Poodle. Love, Bill.

This is something I can't believe I forgot to put in! .. Alex, remember that first day we were trying to both sit on the lilo?
Well, my Dad decided to help us. And Alex sat on the lilo but she was too close to the middle for me to have enough room to get on, and she had plenty room behind her. So my Dad said she should move back a bit..
She shuffled so far back she pushed herself right off the end. When she returned from underwater, my Dad said: "I didn't mean that far back!"
Good times.. I miss you Toots.
This is for Alex Adie.. And I really hope she reads it!
I met Alex a few weeks ago, in Kalamaki. Making friends on holiday is so much more difficult when you're a teenager, and I was very nervous. Our parents swapped the occasional comment to each other about the entertainment or the pool or something, then it was Greek Night and our tables were close. When the adults were slow dancing, I got up and made a joke about not wanting to see your parents dancing like that. (Seriously, they were touching each others bums and that.. Not nice!) Alex, like many people, refused to believe me when I told her I was fourteen. She couldn't get over the fact that I was younger than her. And I wont lie, I thought she was about my age.. But she's a year or so older.

We spent a lot of time in the pool together and in the evenings we'd use a countless amount of Euros on the computers, and we made some new friends. We went out for a cocktail one evening, and we did a lot of Karaoke after being put up unwillingly by her step-mum Pauline and my Mum. We watched the football together.. Me being half Spanish, wanted Spain to win. But I felt a little outnumbered surrounded by Scottish people supporting Holland and laughing at my accent. But it's all banter, hey?

I eventually realised that Alex said Bill like Bell, and I found this hillarious! She is now my Poodle as I love the way she says that! And I'm Bill.

So the point of this anyway, is for me to say thank you to Alex. Because without her my holiday wouldn't be the same. I really really miss this girl and last night we were talking about the holiday and it was very sad. I thought you should all know about a very good friendship I made. Despite being extremely nervous about taking the first step towards it. So all of you on your Summer Holidays, don't be shy.. It pays to be outgoing. :)

Remember though, Poodle, I did promise I'd see you again before I was in an Old People's Home! ;)

And here's us just being jolly :)