BEAUTY FROM ASHES

FORTY

~Never get mad at someone for being who they've always been~
-Unknown

MILEA'S POV

Bell tugged my arm gently. "Milea, you alright?" I turn and nod. Ava furrowed her eyebrows, "What's wrong?" I pull them inside and sigh, "Our neighbours are Hailey and her family." Bell and Ava groan.

Aiden comes downstairs but stops when he sees me. "Hey, why do you look so disappointed?" I sigh, "Hailey and her family are our neighbours." He shakes his head, "You've got to be joking." Bell rolls her eyes and sighs, "Take a look for yourself."

I head upstairs to freshen up. Afterwards I hear Liam and Levi arguing. I walk into the kitchen and Levi averts his gaze to me. "Jordans, come on we're waiting for you." I furrow my eyebrows, "Why?"

Connor comes downstairs, "Because we want to get dinner." I nod and hop into the car with them. "Where's Aiden and the girls?" Liam smirked, "They went to get us seats. You jealous?" I roll my eyes. "Why must I be jealous?"

Connor smirks, "Because when you have a boyfriend Milea you suddenly have this possessive protective side to you when your guy isn't with you." Levi grinned, "Well clearly Bell doesn't do that for you." We burst out laughing.

As soon as we arrive we see Aiden and the girls. We all sit down and order our food.

We decided to take a stroll on the beach. The moon is up and the stars are twinkling.

Connor picks Bell up and throws her in the water. Luckily for him Levi picked her up before she could punch him. Ava and Liam were holding hands and being all cute. They're not offically together though.

AIDEN'S POV

I glance at Milea who was laying in my arms and watching the waves. She's honestly so beautiful.

I ask myself daily.

How did I get so lucky?

She smiled and turned to me. "Aww, I don't know? Lets be honest here though, I'm the lucky one."

What?

She chuckled, "You voiced your thoughts." I blushed and nodded.

She then stared up at me. I smiled and leaned down to kiss her.

Afterwards we got up and walked hand in hand back to our house.

MILEA'S POV

-Next Day-

I woke up to the smell of a good breakfast. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Ava and Bell sitting on the staircase. "Morning?" They both chuckled and patted the step in front of them.

I sat down and watched the boys cook breakfast. It sounds really creepy but trust me it's actually pretty fascinating. Especially when the food smelt good.

You know what's really awkward is when they catch you staring at them.

But anyway, we enjoyed breakfast. We then all decided to chill on the beach today.

I wore my white bikini, I found it funny that Aiden was wearing his white shorts. So we were matching.

I want to admit one thing though, you can definatly see he works out. Cause like I'm a speechless tomato right now.

He chuckles at me, then he picks me up. "Come on, let's go for a swim." I groan, "Aiden, dont through me in the-"

I come up from the cold water and I sigh, "Water.." He smirks, "Oops." I roll my eyes. He then goes underwater and picks me up. We were goofing around in the water for a solid forty-five minutes.

We then walked out and chilled on the towels. After awhile I felt my skin start to burn so I toss Aiden my sunscreen. "Put some on my back please." He nods.

I then lie back down but then almost scream when Connor throws a bucket of water on me.

I was about to punch him when he picked me up. Levi threw a bucket to Aiden who threw it at Ava, who practically screamed out of shock.

Bella on the other hand got water from Liam and threw it on Aiden. He laughed and picked her up.

Connor then picked Bell up and laid her down gently on to the sand. He was about to kiss her when Aiden and Liam threw them with water.

Bell shrieked while Connor shook his head causing his wet hair to wet Bell.

All our fun and games stopped when a familiar voice spoke. "Looks like you guys are having fun." I glance up. "Hey Hailey." She formed a tight smile.

Aiden furrowed his eyebrows, "What are you doing this side? I thought your family hated beaches." She nods, "They do. My cousin is visiting and these beach houses have the best resteraunts and tourist attractions."

Bell furrowed her eyebrows, "How come you're here all alone? Where's your cousin?" Hailey shrugs, "She's probably on her way."

I didn't take much note of the coversation as I was checking my phone. Then Levi smiled, "I'm going to go grab some drinks, anybody want something?" I glance up, "Yes actually, I want to see what they have."

I get up and walk with Levi.

As soon as I walk inside, I follow Levi to the drinks aisle. I was browsing but then immediately grabbed Levi's arm.

He furrowed, "What's wrong?" "Sarah." "What?" I nodded my head in her direction.

We froze and we ran to the next aisle. He mumbles, "Just our luck." I sigh.