Hey everyone, this is a new chapter. Sorry it has been a while, been so busy with work and I also got broken into a couple of weeks ago so I have been dealing with a lot of police stuff. Hope you like this new chapter named after one of my favourite songs at the moment called False Alarm by Becky Hill. Please as always leave a review, I love to make my work better. Thank you.
Sara stood in front of the hotel mirror in their room, she was pushing her shoulders forwards and back and changing direction, her face looked uneasy and undecided.
"V, do you think this will be ok for today?" Sara was pushing down on her white summer dress as she continued to check over her outfit in the mirror. The dress had circular cuts on it which showed parts of the yellow bikini underneath. "V?" Sara called out again. "V are you listening?" Sara looked around the corner to see Veronica sitting on the bed closest to the balcony, she was pushing buttons on her phone.
"Veronica, you ok?" Her friend finally looked up. "What? Oh sorry I'm trying to get through to Linc but I can't connect to his phone."
"Well he's probably just in an area with no signal"
"I know but it's our anniversary and I haven't heard from him at all"
"Christ V give him a chance we are 6 hours in front"
Sara walked over to the bed and plonked herself down next to Veronica, "I'm sure as soon as he's awake you'll hear from him"
Veronica pushed out a shaky breath. "You're right, wow I still feel crappy from last night"
The girls had been on the island for two days and the night before had been their first venture out into the party town. Both of them had agreed to take it easy however with the offers of all you can drink bars that plan quickly went out the window.
"Don't V, the thought of it makes me want to be sick again, let's just go down to the beach and die slowly whilst burning to a crisp"
"Fine, fine, fine but no burning for you, your skin and the sun don't mix, sun screen please"
"Yes Mom" Sara shot up and flattened her dress again "Now what do you think of my outfit?"
The girls had found two sun beds on the white sandy beach just a few minutes walk from their hotel. The suns rays was glaring down and it felt like the atmosphere was getting hotter by the second, it had been two hours since both of them had left the hotel and Veronica had still not heard from her husband back at home. Sara slowly lifter her sunglasses up and peered at Veronica trying to manoeuvre herself to reach for her bag without lifting herself off the bed.
"If you touch that phone one more time"
Veronica shot her friend a sheepish look and slowly lay back down.
"I no, sorry, I'm so mad that he hasn't called or messaged me." Sara put her sunglasses back over her eyes and relaxed back down.
"Maybe he can't connect or get through"
"Maybe" Veronica sighed.
"Look I can't imagine Linc forgetting your anniversary, he loves you and its so clear that he worships the ground you walk on, so chin up and stop moaning." Sara once again looked across at Veronica and lifted her sunglasses. "It could be worse you could be like me single and alone at 30"
"Stop wallowing Sara, your free of that douche bag and free to enjoy your life"
Sara scooped up a handful of sand and threw it at her closest friend. Veronica shot up in mock anger "Bitch"
Both girls laughed and settled back down. Sara though back to the year she wished she could forget. It had started well with Paul, he was attentive, loving and always buying her things which looking back should have been a warning. He had been controlling especially towards the end. Paul had wanted to know where she was all the time, if she was late from work, if Veronica had been late dropping her off. Sara first thought he was being protective and for a while she thought it as a sign of his love for her but towards the end it was exhausting and she finally realised that his lack of trust stemmed from his own infidelity. It had been Lincoln (with Veronica's help) that had told her that Paul was cheating, he never revealed his source but he had texts amongst other proof to prove it was real.
Sara thought back to that night.
Sara roamed the living room in her apartment she was too angry to sit down and wait, suddenly the sound of the door clicked open and Sara whisked her head round to the noise and there he was with a bunch of flowers and a silly grin on his face.
"Hello Sara" Paul said as he walked over to her, he quickly noticed her demeanour. "Honey what's wrong?"
"Who are the flowers for Paul" Sara just about spat out his name.
"You, who else would they be for?"
"Oh I don't know" Sara turned her back on him and walked towards the large floor window at the other end of the room. "Is the card written for me or Gretchen?"
Paul's smile slightly faltered then he regained himself and continued. "Now Sara why have you gotten yourself all worked up for, has Veronica been filling your head with stories again?"
"Don't patronise me Paul" Sara spun around and pointed at him. "Don't you dare try to deny it. I've seen the proof, you've been fucking her for 4 months Paul."
Paul dropped the flowers and looked straight at Sara and this time the smile had gone. With a blow of air he began to explain.
"You know what? I don't even have the energy to lie to you, your not even worth lying for" Sara looked Paul in the eyes and couldn't believe that even though he was in the wrong he was still so harsh. "Your nothing Sara, boring, well planned with no excitement and I didn't want to say this but since starting this relationship you've really let yourself go" Paul began to smile again but not in a nice way. It had been replaced with a slimy smile that oozed with smugness. "Do you know what it's like to lie next to a frigid, cold dead person for a year, your always working, you care about your patients more then you do about pleasing me. Did you never think I wouldn't get bored with you" A tear escaped Sara's eye and slid down her face which only seemed to drive Paul on even more. "Now Gretchen, what a hot piece of ass she is, nothing like you. She kept me warm when you were away working on night shifts and I never wanted your night shifts to end."
Paul turned and walked away a few steps then turned back to face Sara. "Now we can argue about this some more or we can skip it and get on with our evening because lets face it your not going to do a damn thing about it are you Sara?"
"Get out" Sara whispered.
