Dolphin Tale 2

Chapter 14

Well guys here's a little announcement before we begin; just to avoid confusion with the real movie title, I have officially decided to change the title of this story. The story's new title is called "Dolphin Tale: Through our son's eyes" as we are looking at Sawyer and Hazel's kid in this one. Just to avoid confusion with the titles :) hope you're alright with that. So in this story, we go two months later and Shawl is now involved with taking care of rookies his own age in the aquarium. But what happens when the two girls that like him meet for the first time? Time to find out! Enjoy! Featuring a brief appearance by Hope the Dolphin!

Two months later

Life was made even sweeter for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Clay had stopped by every now and then to visit during visiting hours even during working hours. Shawl was getting more experience in taking care of animals and even had time for water sports such as fly boarding and surfing. Doing those things began making him a heartthrob with the ladies, despite being only 12. One day his father and mother approached him with some good news, "Son, we have decided to open up a rookie training course for trainees students in school. We want you to be their leader, you do have excellent leadership skills." Sawyer said. "Oh really? Cool! What do I do?" Shawl said taking a leaflet and looking at the information. "Well we invite some young kids with similar interests in marine biology, and you be the one that trains them. Great opportunity even to make new friends" Hazel stated. "Sure, I'm up for it. Should be challenging!" Shawl said. "We've already posted about it on our webpages for international interest and sent leaflets into the local areas." Sawyer said.

About two weeks later, Shawl was ready to start his new job. The aquarium had gotten a HUGE interest in the new programme that website downloads crashed their server. Kids came from all around America and even some flew in from Australia to come do the programme. Sarah even signed into the programme to spend more time with Shawl, however on the first day Shawl made a sudden discovery, he was going to fetch some equipment when he bumped into someone. When he turned around, his mouth flew open with shock, "Wait aren't you that Hazel girl from Miami?" "I certainly am!" Hazel said pinching his cheek. "My look at you, you've gotten even more handsome then when I first met you." She smiled. "Well nice to see you again." Shawl said "if you're here for the programme then go on over with the other rookies and I will be over in a few minutes." Shawl informed her.

As soon as he got to the other side of that area, he let out a huge breath "What if Hazel and Sarah meet? It's gonna become a battle to see who gets me!" he feared. "Never mind that though, time to get started" he said checking a clock on the wall.

Once he got outside to where all the new kids were, he stood in front of the group ready to point things out. "Okay, so hello everybody, and welcome to this the first of a fun 6 weeks training programme for young guys and girls like ourselves to experience aquarium work and marine biology. I'm your leader my name is Shawl Nelson and my parents Sawyer and Hazel run this place." He informed the kids. He noticed most of the girls staring at him so dreamy eyed. "So right this way then guys." He instructed everyone to follow him. He took them on a tour of the aquarium to show them the surroundings. "Okay so this is our main aquarium area, this is where all the visitors visit and look into the large glass windows and small tanks. That skeleton has been a huge attraction as well." He pointed up to the large skull of a large fish. He then lead them to the rooftop areas and over to a few pools. "So these are the pools where we keep our dolphins and otter and turtles et cetra et cetra." "Oh that's Hope over in this one, she's a really cute little one." He then spotted Hope swimming in her pool. The kids all went "Awww" as they saw her swimming about. 'So now for a big fun finale, meet Winter our biggest attraction!" Shawl led the group to Winter's pool and she was swimming around with her prosthetic tail. "Feel free to take a few pictures if you like." He then instructed.

After he was done with the tour he led his group outside and formed them in a circle. "So how about we all get to know each other eh? You can come forward and give me your name and where you come from. How about yourself there." He pointed to a shy young boy with brown flat hair. He approached and said "Well my name's Shawn and I come from Seattle, Washington." "Okay and what got you interested in marine biology Shawn?" Shawl asked trying to spark interest with the group. "Well my uncle owns a pet store and I love the fish." Shawn replied. "Very nice." Shawl said. "Okay who's next? How about you?" He pointed to a girl with black hair in a ponytail. The girl stood up and said "well my name is Dana and I come from Sydney, Australia. I love the outdoors and I live near the beach on Sydney's north coast." Dana said. "Very nice, your outdoorsy type can be very beneficial in this group." Shawl said, "Okay then what about you sitting next to me?" he asked the kid next to him, a young lad with floppy hair. "Uh well I'm Gary, I come from Minnesota and my parents own an aquarium out there like yours." Gary said. "Cool, something in common." Shawl grinned to him. However he then decided to ask Hazel from Miami to introduce herself, fearing this could have been a cheesy flirty move. "Well I'm Hazel Jones, I'm from Miami and I actually met Shawl a couple of months back when he took a vacation to Miami. He's a very nice guy." Hazel said to the group. Shawl found himself being stared at by the others. "Uh well that is true." He said nervously "so, moving on then" He then pointed to Sarah, "Well you can introduce yourself now," he said also looking nervous about this one. "I'm Sarah Sinclair, I live here in Clearwater, and Shawl is my friend. He's really cool and nice." She said to the gang. Shawl was thankful that she didn't use those dreamy terms. "How many people do you know?" Gary asked him. "Just those two I hope." Shawl whispered back.

