Dolphin Tale through our son's eyes

Chapter 18

So I was watching a kid's movie a little while back, it was called "Little Giants". Ever seen that? Let me know in the reviews. And in the movie there was a little scene as what I described as a cute little adolescent moment between a boy and a girl. I decided to try and include a scene similar to that in this chapter. Anyways enjoy it.

Few Days later.

Sawyer watched as Shawl was playing some football with his rookies on a patch of green outside their house, the rookies were staying over at Shawl's tonight, yep even the girls. Hazel was inside the kitchen getting ready to do the dishes, only though just as she took her ring off and washed her hands, a cried could be heard. Sawyer came over with two plates in his hands. "I'll do the dishes." He said as Hazel struggled to choose between Abigail crying or doing the dishes. "You did them last night." Hazel said. "For you, I'd do dishes every night." Sawyer smiled. Hazel patted her husband on the back before walking upstairs. "That way I don't have to change the baby." Sawyer said to himself as soon as he was positive that Hazel was out of earshot. Shawl entered the kitchen to get a box of ice creams from the freezer. "You doing the dishes dad?" He asked. "Yep, you guys certainly made a lot of mess eating that pizza. Especially Jeremy, he might want a desert menu." Sawyer chuckled with his son. Shawl chuckled back before turning around, but he then turned back to his dad and asked "So any more information on what's up on Sarah's condition at the hospital?" "Well Sandra has been keeping us on track. She's been really upset, she had to take a few days off of her news night slot to be by her daughter's bedside. Kyle joked with me that he considered telling the production crew to have her broadcast the news from the hospital." Sawyer said with a chuckle. "Well I mean really, it's been like three days or something since the incident, thought she would have been well better by now." Shawl said. "Well son it's not like animals being treated in an aquarium." Sawyer said. "She'll get better in her own time. In the meantime you might wanna get those ice pops out to the others before they melt." "See ya dad." Shawl said as he went out with the pops. Hazel came down carrying Abigail and her doll. "She just dropped her dolly." Hazel notified Sawyer as she entered.

Outside, Shawl went out and shared his ice lollies to his friends. He however noticed something amongst his friends. "Anyone know where Hazel is?" he asked. Bailey spoke "I saw her walking into those woods behind them tall trees." He pointed to the tall trees behind Shawl's house. "I'll go find her. Keep kicking the ball fellas." Shawl said as he walked into the woods. "5-a side lads?" Bailey said as he pipped up the American football.

In the forest on a nearby lake, a couple were in a small row boat locked in a tight kissing session. On the shore on the side of the lake, Hazel sat on an upside down wooden row boat watching. Shawl walked over and spotted her. He walked up behind her and put his hands on her face. "Guess who." He said as he jumped over, "Who?" Hazel asked. "Me." Shawl said as he removed his hands and sat down beside her. "Oh that's disgusting." He said with a grossed-out face as he saw the kissing couple. "Yeah they're doing it all wrong." Hazel agreed. "You have to move your head dramatic like Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. Like this." She said as she demonstrated on her hand. "No way." Shawl said. "In the movies they do that chicken pecking, half mouth open thing, like this." Shawl said as he demonstrated on his hand. "No way" Hazel disagreed and laughed. "Guess this, a local friend of mine from school told me that she and her boyfriend use their tongues." Shawl then said. "Oh that's disgusting." Hazel agreed, "I know. Spit Swappers." Shawl said. "Yeah kinda like them." Hazel said as she pointed to the couple on the boat. "Tonsil Hockey." Shawl laughed. "You know the only problem with kissing your own hand is?" Hazel asked looking down. "What?" Shawl asked. "It doesn't kiss back." Hazel answered. 'You wanna learn how to kiss?" asked Shawl in shock. "I didn't say that!" Hazel defended, "Why do you?" She asked Shawl. "No. Ew I just got that vomit tasted in my mouth." He said to himself looking grossed out. "Hey. We're all gonna have to learn sooner or later." Hazel stated. "I mean if you wanna have kids and get a job." She awkwardly finished. "You can't have kids without kissing." Shawl stated. "Yeah, but you can't get a job." Hazel defended. "Well, become a teacher." Shawl suggested. "But what if we were forced to?" Hazel asked. "Wouldn't it be good to learn with a friend? You know, for scientific purposes." She said as she pushed herself towards Shawl a little. She leaned too far against him that Shawl fell off of the upside down boat onto the ground on his back. "No way!" He said as he got up and sat back down. "Look, if I had to learn how to kiss and I mean absolutely positively, no matter what, no way out of it, can't get out of it, had to learn how to kiss" he started before awkwardly finishing. "Then I think I wanna learn with-" "Let me guess." Hazel cut him off. "Sarah?" "I don't know." Shawl said awkwardly. "But if not her, then definitely another boy-crazy type, right?" Hazel asked. 'Wow this is really weird. I don't know." Shawl said as he got up and walked off. "Hey Shawl?" Hazel called him over again. "I bet if I was one of those boy-crazy type then you'd wanna learn with me." "But you're not." Shawl grinned at her. "You're different, you're cool, you're the Icebox." He said, "Like come on, you're probably the only girl that I've met that can beat up my dad." He said with his arms folded. "Anyways I'll see you later." He smiled before walking off. Hazel turned around and blushed to herself before squealing.

