Here's a little recap of those who haven't read "I Hear It's Wonderful in the Bahamas." The boys go on vacation in July 2007, where they meet a girl named Katelyn. They befriend her and her family, who include her stepfather Rob, mom Amy, and little sister Paige, who is Frankie's age. Joe has a thing for Katelyn. They're not positive if Katelyn likes him back, but Kevin and Nick are almost convinced that she does. It's been nearly a week now and the four had decided to spend a day on the beach.
"They just need to get together already," Kevin sighed. We had just left Joe and Katelyn alone on the beach, while Kevin and I went to get drinks.
"It's gonna happen soon, dude, I can just feel it," I replied as we finally approached the tiki hut at the hotel.
Kevin ordered the drinks, while I turned around, leaning on the bar. There were kids splashing around and girls tanning. My eyes stopped on a brunette. She looked to be about my age and she walked with confidence, like she owned the place, yet not cocky. White aviator sunglasses covered her eyes, a yellow tank top covering her torso and white shorts, ending in white flip-flops, all complimenting her tan skin. She looked over in my direction and smirked, before walking down to the beach. My eyes followed her for a moment, my breathing becoming shallow, when I was knocked back into reality by Kevin, never seeing this girl final destination.
"Grab the drinks, Nick," Kevin said, nodding towards two clear, plastic cups, he was already holding two. I nodded, grabbing them, then followed Kevin in silence as my thoughts were clouded by this girl.
We slowly made our way over to the others when I heard a voice with them, that didn't sound familiar. Looking up, we were a few feet away, I saw the girl sitting with Joe and Katelyn. Who was she? My heart beat began to race and my breathing once again shallow as we stopped in front of them.
"Hey," Kevin spoke, handing a drink to Joe. I stood there unable to talk momentarily.
"Hey," the girls voice was bright, "I'm Amber."
"Uh hi?" I questioned, finally building up the courage to say something, then I mentally slapped myself, way to come off like a dumb jerk. Amber, Amber... I know I've heard that name... then it dawned on me, "Oh! Katelyn's friend?"
"Yup," Katelyn answered for her and I handed Katelyn her water.
"Well nice to meet you," slowly gaining my composure, I sat down on my towel, trying my best to not look nervous or say anything else dumb, "I'm Nick, this is Kevin."
"Hey," Kevin flashed a smile and the Katelyn blurted out, "Ok, ok enough of the chit chat."
She playfully pushed Joe on to his back and began once again throwing dirt on him, "We're burying Joe!"
"I knew there was something about you that I liked," I chuckled, helping her bury him, butterflies still lingering in my stomach, I was followed by Kevin and Amber. It wasn't long before Joe's body was completely covered in sand.
"Picture time!" Katelyn took out her side kick and took a picture of Joe.
"Can we just leave him like this?" Kevin asked, I laughed and gave him a high five.
"You guys are mean," Joe whined, pouting out his bottom lip.
"Aw poor wittle Joey," Amber said mimicking his pouty face, then grabbing my shirt that was laying in the sand, she threw it over Joe's head. I smiled, this is the kinda girl I've been waiting for.
"Hey!" he shouted, "You can't do that!"
"Chill, I was just trying to improve the beauty of the beach," she looked around, "And by the looks of, it worked!" This caused laughter to erupt from each person, except Joe, who had become frustrated, and stood up, destroying the hard work of his brothers and the two girls. This girl was seriously amazing, I looked at her in admiration but she didn't seem to notice.
"Rawr!" Joe shouted, holding his arms out in front of him as sand fell all around him.
"Joe you're so retarded!" Katelyn said giggling, wiping some sand off her that had fallen from Joe.
"What did you say?" Joe said, trying his hardest to sound scary.
"I said you're retarded!" She stood up, getting in his face, the next thing she knew, her feet were off the ground and she was upside down, over Joe's shoulder.
"Joe!" she squealed hitting his back, "Put me down!"
"Sucks to be you!" Amber shouted as Joe began running towards the water, then she turned to Kevin and I and whispered, "He's so into her!"
"Yeah, except she doesn't like him," Kevin said, sighing. We both wanted Joe happy and he was happy with Katelyn. Katelyn seemed happy when with Joe, as well, so why couldn't they just be together for real?
"I don't see why not," Amber said as she watched Joe throw her into the water.
"Well that could be a reason why," I chuckled. Amber just shrugged, then looked back at the hotel.
"Wanna go in the pool?" she asked, a smirk appearing on her face, "I wanna try out that water slide."
"Heck yes!" Kevin said jumping up, grabbing his towel.
"Race ya!" Amber said, jumping up and running off toward the pool, Kevin following quickly behind her, yet I was left behind
"Hey guys! Wait!" I yelled, at almost a whine, from behind, trying to gather everything up, then jogging slowly behind them. Ditched.
"Marco!" I shouted, waiting for Kevin or Amber to shout polo. I waited, feeling my way around, but neither shouted polo. I finally felt something, and it felt like a person. There was a shriek and I quickly opened my eyes. In front of me was an elderly woman, who I had unknowingly just felt up.
"I am so sorry!" my eyes were wide, my face turning red. I saw Kevin and Amber sitting on chairs, cracking up.
"You better watch your hands mister!" the lady warned, "Next time I'm calling security."
Before I could say another word, she was already on her way out of the pool. I looked to the two traitors, glaring at them.
"I hate you both," I tried my hardest to look angry, but failed and soon erupted into laughter. Kevin and Amber both got up, rejoining me in the pool.
Minutes later, Joe and Katelyn walked by and told us dinner was soon. We nodded our heads and decided to stay in the pool for a little while longer.
Drying off, we began to walk back to our rooms.
"So Nick," Amber started, smirking, as we waited in the elevator, "How long does it take you to curl your hair every morning?"
"I do not curl my hair in the mornings!" I retorted. Crossing my arms. I don't even know this girl and she's already joking around with me. I secretly found this all intriguing. I saw out of the corner of my eye, Kevin giving her a high-five.
"I'm just messing with you, buddy," she put her arm around me as we walked out of the elevator.
"I know," I smiled at her as she opened her door, giving a wave goodbye. Looks like Joe wasn't the only one falling for a girl this summer vacation.
A/N: I'm gonna try and get this done quickly so I can move on to the sequel. I'm horrible with titles, so yeah haha. I know it's not much yet, but there's some stuff the will be beneficial. Why Nick's POV? Well, there's things I want to happen, but I didn't want to write it in the original story because I wanted to focus more on Katelyn and Joe. Plus, these are things that can only be told from Nick's POV. Simple as that. lol Thankyou!
