Ella's POV
We got back to the dorm and crashed into our room. I slipped my dress over my head and put on a loose t-shirt, way too tired to look for anything else. I crawled onto my bed and waited for Melanie and Meike to finish changing.
They came straight over to my bed and plopped down.
"Tell us everything." Melanie commanded.
I started at the beginning, and recollected all the night's events. Just thinking back to them brought a smile to my face.
"Awuh you star gazed with Harry!" Meike gushed.
I smiled. "It was great."
"And Liam introduced you to the cast of HP, cause he knew you love them. That's so sweet!" Melanie added.
"He's amazing." I said truthfully.
"So did you perhaps sort out your feelings?" Mel asked hopefully.
"Yeah, I think I did actually." I admitted.
"Tell!" Melanie and Meike insisted simultaneously.
"Well, after I spent time with both of them, I realized that the one I like more is…" my phone starting ringing, interrupting me mid-sentence.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Ella." Liam's voice came through my speaker. A huge smile broke across my face as butterflies assaulted my stomach.
"It's Liam! She likes Liam!" Meike giggled to Melanie.
Melanie laughed. "I knew it."
"Shush!" I muttered to them.
"Ella?" Liam asked.
"Sorry, I'm here, what's up?" I sent a silencing look at Meike and Melanie.
"Well, when we were cleaning up we found your camera, you must have left it here." He said.
"Oh shoot, I guess I did! I can come get it now…" I offered.
"No, it's alright, you can just come pick it up tomorrow. I just wanted to let you know I had it so you didn't start to worry."
"Alright. Well thanks. I'm sure it will be safe in your hands." Meike and Melanie chorused in "ooooh's" and collapsed into giggles, taking my comment in a completely different way than I had meant it.
"Oh, it will." Liam assured me, his voice sounding slightly deeper, causing Melanie and Meike's giggles to deepen.
"I'll text you tomorrow about picking it up." I said, raising my voice over their laughter.
"Alrighty. Goodnight Ella." Liam said in an adorable sleepy voice.
"Goodnight Liam, sweet dreams." I sang. I hung up the phone, still smiling.
"Awuh!" Meike crooned.
"'I'm sure it'll be safe in your arms!' Yeah more like you'll be safe and happy in his arms!" Melanie teased. I smacked her on the back of the head.
"Are you going to deny it…?" Melanie challenged.
"No…"
"So than it's okay to tease you." She said triumphantly, sliding off the bed.
Meike laughed. "I'll try to go easy on you." She said sweetly, before hopping of the bed and heading to her own.
"You guys are terrible." I said, though I was smiling.
"Love you too!" Melanie joked as she shut off the light. I slid under the covers and was asleep almost instantly.
I was sitting in the grass next to Liam, our feet dangling into his pool as the bright sun shone over our heads.
"I'm really glad you left your camera here," he flirted.
"Me too." I giggled.
We sat in silence for a bit, before Liam suddenly hopped off the ground and into the water. I gasped as a huge wave of water splashed over me. His head surfaced.
"You look entirely too dry. That just won't do." Liam said with a mischievous grin. Before I could respond he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into the cool water. He started swimming in the opposite direction. I paddled after him.
"You're dead Payne!" I yelled after him. He reached the edge of the pool and hopped out quickly running away. For a second, I watched in awe at his gorgeousness, than took off after him. After a couple minutes of chasing him, a caught up to him and pounced on his back. He fell, and we tumbled to the ground together.
I was lying on top of his chest, which I was more than aware, was bare.
"I win!" I said victoriously. "What's my prize."
Instead of answer, he just tilted his head forward, closing the small distance between our faces. Our lips brushed together slightly. "Ella," he whispered. "Liam." I murmured back.
"ELLA ELLA ELLA ELLA ELLA ELLA!" Melanie yelled, jumping up and down on my bed.
"Damn, it was a dream." I rubbed my eyes.
"Did you know you talk in your sleep?" Meike asked. "Liam Liam Liam!" she imitated me in a dreamy voice.
"That's so not what I sound like!" I defended. I got up and walked across the room to my closet.
"Can we go swimming today?" Melanie asked hopefully, holding up her cute sparkly white bikini from Victoria's Secret.
"Yeah! I've wanted to break this baby in for so long!" I grabbed my bikini that was identical to hers besides the fact that is was baby blue.
"Swimming!" Meike shouted gleefully, running into her own closet and searching through her clothes before she found a cute purple string bikini.
"Can we get my camera first?" I asked.
"Sure." The agreed easily. We put on our bikinis. I through a pair of jean shorts on but didn't bother putting a shirt on. Summer was the only time it was acceptable to walk around with just a bikini top on; I was going to take advantage of that fact. Melanie and Meike thought I should put at least a crop top on like them because I might get some stares, but I let it go. I didn't really care what others thought of me. And I found that was a good thing to go on.
We headed into the parking lot and piled in my car. I let Melanie drive and sat in the passenger seat, searching through the radio stations. I had texted Liam earlier and he said it was fine to pick up my camera now.
We parked and headed up the door. I knocked, no not normal knocking, I don't do normal when it comes to knocking on doors. I pick a beat that's approximately 10 seconds long, and that's how I knock. Like drumming, but on a door. Just another awkward thing about me.
"I'll get it!" I heard Louis yell from inside.
"No, I got it!" Harry shouted.
We heard the thundering of footsteps and then the door flung open to reveal Harry and Louis shoving each other out of the way.
"Hello!" They said causally.
"Hi guys, I just need to pick up my camera and then we're going swimming."
"Oh, that's why you're wearing that. I just assumed you weren't feeling the whole shirt thing today. I wasn't." Louis joked as he gestured to his bare chest.
"Actually, you're right. I don't like shirts much." I said with a teasing grin.
