Not if Alex and Claire have anything to say about it

Ignoring as best she could the many women with camera phones on the beach, Sun fixed her eyes on the spot where her towel lay.

She still had quite a way to go when she saw Alex and Claire walk up to her towel.

"Crap," Sun said, thinking she knew what was coming. She was right.

As she watched, Alex, grinning from ear to ear, picked up her towel and tossed it to Claire, who was also grinning. She caught it.

They turned and ran off down the beach.

"Crap," Sun said again. "They've got my towel."

She looked around her as she ran. Alex and Claire had a pretty good headstart, but she could probably catch them if she ran fast enough after them. If she could catch them, she could get her towel back. Or, she thought with a grin, she might be able to get one of their bikinis off. Or maybe she could find something else to cover herself with.