Breeze

Chapter 2.

TARRON

I couldn't believe how amazing she tasted, I could feel her drifting off to sleep in my arms and my mind raced through the days events. I could tell my family loved her, I had never seen my mother fuss like that and as for Scott I just knew he was jealous that I had a smoking hot chick home for dinner.

I hadn't been looking for a girlfriend, I hadn't even been looking for a one night stand. I was pretty over the girls in this town, always throwing themselves at me. None of them even let me have what I needed and the all of them wanted a serious relationship the second I jumped into bed with them but that's not me, I'm not into relationships and I don't need some princess who can't handle everything I have to offer.

If I had a reputation in town it was probably for having a glow up and turning into a prick and to be fair thats the truth. By the time I grew into myself most of the kids in town had picked on me at some point so I decided they could all get f****d.

I looked down at Fern, she had these gorgeous plump lips and a ski jump nose. Her curly brown hair fell over her cheeks when she slept. I know she wasn't looking for anything serious either but I sure hope I could change that somehow and I don't even know why? I knew I was drawn to her but I couldn't give you a real reason why, maybe deep down I could feel she would eventually give me everything I was needing all this time.

My mind is too excited to fall asleep so I wiggle my arm out from underneath fern and tuck the blankets around her.

I move to the end of the tray and fix up my clothes, 'man I love the beach' I think to myself as I look at the waves crashing on the shore. When I was a boy I got picked on alot, I would ditch school and run down to the beach, I used to pretend that I lived in the sand dunes and I was connected with the sea, I would spend all day down by the shore until my parents would come to find me.

Something pulled me from my thoughts, a sound I had heard before but never this close. We heard it out at sea sometimes and the guys on the boats called it the breezes song. I don't know why they called it that, since we had heard it on still days but it was beautiful none the less.

I jumped off the tray and listened more carefully. It really did sound like a song! I closed my eyes and pictured myself out at sea, so peaceful and calm. The ocean can be ruthless and is known for taking sailors and fishermen on a bad day but I always found it to be my happy place I know I should fear it, my past tells me so but I still get drawn here most nights.

The song seemed to grow, higher pitches, lower tones, it was like the sea and the whales combined with a beautiful flute song. I was captivated by the sound, trying to figure out what direction it came from, the night seemed a little brighter and I wondered if we would see the sun rise over the ocean soon, 'I had better wake up Fern and get her home' I thought, but just as the thought entered my head it was gone again. I faced the ocean and breathed in the sound, it was truly enticing in some weird way.

I couldn't take my mind off it.

THE FOLLOWING DAY. FERN

I woke to the start of the sun rise. the sky was starting to turn orange but I was cold... And alone? Where was Tarron? I looked around expecting to see him on the shore or even walking back to the truck, maybe he needed the toilet?

I fixed my clothing and pulled the blanket around my shoulders, one thing was sure I needed a shower after last night! I smiled thinking about it and piled the blankets up and propped myself up waiting for him to come back. Surely he couldn't be too long, my mind went beck to earlier in the week when we had had a short catch up on the warf in town. I was so interested in his work, where I am from most of the guys have desk jobs and its rare to meet someone who does real physical labour all day. We walked down to the boat yard and he showed me the trawlers he had been fixing as well as a gorgeous yacht that had just come in, the owners didn't know why it had started taking on water and Tarron was working hard to get it waterproofed and back to them. He liked his job because it gave him access to cheap boats when the owners didn't want to pay for repairs and that was how he came to own his boat 'vivian'. He hadn't told me how it got its name but he did say it wasn't an ex girlfriend!

I couldn't wait for our trip out on the boat today, I had planned to pack a picnic for us both.

My mind came back to reality, Maybe Tarren didn't want to wake me and had gone to get his boat ready for the day? The town of Elsea was small enough to walk through from one end to the other in about an hour and we can't have been more that 30 minutes from the boat shed.

I climbed out of the tray and grabbed my phone off the front seat, no missed calls or messages? I felt a little hurt that he would just leave, I honestly didn't believe it but I still didn't know this guy that well really. The keys and Tarrons phone where still in the tuck as was his wallet.

I waited another half hour and decided to walk back to my place, it was only a 10 minute walk but I was slightly annoyed and unsure of what on earth to do about the truck. I'm a city girl and only drive an auto so there was no way for me to move it, I decided against taking the keys home and instead placed them inside the wheel arch.

Once home and showered I decided to call my sister Harper, she had far more experience with guys than me so she could tell me if this was normal guy behaviour or an obvious red flag!

H: Hello? Fefe how is your trip!

F: Ugh Harps quit calling me that! My trips great, almost dreamy....

H: Almost?

F: Well there's a guy.

H: Yay! about time! So what's the deal?

I explained my date and the fact that my knight in shining armor had bailed and left me sleeping half naked near the ocean. Harper found this wild, first she laughed and made a joke and then made me promise to keep her updated before explaining that I need to wait and see what his excuse was before drawing judgement.

I really do miss my sister! She keeps me grounded and ways has the best advice. She has always been wiser than me when it comes to love, I had a few boyfriends at school who really didn't excite me too much. Dating always felt like a chore and most guys my age are predictable and boring. Harper on the other hand had been in love 20 times, engaged twice, almost married once and she was always dating the next best thing.

by the time we got off the phone it was lunchtime and I decided to get ready for my boat trip with Tarron.

I guess if he has a good excuse we will need a great meal and if not, well I will need the extra comfort food!