Chapter Twenty Six

I hear the strumming of a guitar and five amazing voices singing What Makes You Beautiful. And I know the voices, they belong to my five best friends, Harry, Louis, Liam, Zayn, and Niall. I'm smiling like an idiot. I open my eyes and see them. "Happy birthday, beautiful." Louis says. "Thank you." I say sitting up. "What do you want to do?" "well were going to look at the houses today." "oh yeah. Come down stairs we have a surprise for you." "okay. Be down in two minutes." I throw on a hoodie and brush my hair out. I go down stairs and see a bunch of boxes and one huge box. "open the small ones first." I sit on the counter and they bring boxes over to me one at a time. Harry's first. I open the small box and inside is a golden necklace that says 'love'. "I love it Harry! Thank you!" I give him a hug and he puts it on me. Zayn gives me his box. I open it and inside is a red varsity jacket. "Oh my gosh thank you!" "I'm glad you like it." I put it on. "My turn!" Louis yells handing me his box. I open it and find a wallet. "this is so cute!" "it's so you can hold your license." "Your going to teach me to drive in England?!" "of course I am!" "thank you!" "Mee!" Liam hands me his present. Inside is a sweat shirt that says 'cool story bro', pink sweat pants and UGGS. "Thank you so much! I love them!" I slip on my UGGS. I would put my sweat pants on but I'm not taking my pants off. Niall hands me his. Inside is a SnapBack and Ray Bans that are exactly like his. "Aww." "Now we can match." "I love them." I put my hat on and the shades. "I look pretty sexy. Thank you guys so much." "there's one more." I hop down from the counter. "What is it!?" "Well just open the box." the side comes off and Tylor comes out. "Oh my flippin god!" "Annie!" "Tylor! How?" "well they flew me out! And I have a present for you!" "aww you didn't have to." "here." she pulls out a box from behind her back and hands me it. Inside is all my favorite candy, sour patch, swedish fish, war heads, lemon heads, lolipops, sour skittles, milk duds, and juicy fruit gum. "oh my god! Thank you so much! Oh and Tylor you jelly of my jacket?" "heck yeah!" "Now we both have them!" "yes! Finally since eighth grade!" "I know!" "I was told that your looking at flats? What's a flat?" "apparently it's a house." "oh okay." "yeah. Wanna see the house here?" "let's go!" I grab my presents and bring them upstairs to my room. "This is your room?" Tylor asks looking around. "For now." "Who are you sharing a house with?" "it depends on what Simon says. Because I don't think he wants Niall to share with me. So if that happens I'll probably share with Louis and Harry." "That will be a lot of trouble." "I know." "And plus don't share with Niall because if you guys break up it will be awkward." "true tat." "girls are you ready?" calls Liam from downstairs. "yeah!" I'm still in my pajamas but who cares. We walk downstairs to the boys and Simon. "ready." "let's go." we pile into the car and drive to the first house. "This one is only ten minutes from the beach." Simon says. "Oh and Niall you will not be sharing with Annie." he adds. "makes sense." Niall replies. "So I decided it would be best for Annie, Harry, and Louis to share." "woo!" Louis yells and high fives Harry. "Are you okay with that arrangement Annie?" "yes." "good." I look to Tylor and we give out a little giggle. When we get there the house is huge. It is white and is so amazing. Simon leads us into the house. It has wood flooring and stairs leading upstairs and down. Downstairs has a huge space with a pool table, ping pong table, a theatre, and a bar area. The upstairs has three master bedrooms and two smaller ones with a connected bathroom. The masters are huge and each have a bathroom inside. When we go to the backyard there's a bunch of grass about the size of two master bedrooms, a huge pool and a patio space. "This I so cool." Tylor says. "I know right." we get back in the car and go to the second one a few miles away. "This flat has a loft, basement, and second level, and a theatre." when we go in we look at the basement first. Theres one bedroom and a huge space like the other flat. On the ground level is the theatre. The upper level has two masters and a third bedroom. The loft is big and has desks along the walls, it's like a sixth bedroom. We head to the backyard and see the same layout as the last house. "well what do you think?" Simon asks as we go back into the car. "Annie chooses since it's her birthday." Zayn says. "shoot. I hate making decisions. But I like the first house." "then it's settled. You will start moving tomorrow." "Tylor how long are you here?" I say turning to her. "I don't know a week maybe?" "sweet then you can help me with my room." "yay!" "girls." Harry says rolling his eyes. "your just jealous." "whatever." Simon drops us off back home and we start to pack. Tylor helps me, sorta. "Oh my gosh you have the cutest clothes!" "thanks but put them in the bag!" "fine." She starts packing my shoes into a box but trying them on first. "So how are you and Niall?" "Well I got in a little trouble yesterday." "how?" "well Harry gave me red bull at the beach. And I started talking to this guy and kinda flirting because of the drink. And then I was making a sand castle and then a wave came and destroyed it then I said 'Now where are me and Niall suppose to live?!' and then Ben, the guy, tried to kiss me and I yelled for Niall. Then Ben made him made and Niall punched him and then got punched and then Ben's friends came and held him back." "wow." "yeah." "was Niall mad?" "not really. He hugged me and said 'your mine and only mine' then we left the beach and went home and we all played truth or dare." "what did you have to do?" "I had to French kiss Harry, do Zayn's hair, and have a make out session with Niall." "wow. What did everyone else do?" "Liam licked Niall's foot, Louis ran down the street in his boxers, and Harry had to drink a combination of ketchup, milk, lemonade, and beer." "nasty." "Mhm."