I eyed the figure, my gaze intensely sharp. “Under your bed.” I spoke, And immediately once those words left my lips he froze.

“Under my bed” he echoes the words with a whisper. He stayed silent for a moment till his eyes darted up to mine. “I didn’t put it there” he said softly.

“Really? So you expect me to believe it just magically appeared there. I hate to break it to you Alex but we’re the only two people at sea!” I nearly yelled. Plus the captain but he doesn’t count. Not when he’s basically stuck stirring the boat all day.

He pulled the hoodie down with such anger. “How did you know?” He mumbled.

“Know what? About the object under your bed or how I knew it was you under the hoodie?”

“Both”

“Well, first off. You’re dumb. You lack common sense, I mean for goodness sake. You’re literally wearing the blue shoes I got you for your birthday last month.”

I watch Alex’s cheek turn tinted pink.

“Why did you sneak on?” I asked, my knee bouncing. He felt the object in his hands, toying with it.

“I didn’t like that you were going to do this on your own” he said. I cursed under my breath, rubbing my temples. “Dammit Alex, I told you”

“Yeah, I know what you said, I heard it crystal clear”

“Well you didn’t listen enough!” I was shouting now, my fist banged on the table.

“See this is why I didn’t want to tell you, I knew you would act like this”

“My temper right now is very reasonable” I gritted my teeth.

Alex sighed, feeling the gold in his hands. “I’m giving them this”

“Like hell you are”

“I am, I told you. You’re not doing this alone” he said, holding eye contact.

“I can’t protect you and I once we get to that island, Alex. I need you to understand that” I reached for his shoulder.

“Well it’s a good thing I could protect myself” he said confidently, and I swear if it weren’t for his swimming lesions, I would have thrown him over broad right this instant.