Jellyfish accident

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For Christmas Taylor and Joe took both their families to a private part of Australia where they rented a house big enough for everyone with a beach that was just for them.

Joe and Taylor arrived first followed by the Alwyn family then the rest of the Swifts who all went straight to pick their rooms and unpack. The only person that wasn't here was Joe's older brother who is arriving tomorrow due to work.

Around half an hour later everyone was ready and sitting in the living room gushing about how good everything looks and how excited they are to be here and spend Christmas together.
"Can we go to the beach now" Patrick asked
"I think me and your dad are going to stay here it's been a long flight and I'm not sure I will be able to stay awake when lying around in the heat."
"Yeah me and Scott will be staying here too so we can make dinner for tonight"
"I'm happy to go, what about you" Taylor asks Joe "yep let's go get ready"Joe said grabbing Taylor's hand and leading both her and Patrick up the stairs to get dressed for the beach.

In the bedroom Taylor tied her hair up into a bobble and put on a blue and white stripped bikini, with a pair of black jean shorts and a slightly see through button up top with a pair of white flip flops. Joe wore a simple pair of black swimming trunks and black flip flops but rummaged through their cases for the big inflatable and beach ball so they would have something to do there.

Once they were ready they heard a knock at the door and Patrick was there waiting for them in a pair of green swimming trunks with red flip flops.

"Ok have we got everything we need?"

"Yep let's go have some fun!" Taylor said grabbing both brothers by their free hand because Joe gave the already blown up ball to his younger sibling and ran down the hall way shouting a goodbye to everyone who they went past getting a "Have fun" in return.

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After about twenty minutes playing on the sand with the beach ball and laying down getting a sun tan, they finally decided to go in the ocean. Taylor was on the float while Joe and Patrick were arguing and splashing each other in the water until it went significantly quieter and Taylor opened her eyes wondering what's going on when suddenly she felt herself fly up and her face hit the water so she was fully submerged under the float where the boys had tipped it upside down.

When she came up she let out a loud scream and a whimper but Joe just thought she was mad at him because he flipped the float over so started to splash at her and got closer until he saw that it looked like she was crying.

"Shit Taylor I'm sorry please don't cry. I won't do it again, please don't be mad at me" he says trying to calm her down.
"No Joe it's not that it's my leg it really hurts I think something bit me when I went underwater"
"Wrap your arms around my neck"
He carries Taylor out the water while she digs her head in his neck silently crying trying not to cause a scene. Patrick follows concerned about what's going on and the sudden change of mood.

"Joe it hurts"
"I know baby" he says laying her down on a towel "it looks like a jellyfish sting" Patrick says kneeling down next to Taylor.
"Please do something" she begs.
Both Joe and Patrick get their phones and search on google the best way to ease the pain of a jellyfish sting.

"Can you walk?" Joe asks
"No it hurts too much"
"Alright ummm Patrick you got anything?"
"Well apart from vinegar not really but do you remember friends when Monica got stung by a jellyfish?"
"Mhmm" Taylor trying not to let out a sob
"Well umm I don't know if it works but umm"
"Patrick please hurry up and finish what you are about to say if it is going to help" Joe asks impatiently.
"Not happening" Taylor said already knowing where this is leading because of her many friends marathons "I'm not having you pee on me"
"Of corse not but Joe could I mean you've been together for almost four years it's not like you are strangers"
"No that not going to happen because one it is disgusting, two what if the paparazzi caught it and three what if it doesn't work" Taylor says with sweat trickling down her forehead.
"It's either that or we help you up to the house and we use the vinegar and that is about 15 minutes walk away" Joe said full of sympathy. Truth is he really doesn't want to have to pee on her but if that's what makes the pain go away even for two minutes it will be worth it because she will no longer be in pain.
"No let's walk and when we get to the house we can use vinegar."

So they grabbed all their belongings and they started climbing up the hill which took them an extra five minutes because having to hold up Taylor and carry everything was tough for both of them. Regardless they kept walking until there was a bench and Taylor quickly sat down on it followed by Joe and Patrick on either side of her. She put her head in her hands and said
"Joe please I think you need to do it"
He looks at her then Patrick
"Look we're almost there the house is just behind them trees" he tried to persuade her
"Joe we have been walking for just over twenty minutes and only just past five minutes away from the beach. This pain is unbearable please just do it and get it over with."
"Alright but it has to be somewhere hidden"
"Mhm" she agrees
"I'm staying here while you do your thing I will be look out" he says slightly uncomfortable

A couple minutes go by and Patrick is still waiting on his own "guys you done yet" he shouts hoping he can get out of here as soon as he can
"Ow no Joe stop, it makes it worse" he hears her whisper yell
"Sorry sorry" he hears him say back
"Come on we need to get back and use vinegar" so he picks her up after cleaning her leg with the towel they brought and with Joe carrying Taylor and a towel Patrick carries the rest of the clothes they wore to walk down in but were in too much of a hurry to put on on the way back and the inflatables they had brought they both start speed walking to the house and get there in surprisingly just above 15 minutes.

They walk in through the back door that leads to the kitchen and luckily no one was there so Joe lay Taylor down on the table and looks for the vinegar while Patrick went upstairs hoping to forget about what a disaster their trip to the beach was.

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