Lucy’s POV
I hip-bumped Zayn after we pushed Louis, Kayleigh, Cara, and Harry into the water. As soon as they surfaced, Cara looked at Harry and burst into laughter.
“You look like baby Tarzan!” Cara squealed. Zayn busted out laughing. He had a really cute laugh! It made me laugh. We headed off the dock as Louis was carrying Kayleigh out, wow, he had nice muscles! I was jealous of Kayleigh, not because I wanted Louis, oh no, she could have him, I was jealous of how she got Louis to ask her out in literally two hours… I wish Niall would just ask me… I slumped down in the sand next to Bella. She was lying on her towel scowling.
“What?” I asked. She heard the pain in my voice.
“Never mind me, what’s up with you, mopey?” she said poking me in the side. I pulled my knees up and put my head on my knees. I couldn’t tell her now, too many people around and I couldn’t risk breaking down.
“We’ll talk later.” I mumbled. On cue, Niall walked over to me, it really did brighten my mood.
“You coming in, or what?” he asked and winked at me. How could I resist? I took his outstretched hand and started walking towards the water, smiling widely.
“Oh don’t worry about me! I’m good! I’ll stay here and hang for a while! No, no, you kids have fun!” Bella called to us. I turned around and stuck out my tongue at her. Niall chuckled. We waded far away from the rest of the group. Time to put the mack on. I had to lure him into flirting with me.
“You know who I noticed had really nice muscles?” I asked causally. “Louis.”
He looked at me as I looked at the group pretending like I hadn’t said anything.
“I do too!” he said, trying to sound casual. He pulled an arm out of the water and flexed. He was pretty ripped too. Time to be girly.
“Those are nice! I hadn’t noticed!” I reached over and touched his muscle nonchalantly. He smiled.
“So, Lucy I know we’ve been hanging out a lot, and I’ve had a lot of fun with you!” A knot formed in my stomach, at this point this conversation could go two ways.
“I’ve had a lot of fun with you too!” I said looking up at him through my eyelashes. He smiled a winning smile.
“Well, I like you, a lot, Luce.” I blushed hotly. My toes curled in the sand and I had to entwine my hands to stop them from shaking. I looked up at him and he was looking down. “And well, I thought it would be really awesome, you know, if I could call you my girlfriend…” My heart jumped practically out of my chest. He still didn’t look at me. I counted to two before I answered, I didn’t want to sound too eager.
I took a deep breath, “Niall, I would love to be your girlfriend.” He looked up and his face lit up. I squealed and jumped into his arms and wrapped my legs around his waist. I hugged him tightly; I’d waited for this moment forever. He carried me back to shore, we were both still smiling so much that we couldn’t talk. I hopped down and he grabbed my hand and linked fingers. They were all sitting around the picnic basket, eating. Bella looked up, saw our hands, and choked. Everyone else followed her gaze and ‘woops’ and ‘yays’ made their way around. Bella jumped up and gave me a huge hug.
“Aww, all these couples!” Sadie swooned and kissed Zayn. I smiled and Niall squeezed my hand. I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t do anything. Niall, finally, had asked me, ME! To be his girlfriend? This wasn’t happening.
