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Time of Our Lives

When It All Comes Down to This

*Kariann’s POV*

I was sitting down at the beach with the others. I was sitting where I was the night before and going through my laptop, checking out the videos I’ve taken earlier. They came out pretty well and I already had an idea what parts I wanted to use.

“Whatcha doing?”

My heart jumped some as Harry took a seat next to me. “N-nothing.” I said, gaining my composure back. “Just checking out what I got recorded so far.”

I felt his hair tickling my cheek as he looked over to check out the screen. “Hm, hey, I have an idea. When we did Little Things, they put the video in black and white. You should do that.”

He looked at me. I offered a smile. “Actually,” I said, “I was going to change the tone of the video’s color, but not completely black and white. There are some parts I want to have color for, like whenever Niall sings. You can see him blushing whenever he does his part and I want to be able to see that.”

“Ah, I see.” Harry said, smiling. He nudged me with his shoulder. “You’re pretty awesome, you know that?”

“Watch out!” We both yelled.

My reaction was to close my laptop so nothing would hit it. Harry’s reaction was to grab my shoulder and pull me close as he reached out and hit a flying soccer ball with his arm. “Sorry!” Louis said, running up to grab the ball. “Zayn’s fault by the way.” He quickly added before running away.

“Hey! Was not!” Zayn yelled.

Harry pulled back, a little too soon for my liking. He rubbed his arm. “Ow.”

“You okay?” I asked.

He held up his arm. I gaped, seeing a huge round bruise beginning to form. “Holy shit, Haz.” I said, reaching out and gently touching it.

He flinched and pulled his arm back. “I’ll be fine. Good thing I was here, huh? That ball would’ve knocked your head off.”

I chuckled. “I doubt that. I have a pretty hard head.”

“You’re right about that.” Harry replied, smiling. He stood up from the log. “I think I’ll join them. Hey, since it’s just us guys playing you might want to get footage of that.”

“Harry, where would I be without you?” I said, liking the idea as I grabbed my camera.

“Maybe I should be the one asking you that.” He shrugged. “Just watch out for flying balls.”

He started running down to the guys and I put my computer back in its bag. I got out my camera, walking down the bank to start recording them. Those guys really were something, they kicked the ball back and forth until Louis got the urge to kick the ball far out toward the sea, making it disappear into the water. They hollered in shock and amazement. I couldn’t help but chuckle at them.

There was just so much going on between the guys that it was hard to keep up with their every move. I made sure to keep all five of them in the frame. There was one point where three of them – Louis, Liam, and Harry – picked up Zayn and started to take him out to the water. Niall was laughing as he ran ahead in the tide to where half of his calves disappeared into the water. “No!” Zayn cried, laughing and screaming.

I knew the guys well enough where they would joke around with each other, but wouldn’t go as far as to literally traumatize you. Zayn couldn’t swim, and he wasn’t a fan of open water. They didn’t take Zayn out very far, but they did throw him into the tide, causing him to land on his ass as a tide came through and got him wet from the waist down. “Gah!” He screamed, getting up and looking down at his wet bottoms. “You dick-wads!” He laughed, kicking water their way to splash them wet.

“Oh, my God. I thought they were seriously going to throw him in the water.” Dakota spoke, coming up to me.

I looked over, grinning. “Give you a heart attack?”

She held up her hand, indicating with her thumb and finger that yes it did, just a little. I knew I wouldn’t use the whole footage so I made sure to get different angles. I thought myself lucky as the sun was setting. It was a beautiful view.

The guys came out of the water, suddenly done with their horseplay. I stopped recording. “I’m up for some burgers!” Niall said, jumping sideways onto Liam.

“Are we grilling?” Dakota asked.

“I volunteered.” Liam said, smiling at the lot of us.

We started up the bank where three more girls appeared. “Bonnie!” Dakota yelled, running toward her, hugging her sideways. “Wanna walk? I want to talk to you. You too, Kariann!”

She grabbed Bonnie’s arm and grabbed mine soon after. We were dragged down the bank and she let us go so we could walk normally. “Alright, Dakota!” Bonnie said, interlocking their arms. “I know Louis went out after you earlier. I want to know everything.”

I was curious too. Just what was going on? First I found out that Louis and Eleanor broke up, now I was slowly catching on that Louis suddenly likes Dakota. Well, maybe not suddenly, but this was the first I’ve heard of it anyways. I interlocked my arm in hers too. “Seriously.” I said. “I’m sick of Harry saying to ‘wait and see.’”

“Look who’s talking.” Dakota said, raising an eye at me. “You and Harry have been hitting it off pretty well.”

I shrugged and sighed. “Doesn’t matter. I’m with Alex.”

