Rose was not abandoned

Chapter 8

They got dressed and went down for breakfast then went out in search of a beach tent or a windbreaker and something more comfortable to lie on. They still had today and tomorrow and if Alec had his way, the rest of the summer to lie on the beach, he had every confidence Rose would decided to spend her life in Broadchurch with him. Since when had Broadchurch become his home, he wondered. Ever since he couldn't go back to where he'd come from but if Rose wanted to stay in London, then he'd move there. Home now was wherever Rose wanted to be and if staying in London made her happy then he would be happy as well. It had taken him four days to conclude his life was with Rose now, he couldn't accept anything less. No-one could accuse him of being a gold-digger because he'd fallen in love with her before the revelation of who she was. Maybe now, her life would go back to normal, no-one would be interested in him.

They wandered down the High Street hand in hand and found a camping shop so Alec bought what they needed, a self inflating mattress and a popup beach tent, telling Rose she'd better come back now he'd invested in the items. They took everything back to the hotel after stopping at a café and the market so Rose could buy another bikini, one with a tie fastener and some more sun cream. Rose went to get changed while Alec put his swim shorts on under his jeans. They had some lunch and set off for the beach only going the opposite way to the last few days, walking a fair distance until they came to a little cove. Setting the tent up and laying out the mattress only took a few minutes, Alec was thinking it had been worth the investment but Rose wanted to go into the water first, dragging Alec with her as they took their outer clothes and shoes off and wading into the sea. There was no-one around, Alec made sure as he picked her in his arms as she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then he laid her in the water, standing over her and whistled.

Then suddenly he grabbed her hands and pulled her up and headed back to the beach tent, pulling the sides down then the opening as they crawled inside. Then with Alec laying on the mattress, Rose crawled on top of him and he pulled the picnic rug over them both, untying her bikini top and pulling her close. They began with snogging, Alec's hands were all over her now they had some privacy, Alec had tied the fastener down from the inside so no-one could open it. A cool breeze was flowing in from a ventilation grill at the top of the tent as the sun shone down as the pair of them continued. He somehow managed to move around to get on top of her, they never spoke their names in case anyone did happen to pass by, Alec was calling Rose 'baby' and so Rose was calling him the same when they needed to as Alec whispered in her ear he wanted to take her.

A good while later, they got reasonably dressed and went back into the water, splashing each other in the late afternoon. There was still no-one around so Alec was touching Rose in all the right places. Alec took some photos of her on his phone and Rose took some of the both of them. They finally got dressed and packed up the tent and mattress and made their way back to the hotel for dinner, then had a few drinks in the hotel lounge.

They talked for a while, Rose told him she'd have to tell her mum and that she had already mentioned him to her step-dad but not gone into any details. He was still asking her if he could go with her on Thursday but she said it was best she went alone, just for a few days and for him to make his way up to London on Saturday but she told him she still didn't know what she was going to decide. He said he was fine with that, he was still prepared to move to London to be with her. They went up to Alec's room and finished the wine, both having already had a few drinks downstairs and Alec wanted to try something different. Rose said she was game as he undressed her and laid her on the bed telling her what he wanted to do to her.

When they woke up the next morning, it was raining. So much for going down to the beach then, thought Alec as he looked at Rose who was lying across him and he hated the fact that they wouldn't be able to make use of the tent he'd just bought. There wasn't a lot to do in Broadchurch on a rainy day. He asked her if she wanted to get a train down to one of the other coastal towns so they had breakfast and got a taxi to the station after he checked up there was a train to Weymouth in thirty minutes. It had just stopped raining when they got there but it was a bit cooler. Alec had brought a jacket with him and so had Rose, who today was in jeans and Alec tried to walk behind her to get the full effect. They wandered around the shops and Rose bought a present for her mum and her younger brother then they found a nice café and had lunch, just talking about Rose's younger brother and her mum. Alec said he no longer had a family, he'd lost his mother and his father wasn't speaking to him.