I took us only ten minutes to get to a small beach. Even though it was a small it was jam packed full of people.
Ella is buzzing with more excitement than anyone on this planet right now.
We put our bags down quite near the sea and I look around to see if there's anyone taking a particular intrest in us.
"Will you relax Six and have some fun" John says
"Well don't come crying to me when the mogs attack us" I say shooting him a look.
"If looks could kill" Nine mutters.
"Then we would have already won the war" I say.
Ella starts to run for the water but Marina catches her and pulls her back.
"Sun tan lotion first" she says pulling it out.
Ella slumps down in front of her and sits with a frown on her face.
We can all tell she's aching to get into the sea.
I take off my shorts and top and see Nine staring at me.
I punch him hard on the chest and he wakes up from his daze.
"What you can't blame a guy for looking" He says. I just roll my eyes and sit down on my towel.
I push off my shoes and put them along with my clothes in my back pack.
Everyone starts to slap on the sun tan lotion.
"Can I go now" Ella whines standing up.
"Go ahead" she says. Ella sprints off and we see her dive into the water.
"You coming" Eight says to Marina.
"I think I'm going to stay here for awhile" she says lying down and putting her sun glasses on.
"Me too" Sarah says.
"Suit yourself" I say. Sun bathing, how boring. I don't know how people can sit for so long doing nothing.
"Race you" I say before sprinting off. John, Eight, Nine and I run towards the sea.
Suddenly I feel Nine's arms wrap around my waist and lift me up. He puts me over his shoulder and runs the rest of the way to the sea and dumps me in.
I come up gasping for air and then put him in a head lock and drag him under water.
He manages to get out of my grip after about a minute and swims to the surface.
He shakes his hair like a dog would and smiles.
Suddenly Ella pops up between us and then Nine and I get the same idea.
I take her hands and Nine takes her feet. We swing her back and forth as she laughs and tells us to stop.
We throw her in and she goes quite far. We all play around, diving under, doing flips and seeing who can hold their breath for the longest. I have to admit It's a lot of fun.
After awhile we come out of the water and go back to Marina and Sarah who are still lying in the same position.
Nine flops down on to his towel, Eight lies down next to Marina and John is getting dragged away by Ella who is pointing to the buckets and spades.
"Did you have a nice swim?" Sarah asks.
"It was great" Eight says.
"I have to admit I'm glad we came, It's so nice here" I say.
"See I told you it would be great" Marina says.
"Look what I got" Ella says carrying a bucket and spade.
It's strange how something so simple can make a child happy for hours.
Ella starts to build sandcastles and I help her gather shells so she can decorate them.
After about an hour we suddenly hear someone snoring.
I turn around to see the source of the noise is Nine.
I look at him motionless on his towel and get an idea.
"Can I borrow that for a second Ella?" I say motioning towards her bucket.
"Sure" she says handing me it.
I then run out to the sea and dive under the cool blue water.
I fill up the bucket and carefully carry it back to the group.
"Move out the way" I whisper to them all. They shuffle out of the way then sit wondering what I'm doing.
I throw the entire bucket over Nine's head.
He jumps up and growls at me. Before he has a chance to get to me I jump over Marina and sprint towards the sea.
I turn back to see Nine barrelling towards me and the rest of the group laughing their heads off.
I turn back around to face the way I'm running and I bump into a guy.
"Sorry" I say going past him and starting to run again.
"Kelly?" the boy says.
I turn back to him and see who I would never thought I would see again.
"James?" I say walking back to him.
It was him, he looks exactly the same.
"How have you been?" he asks me.
"Good, you?" I say.
"Great, how's Liz?" He asks. That was Katarina's name at the time.
"Fine, that's why I'm here, Liz offered to take a bunch of my friends and I to the beach while she was at a conference" I say
"It's good to see you again" he says smiling.
Just as he says that Nine comes running up behind me.
"I am going to get you for this" he says before seeing me and James.
"who's this" he says pointing to James.
"None of your business" I snap at him.
"James" He says extending his hand.
"Stanley" Nine says shaking his hand.
"Sorry but I'm going to have to steal her from you, we were about to go get ice-cream" Nine says.
"That's cool, it was nice seeing you again Kelly, bye" he says before walking off.
I turn and walk away to be stopped by Nine.
"Who was that?" he asks me.
"Just drop it will you" I say walking back to the group.
Anger is building up inside me and I can feel the weather around me mirroring my emotions perfectly.
"How do you know him?" Nine questions me ignoring the fact that a storm is brewing very quickly.
"Leave me alone" I say.
We get back to our stuff and I put on my shorts and top.
"Who were you talking to?" Marina asks me.
"Yeah, how do you know him?" John asks.
"Was he your boyfriend" Sarah says.
Then I snap.
"WOULD YOU GUYS JUST SHUT UP! WHO HE IS TO ME IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS" I yell at them.
They all look at me in shock.
"Hit a nerve there, did we Kelly?" Nine says taunting me.
It then starts to chuck it down with rain and I put my shoes on.
I storm off but before I go I hear Nine say "Strange question Sarah, like Six would ever have a boyfriend".
I go back to him and give him a swift kick where the sun don't shine.
I then start to walk back to the apartment in the pouring rain.
John's POV
After Six stormed off and left us in the pouring rain we waited for Nine to recover, collected our stuff and walked back to Nine's apartment.
When we eventually arrived there was no sign of Six.
"I'll go look for her" I say as everyone gets towels and dries off.
I walk down the corridor and hear Six grunting softly from the Lecture Hall.
I walk in to see her with a punch bag, beating it to death.
"You okay?" I ask her.
"Perfect" she says still punching the bag.
"Why did you get so upset?" I ask her walking round so I can see her face.
"Brought back bad memories" she mutters before going over to the wall and sitting against it.
"What happened?" I ask coming to join her.
"We were in love, then the Mogs came and we had to leave" she says.
"oh" Is all I can say.
"Are you going to be okay?" I ask her.
"I'll be fine" she says very confident in what she just said.
We both stand up and she pulls me in for a hug.
"Thank you" she whispers in my ear.
"Are you coming into the living room?" I ask her.
"No, I'm just going to go to my room" she says.
She lets go and starts to walk out of the room. She stops at the door and turns back to me.
"By the way, if you tell anyone I'll kick your ass" she says smiling.
"I know" I say grinning at her. She walks out and I go into the living room and sit next to Sarah.
I'm glad Six will be okay, she's one of my best friends and I don't want to see her get hurt.
"Is she okay?" Marina asks worriedly.
"She'll be fine" I say smiling.