Unforgettable Summer ~ Narry Storan

2: Road Trip

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I slowly blink, my body is sore from spending three hours sleeping in this position. I stretch my arms upwards, they hit the car roof with a soft thud as I curl my toes in my shoes, I roll my neck trying to un-stiffen it. I look over and see Louis playing on his PSP and Greg scrolling through his phone, moving my gaze to the trees outside I watch as they flick past and I realize we are driving on a gravel road which means there's only a few minutes till we get to the lake.

I run my hands through my hair and try to style it so it will sit the way it was before I fell asleep, I rub my eyes and tune in as Greg announces something.

"Zayn just texted to say they arrived about half an hour ago." He looks at his phone screen the whole time and starts tapping at the screen to reply.

"Tell him we're almost there, will you honey?" Mom calls from the front seat.

"Yeah, I am." he locks his phone and slide it into his pocket. faint whispering is heard from Louis, Greg and I both glance over at him and chuckle simultaneously at his quiet threats to the animated game. He looks up after a few seconds and stares at us, frowning.

"What? What's so funny?"

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"Niall, baby I missed you!" Anne scoops me up in a bone crushing hug, as soon as I step foot out of the car.

"Hey, Anne." I half hug her back as my leg slowly falls asleep from being in a car for three hours. "How are you?"

"Oh you know, the usual. gosh how you've grown!" She coos as she looks me up and down.

"Only two inches, Anne. It's not that much taller" I gasp as she releases me, air rushing back into my lungs.

"Well it sure does seem like more doesn't it, Harry?" Anne looks back over her shoulder at Harry and he shrugs as my own mother coos over him. I roll my eyes when Anne doesn't look and he grins, one of his dimples popping out. I don't know what but for the first time since I've met Harry something flutters in my stomach and it makes me feel sick, I put my hand on my abdomen and wait for the sick feeling to pass. Once it goes, I realize Anne is looking at me funny.

"Are you alright dear?" Her forehead crinkles as she frowns and puts her hand on my own forehead. "You don't seem ill."

"Oh, yeah. Just feeling a bit light headed you know? Long journey and all." I give her a small smile to make it more convincing. I don't know whether it was her I was convincing more, or me.

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Dinner was as it usually was on the first night everyone arrived.

We all would straight away dump our gear in the lake houses, setting everything away so we didn't have the hassle of doing it later. Then all us kids would get changed and go diving off the jetty for the first swim of the summer. In the afternoon the mothers would prepare salads and whatnot whilst our dads cooked the meat in the barbecue. we would all have dinner early before going for another swim, using the last streaks of daylight in the sky.

I pushed off the ladder on the side off the jetty and paddled out to where Zayn was. Our parents Louis, Liam and Gemma had decided it was to cold and had retired into the lake houses. Greg was wrestling with Harry trying to get him to jump off, unlike before when he had just slid in.

"C'mon, Harry! Don't be a wuss!" Zayn hollers at him from behind me. In the end I think Harry gave up as Greg chucks him over his shoulder and jumps in with him. Zayn chuckles as Harry resurfaces with a look of disapproval on his face, Greg and I laugh along as he runs his hands over his face a few times.

" Typical bloody Horans, can't let a guy swim in peace." Harry curses, which is the first time I've ever heard him do that. We'll you can't blame him, being Zayns brother and all. Harry pokes Greg in the chest. " between you and Louis I don't know who's worse, and now Nialls gonna probably start in on me."

Greg and Zayn laugh looking over at me, which causes me to turn red, I pray that they can't see it in the dim light. I don't know why I turned red, but Greg's now encouraging me to help him splash Harry. I sigh, and join in on the chaos, letting the cold water splash against all of our skins the chilly air forming goosebumps on my body. We continue the water fight. tackling each other under the water, Zayn grabbs my upper arm, dragging me down so i use my other arm the try and release his grip, my legs flailing around. I notice Zayns body weight is no longer on me and i resurface to see Greg taking Zayn down with him. I go to help him in his quest, but someone drags me backwards with them, I dont have to have three guesses to know who it was because the tingling, sick feeling from earlier on came back. I turn to pry myself from his grip, but i get caught looking into his eyes and his massive grin starts to fade as he notices me staring, his dimples slowly go back into hiding and i feel a funny feeling in my stomach. Harry looks at me concerned

"You alright, Niall?" My head starts to swim and i can feel my body heating up, the cold water sways around me and Harry, i notice his arms are still around me from when he dragged me backwards and my hands are still on his chest when i tried to push him away. Zayn and Greg have stopped fighting and are paddling over, Greg turns my head towards him.

"Faaark, Niall. You look like shit." I gulp and despite the near ice temperature water i can feel myself getting incredibly hot, and my heart starts beating faster. I turn back to Harry and try to calm myself down by breathing deeply, Harry doesnt loosen his hold on me the whole time.

"Ni? Are you alright?" Harry asks again and this time I actually feel like im going to be sick.

"Shit." Greg pulls me from Harrys grip and swims me over to the jetty, helping me up the ladder. Once im on the jetty i crawl onto the grass and lie down on my back. Maybe i actually really am sick, i start cooling down almost instantly and my heart beat slows down.

"Niall i think you should head inside now." I nod and get up, picking up my towel from the grass. I expect Greg to get back in the water with Zayn and Harry , but instead he picks up his own towel and follows me inside.

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