Short story - It was a lovely sunny day, as I finished off my half melted ice cream on the golden sand beach on the west coast of Devon.

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        It was a lovely sunny day, as I finished off my half melted ice cream on the golden sand beach on the west coast of Devon. The beach took its name because it was literally made up of golden sand as far as I could see. As I took a stroll down the beach towards the sea I started noticing dead animals crabs, fish and in the distance what looked like a shark. But no, not in England. I continued my stroll until I found myself paddling in the crystal clear water. All my troubles were floating away and I was peaceful and life was good! Then all of a sudden a crab bit my big toe! As I screamed I wondered firstly what I was doing in Devon, I wasn’t on holiday and didn’t live there! Then my phone rang, I opened my eyes and answered my phone. I had been asleep and all now there was someone screaming in my ear. I couldn’t quite make out what was being said but it went a bit like this:

“Where are you? It’s half two you promised, this time you’ve taken it to far!”

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Then the phone was slammed down and I was left in a dizzy phase of confusion.

        

As I realised the mistake of over sleeping and letting Kate down just two days after we had just re-started I rushed to get ready and ran all the way to the cinema where we arranged to meet. She had gone so I was straight on the phone trying to find out where she had gone, when I finally got hold of her she was half way home so I ran all the way there and soon found myself on my knee’s ...

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