Ana had gotten up extra early the next morning, She really didn't know why she did but old habits died hard she guessed, Back when things were normal she used to get up around six and leave for work...sometimes if the hospital was bust enough she wouldn't get come until six.
That was her life back with Luis...yes that was his name Luis, her husband.
No one would have ever known their marriage was falling apart piece by piece, to everyone else they seemed like the perfect couple...But to Ana she knew better.
Was it wrong that she really stopped thinking of him within days of being at Crossroads?
She couldn't understand if she was a bad person or not.
Ana had taken a nice warm shower and had her morning cup of coffee by the bay window that faced the beach.
Summer had really just started and the area they were now living had beautiful weather year around. But it still got chilly at night and somehow the island seemed cooler and asleep when no one else but her had woken up to watch the sky change and the thick fog slowly roll back from the water.
Ana could still remember the day they first arrived, It had been ten hours after the first attack on the island...little hope was left on the boat if they would ever find another place.
Kenneth didn't wanna talk to anyone and handled the wheel up front...Ana could tell he didn't wanna turn and face anyone in case someone caught the unsure look in his own eyes.
Nicole and Terry were below deck sleeping, Both seemed pretty shaken up after the first island and Nicole wouldn't quit crying.
Chips was on the bow sleeping, still unfazed about anything that was going on.
It was a beautiful after noon and the sky was starting to turn a dark color of pink.
The boat slowly bumped up and down, drifting around in the crystal blue water.
Ana had been sitting at the back of the boat with Michael who hadn't left her side since they first got onto the boat.
She could still see the pure fear inside her eyes when she woke up from being knocked out from the water and seeing Michael above her.
She knew he didn't wanna change, and maybe it would have been better if he killed himself back there...But he had to be with Ana, deep down inside they both loved each other more then words and couldn't go anywhere without making sure they were okay.
During the bumpy ride Ana had found a first aid kit and told Michael to roll up his sleeve so she could see the bite.
She cleaned the blood and used everything she had in the kit to make sure it was clean enough to cover...before letting him drop down his sleeve down again she reached inside her pocket and got out her lighter.
She didn't smoke but she had found the lighter in one of the stores back a few days ago...she loved lighting candles and thought for some silly way she might need it later on...and boy was she right.
She sat down beside Michael and gazed at his face, so handsome and so perfect...he gave her a warm smile...the one smile she looked forward to see every day in the mall.
She knew so little about him but loved to listen to him talk about whatever came to mind. He might of been just a single dad/sales man when this happened, but his whole life seemed to amazing to her.
He talked about his jobs, where he had gone to school when he was a teenager, stories of him growing up...whatever it was she found herself laughing and feeling herself like a shy teenager, speaking in a soft voice and having that strange nervous feeling in her stomach.
The first time she found herself attracted to him was the second day they had been at Crossroads...so nervous and fearful of the new nightmare that had washed over the word.
She could still remember Michael punching Bart on the rooftop when CT and Him had started gotten into her face with the gun and told her they should be the ones to teach her how to use her mouth.
She could still remember that really was the only time she saw Michael lose in...he was such a kind, calm gentleman...but whenever they said that to her she punched them right in the faces.
Days later she didn't know if it was right or wrong to feel nervous around him...they didn't know each other that well and they both had lost so much.
But one night in the furniture store, when everyone was fast asleep in the darkness, Ana caught herself looking over at Michael's bed which was only a few feet away from hers.
He had moved his bed closer within a few days without saying anything, Ana noticed and so didn't just about everyone else.
She woke up at one late night from a nightmare...a nightmare of her still locked inside her small bathroom and Luis crashing through the door...his blank glassed over eyes and blood pouring from his mouth.
When she woke up in a start, her heart was racing and cold sweat was dripping from her brow.
She then looked over and saw Michael fast asleep beside her, He had slept on top of the sheets during this warm spring weather and had on sweatpants and a white T-shirt.
She watched his chest rise and fall and saw his coffee colored lips were open just enough to let air in.
He looked perfect and right away her heart started to flutter...and then with just her luck, Michael's eye lids fluttered open and his dark gray eyes starred at her through the darkness.
"Ana are you all right?" He spoke in a soft voice, his face filled with concern.
Ana wanted to slap herself...he must have thought she was some kind of psycho looking at him while he slept...she stumbled through the words and then said.
"Just a nightmare."
"Was It bad?"
Ana looked down at her hands and slowly shook her head.
"Yeah I know the felling..."
Both didn't say anything until she felt Michael's weight shift around on her bed...she was startled at first as he moved in closer to her...almost close enough to kiss her.
"What are you doing?"
Ana asked with a confused shocked look on her face as Michael laid down beside her.
"Lay down..."
Michael said...his arm was open and Ana, almost in an unsure way laid down next to him, Michael then pulled her in closer and she could feel every inch of his body.
He then put his arm around her and told her not to be scared...almost like a child, but still the most sweet thing anyone could have ever done.
She then laid back and both looked at each other in the darkness, only inches away from their faces...both smiled and then almost at the same time they both fell asleep.
Both didn't say anything about that the next morning, But Ana noticed a great change happen during the next few days...both seemed closer and liked to be with each other more and more, Ana was scared for her feeling but it all changed that one afternoon...
Kenneth told Ana to go fetch Michael down the basement and tell him they were having a meeting in two hours.
Kenneth didn't say why and everyone was spread apart in the mall doing their own thing.
Once Ana reached the buses she walked in on Michael working...ever since the idea about going to the island, Michael had been working on these things 24/7.
"I'm trying you know."
Michael said once they had finished talking and grew closer to each other.
Ana looked up at his eyes and gave a soft smile
"I know..."
And then they both broke down...he bent down and kissed her, She closed her eyes and then placed her hands on him...after that the two couldn't stop, their mouths opened and closed and both fell to the floor undressing each other like madman.
While they were making love, Ana held down on his hot tanned skin and looked up at the bus ceiling above them.
As he grunted and pushed down harder Ana couldn't stop looking up at the ceiling...she then thought "Maybe if this island plan does work out...maybe instead of a dirty ceiling above them...they might be making love under a star lit sky."
When he finished, he looked embarrass that he left his guard down from being the soft spoken guy to having sex with Ana on the floor just doing one moment of passion.
Ana kissed his sweat skin and both looked at each other and laughed.
Both helped each other dress and headed upstairs...no one told anyone about what had happened...but both knew they were in love.
Everything after that happened in pure panic...she never got the time to be alone with him and say how she felt...but now was the time...even if deep down inside she knew it might be to late.
She held his hand which was larger and darker then hers and kissed his soft lips...then hold him to hold on as she burned the cut...Michael's eyes watered...but he didn't scream.
Once it was done Ana laid down on Michael's lap and watched him for hours...she studied every inch of it and couldn't believe that less then a few hours ago both had been so close with each other...so in love and alone.
She then sat up and put her arms around his neck, He put his arms around her waist and told her he loved her with all his heart...and that's all she needed was to hear that.
Both started to kiss when Kenneth yelled...
"I SEE LAND!"