We reached the beach twenty minutes later.

The sun was setting over the sea, a little above the horizon and the sky was filled with pink, purple and yellow clouds.

"Still wanna go for a swim?" I asked the boys.

"Hell, yeah!"They yelled.

Shelton ran to the sand, and started taking off his sandals. Hi and Ben grinned at each other and followed.

I ran after them.

When I reached the shoreline Hi and Shelton were already climbing into the water and Ben was waiting for me.

I knelt down next to him and pulled off my socks and sneakers.

I finished and suddenly Ben swept me off my feet and ran into the surf.

When he was waist deep he grinned at me and threw me into the surf. I laughed.

"Well, that's a way to make an entrance!" I'd righted myself and was now standing with the water halfway up my mid-section. Shelton and Hi were a way down the beach seeing who could stay underwater for the longest.

Ben took off his shirt and threw it up onto the sand. Then waded over next to me and put his arms around my waist.

I wrapped mine around his neck. "So."

"So." He grinned.

Then he lowered his head and kissed me. I kissed back automatically. This one seemed even better than the others. Our tongues went into each other's mouths and Ben lifted me up onto his chest again.

His hands held my thighs supporting me and one of his hands slipped into the bottom of my shorts slightly. My heart was beating fast, and I could feel his beating in his chest.

Suddenly a small wave lapped at the hem of my shirt.

I pulled away from Ben.

"Are you okay?" He looked concerned.

"Yeah, I just, I thought I felt the water move." I looked to the right and saw Hi and Shelton leaping out of the water.

"GET OUT!" They screamed.

"Why?" I yelled.

Ben looked passed me and shock covered his usually monotone face. His eyes widened and I saw the slightest hint of fear deep in his ash eyes.

"Tor. Run!" He dropped me and started to push me towards the shore.

"What? Why?"

"Just go!" He yelled. He started muttering. 'It's coming too fast. We won't make it."

"What?!"

He lifted me out of the water and threw me through the air onto the shore.

BOOM.

Oww. That hurt!

Shelton and Hi rushed to my side and pulled me up. I glanced into the sea.

"Oh my god. BEN! RUN!"

I started running towards the water, but Shelton and Hi each grabbed one of my arms and held me back.

There was a shark, about 20 feet long swimming towards Ben. Mouth open and ready to kill.

It was at least two times as big as him and had a hundred times as many teeth.

"What the hell is he doing?!" Shelton yelped.

"I have no idea." Hi gasped. "I've heard of people having courage but holy crap!"

I just stared. Ben quickly glanced at us.

"Just stay there!" He yelled. He was smiling, and determination clouded his eyes. The fear I saw before was now replaced with excitement as I gazed deeper into them.

He turned back, and was face to face with the shark's teeth.

He raised his right fist and hit its snout so the shark toppled to the left. He then launched himself onto the shark's back and pulled up its top jaw.

SNAP.

It snapped. The noise of an engine howling filled the air. Ben's dad had returned from his afternoon trip to LIRI to bring back the early finishing scientists.

And all twenty people had started to watch Ben beat that shark's ass. Luckily Tom didn't seem to be among the crowd, but I didn't have time to worry about that.

"Oh my god! I don't believe it. He just broke its jaw." I whispered.

"I know." Hi and Shelton were still holding onto my arms to stop me from running in.

I glanced back from the boat to Ben, who had just knocked the shark onto its back where it lay motionless.

He began walking towards us brushing his hands against each other; just as if he was dusting dirt off them. I sighed.

Thank God Ben.

I started walking towards him as Shelton and Hi had released their death grip of my arms.

Ben grinned and winked. Suddenly the shark rolled the right way up and began swimming towards him full speed.

"BEN!" I screamed. "LOOK OUT!"

He spun round but it was too late. The shark swum underneath the water and I heard him grunt. In seconds there was no Ben.

And no shark.

He was gone.