Dolphin Tale 2

Chapter 13

So, Chapter 13 and I am getting into the habit of updating every so often! Well for this one I will continue where we stepped off in Chapter 12 because I have a little surprise in store for you all! In the meantime though, check out my YouTube I have the link in my fanfiction account bio. And of course read and review this story. Here we go.

After he had giving Sarah the necklace Shawl later had her sleeping on his knee peacefully. Carefully he slowly lifted her head off his knee and placed a pillow on the ground and rested her head softly on it. He then walked by Winter's pool and sat down with his feet in the water. "Are you feeling okay?" a voiced asked from behind. Shawl looked around puzzled. "Who said that?" he asked. "I did." The voice then said. Shawl turned to face the doorway. A man was standing there, a man he was quite surprised to see. "Wait, Grandpa Clay?" he asked wide eyed. "Yea come here you." Clay said approaching with his arms out. Shawl ran over and flew into his grandpa's arms. "But I thought you were dead like a whole year ago. What happened?" he asked surprised. "Oh well I was facing financial crisis so I faked my own death and moved into a retirement home in Fort Lauderdale. But now my taxes have been paid and I can come out of hiding" Clay said. "Thought I could come around to my old place and see what's after happening." He said. He then saw the sleeping Sarah next to him. "Oh who's this eh?" Clay asked nudging his grandson. "Oh that's Sarah, she's just a friend." Shawl smiled. "She came over here tonight." "Ah looks like you've had fun with her." Clay said. "Yea I even gave her that necklace" Shawl replied pointing to the necklace on her neck. "How's Winter doing?" Clay asked. "Oh she's doing great. We've took great care of her and all the other animals as well." Shawl replied. "Tell you what since you're out of hiding, let's play a little a surprise on the others tomorrow. You hide somewhere here and I will lead mom to here and she'll see you here!" Shawl suggested with a grin on his face. "Sounds like a plan!" Clay said patting his grandson on the back. "You might even get to see your granddaughter for the first time even!" Shawl said.

Suddenly a yawning sound came from behind them. Shawl turned around and saw that Sarah was slowly waking up. 'Well I guess I have to introduce you." He said to Clay. "Wha-who's that?" Sarah asked after she saw who was with Shawl. "This is my grandpa Clay Haskett. He came a nice surprise out of nowhere for me so he did!" Shawl said. "Nice to meet you.' Clay offered his hand to Sarah. "You too." Sarah said as she shook it.

The next morning

Shawl awoke with the light shining in his face. He rose from his sleeping bag and found his grandpa sleeping in an armchair behind him and Sarah was still sleeping in her sleeping bag as well. He then noticed Winter in her pool swimming around. So he decided to dive in for a morning swim with Winter. Winter approached him and carried his foot against her rostrum around the pool before Shawl eventually just held on to Winter from the side. "You know I got a little surprise while I was minding you for the night. My grandfather came and surprised me." He said. Winter tweeted in response.

Sometime later he was dried and ready for the day. He got a text from his father saying that they were on the way. He then turned around to Sarah and Clay. "Grandpa you hide over there." He pointed to a large pool. "Okay then" Clay said as he went over to the hiding spot. Shawl and Sarah sat down by the pool and started talking about whatever came into their minds.

"Hello you two." Hazel said as she approached them from behind. "Hi mom" Shawl said. "Hey " Sarah said. "Did you two have fun last night?" Sawyer asked. "Yea we did." Shawl said. "He treated me like a princess." Sarah said showing them the necklace he got her. "Aw that's gorgeous." Hazel said kneeling down and examining it. "Hey mom remember how your dad used to always be up here with us?" Shawl asked smiling. "Of course I do. I think of him every day. Do you remember?" Hazel said. "Of course I do." Shawl said. "What made you bring that up then?" asked Sawyer.

