the summer i became beautiful (Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

chapter one

We have been driving for what feels like 20 years. My older brother, Nathan, was driving slower than a grandmother with a stroke. With my feet up on the dashboard I sat waiting for our arrival. Meanwhile, my mother was sleeping like she was in a coma in the backseat, while I am in the front seat freaking out about what this summer is going to be consisting of. " Could you possibly go any faster! The old granpa over there is lapping us." I urged. Nathan just ignored me. Thats my brother for ya. 

One of my favorite things about the beach was the radio stations! They are so much better out here than anywhere else I have been to. It makes me feel like I'm out on the beach playing in the sand, or swimming in the ocean. All of a sudden a familiar beat comes on......" HOLY BAD WORDS..BAD WORDS VERY BAD WORDS!!!!" One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful' rang through the car. Niall was naturally my favorite being that he was irish and practically an older brother that I had loved since I could remember. "Can you fucking not." my mother's said in a very pissed off tone. "Shit. sorry mom One Direction happened." My mother cracked up. She knew how much I loved them.

As we got closer and closer to the house, I could feel a familiar flutter in the bottom of my heart. Nathan elbowed me. " Are you thinking about your future husband Niall?" he asked mockingly. My mother snuck her head in between our seats and asked "Elly do you still like Niall? Cause from the looks of last summer it looked like you and Greg were sharing somewhat of a fling." My brother looked at me with a worried expression written all over his face. " Greg and I are just really good friends, but that doesn't mean that anything is going on. Please never bring that up again." "DONE" my mother agreed. 

Niall and Greg were Maura's boys. My mother and her were practically blood sisters since they were 7. They even have the heart shaped scars to prove it. 

Maura once told me that the second that I was born she was determined to make sure that I was going to be destined for one of her boys. She  used to say that it was fate. She told me one day that she would hate to see her lose one of the boys to someone that is not me. 

We had been going to Bundoran beach which consists of the beach house that I absolutely adore. We had been going there every summer since I was born. 

I always had wondered what they were like in winter. If they would ever have snowball fights with other girls or just sit by the fire and enjoy the warmth. Sometimes during class I would sit by the radiator and think if they were by a radiator warming there feet as well. I would always be counting down the days until summer. Summer was literally the only time I truly lived. My whole life revolved around summers. Summer was what mattered. 

Niall was the younger of the two. He was dark. Completely unavailable, unattainable. He would always say something rude and the smirk. The smirk I always found myself looking at. It was the kind of smirk that makes you want to just grab the person by their shirt and kiss the crap out of them.

Greg however was my friend. He was constantly nice to me. He was the type of guy that always wants to cuddle and doesn't mind holding his mom's hand even though he was technically too old for it. 

I bet kids at school used to like Greg better cause he's constantly nice to people. If it weren't for one direction Niall wouldn't be a huge deal He would just be a moody person in the back of the classroom. 

We finally pulled up to the house, Niall and Greg were outside playing football. Nathan honked the horn twice, which in summer language meant, Come help with the bags, stat.

Niall was eighteen now. He was a bit taller than he was last year. His hair slowly fading back into its natural shade of brown. God, he looked so flipping hot. Damn, and he was wearing a muscle tank and a snapback. I swear he's purposefully trying to give me a woman boner. 

Greg made a megaphone with his hands and yelled "Its the craic daddy". I never will understand what the hell "craic" means. 

We all jumped out of the car and ran to hug one another. I took a llong look at the house that stood before me. It was the definition of beach house, with its yellow and cream accents. It was perfect. It felt like home.

I started walking over to them. They didn't even notice me walking up at first. But then they did. They really did. Niall gave me a quick glance over the way guys do at the mall. He had never looked at me that way in my whole life. I could feel my cheeks starting to flush. This happened in the span of three seconds but it felt like so much longer. 

Niall was the first to come up and give me a hug. I could feel his breath on the nape of my neck. Before I knew it his lips brushed against my ear and he whisperred "Damn puberty is hitting you hard". He backed away so he could see my face. And of course he just had to smirk, the fucking smirk that got me hooked in the first place....and then he winked. For god sake is this boy trying to make me weak. 

Before I knew it Niall's touch was replaced by Greg's. He almost lifted me into the air. "Awwww our little Elly is all growed up" he crowed. I giggled as he put me down. 

Niall looked at me again. "Something looks different about you Elly." "Well I got my braces off." 

He smiled "It's not that, you just look different."

Shortly after we unloaded the car I went straight up to my room. It was Maura's old one from when she was a child. Everything about it was old fashioned. It felt as if there might be secrets in these walls. 

Seeing Niall again again, having him look at me that way, I felt like I neede a second to breathe. I grabed the stuffed polar bear on my dresser and hugged him close to my chest- his name was Jelly Bean, Bean for short. I sat down with Bean on my bed. My heart was beating so loudly I could hear it. Everything was the same, but not. They had looked at me like I was a real girl, not just somebody's little sister.