Not everyone likes coffee in the morning.

When my eyes had slowly opened, I saw a few streams of light creeping out behind my purple curtains.

I shut my eyes again, turning onto my side and trying to go back to sleep. But I knew I would never doze off again.

I crawled out of the mess of my pillows and sheets, after making the weirdest stretches to ever be made in history.

As I stumbled into the kitchen, I realised that Kylie was no where to be seen. I reached our round table and found a yellow post-it note stuck on it, reading:

I've gone to the beach
I didn't want to wake you
I'll be there :)
Ky xox

Frowning, I scratched the back of my neck, squinting at the small clock hanging on the white wall.

11:56am

I sighed deeply as I went to make myself some coffee. I grabbed my phone from the island counter in the middle of the room.

As soon as I touched it, the events of the night before instantly came flooding back into my head.

Drinking way more bottles of beer than I had expected. Dancing with Kylie. Playing spin the bo-

Making out with him.

I shuddered at the thought, just as the kettle started whistling.

After I had added milk and the actual coffee to the boiling water, I went outside to the terrace.

I laid back in the small chair, closing my eyes and trying to clear my head. The sun warmed up my legs as I took a sip out of the mug.

But then spitting it out immediately.

Not only was it too hot, I remembered I hated coffee in the morning. It made me feel sick and dizzy.

I rolled my eyes, spilling out the contents back in the kitchen sink.

I grabbed a piece of bread and ate that anyway. Don't ask.

I quickly picked out an outfit and bathing suit, changing into it quickly. My waterproof mascara had run out, so I didn't bother to put any makeup on at all.

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"I'm sorry, but what were you thinking?" Kylie dragged me down by my arm into the beach chair next to her, removing her sunglasses.

"I wasn't bothered, Ky," I moaned, leaning back against the chair and taking off my tank top.

"Didn't you know that here is where all the boys hangout now?" she asked again.

"Uh, no. But I don't care." I mumbled, stripping off my shorts and tying my hair up in a messy bun.

I snuggled my feet into the warm, soft sand and closed my eyes.

Summer break.

"You excited for your birthday?" Kylie said. I could hear the wide smile plastered on her face as she spoke.

"Yeah, actually," I replied, "But I don't know what I want."

"A boyfriend?" she joked, "Or maybe some good skills at driving." I snapped my head towards her.

"Hey! That was one time!" I protested.

"Yeah, and the last! I'm never letting you drive again, let alone take your drivers licence, in case you swerve onto the pavement and crash the car."

Laughing, I grabbed my book from my bag.

"You're seriously kidding me right now?" cried Kylie, sighing, "It's the summer vacation Maddie, put the damn book down!"

"It's just a reading book, butt brain." But I still put it back in my bag. "Hey, you want to go-"

Why did this keep happening to me. Why did I just suddenly stop speaking?

He and a couple other guys were walking over to us. I couldn't help but stare at his toned abs. Not that the others didn't have any.

"Troubles coming." I sighed. At those words, Kylie scrambled up on her seat a little, stroking a hand through her dyed hair and bending one of her knees on the long chair.

I quickly grabbed my phone and headphones, pushing one of the buds in my ear, closing my eyes.

"Hey, ladies." Nick joked in front of us. I quickly opened my eyes, looking over at Kylie, who was obviously blushing.

"You guys wanna join us in the water?" Zac gestured behind him, smirking at me.

"No, thanks-"

"We were just going to, anyway!" Kylie cut me off, slowly getting up. I knew that trick. I taught it to her when we were in ninth grade. You got up slowly so that the boys took longer time staring at you in your bikini.

I grumbled quietly, ripping the bud out of my ear and quickly getting off of the chair, before anyone noticed.

We all started heading towards the peaceful water, and as we did, Nick came around next to me.

"How ya doing?" he asked. I didn't get why he wasted his time on me.

"I'm, fine," I managed before holding my arms across my chest.

"Why are you so..... uncomfortable?" He spoke, looking at me with a warm smile on his face. I was being stupid.

"I don't feel uncomfortable! I just had a rough morning." I covered up. He responded with a bigger smile, then hung his arm around my shoulders.

Once we made contact with the refreshing water, I felt my shoulders relax.

I had grown up next to the beach. Kylie and I loved to surf, and we came whenever the weather.

My thoughts were interrupted by a cold spray of water hitting my back.

"Hey!" I turned to face a smirking Zac. I splashed him back, soon starting a small war between everyone.

We couldn't stop laughing after a tall, tanned, blonde friend of theirs, called Alex, fell over, onto the sea bed.

I didn't even realise that Grayson was in the midst of this all.

While I was laughing, a pair of strong arms grabbed me from behind, picking me up and twirling me around by my waist.

When I was set down, i turned immediately, revealing Nick.

"You liked that?" he smirked, still holding my waist. I couldn't help but blush.

I couldn't tell if the other we're watching or if they were off deeper in the water.

"I wish the bottle had landed on me last night." he whispered in my ear. I held my breathe as his face inched closer to mine.

Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. He pulled back after a few seconds, leaving me completely overwhelmed.

He started making his way through the water and back to who I guessed was the others.

I stood there for a while longer, but soon snapped out of it, as I realised I looked like an idiot.

They had all gone deeper into the water, as I had expected, but I caught Grayson taking a few sneaky glances at me.

They weren't too far away, so I noticed his expression; his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his jaw clenched.

And I don't regret thinking that it was hot.

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After spending a while in the water, we headed towards the small hut in a corner of the beach.

It sold food and cool drinks, just what I needed.

We had ordered our food, and that was when I realised loads of girls were staring at us, mostly jealous fans.

I didn't really want to be with these guys, especially not with Grayson, but something kept me from going away.

And it wasn't their abs or muscular arms, I must say.

"I heard its your birthday in a few weeks," started Alex.

"Yeah," I replied nonchalantly, leaning against the small bar.

"Do you want anything specific?" Zac asked.

"Not really, I mean-"

"She wants a boyfriend." Kylie stepped in, and I nudged her playfully. When Kylie said that, I noticed Grayson look up from his phone.

"I'm fine without one," I mumbled quietly, rolling my eyes.

"Well, I'm always open." smirked Nick, wiggling his eyebrows at me. I smiled, but inside, I knew it was all fake. He didn't actually like me. He hadn't even noticed me before last night. And everyone knew he was a player.

"Hey look, the foods here," Grayson filled in the awkward gap of silence that Nick just looked me up and down in, biting his lip.

"Let's go sit down to eat it," Kylie gestures towards our towels and beach chairs.

"Hey, uh, Kylie, can I talk to you first?" Grayson said before pulling her away. Of course I was curious, but I went ahead to our spot on the sand with the others anyway.

I didn't take my eyes off them, and a few of the fans started to follow them. But I guess he didn't get bombarded by all the girls because they all had already gotten a photo with him and his signature on his first day here.

The guys were talking amongst themselves as I kept on eyeing Kylie and Grayson.

My heart started palpitating against my chest as Grayson leaned in to Kylie.

I looked away as soon as their lips made contact.

"You alright, Maddie?" Nick waved a hand in front of my face.

I blinked a few times to escape my daze, "Yeah, yeah."

I looked back once more and saw them approaching us.

Hand in hand.

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