“When was the last time you’ve talked?” Dakota asked, curious.

My face fell. I shrugged. It’s actually been a while actually. I didn’t know what it was, after we hung out in February, we suddenly stopped talking to each other. It felt like an effort to just pick up the phone and call him. We can never get a hold of each other, he’s either doing his thing, or I’m doing my own. “I think I’ll call him tonight.” I said. “Anyways, back on topic with you…”

Dakota brought in a breath. She looked between either of us. She began to talk.

“What do I do?” She asked, turning around to face us.

We’ve stopped walking once we got up to the one of the beams to the pier. The sun was beginning to set and it was one hell of a view. I made a mental note to come down here later. I looked back at Dakota and Bonnie went over to her. “You sound like me before I decided to give Niall a shot.”

Bonnie grabbed either of Dakota’s hands and began to slowly swing them back and forth. “What made you decide?”

Bonnie looked down at the ground for a moment before looking up again. “He… just knows. Maybe it was because he knew that we were still young and we had to figure out our lives first. He told me we could do it together. You told me to hell with my parents with my career choice, but it was him that said we could follow our dreams together and support each other. He made me decide that I wanted to pursue in what I wanted. I decided I would do just that with him and together would work things out.”

I felt happy for the two of them. I looked back at the group crowded together around a small fire. Louis and Zayn were setting down a grill and Liam was carrying a bag of charcoal on his shoulder and a plastic bag with the other. Harry and Niall were walking and carrying brown bags. “You two seriously need to wake up and get a move on.” Bonnie spoke up. “You’ve known them longer than I have and seen them more, yet you still can’t see that just by looking at your faces, you see those boys’ more than just pop stars and a huge boy band sensation. You see them as people and they understand you and your life. They want to be there for you, and you keep pushing them away. Especially you, Kariann. Harry’s done so much with his life to make it fit for you. He wants you to see him as a man. You do nothing but push him away because you have a boyfriend. If you ask me, Stewart can move on because I know you don’t love him anymore. Your heart is within someone else.”

I looked over at Bonnie. Her let out a breath. “I’m just telling you how I see it. Do what you want. Now, I’m starving so I’m going to head on back. You girls do whatever you want.”

“Wait for me!” Dakota said. She looked back at me.

“Go ahead.” I said. “I think I’m going to make a phone call.”

Bonnie was right, but I had to make sure at least. Once I knew the girls were out of earshot as they walked, I got out my phone and dialed Alex’s number.

No answer. Big surprise there.

I sighed, sticking my phone back in my pocket. I make my trek back to the others and took a seat by Dakota, who was now sitting between me and Harry. “Are they done yet!?” Niall whined. “I’m so hungry.”

“Don’t rush the cook!” Liam scolded, pointing his barbeque-covered spatula at Niall.

I laughed upon seeing him with an apron and puffy hat on. Danielle was by his side, setting up plates and buns for the burgers. Somebody brought out a guitar. Always, never failed, we had to have a get together with the singing sessions. We messed around, singing to multiple songs around the fire. It really was fun being around these people.

Liam made fantastic burgers and we ate a lot. Cooking for ten people was not easy and there were times when I would take over the grilling and let him sit down and eat. Niall was a crazy kid with his bottomless pit of a stomach.

An hour later the sun was down and we were letting the grill burn out. I brought out my camera. “Hey guys, since we’re all here, how about we start with the filming?” I asked.

“Ah! We get to be in it?” Danielle asked, excited.

I nodded at her. “Yeah, I want all of us in it together, except…”

I wasn’t sure where I was going to put the camera. I only had one camera and I wanted different angles of shots.

“Am I too late?” A British accent spoke up.

All of us froze, turning our heads in shock to see Eleanor standing not far ahead, tote bag on her shoulder. A pair of sunglasses were pushed up over her head, leaving her long wavy hair away from her face. A male popped up right behind here. “Wow, what a large group…”

I looked over at Dakota. I wasn’t sure if she was relieved to see Eleanor or scared. Maybe both. Well, duh. Dakota was confessed to by Louis as soon as she realized the two them broke up. None of us could say anything, but Eleanor paid no mind. “This is Eric. We go to the same Uni together and… he’s my boyfriend.”

The guy waved at us. “Eleanor!” Danielle said, smiling some as she got up to go hug her friend.

“I’m not sure if I should feel awkward or what…” I heard Harry mutter.

I saw Dakota rise, shocking us all as she went over to her friend. “Eleanor! It’s been too long.” Dakota smiled.

