All Summer Long
Chapter 10: Whatever It Takes

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Kerry walked over to where Smithy was rubbing down his new surfboard. After their frosty exchange yesterday and her talk with Andrea, she really wanted to make things right between them.

"I didn't know you could surf." She said, stopping just behind him.

He turned around and grinned somewhat sheepishly at him. "I can't but, Nate chatted up the girl in the surf shop and we got a great deal, so why not learn?"

Kerry smiled but said nothing, remembering how Cameron had promised to teach her to surf if she moved to Australia with him. She pushed the painful memory aside and reached out to admire the surfboard.

"Maybe we could learn together?" She suggested, and for a moment Smithy wondered if she was referring to more than just surfing.

"I'd like that." He smiled.

Zain was helping them unpack the bags of surf equipment when one of the hotel employees came rushing onto the beach.

"Mr Nadir?" She called. "Mr Zain Nadir?"

Zain looked up from what he was doing in surprise. "That's me, I'm Zain, what's wrong?"

"It's your girlfriend sir, she's been taken to the hospital." She explained.

Zain quickly got to his feet, brushing sand from his shorts. "Is she okay?"

The woman shook her head helplessly. "I'm sorry, I don't know. There's a taxi waiting for you at the hotel."

"Thanks." Zain said, quickly heading back in the direction of the hotel with the woman.

"Do you want someone to come with you?" Stuart called after them. He knew that Libby had planned on spending the day with Kayla.

"Okay, thanks." Zain replied, a little surprised by Stuart's offer. He wondered if he was just tagging along because Libby would be at the hospital too or because they finally forming some kind of a friendship.

Neil spent the afternoon in his hotel room on his laptop, finding out all he could about the divorce process. He hadn't realised how much he had been hurting Andrea by not leaving Philippa. Now he knew what he had to do. As soon as they arrived in London, he would find a good divorce lawyer and make things right with Jake. He just shutting down the laptop when the door opened and Andrea entered the room.

"Hi," She greeted, walking over to where he was sitting and kissing his cheek, her fingers kneading his shoulders.

"Hey," He smiled, glad that she wasn't angry with him anymore.

"I'm sorry about earlier, Neil." She said, moving to sit on their bed. "I know this is difficult for you, and I wasn't helping."

"It's okay," Neil said, going over to sit beside her and taking her hand. "I'll do whatever it takes to make things right between us."

"Neil," She said softly, wondering if she was going to push the boundaries too far by saying what she needed to. "If you...if you were to leave Philippa, I'd like to meet Jake. I don't want him to hate me for breaking up your marriage."

Neil cupped Andrea's face with his free hand. "You haven't broken up anything. My marriage was ending before I even met you. I've only stayed with her for Jake's sake and I think even he knows that things aren't right."

Andrea smiled softly, leaning into Neil. "I love you."

Jo could feel Millie beginning to doze off beside her and pulled another towel over them. She didn't want Millie's delicate, pale skin to burn. She stroked a lock of Millie's red hair away from her face and gave her a gentle kiss. She couldn't believe she had managed to resist the younger woman for so long.

"Jo," Millie murmured softly. "Is there any more wine?"

Jo sat up, wrapping the towel around her breasts as she reached for the bottle and the glasses. Millie accepted the glass and took a sip of the cool wine, before raising it to toast Jo's.

"To holiday romance." She toasted, noticing Jo looked a little disappointed. "To sex on the beach." She rectified.

"That I can drink to." Jo smiled, clinking her glass against Millie's and hoping that this was more than just a holiday romance.

"You mean a lot to me Sam, I can't deny that." Phil said. When he had imagined confessing his true feelings to Sam, he never thought it would take place at a swimming pool. Especially not a swimming pool in Majorca.

"I know," She replied. "You're important to me too, Phil, but I can't say I feel the same way you do."

"I didn't expect you to," He tried to force the hurt out of his voice. "I just thought you should know."

"I should go and get changed." Sam said, although initially she hadn't intended on going for a swim at all.

At dinner Gina told them that they would have to be up early the next morning for the next part of their teambuilding activities.

"Early night?" Honey suggested, getting up from her seat and walking around to Dan's side of the table, offering him her hand.

"Definitely." Dan agreed, his eyes dancing as he excepted her hand.

Honey smiled, leading him back to her hotel room. Jo had moved most of her things into Millie's room earlier that evening so they had the room to themselves. She locked the door after them, turning to Dan with a look of desire in her eyes as he made his way to her, kissing her heatedly.

Callum and Nate went to play some pool in the games room before they went to bed. Neither of them planned to stay up late, they had both faced Gina's wrath more than enough times.

"Oh, this is for you." Nate said, handing Callum a slip of paper with a name and a number on it.

Callum looked confused when he read it. "Jessica? That's the girl from earlier, right?" Nate nodded. "I thought you liked her, mate."

"I did," Nate replied. "I do, but I like someone else. I think you and Jessica would get along well."

"Thanks," Callum said, but he knew he wouldn't call this woman until he knew for certain what was happening between him and Diane.

Unlike Honey and Dan, Diane did not take Gina's advice and have an early night. Instead she moved from bar to bar, making the most of their all expenses paid deal. She knew she would regret this in the morning but right now the alcohol provided the escape she felt she needed. She needed to forget about Callum, and she definitely needed to forget about Nikki and drinking allowed her to do that. Even if Gina gave her hell in the morning, it would still be worth one night of drunken bliss.

"I think you've had enough to drink for one night." The bartender said as she stumbled towards the bar.

"Maybe you're right." She sighed, starting to feel light-headed and disorientated. When it became obvious that he wasn't going to serve her, Diane headed back to her hotel room.

She hoped that Nikki would already be asleep, she didn't want her to see her in this state. She unlocked the door and shut it quietly behind her, making her way towards her bed. She swore loudly as she fell over one of Nikki's sandals, waking the other woman.

"Di, is that you?" She asked.

"No Nik, it's the Tooth Fairy." Diane snapped back, feeling even worse after nearly falling flat on her face.

Nikki sat up in bed, looking across at the digital alarm clock on her nightstand. "Do you know how late it is?" She questioned, groaning and realising she was talking to herself because Diane had ran for their ensuite bathroom. Nikki sighed as she heard Diane retching, pulling back the covers and going to join her in the bathroom. She stood beside her, holding Diane's hair and rubbing her back.

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