I Knew It

Chapter 6 - Ups!

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We fell asleep watching the movie and eating the snacks that Olivia bought. I had my head on his shoulder and he had his head on the top of mine.

When I woke up, I noticed Louis holding me while he was sleeping. I tried not to move so that I wouldn't wake him and my other two friends up. I don't know if I was hungry or if it was the butterflies that Louis was giving me but, my stomach was not okay.

In the meantime, Luke woke up and saw me with Louis. He noticed that I was awake, and he looked somehow confused. He then looked at his phone and showed me the time.

"Oh shoot we have to get ready. Get going to your room I'm going to wake them up"- I whispered.

"Hey Louis," - I shook him gently. – "we gotta go get breakfast with the rest of our classmates."

He rubbed his face with his fingers and then sprawled. He sighed and then closed his eyes again.

"Louis, come on." - I said placing my hand on his cheeks.

"Hum." - he said with his low, tired sleepy voice.

"Come on sleepyhead go get dressed." - I said pushing him out of the bed.

"Wait what time is it?" - he asked closing his eyes again.

"8:00 am, we have to be there at 8:30, and the teachers are going to meet us at the hall and you're not in your room so go." - I said pushing him to his room.

We fell asleep like at 4 am so let's say that we didn't had the 8 hours of sleep that teenagers should have.

"Olivia, wake up." - I tried to wake her up.

"Olivia? ... OLIVIA. OLIVIA! WAKE YOUR ASS UP." - I shouted so that she would wake up.

"Me... oh shit we need to get ready." - she said still half asleep.

We got dressed and then headed to the meeting place.

"Is everyone here?" - One of the other teachers asked.

They started calling us one by one.

"So, today we are going to go St. James's Park. First, you all are going on a canoe ride with your partners and then we'll let you walk around the park with your guides."

"I'll stay with Olivia!" – Luke said looking at Louis and smiled.

"I..." – Olivia seemed confused for Luke's fast choice.

"Guess I'm stuck with you again" – I told Louis with a playful annoyed look.

"Oh, shut up dumbass you love being with me."

I smirked.

"Give them two days, and you'll see" – Olivia told Luke with a pervert face.

"Oh, it won't take that long, trust me" – Luke whispered.

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We started walking across the gardens and then arrived at a close area near the lake that had canoes.

"Okay now, make a line and set your pairs." – One of the teachers ordered us.

We got into the line. I was really sacred of water so that wasn't going to be an easy time for me.

Louis and I got int the canoe and then we stared paddling.

"Wow" – we both said at the same time while we were looking at the massive building ahead of us. We laughed.

"It's such a nice view" – I said amazed.

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Louis's POV

Ava ... I mean the view was so beautiful. Ava's brown hair was shining with the light that the sun was providing us. I stopped paddling. She seemed a little bit more tense then when we stepped into the canoe. She turned back and faced me. Her hazel eyes glowed with the reflexes of the water. She really ...

"OMG is there something on my face?" – She panicked.

"What?"

"The way you were looking at me... it seemed like I had a bug on my face or something" – She said still trying to get the imaginary bug out of her face.

"Calm down, let me just ..."

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Ava's POV

Louis put down the canoe's oars and reached for my face. He gently slid his soft fingers across my ear deflecting my messy hair away from my face. We made eye contact. I don't know if it was the sun or his eyes, but I felt like I was melting. For a moment I forgot my fear. It looked just like a movie scene. I got shy and then I looked down and when I did, I saw that the oar was slipping ending up falling to water.

"Shit" – I said.

"Oh what a bummer, now we have to go get it" – he said playfully.

Everything happed so fast.

The last thing I saw was Louis's Face coming close to mine and suddenly it all turned upside down. All of the air inside my lungs was expelled to the water. All I could see was big bubbles coming out of my nostrils.
I was drowning.
I needed to get back to surface. I shook my legs aggressively. It felt like an endless nightmare. When I finally got to the surface, I was exhausted. I was really struggling to stay above it. I quickly looked for the canoe and then noticed that Louis had already got the oar who was swimming towards me with a concerned look.

"What happened? Are you okay?" – He asked while putting his arm around my waist to make sure that I stayed in the surface.

"What were you thinking?! Are you insane?!" – I was so angry. – "We could have drowned!" - This stupid joke got back terrible memories. I couldn't help but to burst into tears.

Louis quickly turned the canoe up and lifted me back into it.

He got out of the water.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't cry, it's already over, I'm here." – he hugged me tight and started stroking me on the back.

"I need to get out of here, please..." - my eyes were burning – "let's just ... go back to hotel."

"It's okay, let's go." – he said with a calming voice.