It's all lies, Darling

03

Skyler's pov

We finished our food, returned to our cars, and drove to the beach house. Because the house is so far out of the city, the drive took about 15 minutes. I'm not sure why Dad decided to buy the house that was the furthest away from civilization, but here we are.

We pull into the driveway in front of the house. It feels good to be back here, as I haven't been in this house in a long time. My family and I used to come here every summer, but that ended about 8 years ago.

We get out of the car and open the trunk to retrieve our luggage. I'm the first one to the front door, where I unlock it and open it. We enter and take our shoes off. OrI, Lily and Vera do. The boys are still at the cars. 

"Woah, it's a lot bigger than I expected," Vera says amused next to me.

"Yeah, it's a little different here than I remember," I say as we walk into the living room.

"Perhaps your father rearranged the furniture." Vera says next to me.

"Yeah, maybe," I say as I approach the stairwell. "We're going to sleep downstairs, so you can just take your luggage through there," I say to Lily and Vera, pointing to the hall on the right.

As the boys approach me, Lily and Very walk towards the hall. I proceed up the stairwell and turn around at the top.

"All right, we've got three bedrooms here, plus the master bedroom at the end of the hall, so you boys can have a room each" I cast a glance down at the boys in the middle of the stairwell. 

I turn around and keep walking down the hall, the boys close behind.

"Each bedroom has a walk-in closet. The master bedroom has its own bathroom, and the other three must share this one," I say as I open the first door on the right, which leads to a large bathroom.

Harry, Louis, and Liam all nod and look inside. "All right, just shout if there's anything else," I say as I start walking towards the stairs.

"Dibs on the master bedroom," Harry says from behind me.

"What no way," Liam says quickly.

Louis simply chuckles and opens the bedroom door on the other side. When I turn around, I see Harry and Liam making their way towards the master bedroom. When they turn the knob, the bedroom door is locked.

"Hah, too late lads," Niall laughs from behind the door.

"Frikking asshole," Harry mutters under his breath as he thumps into the room beside him.

I walk down the stairs, chuckling quietly. I go around the corner at the bottom of the stairs to the other two bedrooms. It's a small hallway with three doors, two leading to bedrooms and one leading to a large bathroom.

"Hey, see you found the rooms," I say when I see Vera and Lily in the first room.

"Yeah," Vera says as she smiles and turns around, "who sleeps where?"

"Because we only have two bedrooms, the large one must be shared by two people." "You decide who will share with me," I say as I walk into the room.

When I open the door, I see a standard guest room. It has a queen-size bed and a small walk-in closet with access on both sides behind the bed. There is a large window on the left side of the room with a beautiful beach view. The room is entirely white, except for the light brown nightstands.

I remember having this room when I was a kid. It's changed a lot since then. The first thing I noticed were the walls. My previous room had light pink walls with a variety of items hung on them. It now appears to be identical to any other guest room in the house. I'm not sure where all my belongings have gone. I hope my dad didn't just throw everything.