all i see is colour

If anything, Luke was please that the both of them were in one piece. Seeing how they both were in the water when the earthquake hit, it could have been much worse so he was certainly counting his blessing that they each came out with probably just minor bruise from the scramble to get out of the water. “I don’t want to be in here and test the theory.” He let a small chuckle pass his lips as he made his way out of the small room with her, being careful not to trip over anything that may have fell during the shake. The sound of the waves was a familiar one, but he could tell that the shaking hand unsettled them the way they crashed against the rocks. “Yeah, these are what I’m used to.” He looked around at the waves, the moonlight providing just enough light to allow him to study them for a few moment. 

His attention was dragged back when he saw the light from her phone. At least one of them were smart enough to keep their phone with them. “What do the insides of those buildings look like though? Everything is so dark.” He commented when he noticed that almost every place around them was without power. This could make for a very interesting night. Living in LA he knew how crazy people could get during a blackout and he just hoped they weren’t as crazy here. When her lied dimmed out, Luke chuckled softly. “I have my phone in my bag, we can use that for a light, I just have to get to it.” He turned to face her a little bit more. “Oh.. I’m Luke by the way, figured it would be nice for you to know my name since we’re kinda stuck together right now.” it was a chuckle that passed his lips.

“I’m not sure, I couldn’t get much. If only I had x-ray vision it might have come in handy,” Candice jokingly said, pushing her hand through a curtain of curls that swept over her face. The sounds of the water pulling and tugging left the woman feeling calmer by the second -- there was no reason to be scared, despite the unsettled wavering of them as they bounced into the shore. “I can imagine it makes you a little homesick,” she stated, hoping the method of curating conversation wasn’t making the air any more awkward than it already felt. Candice knew little about the guy, although dodging any subject to leave in silence felt wrong. “I’ve never been to Alaska but I have always heard that they have six months of complete darkness. I’m not so sure that I like it,” she admitted, her nose immediately scrunching up at the thought.

Even though he’d lived in LA for the past few years, earthquakes were still really new to him. He’d been on one or two, but most of the time he was never alone, and he was actually glad that he had someone in the darkness with him, even if it was someone he didn’t really know. He looked around for a second and that was when it had occurred to him that he didn’t have his phone on him which only left him rather frustrated with himself. He’d been hoping to use it as a flashlight but it was laying back at the beach with his other things. 

For the few seconds that the rumbling happened, it had still felt like a lifetime to him but he was glad that it was over. “Don’t worry I thought I was going crazy too.” He spoke as he lifted his hand and ran fingers through blonde curls that were still wet from the water. “I’m fine, nothing’s broken, I hit my arm getting in here, but it’s okay, it’s not that bad at all.” He spoke as he lightly rubbed his arm which was slightly sore from hitting the door frame on the way in, but there wasn’t an open cute so he was thankful. He moved slightly closer to get a look out the same window that she was looking out. “I’m from Australia, so this isn’t really a concern there.” He spoke before he took a step back to look around at the building they were in. He knew that most of the buildings around the town were probably sturdy enough to hold up in this kind of situation, but the lighthouse? Well, he wasn’t too sure with that one and he didn’t really want them to hang around there and figure out if it would hold up or not. “Okay, I don’t know when this thing was built and I don’t know if I trust how sturdy it is, so maybe it’s a good idea that we make our way back to the beach.

As he reassured her that his injury was minor, Candice nodded, sucking in a deep breath before lightly sculpting her palm on the wall of the building, gently rattling it to test the strength of their temporary safe haven. The girl couldn’t help herself but want to test the theory before making way out to the open air again. “You might be right.. I’d be shocked if they checked these things at all.” Steadying herself onto her feet, she waved her hands over the knob of the door, twisting it firmly before exiting the tiny room. The silence was so tangible you could hear a pin drop, that was until the noise of the unsettled waves filtered through. “I bet Australia has waves like these, though. Better ones, if that’s even possible,” Candice commented, wanting to soften the tension of what they had just experienced. 

A vacation was something that Luke knew he needed. He’d spent so much time focusing on his band, the new record, and the upcoming tour, that he forgot what it was like to take a minute to himself and have fun. Hell, he wasn’t even sure he remembered what the word meant. Most of the time, his days were spent around three of his greatest friends in the world, but now he was in Greece by himself, something he new thought he would do but to say that it was relaxing to be alone was a complete understatement. There was no one there to nag him, no one there to bother him. It was incredible. 

Being from Australia meant that the water was the one place Luke felt like he was really home, a place where nothing existed to him other then the water that surrounded him, and to have it in Greece, it was beautiful. The moonlight reflected off the water, and the way it looked crashing against the waves? The beauty couldn’t even be describe. The cool water against his skin, the smell in the air, it was all magical. His attention was grabbed in a serious way when he could feel the strong rumbling beneath his feet and in less then a moment, Luke was out of the water. There was no doubt that was an earthquake, and he knew what happened to waves when they were disturbed in such a way and he wasn’t going to wait around to see happen. He ducked into the nearest building that he could only assume was the lighthouse on the coast; without the light it was hard to tell, but that was certainly the last thing on his mind as he sat in the pitch black room with his back against the wall. 

When he heard the sound of the females voice in the same room, he took only a few moments to let his eye adjust to the darkness. “I think all of Greece could feel that.” He spoke out in a soft tone so he wouldn’t startle the female as he slowly made his way over to her. “Are you okay?” The question passed his lips with a concerned tone. 

Earthquakes were common in LA. Candice had lived there long enough to go through a couple in her lifetime. But that was the thing about California -- you expected them to happen. Not in Greece. At least not while on vacation, of all times. She wouldn’t call herself an expert, but she wasn’t completely clueless on the subject. The fact that she was overwhelmingly under-prepared for this natural disaster caused Candice to let out a soft chuckle to herself. The one time she had left her flashlight at home, along with a first aid kit she was silently hoping wasn’t necessary in case either party got hurt. There she sat, the once composed woman was now vacant of her supplies, finding refuge in a lightless lighthouse. Although she wasn’t alone.