Chapter 1 - Brody

Brody was enjoying himself. How could he not? Here he was on an island paradise, it was the perfect temperature outside, and he was headed for his favorite place on Earth, the ocean. He had just stepped on the sand when he saw her. A beautiful women who looked to be about his age. Brody was 23 years old. Plenty of life ahead of him as well as IN him. He had nice short brown hair, a cleanly shaven face, and the perfect body to go with it. Brody saw the girl dancing in the sand while the waves gently touched her smoothly moving feet. Brody stopped and wondered what her name was. She was wearing just a regular brown two piece swimsuit. He was enchanted by her graceful movements. These thoughts all took place in a few seconds, so he did not get a very good look at her before the man behind Brody pushed him and told him (rather rudely) to keep moving. His thoughts snapped back to the present as he continued walking. He headed towards the ocean with his heavy scuba tank on his back. He waded out a few feet, turned around layed back and paddled. When he was about 50 feet from the shoreline, he popped his respirator in his mouth, slipped his mask over his eyes and nose and began to make his descent. It was a fairly decent dive. He saw several fish. The highlight of the dive was when he found a rare red sea urchin. In short, it was a rather uneventful dive. He surfaced, found the shoreline and put his back to it. He was peddling back when several thoughts started entering his mind, "who was that girl?" thought Brody, "and what was her name? Will I ever get to see her again? Man she was beautiful. I wish I could have gotten to know her." When he got close enough to the shore to stand, he slipped off his fins and mask. His resperator hung down by his knees. He was walking back towards the scuba hut wishing he could have known her. When he got there he gave the rental gear back and headed towards his hotel room for a short nap.