All I saw was the darkness of the ocean and I had no idea how long I had been underwater for. I popped up to the surface to see Nick leaning over the balcony yelling my name.

Then, a huge wave crashed against the ship and I was back under the water. I could still hear him screaming, "Samantha! Come back! I love you! I know I'm an idiot for what I did, but I'm sorry! Samantha!" although his voice was still muffled from the sound of the ocean.

As I came up to the surface I yelled back to him, "It will be better off this way. I wish it didn't have to end like this, but it does. Go enjoy your new life with that girl from the bar". Right on cue, that girl came beside Nick, placed a kiss on his cheek and then pulled him back into the room. He had this look of distraught on his face until I could no longer see him.

I'm such an idiot. Why would I jump off of the side of a cruise ship?! Sure I was angry but now I have no idea what to do.

I decided to just swim as far away as I could from the ship.

I'll probably wind up in the middle of no where, all alone in the ocean. What was I thinking! Oh my gosh. I'm gonna die out here. Why did I have to open my mouth?! I should've just kept my mouth shut and I could still be on the ship with Nick getting ready for our excursion today. But noooo!

After what felt like hours of swimming, I became exhausted and could no longer take the pain.

I can't do this. I can't do this.

I began to sink below the surface until my face was no longer above the water.

This is it. My life is over.

My vision started to become blurry and I could no longer hold my breath. My eyes fluttered closed and all I heard was the sound of waves and a jet ski passing by.

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I quickly sat up causing me to get a head rush so I laid back down.

Wait?! I'm still alive! Where am I? It doesn't matter as long I'm living!

I sit up again and look to the left and right. There are palm trees on the shore and the sand was nice and warm. I turn around and behind me there's a dense forest which looked very sketchy so I decided to avoid it.

"Hello!" I hear someone say.

I snap my neck around and my eyes meet with a young man, probably around my age, who had lightly tanned skin, perfect brown hair that was in a flip in the front, and beautiful blue eyes. My eyes drew down his body to his perfectly chiseled chest (he wasn't wearing a shirt) and back up to his eyes.

"Ummm are you okay?" He asked.

"Oh um yes! Hi! I'm Samantha but most people call me Sam. Where are we? I just jumped off a cruise ship and thought I would die but I didn't and now here I am as alive as I can be!" I said realizing that this hot dude is probably so confused.

"Wait you jumped off of a cruise?! Why would someone want to do that?!" He responds.

"Oh right, it's a long story. Where am I anyways?"

"You're on the island of Cocopaui".

"Huh. Never heard of it"

"Well it is in the middle of no where", he responds.

"Oh right", I giggled a little, trying to flirt but he just rolled his eyes in response.

"Sooo how long have you been here for?" I ask.

"I believe three months based on the positions of the moon but it could also be four months. So yeah, it's been awhile."

"How did you wind up here?" I ask as I lean up on a nearby palm tree.

"That's not a story I am willing to tell", he replies with much sass.

Jeez. What's his issue?

"You never told me your name".

"That's because you never asked" now it's my turn to roll my eyes.

"It's Marco"

"Oh, well it's nice to meet you Marco".

"I wish I could say the same to you." He says as he begins to walk away.

"Wait!" I call after him. "Where are you going?"

"It's starting to get dark so I'm going to my hut", he calls back to me.

I run to catch up with him and I ask, "Can I stay with you? After all, you've been here for three months and I haven't even been here for a day" I try to make myself look innocent with my puppy dog eyes.

"Fine", Marco responds. "But only for a few days then, you are on your own".

"Thank you so much!" I respond cheekily.

We walk up to this medium sized hut that I'm assuming he built himself. We were now far away from the creepy forest which made me feel much better.

"Here's where you can sleep", he says as he points to a spot on the floor. "If you need me I will be in my room. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, don't bother me." Soon, I heard a door close and I was alone again.

Oh well. I guess I can make this work. It's better than sleeping outside in the sand.

"Good night, Marco!" I call to him but there was no response.

My eyes started to close and soon, I was in a deep sleep.

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