You've taken up residence on Isla Mujeres, but it still seems strange to have an entire tropical island seemingly to yourself. For now, though, you're just enjoying yourself. One morning, you're out, strolling along the beach. Thoroughly enjoying the solitude, and the scenery. Idly, you start to collect seashells scattered on the beach by the recent storm. You spot a particularly beautiful conch shell lying in a few feet of water. You wade out to pick it up, but it's stuck on something. As you tug harder, a sudden wave washes over you, and you lose your footing as it recedes. Off balance, you fall into the water. Suddenly you realize you've been swept rapidly out into the ocean, and are some distance from shore, seemingly in the blink of an eye.
You start to awkwardly paddle toward shore. The light cotton dress that seemed so festive for beachcombing suddenly seems monstrously heavy and confining. You're so intent on keeping your head above water that when an arm reaches out and grabs you, you almost jerk free in reflexive surprise. You find yourself staring up into the face of the most handsome man you've seen in a very long time. With a cheerful smile on his face, he reaches over and effortlessly puts his hands around your waist, and pulls you out of the water and into the boat. When he asks if you're hurt, you reassure him you just lost your footing, got pulled out with the receding tide, and were heading back to shore.
It's warm, but your dress is clinging to you, and the wind is making you a little cold. He gets out a blanket, and leans over to wrap it around you. As he does, his lips meet yours, and you exchange a long, gentle kiss. As he finally pulls back, he smiles again at you, and tells you you're the most beautiful woman he's seen in a very long time. He says he's on a journey, and asks if you want to go back to your beach, or to take a trip with him. Still full of the warmth of the kiss, you emphatically tell him you're going to keep him company. Still with a smile, he picks up the oars, and starts to rhythmically pull, moving the boat farther out from shore.
You find yourself almost hypnotized by the play of the muscles on his bare chest as he keeps pulling on the oars. To your surprise, you find yourself still tingly from the kiss. You think several times that you should say something, but you're almost afraid saying or doing anything will break the moment. He just continues to smile at you, and you see the appreciation in his eyes as he looks at you. The feelings inside you make it hard to gauge time, but what is probably several hours later, you notice land coming up ahead of you, your boat heading toward an inviting beach. It looks familiar, and after a moment you realize it's Isla Mujeres, just a little down the coastline from where you were first pulled into the ocean. As you get closer, you see his campsite set up on the beach, an even more scenic spot than where you were beachcombing originally. You look at him quizzically, and he tells you he didn't mention how long the trip would be, only that there would be a trip, and that he wanted as much time with you as possible to enjoy your presence. You are almost annoyed with him, but enjoyed his sense of humor too much to be irritated.