The Island

She took the elastic out of her hair and released her pony tail. Her long red hair fell down on her shoulders and she ran her fingers through her hair and ruffled it. She had gorgeous freckles after having been sunkissed for a only a few days. She smiled at him and then turned her face towards the sun with closed eyes to really soak it up. They'd worked so hard to get here. He put sun screen on her shoulders that had already been burnt. She was gonna feel that tonight, he thought. They didn't talk much after they arrived, they just enjoyed each other's company. At night they lie in each other's arms and hear the singing of the insects in the jungle behind their hut. They spend their days eating fruit, reading books in hammocks or kayaking on the clear water. They'd sleep their mornings away and dance under the stars. She seemed so happy, he thought. So at peace. One night she told him she wish she could stay there with him like that forever. Little did she know, she would.