Chapter 5
"Those banana boats look mint. Can we go on one?" Donte asked after going for a walk across the beach with Chlo.
"Yeah I don't see why not. I want to go on one anyway. Does anyone else want to go on?" Rachel said
Some did, but others didn't. Rachel, Eddie, Tom and Matt all wanted to go on but Steph and Davina didn't.
They all walked over to the banana boats and paid and got their life jackets on. There were too many of them to go on all together so they split into two groups. Eddie and Rachel got ready to go on with the first group whilst Tom and Matt waited to go on with the second.
Once they all had their life jackets on the instructor brought the boat back with the previous group on.
"Smallest at the front" the instructor told them, so Rachel realised that the further back you were the worst it was
Rachel was sat in front of Eddie who was sat in front of Matt.
"You ready for this Rach?" Eddie said touching Rachel's shoulder as the boat started to move off the shore
"As ready as I'll ever be" Rachel replied holding onto her handle for dear life
The boat slowly started to gather speed as they made their way across the bay. The water began to look darker and the air began to get colder.
Everyone was really enjoying the adrenaline running through their bodies, when all of a sudden the banana boat went around a really sharp bend throwing them all of. It was a sort of domino effect.
Rachel resurfaced, not really liking the feeling of just being thrown off of a boat, trying to make sure that everyone else had come up.
"Where's Molly?" Rachel heard Chlo shout, who had been sat behind Molly on the boat
"Molly, where are you?" Rachel said beginning to panic she'd been knocked out or something
"I'm here Mum" Molly replied relieving everyone
They all clambered back onto the boat, with difficulty, and then the boat started again. Everyone was holding on even tighter than last time with determination to not be thrown into the sea again.
It was fair to say that Matt, at the back, was not being successful at trying to hold onto the boat.
"I can't hold on much longer" Matt said causing Rachel to turn around just in time to catch him do a double flip off the end of the boat.
Rachel tried to stop laughing to tell the people on the boat pulling the banana, but with no such luck. At that point they went around another quite sharp bend meaning that both Rachel and Eddie were hanging off the end of the banana boat with just one hand. They tried to get back on but it was no good.
"Let's let go together Rach" Eddie said taking hold of Rachel's hand
"Okay... 1, 2, 3" and they let go of the boat meaning they were just floating deep out to sea, with Matt even further out
The people pulling the banana realised they'd got a few people off but everyone else had managed to stay on the second time around. They told Rachel, Eddie and Matt to swim in
Matt, Eddie and Rachel were all exhausted by the time they got back to the beach. It was further away than what it looked.
"You looked so funny Mum" Molly informed her once they got back to the beach "I turned around to see you and Mr Lawson gripping on for dear life" They all started laughing about what had happened. The ones nearer the front would have been happy to go on again, but the ones in the middle and at the back didn't have the same frame of mind.
"You alright Mol?" Rachel asked after noticing her daughter limping across the beach
"I hit my leg on something when we came off the boat and it's really hurting" Molly replied
"I think it might have been my jaw" Chlo said
Rachel turned around to see Chlo holding onto her face nearly in tears.
"Oh no. How much does it hurt?"
"A lot" Chlo replied
Rachel stood in between Molly and Chlo, putting her arm around them both. Chlo began to cry because her jaw was really hurting a lot and she was worried about what she'd done to it
When they got back to everyone else on the beach Rachel decided it was probably best if she took Chlo and Molly back to the hotel to put some ice on their injuries.
When they returned, both with mighty bruises, everyone was in the sea. So they decided to join them.
Chlo crept up on Donte and then jumped on his back, causing him to fall backwards into the sea with Chlo on his back. They both resurfaced and then Donte lifted Chlo up, as she wrapped her legs around his waist, placing a kiss on her lips.
Young love Rachel thought to herself.
Rachel decided that she too would make someone jump, so she crept up behind Eddie and splashed him. Which he of course retaliated too causing a water fight to break out between them.
All of a sudden they both stopped fighting, gazing into one another's eyes. They were lost in the moment until the kids interrupted.
"Put your tongue away, sir" Bolton shouted out much to Rachel and Eddie's embarrassment.