when they had dated. It wasn’t like there was any chance of any romance happening between them again anyway, no way. He couldn’t believe he’d gone out with Adele in the first place. She seemed to have become more full of herself recently and her looks meant everything to her, something that didn’t interest him. It was all about what you looked like, what shoes you had and how much your designer bag cost as far as Adele was concerned. She was a typical Essex girl, he decided, but he’d only been twenty-one when they’d met and if he was honest, he didn’t even know what he was looking for at the time. All his friends had started to date girls and Adele just came along, then before he knew it, they were a couple. They’d been more like friends really and he knew the relationship would never last from the first day. They still spoke when they bumped into each other at home, but that was about it. Then he’d seen her on his first day in Marbella and couldn’t believe it. He wasn’t bothered about her being there either way; they were still on friendly terms. Still, he was glad she was with Lee now and hopefully she would find the happiness she was after.
Sam wasn’t looking for any kind of relationship. Not while he worked in Marbella anyway. This was a place to be single, not loved-up with someone. He never understood girls that were constantly on the hunt for their Mr Right. It was like they felt pressure to settle down and meet ‘the one’, especially the girls he met over the age of twenty-five. He’d been on a few dates at home recently with older girls and it seemed all they wanted was a serious relationship. Their constant questions about whether he wanted kids in the future, and did he see himself married within the next five years drove him mad. It felt more like an interview than a date at times! His view on love was that it would happen when it happened, and in the meantime, he might as well have as much fun as possible.
The two girls Adele had just introduced him to seemed nice, especially Jade. She was very pretty too, which was a bonus. The beach should be a fun day tomorrow, he thought, as he poured glasses of champagne for two blondes who were eyeing him up.
*
Jade woke up the following morning with a dry mouth and pounding head. She needed a drink desperately and winced when she opened her eyes and realised they hadn’t bought any water the day before. Big mistake. She glanced over to see Kelly texting on her phone.
‘Morning babe.’ Kelly looked over when she heard her move. ‘I’m just texting Lisa and told her about our first night. She said she misses us already and told us to be careful with our drinks. Bless, she’s such a worrier.’
‘My God, my head,’ Jade groaned. ‘We forgot to buy water.’
Kelly smiled. ‘There are taps in the bathroom you can drink from, silly.’
‘What? You didn’t drink from them did you?’
‘Yes, why?’ Kelly answered, bewildered.
‘Kelly, you can’t drink water from the taps in Spain!’
‘Why?’ Kelly was bemused, her smooth forehead creased up.
‘They give you an upset stomach; just don’t drink from them, okay?’
‘Okay,’ Kelly said frowning even more. ‘Whatever you say. I always have though and I’ve always been fine. I’ve got paracetamol, but nothing to drink it down with if you can’t drink the water. Don’t worry, we’ll get ready quickly and then go for breakfast. Then we can quickly go to that market and head to meet the others.’
Jade agreed, forced herself out of bed and went to the toilet. She glanced at herself in the mirror and cursed herself for not being more careful in the sun yesterday. She had a red nose and had burnt under her eyes. She always burnt there, when on earth would she ever learn? She had a shower and promised herself that firstly, she wasn’t going to burn and look like a stupid patchy weirdo and secondly, she was going to try to make herself look amazing today, especially if the most gorgeous man on earth was joining them at the beach.
Jade came out the bathroom and Kelly went in for a shower.
‘Take your time by the way,’ Kelly called out. ‘It’s only nine. No one will even be up yet.’
‘Okay,’ Jade called back, glad she had time to make herself look half decent.
Jade looked at herself in the full-length mirror. She wasn’t what you would call ‘skinny’, especially since she’d got over her heartbreak and was back to eating slabs of Galaxy, but she was very slender. She had always wished she had bigger boobs like Kelly, and when she had the money she was definitely going to get her boobs done. It was so common in Essex that it was almost odd to have real ones! Kelly also had the curvaceous bum she wished she had, instead of her flat, saggy one, but she definitely would only go as far as a boob job, nothing ridiculous like bum implants! Overall her figure wasn’t at all bad though; going to the gym twice a week at university had paid off. She decided to wear her new lemon jewelled bikini and was pleased with how she looked in it. It was quite padded so gave the impression she had some boobs and the bottoms were stunning, with tiny encrusted jewels along the top. She’d never seen swimwear like it. She had to admit though, the colour would look better with a tan. Maybe she could put some fake tan on? Just until she got a proper one? She quickly got out her St Tropez set and quickly but artfully applied some. She just wouldn’t be able to go in the sea in case it came off patchy. She applied her sun lotion on top carefully, making sure she didn’t miss any part exposed to the sun. There, she looked better already. Now she just had to do something with her hair.
‘What shall I do with my hair today? It’s so boring,’ she moaned to Kelly as she came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel.
Kelly looked up with a sparkle in her eye. ‘I’ll curl it for you if you like?’
‘Do you think it’ll look okay curly? I don’t want to look like I’ve got a poodle perm.’ Jade only ever wore her hair straight or left it to dry naturally, which gave it a slight wave.
‘I know what I’m doing, trust me. I’m a professional.’ Kelly took the curlers out of her drawer and plugged them in.
‘Thank you. I’ll put a bit of make-up on while they’re warming up.’
Jade didn’t want to look overdone; she somehow needed to look natural, yet amazing. She plucked her eyebrows carefully and coloured them in with her pencil from Benefit. She brushed sparkly tan Barry M eyeshadow on her eyelids and coated her lashes with mascara. Then she put bronzer on her face and cheeks as well as blusher on her cheekbones, and finished with a clear lip gloss.
‘Does my make-up look okay?’ she asked Kelly, who was tying up the straps on an amazing purple glitter bikini.
‘Perfect. Not too much and not too little. You look gorgeous. Sit down and I’ll do your hair.’
Jade knew it was ridiculous. Curling your hair just to go to the beach? She would never have dreamt of doing this in her wildest dreams a few months ago, but there was just something about Marbella and the people there that made it acceptable. She had to admit, Kelly did a good job and her hair looked very glamorous and bouncy. Kelly then backcombed all the back and sides. Wow, she was good. Her hair looked huge. She’d even give Cheryl Cole a run for her money. Jade then went over her make-up as she waited for Kelly to get ready.
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