Storms
Happy and Toby were lying on the beach watching the sun rise. It was an unusual sunrise, there were dark storm clouds looming overhead and the pale pink sunlight was streaming through the open spaces between clouds. There were a few boats out on the water off in the distance and it was a truly mesmerizing picture. Toby gently placed his hat on a very deep-in-thought Happy before jumping up and removing his shirt.
"What are you doing?" she questioned as Toby jogged off to the water. "You know 77% of shark attacks against swimmers are in shallow water" she called out as he reached the water's edge, the shallow waves lapping at his feet as the water rushed up the beach and then promptly retreated. "Did you know that a large percentage of shark attacks also occur early in the morning and later at night." Happy continued to call out statistics on shark attacks as Toby walked along the water's edge.
"No, I did not know that. But did you know there hasn't been a single shark attack along this coastline in at least 5 years, let alone a shark spotted." Toby called back to her. He was grinning and walking backwards into the water slowly and Happy gave in. She sprinted down the beach and launched herself at Toby, he caught her and they fell back into the waves laughing.
"Awh" Toby grabbed his soaked hat as a wave threatened to carry it away. He placed it back on Happy's head before she jumped on his back. He wrapped his arms around her legs and carried her back to a shallower part of the freezing water.
Happy's soggy jeans were sticking to Toby's wet torso. His equally soggy jeans were resting dangerously low on his hips as they walked back up the sand. "Fuck its cold" Happy whispered through chattering teeth. Toby nodded and put her down before wrapping his arms tightly around her. They turned to watch the rest of the sunrise when thunder boomed overhead. They jogged to where they had left and their shoes, Happy picked up their stuff and hopped on Toby's back again and they walked to the car.