Chasing waves

Getting back on board

Jason has comes downstairs for breakfast followed by uncle Steven when he noticed someone out in the ocean, taking a closer look he can't believe it when he sees Charlotte in the ocean with a surf board trying to surf. A smile appears on his face as he couldn't be more proud of his niece trying to overcome everything, Jason pokes Steven to look

"Hey man, come and see this" Jason says to Steven, he walks to him and looks out the window and can't believe what he seeing either 

Standing and watching Charlotte fall and get back on the board both uncles couldn't be more proud of there niece, they knew she could do and now watching her they was both right

"Let me wake everyone up. They be happy to see this" uncle Steven says running upstairs shouting trying his best to wake everyone up before Charlotte gives up and comes back in

"Everyone Charlotte out in the ocean" he shouts, everyone jumps out of bed and comes running downstairs as they know it must of took a lot out of her to get back into the water after all it has been two years 

"You think she's handle it" aunt Sarah says looking out the window, watching Charlotte fall of the board once again, everyone takes there turn to look and returning with a smile 

"It's been two years, I can't explain how happy this makes me" grandad says with happy tears running down his face, grandma hugs him, giving him a tissue to wipe his eyes, he has tried everything to get her back on a board 

"Who's the lad?" Uncle Jason says a little overprotective of his niece, he's not ready for her to start dating 

"He's my friend from home Darren" Hayden says taking his turn to look out the window, as he just watched Charlotte turn a hit by a wave

"Should we go out and be there for her. Show her we all proud" aunt Sarah says, making a cup of tea as Charlotte won't know how proud they all are if they stay inside watching 

"Let's all go out together, show support, letting her know she's never alone, I'll call Katie" grandma says everyone grabs a cup of tea Sarah made and heads towards the backyard, uncle Steven grabs a towel for Charlotte, as they make there way outside, Charlotte takes a nasty hit by a wave and gets dragged under for a second everyone isn't sure she Charlotte is going to return to the top and has everyone on there tops but couple of seconds later her head appears and everyone calms down a little. 

I been out here for over a hour, it took me 40 minutes to build up the courage to take a wave, it was probably the smallest one you would ever see but I'm not ready for a big wave, I had Darren next to me, helping me every minute, telling me it's ok and too take my time, he explained to me how long it took him to get back into the ocean. As I wait for a wave I get scared and back out but having Darren in my ear telling me it's ok, I get ready for the next wave when I'm about to drop into a wave I misjudge it and take a hit by a wave, I have been beat up by waves for the last 10 minutes but that one was the worse so far, I'm about to give up when I hear 

"It's ok Charlotte, we are here" I climb back on the board and see all my family stood on the beach, with massive smiles on the face, I paddle back to Darren, waiting for a wave 

"You ready, it's ok to have a break little sapphire" I hear him say I see a wave coming, it's another little one but I'm determined to drop on to it, even though I haven't managed to do complete one yet, I'm hoping this one is the one. I start paddling and eventually I take the drop, taking my time I slowly get to my feet, trying my hardest not to fall, as I come to the end I have a massive smile on my face 

"You done it" I hear been cheers by everyone, I just realised I never fell, I jump off the board, everyone comes running into the ocean to give me a hug, now everyone is soaking wet but I'm first to grab a shower as I been beat up enough times and In need of a long hot shower 

"I can't believe I did it" I say hugging my grandad first, Everyone joins in the hug 

"We are all proud of you Lottie" uncle Jason says, I can't believe I managed to complete a wave, even if it was just a small one. It's a massive step into the right direction, I look and see Katie still on the beach, she has a massive smile on her faces she stood with her parents. They was close with my parents. I start to walk to Katie who has a smile on her face, I know she's proud of me as she has also tried to get m on a surf board but nothing worked 

"I wouldn't miss this" Katie says wrapping her arms round me, I have tears roll down my face 

"Charlotte we are proud of you, you know you have always been like a daughter to us, your parents would be really proud right now" Katie dad says to me, joining in the hug, at this point everyone is out the water and joining on another hug.