Love Hurdles

6. Natalie

Natalie's POV

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Kayla struts back onto the porch and sits her tiny butt on Luke's lap. Gross. He looks disguised by her sudden closeness and tries to shove her off. Paris, Kayla's clone, awkwardly stands there with her arms crossed.

"Well," she says, attitude reeks out of her voice. "Go do it."

Luke throws a hopeful glance in Laila's direction.

"Um, well, hmm," Laila is torn between Kayla's death stares and Luke's wide-eye looks. "How about Luke only has to go into the pool up to his knees?"

"Sounds good to me," Luke replies. Everyone laughs at his easiness to compromise.

Luke shoves Kayla of his lap and she lands on the ground with a thud. He strolls over to the pool ready to take on Kayla's challenge. We all follow him over to the glistening water.

"Does he know it's ice cold and hasn't been used in months?" I whisper to Kris as Luke slips off his blue Vans shoes and socks. He rolls up his jeans to his knees.

"Luke, Luke, Luke," the boys shout and pump their fists. Even Kayla comes limping over on her bruised leg.

Luke sticks one foot in the frigid water and his hole body tenses up.

Sam cracks up at Luke's uncomfortableness in the pool.

"Is it cold Luke?" Cameron jokingly asks.

"Nah, it's as hot as me," Luke replies.

Slowly, he creeps into the pool. When he finally gets knee deep, Luke pumps his fists in victory.

"Is it raining?" Kris asks has she holds out her hand.

A drop of water hits my head, and more and more rain drops start showering down.

"It's definitely raining," Kyle says as he wipes is now moist hands on his jeans. The rain start coming down harder and harder.

Quickly, Luke runs out of the ice cold pool and joins the rest of us as we scurry inside. Kris shuts the door, after we all get inside, just before the rain starts pouring down.

"I'm soaked!" Cam exclaims, shaking himself off like a wet dog.

"Who wants hot cocoa?" Laila sings as she pulls hot cocoa mix out of the pantry. Sam swings around her and pulls out milk from the fridge.

"Me!" We all chorus. Kris and Cam grab mugs from the cabinet, while I turn on Pandora. Luke pulls me across the kitchen floor and dances along to the song.

"And we'll never be royal. Royals," We all sing to the music playing. Kyle pops mugs into the microwave. Even Paris contributes to the fun and grabs whipped cream. Kayla, on the other hand, pouts on the couch.

Kris distributes the hot cocoa out to all our friends. I grab the can of whipped cream and pile the sweet topping on my hot cocoa. I take a sip of my drink, but I burns my tongue.

"Ow! That's hot!" I squeal and turn to my friends. Immediately they all start cracking up.

"What? What's so funny?" I ask.

"You're...lip...whipped cream..." Cam says in between laughs.

I blush and lick the whipped cream off my upper lip.

We pile onto the couches and decide to watch a movie. Kris grabs the remote and start scrolling through Netflix.

"How about The Avengers?" Cam suggests.

"What about Mean Girls?" Laila asks.

"I got it; Ferris Buller's Day Off!" I exclaim! Everyone nods in agreement, and I pop up to make popcorn.

I add gummy worms to the bowls of popped popcorn and pass them out.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

I lean my head on Cam's shoulder, close my eyes, and just enjoy all my closest friends together and getting along.

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a/n: sorry for the long wait to update, wattpad must hate me because it delete the whole chapter I wrote so I had to write it again! let me know what you think.

xo clo