Chapter 2 - Paradise
April passed in with all its glory, flowers grew up everywhere by the houses and finding their ways out of the concrete next to the roads. Green leaves grew on the trees and animals appeared in the parks outside the city.
In May, spring went over into summer, the sun stayed up more during the days and drowned everything in its warming rays. People went out onto the streets, cafés were filled up into late in the evening and the smell of newly grilled pork chops were filling out the neighborhoods.
June brought more flowers, grassy fields and warm water. By the shoreline children as well as adults were happily enjoying in the water, and in the parks dogs were running around chasing butterflies.
July came and went along with all the thousands of tourists from all over the world who were free as the birds on their summer vacations. They walked around with their cameras and maps and tried to find their way around town. Nightclubs were open until late hours of the night and the summer sure was upon them for real.
August brought fishes to the restaurants, and even more tourists if possible before it faded out by the end of the month. On the countryside the farmers were reaping their harvest and children went back to school, happy to meet old friends and teachers.
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Kris opened her eyes as she was lying down. The sun was strong, the wind was gently ruffling her blonde, messy hair and cooling off her body. She could hear the sound of the ocean, the waves rolling up onto the white sand beach and the birds circling in the sky while screaming to each other. Children were playing by the surfs, teenagers were playing volley ball and adults were talking about the paradise they were at. Opening her eyes Kris looked around at everything going on around her.
Sandra, Janet and Kamili were sitting in the sand not far away, making a sand castle and bickering like the muppets they are on how to do it and how to make it look perfect. Kris rolled her eyes as Sandra hit Janet in the head with a plastic shovel, and Kris then moved her head to the other side, looking at the brunette who was resting on the sun chair next to her, sunglasses covering her eyes and a book open and upside down across her chest. Kelly had fallen asleep a while back, and Kris had not felt like waking her up. It was their first day in Waikiki, Hawaii and they were all just chilling before they were off to the office to meet the other of Charlie’s angels.
Her legs had been badly injured again but the casts were already off and she was once again trying to get steady on her feet. She had her crutches and big ankle supports, and a big bag with painkillers. She had hit her back too, but had been very lucky that no skeleton was fractured – muscles were torn and tendons had ripped, but with a great deal of excersice from her side she was expected to be back on track soon. These months had been horribly painful and she was so sick and tired of it all, but she had great help from her friends and family.
The greatest pain was not the one radiating through her body every awake minute of the day, the greatest pain she felt was in her heart. Tommy had died, he had died right next to her and Kelly told her there had been nothing they could’ve done for him, he was too badly injured from the fall, from being pierced, and even if they had gotten there to help out earlier, he would probably have died from being moved or during surgery. And the loss of her husband and the man she had loved since collage was a lot mightier than broken bones or ripped tendons.
He was just not coming back.
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Title: Pupukahi i holomua
Word Count: 6,057 - in progress -
Rating: T
Summary: After a tragedy within the family, the gang travels
back to Paradise, where they left both friends and foes behind.
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