The Girl With Lips Of An Angel

Anger Management Issues

Kaitlyn

I take a deep breath and turn around and face the large group of people.

“Well fuck… this isn’t how I expected I would meet everyone…” I say awkwardly and everyone laughs.

“Ah, Liam, buddy boy, you owe me twenty bucks,” Zayn says and Liam sighs and hands it over.

“What’s that for?” I ask with raised eyebrows.

“I bet that you would say fuck in the first half an hour of us seeing you. Liam disagreed and said that you wouldn’t because you’re in public,” Zayn says.

“That’s a dumb fucking bet. Of course I’m going to swear in public. I’m not going to change who I am for other people. It’s not like I’m going to see them again. They can think what they want.”

“Well, Kaitlyn, so much for just going to the bathroom,” Rae speaks up.

“You can talk. You only went to get a Slurpee and you end up finding this lot,” I say and gesture to everyone.

“Well, I think introductions are in order. I’m sure you know who everyone is, Kaitlyn?” Louis says.

“Maybe…” I say quietly.

“I’ve heard you’re a fan, love,” Harry says and I nod.

“Certainly am. As soon as I heard of One Direction, I was straight onto YouTube trying to figure out who the fuck you were,” I say and Harry raises his eyebrows.

“Such awful language from a young lady,” he says with a chuckle.

“Eh,” I say with a shrug and he laughs.

“Well, I suggest we introduce everybody,” Liam says.

“Righto then,” I say in a mock Australian accent and Luke, Ashton and Michael look at me with smirks on their faces.

“What…” I say.

“That was really bad,” Ashton says.

“Please, you could do any better?” I say and everyone bursts out laughing at me.

“Now what!?” I say frustratedly.

“They are Australian, Kaitlyn,” Liam mumbles from next to me and my face immediately reddens.

“I don’t know how many times I told you, Kaitlyn, that 5 Seconds of Summer are Australian. I mean I am like addicted to them and their music how could you not kn-“ Rae says but stops as soon as she realises what she’s just said and laughs nervously.

Ashton raises his eyebrow at her and chuckles, “Addicted huh?”

“What? Pssh, no,” she says awkwardly.

“It’s okay if you are. I don’t mind. I think it’s cute,” Ashton comments which makes Rae blush profusely and everyone else laughs.

~~~

We continued chatting for a while when Harry suggested that we actually go on some rides. So we split up into groups. Rae went with Michael, Luke, Ashton and Calum. Then there was Harry, Niall and Hayley and Louis, Zayn, Liam and me.

Me, Louis, Liam and Zayn were in the wave pool mucking around when all of a sudden I felt hands wrap around my ankles and hoist me above their head and rest me feet on their shoulders. I instantly squeal which causes laughter to erupt around me. I look down and see Liam smirking and grasping really tight onto my ankles.

“Fuck, I haven’t been lifted up like that since I was seventeen. I forgot how high it was,” I yell to him.

“What do you mean?” He calls back.

“Well, when I was in high school, I was a cheerleader. I needed to do an extracurricular activity and that was the one that  the least.”

“A cheerleader? Like where you cheer for the football team? That kind?”

“Yes, Liam, that kind,” I giggle.

“Prove it then.” Louis calls.

“Alright, I will. Go a little deeper into the water please, Liam,” I ask and he does so, “Okay, on my count you’re gonna give my ankles a little boost, okay?”

“’Kay.”

“1…2…3!” I call and he pushes my ankles up. I jump off his shoulders and do a back flip in the air before hitting the water beneath me.

I feel myself submerge in the water and I smile as I open my eyes and sink down to the bottom. I flip myself over and stand on my hands and do the splits in the air above the water. I resurface and I giggle as my hair gets caught in my mouth. I get it out and move my hair out of my face.

The boys clap dramatically and I laugh.

“Thank you very much. I’ll be here ‘till Thursday, try the vegemite!” I say and bow while the boys laugh.

Rae comes running into the water like an idiot with Michael, Ashton, Luke and Calum trailing behind her. She trips over her own foot and almost falls into the water, but Ashton swiftly catches her around the waist and steadies her. She looks into his eyes and blushes when he flashes his purebred Australian smile. She quickly recovers and continues to run toward me.

“I just got a phone call from the landlord for our holiday house. He said that someone has trashed the place and we need to go back and sort it out!” She says in a rush.

My eyes widen in shock and I can only come to one conclusion.

Lucas.

I quickly run out of the water and fetch my towel. I wrap it around the lower half of my body and it covers my fluoro green bikini bottoms. I slip on my black Billabong flip flops and black sunglasses and begin to rush out of the theme park with Rae hot on my tail. Suddenly a hand wraps around my elbow and brings me to a halt. I spin around and meet the familiar eyes of my favourite One Direction member.

“Will you be okay?” he asks me with a hint of concern in his tone.

“I’ll be fine. Lucas would never hit me,” I say and Louis laughs humourlessly.

“He almost did today, don’t forget that,” he warns and I nod.

“Okay, you’re right. I’ll call my brother if anything goes wrong, I promise,” I say and envelopes me into a hug.

He brings his head down to my level and whispers in my ear, “I hope so.”