Chapter 11
At sea
Morning came much to fast. Luke awoke with a start, not quite sure where he was. Looking around him, he suddenly remembered what had happened.
He looked down at Laura. She looked so beautiful lying in his arms. He placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. She stirred slightly, not quite waking. He was glad she was by his side, but he felt guilty that her life was once again in danger because of him.
Laura stretched and looked up at Luke.
"Good morning," she said.
"Morning," he answered. "I don't really see anything good about it."
"Well you are certainly optimistic this morning. I see a lot of things good about it."
"Name one."
"We're alive. We're together. I woke up in your arms."
"Ok, ok," Luke laughed. "I said name one."
"I'm hungry, Luke."
"Me too. I wish we had time to have that sandwich before we abandoned the boat. Laura, I'm worried, we can go awhile without food, but we are in big trouble since we don't have any water."
"Who said we don't have anything?" asked Laura.
"Don't tell me that you have food and water in that bag of yours."
Laura smiled at him. She pulled a box of crackers and two bottles of water out of the bag.
"I told you before, never underestimate my packing skills."
"I won't anymore. I apologize for every time I have ever made fun of your bag. What…what else do you have in there?"
"Another box of crackers, a very smashed bag of chips, a box of cereal, and four more bottles of water."
Luke took a handful of crackers from the box.
"You know we are going to have to ration this food. We don't know how long it will be until we see land again. We don't even know which direction to row. You don't happen to have a compass in that bag do you?"
"No, never thought I'd need one."
"That's ok. We don't know which direction we drifted while we were asleep, so it wouldn't help anyway."
They both sat quietly for awhile. They ate a few crackers and drank a little of the water.
Laura looked at Luke. He could see the fear in her face, even though she was trying hard to hide it. He placed his hand over hers and gently squeezed it. She smiled at him and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Angel, you know we may not make it this time, don't you?"
"Yes, I know," she said.
"Any regrets?" Luke asked.
"Regrets?"
"Yeah, regrets about your life with me."
"Only one. I regret the time we have been apart. I would do anything to get that time back."
"Laura, would you marry me?"
"I already said I would. We are supposed to be in Port Charles planning our wedding right now."
"No, baby. I mean would you marry me, right here, right now. We can make up our own vows. We have always done things our own way. Would you do that for me?"
She smiled at him.
"You know I will," she said kissing him.
He put his arms around her and deepened this kiss.