Afternoon turned into evening and while a fish stew with the day's catch was bubbling away on the stove below a companionable silence had fallen over the cockpit. The sun was about to set behind them when Eyal impulsively moved over to her side of the cockpit and pulled her into his arms. She leaned back into his embrace, head on his chest and they watched the sunset together – truly thinking of nothing at all.
After they had their dinner of an incredibly tasty fish stew with a bottle of Greek red wine he had made up the quarter berth for her and she had drifted off to sleep easily. She had never known that sleeping on a boat with the waves gently lapping on its sides could be so peaceful. Annie realized she should have given this a try a long time ago…
Sometime during the middle of the night the wind picked up and the rattling of the rigging woke her up. She got up to take a look out the companionway hatch when she heard Eyal moving around in his forward berth. She walked up to his berth and he held up his blanket for her to slip under and for once she did not hesitate. He wrapped his arms around her and within minutes they were both back to sleep.