Heartbeat

Chapter 5

Niall’s POV

Why the hell would I just say that? I don’t know what came over me it just shot out and I couldn’t stop it. Of course I wanted her to, definitely, but I wasn’t going to ask because that is a big question. I looked at her face carefully, just to make sure she didn’t run down the hill like the others had. “Yes.” She said.

“I understand, America’s your hom- Wait did you just say yes?” I said, caught off guard.

She giggled that adorable giggle of hers. “Yes, I did say yes.” She said, a smiling creeping on both of our lips.

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah. I mean there’s nothing holding me here right now. I live on my own, I’m not in school. There’s nothing tying me down.”

“Are you sure, Audrey? I mean, going to London is a big thing.”

“Well, I’m not gonna move there. I’ll just go stay with you guys. I can pay for my plane ticket and warmer clothes. I don’t see why not. Why, are you trying to go back on it?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.

“No! No! I mean, no. This is great!” I said, grabbing her ribcage in a big hug and spinning her around as she latched on to my neck. I can’t believe she said yes.

Just then, the rest of the group crept back up the deserted hill on the island. “Well, well, well, what do we have here?” Harry asked cheekily as I set Audrey back down. We both blushed and broke apart, standing next to each other awkwardly.

“Nothing.” We both said immediately.

“Uh-huh.” Zayn said, bumping my hip.

“Oh shut up.” Audrey said.

“You’ve got a feisty one, mate.” Liam said, yet again.

“Liam, do we want a repeat of what happened the last time you said that?” Audrey said, narrowing her eyes in his direction.

“No.” He said quickly, remembering the slap he’d earned from Danielle.  We all laughed and headed back to the boat.

We continued jumping off the ledge and riding down the slide for about another two hours, eating and dancing in the mix. This was just a fun day.

By 1:30 we had docked the boat back on the main land and packed up the rest of our food. We were now heading back to Audrey’s car.

“Shit, Audrey, we’re all soaking wet?” I said.

“So?”

“You’re seats will get all wonky.” Harry answered.

“And? It’s a car with water. It will dry children.” She said, patting my cheek.

“You are so weird.” El said.

“And why is that?” Audrey asked.

“The way you talk. Your word choices. They’re so odd.”

“Why thank you, darling. I try.” Audrey replied, placing a hand on her chest. We all chuckled and laughed at our new friend. She’s definitely special. “Well come on, getcho asses in muh car!” She said, walking around to the driver’s side and climbing in. We all got in our normal positions in her car, her and me in the front, Eleanor, Louis and Zayn in the middle bench, and Liam, Danielle, and Harry in the back.

Audrey turned on the radio, like normal, and we drove out of the parking lot. Live While We’re Young came on and Audrey started singing and dancing like a weirdo in the driver’s seat. She was only dancing a little so she wouldn’t crash us.