We've Only Just Begun

Part 13 - Beach Day

The boys took us to breakfast and then shopping afterward. Everyone went, even Ollie, Becca, and Maria. It was such a blast, and it really gave me a taste of LA life. 

While us girls were trying things on the guys would just sit patiently and give us their opinions when we showed them what we were thinking about buying. Unless it was Jay and Tom who wouldn't stop complaining about us continuously going back and forth from the dressing room. Max, Nath, and Siva were all very patient and seemed to really like seeing their girls try on tons of different things. 

"Haven't you already tried that on?" Tom asked Maria impatiently when she came out to show everyone a cute sundress that she was thinking about getting.

"No, Tom. Shut up. I'm almost done." She snapped back.

"I'd like to see you do this." I yelled at him from the dressing room.

"Yeah but I don't want to do this. That's the difference." He sneered.

"If you were a girl you'd understand." Becca chimed in.

"I don't know why you're complaining mate. This is basically a fashion show of just our girlfriends." Siva said. I smiled at that.

I came out of the dressing room in a pair of lightwash jeans. I looked at Nath with raised eyebrows. "What do you think?" I asked, turning in a circle so he could get the full effect. 

He made the a-ok symbol with his hands and winked at me. "Hot." He said. 

I smiled and went back in the dressing room. I was getting tired of trying things on so I put my original clothes back on and came out with a few different things I wanted to buy; the pair of lightwash jeans, a neon yellow and green sun dress, a couple solid colored crop tops, and a pair of blue jean shorts. I sat down on Nath's lap and waited for the rest of the girls to finish.

"Hey guys check me out." I heard Jay say from behind everyone. We all turned to see him wearing a very large bra over his shirt. I closed my eyes and shook my head. Tom could not stop laughing. 

"Jesus Christ what have I gotten myself into?" I asked putting my head in my hands.

"This is just the beginning, love. Better get used to it." Nathan told me so only I'd hear him.

"Hey. You two." I pointed at Jay and Tom. "Tomorrow we're going to be in the studio, and if you're not in the booth you're writing, got it?" I gave them a serious look. 

"Sir yes sir!" Jay said. He was standing upright at attention then gave me a military salute. 

Well that went nowhere. I was going to have to establish my role as their "assistant manager," or whatever I was, more clearly when the time came. But right now everyone was having too good of a time to give a shit.

When we were all done with shopping we went back to the house to get changed into our bathing suits and then we went to the beach. The beaches in LA were extremely different from the ones in Texas. We have the Gulf of Mexico, they have the Pacific. The beach that's closest to Houston is Galveston and we literally call it the Texas Toilet Bowl...it's that dirty. But here the sand was white and fluffy and the water was so clear it was unreal. 

We ended up playing a game of beach volleyball. We had ten people total so it was five on five; Me, Nath, Steph, Tom, and Becca against Jay, Max, Siva, Ollie, and Maria. I can't remember the last time I had that much fun at the beach. My team ended up losing because of me...it was kind of hard playing with a cast, but no one cared about the score, we were all just having a great time together. 

Nath and I went out into the ocean to clean all of the sand off our bodies from diving when he caught me staring at him. 

"What?" He asked with a playful smile.

I smirked. "Nothing..." although he knew exaclty what I was doing; I was checking him out. 

"Last time you saw me shirtless you couldn't look at me, but now you can huh?" He said pulling me to him. 

"Last time you had just woken up...your hair was all messed up, your voice was all husky and sexy, and we were in your bedroom..." I looked up at him. "You also can't see me blushing out here in the sun." I stuck my tongue out at him.

"It's cute when you blush." He said.

"I wish I didn't. It gives all my secrets away." I said.

He laughed and kissed me. 

"Time to go!" I heard Max yell from the shoreline. He looked upset.

"Alright!" Nathan yelled back.

He grabbed my hand and led me back to the beach. 

"What's wrong?" I asked Max. 

"Just saw about four different people with cameras snapping away at us...you two as well." He replied. "I think that's enough for one day." 

I nodded. We gathered our stuff and headed back to the house.

I went straight to the shower when we got home to get all of the leftover sand off of me. The one thing I didn't like about the beach was that you always bring it back with you. I got out and got dressed. When I walked out of the bathroom Nathan was already laying my bed watching TV and drinking a cup of tea. 

"I made you one as well." He said pointing to my night stand. 

I smiled and jumped on the bed. I leaned over him and gave him a kiss. "I could get used to this." I said.

"Yeah? Me too." He replied kissing me back.

He was watching highlights of a soccer game on the TV. "I love soccer--"

"Football. It's football babe." He interrupted.

"Uh...here in America, which is where you are, it's soccer." I replied sarcastically. He poked my side playfully making me jump. "Anyway..." I continued after I stopped laughing. "I played all my life up until my junior year of high school. Then my team split up and I hurt my knee. I miss it a lot."

"We should have a match one day. All ten of us, like we did today!" He said excitedly. "But only if it doesn't hurt your knee." 

"Nah it shouldn't. I have a brace that wear." I said taking a sip of my tea. 

"Good. We'll have to set that up." He replied. 

I put the cup back on the nightstand and cuddled up next to him. He put his arm around me and pulled me as close to him as possible. I closed my eyes and smiled. I was so content. Today was perfect...it definitely made up for the monstrosity that was yesterday. 

He tilted my chin up to bring my face to his and kissed me, but this time it was heated. He rolled me over and leaned over me. I wrapped my arms around his neck while he took his lips to my ear lobe, down my neck, to my collarbone, and then back up again to my lips. I had to stop before things kept going. I didn't want to do anything too quickly in fear of regretting it. 

I pulled away breathing heavily and he gave me a smoldering look that made me want to rip his clothes off. 

"Well shit." I told him through heavy breaths. He laughed and flopped over on his back, then turned back to face me resting his head on his hand. 

"I'm glad we're okay again. Today was really fun and much needed." He smiled. "I hope you know how much you mean to me." 

"I know babe." I said. "Right back at you." I leaned over and kissed him one more time and then turned off my light. He pulled me to him and held me until we drifted off. Yeah, I could definitely get used to this.