Moments (A Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

Chapter 33

"Whoopeeee!" Liam shouts as we exit the limo. 'Yay waterpark! Yay! Emma! Emma!" he says as he repeatedly pokes Emma in the face.

She grabs his arm. "Why?"

Liam pouts. "Because I like waterparks."

We all laugh and cheer as we approach the entrance.

"Two tickets, please," Niall asks the man in the ticket window. I start to take out my wallet, but Niall stops me. "My treat."

"Okay," I respond.

Niall and I take our tickets and walk over to a bench and wait for each of the other boys to pay for their girlfriends.

When they all finish, we all excitedly run to the only empty pool. As soon as I get to the edge I stop in my tracks, almost falling in doing so. I slowly, carefully dip my toe in and suppress a shiver. All of a sudden, I'm being shoved from behind and then I'm soaking wet. I plunge into the freezing water, and when I resurface I see a giggling Niall at the edge of the pool, with Ainsley and Autumn behind him.

"Sorry, I had to!" Niall says between laughs.

"You push me down, you come down with me!" I say, and right before I reach up and tug on his feet, Ainsley looks at him like 'oh no you didn't' and before he realizes it, he's in the water with me.

"You don't mess with me!" I say, and Ainsley, Autumn and Emma who has now approached us burst onto laughs.

Harry approaches Autumn. "I told you he'd push her in! Where's my twenty bucks?"

Autumn pokes his stomach. "And I told you she'd pull him in after. Where's my twenty bucks?"

Harry groans. "Fine." He grumpily reaches into his man purse and pulls out a bill, handing it to Autumn. Autumn slips the bill into her bag and sneaks up behind Harry, ready to push.

"Wait!" Harry shouts. "I have my phone! I have to call my cat sitter!" He turns around and lays his hand across her face, pushing her back as she swings her arms at him, trying to break free. He pulls out his phone and dials a number, then presses the phone to his ear. "Hello? Erin?" he says. There's inaudible noise coming from the other end of the line. "Yeah. Yep. Okay, yeah. Erin. ERIN. Can you stop by my flat and check on Dusty? Please? Erin!" he pleads. There's a sound from the phone that sounds like 'Fine' and Harry jumps up and down with joy, releif in his emerald eyes. "Yay! Thank you thank you thank you! Bye Erin!" He slides the phone into his man purse and sets it down on a chair. "Okay Autumn," he says, letting go of her face. "You can push me in now."

Autumn takes a few steps back, then rushes towards him, ready to shove. But a split-second before she hits him, he smoothly slides out of the way, sending Autumn plummeting down into the freezing water.

"Hey!" Autumn says when she resurfaces.

Harry shrugs his shoulders. "Haters gonna hate."

"Oh, please don't tell me you just said that," Louis complains to Harry.

Harry crosses his arms, defiant. "Oh yes I did Mr. Snobby Pants."

"Please don't tell me you just said THAT," Zayn says, slapping his hand to his forehead.

"Zayn, we talked about this," Perrie says to him. "The boys will be insane, no matter what. And you and I both know you will too."

"Hey!" the boys shout in unison.

"Sorry boys." Perrie shrugs. "You know it's true." She then turns away, jumping into the pool to join Niall, Autumn and I.

"Wow-this-water's-cold," she says, her words all tangling together.

"Yup!" Emma suddenly shouts, grabbing the hands of Liam and Zayn, then jerking her arms forward, sending them unexpectedly into the pool.

"Oh, please. That was nothing," Louis says. And somehow, five seconds later, Ainsley and Emma are both thrashing around in the water. "Ha," Louis declares, rubbing his hands together.

"This means war," Ainsley says with a mischievous smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

She discreetly ducks underwater when Louis isn't looking, then swims over to the stairs. She climbs up the stairs without a splash, sneaking up behind Louis slowly and carefully. She shoves him in --making sure she pushes directly on his bum (Oh, Ainsley, why am I friends with you?).

"AH!" Louis shrieks, suddenly flying towards the pool. He lands with a huge splatter of water and chlorine, slapping the water as he comes down.

"Ouch," Louis complains. "Ainsley, careful on the backside. You know what happened last week!"

Emma, Autumn and I all turn to look at her, raising our eyebrows. She blushes. "Louis!"

"Whoops," Louis says, blushing.

Ainsley jumps back into the pool to hide her red face, while splashing everyone.

"You're gonna regret that," Niall says.

"Uh-oh. Ainsley, if I were you, I would run," I say. And she does.

She splashes her way out of the water, followed shortly behind by Niall. He chases her around a few family picnics, tables, and umbrellas until he somehow has her at the top of the high dive. "LOUIS," he bellows down.

"YES, MY KIND SIR?" Louis yells back.

"FINISH HER OF," Niall says, waiting until Louis makes his way up to the top of the diving board, with mischief in his eyes, to climb back down to meet me in the pool.

"This should be good," I tell him, ruffling his damp hair.

"Indeed, it shall." We turn back to watch the diving board, leaning on the stairs to the pool. Louis' face is right up next to Ainsley's, and they seem to be having a staredown.

Ainsley's eyes are filled with terror. Oh, Ainsley's afraid of heights. Ha! I think.

"You don't like diving?" Louis asks her. Ainsley shakes her head, earning a sudden kiss from Louis. He wraps his arms around her and presses his lips to hers. A moment after they break away, Louis says, "Then maybe you like falling." And off Ainsley goes into the water.

Louis stands at the top of the high dive laughing and giggling away, not noticing a fuming Ainsley climbing back up the ladder. And all of a sudden, Louis isn't standing on the high dive anymore, and Ainsley is rubbing her hands together as if to say 'A job well done.'

Nice one, Ains, I think, Nice one.