(Kalila)

I ended the call with Niall and walked toward the girl to give her her phone back.

She had gotten up from her towel and walked along the shoreline to give me privacy, which I thought showed such sweet manners, she was very considerate.

She looked over and saw that I was off the phone, so she began her walk back.

I handed the phone back to her.
"Thank you so much, again", I smiled.
"Sure, no problem", she said.

"My friend should be here soon, if its okay with you, I can just go wait at the front of your house....", I waved toward her beach house.

"Well, I was about to go in to get a drink, you're welcome to-", she stopped talking and squinted her eyes, "Have we....you look familiar", she continued to study me.

"Really?", I half smiled and raised my eyebrows, she didn't look familiar to me.
"Yeah....", she trailed off.

"I don't really know anyone in Rosewater yet, I just moved here", I said.

"Hm. Well, welcome to Rosewater!", she smiled brightly. She seemed to have a lot of energy, this girl. Very nice and friendly.

So far, everyone I've talked to in this town seemed to be very friendly. I really like the positive vibe here. Of course living in a beach paradise helps one's mood.

"I'm Cheryl Winford", she smiled and held out her hand.

"Hi, I'm Lila Heart", I smiled back, shaking her hand.

Cheryl gestured to the beach house behind us.
"Come in and have something to drink while you wait for your friend", she waved and began to walk toward the house.

We washed the sand off our feet and made our way inside. The kitchen was a beautiful sea blue with glass cabinets all around.

"Your home is beautiful", I said.
"Thank you!", she said as she got out two glasses, "Okay, I've got a lot of different juices, sodas, smoothies...", she looked through the refrigerator naming off different drinks.

"Anything with watermelon?", I smiled really big, like a kid asking for a treat.
"Yes, Ma'am!", she said, proudly.

I was dying to ask her if she had anything I could wear as I sat on a barstool in only Harry's t-shirt, but first off, she was a tiny little thing. She had to be a size 00.

Secondly, I did not want her to know I was naked under the shirt. I knew she'd wonder why I was and I just couldn't tell anyone why.

Cheryl slid a pink drink over to me and I took a sip.
"This is delicious", I hummed, closing my eyes.

"It's a pineapple, watermelon and coconut smoothie, one of my favorites", Cheryl said.

She took a sip of her strawberry lemonade and the doorbell rang.

"That must be your friend!", she winked and I followed her to the front door, "That was fast", she said and opened the door.

"Niall?", Cheryl said.
"Cheryl!", Niall laughed, "What....", he continued to laugh while he leaned in to give her a hug.

I stood there smiling, happy that they knew each other and waited for them to tell me how they did.

"Is this your place?", he looked around himself.
"Yeah! I guess you haven't ever been here! Oh my gosh, this is so funny!", she turned to me and put her hand on Niall's shoulder, her other hand went to her chest.

"My boyfriend, Liam, is one of Niall's good friends!", her eyes were bright with joy in seeing him.

"How do you two know each other?", she now put one hand on Niall and the other on me.

"You and Liam didn't come out with us last night, we went to Seaside", Niall answered, "We all met Lila there.

"Gwen and her instantly hit it off, Cheryl, you should've seen Gwen", Niall laughed thinking of her last night.

" Well, it sounds like I missed out on a fun night!", Cheryl huffed, "I am not missing out next weekend. We're ALL going out, yes?", she said to me.
"Sure!", I giggled.

(Niall)

I beamed hearing Lila agreeing with Cheryl about going out next weekend.

It can't be by coincidence that Cheryl just happened to be the person that Lila came across to borrow a phone.

Two of my closest friends crossing paths with Lila on two separate occasions has to be fate or a sign or something.

I looked over at the girls talking and laughing. They looked like they'd known each other for years.

Look at her.
She's so sweet.
I can't remember ever being so attracted to a girl in my life.
She has to feel something too if she's agreed to go on this date with me.

Lila faced me.
"Niall, thank you so much for picking me up! I totally would have met you somewhere, but I left my Jeep at the Seaside restaurant last night", Lila said.

"No worries, sweetheart, I'll take you to it after lunch".
Lila's smile faded the tiniest bit and she seemed a bit shy.

To break the slight tension, I quickly changed the subject, "Well, Cheryl, it was a good surprise to see you! Next weekend, then?", I laughed.

"Why don't you join us for lunch?", Lila asked her and I felt a sting in my chest.

"No, no, I've got to be at work soon. I'm a florist, I have a little shop in town. I'm normally closed on Sundays, but it's always so busy for the first few weeks that everyone heads out here for the summer", she smiled, "But thank you! You have fun".

(Kalila)

We said our goodbyes and I walked with Niall off of the porch.

"WHOA!! Holy f-", I stood there, my eyes wide when they landed on a monster of a truck that Niall was walking toward.

He turned halfway, still walking toward it and smiled big at me.
"Meet my baby", he said and opened the passenger door, "I'm going to need to help you in, the st-"

I froze, very noticeably, which stopped Niall from finishing his sentence.
My hands went flat against the t-shirt against my thighs and I couldn't hide my anxiety.

"Hey, hey, I won't look", Niall said with a smile, "I mean, I have seen girls in swimsuits before, though, Lila", he laughed, trying to relax me, but I looked at him and bit my bottom lip.
"I...i-it's not that...I..."

Oh God, I'm going to have to tell him.
"I don't have anything on under my shirt", I said fast.

He looked down at the t-shirt as I crossed my arms over myself. He then caught himself and moved his eyes back to look at mine.

He swallowed hard and then walked over to me, putting his hand on my lower back and looking around us, as if to see if anyone was looking at me.

"Come on, Love, let's go borrow something from Cheryl.

"No. No, no", I said very firmly.
"Wh-", he started.
"No, Niall.", I cut him off.

"Okay, well, let's see...", he said looking at the truck's height and mine, "Okay, now, what you can do, you can pull the back of your t-shirt under your bum and up to cover your...yourself, then I'll lift you up....", he began, but I couldn't stop the abrupt laugh that came out of my mouth.

Niall stood there, smirking and looking down at me, watching me hold my stomach with one hand and point at him with the other.

"You're all s-s-serio-o-ous", I laughed out the last word, "and you said "bum", I don't know why it struck me so funny, maybe it was nervous energy coming out.

Niall continued to smirk, leaning on one hip and putting his hands on his hips, so I straightened up.

"Okay, huhh...Niall, okay, ahem", I cleared my throat making my face go serious when I did.

I walked up to the massive truck and reached through my legs and grabbed the back of the t-shirt, the act alone made me sputter back into fits of giggles, then into full blown belly laughing.

"Alright, alright, Miss Giggles", Niall said walking up behind me, "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do".

And with that, he put his hands under my armpits and lifted me up so I could reach the metal running board with my feet.

"NIALL!!", I screamed, my ass in full view as I stepped up into the truck.
He shut the door after I pulled the t-shirt down and sat, then walked over to the driver's side.

He got in, started the engine and looked over at me, I still had my mouth open from surprise that he just did that.

He then touched the screen of a device and said, "Rosewater Beach. Women's clothing stores".