"New Love Found"
Disclaimer: See chapter 1. Everything else I own unless otherwise stated.
A/N: Takes place next day after previous chapter. All voices on the phone besides Kira's are in bold and italics.
Chapter 19 – Day at the Beach
Kira awoke to see the sun shining in her face through the curtains. She turned to face Conner and placed a soft kiss on his forehead. At her gentle touch, he woke up.
"Morning Babe."
"Morning Baby."
"What was that kiss for?" He asked with a smile.
"Don't I get to kiss my fiancé good morning?"
"Sure do."
After snuggling together a little longer, they got up and got dressed. Kira went downstairs to make breakfast for the four of them.
About ten minutes later, Mel and Eric came downstairs to see toast and coffee on the table along with scrambled eggs and bacon. They sat beside Conner and Kira at the table and began eating.
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An hour later, they had all finished eating and Kira washed up the plates whilst the others sat through in the living-room. After about ten minutes, Kira joined them and sat beside Conner on the couch.
After a few minutes of watching TV, Mel said, "So, what is your plans for today Con, Kir?"
"I don't know Mel. What did you have in mind?"
"Well Con, I was thinking."
"Oh yeah Doll? That must have hurt."
Mel turned to Eric and elbowed him in his stomach for his comment, then turned back to Conner and said, "As I was saying, I was thinking that instead of sitting in the house on this hot day, we could get the gang together and drive to the beach and have fun."
"Sounds good, Mel. We could even have a picnic."
"I like it Kir. Either Eric or I will have to go back to our house and change cars and pick up beachwear."
"I can go Doll, I'll take Jerkface with me and you two can prepare the picnic."
"OK Love. First we'll need to call the others."
Kira agreed and said, "I'll call everyone up and tell them." She then said to Conner and Eric, "If you pop by the shops as well to get some stuff that we need."
"OK Kir, what things will you need?"
"Well, I think some ham, juice, it doesn't matter what kind, tomatoes for those that like them. Hmmm . . . what else?"
"Tell you what Babe, I'll go and see what we've got."
With that, Conner went into the kitchen and looked in the fridge and said, "We have mayonnaise, eggs, apples, coleslaw, lettuce and cheese." He then went to the cupboard and said, "In the cupboard, we have jam, biscuits and plenty of bread."
"OK, thanks Baby." She then turned to Eric and said, "Eric, just what I have said that we need is all that you need to get."
"OK Kir. He turned to Conner who was back in the living-room and said, "Let's go Jerkface."
With that, Conner and Eric left. Kira turned to Mel and said, "Can you start preparing sandwiches while I call the others up?"
"Sure." Mel headed into the kitchen as Kira picked up the phone and dialled Neil. The phone was answered after a few rings.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bro."
"Hey Sis. What's up?"
"How would you and Jade like to come on a picnic to the beach with Conner, Mel, Eric and me and hopefully the rest of the gang as well?"
"We'd love to sis. Do we need to bring anything?"
"Just beachwear. Mel and I are doing the food."
"OK. We'll be there soon."
"OK. Bye Bro."
"Bye Sis."
Kira hung up the phone and dialled the next person on her list, Tommy.
"Hello?"
"Hey Tommy."
"Hey Kir. What can I do you for?"
"How would you and Hayley like to come on a picnic to the beach with Conner, Mel, Eric and me and hopefully the rest of the gang as well? Neil and Jade have already said they're in."
"We'd love to Kira. Do we need to bring anything?"
"Just beachwear. Mel and I are doing the food."
"OK. We'll be there soon."
"OK. Bye Tommy."
"Bye Kir."
The next person that Kira called was Ethan.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ethe."
"Hey Kir. What's the latest?"
"How would you and Sam like to come on a picnic to the beach with Conner, Mel, Eric and me and hopefully the rest of the gang as well? Neil, Jade, Tommy and Hayley are in also."
"We'd love to Kira. Hang on while I tell Gary and Lea."