"Well did you find her?" Jaymin asked when Shawl approached them. "Yeah, she's just taking some fresh air." Shawl said. "Why did she go over to the woods?" Shawn asked. "I dunno." Shawl said suspiciously. "I suppose since she was the one who was fighting with Sarah over the last few days, maybe she's feeling guilty or something." Gary said as he walked over with the football. "Or maybe she's homesick." Jaymin stated. "How? She only lives like four hours away." Shawl stated.

Sawyer came out. "You kids okay?" he asked as he sat by them. "Yeah we're fine." Bailey replied. Sawyer took a head count of all the kids even the ones who were still playing around. "I think one of ye is missing." He said. "Yeah, I found Hazel in that forest right behind our house." Shawl replied. "She'll come back anytime I guess." "Anyways you guys wanna go get her, I'll bring ye all out to the mall, for a few hours?" Sawyer decided.

Later that evening, Sawyer sat in the dining area of an arcade while Shawl and the others were playing in the arcade. He chuckled to himself as he overheard Shawl and his friends chattering about as they played various arcade games. "Oh hey Sawyer" a voice said. Sawyer looked up from the paper he was reading to see his cousin Kyle. "Oh hey man!" Sawyer said as he let him sit down. "How you keeping?" Kyle asked. "Good. Shawl's just playing some games with his mates." Sawyer said. "So how's things with you guys. I know things have been difficult the last few days." He continued as he put down his paper. "Yeah no word from Sandra yet about Sarah's condition. She's been fighting for three days straight." Kyle said. "What actually happened do you know?" "Well Shawl said that she and some other girl started fighting for his affection." Shawl spoke to me and Hazel the first time around and we both told him just to talk to the girls and try to avoid the fights." Sawyer explained. "However just when he was going to find them and talk to them he saw the girls in their second fight. And the other girl grabbed her hair and yanked it so hard that Sarah actually passed out on the ground. A huge clump of hair was even taking out of her head." Sawyer explained. "We called paramedics they took her away that afternoon." "Sandra and I were in a restaurant that evening." Kyle said. "Shawl and some of the boys came by and told us. We didn't know so we had to leave the restaurant and head to the hospital. And Sandra's been there ever since." "Shawl is really feeling bad about how he got both girls to end up in the fights, yet he's considering both of them as friends." Sawyer said. "Well I remember Shawl once said something that flattered Sarah so much that she was crying of happiness for quite a long time." Kyle said. "The reason she loves Shawl that much is because, most other boys in her school give her hard times. She was even bullied. Then on the same day that Abigail your daughter was born, Sandra had surgery. I was busy at work and our babysitter was out so Sarah had to go to the hospital. That's where she met Shawl. And when I came and picked her up and she couldn't stop talking about the boy throughout the whole car ride home." Kyle laughed with Sawyer. "Young love I suppose huh man?" Sawyer said.

Shawl was playing a basketball arcade game with his mates. He scored a good few baskets into the net. "Wow that's real good man! You ever play any basketball?" Gary said. "Ah little bit." Shawl said. "I'm no Lebron James or anything like that." "Here I'll try." Gary said. He threw the ball into the shot clear and square. 'Huh you must be a good player yourself." Shawl said.

Later that night Shawl and the boys were in his room, still awake. They were playing some Xbox. Bailey had bought over his GTA V game. They watched as he sped his car along the street and have his character get out before the car sped off and an explosion was seen in the distance. "Boom!" Bailey yelled amongst the others who were laughing and cheering.

Well that's it for this chapter! I thought I did quite longer then how I normally write a chapter. Anyways ready and review! :D