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jules
i'm here
hurry up jayden's fingirling is 2 much

dovie
oh god HA coming

     I quickly slipped into my Birkenstocks, picked up my green crocheted bag, and headed out the door. I recognized Jules' white Tesla in the driveway and waved in its direction even though so couldn't see into the windows. As I got closer, I saw Jayden in the passengers seat looking at me with excited eyes. I nodded my head at her and then got into the back seat.
     "Hey," I greeted happily. I heard Frank Ocean playing quietly from the speaker. Jayden's playlist.
     "Hey Dovie," Jules sang back. Noah smiled at me warmly as I sat next to him. Even though there were three seats in the back, I sat in the middle with him on my left. It was weird seeing him in the same car with Jayden and Jules.
     "So you guys met," I said.
     "Yep, and we're best friends already," Jayden joked. "We're kicking you out of LA Baez and putting Noah in."
     "Ok, find a new house to swim at then."
     "Ok fine, you can stay," Jules sighed. "How was lunch yesterday?"
"Pretty good," I nodded. "Great seeing Lily-Rose and Jack."
"When do you go to Hollywood?" Jayden asked
"Tomorrow," I said. "Until Monday."
"Aw wait, Noah you leave tomorrow, right?" Jayden realized.
     "Yeah," he sighed and looked at me. "Flight is at noon." I frowned at him and he put his hand on top of mine on my thigh. I turned mine over to hold his.
     "Well let's make your last day n LA a good one," I tried to smile. He smiled back.

    
     "Dovie, can you grab the cooler from the backseat?" Jules asked me as she grabbed a bag from the trunk.
     "Yeah, got it." I lifted the cooler and joined the rest of the group by the back of the car.
     "Is it heavy?" Noah asked me. I shook my head.
"Just some water bottles." Another thing I love about him: he never just takes things out of my hands assuming I can't carry them. He always asks if I need help first.
     "Alright," Jules said and handed Jayden a big blanket for us to sit on.
     "Noah, do you have beaches near where you live?" Jayden asked.
     "Not really," he shook his head. "At least not like the ones in LA."
     "Well nowhere has beaches as great as LA," I shrugged. "So soak it in."
     "Will do," he chuckled.
     We walked to the beach, laid out Jules' blanket, and made ourselves at home within seconds. Jayden brought us a picnic basket with bagels, fruit, chips, and one those fancy looking rose apple cider things. Since it was about lunch time when we got there, we dug in.
"This is really good," Noah said appreciating the pink drink. We had both finished our food. "Not gonna lie, I thought it was gonna taste like grass."
"I don't know if I should be offended," Jayden laughed. "Wait, Dovie Noah, you guys look so cute I have to take a picture." She pulled her phone out of her back pocket and I leaned my head onto his shoulder. He wrapped his arm arm my back. "Awww."
"Did you get it?" I smirked.
"Yeah," she smiled. "I'll send it to you guys."
"I'm so hot," Jules said fanning herself.
"Yeah, you're a milf," I joked.
"Mhm," she said. She'd heard that from me a thousand times. "I'm gonna go in the water. Anyone wanna come?"
"Me!" I jumped up and threw off my tank top and jean shorts so I was left in my bathing suit.
"I'll come in a little," Jayden called as we ran toward the waves.

Jayden's POV

I watched as Dovie and Jules ran right into the ocean, followed by Dovie screaming at the cold water splashing up her legs. I then turned to Noah and saw he was watching as well and smiling. "So," I started. He looked back over to me. "You and Dovie?" He became a little awkward, but quickly shook it off.
"Yeah," he sighed. "She's great."
"She is," I nodded. "You really like her?" he nodded with a slight smile. "Noah," I readjusted myself so I was completely facing him. His eyes grew wide. "I gotta ask. What are you planning on doing?"
"What?" I asked.
"Davina said every time she brings up what you guys are gonna do when you go back to London, you say you'll just "wait and figure it out." You leave tomorrow. There's no time to wait anymore." I could tell he was shocked that I had the power in me for that confrontation. Honestly, I was shocked too. Well, anything for Dovie.
"Oh, wow..." he started. "I didn't realize she was upset that I didn't give a straight answer."
"She isn't," I assured him. "But she's gonna be really upset if you leave and act like this whole thing never happened."
"I would never do that," he shook his eyes with his eyebrows furrowed.
"Then what are you planning on doing?" I asked a little more aggressively than I had hoped. Noah paused for a minute and looked toward the water. I did the same and saw Dovie and Jules jumping over waves.
"If you really want to know... My mum and I have been talking with Gwen, you know, Dovie's mum."
"Yeah, I know her mom, I've been her best friend for years."
"Right, sorry," he shook his head. "Well we've been talking to her and as long as everything goes as we've planned, Dovie's gonna spend two weeks in London after she visits her dad." Now it was my turn to be shocked.
"Wait, seriously?" I gasped. He nodded.
"Please don't tell her, I wanna surprise her tonight."
"Don't worry, I won't," I assured him. "Where is she gonna stay?"
"Apparently Dovie and Gwen have a really close family friend who lives like five minutes from me," he smiled. "Plus her manager has been trying to get her to the UK for months. So she'll stay there, do some press stuff in London, I think a meet and greet or two, and we'll get to hang out like every day."
     "Wow," I laughed to myself. "Well I'm gonna miss her a lot. But I hope you guys have fun."
     "Thanks Jayden," he smiled to himself before looking back to her.
     "And your mom is fine with you having a random girl you like just met hang out with you every day?" I teased.
     "Well hopefully by the time she comes to London she won't just be a "random girl" anymore," he smirked. I raised one eyebrow in confusion. He noticed and began to explain, "I'm gonna ask her to be my girlfriend tonight."

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