Meanwhile

Sawyer and Hazel both saw their son leading his group of kids in an activity. They smiled when they saw his leadership skills and how he handled the situations. "Have to say, he's became his own boss." Hazel said to her husband. "Yeah, I think he inherited our leadership skills. Remember back when we were his age we did that fundraiser to help Winter? A great example of us leading people." Sawyer replied. "Oh I remember that clearly." Hazel smiled. "We were really helpful towards everyone!" "Haha yeah." Sawyer grinned. Shawl meanwhile was watching as his rookies lifted heavy boxes and got them into the storage unit at the back. "Very good guys, keep going." He instructed to them as they each came out and got more boxes to bring in. Shawl also grabbed one in order to keep busy. After an hour he was finished for the day. "Okay guys that's a wrap for today so, I trusted you all have a beach house to share with each other right across from here. We'll see you all tomorrow." Shawl then said as everyone prepared to go. Hazel then tapped on his shoulder and said, "You did an excellent job today." "Um thanks." Shawl replied as he watched her go off. While he was putting some equipment away, Sarah sneaked up and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. "I learned a lot today. You are one great team worker." She said as she hugged him tightly. "Yes I know!" Shawl said as he turned around to see Sarah hugging him. "Don't forget same time tomorrow." He said when she let go.

When he got home Shawl found his parents in the living room and his dinner had been set out for him. "Hey mom, dad" he replied as he entered. "How was the first day of your camp activities?" Sawyer asked. "Fine. Got to know a good couple of kids who I have stuff in common with." Shawl said. "Oh and remember when we were in Miami and I met a girl who has a family aquarium out there? Well she's there as well!" Shawl said as he sat down next to them. "So what have ye been doing all day?" he then asked. "We just took care of the hospital and came home waiting to hear all about your exciting day." Hazel replied tussling her son's hair. "Now we have something that might seem a little bit difficult for you for tomorrow morning." Haze said.

The next morning

The other rookies were asleep in the local house that the Nelsons had rented for them. It was early in the morning and Shawl dressed in his hoodie and hat arrived at the door. He knocked two times before making his way into the house. "Hey guys come on there's an emergency out by a beach. Come on we're doing a rescue early this morning." He called as he ran through several rooms waking his rookies up. The time was exactly four o'clock in the morning. So that meant that people were tiredly walking around the rooms and such. Eventually they were all in an ambulance that Sawyer was driving and Shawl instructed his dad to step on it. "So what's going on?" asked Bailey one of the Australian rookies. He had tanned skin and light spiky hair. "There's a stranded Dolphin out by the beach. We're all going to rescue it." Shawl explained.

However when they got to the beach it was revealed that it was actually an inflatable Dolphin. "Well it's obviously a fake one guys, but it's going to teach you in case we have a future rescue." Sawyer explained to the confused rookies. "Alright so my dad will explain how to rescue a beached animal and get it into the ambulance." Shawl instructed. Sawyer and his team of older experts then took out a stretcher and the youngsters watched and learned as the adults carefully slid it into the stretcher and carried it carefully into the ambulance. "Okay guys, now it's your turn." Shawl said as the adults placed the dolphin back on the ground. "Alright so can three of ye come to this side and another three on this side?" Shawl instructed to the kids as they gathered around to find positions. "Now I know the stretcher might seem heavy but still it's part of the course." He said as they struggled a bit with the lifting. "Okay good work fellas." He said as he watched them carefully approach the ambulance and then finally helped them lift it in. "Good job guys!" he high fived some of the rookies and they all got into the ambulance and drove back to the aquarium. "Good early morning workout was it fellas?" he asked. "Definitely!" Bailey responded. "I enjoyed it!" another girl said. "Good expect a lot more training involved!" Shawl then reassured!

Once they all got to the aquarium some of the other rookies were waiting alongside Hazel. "Well how did it go?" Hazel asked her husband and son when they got back. "They enjoyed it mom." Shawl replied as he led his troupe back to the other rookies. "They definitely good a good workout from it even." Sawyer said.

"Alright guys so today, we're going to learn a bit more about animal rescues and how we work in an aquarium. So a long day ahead get ready." Shawl said as he led his team to the upstairs area. "You can see here that Cody, one of our workers, is scraping the floors and getting the pools ready. We have to make sure that the places are clean and the animals are in a safe, hygienic environment." He stopped his group at watching Cody mopping the floors next to a pool. He then led them downstairs to the kitchen. "Our kitchen workers mix fish and milk together for the dolphins. I know that sound gross, my mom says it's like a chocolate milkshake for them. I call them fish milkshakes. I even remember there were loads of times when she was my age that she always forgot to put the lid on the blender and fish guts and milk flew everywhere. Eventually my dad had prevented that from happening when he ran in with the lid." Shawl explained amongst his laughing rookies. They found that story really funny.

Meanwhile during a break the rookies were having lunch. Sarah was sitting alone by herself when Hazel from Miami approached her. "I couldn't help but notice that you are always looking at Shawl with dreamy eyes." She said to him. "Yea I am." Sarah said, "Yeah, well stop it right now." Hazel said angrily. "What?" Sarah asked puzzled. "Shawl is going to be with me and not you." Hazel said. "Hah, in your dreams sister" was Sarah's reply. "Oh that's how you want it to go?" Hazel said.

Ooooooooooooooooh suspense! Haha keep reading and reviewing. I hope you're enjoying the story so far! We'll see what happens between Hazel and Sarah in the next chapter. Til then, LATER! :D