At the De-Brief a few days later after the incident...
"Hey guys, wanna come in" Deano says, allowing everyone inside.
"So, I hope that everyone is doing okay after what happened. Taylor, how are you?" Deano asks sweetly.
"I'm good...I mean I didn't really sleep much that night but I've been fine since then" I say calmly, still trying to get over what happened the other day.
"And everyone else?" He asks, moving around everyone in the room. Most say that they are just concerned about me before we go on to talk about what actually happened and how we dealt with it all on the day.

A few days later...
"Are you sure you want to go back today?" Chappo asks me for the billionth time this morning...even though it's not even 9 o'clock.
"Yes Chris...I'm fine. I went to the debrief and I feel a lot better" I say, calling him by his first name so he knows that I'm serious.
"Fine...but you would say if something is wrong, wouldn't you?" He asks concerned, whilst holding me at arms-length.
"Yes. I promise..." I say, before leaning in to give him a kiss.
"Right. Come on otherwise we'll be late" I say, tapping his nose before slipping into my trainers and grabbing my bag. Chappo does the same before we walk out of my apartment and start the short walk to work. Today I'm on the 9-5 shift and Chappo is on the 9-pack-up shift meaning I'll have 2 hours to myself.

"Morning" I say, as we walk into the tower after changing into our uniform and locking away our things.
"Taylor!!" Someone says. I already know it's Maxi and a few seconds later I'm proven right as he comes bouncing down the stairs and engulfs me in a massive hug.
"Maxi...can't...breathe" I say jokingly, as he is hugging me soo tight.
"Right...sorry" He says, putting me down with a chuckle.
"How ya doing?" He asks, as we make our way up to the window area where I'm greeted by Kerrbox.
"I'm good." I say, sitting down.
"Chappo you're down at the flags with Azza" Maxi says, checking the rota.
"Okay...see you later" He says, walking over and giving me a kiss before making his way down the beach.
"Been busy?" I ask, wanting to know what the past few days have been like as neither me or Chappo have been at work.
"A little but not drastically" Kerrbox says, as we scan the water.
"I heard from the girl's family...her name was Megan Columbo, she was 15" I say, continuing to look at the water as Kerrbox turns to face me and rubs my arm.
"You did good you know" He says, making me smile.
"I know...doesn't make it any easier though" I say, glancing at him.

A few hours past. We've had about 20 rescues and 10 medicals. It's now 12:15 and it's coming up to my lunch break. Right as I go to pick up a pair of binos there's a knock at the back door.
"Hi, how can I help?" I ask, looking at the very tall, muscular man in front of me.
"Some idiot crashed into me whilst surfing...I've cut my arm" He says quite angerly whilst showing me his arm.
"Right, come on in and I'll sort that out for you" I say, allowing him to walk inside the tower.
"Take a seat" I say, whilst grabbing a pair of cloves and the equipment that I will need from the medical cabinet.
"This may sting a little bit" I say, as I start to clean the wound on his arm.
"Ow...watch it!" He says, yanking his arm away from me.
"Sorry, but sir I need to clean it otherwise it will get infected" I say, trying to calm him down, whilst trying to steady my elevated hear rate. He puts his arm back whilst I continue to clean his arm.
"OW...bitch that hurts!" He says, standing up and leaning over me because of the size difference.
"Sir...calm down" I say, trying my best to stay calm.
"No...do you even know what you're doing?!" He shouts, gaining the attention of Jesse and Corey above.
"Is there a problem here?" Corey says, rushing round to see what the commotion is.
"Yes! This stupid bitch doesn't know what she's doing!" He says, pointing his finger in my face.
"Oi! I will not have you speaking that way about her! Now you can either calm down, shut up and sit down to let me treat you or I'll call the coppers and you'll have to deal with them!" Corey says sternly, stating his point. The guys gets the message and sits down whilst I treat his arm alongside Corey. Once we're done the man storms out with saying a single word.
"You okay Taylor?" Corey asks, once we've cleared up.
"Yeah..." I say, sitting down with a sigh.
"You're on lunch now, so go take a break" Jesse says, noticing the time.
"Alright...I see ya in a bit. I'll have my radio on me" I say, grabbing my belt and purse before walking out of the tower.

I walk around the corner and up to the local café and order some food. Once my food is ready I pay for it before walking a sitting along the promenade to look out at the sea and watch the boys work. I tuck in to my bacon sandwich and my fruit bag whilst sitting and enjoying the view around me.
"Hey..." Someone says, sitting down next to me. I look over at them and see Jake.
"Hey Jake, feeling better I see" I say, continuing to munch on my fruit.
"Yeah...I'm sorry about that day" He says. I can tell by the sound of his voice that he feels guilty.
"For what?" I ask, wanting to know exactly what he means.
"Well if you didn't cover for me then you wouldn't have had to deal with that" He says, looking away from me.
"Jake...you were sick, it's not your fault. I don't blame you" I say, before giving him a hug. I look at the time and see that my lunchbreak is almost over.
"Right...I best get back; my lunchbreak is nearly over. You working?" I say, noticing that he's in uniform.
"Yeah...taking over from Jesse" He says, as we get up and make our way back to the tower. When we get there, I see Chappo and Jesse in the tower.
"Heyoo" I say, sitting down and grabbing a pair of binos to scan the water.

And just like that, my day continues like nothing ever happened. At 5pm I clocked off and went home. I had a nice relaxing bath and caught up on some of my TV shows before Chappo came home and we went put for dinner. I'm really starting to realise how much I love this place and the people here – well they're just amazing. I'm so lucky to have had this opportunity and I'm so glad that I took it.