The Islands in the Bay – Chapter (205) Sisterly Pursuit

 

May

 

Sisters Rebecca and Sally Root live together in the house they grew up in, in the village of Spaniards Creek, on the neighbouring Beaumont Island.

But they spent 4 nights out of every 7 at the Seaview Hotel because they both worked at the Meteorological Station.

The girls were both in their early thirties and were only 13 months apart and they were very close in every other way and did everything together, and as they were both single, one of the things they did on a regular basis was to look for someone to change their single status.

But they were thwarted in their efforts time and time again and invariably ended up with their friends Cordelia Caldwell and Anelita Gordon on one or other of the Islands, enjoying outdoor pursuits, hanging out or just shopping.

They were also keen sailors and enjoyed, sailing around the bay Islands, but they and their friends also enjoyed partying in Pipershaven, and it was on one of their party nights when they first laid eyes on Derek and John Wright, who were in town for a few days, and they were perfect, good looking, funny, the same ages, and more importantly, single, and they seemed to be interested, and it turned out they were in Pipershaven on a short break because they were about to start a new job.

 

Rebecca and Sally were so taken with the boys that they didn’t return to the island with Cordelia and Anelita as they had decided to stay for another day just so they could hang out with them.

But the sisters were very frustrated by their inability to land their catch, however on the boys last night they told them that their new jobs were actually at the Wildlife Sanctuary on St Giles, so they thought if they upped their game when they got them on their own turf and finally induce a little bodily contact.

 

After three weeks the girls had made no more progress than they had on the mainland, so they thought perhaps getting them out sailing in the bay.

So, they arranged to meet early on Saturday morning at the Seaview Hotel, from where they would walk to Cabot Town where the boat was moored.

At eight o’clock Rebecca and the boys were on time, but Sally wasn’t, she had gone to the lighthouse because it was her turn to check the equipment, but she was much longer than she planned as there was a problem with one of the panels.

When she was eventually finished, she made a beeline for the Hotel following the path that led past along the cliffs and at the end of the path she took decisive action and decided to take the more direct route along the broad beach sands and was in constant touch with her sister via text message as she walked.

However, her decision to cross the beach proved to be problematic firstly because, although it was indeed the shorter route in would have been much easier to walk on the path rather than the inconsistent terrain of the beach, and that was coupled with the fact that the sea mist had rolled in, and the visibility was fading fast, which hampered her progress further.

She did have the lights of the Wildlife HW, the row of cottages and the Hotel to aim at and the light from her phone offered her some form of illumination, but she was still going to be very late, and then the phone rang.

“Hello”

“Where are you?” Rebecca asked.

“I’m coming as fast as I can” Sally replied.

“Yes but where are you? We’re looking down the path and there’s no sign of you” Rebecca said.

“I’m on the beach”

“What are you doing on the beach?” Rebecca asked incredulously.

“I thought it would be quicker” Sally retorted.

“How’s that working out for you?” Rebecca asked.

“Shut up” Sally snapped “I’m nearly there.”

 

Rebecca, Derek, and John were waiting at the Hotel but after finding out she was crossing the beach they went to the top of the steps that led down to the sand and after a few minutes an anxious Derek said.

“I’ll go down and see if I can spot her.”

And after a few minutes Rebecca and John started to descend as well.

“Can you see her yet” Rebecca shouted but Derek didn’t respond as he had wandered out of view into the mist.

 

Sally’s eyes had become accustomed to the gloom, and she was making steady progress as the sand beneath her feet was of a firmer nature as she got closer to cliffs.

As she approached steps up to the cliffs she was within easy reach of her destination but then she collided with something or someone in the darkness and she was knocked backwards, but she stumbled and fell against a figure in the dark.

“Excellent” she thought to herself as gravity took control of her and she finished up straddling the prone figure of her assailant, fortunately she still had her phone in hand so she shone it in the face of the mugger and was surprised to see, illuminated in the eerie blue light, the handsome face of Derek Wright and not for the first time that evening she took decisive action and kissed him, and with that vigorous and passionate kiss all the frustrations of the previous few weeks were released.

Sally and Derek were so engrossed in the long hoped for kiss that they didn’t notice Rebecca arriving to witness the action.

Rebecca retraced her steps where John was waiting.

“Could you see them?” he asked.

“Oh yes”

“And are they together?” he enquired.

“Definitely”

“So, they’re, ok?” John asked.

“I would say so” she replied.

“So, what’s keeping them?” John asked naively.

“Erm, they’re busy” Rebecca replied.

“Busy?”

“Oh yes”

“Doing what?” he asked.

“What we should be doing” she replied.

“I don’t understand.”

“They’re snogging!” she snapped.

“Oh” he exclaimed “I see, well yes I think we should very definitely be doing that.”

“At last,” she said as he took her in his arms.