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‘Sometimes I want to do more than kissing with him but I’m scared. I don’t know what I’m doing and I certainly don’t want to get it wrong. And I just don’t know whether I’m ready for all that yet. But he is so lovely and he hasn’t had a girlfriend before. I want to share my first time with him.’
‘My first time I was a lot older than you are now. I was twenty years old and it was a very quick and mostly uncomfortable fumble in my boyfriend’s bedroom before he ran downstairs to have di
‘I do love and trust him.’
‘OK, but you’ve only been dating for a few days. Just take your time to really get to know him and when you are ready, if you trust him, maybe you can talk to him about your fears. But never ever do anything that you aren’t comfortable with or not ready to do. If he truly loves you, he will wait until you are ready.’
Daisy nodded solemnly. ‘I should go, he’s probably waiting for me.’
Daisy stood up and Pe
Daisy moved to the door. ‘Thanks for this. You won’t tell my dad, will you?’
Pe
Daisy stared at the condoms, her pale skin blushing bright red, telling Pe
‘Just tell him you’re not ready, I’m sure he will understand.’
Daisy nodded and with a small smile, she walked out.
Pe
Henry was walking back up the hill towards his home, whistling happily to himself. Life was pretty damned perfect right now. He had sorted out his problems with Clara at work, and while Edward had been in the office sacking his sister he had stumbled across Henry’s designs and had just phoned him to say he had taken them home to look at and really liked them. He was going to set up a meeting with one of the designers after Christmas and this time Edward would sit in on the meeting too. Daisy was really happy here in White Cliff Bay and he had the most wonderful girlfriend who he knew he was falling in love with. With only two days until the Christmas Eve ball, it couldn’t get any better.
He was taking a short cut over the grass, passing by the wooden shack at the end of the drive to his house, when he saw Pe
There was soft music coming from inside the shack and giggling. He smiled to himself; there was obviously a couple in there making the most of this secluded spot. He heard the giggle again as he passed the front door and stopped dead.
He recognised that giggle. He had heard that giggle every day for the last sixteen years. He doubled back a few paces and yanked open the door. His heart dropped into his stomach. Daisy was lying on the bench with Josh lying entirely on top of her as they kissed.
They broke apart and Daisy paled when she saw him. His eyes turned to Josh as he scrambled up off his daughter. He was momentarily relieved to see they both still had their clothes on.
‘What the bloody hell do you think you’re doing with my daughter?’ he spat, unable to control the rage that was boiling through him.
‘Dad, we were just kissing.’ Daisy sat up. Her t-shirt had fallen off her shoulder revealing her pale skin and a black lacy bra strap had also slid down her arm too. Had his hands been on her? The thought of this boy mauling her made him sick.
Suddenly Pe
He barely heard her, his eyes snapping back to Josh as he wrapped his arm round Daisy’s shoulders. ‘Get your hands off my daughter before I break them.’
‘Henry!’ Pe
‘Dad, don’t talk to him like that. Josh, just go, please. I don’t want you to get hurt.’
Josh stood up. The boy was huge and Henry’s stomach rolled with the thought of Josh and Daisy together.
Inexplicably Josh moved to stand between Henry and Daisy. ‘I’m not leaving you with him when he’s this angry. I’m not going to let you hurt her.’
Henry was staggered by this. The thought that he could hurt his own daughter was laughable. Sure, he wanted to punch or kick something but he could never do anything to hurt Daisy. But what was even more disturbing was Josh’s protective attitude towards her. Henry expected him to run away as soon as he had stepped foot in the hut but Josh clearly really cared about Daisy and that threw him even more.
Pe
He ignored her and turned his attention back to Daisy. ‘Get up, we’re going home and you’re never going to see him again.’ Somewhere at the back of his head he knew he was being unreasonable but he couldn’t engage with the rational part of his brain right now.
‘Dad! We’re in love.’
‘In love? It’s been a week!’
‘So?’
His sixteen-year-old daughter was in love. How had this happened? It seemed like only yesterday he’d been putting her hair in pigtails and taking her off for her first day in school. He had to calm down, he was reacting really badly to this. It had just shocked him to find his daughter in that position. Pe
Daisy looked at Pe
‘I didn’t tell him, I swear.’
Rage exploded in his gut again as he rounded on Pe
Pe
Henry turned away and snatched up Daisy’s bag. ‘We’re going home.’
The bag caught on the leg of a chair and the contents spilled out on the floor, including three condoms.
Everyone stared at the condoms in shock.
Finally Henry found his voice. ‘Just kissing, eh?’
‘I gave them to her,’ Pe
‘You gave my daughter fucking condoms? You knew she was dating Josh and not only did you let her come down here to see him, but you pushed her out the door with a handful of condoms and told her to have a good time. Who the hell do you think you are?’
Pe
‘I wasn’t going to sleep with him,’ Daisy said. ‘I talked to Pe