All Summer Long
Chapter 7: Break Apart Her Heart

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"What were you and Callum talking about?" Kerry asked once he was out of earshot. Dale sat down beside her sipping from his own can of beer.

"It's nothing." Dale said, there had been a time when he wouldn't trust Callum as far as he could throw him but recently they had become good friends. Kerry raised her eyebrows but said nothing. "Okay fine, he's having girl trouble."

Kerry looked up, interested. "Anyone we know."

"No, Kerry." Smithy replied a little quickly making her smile triumphantly. "Please can we talk about something else?"

"Sure, you name it." Kerry smiled, enjoying this more than she should.

Smithy opened his mouth to speak but he couldn't think of a single thing to say, at least nothing that wouldn't sound lame or ridiculous.

"You can't think of a single thing to say to me, can you?" Kerry said, their conversation from yesterday about being friends seemed like a dream now.

"Kerry," He began but he couldn't deny it, she was right. Things had been so complicated between them in the past and he had been so angry on her behalf when Cameron had left that it was hard for them to move on.

"Forget it." She said, draining her coke and walking away from him. Smithy sighed, wondering what it would take to win her back and if he even really wanted her back in his life.


Sam and Phil came back from their walk after being gone well over an hour. They walked over to where Sam had previously been sunning herself with Jo to find that the towel she had been lying on earlier was now occupied. Sam approached Jo, raising an eyebrow.

"What did you do Jo, bore her to sleep?" She asked, hoping that this meant things were getting better between the two women.

Jo ignored her, focusing on her book again. "I'll see you later, babe." Phil said softly, letting Sam and Jo have their privacy.

"C'mon Jo, tell me what's going on?" Sam begged, sitting down on the sand and taking Jo's book out of her hands.

"Nothing." Jo said, and it was the truth really. She explained that Millie had come and asked her to help her put some sun cream on and that she had stayed, and eventually fallen asleep.

Sam nodded knowingly. "She's growing on you, isn't she?"

Jo glared again, motioning to the fact that Millie was only inches away and could very well wake up at any moment and hear them talking.

"Nate came by to see you." Jo said, rapidly changing the topic of conversation.

Sam didn't know quite how to react. "He did?"

"Yeah, I told him you were with Phil. That scared him off a bit." Jo chuckled.

"You weren't too hard on him were you?" Sam said, although Nate was probably not much more than half her age and nothing could ever happen between them, she was still fond of him.

"No, of course not. But if you ask me, he was pretty hard on you, if you get my meaning."

"Jo!" Sam laughed, half amused and half shocked. She threw Jo's book back at her and found a spare towel to lay on. "I can talk to you when you're in this mood!"

"Ssh, you'll wake Millie." Jo responded.

In truth they had already awoken Millie but she kept her eyes shut, wondering if that was concern she had just heard in Jo's voice.


"Do you want to go back and join the volleyball game?" Dan asked, his voice close to Honey's ear. They had barely moved from their position except to go out a little deeper in the ocean.

"Not really, I'm okay here. Unless you want to..."

"I'm okay here too," He said, pressing a kiss to the corner of her mouth. Honey smiled, relaxing further back into his arms. She wasn't sure how long it would be before this perfect moment passed but she was going to enjoy it until it ended.


"You feeling alright?" Zain asked, grabbing a bottle of water and going to sit beside Kayla.

"Yeah," She smiled. "I think I might head back to the hotel though, I think I've had too much sun for today."

"Are you sure you're okay?" He pressed, offering her his water bottle.

Kayla nodded, gratefully swallowing a mouthful of water. "I just feel a bit queasy, maybe it was something I ate."

"I'll walk back with you," Zain said, standing up and offering Kayla his hand.

"You don't have to do that, Zain, stay here with your friends." Kayla smiled.

"I want to be with you." He said taking her hand and leading the way back to the hotel.


They took a break from volleyball and sunbathing to head back to the hotel for lunch. Diane found herself sitting next to Callum at the table and felt a little nervous. She wasn't sure what to say to him and she still hadn't decided what she wanted.

"Have you had time to think?" Callum asked, speaking softly so that no one would overhear them.

"Not enough, Callum." Diane replied, looking around the table at everyone and everything other than him.

"Okay, well let me know when you do decide what you want." He said, speaking even more quietly now.

"You'll be the first to know." Diane said, hoping to lighten the mood.

Callum smiled, feeling much more positive about the whole situation.


Later that day, Andrea was showering in the ensuite and Neil chose this as the perfect opportunity to phone home.

"Hello?" His son answered the phone.

"Hey Jakey, it's your dad." Neil said, so glad to hear his son's voice.

"Hi daddy." Jake replied, equally as pleased. "Are you having a nice time?"

"Yes thanks, Jake. We've been to the beach today, and then we've got to do some work tomorrow. How are you?"
"I'm fine. I miss you, daddy." Jake said softly.

"Miss you too, son." Neil said.

"Do you want to speak to mummy?" Jake asked.

Neil paused. The last person he wanted to talk to right now was his wife but he knew it would look rude and suspicious if he didn't. "Okay Jake, if she's not too busy." He didn't realise Philippa had already taken the handset from her son.

"Of course I'm not too busy to talk to my husband." She scoffed. "How are you darling?"

"Fine thanks. Are you and Jake alright?" Neil asked, feeling dread in the pit of his stomach and hoping Andrea would stay in the shower for a while longer.
"We're okay thanks." Philippa replied. "We miss you."

"I miss you too." Neil replied, not making it obvious which 'you' he was referring to. He heard the water shut off in the bathroom and quickly tried to bring the call to an end. "I've got to go Pippa, we're all meeting for dinner soon. Take care of yourself, I'll see you soon." He rung off, knowing he'd have hell to pay next time they spoke, but for now it was worth it.

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