Lost Words [discontinued]

{ Chapter 12-Penguin }

(SONG: Take On Me- A-ha)

I stared out the window, watching the trees rush by in a blur while Niall had the radio up. He sang along to Stereo Hearts, rolling down the windows so the passing cars could hear him. The wind was blowing in my face viciously, leaving me no choice but to turn and watch the singing idiot.

"This melody was meant for you!" He turned to me and pointed and gently squeezed my cheek. "So sing along to my stereo." He nudged my arm, demanding that I sing with him. "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, uh-oh. To my stereo."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh", I sang, receiving a smile from the young lad.

"SING ALONG TO MY STEREO."

We blasted the radio and listened and sang with the music as all different kinds of artists came on. Very few times, the boys' songs would play, but when they did, Niall serenaded me with them.

"I love you, princess!", he said joyfully, grabbing my hand, giving it a squeeze.

"Love you too, mate", I responded, squeezing his hand bak. Once I said that, Friday by Rebecca Black came on the radio. 'Why does this song still come on', I thought to myself.

"Hell no!" Niall protested, flipping the stereo off as soon as the first note belted into the car. I laughed at his sudden urge for silence. "So what do you want to do?"

"Umm", I thought. "I dunno."

"We can", Niall started. "Go on a nature walk?" I shrugged, not really feeling like walking. "Or we can go shopping. I've been craving Cheetos for the past two days and I don't have any at home."

"Okay, fine. We can go shopping for your whale tummy." He smiled excitedly through the windshield and gave a giant tug on the wheel. The car swerved off the highway and into the shopping center as I yelped.

"NIALL!" he only smiled, as our bodies flung all over the place. He quickly drove up to the shop and parked.

"I'll be back in a bit", he stated, jumping frantically out of the car. I looked at him with narrow eyes.

"You're an idiot." He giggled.

"Want anything while I'm at it?"

"No, I'm fine."

"Your loss, tubby." He quickly shut the door and ran off with a huge grin on his face.

"I'm not tubby!" I protested. I laughed to myself, at the boy's silliness. He was a real piece of something.

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"Looks like the sleeping beauty's awake", said a recognizable voice. I opened my eyes to reveal deep blue eyes staring at me.

"Get away", I mumbled, pushing him aside. He rolled over to lay next to me. I tried to wake myself up, opening my eyes a bit more. With my current shade from Niall being gone, the sun's rays were beaming into my eyes. "What the fuck", I mumbled, covering my face.

"Someone's grumpy", Niall teased. I looked around to see myself being surrounded by grass, sprinkled with snow, a few trees off to the side.

"Where are we?" I asked with a sleepy voice.

"Well, when you were sleeping, you were um", Niall said. "mumbling."He smiled at his memory as he continued. "You were saying," he rolled onto his back and closed his eyes. "I-I wanna go swimming", he whinnied, mocking me. "There's no water in the floater!" I laughed insanely hard, getting a few giggles out of the boy.

"What the hell does that even mean?"

"I don't know." I smiled at him and he grinned back.

"So you brought me to a lake."

"Yeah", he said, looking out at the water. "We were going to pass it anyway, so I thought, why not." He looked at me and winked. The boy suddenly stood up, shoved a hand full of his Cheetos in his mouth and yanked off his shirt.

"What're you doing?" I asked surprised.

"You didn't think we came here just going to sit around, did you?" he said, Cheeto crumbs falling from his mouth. He kicked off his shoes and socks and slipped out of his pants.

"It's like, a bajilion degrees below zero."

"Don't let that stop you, ducky", he smiled. I crinkled my nose, still thinking if it was a good idea. I shrugged and stood up, happily stripping out of my clothes. We undressed ourselves until we were only in our undergarments.

Nialler poured the remaining crumbs of Cheetos in his mouth and ran down to the water. I followed, zooming past him a blur.

"Hurry up, penguin!" I called out. Just then, he picked me up by my waist and dunked me into the water. I shrieked as Niall raced through the water. "You ass hole!", I shouted, splashing water at him. He ducked into the water before the splash hit him. "Niall, come back out so I can hurt you!"

Something grabbed my legs from under me and stuck me in the air.

"How's the weather up there, babe?" he called out.

"Oh my god! NIALL PUT ME DOWN, IT'S FREEZING!"

"What's the magic word?" he teased.

"It's not funny!" I shouted, trying to squirm out of his grip.

"You know it, Addy. Come on, say the magic word."

"No!" I protested.

"Say it or you'll freeze", he added.

"Niall is a sexy beast", I mumbled under my breath.

"Sorry, what was that?"

"NIALL IS A SEXY BEAST!"

"I knew you thought so", he joked. "You can't resist me."

"That's great, now put me down, ya whale."

"Okay." He lowered me down into the water. It was still really cold but not as cold as it was being in the air.

We played in the water for what seemed like twenty minutes until I got the feeling of being watched.

Niall walked through the water, splashing about, and sang the Barney theme song. I looked around. Behind a tree was a flash of light that caught my eye.

"Shit", I grumbled.

"What?"

"Paparazzi." I gestured to the man near the tree, who was no longer behind it. Niall looked at him and then back at me as I stood there shivering. I wrapped myself with my arms and chattered my teeth. "Did we have any towels?" I asked. Niall looked back to his car.

"No", he admitted, shivering as well. "I think I have a jumper in the car though." We walked out of the water, the man still snapping pictures of our half naked bodies, and put our clothes back on. Niall found his jumper and draped it over my shoulders. He glared at the photographer that was now out of hiding and only eight feet away. "Can you not?" Niall snapped.

Just then, a black van for the paparazzi drove down the road to our direction.

"I suppose we should be heading back", I suggested. He opened the car door.

"Let's go, ducky."