I was expecting Eleanor to become mad. I was expecting her to get angry at Dakota for stealing her ex-boyfriend’s heart and throwing a fit for stealing him away. But no, she wasn’t mad nor upset, she was actually happy and excited to see Dakota. They brought each other into a hug. “I’ve missed you so much.” Eleanor said. “I wanted to say happy birthday and bring you this…”

She reached into her tote and brought out a box with a bow on it. It was quite the size too. Dakota opened the box and grinned when she saw the contents. “You didn’t.” She smiled, looking up.

“It’s your eighteenth birthday, what more fun can you have than with fireworks?”

“Fireworks!? Did I hear fireworks?” Niall exclaimed from the other end, jumping up to run over to the trio.

“Holy shit- Can we light these?” He looked at Eleanor and decided to look at Dakota and ask her. “Can we light these?”

Dakota handed him the box. “Knock yourself out.”

“Whoo!” Niall screamed, running back over to show the guys.

“Hell yeah!” Louis said, grabbing the grill lighter and grabbing something random out of the box.

I turned on my camera, ready to start filming. The guys left their girlfriends to run down the beach to start the fireworks. I started to film them as they got the biggest fireworks out and began to light them. As I was filming them, I looked back at Dakota. She and Eleanor were talking, smiling and laughing. I took a deep breath, I suppose Eleanor was okay with her and Louis’s break-up. Either that or she’s good at hiding it.

It didn’t take long for the biggest set of fireworks to run out and what was left was the countless numbers of sparklers. “What are you doing!?” Harry asked, walking over to me with a sparkler. “Put the camera down and come have some fun!”

“If you want…” Eleanor said. “Eric and I can film for you. Dakota told me all about your scholarship video. I’ll stay long enough to get the group shots of you, the girls, and the guys.”

“How long will you be here?” I asked, handing her my camera.

“Till next Sunday, then we’ll head back for Uni. We won’t see you guys a lot though, but we’ll try to come hang out if that’s okay. We’ll help you film too if needed be.”

“Thank you.” I said, smiling at her.

“Come on.” Harry urged, grabbing my arm and dragging me to the box of surprises. I grabbed a sparkler and he held his sparkler against mine to light it up. “You see this?” Harry said. I looked up. “This sparks the beginning of our relationship.”

I rolled my eyes. “Whatever.”

I looked over to see Eleanor giving Eric my camera. He smiled down at her as he held the camera quite professionally to get shots of all of us. “Hey, Danielle!” Eleanor called out. “You and Liam come here!”

I watched as Danielle and Liam was instructed by Eric where to stand in front of the firepit. “Um…” He called out, accent thick. “I’m actually going to take a long exposure shot, do one of you guys want to run around them with a sparkler?”

Niall and Zayn volunteered. “Okay, Liam and Dani, stay very still and try not to move.”

Danielle wrapped her arms around Liam’s shoulders as he took her by the waist. They got very close, leaning their foreheads together as they stared down at each other. Niall and Zayn lit up some new sparklers and Eric cued them to run. The rest of us crowded around, wondering how this would turn out. “Alright, stop!” Eric told Niall and Zayn who jumped out of the camera’s eye quickly.

Eric dropped my camera, standing up from where he was sitting on one knee. We all crowded around him, checking out the photo. “Whoa!” Bonnie said. “That’s awesome! Can we all do one?”

“That’s a good idea.” I pointed out. “I can put it on the video.”

“Sweet. Us next!” Niall called, grabbing Bonnie’s hand and going to the spot Liam and Danielle were at before. They had each other’s arms around the other’s waist. Bonnie rested her forehead on the crook of Niall’s neck and he rested his cheek on the side of her head.

Harry and Louis decided to be the ones to play with the sparklers. For the next ten minutes that was all we did, long exposed shots and running around the accounted couple. Everyone had their own couple poses. Zayn and Perry held hands and stood very close. Zayn had his head down whereas if he was about to kiss her.

Louis and Dakota was next. Dakota knew that she couldn’t be awkward with this, so she decided to do what she felt was easiest for her. They hugged. She rested the side of her head on his shoulder, looking out into the ocean. Louis rested his chin on the top of her head, doing the same. Liam and Zayn did theirs. As soon as they were done, they quickly broke apart.

“Ah! I wanna do Kariann’s and Harry’s!” Dakota called. “Bonnie, you should do it with me.”

“Uh oh.” Harry said. “It’s going to look horrendous!”

Bonnie and Dakota stuck their tongue out at him. We got into our spots. “What should we do?” I asked.

“I have an idea. Any fan that sees this video will go nuts over this…” Harry said, taking a hold of my hands and placing it on his chest.

I was confused. He moved closer, resting his upper arms on my shoulders, lazily leaning over and turning his head as if he was going to kiss me. His face was so close to mine, but I couldn’t do anything about it. For the longest two minutes, I felt his breath with my own. We stared down in each other’s eyes, yet we knew we couldn’t move. iu

“Alright!” Eric cued.

