I ran into the water. Everyone else was already in. I swam over to Alan
and put my arms around his neck. He put his arms around my bare waist.
"You look really hot in that bikini Fi."
"Why thank you my romeo."
I blushed a little.
"I bought it just before this trip. Kinda figured I needed a new pair and
decided that it was a perfect time to by some."
Jack swam over and splashed us. Then he noticed our position.
"Woah, I didn't know you guys were together!"
"Uh yeah." I wasn't sure how Jack would react.
"Well Alan just don't hurt her! Then I won't be forced to kill you."
"Sure dude. Now about this splashing business, tell me how do you make a
good splash, could it be like this," He hit the water hard with his hands.
"Or this," He scooped it up and splashed Jack. Soon they were both
shovelling water and dunking one another. I swam over to the others.
"Hey guys wanna play beach volley ball?"
"Sure."
We ran out, grabbed a ball and started a game. Soon enough, water logged
Jack and Alan came out to join the fun. Alan ran up behind me and shouted
boo! Then he picked me up, carried me down to the water and dropped me in.
I was screaming and laughing at the same time. I resurfaced and grabbed
him, pulling him down.
"Woah Fi, I think i've seen enough of the ocean floor for a while."
I laughed, thought about it and then let him go.
"You're right. But don't think you'll get away next time!"
He moved closer and kissed me. My hands roamed his back. He had such soft
skin, so smooth yet firm. Then one hand travelled up to his wet, rich
brown hair. The skin on my bare back tingled as his hands moved up and
down.
I heard splashing and looked over to see Annie running in, but I didn't let
go of Alan. She had that same weird expression on her face again, except
this time there was less of a shocked look and more of an uncomfortable
look.
"Hey guys...hey Alan, um I was just um...bored of playing volley ball so I
thought i'd go for another swim."
I looked at Alan. Did he sense it too? This, well, strange behaviour from
Annie. I looked back at Annie, who was just standing there staring at
Alan. I had a feeling that what Annie had said wasn't the real reason she
had come in.
Just then Pippa came plunging in.
"Hey guys, hey Annie are you ok? Why did you leave the game? You were
looking kind of annoyed or something. Is something annoying you?"
I interrupted.
"Um I'm gonna get out now, um go for a little walk along the beach."
"I'll come too."
Alan followed me out.
We started to walk along the sand. "What do you think that was all about Fi?" "I'm not really sure. Alan, when you were talking to Annie this morning at breakfast, what kinda stuff was she saying?" "Ummm well she was talking about her singing and a bit about her past, you know going to different countries with her parents, stuff like that. Why?" "Well, this might sound silly but, did you get any sense that she was flirting with you, even just a little bit?" "Well kind of. I didn't really think of it at the time but now that you mention it, it did seem a bit like that. She was doing all these charming smiles and flicking her hair and stuff. She also put her hand on my knee once or twice.... Fi you don't think...Would she?" "It kind of makes sense. Ok this morning she was flirting with you and just then she came over just when we were kissing and she kinda looked....jealous, and last night too! But she was fine when I first told her about us." We walked in silence for a little while, both contemplating what we'd just said. "Alan, I think I have to go talk to Annie. Catch ya later." I planted a quick kiss on his lips and ran back to where everyone was lying on the sand, soaking up the sun. I walked over to Annie. "Hey Annie." "Oh, hey Fi. What do you want?" "Umm I need to talk to you. Wanna come for a walk?" She sat up and stretched. Then she stood up and started walking with me. "Annie, I want you to be truthful. Are you jealous of me and Alan? Or do you like him?" She looked at me surprised, then looked down at the sand. "Don't be silly Fi, why would I be jealous? I'm happy for you." "Annie, I can tell. Please don't lie, I just want to know the truth." "No, you don't want the truth." "Yes I do!" "Ok, you want the truth, the truth is that ever since I saw you kissing Alan I've been jealous! I didn't realise before but I really like him. He's so nice and funny and very cute and I think he's better suited to me!" I was shocked! This wasn't like Annie. And what did she mean better suited to her! Where did she get off saying stuff like that! I was suddenly filled with anger. "Annie, if he was better suited to you then he would have picked you but he didn't did he, no he picked me! Him and I are happy together." "Fi he won't know happy until he's with me, then he'll know happy!" "You bitch! How could you do this? This is not like you!" "Not like me! You don't know all of me Fi!" This was crazy! This was not normal Annie! I couldn't believe the things I was hearing. I slapped her across the cheek. That wasn't like me either! "FI!" She slapped me back. Before I knew it we were on the ground fighting and swearing. We must have been quite loud because soon enough everyone else had come over to see what was going on. "Oh my god! What's going on here?" Carey ran over and pulled us apart. We