I cocked my head to the side. ‘I’m not following.’

‘In Ghostbusters they were supposed to clear their minds so that the evil thing couldn’t manifest itself, and Ray can’t think of nothing, so he tries to think of the most harmless thing there is …’

‘The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man!’ I laughed.

‘Exactly!’ he replied.

‘Great, so the next time I try to meditate, I’ll just think of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.’

‘Good plan. That’s bound to work.’

We watched the last of the passengers get on board and soon after, the ferry horn sounded and we were on our way again. We sat back in our little spot. Despite the caffeine in the Coke, I was getting sleepy. I hadn’t really slept much the previous night, and the lull of the ferry’s engines as it cut through the sea was making me drowsy. ‘Do you mind if I lie down for a bit and close my eyes?’

‘No, of course not.’ He slid down the bench and retrieved a jacket from his bag. He bunched it up and put it on his lap. ‘Here. You can use me as a pillow.’

I lay down, rested my head in his lap, and closed my eyes. I could hear the drone of the engines and snatches of conversations in different languages. I don’t know how long it was before I fell asleep, but I woke with a start. For a millisecond, I didn’t know where I was.

‘Hey,’ said my pillow. ‘You fell asleep.’

I made no move to get up. ‘How long was I out?’

‘It’s been around an hour.’

I lifted my head. ‘Oh, sorry. Your legs must be numb by now.’ I sat up and ran my fingers under my sunglasses to remove any mascara smudges that may have formed.

‘It’s fine. I’m fine. You know, you were smiling?’

‘I was?’

‘Yeah. I figured you were probably dreaming about me.’ He smiled and I laughed.

‘You’re so full of yourself.’ I playfully pushed him away from me.

His smile turned into a grin. ‘That’s what you love about me!’ What I loved about him was that he made me laugh – and often at his own expense. ‘Loved’ about him. Oh dear, I thought.

‘Do you know if we have any more stops before Athens?’ I was suddenly hyper-aware that we were now running on minutes rather than days.

‘One more, I think – we’ll be docking soon.’ He pointed towards the horizon and it was filled with a mound of jagged earth. Naxos, was my guess. I started falling for Josh on Naxos, or was it before?