Taken

Chapter 8: Amusement Parks and Wave Pools

I had been with the boys almost two weeks now, and Niall and I were with each other a lot more. I started noticing things about him that I hadn't noticed before. From the natural sparkle he had in his eyes. To how they sparkled even more when he smiled. And his laugh. Oh lord. His laugh. I just found it so much cuter all of a sudden, and I didn't know why.

I was sitting on the couch with my feet in Harry's lap, because he wanted somewhere to sit, and because he's so flirty, and my head was in Louis' lap because it was hurting my back the way I was sitting, so Louis let me put my head in his lap. The three of us were watching the iCarly episode that they were in.

"Awe! Look at Harry! Little boy looks so sick!" I grinned at him, and nudged him with my foot. Louis laughed, and Harry looked at my shaking his head. We watched for a little while longer. It was at the part where they are at the smoothie place, and Niall had just said 'Does it involve the butter sock?' in his adorable accent, and I burst into laughter. Wait. Adorable accent? What...?

"What's so funny?" Niall asked, walking into the room. I looked up at him, and my eyes widened, nearly popping out of my head. He was wearing a red tank top that showed off his arms, white shorts, and a pair of red Supras.

"Um... Uh... Butter sock." I said, pointing to the t.v. Niall followed my finger, and smiled.

"Oh, right." He walked into the kitchen, and I rose up off the couch slightly, watching him go.

"Put your eyes back in your head, and close your mouth, Love." Louis whispered in my ear. I jumped, and turned to look at him.

"What?"

"Your eyes were popping out they were so wide, and your mouth was hanging open." He said, low enough so that Niall wouldn't hear. "It was unattractive."

"Yeah, seriously." Harry said.

"Hey, lads." Liam said, walking into the living room with Zayn behind him. I raised my eyebrows and looked at him. "And lass." I nodded in approval. "I was wondering if maybe you'd want to spend the day at an amusement park. It'd be nice to get out of the house."

"It's a bit hot, don't you think?" Niall asked, walking in with a sandwich. He sat on the ground in front of me. I reached over and tore a hunk of it off. He stared at me for a second, and then smiled at me. I got this weird feeling in my stomach. I smiled back, and then focused on ripping the hunk of sandwich into smaller bites. It helped distract me from how amazing Niall looked in that tank top.

"Well, yeah. But it's part water park too, so we can cool off." Liam said.

"I'll go!" Louis and Harry suddenly shouted. I looked at Louis, and then at Harry, and back to Lou. They were looking at me weirdly.

"I guess I'll go." Niall said. "It beats sitting here all day." He finished off his sandwich.

"What about you Amberlynn?" Liam asked.

"Sure." I said.

"Alright then. Everyone go get what you need." We all headed up the stairs. I walked into my room, and dug through the drawer where I kept my bathing suits. I slipped into a hot pink bikini with purple stripes. It tied around my neck and back, and the bottoms had ties at the sides. I pulled on a pair of dark denim short shorts, and a white tank top, and red low top converse.

I put my hair up into a ponytail, my bangs hanging down, and stuffed my towel in a bag. Then I went downstairs and waited for the boys. They handed me their towels when they came down, and then I put the spray-on sunscreen in the bag on top.

We climbed in the van, and drove off.

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"I can pay my own way, Niall!" I argued. I had my graduation money in the pocket of my shorts. I grabbed it, and started counting out bills.