Half an hour later Rose left the coffee shop. After her conversation with Kenny, Rose felt a bit better. He was right, she would just have to be herself and everything was going to be fine. But he had also given her some ideas what to do with Claire during the trip. Now Rose realized that there wasn’t a better place for a romantic date than at the sea. They could walk together on the beach, could swim in the sea, could watch the sunset…

Finally Friday arrived.
“Rose? Do you have everything?” Nathan shouted through the house.
“I think so. If you got everything, too, we can head off.”
“Then let’s go. First we’ll pick up Angela and then Claire. And you’re sure you have got everything?” He asked while sitting himself on the driving seat.
“Yes, dad. I got clothes, a bikini and everything else that I could need.” She told him while closed the door behind her.
Nathan looked at her for a moment and started the engine. In a few hours they would arrive at their holiday flat. When Claire sat in the car, she exclaimed with a big smile on her face:
“You guys can’t imagine how excited I am! I have never been to the sea before!”
“Really? You have never been there before?” Angela, Nathan and Rose asked with one voice. Claire shook her head.
“It is amazing! You will totally love it! Dad and I used to travel there once every year or every second year. You will never get bored there. The sea is full of life and it’s soooo beautiful!” Rose started euphorically speaking of the sea. Nearly half an hour later she finally finished.
“Wow, Rose, you are really in love with the ocean, aren’t you?” Angela turned around.
Claire and Nathan started laughing and Rose blushed.
“Honey, there is no need to blush. It’s alright. I just like your euphoria.”
“Angela is right. I also love it when you get this euphoric.” Claire smiled at Rose, “I didn’t mean to unsettle you.”

Two hours later they arrived. While Nathan and Angela talked to the landlord, Claire and Rose were carrying the bags into the house.
“This room is ours!” Rose went into one bedroom with a big window and sat down on the bed.
“Are you sure your dad doesn’t want this room?”
“Yes, because there is a balcony at the other one! He loves to sit outside before he goes to sleep. Especially when you can see the sea like that.” Pointing with her finger outside.
Nathan and Angela entered the room, as the two girls were unpacking their bags.
“You two want this room, I guess? What about the double bed?”
“Dad, the other one also has a double bed. And I thought that you want the room with the balcony.”
Angela nodded. “Oh, I love to sit outside and watch the sea before I go to sleep.”
Claire and Rose looked at each other and couldn’t keep themselves from laughing.
“What’s so funny?”
“Nothing, Mr Miller – uhm, Nathan.”
“Eh, okay… When we will have finished unpacking we go to a restaurant for dinner. Don’t laugh too much about nothing.”