Six Girls, Five Guys, One Summer (One Direction)

Chapter 16: Braeden Won't Give Up

A/N Hey everyone. Sorry for the late update, I didn't have much time to get on the laptop this weekend. But today is a snow day, so I was able to update today! Again, I'm really sorry, but I hope this chapter makes it up to you!

Also, before I start the chapter, I'd like to say something. I was looking at my profile earlier, and I was so happy to see that this story has over 3,000 reads, and almost 90 votes! Thank you all so much for helping me get this far!

Now, here's the chapter! Hope you like it!

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Courtney's POV

I saw Lucy run off into the pool house, or whatever it’s called (I really don’t care right now, my friend just ran off!) and I bit my lip hard. Was Lucy okay? I knew I had to go make sure she was, after all, she was one of my best friends, and I cared.

I decided to go after her. I climbed out of the pool and walked to the door of the building. As I opened it up, I called, “Lucy? Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she said, a little too quickly for my taste. I knew just from that little sentence that she was hiding something. I wouldn’t accept that.

As I stepped farther into the room, I said, “Lucy Belle Cole, I know you’re hiding something. Tell me or I’ll make you tell me.”

“And how do you suppose you’re going to make me tell you?” I heard Lucy ask me. She probably was smirking, even though I couldn’t see her face.

“I…ah…I’m working on that,” I admitted after thinking for a second, coming up with nothing. I took a seat in the plastic chair next to hers. Man, this place needed better furniture!

Lucy chuckled softly, a hint of a smile on her lips. “Okay, but I guess I’ll save you the trouble of making me talk,” she said. As she spoke, her smile faded away and her laugh did as well. “Courtney, what would you think if I told you I thought I was falling for Niall?” she said softly, probably afraid that someone was going to overhear.

“I would be curious about why you didn’t tell me. Why? Are you actually falling for him?” I questioned, sitting up in the chair.

“I don’t know. I think I am, but I’m not sure,” Lucy said, obviously nervous about this.

“Oh. My. Gosh. Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked, shocked that she was feeling this way about Niall. How could she have not told me what happened?

“Well, it’s because I didn’t want it to happen. I wanted us to just stay friends, but when we all jumped in and Niall and I were underwater…I don’t know, it almost looked as if he was going to kiss me. I was so nervous, so I got out fast and ran in here,” Lucy told me.

I nodded as I listened, and I understood what she was saying. I didn’t quite understand, however, what the problem was with Niall possibly liking her, though. Although I had my troubles with boys in the past, and I didn’t trust some as much as I used to, I kind of thought she and Niall would be cute together, like in a shipping sort of way. Maybe for a ship name they could be Nucy, or Liall, or something cutesy like that.

But I’m getting off topic. I looked at Lucy, and asked, “But, what’s the problem with your liking Niall? You two are both so sweet together,” I told her.

“I know he’s going to have to leave, same with Harry, Zayn, Louis, and Liam at the end of this summer. To me, it’s just not worth getting into a relationship,” Lucy told me.

“Right, that little detail,” I said with a sigh, dreading the day they would have to leave. “But, don’t you think you can just forget about that little detail and just have fun, go with the flow and all that?”