Eliza and Darren come out of the water after a while, and they're walking along the coast, "Dare," Eliza asks
swinging their hand that are linked together, "can we build a sandcastle?" "Well, of course my love!" Luckily it
wasn't too late in the evening, so the sun was still out. Darren and Eliza had built a sandcastle that looks like a
3-year-old made it. Darren and Eliza start decorating it, "Dare, can you help me find some crabs?" Eliza asks.
"Well," Darren says kinda confused, "uh sure, they won't pinch me, right?" "Nope," Eliza tells him as they look
by rocks to find some. "Darren, I found one! Come pick it up!" Eliza shouts at him, excited she found one. "Oh
hell no, I'm not getting pinched by that crab!" "Baby." Eliza tells him and winks at him. Eliza being the type of
girl who has grown up along the coast, and not afraid of sea animals, picks it on and lets it walk on her hand.
"Lize! Are you freaking crazy! It's gonna pinch you!" Darren says. "Dare, I have worked on a lobster boat with
my dad, I had dealt with crabs 4 times the size of this little guys size, plus some lobsters who want to pinch
your fingers off. I'll be okay." Eliza says chuckling at Darren concern for her. She puts the crab and sandbucket
and walks around to find more.
"Aw! It's so pretty!" Eliza says with a big smile on her face. The castle has shells, a moat with some small
crabs in it (which Eliza collected herself, with Darren attempting to help), seaweed wrapped around it, and
some flowers that she found by the road. "Here," Darren says standing up and grabbing his phone, "let me
take a picture of you with the castle!" Eliza quickly replies, "Darren, that's not happening, I look horrible and my
dress is soaked!" "Then put my jacket over your dress!" He tells her. Darren snaps some photos of the castle,
Eliza with the castle, and some nice man took a picture of Eliza and Darren with the castle.
"Come watch the sunset with me?" Darren asks Eliza. "I would never pass that opportunity up," she runs to
catch up with him and plops down on the soft sand. "I love the ocean," Eliza starts, "it makes me feel peace."
Darren replies "Me too, I love the sound of the waves." After the sun sets, Darren and Eliza walk back to
Darren house so he could change and head over to Eliza's. "Here's a good tip," Eliza says, " never, ever wear a
dress into the ocean. I itch from sand getting into it so bad." Darren puts his hand on her leg as they start
driving to her house, "but it was worth it right?" "Always," Eliza replies.
