Kalani Prim Rose
Kali was so lost in memories, that at first when she heard the voice behind her, with her honey colored eyes closed, she thought it was a vivid daydream. The voice was so familiar to her, she could have recognized it if she were half deaf. A lazy smile spread across her face with the instinct of four years at it's sound. And then a sparkling red fish flipped in the pool at her knees and she remembered where she was. She shouldn't be hearing that voice and worse- it shouldn't bring her joy.
Kalani stood sharply and whipped around, black hair tossing from her shoulders to her back. It wasn't a daydream, he was standing there real as life. At first, her eyes took him in hungrily. She hadn't seen him in a week since that day and in reality, she missed him, but she was too angry and hurt to bring herself to admit it. When she had looked him over, she realized that he'd asked her a question and all she'd done was stand up and stare at him like an idiot.
Finally, Kali looked away and took a few steps back into the cold pool, letting the water tickle the backs of her knees. She could't talk for some reason so she only nodded before looking back at him. Why did he have to be here? Why did he have to find her? Why... Why did everything always seem to fall apart for her? He knew that too. He knew that she wasn't really the pretty cheerleader everyone wanted to be. No.. He knew her parents were adoptive and he knew she only acted perfect so that she could keep something stable in her life. Most importantly, he knew that he'd ruined it. Or at least she'd thought he did. Maybe he didn't know. Maybe he hated her so much for cheating on him that he couldn't even realize it.
After another minute, she finally found her voice. "Yeah, it's beautiful. Peaceful." She shrugged, ignoring his other question. She wasn't a liar, but she wasn't about to tell him that she'd hated every second she'd been here so far. He'd know why. Why'd he come up here? Did he know I'd be here? A few feet from her heels was a drop off that she knew she could dive into and swim until she reached a cave. She itched to do it. To rid herself of this awkwardness, but she knew if she did, she'd be ignoring him and she'd never get off this island.