There were great bangs and screams and then I remember struggling in Mama’s arms in the ocean before washing up with her in this cove. For a while s...e looked after me here. There was nobody else. I can only just remember that time. We slept in a shallow cave. She gathered fruit and leaves from the bush and caught little animals and things for our food.My next memory, from not very long afterwards, is of watching Mama go out on to the rocks in the ocean to prise off shellfish for us to eat as. Now I don’t want to sound forward or anything, but I think I’m falling for you.”“And I’m pretty sure I’m falling for you too sweetie, but there’s one problem with that.”“What’s that beautiful?”“You live in Florida and you’re flying back down there in a couple weeks. I’m going to miss you so much!”“I’m going to miss you so much too! But just remember, I’ll be home again in early May, and then I’m here until August. That gives us the whole summer to spend time with each other!”“Yeah, I know. . ”“About what?”He almost broke down, “I’ve never been with anybody.” He sort of held up his hands, not out up, but up, “You’re right. I’m a virgin. Never had a girl, never even come close.”Maureen was afraid to approach hm. He looked like he was ready to run away. She held the fingers of both her hands up over her mouth and nose. She didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or jump up and down. She stood very still and held up one hand. With that hand she held up two fingers, “I’m twenty-four years. He’s tall, the perfect stature for a seventeen-year-old boy. She got to look at his bare chest all day, she knows what’s under his shirt. She’s curious what’s under his shorts…“Can I kiss you?” he asks, voice low, and she’s slightly shocked. No one’s ever asked her this before - oddly enough. Considering that she’s been attracted to him for years, she can’t help but nod ‘yes’, and when his mouth touches hers, her mind stretches a million directions.-“Mmm,” Mat hums, feeling a hand shake his.