Breathe (Bondi rescue fanfic)

Chapter 8

I sip my ice tea in the tower, we're on lunch break but opted to stay here for it. "Here Tiff!" Jesse cheers, tossing me a mars bar, the lifeguard's signature food. I chuckle as I open the wrapper. I stare at the bar and decide I'm gonna show up Jesse, who was quite satisfied with himself after finishing his bar in under a minute. He stares at me confused, like why was I staring so intently at a bar? I bring it to my mouth and swallow it in no more than 2 bites. Jesse stared at me, his face had the expression like 'What did I just see', I laughed, winked and tossed the wrapper into the bin. (Is it called a bin in Australia??)

Chappo literally skips back into the tower carrying 6 sandwiches, he hands one to me, Jesse, Deano, Maxi and Hoppo and keeps one for himself. I dig in, starving having only eaten a banana and bar. Everyone watches me, surprised someone of my size could devour a sandwich that big so quick. "So what if I'm small, I like my food!" I chant, the all look at me, chuckle, shake their heads and dig in to their sandwiches.

Whilst the guys are still eating someone knocks on the door of the tower, as Ben, who wasn't on his lunch break, was busy looking out with his binoculars I went and answered the door. There stood a little girl, about six years old and the boys and I automatically assume she's lost. "Are you looking for mommy or daddy?" Deano asks from afar, but the little girl just shakes her head. A single tear rolls down her face as the guys now become more concerned as to what is wrong with her. "What's wrong sweetie?" I ask, trying not to frighten her, though I assume the guys are used to dealing with things like this, a child in distress but not lost is new to me. "I running away from brother" She stutters, choking back tears. Chappo and Deano toss their sandwich wrappers in the bin and quickly come over. "What happened darlin'?" Deano asks, reaching out and rubbing her shoulder, she was holding her hands behind her back, the cute way kids do sometimes. She flinched when Deano touched her and Chappo and Deano share a concerned look. As they're looking at each other she walks over to me, "Can I have a hug?" She asks, and my heart melts. I pick her up and place her on my lap. I wrap my arms around her, just as the guys realize I've gained the little girls trust. As I rub her back as she lets out little sobs, she was so adorable. As I continued rubbing her back she flinched again, I was about to start panicking when Deano said "Tiff, meet your first flat rock victim" and then I breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest of the day went about the same as the morning, some rescues and first aids. I know I may make it sound boring but it was actually fascinating to witness these guys and girl put such effort and determination and love into their work. At 5 pm Hoppo gave Chappo, Deano, Maxi, Jesse and I a half hour break to remove all the stuff from 'my' apartment as I had to hand the keys back at 5:30pm.

We laughed as Maxi and Deano toppled over trying to carry all my cushions. I really hadn't that much with me, as I was travelling so much. I had one big suitcase and a small carry on bag, and that was it. Anything I needed while I was staying somewhere I bought but generally left behind as I could bring it all home in the end. This time round I had to buy a good few pillows and cushions as I needed some support to prop me up initially after my accident. If Chappo didn't mind I was hoping to leave them as a 'gift' for him at his house as they were too bulky to move on with me.

We rushed back to the lifeguard tower at 6pm, one more hour to go. The hour went slowly, a lost child was all. It was soon time for pack up and I watched as the guys packed up all the equipment. I realized how strong they must be to be able to carry those rescue boards with  such ease, it amazed me. Within minutes everything was packed away and we were leaving the tower, and for some reason I was really looking forward to spending the night at Chappo's.

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