A few minutes later, Ethan was back on the phone. "Lea and Gaz have also said that they're in. Do we need to bring anything?"
"Just beachwear. Mel and I are doing the food."
"OK. We'll be there soon."
"OK. Ethe. Bye."
"Bye Kira."
Since Gary and Leanne were also at Ethan's house, that only left Alison and Drew to contact, so she dialled Drew's number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ally."
"Hey Girl. What's up?"
"How would you and Drew like to come on a picnic to the beach with Conner, Mel, Eric and me the rest of the gang as well?"
"We'd love to Kira. Do we need to bring anything?"
"Just beachwear. Mel and I are doing the food."
"OK. We'll be there soon. Bye Kir."
"Bye Ally."
Kira then hung up the phone and went through to the kitchen to help Mel make the sandwiches. She said, "That's everyone coming to the beach."
"Cool." Mel then showed Kira the sandwiches that she had done so far and Kira continued to help prepare what they could until their men arrived back. Once they prepared what they could, they went upstairs and packed swimwear for Conner and Kira.
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About an hour later, everything was ready and packed. Everyone had assembled and it was time to set off. Mel said, "OK. I can take six with me, however, it will be another five as Eric will be with me in the front. Tommy can take three others besides Hayley. So who wants to go with me?"
"Ethan and I will."
"OK Sam. Anyone else?"
"Neil and I will."
"OK Jade. I can take one more."
Drew said, "Ally and I will go with Tommy if that's OK with you Tommy."
"That's fine Drew. So, like Mel, I can take one more. So, Lea, Gary, it's up to you who goes with who."
"OK Tommy." Leanne then turned to Gary and said, "I don't mind being separate for today if you don't."
Gary then turned back to Tommy and said, "OK. I'll go with you and Lea will go with Mel."
It was agreed and everyone set off.
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Once at the beach, Kira set the blanket down on the sand and sat the picnic basket beside it and sat down on the blanket. Everyone else ran into the sea and splashed about. Kira watched as it seemed that it was a splash war between the girls and boys. She also noticed that the boys had an unfair advantage, so she made sure that the picnic was safe and joined in. She choose her target and instead of just splashing him, she pushed . . . . Neil face down in the water.
Neil looked up and saw Kira laughing. He grinned and said, "So that's how it's gonna be, huh Sis?"
Kira grinned and said, "Yup. Bring it on Bro."
Neil grinned and lunged for her but she evaded him and hid behind Jade and said from behind her, "You wouldn't hurt your fiancée now, would you?"
He grinned and said, "Hurt her? No way. However, tickle her to make her give you up? Absolutely." He then did as he said and tickled Jade so that she would stand aside to let him at his sister. However, what he wasn't expecting was for Jade to push him so that he fell back into the sea. The other girls did the same to their partners and they all ran off laughing. The guys all got out of the water and chased their respective partner.
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After everyone was exhausted, they all trooped back to the blanket and sat down and ate the picnic that Mel and Kira had prepared. Once all the food was gone, the girls sat in front of their respective other halves and cuddled them as they watched the sun set in a mixture of orange and red.
Kira turned to Conner and said, "Baby, this is so romantic, watching the sun setting, in your arms."
"Yes, Babe. It is."
The others overheard and agreed with Kira and Conner.
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Once the sun had set, they stayed for a little bit to watch the stars come out. Eventually, Mel noticed the time and saw that it was getting late and said so the others. They packed up the blanket and the picnic basket and departed in the same cars that they had arrived in. After dropping everyone else off, Tommy and Hayley went to Hayley's and Mel and Eric went to their house, whilst Conner drove himself and Kira straight home.
Once Conner and Kira arrived home and entered the house, Kira put the blanket and basket away and hers and Conner's beachwear into the machine ready for the next morning. She then said to Conner, "Baby, I'm beat. I'm going to bed."
"So am I Babe." He then proceeded to follow Kira upstairs, where they both got ready for bed and got into it.
They said goodnight to each other and kissed each other goodnight, and fell asleep holding each other.
