Saved from the Ocean

Oh! today I did a foolish thing! It was so beautiful in the cove and I decided that I would go for a swim and so I hurried and got my suit on and went down to the sandy beach area.

The wind had picked up and the waves were roaring as they rolled into the shore, but I had always loved the roar of the waves and I have always loved jumping and diving in them. I spread out my blanket on the sandy beach and put my umbrella up and my container of drinks and my book on the blanket. My towel I tossed down too as I ran down the beach and jumped into the frothy waves as they came rolling into the shore. I hadn't realized that they were quite that strong or high. They didn't seem that high from the house, but now that I was in the water they looked awful big as they were coming in. I got a little frightened and I wanted to get out and back to shallow water as I had drifted out quite a bit and I  was having a very hard time swimming because as I swam back the waves were taking me futher out. I started to panic and yelled for help hoping against hope that someone would hear me before I was taken so far out that I would drown. With each huge wave that came in I couldn't help swallow some water and it was hard to hold my breath as they cascaded over me. I yelled a few more times, and then I felt so weak from fighting, that I just tried floating to see if I could retain some of my strength.

All of  a sudden out of nowhere, I was lifted up and a very strong musculer arm was around my neck and holding my head above water. I started to panic and a voice said."Nay! Lass!! Stop that now! I've come to rescue you from the depths of this ocean." "Just float in my arm and let me take ya to shore ya silly woman."

I immediately relaxed because I recognized that it was the Captain and he was here to help me. He got me back to shore and lifted me up and carried me to the blanket and laid me down on it very gently. He sat down next to me as I coughed and coughed and he took out one of my water bottles and told me to have a drink and wash my mouth out of the salt water and spit it out. I did as he told me and it did help alot. I was tired and so ashamed for causing so much trouble. If he hadn't seen me I know I would have drowned and it was my fault, I knew better than go out when the waves were so high and roaring with the winds whipping the trees branches around.

He sat and looked at me with those piercing eyes of his and he had such a worried look on his face as he asked me how I was and if I was ok. When I said I was okay but that I felt dumb for what I had done and that how lucky  I was that he had come along I could see his eyes cloud over as his worried look turned to anger.

"Lass, it was by dumb luck that I heard you yell for help." "I was looking out the window of your office and wondering where you had gone to, when I decided to take a walk on the beach and enjoy the wind and listen to the roar of the waves as they crashed into the shore." "That is why I heard you yell and it took me a few minutes to find you out there in those huge waves. I dove right in and came for you." "Ya silly lass, donna ya be doing that again, you scared me half to death.",He said.

When he said that I looked at him and he must have realized what he just had said and we both laughed. He was dead wasn't he? We laughed and laughed and he stopped suddenly and pulled me into his arms and held me tightly and made me promise never to do such a foolish thing again. I did promise. I had no intention of living those moment ever again.  I liked being held in his arms. He was strong and musculer and he smelled like the ocean and the wind.

As he held me he gently brushed his lips over my head and kissed my forehead, as he said so softly that I almost didn't hear him."Don't be scaring me like that again lass, I donna want to lose you too." "I have become very attached to you being here with me."

Then he let me go and looked in my eyes for what seemed forever as I felt the shock waves from that sweet kiss on my forehead.  Oh! How I was starting to have feelings for this man. What was I going to do, after all he is a ghost,? Right?

He smiled that beautiful smile of his and he got up and gave me his hand and pulled me up and started to gather my things and told me that I had enough adventure for one day. We walked back up to the house and he didn't say another word all the way back. Myself, I was speechless too. I just walked along side of him and quietly had my own thoughts. He looked magnificent in his jeans and his muscled and wet body were a sight any women would sigh at. His long black wet hair glistened in the afternoon sun, and I could see red highlights in it that I had not noticed before. His mother had red hair and his sister Mary too. So , he had a little of his mothers color of hair. What a beautiful family they were I thought as we neared the house and he helped me carry the things and put them in the kitchen. 

When I turned to thank him, he was gone. That man frustrates me sometimes. One minute he is helping me and the next he is holding me and kissing me and then he is scowling at me and being angry at me. But this confounded disappearing without warning is the worst. I wish he would have stayed so I could have really thanked him for helping me. Well, the next time I see him I will be sure to do so.

Now for a nice hot bath and rest. I am all tired out from fighting those waves and I feel like a fool for going in them when I knew they were dangerous. Thank Goodness for the Captain or I wouldn't be able to write all this down for you to read.  Time for a bath, I am all salty and I feel as if I drank half the ocean too.