Paul looked at her and laughed and then turned towards the sound coming from the hallway.
"You heard her Paul, leave." Lincoln was walking swiftly towards Paul with Veronica trailing, she was trying desperately to hold Lincoln back.
"I'll go when she tells me too"
Sara was still standing in shock at what she had heard trying to grasp any sort of reality to her situation.
"She has a name and Sara has already told you so leave before I throw you out"
"Fine" Paul looked at his girlfriend "I'll be at mine when you decide to come crawling back"
"Piss off Paul" Veronica smiled at Sara's sudden outburst and made her way over to her friend.
"Stop wallowing Sara"
"Haven't you already told be that today"
"Yep, so listen to me and stop, your past all that now"
Sara suddenly sat up and swung her legs over to stand. "You're right, I'm going for a swim. I'll be back in a bit" Sara started to head for the sea. "And don't touch that phone".
Veronica laughed as she continued to sun bathe.
Sara was standing in the sea, the water lapping up to her waist, she was enjoying the cool water as the sun beamed down on the top half of her body. This holiday was everything she needed at this moment she thought, to relax and clear her mind, it had been a long time coming. Suddenly Sara felt water splashing on to her right side, she ignored it the first time thinking it was a kid getting over excited but when the second lot of water hit her and she heard laughter following she turned to the source.
Sara stood shocked at the figure in front of her. "What the" Sara swallowed her shock "Linc what are you doing here?"
"Hey Sara, sorry to gatecrash but I had to be with my woman on our anniversary." Sara dropped her head and smiled, typical Lincoln she thought. Sara waded through the water and gave him a hug.
"She'll be so excited, she hasn't heard from you all day and now I know why"
"I wanted it to be a surprise"
"Did you come all this way by yourself?"
"God no, I brought my brother" Lincoln pointed to the male figure standing on the shore line, Sara turned and looked and instantly went red in the face. The man standing in front of her was the most beautiful man she had ever seen. He had the same bald head as his brother but he was obviously younger and his eyes, she felt were just piercing through her. He began to walk into the water towards her.
"Hi, I'm Michael" He introduced himself and offered his hand forward. Sara took it easy and as she did Michael brought her in closer and kissed her cheek. Sara thought her face was on fire on the place he had planted his lips. Get a grip she thought to herself.
"So how did you find me?" Sara found her voice and looked back at Lincoln, as she did she didn't notice Michaels glare as he took in the sight in front of him. He was admiring his view, Sara looked liked heaven he thought, her figure reflected in the water and mixed with the sun which made it look like she was glowing. Michael thought she was the most perfect woman he had ever seen.
"We are in the same hotel as you, so we asked a few of the waiting staff and one of them had seen you come onto the beach, we've only just arrived we landed around an hour ago." Lincoln explained, he was looking around trying to spot his wife.
"Well let me take you too V, she's going to freak"
The three of them walked out of the water and following Sara's lead headed over to where Veronica was still sunbathing oblivious to the new arrivals.
Veronica was lying on her front with her head down, Lincoln stood over his wife allowing the water from the sea to drip from his body on to hers.
"Sara, first of all why are you standing over me and second of all why are you getting me wet?"
"I'm not getting you wet" Alerted to the fact Sara's voice came from the side and not above Veronica quickly rolled over and gasped.
"Lincoln!" Veronica jumped up and landed on her husband. Lincoln caught her and began walking down towards the sea as she wrapped her legs around his waist.
"I suppose that was worth the trip" Michael said looking down at Sara who had now sat down on her bed.
"Oh yeah, I'm glad. She was miserable today" Sara chuckled and Michael joined in as he sat on the bed across from her. "Did you have a good flight?" Sara asked trying to avoid Michael's gaze.
"Yeah was ok, you don't mind us being here do you, I did try to warn Lincoln that this was your trip"
"No not at all" Sara interrupted finally allowing herself to look up at Michael. "It will be nice to have some male company, the male reps are ruthless here, they try anything to get you into a bar"
"I can see why" Michael subconsciously smacked himself in the head, way to go you've known this girl for 10 seconds and your already flirting.
Sara giggled and looked down "Thanks"
"So I hear your a Doctor" Michael asked.
"You heard right, I work at the General downtown." Sara explained.
"I hear a lot, Veronica and Lincoln talk a lot about you, your a good friend, it's a shame we haven't met until now" Michael smiled over at Sara, it was true he thought they were always talking about her, always trying ruthlessly to set them up, up until actually meeting her he had never been interested plus he knew she had been in a relationship until recently.
"I know and actually its the other way around" Michael looked up at her. "They have been the good friends to me, always supporting me and being there. Lincoln threw my ex out my apartment" Sara chuckled at the memory.
"I heard, sorry about that by the way, that couldn't have been easy" Sara again looked down.
"Wow they have talked about me haven't they"
"Oh no sorry Sara, I didn't mean to bring it up, they only told me the basics and to be honest he really sounded like a dick" Michael kicked the sand slightly, way to make a first impression.
"No its okay, he was a dick" And Sara laughed again. Michael decided that that was the best sound in the world and he always wanted to make her laugh.
Michael and Sara continued to chat until the happily married couple returned, they decided as a group that they would all go for dinner later that evening to celebrate. As the new foursome continued to chat on the beach with Sara laughing at everything Michael was saying, Veronica looked at them both and when Sara caught her eye she gave her a knowing look. This holiday may be just what the doctor ordered.
