I boarded the plane early this morning by myself and very nervous. I’m used to planes, but not by myself. Yesterday, I turned twenty and my present from mom was a plane ticket I’ve been begging her for since I was six. I needed this now more than ever. I took my seat in coach and waited for takeoff to begin. As soon as it did I connected my headphones to the screen ahead of me and put my playlist on repeat as I fell asleep. I woke an hour before the plane landed in Italy. I got off the plane, made it through customs, and finally got ready to head to the air b&b I booked yesterday. I called a taxi to take me and pretty soon, I arrived at the most beautiful place on earth. My jaw dropped. There was beautiful pink and red flowers vining down in front of the house with tan walls and a brown roof and pillars. There was a fountain in the front with the clearest water ever and magnificent pink Water Lily’s in the fountain. It must’ve shot the water at lest fifteen feet high. I payed and thanked the driver and waited for myself to catch my breath. I practically ran inside to unpack, as I would be there for a month. I grabbed a book and walked around. It was beautiful inside of the house and I soon stumbled upon the door that lead to the backyard. It was so beautiful I was at a complete loss for words. The sun was now setting and it reflected off the pool in front of hundreds of rows of grape vines. I ran back to the room I chose, slipped out of all my clothes, and threw them into a hamper. I put on my favorite bikini, found my camera, grabbed a towel, and sped back to the door that would lead to a new world. I descended the stairs, book, towel, and camera in hand with my bathing suit falling at the top. I got to the pool and took the most breathtaking picture I’ve ever. I hadn’t even noticed the man in the back planting seeds near the grapevines. I was putting my hair into a bun atop my head, when I looked up I noticed the man and screamed “Who are you?! Why are you here?!” He shot back “Sorry!” Putting a hand on his eyes, “I work here during the summer, did Antonio not tell you?!” At this point he looked almost as mortified as me! Why are you covering your eyes?” I questioned.

“Well your, your ummm. Well, your bathing suit is, it’s falling in the front. I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable.”

I looked at him and scoffed, I looked down at myself thinking he was stupid, but sure enough, he was right! I quickly adjusted it and screamed “Sorry!” Trying to apologize.

“Oh it’s fine, unless it’s not to you! Sorry, There isn’t really lots of pretty girls I’m not used to talking to here.” I felt my cheeks turn red.

“That’s very sweet of you, would you like to join me by the pool?” I asked, hoping he would say yes.

“I wish, I have to get going, I live on the other side of town.”

“Well, would you like to stay in one of the rooms here tonight? There’s lots of extras, it’s the least I could do, this place is amazing! I’m sure most of that’s thanks to you!”

Now he was the one blushing.

“I really sho-“ he started frowning.

“Please, I’m gonna need help figuring out what to eat anyway, I didn’t expect this place to already have food.”

“I guess I could stay, just for tonight anyway.”

I felt my cheeks redden.

“Do you have anything to wear to sleep tonight, or would you wear that?”

“Oh, I have some extra clothes in my truck.”

“Perfect, do you want to stay by the pool for now? Or do you want me to get started on dinner?”

“If you want to stay by the pool I will, I can help you with dinner in a minute. Actually, I have a bathing suit in the back of my truck. If you wanna stay by the pool, I’ll be back soon.”

“Ok, that’s fine.”

I waited by the pool for tenish minutes when I heard footsteps coming from, above me? I looked up to see that there was a whole other story! But that still didn’t explain the footsteps? All of the sudden, the man came flying from the second story landing right in the pool! “OH MY GOD!” I screamed as loud as possible! I cursed aloud after a minute or so of him not swimming to the surface. I dove into the deep end, eyes open, looking, searching for him. After about thirty seconds I swam to the surface, terrified of the unimaginable. But then, he stood at the shallow end of the pool. I noticed right then, the perfectly round muscles on his perfectly toned arms, the tantalizing abs under his chest, the blue swim trunks with ducks on them, ducks? It was hot anyway. “Oh, my, god.”

I said accidentally out loud. “Oh god did that really just come out of my mouth?”

“Yeah” he said as he walked toward me, I was paralyzed. I started to sink, his face turned to panic as he dove after me. I was splashing until he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto the side of the pool, I wasn’t expecting that to be so easy for him. I think I was for a second unconscious. He now hovered over me, preforming mouth to mouth till I woke. When I did he sighed in relief. I drew a long breath, grabbed his face, pulled him in and kissed him. “Wow.” I said audibly

“What should we have for dinner?” He said, breaking the awkward silence afterward.

“Whatever you want.”