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nice day and the beach is full of families
and groups of friends, after having a text from Sophie confirming
that she will keep them away from the beach today I feel myself
relax for the first time in what feels like years. The reality is
that it has probably been years.
    Two little
feet in front of me catch my attention and I look up into the eyes
of a little blonde haired boy who can’t be much older than
six.
    “ Hello” I
smile at him and sit up, putting me at eye level with him “Are you
okay?”
    He twirls his
foot in the sand for a few minutes just looking at me. “My daddy
told me to give you this” he holds his hands out with a football in
between them.
    “ And where is
your daddy?” I ask him taking the football.
    I follow the
direction he point to with my eyes and laugh at Dave who’s sitting
there doing an impression of sending a prayer. “Come on let’s go
say hi to daddy” I shove my things into my bag and head over there
with the little boy in hand. “Shouldn’t you be teaching him not to talk to
strangers?”
    “ You’re not a
stranger, it’s just been so
long since you’ve seen him, he wants to play but I’m knackered” he
says slipping his sunglasses back on.
    “ It was a good
show last night, I really enjoyed it, you guys just keep getting
more amazing every time I see you” Dave’s the lead singer of
Heaven’s Devil’s, he’s had it hardest of them all. He got his
girlfriend pregnant when they were just sixteen and then she died
in a car accident when she was eighteen leaving Dave to look after
Dave Jr by himself, he has help off his parents when he has a show
but is never away from him overnight.
    “ So you wanna
play huh?” I ask little Dave ruffling his hair making him duck out
of my reach and run away.
    “ You are my
hero” Daddy Dave sighs collapsing back down on his back.
    “ Yeah, yeah” I
mutter good naturedly dropping my bag down on his stomach “keep an
eye on that, I’ll swap you for a bit”
    I still have
to football in my hands so I drop kick it in the direction of Dave
and watch as he attempts to catch it, laughing when he runs away
from it at the last minute I run over to grab it but he’s quicker
than me.
    “ No fair, you
have to catch it!” I shout over to him but he just laughs at me and
runs for a chase.
    I let him
outrun for a little bit but when I see that he’s running out of
breath I pick up my speed and throw him over my shoulder making a
run into the sea. He starts giggling when I run further in and drop
us both down so we get soaked to the head.
    “ We’re still
dressed!” he screams laughing in my ear.
    “ Ooops guess I
forgot” I swing him around so I’m now giving him a piggy back “Too
late now though” I yell over to him and drop us again.
    When the
breeze picks up a little I walk us back out to the beach and
pretend to collapse dropping us both into the sand. I’m not
expecting it when a load of sand comes down over my head sticking
in my hair and on my face but while I’m registering the first
attack he throws another load onto my bikini top and stomach then a
third lot on my legs so I am completely covered in sand.
    “ I’d get you
back but I don’t think you’re dad would be happy with me if I did”
I tell him getting up but then catching him and tickling him
instead.
    “ Can we build
sandcastles?” I can only just make out the question through the
laughing.
    “ Sure, have
you got a bucket and spade?” I pause the tickling
attack.
    “ Yeap it’s by
daddy” he waves his hands in his dad’s direction.
    “ Race you
there!” I call over my shoulder running away from him, but I let
him win at the last minute.
    “ Ahh I see he
got you” Dave laughs when I finally reach them.
    “ I don’t know
what you mean” I sniff and move some wet sand soaked hair out of my
face.
    “ What did you
do?” he asks although his laughter is getting louder.
    “ I dunked us”
I pout and poke my tongue out at Dave Jr.
    “ She