DAY 5 PART 2


We arrive at YS Falls and the weather isn’t all that great it has been raining off and on all the way there and now it’s just spitting out.
We get up to the “gift shop” and the lady tells me that because of the amount of rain that they have had lately the water looks fairly
dirty on the falls and is not clear that it was certainly safe to swim in but was not the crystal clear water everyone would be expecting.
Fine by me I haven’t gotten into a bathing suit since I’ve been on the island yet so no rush I just need to say I’ve been here.

"Do you live here miss?"

"Do I live here? Me?

Now this woman has asked me if I live here and I think to myself I definitely COULD live here. Have I become that comfortable already
that I’m giving off a vibe that I may actually live here? I love it.

"Unfortunately no but he does”, pointing at Andre.

Andre and I climbed the stairs all the way up as far as we could. There was another set going higher however they were renovating
the stairs so we took in the view although the water looks “muddy” it was still fantastic to see. We’re sitting in a little gazebo half way
up the falls and we see some familiar faces from the Black River Tour that we were on so this must have been part of their package.
We hang out for a bit by the pools taking in the grounds it’s really very pretty and then Andre wants to smoke and at the gift shop there
was a sign “No smoking Ganga” so we head off to a large Gazebo the farthest one away from everyone and we sit back on the
chairs and Andre enjoys his smoke and we talk. We must have sat there for 2 hours just talking. He asks me questions about my past
relationships after him. We talk about some of the troubles he had gone through after we lost contact. We talk about each others families.
This time it’s much different than that night at 3 Dives. He doesn’t argue with everything I saw. This conversation flows. He tells me the
good things about me that he remembers are still with me. It’s nice to hear that he has noticed.

"Do you think if you were in Toronto and we had met now at this age that you would be interested in me the way you
have told me you are here and now?"

Amanda, if I was in Toronto and we had met as we are now I wouldn’t just be interested in you, we would be together"

This makes me blush, "“really? You know I don’t deal with bull**** Andre and I don’t need to be told things you think I want
to hear because I’m okay with whatever the truth is."

"Amanda why do you ALWAYS do that? You doubt everything I say. I’m not your ex, okay well I am your ex but I’m not
that guy that hurt you and lied to you and all that. I don’t have time for that and you are apart of some of the best memories I have why
would I want to do that to you? I don’t like having to defend everything I say. You just being here is good enough"

Okay so sometimes I’m defensive and create walls.. who doesn’t. But it’s his reaction that tells me more than his original
statement and I’m satisfied.

Andre gets a call and it’s Jacko he wants to know when we return if we can take him to Junction to pick up his tire for his car.
So that’s our cue to leave we hadn’t even realized what time it is but we need to get back and we want to stop in Santa Cruz for a bit first.

We’re driving around Santa Cruz looking for a store that sells Blank CD’s and I see a KFC and I can’t help but laugh.

""You have KFC in Jamaica??"
"Ya babez actually it’s a big deal, like if you liked a girl here you could take her to KFC and she’d be impressed”
and I laugh at this and so does Andre because he turns to me and says

“Could you imagine if we were back home and I took you on a date to KFC?”
“That is something I’d like to see you try Andre”

But I have an idea. If KFC is such a treat than maybe we should get some for Chrissy, Jacko’s Daughter and his girlfriend Kadesha.
After all I feel a bit bad that Jacko has been out the last 2 nights and probably again tonight on the road with us. So we grab some
food for the girls and we’re off to Jacko’s house. After dropping off the food Andre needs to get Jacko to Junction to pick up his tire
and I ask him to drop me off at his house so I can burn a few CD’s and freshen up.

"You mean you aren’t going to come with us?"
"Nah you go ahead pick me up a bottle of rum at the wholesale while you’re there"
"Good thinkin"

So I’m at Andre’s and it’s the quietest moment I’ve had since Treasure Beach yesterday and it’s nice. I
’m relaxing I put some music on burn a CD of some old hip hop and R&B because I’ve been listening to hardcore
dancehall music non stop I thought maybe a change would be okay. And then there is a knock at the door.
I peep out the window there is some girl standing there.

Ack what do I do?? I’m thinking who is this girl? What if she’s a girlfriend of Andre’s I didn’t know about?
What if she’s mad I’m here? What if he’s mad if I open the door?