Kirsty was shocked. She'd expected her parents to be mad but not exactly like this. She was proud of Kane, proud that he hadn't retaliated and hit her dad back. That would have made things so much worse. A tear rolled down Kirsty's cheek when her mother got up and left the room. Seconds later, her dad followed, glaring at Kane as he left the room. As soon as both were out of sight, Kirsty collapsed into Kane's arms.
"Kirsty, don't...we'll get through it."
"She didn't say a word."
Flynn went to the kitchen and fetched Kane a cloth to clean his face with. He was also glad that Kane had not retaliated, a fight was the last thing he wanted. The three sat in silence. No one knew what to say, no one knew. The only noise was Kirsty's quiet sobbing.
It had been 15minutes but still no sign of Rhys and Shelly. Kirsty so badly wanted to go into her parent's bedroom and give them both a hug, have them hug back but she knew it wasn't going to happen. Flynn got up and decided that he had to see what was going on. Rhys and Shelly still didn't know what had gone on with Dani and it was getting late and dark, they'd have to be quick to find her.
He knocked on the door. No answer. He knocked again, still no answer.
"Guys, it's Flynn."
He decided just to go in.
"Flynn, what do you want?"
"I want you to come out here and sort this out. Kirsty's in tears."
"So she should be, going out with that scum!"
"Rhys, don't be too hard on her, she's only a kid."
"Exactly, even more reason why she shouldn't be going out with him. What is he now like 18, 19? She's only 15years old, Flynn!"
"Come on, Rhys, we have to go talk to her."
Rhys gave in to his wife, knowing it was the right thing to do. As he entered the room, he looked on in disgust at his 15year old daughter cradled in the arms of the man who had almost certainly destroyed the life of his other daughter. As soon as Kirsty saw them she immediately jumped out of Kane's arms, it just didn't feel right when her parents were there.
"Mum, dad, before you cut in with the lectures and stuff, this is the real thing."
"What do you mean the real thing, Kirsty, have you forgotten who he is?"
"Of course not, I know what happened and I know he is sorry."
"Sorry isn't enough for how he destroyed Dani."
At the mention of her name, Kane and Kirsty remembered why they were there.
"Mum, we have to tell you something."
"What, you mean, there's more?"
"We saw Dani, on the beach."
"When? Where is she? Is she ok?"
"It was this morning, mum, and she, she, saw us together."
"Oh my god."
"GET OUT." shouted Rhys.
"Dad!"
"I SAID GET OUT."
"Rhys, Rhys, calm down, we have to find Dani and we will only do that if we all stick together and think of where she could be."
Brodie came into the room, wet and cold.
"Brodie, did you find her?"
"No. I looked everywhere, I don't know where she can be, Shelly, I'm really worried."
Brodie looked round at the other people in the room and looked back at Shelly. Then, as if she hadn't quite taken in what she'd seen, she spun round and looked straight at Kane.
"Why is he here? What if Dani comes home and sees him here?"
No one knew what to say. Then Jade came down the stairs. She'd heard all the noise and shouting and had wondered what was going on.
"Mum? Dad? What's happening?"
"Look! I can't take this lying anymore...Jade, Brodie, Kane and I are, we're, we're an item."
"You what?!"
"We're an item...I love Kirsty, and she loves me."
Rhys was taken aback by these words. Love? Surely, no 15year old could possibly know what love is.
"How dare you brainwash my daughter...?"
Rhys moved in for the kill again but was pulled back by Flynn and Shelly.
"Come on, man, fighting isn't the answer. Surely your main concern just now is Dani. She's been out all day and we don't know where she is. We have to go and find her."
Jade looked confused. Why did no one ever tell her what was going on?
"Kirsty...what's going on, I don't understand."
"Jade, think of how you love Nick...how you want to be with him, that's how I feel about Kane."
"But...it's Kane!"
Jade still felt uncomfortable being in the same room as him. She'd watched as Dani's life had crumbled away and she didn't want to be associated with the man responsible for doing that.
"He's not the same anymore, Jade, you don't understand."
"Too right I don't understand...what about Dani?"
"She already knows."
"Since when?"
"Since she saw us on the beach together this morning."
"That's why she's not came home?"
"Yeah."
"What if she does something stupid?"
"She won't! Come on, we have to go and look for her."
It was 7pm, dark, cold, wet and there was a thunder and lightning storm. They decided to search in groups.
"He's not coming with us." insisted Rhys.
"Kane, I think you should go home." said Flynn, "it won't make matters any better if when Dani's found, you're the first person she sees."
"Ok, sure."
Kane began to walk away, disappointed at how the news had went down with the Sutherlands. Kirsty ran after him.
"Kane, thank you for everything you've done today. You didn't have to."
"Yes I did."
"I love you, I love you no matter what, you know that, right?"
"Ditto."
The couple kissed, much to the disgust of the rest of the Sutherlands. Kirsty walked back to her family and Flynn with her head down. Everyone was staring at her.
"Mum, dad, can't we talk about this later? We need to concentrate on finding Dani just now, please?!"
