19 September 2012
When he pulls away I lean my head on his chest. He carries me back to shore and sets me down. He sits behind me again and I lean against him. I take my phone out of my bag and look through it. I see a picture of Niall kissing me in the ocean and turn to Zayn. "Did you take this?" "I did. Do you like it?" "I absolutely love it!" I set the picture as my background and show it to Niall. He kisses my cheek, "I love it." he gets up and grabs his guitar and sits on a log and strums a lovely tune. He starts playing Moments and the others join in with singing. The sunsets behind him and the ocean is lite up with shades of purple, yellow, and orange, my favorite colors. I sit next to Niall and watch his hands closely. I'm lost in the movements that I didn't notice that the song ended. Niall takes my chin and kisses it. A smile pulls across my face. "Let's Play truth or dare!" yells Harry from the opposite side. "okay." "Annie, truth or dare?" "dare." I say confidently. "Okay I dare you to." he hesitates and looks at everyone. "I dare you to race Zayn down to the ocean, and if you don't win you have to kiss Liam." I know Zayn is the fastest out of the five but I'm pretty fast maybe I can win. "okay." me and Zayn stand up and get equal. Once Harry says go I sprint down to the water. Zayn's not that far behind me. He passes me for a second and reaches the water right before me. We walk back up. "okay he won." "now go kiss Liam. On the lips." I would be fine if I didn't know he was my brother but now it makes it awkward. I kiss him then pull back. "That was disgusting." Harry says. "okay my turn. Truth or dare?" he thinks for a moment then says truth. "okay, what are your biggest fears?" "oh God, um I would say spiders, tight spaces, and killing or hurting my family." "wow." "My turn!" Niall yells. "okay Louis, truth or dare?" "Dare." "Okay I dare you to-" "like Annies face!" Harry yells interrupting Niall. "Harry!" "What?" "anyways Louis I dare you to eat sand." "oh shiz." he gets down on his hands and knees and licks the sand taking it all on his tongue. He screams and runs down to the water to wash his mouth out. We are all laughing when he returns. "Okay Niall. Truth or dare?" "Truth." "What don't you like about Annie?" Niall looks at me blankly. He thinks about it for a while. "I don't like how she changes everything, runs away from all her problems, and her teeth." this last part makes me lose it. I've always been made fun of for my teeth. I get up and walk away towards the shore without saying anything. The boys watch me as I take a seat in the sand my back towards them. I bring my knees up to my chest and cry. I don't want the boys to hear me so I hope the waves will cover it. I don't mind that I change things and how I run away from my problems because I know it's true. I can't face my fears, and I always change the meaning of peoples words but my teeth. I can't believe he said that. It just reminds me of middle school and junior high. I always had the worst teeth, a huge overbite and not straight. Louis comes to me about five minutes after I left. "I'm sorry it was a stupid dare." "I don't care about that. It's just-" "what?" "it's just my teeth are my biggest insecurity." "why?" "in junior high I was always made fun of because of my teeth. My friends said I looked like a rabbit." "So it doesn't matter that he doesn't like your teeth?" "not really." "well come back up to us when your ready. I'm sorry about that." "thanks." he walks away but I still sit by the shore. I right the word rabbit into the sand and the waves come and wash it away. I stand up and walk back over to the boys. "I'm sorry." Niall says when I sit down leaning against the log he's on. "It wasn't what you said really." "what was it then?" I could feel four pairs of eyes starring at me. "I'll tell you later." the boys talk for a little and I just listen. We lay down and gaze up a the beautiful starry night. I rest my head on Niall's chest and fall asleep to his steady heartbeat and his warm fingers running through my hair. When I awake again I am in Niall's shirt but still on the beach. I look at my phone and see a picture of me sleeping on twitter. It's on Niall's account. "my princess is always smiling even when she sleeps." the picture is of me sleeping with a slight smile on my face. But in the background Niall is also asleep, his hand is protectively around me. I tweet him back, "And my prince is also smiling." I put my phone down and fall back asleep. Theres a slight movement from under me and I fall into the sand. My eyes open to be eye level with grains of sand. "Sorry Love." I get up and kiss his forehead. "You must be cold." I say putting my hand on his heart. "No, your my priority. You were shivering." "Thanks." I look around and see the boys still asleep. "What time is it?" "About ten." I say checking the time on my phone. He sits up and leans against the log. I look at twitter about all the hate. There's one particular one that sticks out. "You are the ugliest person ever! Get a life and stop using Niall for all the fame! No one cares about you!" Niall read it over my shoulder and lifts me into his lap. He takes the phone out of my hands and sets it down. "Annie don't listen to them." "I try not to." "Why do you care about what they say?" "I don't know." he wraps his arms around me and places his chin on the top of my head. He rocks me so j would calm down. This is why I love him.
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