She sat there, listening to the waves of the lake, sipping on her wine. It was all so quiet and peaceful, but her mind was racing. How could he know she was there, but not come and see her? Where was he, what was he doing? Or worse, did she even matter to him in the first place?
She had to get out of there, go on a walk or something, clear her head in the northshore breeze. She grabbed her sweater, checked to make sure her sister was sleeping, and slowly closed the door behind her. Outside the hotel, she started to walk the boardwalk, trying to run all of their conversations through her head. Six weeks of constant talking and laughing. So many things in common. Did she miss something? There were a few red flags, but nothing that his explanations didn't make sense for. Damn he was good! A very good liar. A player. She opened up so many doors to him, doors she swore she would keep closed and locked forever, she told him everything. He promised it would always be between them only, but was that just another lie? God, who else knows her secrets now?! Of course the worst of it was that she genuinely cared for him. Almost even loved him. She had told him she did, but she never really felt it until he was gone. She was no horrible person, would never hurt anyone intentionally, she didn't deserve to be treated like this, betrayed like this. But she had been.
She noticed she had taken the turn to the lighthouse, and suddenly stopped. This is where they first met. Where all those butterflies came that she hadn't felt in years. They had hugged, and she didn't want to let him go. Finally, maybe a piece of happiness! He was taller than she had imagined, skinnier too. He was sexy as hell. She turned back the other way though now, because the lighthouse brought back too many memories, too many feelings. She shuffled along, hitting the sand and pebbles beneath her feet. There were just a few other people walking the boardwalk, couples mostly. Some you could tell were rushing up to their rooms to be alone, others were just simply holding hands, enjoying their time together. She imagined walking with him like that. Once they passed, she found a tear rolling down her cheek. Then another, and another. She stopped to sit on some rocks that made a wall in front of the lake, and it all came pouring out of her. All the sadness, the anger, the hurt, the lonely nights she now lives with. She missed his voice, the way he would pretend not to be looking at her when he really was, the way his eyes smiled, the way he held her, his kisses. Oh, enough of this! Does he deserve any more of your tears after what he's put you through? She wiped her eyes and her face and angrily got off the rock. Asshole.
Now, instead of the sadness, she had to walk off her anger, so she kept going the opposite way of the hotel. She remembered there was a small beach on the other end of the park. She'll just walk there and back, before her sister wakes up and starts to worry. Her mind wandered to him again...his laugh was contagious, he made her smile every day, even in her dreams. They sent pictures to each other, nothing intimate, just their smiling faces, each knowing the other was missed. He gave her songs to express his feelings (God, did THOSE even mean anything?), songs she couldn't bring herself to listen to now. "You don't have to throw back your pretty pink lemonade shooter and lean a little closer..hmmmmmm...You don't have to keep me falling like this But it'd sure be cool of you did". She never should have confessed her feelings for him.
"Hey there." A voice coming from the side of her in the distance. She knew that deep, sultry voice. He came out of the darkness with his hands in his shorts pockets. She couldn't find anything to say, let alone her own voice, so she stared at him, confused. Where did he come from?
"Figured you'd be down here somewhere." How? Was he following her? No, because she never told him what hotel, or even what part of the city.
"How...?" She couldn't even ask him.
"Cuz I know you, remember?" he giggled. God she missed him.
"What are you doing out here?" she finally asked, somewhat with an attitude.
"I told you, I knew I'd find you."
"What do you want? Why you lookin for me?"
"Cuz I wanna talk to you." Well good for him. She'd been trying to talk to him for a few weeks getting nowhere, now HE'S ready?
"Well what do you want? I gotta get back."
"No you don't." He was right. "We both know your sister is up there sleeping, and IF she wakes up, she'll just think you're out looking for me."
"Well aren't you cocky?" He grinned, and it almost made her smile too.
"Listen," he said, "I know I...ahh...hurt you and all, and I just wanted you to hear it from me that...I'm sorry."
"Could've wrote that in an email or something." she replied.