Chapter Four
Charlie sat up on his towel and looked at Kay "Want an ice cream or something?"
She looked at him through her dark sunglasses "Erm, yeah sure. Could you get me a cookie dough?"
"I'm on it" He started walking up the sand
Kay looked at the water, it was pretty rough, but she couldn't come to the beach with taking a quick dip in the water. She'd get out when Charlie came back with the ice cream
She paused, should she? Maybe a walk in the rock pools would be safer...
She made her way over, assuming no one had noticed as they didn't shout her.
A wave crashed over the rocks as Kay started climbing, it made them slippery, she lost her balanced and was pulled in to the ocean.
Her head bobbed back up above the water, gasping for breath, she could see Charlie in the distance...and he could see her too
He dropped the ice creams and ran down the sand, into the water, wow it was rough today.
Kay was pulled under again as she tried to swim to Charlie, thats when she saw her foot was tangled in the seaweed...
"Charlie!" She managed to scream, the one moment she was above the water
He knew she must be caught on something so he took a deep breath and dove downwards
He could clearly see her foot caught up in it, with fumbling hands, he untied it, then rose back up
"Hang on to me" He said
She clung to him, like a baby does to their mother, and let him take them back to the shore, while she coughed and spluttered
He sat her on the sand and bent down "What were you doing?"
"I wanted to go in the water" She coughed "But it looked too rough, so I went round to the rock pools but a massive wave came and it pulled me in" She started crying, from fear more than anything else
Charlie wrapped his arms around her and picked her up "Lets go get you dry"
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine" He said, almost back to the group
He sat Kay down on the towel and looked at the rest of them "Didn't any of you see Kay?"
"Not until we saw you running" Will said
"If I hadn't ran, Kay would have drowned"
"Just leave it Charlie" Kay said "I'm fine... shook up, but fine"
"What about your ankle?"
"Well, yeah, ok, that hurts too"
"I just think everyone should keep a better eye on each other" He sat beside Kay "You cold?"
She nodded "Yeah
He gave her his hoodie and brought her close to him, putting his arms around her, she put her arms around him too, now she was sat in between his legs
They just looked at each other for awhile, like no one else was there, the way people in love look at each other...
Charlie ran his fingers through her hair and put his head on hers
Kay held on to Charlie tighter, still looking at him with the same expression on her face, he was looking at her that way too
He ached to kiss her, just once, that would do...should he do it now? Or wait till another time? He might not get her to look at him like that again, it was now or never...
Little did Charlie know that Kay was thinking the same thing...
They both leaned in at the same time and as their lips touched, Kay's hair blew across their faces, blocking the others from seeing
They broke apart, sneaking a quick little one before moving their heads apart completely
"Sorry" Charlie whispered
"Don't be..." Kay whispered back "...wasn't just you"
"I know..."
They were confused now as neither of them had said how they felt...was it just a kiss...? Or something more...?
"So are we going to be the kind of best friends who do this sort of thing?" Charlie said
"If you want to be..." Kay said, though she ached to be more.
She didn't dare say how she felt without him saying first...she'd been rejected so many times, God knows what she'd do if it happened again...
"Only in private though...otherwise the others will start..." Charlie said, he was too shy to say how he felt too...if he'd met her one day before the crash, he'd have had the confidence to say, but not any more...
"What time is it?" She asked
"Four fifteen" He looked up at the sun...he needed to leave...sun would set in an hour and a quarter "I better get going"
"Can I come with you?"
He nodded "I assumed you would" He got up and then pulled her up too
"Where are you two going?" Aimee asked
"Home" Charlie said, shoving all his stuff back in to his bag as Kay did the same
"We were gonna stay here all night!" Will exclaimed
"Well you guys can, we want to go" Charlie said, slinging his bag over his shoulder "We'll see you later"
...
They pulled up outside the cemetary at five fifteen, Charlie had five minuets before he had to go to see Sam
"I'll let you in the house then I need to go out..."
"I want to come with you..."
He should have seen this coming "Why?"
"Because it doesn't bother me that you can see Sam"
He stared at her "How do you know I can see Sam?"
"What else can you be doing?" She took a deep breath "I have a secret too...very close to yours...just..."
"Just what?"
"Yours got out"
"Whats your secret?"
"If you let me come with you, I'll show you"
"Do you promise?"
"I promise"
"I just need to go grab my mit"
"Ok, I'll wait outside"
Charlie ran as Kay walked.
'Could she...?' He thought 'No, of course not...but what else could she mean?'
He pulled out his draw and got out his glove and ball, then headed back outside
"So can I have a clue?" He asked
"I told you, its close to yours" She stopped at the edge of the forest "Now which way?"
He took her hand and started walking down a path that he could walk in his sleep
Sam frowned when they came through the opening "Who's this?"
"I'm Kay" She smiled "Hi Sam"