"You do know my birthday was a week ago, right?"
"Shut up and close your eyes."
Vic was leading him outside and over to the beach that lay just beyond the borders of Shell Cottage. He grinned. The air had a slight chill to it and he was glad he has thought to put on a jumper. With Vic, you never can be too sure what were going to happen.
"And open." She sounded smug and pleased with herself. He opened his eyes slowly.
"You brought me here to show me the sunset?" Teddy asked sceptically.
"Yes." She sat down on the grainy sand and sighed happily.
"But it's..." He started to say.
"Shhh. Don't speak and just watch."
Teddy sat down heavily next to her and looked towards the sky. At first he could see the normal blur of pink and blue. And then he looked closer, forgetting Vic was even beside him, and saw oranges and purples and greens and turquoise and yellows and even a tiny splash of the faintest gold etched across the navy blue of the sea.
"It's beautiful." He whispered softly.