New Guy

Chapter 15

Justin's POV: 

"Hey, babe.. Is that Zayn?" Perrie asks as she pulls away from our kiss, looking to her right.

"No.. Can't be. Only we know about this place." I disagree and pull her back in. She stops me by putting her hand on my chest and looks back to her right.

"It is! There's Niall and Liam and that bitch, Nicola! How the hell did they know about this beach?! It was our secret.." She points out and after looking a little closer, I realise she's right. She puts her sunglasses on and starts walking to the other side of the beach.

"Where are you going?" I ask her, not really wanting to get them involved with my day. Perrie just turns and rolls her eyes at me before she continues walking. I sigh and follow her.

Zayn's POV: 

Nicola is sitting on my shoulders while Niall on Liam's. I run at the two boys in front of me and Nicola tries to push Niall down. He entwines his hands with hers and tries to get her off my shoulders.

"Smash that Leprechaun!" I say happily to Nicola. Liam jogs behind us and before I can turn around, I feel a dead weight on my shoulders. "What the hell have you been eating?!"

"Niall, get off!" Nicola's voice comes from above me. "You're too heav-"

I stumble backwards and lose my balance before falling straight into the water. Niall and Liam laugh and high five each other before Nicola appears above the surface coughing. I grab her hand and pull her up, patting her on the back.

She leans on me and finally stops coughing before we see a boy and a girl approaching us. Niall asks who they are and after a closer look, we realise it's Zayn and Perrie. Oh lord.

"Before you even get close to us, get lost." I call to them before adding with a grin, "Unless you wanna play Marco Polo."

After my comment, it doesn't look like they're heading towards us anymore so we start our game. Niall is in first so we spin him around and he yells out, "Marco!"

I drag Nicola and wrap my arms around her before shouting back, "Polo!"

Liam comes over and helps me hold her so she can't move and Niall starts to approach us. She starts kicking and splashing but failing to get away.

"Let's play with our eyes closed!" Liam suggests and we all close our eyes. This is going to be super fun!

Nicola's POV: 

I splash and kick the water around me with my eyes closed, trying to get away. It proves ineffective as Zayn's grip around my waist doesn't loosen. Someone else -which I'm guessing is Liam- pulls me away.

I laugh and keep telling the boys to let go but they don't. What surprises me though, is a blow to the stomach. I start coughing and open my eyes to find Justin standing in front of me. He punches me again, leaving me coughing once more.

Zayn opens his eyes and starts, "Are you o-" The second he sees Justin, he stops half way through his sentence and starts walking over to us.

I turn my head to see that Perrie is holding my arms behind my back, but lets go as Justin grabs my arm and starts dragging me away. Liam opens his eyes and so does Niall when they realise what's going on.

"Come and get it." Justin says with a smug look on his face and punches me hard in the tummy. I double over in pain as it was probably the hardest I've ever been punched. He laughs and picks me up before jogging away from my friends.

"Put her the hell down!" Zayn shouts at him and when he finally reaches Justin, he punches him straight in the face.

Justin drops me into the water and punches Zayn back. I feel dizzy and light-headed and before I know what's going on, I'm pushed underwater. As I was gasping for breath when I was at the surface, I breathe in water.

I start coughing like a maniac, only to breathe in more water. Someone lifts me up before I feel myself pass out..

Niall's POV: 

As far as I know, I've never hurt a girl in my life but this.. this has gone way too far. Liam picks up Nicola and is looking after her at the moment. I push the girl hard into the water and she falls on her butt.

I can't believe anyone would want to hurt a girl like Nicola.. Or anyone at all!

*** 

 I fall into the couch with a sigh. It's been a long day. Zayn has ice on his face and Nicola hasn't left her room since we got home. Suddenly Zayn jumps up from his chair and his face lights up.

"What's up?" I ask, curious as to why he's so happy all of a sudden.

"Alright! She said yes!" He exclaims happily, dropping the bag of ice on the floor and typing something on his phone.

"Who said yes to what?" Liam asks from his place in the kitchen. "Did you ask someone out?"

"I wasn't going to tell you guys because I thought she'd say no.. Doesn't matter, though! She said yes!" He says happily, practically jumping up and down in his spot.

"Who said yes?!" Liam asks again, a little impatiently.

"Nina!"

"You like her? Wow, uh, okay. That was unexpected.. I had no idea." Liam says, surprised.

"Oh, guys. I forgot to tell you. I remember Thalia!" I add happily, earning smiles and congratulations from everyone. "Anyway, I'm going to go check on Nicola.."

"Good idea. I'll come with you." Zayn says and Liam agrees.

Nicola's POV: 

I roll over on my bed, stuffing my face into my pillow. I'm not upset, I'm angry. Every time we have something nice going on, those two ruin it. Can't they just leave us alone for two minutes?!

I roll over again so I'm staring up at the ceiling and sigh.

Just as I do so, I hear my door opening with a creak. I look over to find Liam, Niall and Zayn peering inside my room.

"Hello to you too?" I half say-half ask as they walk in without permission.

Niall sits at the end of my bed, Liam and Zayn laying on each side of me.

"Why have you been in here all by yourself? Are you sad?" Zayn asks, wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"No. I'm not sad. I'm pissed off. Every time we do something fun, Justin and Perrie have to ruin it for us. They don't leave us alone, Zayn." I answer, cuddling up to him.

"I know. But it's okay, baby. I'm always here for you guys." Zayn answers, cuddling me back.

"Don't let them get to your head. They'll leave us alone." Liam says, rubbing circles on my back as I sit up.

"But they won't." I groan and fall back into my pillow.

"I promise you they won't bug us anymore. Not while I'm around." Niall says firmly. "Nobody will."