sat, panting and wiping any blood off us. Everyone was staring in horror at us. They couldn't believe what they were seeing but Alan must have realised what was going on because he ran over to me, picked me up and pulled me aside. Out of earshot from the rest. "Fi what the hell happened? Why were you fighting with Annie?" "She was jealous! I was right." I started crying. I couldn't believe it, I was gonna lose one of my best friends cause some lousy argument got out of control. Alan held me in his arms and smoothed my hair with his fingers. "I don't want it to be like this Alan. I want Annie as a friend not an enemy." I mumbled through my sobs. He turned my chin up so that he was looking into my eyes. He carefully wiped my tears away, trying to avoid the scratches. "So what did she say?" "She told me that she was jealous and that she really liked you and thought that you were better suited....to her." He laughed. Well I didn't realise she liked me! Don't worry Fi, I love you. I gave him a weak smile and then buried my face in his shirt. What was I gonna do? I didn't want to lose Annie as a friend, but I didn't want to lose Alan either. Clu ran over to me. I think by now he'd figured about Alan and I. "Fi are you alright! Dude Annie wouldn't tell anyone anything." He looked at Alan. "Hey Alan, can I speak to Fi for a minute?" "Sure man." He let go of me and walked over to everyone else. Clu came closer to me, looked at me and gave me a big hug. I loved Alan's kisses, but I loved Clu's hugs. "Dude, you're not meant to start a holiday with a bitch fight, it's just not nice!" I smiled. "How do you start it then?" "Mad fun, craziness, food and surfing!" This made me laugh. That sounded just like what Clu would do. "So what happened then? Here, come and sit down." We sat down on a small sand dune a few metres away. "Well it's a long story, do you want to hear it from the beginning?" "That's always a good place to start i'd say. Start at the beginning and end at the end." "Ok well..." I started by telling him about me and Alan stating our feelings and getting together. Then I told him about how Annie was fine with it at first but then how we noticed her funny expressions. I continued through the whole story including the talk between Annie and I and then finished as he said, at the end. "Woah!" He stared at me, then out at the ocean, then we just sat there in silence. "So what are you gonna do?" By now, I had stopped crying and my eyes were fairly dry. I felt a bit calmer. I sighed. "I have no idea. Clu i don't want this! I wanted this trip to be fun and happy and to have a really great time with everyone. I didn't want to be avoiding people for the whole time or to be annoyed at anyone." I threw a stick towards the ocean. We sat there staring at the ocean again. "Fi," Clu looked at me. "Yeah." I looked back at him. "Wanna go get a milkshake or something, you know to get your mind of this for a little while. Just you and me." I smiled at him. Clu was so good to me. "Yeah....sure, i'd love to."
Everyone was already there when Clu and I arrived at the camp site. It was around 5pm. I was feeling much better now. Clu certainly had a way of making you feel happy. I'd decided that I really didn't want to be enemies with Annie throughout the trip so I planned to talk to her...soon. I looked around for her. I spotted Alan and walked over to him. "Hey Fi, how are ya? Where'd you go?" "Um i'm feeling better. Have you seen Annie?" "Yeah she's alone in her tent." "Perfect," I mumbled, "Thanks." "No prob, now you don't go getting youself into another fight okay!" I looked down at him, smiled, gave him a kiss and walked off to find Annie. This wasn't gonna be easy.
"Hey Annie, I know your really mad at me but we really need to talk." She didn't look up, so I went over and sat opposite her. "Annie, i'm sorry if i've made you jealous I mean it's not like I meant to. If you like Alan ok, I respect that but at the moment he's with me and we're happy. I think you're just gonna have to respect that." She remained silent, so I continued. "Annie, you're a great person and a fantastic friend and I don't want us to be angry with each other. I want you as a friend and not an enemy. I hate that we fought, I think it was stupid and it definantly wasn't like us to go that far." She still didn't respond. I felt tears starting to form. "Please speak Annie." A tear ran down my cheek. Annie looked up at me, a tear stained face. "I'm sorry Fi, I don't want to love him but I do....well I do wanna love him, you know what I mean, but I don't want to because you're with him and I want to be happy for you. I tried so hard to be but I can't." She paused and took a big breath. "Fi, i'm so sorry, I don't want to be enemies either and you're a great friend too. I'm so sorry we got into that fight." We were both crying now. Outside I heard someone ask where we were. Someone else replied that we were in the tent and to leave us alone. "So, are we still friends?" "I hope so!" We hugged and cried some more. "Well we've got California world to look forward to for tomorrow!" "Yay." There was a knock on the tent, then Jack came in. "Hey Annie, hey Fi. Er, are you guys...ok now?" "We think so." "That's great, hey Fi can we talk?" Annie got up. "I'll go then."
