The Wave by Virginia Moffatt

Author:Virginia Moffatt
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008340735
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Nikki

When James takes my hand and suggests a walk, I am only too happy to agree. I have been hoping he would ask me for the last hour; I’m thrilled that he wants to be alone with me as much as I want to with him, and though Shelley’s music has helped calm everyone down, the row has left a nasty taste in my mouth. Even so, I’m a little anxious. James was so quick to join the others in condemning Margaret. Have I misjudged him? I was sure of him before the argument, but now I’m worried I might be making a mistake. So I’m pleased that when I challenge him he recognises he was wrong, and is quick to see my point of view. He promises to apologise and I feel I can relax. He really is as lovely as he seems.

We meander down the beach in the darkness and I am taken back to nights like this in the Scouts, in the time when friendships weren’t complicated by race or gender and we would run around the woods playing wide games after dark. Evenings filled with laughter and excitement when anything could happen and often did. I have the same sensation now. So I am not surprised when, the moment we are round the corner, he takes me in his arms and kisses me. We kiss and kiss and kiss until his phone vibrates and he breaks away to check a text. He doesn’t say who it was, just takes me by the hand and leads me to the entrance of a cave.

It is dark, so I use the flashlight on my phone to illuminate the way. There is a pool ahead of us. We leave our shoes on top of a rock, as I follow him into the blackness. The water is cold and the stones slippy, but I am caught by a sense of adventure and I trust him to be leading me somewhere special. And he is. As we move forward, I can see a glow of silver light ahead reflected on the water. We reach the centre of the cave. ‘Wow, this is beautiful,’ I cry. The moon is shining through the hole in the roof of the cave. Light ricochets off the pool and onto the walls, which sparkle like diamonds. ‘Thank you,’ I say, taking his face in my hands, kissing him slowly, appreciatively. He kisses back, and soon we are sinking to the ground, our hands roaming over each other’s bodies. I unbutton his shirt, he undoes my bra, caressing my breasts, sucking my nipples. It is only as I feel him harden on top of me that doubt creeps in. Who is this man? Why I am I kissing a stranger like this? What am I doing here? I sense a similar uncertainty from him; my kisses falter.

‘Stop.’ I sit up, pulling my clothes on as quickly as I can. The moon has passed out of sight leaving the cave in darkness, taking with it delight, wonder, excitement.

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