a rainbow baby


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Seventeen-year-old Rose is surviving her second year without her beloved dad, mentor and flatmate.

She often misses his quirky, infuriating and ultimately very wise presence, wishing he could know her now, as her edgy, alternative self.

His gift of the necklace and all that it represents is with her always, but as his best friend rediscovers his other daughter, Rose finds solace in her brother, William and her Tribe and realises she wants to wear her dad's necklace, to share with the boy who is now man, to wear it as one family.

She knows if her dad were here, he would have some choice words for him. But, she loves him and he loves her.

So she does what she has done so well as an oyster: making a pearl from a muck-full shell, to share with the one she loves above all others.

Many hours later and during a serene night of stars, shooting stars and a full moon, she smiles at the boy she loves who, by a twist of fate, will soon be her uncle, knowing she has already made the most important discovery of her life.

As she finally unclasps her dad's amulet, the necklace it has been wrapped in calmly floats to the ground, into the ocean.

The necklace has been a mirror of how life has been for the young woman since losing her father.

One day, when she looks into it, it shows her she needs to take a short break, spend some time with her family, reflect and get back to what's important in her life: her Tribe, her hair, her flat, her clothes and niece and the boy she loves.

Rose's Tribe takes a break from the hectic music festival year and spends three weeks relaxing with each other doing their own thing.

The tribe members have been excessively busy with their music careers and haven't spent enough time together.

They go on a sun-soaked, seaside holiday to the Isle of Wight, staying at a friend's old cottage on the beach.

Each one of the Tribe have had a special place in Rose's life, but with her being her dad's daughter, she's struggled to open up fully to herself, under all that emotional baggage that her dad left her with.

But it's David's flatlocked emotional closeness that Rose decided they need to overcome. From her dad she has always had unsolicited support and she has been aware of all the awkward situations they have had.

After they first met, they came to the agreement that they would let each other know when they need it.

Being a childhood crush, Dave never needed much persuading to join society, but she and David have managed to maintain a relatively private relationship, over the last six years.

But David wants to get it back into action and he's been needing it for a long time.

Rose needs it too, and this will be the test: if they can go through this together and he can still be around after, because if not, she doesn't know how she will cope with the loss of her Tribe, her boys, and she doesn't want to lose him, she wants him with her.

As they wake up on the first day of the holiday, David is strumming on his guitar and talking to one of her Tribe, Mitchell, who seems very distressed about something, but Rose is too sleepy to ask about it.

It has not been long since the last time Rose saw her brother and she's missed him a lot.

Looking out of the window onto the blue ocean, Rose's brother and his friend Jack are splashing in the waves.

It is early morning and Rose isn't sure if they've been out there the whole night or just the last part.

In the early hours of Sunday morning they went downstairs to watch the sunrise and it's around 4 a.m. that they return.

Rose thinks of asking David to go swimming with them, but it feels like David is in a different place.

She doesn't mind; to her he is always in the same place and it's only her that gets confused about where he might or might not be.

Later on, Rose stumbles over to the hot tub with a large glass of wine, and she asks David if he wants a glass but she can tell by his pained expression and droopy eyes that he's not in the mood.

Rose is not a big drinker, but she has been so lonely lately and is quite a bit drunk, which is quite the contrast to her brother.

Rose asks Dave if he wants a drink and there is something very strange about his expression.

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