"Come on man, we're gonna be late!" Dec shouted as he heaved the last suitcase into the back of the car

"Dec, when are you ever on time eh? And we need to go pick up the girls first."

"Then that means we are late! Get in the car!"

"Late, that's your middle name Donnelly."

After being ushered by Dec a few more times Ant got into the car and they headed to Georgie's flat. Ant had been married to Lisa now for some time and Dec and Georgie had gotten rather serious, there were always a few hiccups, but it was going well. The lads had surprised the girls with a romantic double date holiday in Thailand for Christmas and new year.

Dec pulled up outside Georgie's flat and honked his horn twice, within seconds the door was swung open and two very excited women emerged carrying their suitcases. Once they were all in and sorted Dec drove the car to the airport.

Checking in was not a problem and before they knew it they were on a plane heading to sunny Thailand. Georgie had never really enjoyed flying and Dec was on hand to keep her calm during the turbulence, which basically meant giving her some neat scotch and waiting for it to have its effects. Georgie soon relaxed and the 2 couples enjoyed a pleasant flight.

Once they landed they were taken straight to their hotel and to two lovely chalet rooms with a conjoining door, both had a balcony that looked out onto the beach. By the time they had unpacked all of their stuff and gotten acquainted with the room it had got quite late and so, it was decided that bed was the next thing to do.


All 4 woke up bright and early the next morning after a lovely nights sleep. They shared a full English breakfast out on the balcony and discussed what they were to do for the rest of the day.

"Well, I say we spend the day at the beach" Dec said between cramming as much of his toast in his mouth as he could. "Or in the complex, and just stay in the pools." He stuffed the last bit in so his mouth was nearly full.

"Love, do you maybe want to keep your food to yourself" nudged Georgie; Dec nodded apologetically to Ant and Lisa and ate properly.

"He has got a point, why don't we just stay in the pools for the day and play volleyball or something. You girls don't mind that do you? Or do you want to sunbathe?"

"Hell no, it's boys v girls! Georgie and I need to balance the scores from last time!"

"Right, then eat up and let's get ready to go."

After cleaning the dishes and getting everything ready they all made their way to the pool with the blue inflatable ball to begin the game. They played around for a while until it got to midday, when they all got hungry again. It was mutually decided to get some food and then sit in the Jacuzzi. 4 stake and chips with diet cokes were ordered and they sat around a table in the café.

"I'm so glad we came here instead of staying home! It's nice to be where it's warm for Christmas for a change."

Dec loved Christmas and he was even more excited for this one as he was spending it with his 3 best friends. Christmas wasn't for another week and a half but they wanted to be out in Thailand well in advance so they weren't snowed in, in England. As unlikely as it sounded they didn't want to take the chance. Once they had all eaten they were sat in the Jacuzzi, not really doing anything, some casual conversation but mainly just enjoying each others company.

"Right, who's up for round 2 then? Got a bit chilly and I don't fancy sitting around much longer" asked Lisa

"Oh go on then" replied Ant. They all got out, Lisa, Ant and Dec all entered the pool. Georige went to put her purse back in her bag. She realised she still had hold of her glass so walked back to the bar to return it.

"Flippin 'eck it's got windy hasn't it!" Dec said to Ant, which was responded to with a slight nod.

"Oh hold on let me get the camera, we never get any decent pictures anymore", shouted Dec.

Lisa and Ant where opposite sides of the pool, ready to play. Dec was going over to his deck chair and Georgie was at the café bar, stood in front of a pain of glass when it happened.

Suddenly everything went quiet, everyone had gone deathly quiet. A baby crying in the hotel was all that could be heard, followed by a crashing sound.

Georgie stood up on a stool and saw what was heading their way. All the coloured drained from her face, she was frozen in fear.

Dec saw her across the complex, unsure of why she was behaving like this he spun around to face the beach. The trees collapsed, the wind was hurricane strength. The noise was incredible.

"LISA!" Ant screamed he could see what was heading towards them; he swam as fast as he could to her.

Dec spun around to look for Georgie, everyone was running around, he couldn't see her anywhere.

He ran as fast as he could to where she last was, he saw her, now sitting on the stole They were an arms length away from their partner when it hit them.

The wave.

TBC