A week of their holiday had passed and everyone was having a really good time. Karen and Lee had talked a lot and seemed to be getting on much better now.

It was Poppy's Birthday and she had requested a trip to see the dolphins and was very excited about it.

They had breakfast and set off early for the day.

As soon as they arrived Poppy wanted to go straight to see a dolphin show.

They'd been waiting about ten minutes and there was another five minutes to go before it started. Rachel noticed that Poppy was starting to fidget around in her seat which usually meant that she had to go to the toilet.

"Do you need the loo love?" Rachel said quietly to Poppy

"No"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm sure Mummy"

"Okay well make sure you tell me if you do need to go"

"Actually I do need to go" Poppy said suddenly

Rachel took Poppy to the loo quickly as she was actually desperate, and they luckily just got there in time. They then went back to their seats ready for the start of the dolphin show.

Poppy loved it so much and didn't stop grinning through the whole thing. It made Rachel so pleased to see Poppy so happy.

After the dolphin show they went over to the swimming pools and all the slides and found some sun loungers.

The kids all wanted to head straight to the slides but Rachel and Karen made sure they had sun cream on first.

"Aren't you coming Liv?" Emily asked as Olivia was sat on a sun lounger looking really fed up

"No I can'"

"Why not?"

"I forgot my bikini bottoms"

"Why didn't you put your bikini on under your clothes?" Karen asked

"I just thought it would be more comfortable to not and change when I got here"

Karen was a bit confused by this as her daughter would normally much rather wear her bikini under her clothes than get changed anywhere but knew it was best not to make anything more of it.

"That's a shame, guess you'll just have to sit here and talk to us then"

"Great fun" Olivia said giving a sarcastic smile

The kids were all getting ready to head to the slides.

"Right make sure you stay with someone Poppy, no going off on your own okay"

"Okay Mummy"

Poppy went off happily with her brother and sisters and cousin.

Olivia sat there on her phone as luckily there was wifi, while the adults chatted. About an hour passed and none of the kids had come back yet.

"I'm surprised the kids aren't complaining they're hungry yet" Rachel said after looking at her watch and realising the time

"I'm sure they'll be back as soon as they're hungry" Paul said

"Think I might go and get a beer, anyone else fancy a drink?" Lee asked

Karen and Lee went and got some drinks for the adults. Just after they left Charlotte and Poppy came over

"Hi girls, are you having a good time?" Rachel asked

"The best time Mummy" Poppy said with a massive smile

"I want to show you the slide I just went down"

"I'll come and see, and maybe if it's not too big I could go down too"

"It might be too scary for you Daddy"

"See if anyone wants lunch whilst you're there"

"Okay"

Poppy and Charlotte went off with their Dad.

"Are you okay love?" Rachel asked her niece as she wasn't her usual self

"Yeah I'm fine, just wish I could go with everyone else"

"It is a bit rubbish, we won't stay until too late don't worry"

"I'm just going to go to the loo"

"Okay sweetheart"

Olivia stood up, but when she did she felt absolutely horrified as she was on her period and realised she'd leaked onto her towel so there was a massive patch of blood on it.

She immediately sat back down again.

"Aren't you going to the loo love?"

"I don't think I need to go actually" Olivia said but then she burst into tears. She couldn't help it, she was feeling so emotional at the moment

Rachel stood up and went and sat by her to give her a cuddle.

"What's wrong sweetheart?"

"Nothing, I'm fine"

"Well usually when someone cries it means that something's wrong, not that they're fine. Come on, you can tell me what's wrong"

"I don't even know why I'm crying about it"

"Just tell me what's wrong Liv, so I can help you"

"I'm on my period but it's gone all on my towel which means it must be on my shorts too so everyone will know"

"Oh love" Rachel said stroking Olivia's back reassuringly "it's okay we'll get you changed into some new clothes"

"I don't have any spare clothes with me"

"I'll give you Emily's shorts to wear and she can just go home in a towel"

"That's not fair on Emily though"

"She won't mind"

"I don't have any clean knickers though, so they'll just get dirty again"

"As it goes I've got a clean pair in my bag of Emily's that she put in my bag yesterday but didn't end up wearing"

Rachel gave Olivia the clean clothes.

"You go and get sorted then love"

Olivia went to the loo and got changed and then came back again.

"Are Mum and Dad not back yet?"

"No not yet, must be a big queue"

"Everyone's going to ask why I'm in different shorts now though"

"I'm sure the men won't even notice, and I'm sure Mum will probably notice but she won't ask something like that in front of everyone. She'll probably guess. Have you only just come on?"

"Yeah this morning. It's so annoying because by the time I come off again it will probably be time to leave and I won't be able to go swimming or anything" Olivia said sounding well and truly fed up

"It is a pain, but nothing you can do about it I'm afraid. Would you try using a tampon though so you can go swimming?"

"I did think about asking Mum this morning, but I didn't get a chance to get her on her own and I don't know if I could do it anyway"

"It's always worth a try, why don't you have a go later?"

