First Summer of Us

Chapter 1

Amber's POV:

I lay on my towel, soaking up the Bondi sun. It's the first day of summer, my Favourite day f the year. It seems to make everyone happier.

I turn to my friend, Sofia, who's  lying on her towel next to me. "this is just so great." I sigh. "isn't it?" she replies. "you know what would make it even better?" she asks. "what?" I say. "a swim!" she says enthusiastically. "yes!" I say.  We stand up, We're both wearing one-pieces. Mine is rose coloured, with little white flowers and Sofia's is sky blue.

We run down to the blue water and splash in. we have heaps of fun in the shallow water, but we want to go out further. It's a pretty choppy out in the deeper water, but we have lived at the beach all our lives, we can handle it. So we swim out just past our depth. We dive through waves for a bit. We surface and the next thing I know I'm being pushed underwater by a massive force, a wave crashing over me. I tumble like a ragdoll through the surf. I come up an gulp for air but before i can, I'm being pushed back under. Everything goes black.

Niall's POV:

Australia is sick, so far! We've caught a boat Along bondi, which we've been cruising around in for about half an hour now.

I'm sitting next to Liam at the back of the boat, the rest of the boys sitting on the front, when I spot something out in the water.

It's two girls struggling in the water. "hey, what's that?!" I say standing up and pointing over to the girls. Liam looks over to where I'm pointing. When he sees the girls too, he jumps up. "help! Please!" one of the girls screams desperately.

"oh, crap!" says Liam. I can tell he's really worried because crap is one of the worst words he ever says.

"boys!" I call. Liam pulls off his shirt and dives off the side of the boat and into the surrounding ocean. The boys come running over "what's going on?!" Zayn calls. Louis jumps, fully clothed, as Liam continues to swim over to the girls, who are barely staying above water, it's only now I notice that one is just floating there.  Liam's reaches them, with Louis close behind an they each take a girl and swim back. We help the girl who was calling out up onto the boat and I help Liam carry the other girl up. She hangs limp in my arms. She has a big, bloody scratch on the top corner of her head and a small cut on her bottom lip. She's barely with us as I carefully put her down. By now Paul has got the first aid crew and some are performing CPR on her, while to others attend to the other girl.

Sofia's POV:

"what's your name?" one of the first aid ladies asks me. "Sofia." I say. "do you remember what happened?" she asks. "um.. We were just swimming and a wave crashed over us. I got off easy but, amber.." I don't want to cry, but I'm really worried about amber. "how are you feeling?" says the other medic. "a bit dizzy." he gets me some water and after a big drink, I start to feel a little better.

I feel a strong, but gentle hand on my shoulder. "you right, babe?" I turn to see Louis Tomlinson, himself! I'd been so preoccupied with the medics, I hadn't had time to properly take in my surroundings. "Ohmygod! You're... You're!" I start, but Louis puts a finger to my lips, shooshing me. "shh.. I know, I know!" he says, looking a little impatient. "are you ok?" he asks again. "yeah... I think so." I say. "good." Louis says. "Ohmygod! Amber!" I say. I stand up too quickly an a sudden wave of dizziness comes over me and I stumble . "whoa, whoa!" Louis says, taking my shoulders and helping my sit back down. " I need to see her!" I say looking him straight in the eye. "what you need to do is rest!" he says sternly. "she's my best friend." I say challenging him. "fine." he says after a while. He holds me while I stand up and then puts my arm around him and helps me to the cabin. "I'm not completely immobile, you know." I say. "better to be safe than sorry." he says. I see amber sitting on the couch with Niall and a few bandaids on her face and arms.

Amber's POV:

"Amber!!" Sofia says like she hasn't seen me in years. She gets away from Louis' grip and runs over to me. She flings herself on me hugging me tightly. "are you ok, Bambi?" everyone's called me Bambi for as long as I can remember. I'm pretty sure it was my Nan who started it all. I have very long willowy limbs, but I don't look anorexic. I have long, straight, mousy brown hair and freckles scattered across my face. I don't really like them, but my mum says they make me unique. "uniquely weird-looking." I'd say and she would tut. "yeah, I think I'm alright!" I say. "what about you?" I ask Sofia. "yeah, yeah I'm fine." she says.

Niall's POV:

I can see Louis' got his eye on Sofia. He can't stop looking at her! Funny thing is she's clueless about it all. And I've got to admit, she's pretty cute, but amber. Well, she's amazing, that's what she's clueless about. As the girls sit there and talk I watch how amber, or Bambi, can just make everyone seem happy.

When I held her, carrying her onto the boat, she felt so fragile. I wanted to protect her from any harm. I've never had love at first sight.. But I guess that's what this is. Oh that sounds so cheesy.