Saving Her (Taylor Caniff)

Chapter Six

* Taylor P.O.V *

"Come on Nash! She'll be here soon! Put the lights a little higher. No Matt, you idiot! Take the inflatable shark and put it in the water!" I yelled, carrying a crate of beer over to the table. I swear I was the only one trying.

"Woah, dude. Calm down, she'll love it no matter what. Now do you want me to call Chloe and find out where she is?" Carter smiled. Seeing him so calm, it helped me.

"Any excuse for you to talk to that girl" I grinned.

"Aye! Cameron's here!" Jack cheered. A crowd of the boys walked over to the door to greet him.

"Come on, guys! There's still work to do, she'll be here and it won't be ready!" I yelled. "Carter, can you sort out Chloe's whereabouts?" he ran over like an over excited puppy.

"Just texted her. Courtney is due for arrival in ten minutes" I clapped my hands to get everyone's attention but no one turned around.

"Oh, for God's sake" I muttered. "Selfie!" The boys all ran over. "Thought it'd work! Now that I have your attention, Jack and Jack, have you sorted out the drinks?"

"Check" they chorused.

"Aaron, lighting?"

"Check"

"Shawn, music?"

"Check"

"Nash, camera?"

"Check"

"Okay, what else?" I looked around, one final check. Nope, everything was fine.

"Uh, Chloe just texted me. Courtney will be here in three... two... one" And right on cue the door bell sounded. I rushed through the house and swung open the door eagerly to see... perfection.

For a second, I was stunned, I couldn't take it all in. Her radiance , I had never seen her like this. My heart skipped a beat, I just stared for a moment, jaw hanging open. Just... staring.

"I'm sorry, am I overdressed?" she mumbled, shifting from one foot to the other uncomfortably.

"No, you look... " My mind was blank, all of my words skipped my mind. Angelic, stunning, beautiful. They didn't even hold a candle to her. "Perfect" I breathed.

"Close your mouth, you're starting to drool" Chloe laughed, pushing past me. I still couldn't take my eyes off of Courtney. My princess. My...

"C'mon bae, the parties out here!" Cameron yelled, barging past me and grabbing her by the hem of her dress.

"Watch out! This dress was expensive!" she laughed nervously, looking over at me apologetically. I just shrugged and followed them through to the party outside.

Her eyes lit up when she saw the deck. "Do you like it?" I whispered. She looked t me and flung her arms round my neck.

"Oh wow! Its so beautiful, thank you!" she smiled.

"WHO WANTS TO DO SOME SHOTS?!" Matt yelled. Courtney winked at me.

"I will if you will" She grabbed my hand and dragged me away.

"Birthday girl wanna go first?" Jack G grinned, filling a row of glasses.

"Sure" she laughed. I touched her arm lightly. "Are you sure you wanna do that? I'm sure those are pretty strong" I warned, she just shrugged my hand off.

"I'll be fine, Cameron keeps telling me to let loose" she flashed a smile at Cameron but he wasn't even watching. He was talking to Ashleigh, and he had his arm around her waist? Court looked over her shoulder at me, she saw it too.

"I'm okay" she mouthed.

"Okay Court. In front of you are twenty glasses of After Shock, you must finish them all and turn them up. Are you ready?" Jack announced.

"Start the clock" she mumbled.

Love you all, stay amazing ♡