Zak took my hand in his. "Please, I don't want this to be goodbye." He said, brushing loose strands of black hair out of my face.
The sun started to set on the beach, saying goodnight to Maui. Zak and I stood barefoot in the sand. I looked up at the lanky sixteen year old who had made the last two weeks amazing. His medium length black hair freckled with sand framed his tin face, his sad blue eyes looking at me with hope I would stay. I caressed his cheek and hugged him.
"Neither do I, Zak. But tomorrow I have to leave." I said softly. The wind ruffled my mint green sundress and wiped my hair.
"I'll never forget you." He whispered.
"I'll never forget you." I said back.
I heard my mother call my name from the balcony of our hotel room. "Goodbye." I whispered.
I started to walk away, holding back tears. Zak called after me, "Wait!"
He ran up and turned me around, kissing me softly. His fingers traced my neck and I felt weight pull down on my neck. Zak pulled away and I looked down at the gold necklace in the shaped of a bow. "Don't forget me in London, Liza." He whispered.
"I would never dream of it." I whispered back, kissing him once more.
"Will I see you again?" he asked.
"I hope, but we can never be sure." I said, pressing myself to his chest. I saw him smile.
"I got an idea. Four years from now, 1996, meet me by the pool. This day, four years from now. I want to see you again." He said.
"Zak," his idea was irrational.
"Please Liza! It will work." He said.
I nodded. "Fine." My mother shouted my name again. "COMING! Goodbye, Zak."
"Goodbye, Liza. See you in four years. I-I love you."
I was shocking. Hearing those words for the first time. "I love you, too."
I kissed him again before turning and running to my hotel room. Zak stood behind me, watching as I ran across the beach.
I felt my heart break.
We were the boy and girl who fell in love on the best vacation ever.
The girl left.
The girl went back to London.
That girl graduated her prep school and went to design school, becoming a fashion designer in London.
I never forgot him though, he was always in the back of my mind.