Sixteen

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Finn starts up the car and i smile and the car roars to life.

"Oh my god! This is amazing!" i say

"it is a good car" he tells me as we reverse out of the garage

"a good car? it's the best car!" i say

"true, you want some music on?" he asks me

"yeah sure who?" i ask

"you pick" he tells me

"i'll just put my playlist on" i say and he nods

Don't dream it's over by Crowded house comes on

"i forgot you are a 80s girl at heart" he tells me

"80s music is the best but i make an exception for Disney and Little Mix. I'm not much of a boyband girl" i say

"thank god for that" he says and i laugh

"where are we going?" i ask

"out" he says

"out out" i say with a small chuckle recalling Micky Flanagans joke

I see Finn smile and shake his hand at the corner of my eye.

"Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof" i sing quietly

"you know i like your singing" he says

"do you now" i say

"yeah i do so carry on"

"Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win"

After half an hour of a sing song, which i got him to join in with me by the way we stop.

"uh Flynn where are we?" i ask

"Rapunzel we are at the beach" he tells me

"ooo i love the beach" i say

"i know" he says

We get out of the car and he locks it. I wouldn't trust anyone around here.

"come on" he tells me

We walk down a road, the road is lit up with the stars in the sky and i can see the ocean come closer as we make it down to the coastline.

Before i know it we are at the start of the beach. I take off my heals and carry them as we walk along the sand.

"so what have you been up to these last few years?" i ask him

"nothing much really" he says

"do you still do gymnastics?" i ask

"yeah, even though the name of it doesn't make me seem masculine" he says

"well i remember you on the rings and i tried to do it and couldn't even hang there for five seconds never mind lift myself up and shit, it's so complicated" i say making him laugh

"do you still play the piano?" he asks

"yeah i do, i started playing more since i had to stop dance" i say

"you'll have to play one for me" he tells me

"i will"

All of a sudden i get really cold. I feel my skin fills with goosebumps. That's weird. I was boiling a second ago.

"are you cold?" he asks

"yeah" i say

"here" he says taking off his jacket

"no you don't have to" i say

"rapunzel, don't fuss. Your cold. Take the jacket" he tells me

"okay" i say taking it out of his hands and putting it on

"thanks" i say

"it's not a problem" he tells me

We both sit down on the beach and i rest my head on his shoulder.

"do you remember when we were younger and we would go to the beach and you'd do all these fancy moves on them rings things and i'd get so jealous that i'd learnt how to surf so it would annoy you?" i ask

"yeah? what about it?" he asks

"when you left, you told me you'd learn to surf if i learnt how to do go on the bar on in the gymnastics thing?" i say

"and did you?" he asks

no.

"did you?" i say back to him

"that doesn't matter" he says making us both laugh

"how about we learn?" i ask

"yeah, sounds great" he says

"good, cause it's gonna happen" i say

"oh i know it will, i'm getting you to do that backflip" he tells me

"how about a backflip into the water?" i ask

he laughs "you'll do it into foam first"

"oh the foam pit?" i ask

"no! the stone pit, yes the foam fit" he tells me sarcastically causing me to grin.

"i love the pit, ive always wanted to go in one" i say

"no you don't the amount of dust and stuff that's in it, it's not nice to go in" he tells me

"fair enough" i smile

"so do you still do like musicals and stuff? you said that you wanted to be on broadway when we were younger" he says

"yeah well i went to a Loyd school of preforming arts in cali but had to stop when i got it, we had dance competitions, singing competitions, sessional showcases. I loved it" i say

"why don't you start again?" he asks

"i want to be it's been so long i don't think i'll be any good" i say

"you'll never know until you try" he says and i nod

"true"

"Next to the gym I train, there's a performing school, maybe you should give it a go" he suggests

"I might take you up on that"

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