"Jade, you come with us...Kirsty and Brodie, go with Flynn. Meet us back at the caravan park in 2hours."
"Ok."
The two groups set out both with one intention - to find Dani. The storm was getting worse and all the Sutherland's knew that she would be terrified. Perhaps she'd gotten herself lost and didn't know the way home. Perhaps she was waiting for her family to come and find her, to come and take her home or perhaps she'd ran away. Maybe what she'd seen earlier on had been too much and she'd decided to leave. Kirsty hoped and prayed that the latter was not true.
Kirsty, Brodie and Flynn had their assigned places to search and the same went for Rhys, Shelly and Jade. They'd all set out just after 7, that meant meeting back up at 9. Brodie hoped that in those two short hours, Dani would either return home herself or be found. Recently, Dani had not been the best friend that Brodie had always confided in but she'd still been there and without Dani, Brodie felt that she didn't belong with the Sutherlands. They were all great to her but Dani was the first real best friend that Brodie had ever had and she wished that it wasn't coming to an end.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the thunder louder and louder. It was 8.45pm and still no one had found Dani.
"Flynn, we better start heading if we want to make it back to the caravan park by 9."
"But, but, we can't leave without her."
"Brodie, Kirsty's right. We won't be doing any good if we get back late and in this weather, we've almost no chance of finding Dani."
"That's why we have to try even more! We can't leave her out like this, she hates the thunder and the lightning."
"Come on, Brodie, we'll go back to mum and dad and they'll decide what to do next."
They walked back to the caravan park, hoping that the other party had found Dani safe and well. When they saw them walking towards the caravan park in the other direction without her, their hopes were dashed. All six went inside the house to dry off.
"Shelly, what do we do now?"
"We have to call the police."
Rhys went straight to the phone. He was never one to show his real emotions but he was more scared for his daughter now than he ever had been for her. He knew that with Dani's emotions so raw, she could do anything and that terrified him.
"My daughter has gone missing, I need the police, please."
He was put through straight away.
"What's your name, Sir?"
"Sutherland, Rhys Sutherland."
"What's the name of your daughter?"
"Dani Sutherland."
"When was she last seen?"
"This morning, around 11 o clock."
"And where was that?"
"At the beach."
"Ok, what age is she?"
"17years old."
"I'm sorry, Sir, I'm afraid that since your daughter is over 16, there's not much we can do."
"What do you mean, there's not much we can do?! Have you seen the weather? Anything could have happened to her!"
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry, do something about it! Look, she's had a really tough time of it recently, you know, like one thing after another and just before she was last seen this morning, she found out something really awful and in her state, I don't know what she's capable of."
"Ok, Sir, we'll send round a couple of officers but that's the best I can do."
"Thank you."
Rhys then gave his address and hoped that the police help would make finding Dani that little bit easier.
"Kirsty, don't...we'll get through it."
"She didn't say a word."
Flynn went to the kitchen and fetched Kane a cloth to clean his face with. He was also glad that Kane had not retaliated, a fight was the last thing he wanted. The three sat in silence. No one knew what to say, no one knew. The only noise was Kirsty's quiet sobbing.
It had been 15minutes but still no sign of Rhys and Shelly. Kirsty so badly wanted to go into her parent's bedroom and give them both a hug, have them hug back but she knew it wasn't going to happen. Flynn got up and decided that he had to see what was going on. Rhys and Shelly still didn't know what had gone on with Dani and it was getting late and dark, they'd have to be quick to find her.
He knocked on the door. No answer. He knocked again, still no answer.
"Guys, it's Flynn."
He decided just to go in.
"Flynn, what do you want?"
"I want you to come out here and sort this out. Kirsty's in tears."
"So she should be, going out with that scum!"
"Rhys, don't be too hard on her, she's only a kid."
"Exactly, even more reason why she shouldn't be going out with him. What is he now like 18, 19? She's only 15years old, Flynn!"
"Come on, Rhys, we have to go talk to her."
Rhys gave in to his wife, knowing it was the right thing to do. As he entered the room, he looked on in disgust at his 15year old daughter cradled in the arms of the man who had almost certainly destroyed the life of his other daughter. As soon as Kirsty saw them she immediately jumped out of Kane's arms, it just didn't feel right when her parents were there.
"Mum, dad, before you cut in with the lectures and stuff, this is the real thing."
"What do you mean the real thing, Kirsty, have you forgotten who he is?"
"Of course not, I know what happened and I know he is sorry."
"Sorry isn't enough for how he destroyed Dani."
At the mention of her name, Kane and Kirsty remembered why they were there.
"Mum, we have to tell you something."
"What, you mean, there's more?"
"We saw Dani, on the beach."
"When? Where is she? Is she ok?"
"It was this morning, mum, and she, she, saw us together."
"Oh my god."
"GET OUT." shouted Rhys.
"Dad!"
"I SAID GET OUT."
"Rhys, Rhys, calm down, we have to find Dani and we will only do that if we all stick together and think of where she could be."
Brodie came into the room, wet and cold.
"Brodie, did you find her?"
"No. I looked everywhere, I don't know where she can be, Shelly, I'm really worried."
