you I'm gonna walk you remember?" Bill said and I nodded he turned and said something to Tran the turned back to me

"Alright let's go." He said the walk back to my house was quiet, but it wasn't an awkward silence. It was just peaceful.

"Well here we are." I said stopping in front of my house

"Nice place."

"Yeah I like it." I said smiling at him

"So." Bill said rubbing the back of neck

"So….I'll see you around I guess."

"I hope so." He said and we stood there just staring at each other. I felt like I was back in high school on my first date again. When all of a sudden Bill cupped my cheeks and pressed his lips against mine. I instantly responded, wrapping my arms around his waist as he pulled me closer. It ended too quickly for me but we needed air.

"So we will be seeing each again." Bill said with a smirk

"I can't wait." I said quickly pecking him on the lips then went into my house. I fell asleep that night dreaming of Bill and those amazing lips of his.