"How are you Fi?" Jack came over, sat next to me and put his arm around my shoulder. "I'm sorry I didn't get to speak to you before, it's just that I didn't want to interrupt you and Alan and then you dissapeared off with Clu. I was really worried about you and Annie wouldn't say anything." "Yeah I heard that. I'm fine now." I told the story to Jack, again from the beggining to the end. Once i'd finished he pulled me into a hug. That was the only good thing about this; everyone was giving me hugs! He stroked my hair. "I love you so much Fi and I hate it when things like this happen to you. You know i'll always be here for you no matter what. Even if you're just a little bit sad you can come and talk to me." "Thanks Jack. I love you heaps too."
We started to walk along the sand. "What do you think that was all about Fi?" "I'm not really sure. Alan, when you were talking to Annie this morning at breakfast, what kinda stuff was she saying?" "Ummm well she was talking about her singing and a bit about her past, you know going to different countries with her parents, stuff like that. Why?" "Well, this might sound silly but, did you get any sense that she was flirting with you, even just a little bit?" "Well kind of. I didn't really think of it at the time but now that you mention it, it did seem a bit like that. She was doing all these charming smiles and flicking her hair and stuff. She also put her hand on my knee once or twice.... Fi you don't think...Would she?" "It kind of makes sense. Ok this morning she was flirting with you and just then she came over just when we were kissing and she kinda looked....jealous, and last night too! But she was fine when I first told her about us." We walked in silence for a little while, both contemplating what we'd just said. "Alan, I think I have to go talk to Annie. Catch ya later." I planted a quick kiss on his lips and ran back to where everyone was lying on the sand, soaking up the sun. I walked over to Annie. "Hey Annie." "Oh, hey Fi. What do you want?" "Umm I need to talk to you. Wanna come for a walk?" She sat up and stretched. Then she stood up and started walking with me. "Annie, I want you to be truthful. Are you jealous of me and Alan? Or do you like him?" She looked at me surprised, then looked down at the sand. "Don't be silly Fi, why would I be jealous? I'm happy for you." "Annie, I can tell. Please don't lie, I just want to know the truth." "No, you don't want the truth." "Yes I do!" "Ok, you want the truth, the truth is that ever since I saw you kissing Alan I've been jealous! I didn't realise before but I really like him. He's so nice and funny and very cute and I think he's better suited to me!" I was shocked! This wasn't like Annie. And what did she mean better suited to her! Where did she get off saying stuff like that! I was suddenly filled with anger. "Annie, if he was better suited to you then he would have picked you but he didn't did he, no he picked me! Him and I are happy together." "Fi he won't know happy until he's with me, then he'll know happy!" "You bitch! How could you do this? This is not like you!" "Not like me! You don't know all of me Fi!" This was crazy! This was not normal Annie! I couldn't believe the things I was hearing. I slapped her across the cheek. That wasn't like me either! "FI!" She slapped me back. Before I knew it we were on the ground fighting and swearing. We must have been quite loud because soon enough everyone else had come over to see what was going on. "Oh my god! What's going on here?" Carey ran over and pulled us apart. We sat, panting and wiping any blood off us. Everyone was staring in horror at us. They couldn't believe what they were seeing but Alan must have realised what was going on because he ran over to me, picked me up and pulled me aside. Out of earshot from the rest. "Fi what the hell happened? Why were you fighting with Annie?" "She was jealous! I was right." I started crying. I couldn't believe it, I was gonna lose one of my best friends cause some lousy argument got out of control. Alan held me in his arms and smoothed my hair with his fingers. "I don't want it to be like this Alan. I want Annie as a friend not an enemy." I mumbled through my sobs. He turned my chin up so that he was looking into my eyes. He carefully wiped my tears away, trying to avoid the scratches. "So what did she say?" "She told me that she was jealous and that she really liked you and thought that you were better suited....to her." He laughed. Well I didn't realise she liked me! Don't worry Fi, I love you. I gave him a weak smile and then buried my face in his shirt. What was I gonna do? I didn't want to lose Annie as a friend, but I didn't want to lose Alan either. Clu ran over to me. I think by now he'd figured about Alan and I. "Fi are you