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Chapter 2

Along the river bank they seated themselves, both cuddling and watching the water stream into the distance. Calleigh had managed to fit herself onto his lap and into his embrace. They remained there in silence for almost an hour. Each enjoyed the other's company, each listening to nature's sounds and soft breathing of the other. Bliss. She rested against his firm body, placing her head on his chest above his steady heartbeat and her blonde hair underlaid his chin. His arms locked around her entire body, as if protecting her from danger, with his fingers in a knot resting on her knees. Calleigh's eyes drifted downwards to his long brown legs, then to his feet underneath the water. For a while she stared, more like peered, because the water seemed to drawn her attention to its coolness. Disturbing the moment was the last thing she wanted to do. Little by little she stretched her own feet out and into it. She shuddered, causing him to shift. The mood was disturbed.

"You okay now?" he began.

"Yeah," she nodded against his chest. Soon she settled back into his embrace wanting the peace to start all over.

"Where the hell are we?" he suddenly said. Calleigh gazed up into his intriguing expression and grinned. She faced the river again shaking her head. "Seriously, what is this place?"

"I don't know," she answered honestly. She turned to the side and looked at him. His eyes wondered about squinting in the light of the sun - how sexy. He caught her staring into his eyes.

"Last thing I remember doing was... you know I don't even remember? Anyway, suddenly I just felt myself falling from the sky and crashing into that bush, then I heard you... can I ask you something?"

"Yeah, of course."

"How long have you been here?"

"Well," she started hesitantly, "an hour or two maybe...I woke up on a beach, then I came through the tree and found this river, then..." She suddenly stopped and gazed.

"What?"

"Come," she brightened suddenly, "I have to show you something!" Calleigh leaped out of his lap and grabbed his hand. She ran across the river to it. The two hovered over the large rock leaning against the palm tree.

"It's a rock," he said plainly.

"Yeah, but read what it says, it's kinda strange at first but then it comes true!" she smiled at him.

"Calleigh, what're talking about?" he wondered, "there's no writing." Her smile disappeared at his unconvinced face, and when she looked it was completely blank, no carved words.

"But..." she dropped to her knees. Calleigh ran her palms over the smooth surface of the rock unbelievably. "No there were words here I swear, it said uh, if you're stuck on this island and you could have one thing, what would it be? Trust me, it was right here."

Eric watched her sadly wonder to other neighboring stones and search them. He became worried when she wouldn't stop.

"Calleigh," he ran after her, "Calleigh, stop. This is ridiculous..."

"But there was something on it, that's how you got here when I screamed your name..." she stopped. "I want you to ask for one thing, too. Don't you believe me?" She looked down with shame and embarrassment.

"It's kinda hard to believe, but, okay. I trust you enough to believe it was there." Eric put his hands on her sides. "Look, if there was one thing I'd want it'd be you. And since you're here, it wouldn't make sense to ask the question unless it asked for any two things, then, I'd probably see it."

He smiled at the sudden change of colour of her cheeks. Eric made her feel warm inside, as he usually did.

"Okay," she accepted.

"It's getting really hot, wanna swim?" he gazed up at the blazing sun.

"Sure!"

She watched in awe as his hands reached for the ends of his t-shirt and pulled it off with one tug. Calleigh's eyes went wide at the sight of his abs. She glided her fingers over the suface of his carmel silhouette, stopping above his shorts.

"Calleigh?"

"Huh? Oh!" she realized and snapped out of her gaze. Quickly, he jumped in splashing her.

"Are you coming?" Eric asked. He pushed from the bottom and drifted away from her.

"It's not really that deep, how can we swim in it?" she asked.

"You have a point."

Eric slowly made it back towards her and stood at the edge. Then he grabbed her hand and pulled her into him and they fell in with a splash! She screamed as she landing on top of his wet, strong body and he laughed. It should have hurt him to have landed on his back because the water was so shallow...but they were actually sinking. Eric's body laid under hers and his hand held onto her tightly, bringing her down with him. Calleigh squeezed her eyes shut and her mouth puffed up enduring the water. Soon Eric's hand touched her face, startling her eyes open. She looked around the now deep river they were engolfed in and he'd never seem to hit the river bed. Above her was only the surface drifting further and further away as they sunk deeper. Strange, brightly coloured fish swam in a school, encircling their bodies like rings of colour. Eric, being the expert, watched her face go through emotions, not even feeling the sting in his gut telling him he needed air. He enjoyed the sight of her hair that spread around her face like a mermaid's. But she let go and reached for the surface in a hurry. He followed.

Their heads popped out gasping for air. Calleigh brushed her hair out of her face and coughed.

"You okay?" he reached for her body.

"It's, deep," she gasped. She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Take me back, take me back." She faced the bank, now miles away.

"Okay, don't panic. Look at me." She nodded slowly hearing his reassuring words. He never ceased eye contact and niether did she as he pushed their bodies towards safety.

"I'm not scared, Eric," she said. Droplets of water in her face and eyes glistened.

"I know...because it's not that deep anymore."

Calleigh turned to face the bank which was right behind her and her body sat on the river bed.......

A knock startled Eric out of his daze upon her sleeping body. He faced the door then stood solemly from his seat. Nobody appeared through the small glass window on it, so he quickly placed a kiss on her cheek before leaving.

"Alexx?" he stepped through the door to see her.

"Hey, how you doing?" she asked in her sweet and soft voice.

"I'm, I'm," he struggled to find the right words, "I don't know...why did this happen again, Alexx?" He wondered desperately knowing she'd never know the answer. Alexx put on a straight face.

"Eric, you need to tell me what happened. Although it's on the news, I'd rather here from you." Eric gave her look with wet eyes and told her exactly how he remembered:

"We, we were on a case, it was a killing on the street," he voice cracked, "we were both on the sidewalk, collecting evidence: I was snapping pictures and she was picking up the evidence. While I had my back turned, she said she saw something beside the pavement, on the road, and went to go pick it up, and she never saw the car coming..."

Alexx reached up high and embraced him, he cried on her shoulder.