Dolphin Tale: Through our son's eyes

Chapter 15.

So this is continuing from where the last chapter left off. Shawl might have a sticky situation on his hands when he finds out the consequences of girls fighting for him. Let's go!

Shawl was tidying some equipment before he made his way outside. However he noticed a crowd standing around somewhere. A crowd full of all his rookies. Looking suspicious, he made his way over and moved through the crowd. When he got to the front, a girl tried to keep him back but he saw what was going on. 'Sarah! Hazel!" He yelled in shock as he pushed past the girl that was holding him back and knelt down beside the girls who were in a very tight fight. He broke the girls apart before turning his head towards the rookies. "What happened?" he asked in a panic tone. "Apparently they argued and started fighting.' The girl informed him. Shawl turned his head back to the girls who he held back with both his arms. "What were ye fighting about?" he asked them. "I dunno." Sarah seemed to be lying. However the truth seemed to dawn upon Shawl as he stared open mouthed at both girls. He quietly got up and walked away. "Both girls like me" he whispered to himself as he got to a place away from where everyone else was. "What am I going to do?"

An hour later

Shawl went back to instructing his team after he was positive that the fight that happened earlier was sorted. But he still had a hard time trying to figured out what was going on between the girls. As he watched the rookies practice cleaning the poolside all he could think was who liked him better and who should he choose. He could only snap back to reality when one of the rookies slapped him in his face saying "uh dude, we're done." "Oh well, just follow me to your next task then." Shawl said awkwardly.

When he got home that evening, he went up to his room and slumped down on his back onto his bed. "Wow, what a day." He thought to himself. He then noticed something amongst his shelf. He reached out and grabbed it amongst the pile. It was the picture frame that Sarah had given him for his birthday. The picture of the two of them was still in it. He studied it for a moment before standing it on his bedside. He wondered to himself. "How could both those girls sign up for this knowing they'd notice their similar interests in me?" His phone then alerted a text message. It was from Sarah. "Can you come over?" it read. "Oh that's a surprise." He said to himself. Nevertheless he changed out of his marine polo shirt and put on some jeans and a casual shirt and grabbed his bike and cycled off. Once he got to the house he knocked on the door and waited patiently. The door then opened and it was Sarah who answered it. Looking a bit shy and embarrassed she let him in. 'I wanted to tell you about what happened today. I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone including you." She said on the verge of tears. "Well where are your parents?" Shawl asked. 'They're working late tonight. And I wanted to clear this up before they came back." They walked into the living room and sat down. "The reason for that fight was because that Hazel girl approached me and seemed to want to be friendly with me. But she said that she wants only you. And I tried to fight back like talking like a sassy girl. But it eventually lead to us fighting. She nearly knocked me out by pulling my hair so tight." Sarah quivered before eventually breaking down in tears. Shawl was shocked with what he just heard, but he pulled Sarah in to his arms in a light embrace. "Ssh, it's okay." He whispered trying to comfort her. Shawl had thoughts in his mind telling him he had to eventually sort out any rifts that would break out between the two of them. Sarah blushed and smiled to herself as Shawl comforted her.

Meanwhile at the aquarium, Hazel was working in her office when Sawyer arrived. "How do you think Shawl has worked with his rookies over the last few days?" Sawyer asked. "I'd say he's getting on real fine.' Hazel smiled. "He's leading a group of kids his own age and that's good for him."

Shawl was trying his best to comfort Sarah after all the stuff she told him. "I'm sure you're just having a rough time getting know other kids." He said. "I know I am." Sarah said. "I just probably can't recover from the hard times I have making friends at my school." "Well, my advice maybe just give yourself room to allow yourself to fit in with people. Maybe you'll start making friends with everyone else then." Shawl said thinking of the best advice he could give. As he walked out the door and on to his bike cycling home, he actually had an idea. When he got home, he spoke to his parents about it.

"Well what I'm thinking is, we shall have all the rookies organize their own dolphin show. Like they can have their own roles in organizing it and putting it together and everything. It's also a good way that they can get to know each other perfectly." Shawl explained. Sawyer and Hazel looked at each other and then told their son, "That's not a bad idea son. You've certainly done quite a lot to make sure that those rookies get along well." "Awh thanks guys!" Shawl said as he hugged both his parents.

The next day

Shawl stood in front of his rookies ready to make an announcement. "So guys, I have decided to assign you all a task that involves teamwork and getting along better." He said. "It'll be a perfect chance for you all to work as a team! We're going to get you all to organize a dolphin show with the dolphins. You can have different roles to play in the organization." He explained. "So are you all in?" he then asked. The rookies then cheered and shouted to show their approval. "Well then let's get started." Shawl smiled.

Done this chapter now! Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!