The look on their faces made Jordan nervous, everyone was quiet, staring down at their plates. Mac was dressed in a black tee shirt and jeans, the toe of her right black converse dug into the carpet as she always did when she was nervous and didn't know what to say. Nigel was rubbing Angela's back methodically, her hand lingered on his knee. Bug and Lily stared down stubbornly at their plates. Cal and Shelby shared a look and then looked away from each other, staring at a non-existent dot on the wall somewhere.
"Cheer down will yah… starting to look like you work in a morgue or something." She said with a half smile, swooping down into her seat.
"Jordan, how are you feeling, better I hope, you were out on the beach for a long time." Lily commented with a slight raise of her eyebrow.
"Needed the fresh air, I feel much better now." She said with barely stifled anger at her friend.
"Can we all eat please?" Garret asked in an attempt to remain civil. He raised his fork but dropped it again.
Josh opened his mouth to say something, but Jordan stood suddenly, staring at the beach with fright, her skin turned pallid and sickly. "Jordan you okay?" Nigel asked, standing up with concern.
"Jo?" Angela questioned, following her husband.
Jordan backed away from the table, knocking over her chair, it wasn't real, she told herself, it couldn't be…
"I have to go…" she stuttered and ran out the door, slamming it behind her.
"Woody!" she screamed running down the beach as fast as she could to that place in the white sand where she had seen his motionless figure, she patted the sand where she swore he had been, she found nothing but loose beach grass. She returned to running down the coastline, hysterically, searching for his thick frame.
"Jo-Jo?" she felt someone grab hold of her, she tried to pull away but to her relief it was exactly who she was searching for.
"Woody." She whispered and let soft sob come from her lips, tears run down her face. "I saw you dead… on the beach."
"No… you only think you saw me on the beach, when in reality I was never there, the fact is I'm only here in your mind…" he was about to rant on when he saw her face smiling.
" Why do you do that?" she asked a hint of frustration in her voice.
"Do what?" he asked smiling, dragging her down with him into the sand.
"go on like that."
"I do not go on…"
"You did it alive you do it dead." She pushed
"Whatever." He said flatly, she smiled and leaned into him. She failed to notice the girl sitting a few yards away, her knees pulled into her chest, staring at Jordan who sat alone on the beach.