All Summer Long
Chapter 9: I Melt With You

Now 3 chapters in 3 days, LOL! This probably means there'll be an update drought in a while, but I am working hard to try and finish this story.

Thanks again for all the reviews! I'm surprised that there are so many Millie/Jo fans out there, they're story starts to heat up from now on. I hope you like it and don't think it's too OOC.

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While everyone else headed for the beach, or to use the hotel's facilities, Nate, Smithy and Callum went in the opposite direction towards the nearby seaside town. It was so hot outside that their shirts were soaked through by the time they reached the line of shops and cafés. The second shop they came to specialised in surfing equipment and the three men went inside, grateful for the air conditioning.

They scanned the aisles, mentally converting the currency and deciding what they'd really need. They had all surfed a bit before but London was hardly a surfing hot spot so neither of them had the gear they needed.

"Buying anything?" Dale asked, approaching Callum who was looking at a selection of surf boards.

Callum shrugged, he hadn't been in the mood for this shopping trip since Diane had turned him down. He knew he shouldn't have been surprised but it hurt him more than he had expected it would.

"Where's Nate?" Dale asked, when Callum didn't reply. He scanned the nearly empty shop but couldn't see the other man.

"He's over there," Callum said, pointing but without much enthusiasm. "Talking to that girl."

Smithy looked in the direction Callum was pointing, to find Nate deep in conversation with a young brunette. "She's pretty." He allowed.

"Probably means we'll be stuck in here all day," Callum muttered gloomily.

Nate turned around and saw the two other men looking at him, and waved them over. "Callum, Smithy, this is Jessica. She's just finished university and she's working out here for a year. How cool is that? Jessica, meet my friends Callum and Smithy."

They shook hands with the young woman, whose eyes locked with Callum's for just a little too long.

"We've got a special offer on today," Jessica told them once they had all been introduced.

Fifteen minutes later the three men left the store with far more than they had planned on buying.


"You alright, Di?" Nikki asked, laying her towel out on an empty stretch of sand beside Diane. "You've been a bit quiet today." She didn't yet mention anything about the fact that Diane hadn't slept in her bed all night.

"Just relaxing." Diane replied, pushing her sunglasses back up her nose and smiling as convincingly as she could. "But thanks for asking."

"If you want to talk..." Nikki tailed off lamely. "I wanted to thank you for being so supportive when I told you about Doug yesterday, I like to think that we can trust each other."

Diane's smile was more genuine. "Me too. And I appreciate that you trust me enough to tell me things like that."

Nikki sighed, looking out to sea where quite a few of their group were swimming and splashing. "I wish you'd trust me too."

Diane looked across at her in surprise, glad that her sunglasses hid the expression in her eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Nikki looked back at her. "Where were you last night, Di?"

Diane swallowed a lump in her throat, wondering why it was so hard to tell the truth.


"Are things okay between you and Neil?" Kerry asked as she and Andrea paused from their swimming to tread water.

Andrea shrugged a shoulder out of the warm blue ocean. "I don't know." She sighed. "I want more from him than he's prepared to give me. I understand that he doesn't want to lose his son but I can't bear sharing him any longer. I thought this fortnight would be good for us, but now I wish I'd stayed home."

Kerry made a face. "You would rather be back in London, where it's probably raining, than out here?" She questioned, gesturing at the bright sun and the gloriously blue sea.

Andrea laughed. "Okay, maybe not. But I at least wish we'd booked separate rooms."

"If it's too bad you can always come and kip on the couch in mine and Sam's room." Kerry offered.

Andrea laughed again, shaking her head. "And listen to you and Smithy all night long?"

Kerry looked puzzled. "What?" She demanded. "What's he been saying?"

"Nothing," Andrea assured. "I just assumed the two of you had sorted things out, Honey said that the two of you looked pretty cosy the other night."

"Definitely not. I don't even think we're friends. Things are always so complicated when it comes to him." Kerry sighed.

"I know you loved Cameron, but don't you think it's time to move on, babe? I doubt he'd choose his wife over you." She muttered.

Kerry smiled. "You and Neil will find a way out of this, I'm sure."


Phil had been avoiding Sam all afternoon, unsure how to face her after what had happened earlier. It had to be apparent to her that he had been referring to her, hadn't it? He hadn't wanted to be too obvious but he had also wanted her to understand that he had feelings for her, and serious ones at that. While everyone else had headed to the beach, Phil had decided to go to the indoor pool for a while instead. He was pretty convinced that he wouldn't find Sam there, he didn't really take her for the serious swimming type, but he could be wrong.

On his way to the pool he saw that the gym was empty and decided to work out for a while before he went swimming. He was finishing up on the treadmills and blotting his face with a towel when he saw a blonde woman walk passed the glass window on her way to the pool. Phil looked again and saw that it was Sam. When he realised it was her, he almost ran out of the gym to catch up with her before she entered the changing rooms.

"Sam!" He called, forgetting that he had been meaning to avoid her.

"Hey," Sam smiled, turning around and waiting for him to catch up with her. "I've been looking for you, when I couldn't find you on the beach I thought you might be here."

"Nice detective skills," Phil smiled, dropping onto a nearby bench. Sam took a seat beside him.

"Phil, about earlier, what did you mean?"


Nate, Callum and Smithy walked back to the beach with their newly purchased surfing gear. They set it down on the sand and began unpacking the carrier bags. Dan, Stuart and Zain came over to help them.

"What's going on over there?" Andrea asked as she and Kerry walked back up the beach to get something to drink. "Looks like they bought the entire town."

"Ooh, and wetsuits." Kerry laughed, feeling more upbeat since her heart to heart with Andrea. She had been seriously considering what the Scottish woman had been saying about her and Smithy, though.

Andrea laughed. "You're awful." She said, taking two cans of coke from the ice box and passing one to Kerry.

Kerry took a long sip of the cold coke and looked across at where Smithy was unwrapping a surf board from its plastic wrapper, and smiled at him. He caught her gaze, and smiled back, hoping this meant things were back on track.


Millie and Jo had moved a good way further up the beach than the rest of their group, finding a more secluded cove. Millie brought the towels and the beach bag of suncream, while Jo carried a cool box with their own supply of white wine. Millie set out the towels on the sand and took out the suncream, looking coyly at Jo as she handed the bottle over. Jo paused, setting the two wine glasses firmly in the sand so they didn't fall over and applied suncream to Millie's exposed back, stomach and long legs as she had done yesterday but today her touch was completely different. She handed the bottle back to Millie who did the same for Jo, the older woman biting down on her lower lip to stop a moan escaping as the redhead kneaded her flesh. When they were both creamed up, Jo went back to pouring the wine, offering a glass to Millie.

"Thanks," She smiled, sipping at it before setting it back down in the sand. She leaned forward, her hands either side of Jo's hips and kissed her deeply, tasting the wine from her lips.

Jo groaned, this was not what she had intended on happening but she knew it had gone too far for her to stop it. Putting her own glass out of harm's way, moved her hands to support Millie's upper her arms and kissed her back.

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