All that day, FC spent our time teaching me to swim, and I have to admit, I loved it. It was also some great quality time together, whenever we took breaks, we took turns telling each out her about ourselves.
I told him how I used to sing for my schools choir.
He told me how his sister had just won a hotdog eating contest.
I guess you could say we were building a friendship, and in that moment, I forgot all about dying. It was just us, sitting on the rocky shore, tiny waves lapping at our feet.
Some might say sparks were flying, and now looking back on it, I can see that.
As expected the conversation drifted over to relationships. I told him how I had already had four boyfriends, two of them had been total jerks, but two of them I was still close friends with, even though I knew I would never see them again.
I was then surprised to discover that FC had never been kissed before, though some girl tried to trick him into it once.
We laughed a lot that afternoon, it was great to have someone who understands you.
The next morning we headed to the forest in front of a small mountain and as she trekked through the thick underbrush, I felt something inside me that I've only ever felt once in my life. Genuine love.
I felt it for my third boyfriend, Kai, but it didn't last as long as I had hoped at first, he ended up being a jerk. But I won't explain too much now, I might talk about it later.
When we reached the bottom of the mountain we both looked at each other. We stood there for a minute, just looking each other in the eyes. I was about to say something when,
"You ready?"

I blinked back to reality.
"Yeah..." I replied, and off we went.

After a few hours of hiking and chatting, we came upon a small cave that was empty and seemed good to chill. We climbed inside and set up camp for the night. I watched FC as he set up the small fire to keep us warm. This felt awkward.
Why did I feel this way? I didn't even know his real name!
What was happening to me?
I would soon realize that I was in love with a stranger.
Okay, maybe by a stranger, but in that moment it kind of felt like it.
Sure we talked and got to know each other, it still felt strange.
I tried snapping out of it but I couldn't. Why was I feeling this?