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thirty-six

"Girl, you're being too obvious", Riley laughs quietly.

"What are you talking about?", I smile, knowing exactly what she means.

"Bitch, you were totally checking out his ass", Mia laughs, sitting up.

"What, no", I chuckle, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Oh, you were and I have to say that you like a very attractive guy, Violet, well chosen", Riley tells me.

I roll my eyes and take my shirt and shorts off, laying down on my back to tan. I push my sunglasses up further. I quickly close my eyes and just listen to the sounds around me. I didn't sleep a lot from yesterday to today. Maybe I can take a nap but then I'd have to set an alarm to wake up and turn on my stomach. I decide not to take a nap.

"Okay, I'm going in the water. It's too hot and I think Luke wants me to come over. God, he's so obvious", Mia announces after a while.

I hear her get up and leave us, cursing because the sand is too hot for her feet. Mere suddenly sits up, pushing some sand on my towel accidentally.

"Do you guys think Luke will finally take her virginity?", she asks.

"Well, I don't know. She doesn't talk about that stuff with us but I think they already did the dirty", Riley explains.

"Honestly, Mia would tell us. I know Luke well enough that he'll wait until she's 150% sure that she wants to have sex with him. She's barely 16, guys... I know I shouldn't be the one speaking because I lost my virginity at 15. Mia and Luke will wait until they're ready. He waited for me, too", I say, staying on my back with my eyes closed.

"That's true. But onto more important things since we're already talking about sex: Did you and Niall have sex ever since that dare at the get-together? Because Wes and I had some really good sex after Homecoming. He actually made love to me. It was so sensual", Lilian tells us.

"Ew, too much information, Lilian! He's my brother!", I shout.

Mere and Riley laugh, so I sit up and take two hands full of sand and throw it at them.

"Bitch, why?", Riley laughs even harder.

I roll my eyes and join them in laughing. It's gross imagining Wesley and Lilian in bed.

"So, did you guys have sex since then?", Riley now asks, as she calms down from her laughing fit.

I put my sunglasses on my head, so I can look at them. They both do the same and look at me. Mere has a light smirks on her lips.

"Yes, we did", I say quietly, "After we left Homecoming, we got Taco Bell and watched a movie in his bed. Soon enough I needed to smoke and we both went on his balcony and smoked together. Then he told me that he'd really like to have sex with me. I just said that we couldn't just sleep with each other and do stuff like that, but he said he thinks about me a lot, like me as his."

Mere and Riley let out quiet squeals. They always get way too excited for stuff like this. Riley and Mere give each other a knowing look.

"So, did he ask you out yet?", Riley then asks.

"No, but tonight after we all watch a movie together, he wants me to come to his room, so we can talk. That's why he held me back earlier. First, when he asked, I though he was so obvious in asking for sex with me. I told him that we need to talk and he just agreed. He doesn't like me like I like him, so we need to stop having sex and behaving like a couple. Even my Mom asked, if we were a couple", I answer.

"Oh, Violet, he likes you. It's obvious. Speaking of the devil", Mere suddenly mumbles quietly, looking slightly behind me.

I don't look back but know exactly that he's coming towards us with no shirt on, his body and hair wet and his swim trunks clad to his legs. I take a deep breath, trying to calms myself down. Mere and Riley look at Niall, both just smiling. Finally, my body decides to just turn around and look at him. He looks so hot, especially, as he lets his fingers comb through his hair to get it out of his face.

"Shit", I whisper under my breath.

I hear Mere hold in a laugh. She breathes in deeply, looking at Riley. Niall is at our towels soon, looking down at us three girls. I feel quite uncomfortable with him just staring down at our almost naked bodies, even though he already saw Meredith and I naked since he had sex with either of us. I pull my knees up, so I can lay my head on them to kind of cover myself.

"You guys want to come in? You look like you need some fun time. We're all going to play some chicken fight and the guys are not about to have other guys on their shoulders", Niall chuckles.

"Sure", Mere smiles, throwing her sunglasses on her towel and getting up.

Riley also gets up, leaving with Lilian and Mere already, so Niall and I stay back. I don't dare to look up at him but rather look at my tattooed arm. The roses just perfectly align.

"I'd rather not", I tell him.

"Come on, Violet. You can even team up with me", he smiles.

"No, I don't feel like going into the water right now. I just want to lay around and not have to do anything. This school week kind off killed me. And it doesn't make it better that Mr Melroy sent our project to that competition. It worries me."

"Well, if you don't come by yourself...", he speaks, quickly bending down and picking me up by my legs and back, "...I'll make you go."

My body lifts from the ground and a small squeal leaves my lips, as he throws me over his shoulder.

"Let me down!", I shout, being quite pissed.

"Nope, princess. You'll have fun with us", he demands.

His laugh fills my heart with joy, as I squirm around. He starts running and my sunglasses fall off of my head, onto my towel. I scream but laugh at the same time. I continue squirming but his arm tightens around my thighs. Niall laughs, running towards the water, I assume. His ass is in my face but I don't mind the view.

"Let me down!", I laugh, hitting his back lightly with my fists.

"Okay", he says, slowing down and bending down.

My toes touch the hot sand under my feet lightly.

"Tha-", I attempt to say but Niall straightens up again, jogging again.

I laugh again, squealing in between laughs. Niall also laughs with me. Soon we're in water but Niall still has me on his shoulder. I'm still lightly pounding on his back.

"Let me down, dweeb", I chuckle.

"Okay", he says.

Suddenly, I feel water all around me, so I hold my breath and start paddling upwards. I get my feet to stand on the sand beneath me, so I push my body up and get my upper body out of the water. All I hear is laughing, as I catch my breath and get some hair that fell from my bun out of my face. I open my eyes, seeing Niall bending over, holding his stomach while laughing. The others are in a similar state, also laughing their asses off.

"This means war!", I laugh, pouncing forward, catching Niall off-guard and throwing him over, so I'm on top of him, as we both go under.

I quickly get up again, running deeper into the water, feeling it get higher on my body. It was at my waist when I threw Niall in, now it's already at my boobs. I look back, seeing Niall running after me, already being really close. He's way quicker than me. I laugh with him, having more fun than ever. Then, he's right in front of me, reaching his arms around my waist and lifting me up before throwing me back into the water. I stay underwater, holding my breath and reaching for his legs. I pull with all my strength, ripping him underwater with me. I quickly get up to the surface, catching my breath. A few seconds later, he's at the surface, too, laughing with me.

"Loser", I chuckle.

"We'll see about that", he announces, pouncing forward again, grabbing me by my waist and pulling me down with him.