P.S., I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

Author:Cecelia Ahern [Ahern, Cecelia]
Language: spa
Format: epub
Publisher: Time Warner Book Group
Published: 2004-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-EIGHT

“HELP!” DENISE SCREAMED AT THE top of her lungs and waved her arms around wildly.

“I don’t think they can hear us,” Holly said with tears welling in her eyes.

“Oh, could we be any more stupid?” Sharon gave out and continued to rant on about the dangers of rafts in the sea.

“Oh, forget about that, Sharon,” Denise snapped. “We’re here now so let’s all scream together and maybe they’ll hear us.”

They all cleared their throats and sat up on their rafts as much as they possibly could without causing them to sink under their weight.

“OK, one, two, three…HELP!” they all yelled, and waved their arms around frantically.

Eventually they stopped screaming and stared in silence at the dots on the beach to see if it had made any impact. Everything remained as it was.

“Please tell me there aren’t any sharks out here,” Denise whimpered.

“Oh please, Denise,” Sharon snapped viciously, “that is the last thing we need to be reminded of right now.”

Holly gulped and stared down into the water. The once clear blue water had darkened. Holly hopped off her raft to see how deep it was, and as her legs dangled, her heart began to pound. Their situation was bad. Sharon and Holly tried to swim for it while dragging their rafts behind them, while Denise continued her bloodcurdling screams.

“Jesus, Denise,” Sharon panted, “the only thing that’s gonna respond to that is a dolphin.”

“Look, why don’t you two just stop swimming because you’ve been at it now for a few minutes and you’re still right beside me.”

Holly stopped swimming and looked up. Denise stared back at her.

“Oh.” Holly tried to hold back her tears. “Sharon, we might as well stop and save our energy.”

Sharon stopped swimming and the three of them huddled together on their rafts and cried. There was really nothing more they could do, Holly thought, beginning to panic even more. They had tried shouting for help, but the wind was carrying their voices in the other direction; they had tried swimming, which had been completely pointless, as the tide was too strong. It was beginning to get chilly and the sea was looking dark and ugly. What a stupid situation to get themselves into. Through all her fear and worry, Holly managed to surprise herself by feeling completely humiliated.

She wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry, but the unusual sound of both began to tumble out of her mouth, causing Sharon and Denise to stop crying and stare at her as though she had ten heads.

“At least one good thing came out of this,” Holly half laughed and half cried.

“There’s a good thing?” Sharon said, wiping her eyes.

“Well, the three of us always talked about going to Africa,” she giggled like a madwoman, “and by the looks of things, I would say we’re probably halfway there.”

The girls looked out to sea to their future destination. “It’s a cheaper mode of transport too,” Sharon joined in with Holly.

Denise stared at them as if they were mad, and just one

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