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Rita was woken by a loud banging on the door, looking around she saw the bed beside her empty. Where was her husband?

The banging grew louder and more insistent. Rita clambered out of bed, pulling on her husbands' t-shirt that was on the floor, she saw the bathroom door was slightly open and the figure of her husband through the gap.

The person behind the door was growing more impatient by the minute.

"Alright, alright, I'm coming!" Rita called out to the person behind the door.

Pulling it open she found a familiar face waiting for her.

"Rita!" Jez greeted with a smile. Walking straight into the suite, looking around with curiosity.

"Jez, what are you doing here?" Rita asked, still half asleep.

"Kayaking, you said you'd come!" Jez smiled, poking around the room, opening draws and peering inside.

Rita walking over and shutting them after him.

"What now?" Rita asked.

"Yes," Jez stated, "Aw come on Rita! I've booked a double kayak especially for the married couple." Jez begged, his knees bent to be more of a match to her height.

"It'll have to be you two. I'm not going out today." Rita's husband stumbled out of the bathroom, his face an odd shade of green despite the tan he had started to accumulate the previous day.

"What, hey what's wrong? Are you sick? Why didn't you wake me?" Rita fired questions at him, her nurses instincts kicking in and concern overwhelming her.

She made her way over to him, her arm around his back she helped him back to bed.

"Ah, its nothing but a spot of food poisoning I think, must have been something I ate last night, I'll be fine. And I didn't wake you because you needed to sleep and I wouldn't have made it to the toilet." Her husband reassured her.

"I'm staying with you. You're my husband, in sickness and in health." Rita stated, their vows the previous day still afresh in her mind.

"Rita, I'll be fine. Go have fun with Jez. I'll make it up to you when I'm feeling better. Besides what would you do? Hold my hair back whilst I throw up? That's not what you wanted out of this week, go enjoy yourself." Her husband told her, his hand stroking her cheek.

"Are you sure?" Rita asked, not wanting to leave him alone for a second.

"Yes, now get ready and go have some fun." He smiled, "I'm not going to kiss you, but if I could, you would not be wearing that top right now." Her husband whispered.

"Oi! I'm still here! Young ears listening." Jez shouted from the other side of the suite where he was poking around in yet more draws, finding their passports and laughing at the pairs' photographs.

The married couple smiled at each other. The young paramedic, who had known Rita for so many years, had become their friend and had been there through it all.

"Go." Rita's husband said, letting go of her hand as she made her way to the bathroom to get ready.

Rita emerged a little while later, her short blonde hair tied up in a little ponytail, a loose white top and a pair of denim shorts covering her luminous pink bikini.

"Finally!" Jez exclaimed as she emerged. "Lets go!"

"Are you sure you'll be ok?" Rita asked the man who lay on the couch.

"I'll be fine, Jez look after her. And no funny business. That's my wife."

"Aw, but we're sharing a kayak mate, I cant make promises I may not be able to keep!" Jez laughed as he made his way out the suite.

"Don't worry, I love you. I'll be back later." Rita told her husband, kissing his cheek before following after Jez.

"So, are you ready to be my wife for the afternoon?" Jez asked Rita as they made their way to the beach, Jez wrapping an arm around Rita, their height difference had always made this look difficult yet it was surprisingly comfortable.

"You wish!" Rita exclaimed, laughing as they walked out on the sand.

"Me! You should be flattered, to be seen with a gentleman of my physique on your arm, all the boys and girls will be jealous." Jez smiled, bumping her slightly, just teasing her.

Rita laughed, poking him back, her heart still with her husband back in their hotel suite, just wanting to go back, spend the day looking after him.

"Come on, your old man'll be fine!" Jez told her, knowing exactly what she was thinking.

"I know, I just feel really mean." Rita smiled weakly.

"Reets, today I'm going to take you on a kayak in the middle of the Atlantic, we're going to have fun and enjoy ourselves. I promised your husband that, and I don't break promises." Jez said, his hand resting on her shoulder, eyes looking into hers.

Rita nodded, she knew she wouldn't be able to help her husband anyway. She took his arm in her own and together they made their way to the kayak shed.


Rita and Jez stumbled back into the honeymoon suite soaked, suntanned and laughing, Rita putting her hand over her mouth as she saw her sleeping husband on the sofa.

She moved over to his side, feeling his head for signs of a temperature and checking his pulse, her concern for her husband clear, nurses instincts kicking in.

She turned as she heard Jez clear his throat.

"I'll leave you to it, I'll be in the dinner hall for 7 if you need some company, if not that's fine. I had a great time today." He told her.

"Thanks, I think I'm going to stay here, today was fun." She smiled.

"I hope he gets better." Jez said, as he closed the door, leaving the lovers to it.

Rita pushed her husbands hair back off his face, he felt hot but she wasn't sure if it was the roasting Spanish sun or a fever. She hoped for the former.

He stirred at the contact, his eyes flickering open to see his wife's eyes staring at him intently.

"Hey, you. How are you feeling?" Rita asked, her voice soft and gentle.

"I'm good, well, better." Her husband replied, a small smile visible on his face.

"Good, have you been drinking lots?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Its just a bad case of food poisoning." Her husband told her, "how was kayaking?"

"It was fun, I missed you though." Rita confessed.

"As for missing me, you have the rest of our lives to make up for it, you'll be sick of the sight of me quickly. I want to hear all about it." He told her, his eyes closing once more.

Rita smiled, settling down of the sofa, his head falling onto her lap. Explaining, with a giggle, her day; from falling off the kayak within a few seconds of boarding to Jez being bitten by a crap in a rock pool they came across. Rita stopped when she realised her husband had fallen asleep again. She sat there quietly, playing with his hair, her wedding band still feeling odd on her finger, she still couldn't believe that she had married the man of her dreams.


Thoughts? Hope you like it! Next chapter next week! Could be the final one... XxX