Chapter Eighteen: Summertime

"Austin!" Clay yelled up the stairs. "Let's go!"

"I'm coming, hold your horses." She smiled walking down the stairs with denim daisy duke cutoffs over her pink polka dot bikini and a beach towel thrown over her shoulder. Her Aviator sunglasses were on top of her brown hair, pushing back the hair from her face.

"You would think the time it takes you to get ready, you'd be wearing ski gear." Clay laughed.

"Oh, I can go back up and put ski gear on if you want." Austin smiled and acted like she was about to walk upstairs.

He smiled and then picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder. "Not a chance."

Austin giggled and allowed him to carry her like that until they made it to his Lexus convertible. She jumped into the passenger seat, put on her shades and shook out her hair.

Clay found his sunglasses as well and put them on before turning up the music and speeding to the beach.

The beach wasn't close, an hour away if you went over the speed limit, but it was well worth the drive.

"Finally!" Josselyn moaned. "We've been waiting for forever!"

"Traffic was horrible." Austin explained, hopping out of Clay's car, grabbing her beach bag and her flip flops that she had kicked off.

"Where's Noah?" Clay asked, locking his car.

"Renting us chairs." She smiled.

"What's going on with you and Noah?" Austin whispered to Josselyn when she knew Clay wasn't listening.

"Nothing!" She was such a bad liar. "You really think I would date, Noah?"

Austin laughed. "Whatever."

"Your really just gonna sit here?" Noah asked as Austin and Josselyn took their seats by the water.

"No, We're gonna tan." Josselyn smiled. "And not get our hair wet."

Noah rolled his eyes. "Let's go, Clay."

They both grabbed their surfboards and headed out into the water.

Austin watched as they surfed, or tried to. They didn't go to the beach often, so no one was really good at surfing.

"So have you heard from Liam?"

"No." Austin said, propping herself up on her elbows. "Not once."

"That sucks." Josselyn said.

Austin thought about it. It did suck, her and Liam weren't just dating, they were friends and she really did miss talking to him.

"Yeah." Austin lowered herself back top on her stomach.

Twenty minutes later, Austin raised up again. "I'm dying, it's too hot."

Josselyn smiled. "Wimp."

"It's not my fault my skin is naturally tan and I don't have to lay out in 90 degree heat to get the perfect tan." Austin laughed.

"I hate you." Josselyn shook her head.

Austin smiled. "I'm going to find the guys."

"Don't leave me!" Josselyn sat up.

"Then come with me." Austin stood up.

"Fine." She huffed.

They walked down towards the ocean, both of them glistening from the tanning oil that had been applied earlier.

"Where are they?" Josselyn cupped her hand over her eyes, regretting leaving her sunglasses on her beach chair.

"Ah!" Austin squealed feeling someone grab her from behind and pick her up.

"Clay!" She laughed seeing his dimply smile. "Put me down!"

"Not a chance." Clay smiled carrying her into the water.

"No!" She yelled playfully.

"Oh yes!" He moved her over his shoulder.

Clay finally put her down, in about knee deep water.

"There it's not so bad is it?" He smiled.

Austin smiled and then splashed him playfully.

"Oh, your getting it now!" He chased after her until they both wound up falling into the water.

Clay stood up, pushing back his brown locks from his face and then holding out his hand for her to grab.

She watched him for a second, his adorable smile, tan skin and in his white Abercrombie swimming trunks, he was irresistible.

Austin grabbed his hand, getting to her feet quickly.

He smiled. "Your pretty, Austin Morgan."

Austin blushed. She loved it when Clay said stuff like that out of the blue. Instead of saying thank you, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him softly on the cheek.

"Did they leave already?" Clay asked sitting down beside Austin on her beach chair.

"Yeah, Josselyn had some family thing, so Noah drove her back." Austin said Clay took her sandy feet into his hands.

"What times your curfew?"

"Eleven." She smiled.

"Do you wanna stay here, or we could go get something to eat?" Clay asked.

"I doesn't matter."

"Okay then." He moved up beside her, holding her. "Then we'll just stay here."

"Sounds good to me." She buried herself into him.

A/N: This Chapter was short and sweet, no worries Liam fans, he'll be coming back a few chapters from now:) Thanks for reading and please review!:) I'm so sorry it took me forever to get this chapter up, my computer got a virus...but im back:) YAY:)