18. (5sos x 1D)

Chapter 4

Katherine's POV

When I woke up, nobody was there next to me.
I checked my phone. 12:30 p.m. I glanced at the kitchen and saw Gabby cooking breakfast while Luke was nibbling on her ear.

Ew. Luke doesn't even need breakfast, He's already eating. I thought to myself.

Don't get me wrong, I love them both together. In fact, I love everyone together. But it's kind of depressing how everyone has a boyfriend/girlfriend and I'm here, a sixth wheel.

I got myself out of bed and walked over to the kitchen. Nobody was there except for Gaby and Luke.

"Where is everyone?" I asked.

"They're um ... In their rooms." Gabby smirked.

I'm literally going to barf.

I went to see what she was cooking. It was pancakes. Burnt pancakes. Gab didn't notice because they were too busy staring at each other's eyes.

"Gabby, um, can we just hit up iHop." I told her.

She looked down at the horrible mess and turned the stove off all the way. "Um sure." She blushed.

So we gathered up Lauren, Logan, Noel, Niall, Harry, and Evelyn and hopped in my car. It was a fun car ride there. I plugged my phone into the aux chord and Fetty Wap was blasting through the speakers.

"BABY WON'T YOU COME MY
W-A-A-AY. GOT SOMETHING I WANNA S-A-A-AY. CAN'T GET YOU OFF MY
BR-A-A-IN. BUT FIRST OFF IMMA START BY SAYING THIS" We all sang on the way there.

When we arrived, the waiter directed us to our table and we all ordered.

"Hold on guys, I gotta go to the bathroom." I said. I got up and walked towards the restroom when I accidentally bumped into someone causing orange juice to splash all over them.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" I panicked. "Ugh why am I so clumsy?" I said, attempting to wipe the Orange juice away.

"It's fine, really." A manly voice said.

I looked up and saw a tall, brunette with bushy eyebrows and hazel eyes.

We talked for a bit and found out about each other. "Oh my god I just graduated too!" I squealed. "I'm sorry what was your name?" Suddenly I didn't feel like going to the bathroom.

"Ryan, and you?

"Katherine. Er-Kathy."

"Nice to meet you Kathy. So um, I know we just met but do you want to maybe hang out after this? My dad owns a beach house, we could go there." He asked, sweeping his bangs to the side.

"Oh! Um, I don't wanna ditch my friends." I glanced at the table, they all seemed to be having fun without me. Then I looked up at Ryan's eyes. How could I say no? "You know what? I change my mind. It's a date!" I said.

"Cool." He smiled. We exchanged numbers and he went back to his table

Ding ding!

It was a text from Gabby.

Gabby 💖: Kath where are you? Your food is here! Did you leave?

To Gabby 💖: No! I was just ... taking a dump.

Gabby 💖: Okay... Well hurry! We're all waiting.

To Gabby 💖: Okay! I'm coming.

I locked my phone and walked back.

2 hrs later ...

I put on a bathing suit underneath my outfit, a white romper with black lace at the seams. Then I put on a tan floppy hat. I heard a knock at the door.

I opened it to see Ryan standing on my front porch.

"Wow, You look beautiful." He said smiling.

"Thanks, so do you!" I replied, and we headed out the door.

The car ride was amazing. We talked about so many things. It felt as if I knew him all my life, talking to him was so easy and effortless. We laughed the whole ride there.

When we got there, We got ready to swim.

Ryan took off his shirt, revealing his hard rock abs.

Damn. I thought.

He grabbed a surf board and we ran to the ocean.

He tried to teach me how to surf, but I failed multiple times. I either kept falling off or chickening out. Finally he said "You know what just hold on to me, I'll take it from here."
So we went on his surf board and I held on to his waist. "You feel tense, relax. Trust me, you're not going to fall." So I tried to calm down, and everything was fine. No- everything was perfect.

Almost perfect. I saw Gabby, Evelyn, Noel, Logan and all of their lovers walking towards us.

"No fucking way." I said under my breath.

"What?" Ryan asked.

"Oh sorry, nothing, um could we go back to shore please?" I said. So when we made our way back to shore, I walked up to all of them.

"How could you guys? I can't believe you didn't invite me to your little hangout at the beach. I said, with a lump in my throat.

"Kath-" Noel started.

"No, you know what save it. I thought you guys were my friends, but I guess not." I exclaimed, more mad than sad this time.

"Kath what the fuck are you saying? You know we love you! We're just on ... a triple date!" Evelyn said, making up an excuse.

"No, obviously you love your little lovers more than you love me. Well you know what? You can kiss my ass goodbye." I turned around and
was about to cry.

I got my shit together, and headed back to Ryan. The car ride to my place was silent. I didn't feel like talking. I felt so bad that I ruined the date.

He walked me to the door.

"Sorry about today. I really didn't mean for that to happen. My friends are just being a couple of dicks today." I apologized.

"It's fine, you didn't ruin it. Today was great." Ryan said trying to comfort me. Then he leaned in and closed his eyes. The sky was a dark blue, and filled with bright stars. It was a beautiful summer night. I leaned in too, and he pressed his soft lips against mine.