Begin Again

4. Beach Date

"It's okay!" I smiled, but inside I felt so sick with nerves that I'd be spending my afternoon with a guy I just met and a bunch of rowdy teenage boys playing football on a beach. "I'd by happy to meet them!"

We strolled over the sandy shores to where the group of boys were situated. "Beau!" One yelled as they saw him, "what're you doing here? I thought you were with your..." He trailed off as his eyes met mine. He had an Australian accent too. "Guys, this is Taylor...be nice," Beau winked, "Taylor, this is Luke" he pointed to a the boy that was talking a minute ago, "and this is Jai!" The boys were exactly alike, only one had a blonde streak in his dark curly hair, a nose and lip piercing with a tattoo sleeve and two or three more scattered on his bare chest, and the other had an eyebrow piercing with a tattoo sleeve on the opposite arm to Luke's, along with a few on his chest. Luke was wearing similar clothes to Beau, although his shirt was off and he wore his SnapBack backwards. Jai had combat shorts on with no hat. I made a mental note of the differences so i'd be able to tell them apart. "This is Daniel," Beau continued and gestured to a guy in shorts and tattoos. His blonde hair was gelled up in a quiff and he grinned at me. "Or we like to call him Skip," he added, "and this is James," James was tall, with dark hair. I noticed he had a cheek piercing and was wearing a hoodie saying "Dirty Pig". "Hi!" I smiled at each of them.

"Hey!" They laughed and continued on doing what they were doing.

"Luke and Jai are twins by the way," Beau was close to me now; placing his hand on the small of my back. "Just remember, Luke wears a lip piercing. Jai doesn't." I nodded in response admiring the view of the ocean in front of me as I sat down in the sand. I wasn't going to take my dress off, not in front of all these teenage boys. I wouldn't feel comfortable. So instead I pulled out my book and put on my ray bans. "I'll be right back," Beau said and rushed off in the direction of the car. I threw my head back and closed my eyes, taking in the warmth from the summer sun. "Hey," a voice interrupted my peaceful mindset, noticeably Australian but not Beau's. I opened my eyes to be met with beautiful hazel eyes. "I'm Luke" he reminded me.

"Hi!" I smiled.

"Beaus my older brother," he added.

"Oh cool," I didn't know he was his brother, Beau hadn't mentioned it. "I have a younger brother, Austin." I replied and he nodded in understanding.

"So you're going out with my brother?" Well he was very forward. I opened my mouth but no words came out. What was I supposed to say to that? We met yesterday. "Do you like him?" He shuffled closer in the sand and leaned on his arms, clearly interested.

"I guess?" I spoke but it came out more like a question. Weirdly, he looked disappointed and I was puzzled as to why but I brushed it off thinking it of my miss calculation. He nodded looking at the floor and then glanced over my shoulder. He leapt up and began to walk off. "See ya..." He muttered and slumped over to Jai who was being thrown over Skip's shoulder and carried off into the water. 2 seconds later (not that I was counting) Beau returned with a picnic basket and a blanket. "Lunch?" He smirked.

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The sun was starting to set as the day came to end and Beau drove me home. "Today was great?" He raised his eyebrow as the car came to halt in my driveway, "although next time maybe it could be just us two?"

"Yeah," I laughed. My stomach fluttering at the thought of a next time.

"Great! I'll call you." He grinned and leaned in towards me, his lips locking with mine. At first I was taken by surprise by this but eased up in seconds as his plump lips worked against mine.

We said goodbye and I glided through my door glowing with happiness. He wanted there to be a next time! I thought. I pulled on my pyjamas and flopped onto the couch, memories of today whirling round my mind.

My phone buzzed and my eyes shot over to it, hoping it was Beau. To my dissapointment it was a number unlogged in my contacts and I answered it with a sigh. "Taylor?" The voice was deep, shaky and most definitely British. "It's Harry."