Marti's heart did a little flip-flop when Jeremiah shared his thoughts that they were kindred spirits.  She felt it too, as they ate breakfast together, but she dare not hope that he felt it as well!  It was too soon to know, wasn't it?  Did love at first sight really exist?  Did one just meet their soul mate?  Wasn't that something that happened over weeks, months, maybe even years in a relationship?<br/><br/>She blushed as she felt his eyes gaze over her body.  She was no fool, she knew she was no model.  She also knew that most men were sexually stimulated by what they saw, and well, she didn't do it for most men.  She had dreamed of meeting a man, who would look past the "outer packaging" and find the true heart that lay within.  She had almost given up hope that such a man existed.<br/><br/>She had been engaged to be married once, well, twice, to the same guy.  He used her, and left her only a couple of months before the wedding.  She was devastated by his betrayal.  In her devastation, despair, and depression, she gained weight.  At the time, she hadn't cared, the extra weight was self defence, she didn't want to let another man close enough to ever hurt her that way again.  Learning that tidbit about her own psyche, had taken years of therapy!<br/><br/>When she faced her own health crisis, she lost a lot of weight, and her self esteem, grew, not by leaps and bounds, but slowly, gradually, she began to see herself as a whole woman again, with something to offer a man.  She had a heart full of love, to give the right man, but the problem was, she had not met him, up to this point in her life.  Her hometown, was a university town, and most of the single men were too young.  She had dated younger men, and well her girlfriend Lynn had always said, "get 'em young, train 'em right!", but Marti was tired of that, she wanted a man with some maturity, some life experience.  She wanted a man, who knew a lady when he saw one, and more over, how to treat her accordingly.<br/><br/>Had she found him?<br/><br/>She turned her face to his, as he offered her his arm to escort her back to the rooms.  She like the small courtesies he offered her, pulling out her chair, and now, giving her his arm.  Yes, she could get used to this, she thought to herself.<br/><br/>Jeremiah, was considerate, thinking of her not getting a sunburn, on her first day under the Hawaiian sun!  Her cheeks turned a pretty pink, as she thought of asking him to help put the sunscreen on her back.  Such an intimate request.<br/><br/>As they walked to their rooms, they chatted, and Marti let herself into her room.  She changed into her sky blue one piece swimsuit, and wore her skirt and blouse over it, as Jeremiah had suggested.  She packed her bra and panties in her beach bag, with her towel, and beach cover up, sunscreen, and sunglasses.  She tied a blue scarf around her broad brimmed straw sunhat, and placed it on the bed with her beach bag.  She grabbed her camera bag, and glanced at the novel laying on the bedside table.  Normally she would have tossed it in her beach bag, but she thought for the first time, that she would be surprised if she got any reading done on this vacation at all!<br/><br/>Just with that, there was a knock on her door.  She grabbed her stuff, and hurried to the door, not wanting to keep Jeremiah waiting.