“What do you guys feel like doing now?” Claire asks as we all walked out of IHOP after paying and leaving a large tip at the table for the good service we had. I didn’t know about the rest of them but I was stuffed from the Belgian waffles I had just eaten. They were so good; I managed to eat every bite.

“Can we go to the beach? I’d love to go. What do you say, mates? The beach sound alright?” Liam asks looking around at each of us. I nod my head and look at him before shifting my eyes to Niall, who had his arm tightly around Claire, holding her close to him. I smiled slightly; they were cute and muttering nonsense to each other.

“Yeah, sounds good, Li,” Louis and Harry pipe up.

Zayn didn’t say anything, he just kept quiet. I furrowed my eyebrows together as I look at the tanned boy with dark hair and tattoos all along his arms. Why is he so quiet? I think to myself as we stand there in the parking lot. I shake the thought from my mind.

“Beach it is, then! Let’s go back to the house and get our things together and be on our way!” Claire mutters in a loud tone as she looks around at each of us.

“Yeah!” the six of us, minus Claire exclaim together in a chipper manner.

The beach, I haven’t been in a while. Since spring break when I went home to see my parents and brother. That is when it hit me; we could go to Santa Monica, which wasn’t too far away. I could even see my parents and brother while we’re there for the day.

“How does Santa Monica sound?” I ask looking around at each of them. “It isn’t very far from here, maybe a twenty minute drive at the least,” I say with a small smile.

“What’s there to do in Santa Monica?” Liam asks looking at me.

“Well,” I let out a sigh before I begin to talk, “There’s the pier where they have rides and stuff. It’s really great, one of my favorite things from growing up there. My parents still live there, along with my younger brother,” I reply as we head to the car.

“Sounds fun, let’s get goin’!” Louis says loudly and gives Liam a high-five.

We all get into the car and head back to the house so we could get our things together for our day at the beach. Claire pulls up to the house moments later. The seven of us all pile out of the car and head inside so we could change into our swim suits.

I unlock the door with my spare key before opening the door and walking inside. I head up to my room so I could go change into my swimsuit. As I made my way up the stairs, I could feel someone close behind me, I had a feeling I knew who it was. Harry, most likely. Rolling my eyes, I soon make my way to the top of the stairs and head into my room that was a few doors down the hall from the staircase.

I walk into my room and walk straight over to my dresser where I kept my bikinis. After a few minutes, I pick out my blue and green tie-dye one. I head out the door past Harry who walks into my room. I walk into the bathroom and shut the door behind me after I walked in, locking it in place. I strip out of my clothes and put my bikini on before slipping my legs back in to my shorts and pull my tank top over my bikini top.

After I throw my undergarments into the dirty clothes hamper, I pad over and grab the door handle. I pull the door open and walk out. As I make my way back to my door that was closed, I softly knocked.

“I hope you’re decent,” I call out.

There was silence for a few minutes before I heard some shuffling on the other side of the door. The sound of feet padding against the floor sounded like they were coming toward me. The door swings open. Harry stood there clad in board shorts and a t-shirt, flip flops on his feet.

“Hi there,” he says in his deep accent.

“Hello,” I mumble with a kind smile as I walk past him over to my closet where I keep a bag I take with me to the beach that I keep all of my belongings in.

“I-I’m gonna go down to see what the lads are up to,” he tells me.

I give him a nod in return before I shift my eyes back to my closet so I could locate that bag. I soon hear my door close as Harry walks out of the room. After a few minutes, I find my bag and put some of my necessities in there I’ll need like sun screen, a couple towels and a few other things. I finish getting my stuff for the beach together and put the strap over my shoulder before I walk out of my room and head down the stairs, flip flops on my feet and my phone in the pocket of my shorts.

I head into the living room to find Claire sitting on the couch, Niall right beside her. Harry was sitting in the recliner talking with Liam and Zayn.

“Hey Aves,” Claire says looking at me, a smile on her face.

“Hey Claire bear,” I tell her with a smile.

“Hey! That’s one of my nicknames for her,” Niall says and crosses his arms over his chest, frowning. I thought it was kind of funny so I couldn’t help but laugh at his remark.

“Depends on how long you’ve known her, I guess,” I tell him with a slight laugh.

“Well, we’ve been together, what, love? A little over two years, yeah,” he says and looks at Claire, who nods her head in response.

“Guess you win since I’ve only known her a little over a year,” I mumble and fall back onto the couch and kick my feet up to rest on the coffee table.

“Who’s all ready to go to the beach? I’m bloody ready!” is heard loudly from Louis. We all turn around to be met by the brown haired boy with blue eyes standing there staring back at us. The six of us all nod our heads as we look around at each other before looking back at Louis.

“Let’s get going!” Harry says and pumps his fists up in the air as he gets up from the chair. We gather our things we’re bringing with us before heading out the door locking it in place and making our way to the car. The seven of us pile into the car and are soon driving. Thankfully, Santa Monica wasn’t too far away so it won’t be too long of a drive.

I was sitting in the back seat between Harry and Liam, again. After buckling my seat belt, I pull my phone out of my pocket and unlock my phone so I could shoot my mom a quick text. I go to my messages and tap on her name, which brought up our conversations.

I begin to type out my text to her, telling her me, Claire, her boyfriend and his friends were coming up for the day to go to the beach. After I send the message, I smile to myself and set my phone in my lap. I couldn’t wait to see them, because it’s been a few months since I last saw them, even though they only live about twenty minutes away.

About a few minutes later, I get a response back. I pull up my messages and begin to read the message she had sent, which read: That’s great, sweetie! We could meet you along the boardwalk. Can’t wait to see you. Jake can’t wait to see you either, he misses his big sister. Love you xo

I laugh a bit loudly at my mom saying that Jake missed me. Yeah, right... I think to myself as I stare at my iPhone screen.

“What’s so funny?” I hear Harry ask me as I glance over to notice him looking at me.

“A text I just got from my mom,” I tell him.

“About what?” he asks, a smile on his face.

“She told me that my brother misses me,” I tell him with a small smile and roll my eyes.

“What’s so wrong with that? I’m sure he does since you’ve been gone to University. He’s younger than you, yeah?” he asks looking at me.

“Yeah, he’s younger than me, we’re five years apart.” I tell him. He just nods his head.

“That’s crazy, I have a sister – step sister actually, and she’s older than me. Only two years apart.” He replies.

“That isn’t too bad; at least there isn’t a huge age gap like me and my brother.” I say with a slight laugh.

“Yeah,” he says.

We talk the next few minutes to pass the time while we head to Santa Monica. This is going to be one interesting trip for sure, and I knew my mom will be grilling me with a bunch of questions. Next thing we know, I glance out the window to see an outline of the ocean as we continued to drive. I begin to spot out everything I remembered from growing up here.

Notes

Yay! Here's the next chapter, finally! Sorry it took me so long to get this up!
I know I left it hanging, but things will start to get interesting in the next chapter.
Also, Harry and Avery are starting to talk <3

Hope you all enjoyed - feedback is greatly appreciated! <3

Drop a comment and let me know what you think so far, would mean a lot!