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Cleo laced her fingers through Lewis' and swung their clasped hands as they walked along the path. He looked slightly embarrassed for a moment, but soon was smiling and laughing as she talked to him about Emma and Rikki's latest spat. They passed several people with large picnic baskets heading for the beach.
"We should do that," Lewis said, pointing to a family clustered on a small blanket under a tree, all chewing on food. "Have a picnic, I mean,"
"Yeah, that'd be- Woah!" Cleo was suddenly knocked to the ground by a tall, yet very, very wide man. He was dressed all in black, with a dark hat pulled over his head. Yellow wisps of hair stuck out from underneath it.
She stared up at him, half-scared and half-indignant for being knocked over. The man gave a sort of snort/smirk/grimace and ran off in the way he had just come. As Cleo watched his retreating back, Lewis pulled her up, and hugged her.
"Are you okay?" He asked her, concerned.
"Yeah...Just took me by surprise, that's all..." Cleo muttered. She shook her head as if wanting to clear it of all the confusing thoughts which had ran through her mind as she looked up at him.
But, even as they continued walking, and started talking about something else, one thought stayed in Cleo's head.
That's not the last we see of him.
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Emma dumped her saddle into Ash's outstretched arms. "Thanks for the lesson, Ash," she smiled at him. "Elliot had a really good time,"
Ash leaned forward to talk to her quietly. "What about you? Did you have a good time?"
"It was...OK," she told him, pausing to make it see like she had to search her mind for the right word. "And there's no point flirting with me, I'm already your girlfriend. Even if you are the world's bossiest horse instructor."
Elliot wandered over to them from where he had been stroking his horse, just in time to hear Ash say, very indignantly (a/n I just realised I've written that word twice in this chapter...o well it can be my word of the day!!) "I am not bossy!" he turned to Elliot. "Tell her I'm not bossy!"
Emma stifled her giggles. "C'mon Elliot, mum wants us home soon," she kissed Ash on the cheek. "See you later,"
"Ew," Elliot muttered.
"And Emma?" Ash called as they reached the doorway. Emma turned round to face him. "Make sure you don't steer your horse to near to the cliff next time. The fall could put you both in a coma."
"I'm sure you'd rescue me," Emma smiled at him and he kissed her.
"Ewww!" Elliot grabbed Emma's hand and begun tugging her out of the door. "Ew, ew, ew! C'mon, c'mon!!"
XXX
"Ladies first," Lewis said, holding back the beaded curtain so Cleo could enter the JuiceNet café. She smiled at him, and stepped past him, slipping her hand subtly into his as she passed.
Cleo walked in, then retraced her steps and walked back out again.
Lewis raised her eyebrows at her.
"He's in there," Cleo told him, looking worried.
"Erm...who?"
"That guy, the one who knocked me down. He scares me, Lewis," Cleo whispered the last part as though she was ashamed of admitting it.
"Don't be daft, Cleo," he stepped into the JuiceNet and pulled her in after him. "Everything's fine!"
A loud gunshot echoed though the air as a bullet narrowly missed hitting Lewis. Cleo screamed.