Shawl clapped his hands and signalled his grandpa to come out. He came out and put an arm around his grandson. "This is one healthy kid you have raised down through the years." He said to his daughter. Sawyer gasped in amazement and Hazel stood still before literally shrieking with delight and falling into her father's arms. "Oh my god. This is amazing!" she said happily. "I thought you were dead." "Well I wasn't I did that to cover up my tax problems but who cares?" Clay said. "Ah Sawyer my boy." He approached Sawyer and shook his hand. "Nice to see you again." Sawyer said. All the other workers came out to see what was happening and when they saw what it was, they were all quite surprised themselves. If happiness was light, Hazel would have blinded everyone.

Later that day

"That was a really nice surprise Shawl, thanks" Hazel hugged her son. "You've done so much for me and well I thought I could do something nice for you in return." Shawl smiled. "He gave me quite a shock when he literally came out of nowhere. I guess he came in through the back because you always forget to keep it locked!" he giggled. "Yeah" Hazel giggled back. "Tell you what, because you gave me a nice surprise that I'll let you stay another night with Winter and Sarah. How about that?" Hazel asked her son. "Sure sounds good." Shawl said.

Later that night

"So I got another night with ya buddy!" Shawl said as he held onto Winter who was swimming across her pool. Shawl smiled as he saw Winter jump up and splash into the pool. He looked up and saw a shooting star go across the sky. He saw Sarah sitting nearby and then said "Hey Sarah you keep Winter for a little while, I'm going to go and make her a fish drink." He then left leaving Sarah and Winter there. Sarah watched him go dreamy eyed before she walked over to Winter. "I've known Shawl for like a good while now. In fact I met him the day that his sister was born. My mom was in hospital getting surgery or something like that. And I had to sit outside for like hours. However Shawl started speaking to me and it changed my life like no other." She said to Winter. Winter tweeted in response to that. Sarah couldn't help but laugh a little. "I really like Shawl a lot because I was bullied in school. Being the daughter of a hot TV presenter is something that most boys can get jealous of." She said. "But Shawl has never even given me a hard time at all. That's what I love about him. And the fact that he is sooooooooo dreamy." she said as she dreamily stared in the direction he had left.

Meanwhile at the Nelson's home

Hazel was smiling ear to ear for the whole evening, even when she was trying to pay attention to Abigail she couldn't help herself with all the smiling. Her son had giving her a great surprise and it had made her so happy for the whole day. "Oh little Abbie you are going to love your grandpa." She cooed to her daughter. Abigail burst into a fit of giggles. "Mama!" she said. Sawyer came home with the groceries and saw his wife smiling as she held Abbie. Hazel had then sat down on the couch to watch some TV. Sawyer then walked over and said "Shall I bring Abigail up to bed?" "Yeah sure." Hazel said as she handed him the baby and saw him go upstairs with her. Sawyer then came down and joined his wife on the couch. "Shawl just enjoys spending time with Winter at the aquarium. He is really starting to grasp the basics of our young life." Hazel said. "Yeah, he could follow in our footsteps too." Sawyer replied. "I wonder how he's getting on now anyways." Hazel said as they continued watching TV.

Meanwhile, Shawl returned with a fish milkshake for Winter and saw that Sarah was sitting near the pool. He smiled to himself thinking "Cute she's getting to know Winter without me." He then approached them and instructed Sarah to go into the water and hold Winter still. She did that and bought the dolphin over to the edge. "Okay girl, here you go." Shawl said as he offered the bottle. He held it out and Winter then took it, feeding the contents out of the bottle. Shawl looked up and smiled pleasingly to Sarah. She looked very impressed. "Wow, he really is good" she kept thinking to herself.

Shawl later lay down on the ground looking up at the stars. He certainly had great fun in the last two nights hanging with Winter and Sarah. "It's like I am born to hang with dolphins and girls!" he chuckled.

Okay that's that for this chapter! Well what you think, nice little surprise to bring back eh? Keep Reading and Reviewing and we'll see ye in the next chapter where I'll have more surprises and such! SEE YEEEEEES! :D