"I could try I guess"

Rachel soon changed the conversation when she saw Paul and all the kids heading back to them, who were all starving.

They went and ordered some chips and stuff from the café and stayed for a few more hours before heading back to the villa.

Poppy had such a nice day with her family, and Rachel couldn't believe that her daughter was now 11.

They stopped at the supermarket on the way back.

When they were back they all sat around the pool. Rachel noticed Emily was missing though so went to check on her.

She found her lying on her bed so went in and sat on the bed next to her.

"Are you okay love?"

"My stomach hurts"

"Oh do you think your period is due then?"

"No it feels different to when I started my period last time" Emily said blushing slightly

"Do you need to go to the toilet?"

"Mum you don't need to ask me questions like that"

"Well it might help"

"No I don't need to go, my tummy is really bloated though"

"It could be the different food over here, my stomach never feels great when we're abroad"

"Yeah probably"

"Well are you going to come downstairs with everyone?"

"Yeah okay, I'll come and lie on a sun lounger" Emily said before standing up

"Come on then"

Emily started following her Mum out.

"Actually I think I do have to go to the toilet"

"Okay I'll see you downstairs love"

By the time Rachel got back to her sun lounger there was a gin and tonic waiting for her. The men had beers and Karen had a gin and tonic too, as did Charlotte and Ellie.

When Emily came down she joined Olivia and Poppy in the pool.

It was a few hours later and Poppy had had a lovely day but was starting to get really tired so Rachel put her to bed.

She didn't realise until she went to put her to bed that she was actually feeling quite tipsy.

It didn't take long to settle Poppy down so Rachel went back down with everyone else.

Rachel noticed Charlotte and Ellie had new drinks, and thought they must be feeling tipsy too if Rachel was.

They were having fun though, so Rachel went and got another drink for her and Karen.

After a couple more hours of drinking Rachel was ready for bed, so decided to make herself a cup of tea before heading upstairs.

"No more drinks for you two, I think you've had quite enough"

"I think so too" Karen said

Rachel had been lying in bed for about 20 minutes when her bedroom door started opening. She assumed it was Paul but when she turned around she was surprised to see it was actually Ellie.

"Hey Els, everything okay?"

"Yes thank you" Ellie said standing there giggling, clearly very drunk, before climbing into bed next to her Auntie to give her a massive cuddle

"This is nice"

Rachel tried to ease Ellie away from her after a while but Ellie just gripped onto her Auntie tighter.

"I think you need to go to bed love, you must be tired"

"I love you Auntie Rachel"

"I love you too sweetheart"

"You're the best Auntie ever"

Charlotte had been looking for Ellie and started laughing when she found her in bed with her Mum.

"Come on then Els, go back to your room with Charl"

"I want to sleep with you tonight"

"Well as nice as this cuddle is, I don't think there's enough room in here for you, me and Uncle Paul"

"Uncle Paul can sleep in my bed"

It took a while but Rachel and Charlotte eventually managed to get Ellie into her own bed.

"Night night sweetheart" Rachel said

"Just one more cuddle"

"Okay one more"

Rachel gave Ellie one more cuddle before Ellie did finally let her go. Rachel went and said goodnight to Charlotte before returning to her own bed.

The next morning Ellie woke up and remembered everything that happened last night.

"I was so drunk last night" Ellie said when she realised Charlotte was awake too

"Yeah me too, you were so funny when you got into bed with Mum and wanted to sleep with her"

"It's so embarrassing"

"You literally wouldn't let go of her"

"She does give good cuddles"

"Yes I know" Charlotte said laughing

The two girls stayed in bed for a while, both feeling a bit hungover, but realised they should probably get up soon.

They made their way downstairs and went into the kitchen. No-one was in there so they guessed everyone was outside.

Rachel came into get some water and saw the girls there. She gave Ellie a hug.

"How are you feeling today girls?"

"Not great" Charlotte said

"My head really hurts" Ellie added

"We did drink quite a bit last night, I'm not feeling too good either" Rachel admitted

They chatted for a while about last night and then the three of them headed outside.

"I can't eat this" Charlotte said beginning to realise she was more hungover than she first thought

Ellie laughed.

Luckily no-one fancied doing much today so they decided to have a lazy day around the villa.

After a relaxing day of sunbathing and swimming they decided to go out for a meal that night.

Charlotte had been feeling really rough all day but was finally starting to feel more normal. She went and had a shower before deciding what to wear that night.

Ellie had a shower straight after Charlotte and then they got ready together.

Ellie was stood in her bra and pants when Rachel walked in.

"Oh sorry love, I was in my own world then and didn't even knock"

"It's okay" Ellie said before quickly putting her dress over her head

"I was just coming to tell you we're leaving in half an hour"

"Okay"

Charlotte curled Ellie's hair for her quickly before doing her own. Then they were ready to go.

They went out in the village near them and all enjoyed some Tapas.