alright! Dude Annie wouldn't tell anyone anything." He looked at Alan. "Hey Alan, can I speak to Fi for a minute?" "Sure man." He let go of me and walked over to everyone else. Clu came closer to me, looked at me and gave me a big hug. I loved Alan's kisses, but I loved Clu's hugs. "Dude, you're not meant to start a holiday with a bitch fight, it's just not nice!" I smiled. "How do you start it then?" "Mad fun, craziness, food and surfing!" This made me laugh. That sounded just like what Clu would do. "So what happened then? Here, come and sit down." We sat down on a small sand dune a few metres away. "Well it's a long story, do you want to hear it from the beginning?" "That's always a good place to start i'd say. Start at the beginning and end at the end." "Ok well..." I started by telling him about me and Alan stating our feelings and getting together. Then I told him about how Annie was fine with it at first but then how we noticed her funny expressions. I continued through the whole story including the talk between Annie and I and then finished as he said, at the end. "Woah!" He stared at me, then out at the ocean, then we just sat there in silence. "So what are you gonna do?" By now, I had stopped crying and my eyes were fairly dry. I felt a bit calmer. I sighed. "I have no idea. Clu i don't want this! I wanted this trip to be fun and happy and to have a really great time with everyone. I didn't want to be avoiding people for the whole time or to be annoyed at anyone." I threw a stick towards the ocean. We sat there staring at the ocean again. "Fi," Clu looked at me. "Yeah." I looked back at him. "Wanna go get a milkshake or something, you know to get your mind of this for a little while. Just you and me." I smiled at him. Clu was so good to me. "Yeah....sure, i'd love to."
Everyone was already there when Clu and I arrived at the camp site. It was around 5pm. I was feeling much better now. Clu certainly had a way of making you feel happy. I'd decided that I really didn't want to be enemies with Annie throughout the trip so I planned to talk to her...soon. I looked around for her. I spotted Alan and walked over to him. "Hey Fi, how are ya? Where'd you go?" "Um i'm feeling better. Have you seen Annie?" "Yeah she's alone in her tent." "Perfect," I mumbled, "Thanks." "No prob, now you don't go getting youself into another fight okay!" I looked down at him, smiled, gave him a kiss and walked off to find Annie. This wasn't gonna be easy.
"Hey Annie, I know your really mad at me but we really need to talk." She didn't look up, so I went over and sat opposite her. "Annie, i'm sorry if i've made you jealous I mean it's not like I meant to. If you like Alan ok, I respect that but at the moment he's with me and we're happy. I think you're just gonna have to respect that." She remained silent, so I continued. "Annie, you're a great person and a fantastic friend and I don't want us to be angry with each other. I want you as a friend and not an enemy. I hate that we fought, I think it was stupid and it definantly wasn't like us to go that far." She still didn't respond. I felt tears starting to form. "Please speak Annie." A tear ran down my cheek. Annie looked up at me, a tear stained face. "I'm sorry Fi, I don't want to love him but I do....well I do wanna love him, you know what I mean, but I don't want to because you're with him and I want to be happy for you. I tried so hard to be but I can't." She paused and took a big breath. "Fi, i'm so sorry, I don't want to be enemies either and you're a great friend too. I'm so sorry we got into that fight." We were both crying now. Outside I heard someone ask where we were. Someone else replied that we were in the tent and to leave us alone. "So, are we still friends?" "I hope so!" We hugged and cried some more. "Well we've got California world to look forward to for tomorrow!" "Yay." There was a knock on the tent, then Jack came in. "Hey Annie, hey Fi. Er, are you guys...ok now?" "We think so." "That's great, hey Fi can we talk?" Annie got up. "I'll go then."
"How are you Fi?" Jack came over, sat next to me and put his arm around my shoulder. "I'm sorry I didn't get to speak to you before, it's just that I didn't want to interrupt you and Alan and then you dissapeared off with Clu. I was really worried about you and Annie wouldn't say anything." "Yeah I heard that. I'm fine now." I told the story to Jack, again from the beggining to the end. Once i'd finished he pulled me into a hug. That was the only good thing about this; everyone was giving me hugs! He stroked my hair. "I love you so much Fi and I hate it when things like this happen to you. You know i'll always be here for you no matter what. Even if you're just a little bit sad you can come and talk to me." "Thanks Jack. I love you heaps too."