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"Just try your hardest, okay, guys?" Garry checked, as he pulled down a box of cornflakes. Setting it on the table, he heard multiple sighs. "That's all that counts, that's all we want. Bec and I will be so proud of you, no matter what the results are".
Seeing the kids down in the kitchen, almost shaking with nerves, brought back so many memories for Bec. For her year, it had been different. They had come home from school, as excited as they could get, ready for a night of partying before the full on intense training, ready for their finals, began. But those plans were blown out of the water, when Deb Callum told them that their finals were not in a week, like they thought.
They were the next day.
A cyclone was predicted to hit Blue Water Beach, and they needed to get the finals out of the way before it did. That night, clouds of worry had floated around their bedrooms, as Bec went back to her childhood home (she needed the space, away from the other girls), and Edge camped out in the back yard in his little one man tent. They had expected the worst, and the worst was what the cyclone threw up for them. instead of having the hundreds of spectators the Solar Blue finals would normally have (Bec could remember being there, ever since she was a little girl, to see the sort of competition she would be facing when she was finally accepted), they had Simmo, Deb and Andrew (Jilly couldn't bear to see their kids battle it out). Bec had positively begged her parents and brothers not to come, and they hadn't.
It was one of the most nerve wracking days of her entire life- but the end result was well worth it. She would have changed anything, in her life.
Suddenly there was a knock at the front door, and Bec excused herself to answer it- she knew exactly who it was. She had planned it, to have her old coaches back as surprise judges.
"Oh my God!" she almost squealed, when, upon opening the door, she found Simmo and Deb. Deb pulled her into a hug, a huge smile on her face.
"You've done a good job with the kids, Bec". Simmo had a small but proud grin on his face- he was very good at hiding his emotions, but Bec knew how he felt. "We're proud of you".
"What's this we hear about Edge?" Deb wanted to know. She had been the calmer of the two when Bec was a teenager- she didn't wear a whistle around her neck or plaster the walls with 'no kissing zone' signs. That had been Simmo's area.
"Hey, hey, hey". Simmo held up his hands. "I don't want to know".
Bec was laughing. "Come and meet our kids, guys".
Garry was still talking to the kids when they arrived in the kitchen.
"Guys, these are Deb and Simmo- my coaches from when I was here", Bec introduced. "Deb and Simmo, I'd like you to meet our kids. Loren, Charley, Bridget, Guy, Cassie and Adam".
"Nice to meet you!" Guy had a look of awe on his face- they all did. They had only heard stories of the two oh-so-famous coaches, when Bec and Edge told them. Bec had a grin on her face, as Simmo and Deb interacted with the kids separately.
It was right then that both Bec and Garry were glad that they had investigated the guest judging status.
Bec and Garry had never been more proud of 'their' kids. They had surfed their hearts out on the waves, putting their heart and souls into the moves they pulled off. But, as opposed to the other competitions they had been in throughout the year, the scores were kept a secret.
That afternoon, the kids disappeared upstairs to change out of their wet swimmers and into something decent, for their big announcement.
"I am so proud of them", Bec smiled, as she heard shrieks and giggles from upstairs.
"They're our kids". Garry had a grin on his face, as the distinct yelp of Cassie was held. "They're the greatest kids in the world".
They were exactly like proud parents- the six teenagers had wormed themselves a permanent position in the hearts of the older two.
