Richard Dashing was indeed a dashing young man with the athletic build of an Adonis. Every girl by the swimming pool wanted him and every man in the area was jealous of his hard perfected body. The women eagerly watched as he rose up out of the water with his long dark hair slicked back from the water. Droplets of water glistened off of his muscles that flexed to an unseen hardness as he lifted himself up to sit on the side of the pool. Sydney Darling was an incredible young woman, highly educated and very intelligent. Indeed, she was a bookworm with the body of Cleopatra. When the men were not busy being jealous of Richard, they were definitely checking out Sydney. Neither of the two was interested in anyone else at the pool that day. Fact is, they were both sort of lost in their own little worlds. Richard was far from interested in love and Sydney was far more interested in reading the quatrains of Nostradamus. Richard had come to the tropical island just to get away from the world that he cared nothing for. Indeed, it seemed as though the only thing he cared about was taking good care of himself and enjoying some rest and relaxation before having to return to the United States. Sydney, on the other hand was forced by her friends who felt she needed a much deserved break from the real world and had teasingly told her she needed to have a nice romantic getaway. Sydney, on the other hand, totally disagreed with them. The last thing she wanted was for some man to take care of her. Truly, she enjoyed living her quiet life back home with her pets, Nali and Athena. She closed to her book and contemplated what she had read. Her short blonde hair was a true testament to her modern day woman attitude. Looking at her watch, she knew it was almost time to catch the boat for the island tour. After all, she was there she might as well make the most of soaking up the exotic scenery. Richard walked over to his chair and grabbed up his towel. A woman sitting next to his stuff made a soft grunting sound of pleasure at merely staring at him. Still, the sound was audible enough to catch his attention but annoying enough to where he simply ignored her. Noticing the time, Richard realized he was going to miss the island tour if he did not hurry along. Simultaneously, they both dashed for the open doorway of the cabana style hotel and that was when they first met. Was it love at first sight? Hardly She did not notice him any more than he had noticed her. Instead, they were both very much lost in the hurry to make the tour.