Brodie looked round at the other people in the room and looked back at Shelly. Then, as if she hadn't quite taken in what she'd seen, she spun round and looked straight at Kane.
"Why is he here? What if Dani comes home and sees him here?"
No one knew what to say. Then Jade came down the stairs. She'd heard all the noise and shouting and had wondered what was going on.
"Mum? Dad? What's happening?"
"Look! I can't take this lying anymore...Jade, Brodie, Kane and I are, we're, we're an item."
"You what?!"
"We're an item...I love Kirsty, and she loves me."
Rhys was taken aback by these words. Love? Surely, no 15year old could possibly know what love is.
"How dare you brainwash my daughter...?"
Rhys moved in for the kill again but was pulled back by Flynn and Shelly.
"Come on, man, fighting isn't the answer. Surely your main concern just now is Dani. She's been out all day and we don't know where she is. We have to go and find her."
Jade looked confused. Why did no one ever tell her what was going on?
"Kirsty...what's going on, I don't understand."
"Jade, think of how you love Nick...how you want to be with him, that's how I feel about Kane."
"But...it's Kane!"
Jade still felt uncomfortable being in the same room as him. She'd watched as Dani's life had crumbled away and she didn't want to be associated with the man responsible for doing that.
"He's not the same anymore, Jade, you don't understand."
"Too right I don't understand...what about Dani?"
"She already knows."
"Since when?"
"Since she saw us on the beach together this morning."
"That's why she's not came home?"
"Yeah."
"What if she does something stupid?"
"She won't! Come on, we have to go and look for her."
It was 7pm, dark, cold, wet and there was a thunder and lightning storm. They decided to search in groups.
"He's not coming with us." insisted Rhys.
"Kane, I think you should go home." said Flynn, "it won't make matters any better if when Dani's found, you're the first person she sees."
"Ok, sure."
Kane began to walk away, disappointed at how the news had went down with the Sutherlands. Kirsty ran after him.
"Kane, thank you for everything you've done today. You didn't have to."
"Yes I did."
"I love you, I love you no matter what, you know that, right?"
"Ditto."
The couple kissed, much to the disgust of the rest of the Sutherlands. Kirsty walked back to her family and Flynn with her head down. Everyone was staring at her.
"Mum, dad, can't we talk about this later? We need to concentrate on finding Dani just now, please?!"
"Jade, you come with us...Kirsty and Brodie, go with Flynn. Meet us back at the caravan park in 2hours."
"Ok."
The two groups set out both with one intention - to find Dani. The storm was getting worse and all the Sutherland's knew that she would be terrified. Perhaps she'd gotten herself lost and didn't know the way home. Perhaps she was waiting for her family to come and find her, to come and take her home or perhaps she'd ran away. Maybe what she'd seen earlier on had been too much and she'd decided to leave. Kirsty hoped and prayed that the latter was not true.
Kirsty, Brodie and Flynn had their assigned places to search and the same went for Rhys, Shelly and Jade. They'd all set out just after 7, that meant meeting back up at 9. Brodie hoped that in those two short hours, Dani would either return home herself or be found. Recently, Dani had not been the best friend that Brodie had always confided in but she'd still been there and without Dani, Brodie felt that she didn't belong with the Sutherlands. They were all great to her but Dani was the first real best friend that Brodie had ever had and she wished that it wasn't coming to an end.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the thunder louder and louder. It was 8.45pm and still no one had found Dani.
"Flynn, we better start heading if we want to make it back to the caravan park by 9."
"But, but, we can't leave without her."
"Brodie, Kirsty's right. We won't be doing any good if we get back late and in this weather, we've almost no chance of finding Dani."
"That's why we have to try even more! We can't leave her out like this, she hates the thunder and the lightning."
"Come on, Brodie, we'll go back to mum and dad and they'll decide what to do next."
They walked back to the caravan park, hoping that the other party had found Dani safe and well. When they saw them walking towards the caravan park in the other direction without her, their hopes were dashed. All six went inside the house to dry off.
"Shelly, what do we do now?"
"We have to call the police."
Rhys went straight to the phone. He was never one to show his real emotions but he was more scared for his daughter now than he ever had been for her. He knew that with Dani's emotions so raw, she could do anything and that terrified him.
"My daughter has gone missing, I need the police, please."
He was put through straight away.
"What's your name, Sir?"
"Sutherland, Rhys Sutherland."
"What's the name of your daughter?"
"Dani Sutherland."
"When was she last seen?"
"This morning, around 11 o clock."
"And where was that?"
"At the beach."
"Ok, what age is she?"
"17years old."
"I'm sorry, Sir, I'm afraid that since your daughter is over 16, there's not much we can do."
"What do you mean, there's not much we can do?! Have you seen the weather? Anything could have happened to her!"
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry, do something about it! Look, she's had a really tough time of it recently, you know, like one thing after another and just before she was last seen this morning, she found out something really awful and in her state, I don't know what she's capable of."
"Ok, Sir, we'll send round a couple of officers but that's the best I can do."
"Thank you."
Rhys then gave his address and hoped that the police help would make finding Dani that little bit easier.