A/N 1, thank you for the reviews, 2, I will take on all the advice, you may have to bear with me on the grammar etc through. I do tend to proof read but I'm still not very good with the whole spelling, grammar.
I turned and twisted In my bed that night. I should be tired, but no matter what I didn't the sheets just seemed to suffocate me. Twisting round my legs and arms like snakes. I shook my head, I was too old now to be thinking those thoughts. I got up and tip toed across the floor to the stairs, careful not to wake anyone.
The clock on the kitchen cooker glowed a dull red showing that it was 3.29 am, but despite that I could still be glade that Sadie would be awake for me. As if she heard my thoughts she was up and pushing against my leg in that way she always does when she knows something wrong. I sat down on one of the chairs and stroked her golden fur ad her soft ears. Trying to think only about her.
It seemed to work for a while; I felt any thoughts of Ingo vanish from my mind even the sounds of the sea seemed further away. Then there was a creak from upstairs and I turned, I hadn't turned the lights on so I couldn't sea there face that clearly in the dark, but I recognised the movements and the silhouette well enough and smiled.
"You're awake?" Dave muttered I could see him rubbing his eyes from sleep and wondered why he was awake.
"Yeah. Couldn't sleep… you?" I asked keeping a hand on Sadie's back, for some reason he never liked Dave much and I felt her muscle bunch underneath my hand. "Sh, girls s'ok." I mumbled. He didn't seem to notice and sat down on another chair opposite.
"Any reason why?" I shook my head.
"No, not really." I couldn't really tell him about ingo, about how the sea called me. Dave wasn't really earth or sea and he never had to choice between either. He wouldn't understand. He nodded and took one of my hands, squeezing it gently.
"You know I'm always here right." I nodded again. That was the one thing about Dave, he wouldn't leave me I knew it.
Just then Sadie brushed up against me again whining. "Maybe she wants to go out…" I though, though she didn't normally this late. Dave nodded again.
"We should sleep though." He stood up dragging me with him. "Come on. If you go out now I won't be able to sleep." He grinned and we trudged back up the stairs again, Sadie followed close behind me.
Curling back into the covers I felt much better. Maybe it was talking to Dave or maybe it was just the comforting weight of Sadie over my legs sleeping but whatever it was I felt myself finally fall into sleep.
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I jolted out of a dreamless sleep to Sadie licking my face. "Sadie! Sadie down. No." but Sadie was smart and she jumped down with a backwards glance that made me follow. I glance around everyone else must already be downstairs. I followed and found out I was right, Angela, Liam, Beth, Max and Dave where all crowding round the tiny in comparison kitchen table. Mum was leaning against the kitchen counter along with Roger, smiling and talking.
"Finally awake then sapphire?" Roger smiled and I yawned stretching.
"Yeah, I grinned, grabbing dome toast from the table.
"You sleep ok?" Dave asked, referring to last night I nodded. Munching the toast I'd picked up.
"So what to you kids plan on doing today?" Mum asked looking up as she place more toast in the middle of everyone. There was a sudden roar as everyone started to sound there ideas at once making mum and roger laugh.
"Wait, I know we can go surfing!" Angela yelled, She and Max loved surfing. I'd done it a few times after … well. But, not as much as the others and going down to the sea right now didn't feel like the right thing. The other didn't seem to be going along with my train of thought though.
"Yeah, it's a good day for it." Roger seemed to nod along to the idea. Well I guess I wouldn't have to go into the sea if I didn't want to.
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Soon enough we where down in St. Pirans, the waves where high crashing into the beach gently. There where already a few surfers out there riding the waves, but this wasn't the high holiday season so there was still open water. I stood on the beach as the guys and Angela started getting ready boards and all. Me and Beth stood on the sand.
"You sure you don't want to go out Saph?" Beth asked. "We know how much you love the sea…" I shrugged.
"It's ok, I just. Don't feel like it." I hadn't felt the call of the sea anywhere near though, I was starting to think it was all in my head. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to just go out for a bit.
"You sure?" she asked again, she was waiting to go of to get ready with the others I could tell. "I mean I can stay here if you want." I shook my head again.
"You go. I might come in later." I said she frowned for a second before nodding. Beth was also so caring and generous. I wished I'd brought Sadie down now, but it was a long way from the cottage to bring her and she was older now. Instead I sat on the sand watching as they tried to stand up and ride the waves as they fell into the cold salty water. Laughing as the boys tried to show of there tricks and again failed making large splashes of white foam on the top of the deep blue waves. I laughed as Dave stood up and simply slipped back of when a wave caught him not paying attention.
Soon, Dave and Max came out dripping, there hair plastered across there face, laughing. I ran down the beech stopping just before the water reached the sand, trying not to soak my trainers with salt water.
"Hey Saph," Max grinned and held his arms wide open as if to hug me, but I backed away so I wouldn't get wet. He laughed.
"Are you gonna come in?" Dave questioned eagerly. I shrugged.
"I don't know. Maybe."
"Oh, come up Saph. You can ride on the back of my bored." He grinned and it was infectious.
"Fine, fine." I raised my hands and headed of to where we kept our boreds and wet suits. "I'll be right back." I called before setting of into a jog. I really wanted to go surfing with Dave and near St. Pirans Ingo was far, far away. It had been so far away for so long now that I didn't think it would come back anyway. I shook my head now wasn't the time. I slipped into my wet suit in the changing room they'd set up near the surf shop, before dashing back out.
I ran down the beech and stop with my feet feeling the cold water lapping round my ankles. Dave waved he was in waist deep holding his white bored talking to Angela who sat on hers. Rising and falling with the breath of each wave. I smiled and waded out to them both.
"Saph you finally decide to come in." Angela grinned as I got closer.
"Yeah, couldn't keep me away." I joked as I pulled myself up onto the back of Dave bored, balancing. He smirked, and pulled himself up after as the three of us started to paddle out into the water To where the waves were higher. Soon the others where all dotted along side in a spread out line.
"Look out here comes a good one!" Yelled Liam, he'd never been a fan of surfing, but on days like this he got just as caught up with it as everyone else did. How couldn't you? the smell of the sea and the wind whipping it up around you. Violent and wild and free.
But the wave was already on up. "Ready Saph." Dave asked and I nodded. Soon the wave was lifting us ,moving us, Dave was standing up and I was kneeling keeping balancing behind him letting my hand trail in the water. I could pick out Max Skimming the top of the wave more that the rest of us dared. He screamed above the roar of the water, yelling out in fun. I laughed, I couldn't help it.
Then I heard Beth shout out something, she was calling and pointing further out to the sea. I turned just in time to see something slim move under the water, moving slowly out of the water and gasped. "Dave look. Dolphins!" He turned and I heard him mutter something.
"They never come this close in land… wow." I felt a thread of excitement roll through me, but we didn't have much time to think about it. Another yell was closer and broke through the moment.
"Look out!"
There was another wave, bigger stronger. Raging through, but it was too late, the wave lifted us, knocking Dave of balancing, flipping the bored and suddenly we where both submerged into the cold, salt water, as the wave tumbled us other. I panicked, I couldn't see Dave, couldn't tell what was up and down, the wave was crushing down.