Eighteen.

Adulthood.

Not exactly a lot to do when you don't live in a city. Or in a state. Or country really.

No, this young girl who was now eighteen was living in the middle of the ocean in a huge ship. And her only form of entertainment was her younger brother of fifteen years and his annoying superstitions.

She just lay on her bed staring at the roof as she felt the ship moving through the ocean. She sighed a little as she sat up and reached over grabbing a book from her shelf. She opened the book and flicked through it carefully finding her way to the spot where she last stopped reading.

Getting lost in her own world of her books was one of her favorite feelings in the world. She could listen to the sounds of the ocean while reading and create her own fantasies. She could lose herself in them for hours and never want to come back to reality but sooner or later someone would pull her out of them.

But she also had a habit of imagining herself in the situations from her stories. Pretending she was one of the main female characters. And there was a certain someone she would imagine in the main male role too. Not that it helped her a lot as she was always left wishing, somehow, sometime that they'd end up together but their families could never allow that.

In fact his family was so obsessed with keeping him away from her, they'd banished him from their own ship to the land and she hadn't seen him for two years now.

"Yoo-hoo! You awake in there?!"

She almost had a heart attack with the sudden banging on her door. "What do you want Ant?!" she snapped back glaring at her door, even though she knew her brother wouldn't have seen her glaring at him. "Mom says we're here." He said. "And Jeffrey and I want to get going so hurry up." "Where are we?" she questioned. "The black market. Dad needs to pick up some stuff."

Fontaine stood up and opened the door looking at her younger brother. "Fine. Let's go." She muttered walking off down the hallway. Ant, along with Jeffrey who was on his back, followed after her as she made her way out of the Arronex.

They got to the surface and she jumped down onto the pier looking around for her parents. She spotted them over near a building as Ant ran past her towards them. She sighed shaking her head as she walked off. She stood just behind her parents watching the ocean closely.

It was so calm and peaceful at night. The stars shining across the water making it glisten. Honestly she could watch it for hours. She waked over to the edge of the pier and looked down at the water. She froze when she felt someone gently brush her hair to the side. "Evening Fontaine." They whispered. She spun around to come to face a blue eyed, smirking boy.

Oh she knew that smirk anywhere.

"What are you doing here pirate boy?" she questioned as he gently pulled her out of sight from her family. "I saw your parents arrive and I wanted to see you." He said leaning against a wall. She looked him over briefly. He had grown up in the last two years. His hair seemed to have grown a little longer than she'd ever seen it and he was at least a head taller than her now. He'd toned out really well too and she was getting distracted.

"Stop stripping me." he muttered and she shot him a glare. "I'm not! I'm not even touching you!" she snapped. "You were in your mind." He said poking her nose. She huffed crossing her arms as she turned her back to him.

He eyed her over as he walked over to her. He gently ran his hands through her hair which had now grown a little longer and was almost at her shoulders. She was looking more like Kaiko than ever before. She was blossoming more into a lady with every day that went by.

He turned her around wrapping his arms around her shoulders. "Don't you wanna know what I've been up to?" he asked and she rolled her eyes. "Not particularly." She said before her eyes fell on his. Then she couldn't look away from him and she could feel her face heating up.

His smile started to grow and she knew she was blushing now. "Fine! What have you been doing?" she asked closing her eyes as she looked away. "Well, I spent a lot of it just hanging around here." He said and she frowned. "That's all you did? For two years?!" she asked looking back at him. "If that's the case why didn't you contact me?!"

Finn chucked cupping her face. "Aw you did miss me." he mused before just smiling at her. "I said most of it. I wasn't here permanently. I was on another island and I couldn't contact you because that's why my dad sent me away." He said and she sighed heavily. "Fontaine, if I could have left to find you, I would have in a heartbeat you know that. But our parents would never accept that."

Fontaine looked up at him as he kissed her forehead. "Tonight was just a chance meeting. About 1 in 100 chance of happening again." He said softly. "You'll get over me sooner or later." "Do you really believe that?" she asked smirking at him. "Nope."

She smiled wrapping her arms around his torso as she buried her face in his shirt. "I miss you annoying me all the time, Finn. I just wish you were back down there." "I know but we both know my dad would never let me back until I stopped feeling for you." He said softly. "If I beat your ass, will you stop crushing on me?" she asked and he laughed. "We both know I want you to fight me because that means I get to fight dirty."

Fontaine pulled away slightly looking up at him. "You're not like your family, Finn. You could come back with us." She said and he scratched his head. "That's where the other problem comes in." he said and she frowned. She was about to ask what problem when she heard William calling her name.

"I've got to go." She muttered and he smirked. "Run away with me?" Fontaine shook her head slightly. "I can't. I have work to do with my parents." She glanced up to see both her parents and Ant walking towards them. "But I miss you." He whispered as she smiled. "I know and I do too. It would be easier if you can with me." she said and he just shrugged. "Why can't you?" she asked.

"Fontaine, we have to go." Kaiko said looking at her daughter. "In a minute mom!" she called back. William looked at Kaiko who was smiling. "What are you so happy about?" he asked. "My baby's in love and seeing him in secret." She whispered leaning on him. "Reminds me of us." Ant gagged as he looked at Jeffrey. "Gross."

"Finn! Where are you?" Fontaine looked up at an unfamiliar voice to see a female walking over from the opposite direction. "And that right there, is the other problem." Finn said looking at Fontaine. "Fontaine, meet Pandora."

"My mom."