oh i do like to be beside the seaside.
"At least its not raining." Tom said, rather unhelpfully. The four friends had decided to head for the beach on one of the last days of their summer holidays, and unlike the bright skies they had left behind in Stoneybrook, the sky was grey, dull and thick with cloud over the beach in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
"Well this was a waste of time." Shannon said. She hadn't even wanted to come in the first place. She didn't like the beach. The sand got everywhere, and she had to spend a week afterward empting sand out of her bag.
"We're here now." Maddy shrugged, dumping her backpack on the ground. "Might as well go for a swim."
"Maddy, the water is probably freezing-"
"Its England Tom," Maddy rolled her eyes as she untied the laces on her sneakers. "The water's always freezing."
Tom didn't reply. She was right after all.
"You coming Rhydian?"
"Might as well." Rhydian nodded, tugging his t-shirt over his head, and tossing it aside.
"I'll race you." Maddy grinned, her t-shirt joining the growing pile of clothes on the sand. She was left wearing her bikini, and she tried to ignore the freezing cold burst of wind that blew up as she stood, waiting for Rhydian.
"You're on." Rhydian returned the grin, and they both took off across the sand.
"They're never going to grow up, are they?" Shannon commented as they watched their two friends run down the beach, shoving each other around.
Tom shook his head. "Probably not, no."
Meanwhile, at the water's edge, Rhydian and Maddy had stopped, hesitant to jump straight into the icy water.
"On three?" Maddy suggested.
Rhydian nodded, jumping up and down in an attempt to psych himself up to jump in.
"Okay." Maddy said. "One, two.. THREE!" She yelled, running head first into the ocean, diving under. Rhydian followed her, squeezing his eyes shut as he too dived under.
"Holy shit its cold." Rhydian said, gritting his teeth as he resurfaced, goose-pimples rising all over his body.
"Its not that bad.."
"Mads."
"Okay, its awful." Maddy laughed. "But we're in now, might as well have a swim."
"I don't think I can move." Rhydian said honestly. "My entire body is turning to ice."
"I'm not letting Tom and Shannon win!"
"Win?" Rhydian raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, win." Maddy said. "If we only stay in the water for like two minutes, they win."
"You're weird."
"Can you do handstands?" Maddy didn't acknowledge his comment. She was a bit weird, after all.
"No.."
"I can." Maddy said. "I think."
"Show us then."
Maddy took a deep breath, diving under, feeling around until her hands hit the sand of the seabed. She threw her legs up, trying to straighten herself out. A second later, she felt something wrap around her legs.
Rhydian, obviously.
Maddy thrashed around, trying to create as much splash as she could. Rhydian let go a second later, and Maddy broke the surface of the water to see Rhydian clutching his face.
"Whats wrong?"
"You hit me in the face with your foot."
"You shouldn't have grabbed my legs then, should you?" Maddy said, feeling bad as Rhydian looked at her sadly, still holding his face. "Show me," She said, moving his hand away. There was a bruise forming on his cheek, just underneath his eye.
"Oh my god." Maddy said. "I'm so sorry!"
"S'ok."
"I feel really bad now." Maddy said. "You can hit me in the face if you want to."
"Maddy, I'm not going to hit you in the face." Rhydian rolled his eyes.
"I really am sorry." Maddy said. "How can I make it up to you?"
"Kiss it better." Rhydian grinned.
Maddy bit back a sarcastic reply, and kissed his cheek softly. "All better?" She inquired.
"Almost."
"Do you need another kiss?"
Rhydian didn't reply, tugging her closer to him, and pressing his lips to hers. Maddy happily melted into his kiss, slinging her arms around his neck. She kissed him harder, Rhydian's tongue brushing against her lips, begging for entrance.
Maddy let him, her legs wrapping around his waist as his tongue explored her mouth, her lungs screaming for air (not that she really cared)
"Oi! You two!"
They broke apart as they heard someone yell. Shannon was standing at the water's edge, her arms folded across her chest.
"Yeah Shan?" Maddy asked breathlessly.
"If you could stop snogging," Shannon said. "Tom's cooking sausages."
"Good, I'm starving." Maddy said, delighted.
"We'll follow you up Shan." Rhydian said, grinning slightly.
Shannon walked away, muttering something under her breath.
"She'll kill us if we stay here."
"I know." Rhydian said, kissing her again.
"You really want Shannon to kill us, don't you?" Maddy said as Rhydian kept his hands locked tightly around her waist, not letting her move.
"No, because then we wouldn't get to finish this later, would we?"
"I'm glad to see you have your priorities in order." Maddy laughed.
"Yes, yes I do."
"Speaking of priorities," Maddy shivered. "I can't feel my toes. Shouldn't it be at least lukewarm? It is summer."
"Well, this is England."
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Author's Note; So this is based on a prompt I got from Nightfury991, and an anon on tumblr. I hope you like it, still working through a bit of writers block. Because my brain hates me. Also, todays my last day of my half term, so updates might get a little less frequent because of school. I'll still update, just probably not everyday.
Thanks a million for all the prompts I've been getting on tumblr! You all think of seriously brilliant ones. And thanks a million for all the reviews, they make my day way better. I put a bit more Tom and Shannon in this chapter because a few people were asking, and I will try and bring them in a bit more in future drabbles. Who doesn't love a bit of Tom and Shannon?
Anyway, thanks again, and as always, feedback is much appreciated!