The Irish Lad: A One Direction Fan Fiction

Chapter 17

Katie's POV

A few days later, Danielle and Eleanor had left, and Aileen would be leaving at the end of the week. She and Zayn were great together, and I could tell she really liked him. At that point, we were in Australia, and soon we would be going to Canada for my last week on tour with the boys. Then, they would spend the last month of the tour in the states, while I went to Uni.

In the hotel in Australia, the boys, Leena and I were all sharing the penthouse suite on the top floor. A morning of one of our days off, almost all of us were sitting around the kitchen and living room, eating breakfast and watching cartoons. Louis came skating in on his socked feet, and his iPad was in his hands. We all looked to him in anticipation as to what he would say.

"Guess what we're doing today!" We looked at him, and Liam said, "What?" Louis tapped the screen of his device, and Nicki Minaj exploded into the room.

"Let's go the beach-each, let's go get away, they say, what they gonna say?"

"We're going to the beach boys! And Leena and Katie!" Louis said, and everyone cheered. I went and changed into a white and blue striped bikini, and threw a floral sundress over it as a cover-up.

Niall's POV

We got down to the lobby and braced ourselves. Looking in hindsight, it probably was not the best idea, leaving out the front door, but, oh well. Katie and I wrapped our arms around each other. She buried her face in my chest and clutched my side as I led her into the van.

We finally got in the car and took a swerving route to the beach. "Niall! Look!" Katie exclaimed and pointed out the car door. There were rolling waves crashing onto a beautiful, sandy beach. To the side, a tall, rocky cliff rose over the waves. Katie looked to me. "Isn't it beautiful?" She smiled, and her beautiful blue-green eyes lit up. I kissed her. "What was that for?" She asked. "I love you."

"I love you, too, Niall." She kissed me, holding the kiss longer. I felt a shoe hit the back of my head, and we parted.

"NO PDA!" Harry shouted next to me. I looked to see him putting his shoe back on. I slapped him upside the head. "OW!" He shouted.

"No acting like an idiot!" I told him, and we all cracked up. We finally arrived at the beach, and we all piled out of the van.

"Woah, what is that!?" Katie asked, looking at the boat on the shore.

"Didn't I tell you? We're going out on a boat! All of us!" I told her and she started jumping up and down with Leena. "Leena! We're going on a boat!" They grabbed each other's hands and ran up the ramp, boarding the boat, and leavng the rest of us on the shore of the beach. I saw Zayn come up next to me out of the corner of my eye.

"Well, it looks like we're boarding the boat without our girlfriends?"

"I guess, so DJ Malik."

"I like that they're such good friends. I think it's been easier for Leena. She had a really close friend to go through all of this shit with, you know? Someone there who understands it, and has been there her whole life."

"I think the same for Katie, and I think she loves having Leena come on tour with us after spending three weeks straight with the lads. As much as she loves all of you, it's nice for her to have another girl around."

"Well, our wives'll be best friends, and so will we."

"Got that right, Zayn. Let's get on the boat. The lads are waiting." We both got on the boat, following the other boys, Paul, and Andy. We set our stuff in the lower room of the boat. I straightened my snapback and put on my sunglasses. I had on a blue and grey plaid suit and a tank. I slipped off my shoes and went back outside to the boat. I heard the two girls singing on the boat.