"How are you gorgeous ladies this morning?" Harry asked charmingly.
"Absolutely wonderful." Mel answered.
"Come in ladies, come in." Louis invited with a wave of his hand. I looked back to my girls, they shrugged, so I followed Louis and Harry into the house. The furniture had all been returned to its place in the living room. Two of the couches were currently occupied by Niall and Zayn lounging across them.
"Hi!" I said loudly, crashing down on Niall.
"Ouch! You hurt me." he complained.
"I have food." I taunted, pulling out the bag of gummy bears from my purse. I had an obsession with gummy bears, so there was always a new pack in my purse.
"And I'm better!" he said happily, jacking my bag and ripping it open.
"Where's Liam?" Meike asked.
"Still sleeping. That lazy bum." Niall said through a mouthful of my gummies.
"Where's his room, I'll wake him up." I smiled wickedly.
"Straight up the steps, second door on the right." Zayn supplied, his arm around Melanie's shoulder from where they were crammed together on the couch.
"BRB." I giggled. I followed Zayn's directions and opened the door slowly. Sure enough, Liam was sprawled across his bed, completely passed out. I went and kneeled next to his head.
"Liaaaaaaam!" I whispered. He groaned and rolled over.
"Liam! It's Ella!" I said loudly.
"Not funny, Harry." He mumbled.
"Liiiiiiiiam! I want my camera back. Wake up, wake up, wake up!" I stood on his bed and started jumping up and down.
He rolled over and rubbed his eyes. He stared, shocked, at the sight of me jumping on his bed without a top on. It must have seemed pretty crazy early in the morning.
I fell down to my knees next to him.
"Good morning sunshine!" I beamed.
"Morning," he said weakly, in a deep scratchy morning voice. Ah, melting.
"Get up! It's so nice out today!"
"No!" he yanked the covers up over his head.
"Liam! Please, for me?" I pleaded. I moved over the so I was laying across him.
He threw the cover off his head, and locked eyes with me. Our faces were literally inches apart. The butterflies I had in my stomach already transformed to elephants, stampeding around. I held my breath, not sure what to do or say, frozen where I was.
"And why should I get up?" Liam whispered, in a flirty way, but it felt extremely intense to me.
"So you can hang out with me." I whispered back, bringing my voice up at the end like a question.
"And what would we do?" Liam asked in his husky morning voice. I took a deep breath, steadying myself before I answered.
"There's a couple of things I can think of…" I smiled seductively. Well, as seductively as I could with the elephants partying it up in my stomach.
"Like what?" he grinned suggestively.
Oh my gosh! Should I kiss him, like in my dream? We were almost in the exact same position as we were… Maybe my dream was like a premonition. Maybe it was meant to be. Maybe it was a sign. Before I could over think and talk myself out of it I closed the few inches between our heads and kissed him. One, short, quick kiss.
"Something like that." I smiled, looking down at his shocked face. I tried to control my breathing as I exploded into a happy dance in my head.
"Like what? Sorry, could you show me again?" he asked quickly.
I didn't hesitate at all this time. My lips connected with his. Liam pulled his arms out from under the covers and wrapped them around my waist, pulling me tighter against him. I pulled back suddenly and smirked down at him, biting my bottom lip.
"You little tease!" he gasped.
I giggled and continued to taunt him. "Are you going to get up then?"
"Absolutely." He insisted He pulled my head back to his, but only close enough so our lips brushed against one another.
"Hey Ella, can I ask you something."
"Of course."
"Do you want to go on a date with me tonight?" he asked, sounding formal.
"I would love to." I giggled. With that I returned my lips to his. Not ten seconds later, the door banged open.
"Ella did you fall asleep with…. Oh whoopsies." Zayn quickly turn walking out of the door he had just entered.
I sat back. Liam pouted, looking absolutely adorable.
"Come come." I hopped off the bed and offered him a hand. He accepted it and sprang up. My eyes roamed over the sight that was Liam Payne, shirtless.
"Let's go." He said, throwing me over his shoulder before I could react.
"Liam!" I gasped as he raced through the hallway and down the steps. "Oh my gosh! Let me down! Liiiiiiam! Don't drop me, please!" I managed to choke out through laughter.
"I will never drop you." He said confidently. We reached the living room and he dropped me down on the only empty chair. "See, I didn't drop you." Then, as the others stared at us, he placed a quick peck on my lips, and swaggered into the kitchen casually.
I looked around the room at all of their hilarious expressions. Mel and Meike looked shocked, but happy. Louis looked confused. Harry looked angry and disappointed. And Zayn and Niall looked just surprised.
"Sup guys?" I asked nonchalantly.
"You have some 'splaining to do missy!" Melanie said.
"I'll explain. Later. When you're helping me get ready for my date!" I exclaimed. I couldn't help but being excited.
Niall, Zayn, Melanie and Meike cheered, while Harry and Louis sat there silently.
A little bit after that Liam gave me back my camera and us girls left. But before I left I called a goodbye to Harry. He responded with a mumble 'bye, not meeting my eyes. I was almost out the door when Louis blocked my path. He yanked my feet off the ground and pulled me into a hug and whispered in my ear, my hair blocking anyone from seeing his lips moving. "I have to talk to you about something then, so text me." He dropped me and waved goodbye. Hmmm… wondered what that was about.
We drove back to campus and headed straight to our dorm. Screw the pool, I had a date to get ready for!
Next chapter: How will the boys react, especially Harry, once the girls leave? What does Louis need to tell Ella? Is he worried for his best friend Harry, or wanting some Ella for himself? What happens on the date with Ella and Liam? Where do they go, what do they do, what does Ella wear, and most importantly, who decides to show up? Find out, next chapter. (;
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