Marianne
It had taken us to Nonza, my girl crush and me. The village lay on the Cap Corse, where maybe twenty houses crowded together upon a rock that rose over the sea. Nonza, that ́s how it was written, had 73 inhabitants.
We marched a thousand stone steps downwards and found quarter in the still empty ruin of a stone house; the few other remaining house pieces had already been claimed by other backpackers.
Our house didn ́t even have a roof. Perfect if you wanted to make a campfire. We fell into conversation with the neighbours; one of them was called Luc, he was quite nice I must admit.
The next day a strong wind came; the waves reared up before me, twice, three times the size of me. Luise ran off and dived into a giant wave to get out into the sea. I hesitated. I didn ́t dare.
As she came back:
Do it like me, then the wave won ́t get you and smash you on the ground. It ́s really easy.
Says you.
In the night I woke with a start. Struggling to rid my legs of the sleeping bag I got up and went to the beach. The water still churned and boiled. The tips of the waves lunged at my toes. Suddenly Luc was standing next to me, I hadn ́t heard him coming. He ran and plunged into the water below. Then he was gone. Damn. Show off. I took a few steps back from the waters edge, ready, set -
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