For the next ten longest seconds of my life, Harry and I stood there. Eric finally said we were done. I dropped my hands from Harry’s chest, but he made no motion of moving. “Harry…” I started.

“I can’t help it.” He said, I saw hkm99099is gaze linger down where my lips were. He swallowed. “I just…”

“Oh, my Gosh, this one is the best yet!” Bonnie exclaimed.

Harry pulled back, letting his arms fall to his side. He scratched the side of his neck. “Sorry.” He muttered before joining the others.

I watched Harry’s face turn into a small smile as Eric showed him the picture. He looked over to where I was standing and I stared back. The bright fire from behind me caused part of my shadow to cascade over his face. He offered a small smile.

“Well, we still have a half box of sparklers.” Zayn said, holding up the box. “Thanks, Eli.”

Eleanor smiled at him. We decided to crowd around the fire then and the boys figured it was time to sing their song. I had to admit, hearing the song recorded professionally was nice, but hearing it live, it held so much more meaning. The song required us to be sitting with our acquired pair. I hate to say boyfriend because for one, two of us aren’t dating even though… well, yeah. Three are, so in a sense it’s true. It got to the point I didn’t care. Our boyfriends. There, I said it.

Liam and Niall had the guitars, playing. They took up their own logs as the two boys angled themselves to where they were actually facing their girlfriends. Zayn and Perry had their own log too and they cuddled close. I sat close to Harry, the side of our legs touching and he had his arm resting behind me. Dakota sat on the sand right next to my leg, back resting against the log. Louis was on the sand next to her, arm resting over the log beside Dakota, though not touching.

“We ready?” Eleanor asked as she looked over at Eric.

“Ready when you guys are.” Eric said.

Niall and Liam looked amongst each other. Liam started playing his cue, followed by Niall as he began to sing. I wasn’t sure how all of us did it, but everything seemed to come naturally with us. Eric was doing a fantastic job of walking around and making sure to get all of the guys singing their parts. I was glad he and Eleanor were here. Later on, after the song, I talked to him some as he gave back my camera. “Are you into film?”

“Yeah, I’m actually majoring in film.” Eric said, smiling.

“Oh really?” I asked.

From there we kept talking and I asked about what he did at college and all that jazz. “Are you interested?” He asked.

I nodded. “I’m going to major in it when I go to college.”

“That’s cool. What Uni you going to?”

“Full Sail University.” I smiled.

“I’ve heard of that school!” He smiled. “They’re known for quite a bit of stuff. With what you’re doing now with the guys, you’ll have great experience.”

I nodded, agreeing. “Babe.” Eleanor said, coming up to us. “I think we need to head back, everyone’s about to leave.”

Eric smiled at Eleanor. “Sure thing. Hey, it was nice talking to you. Let me know if you need any help with your video – actually, why don’t I give you my number? Didn’t you say your video was due next Friday?”

I nodded. I gave him my phone and he quickly put his number in it. “All right, since I won’t be here, feel free to give me a ring.”

He walked off with Eleanor and I felt someone creep next to my shoulder. “What’s this? You’ve only know that guy for an hour and already you have his number?” He clutched his heart and made an exaggerated pouting expression. “I’m hurt.”

I rolled my eyes as I stuck my phone in my pocket. “I’m sure you’ve received girl’s number much faster than I have.”

“Not lately.” He said. “I have no reason to now.”

I snorted. I felt my phone began to ring suddenly. I looked at it. Alex was calling. Shocking, I thought. He hasn’t made the effort to call me in at least two weeks. “Hello?”

“Let’s break up.” I heard.

I blinked. Whoa there, Houston. Did I hear that right? I looked over at Harry. He just stood there with his hands in his pockets, staring back at me. “What?” I asked.

“Let’s break up.”

Oddly, I felt calm. I was curious for whatever reason he had. “Why?” I asked.

“You see… I don’t want to sound like a total douche for saying this, but I recently met a girl…”

He began to explain, assuring me that he never cheated, but just saying that we were too far apart from each other to even last. I wasn’t sad. “Don’t get me wrong, Kariann. You’re the sweetest girl and the best girlfriend I’ve ever had, but as the days and weeks pass, we grow further and further apart. You’ll be going to college in Florida, so even then it’ll be even harder to see each other. I know you’ll find a guy though. The perfect guy that’ll be there more often and talk to you more often and love you in a way that I never knew I could…”

I felt a smile fill up on my lips. “Yeah…” I said.

I couldn’t believe it. As strange as it was, but the past few weeks that we haven’t talked, Alex has somehow managed to grow mature enough to let the two of us go. “You were my first love.” He said. “That much I will never forget.”

“You too.” I agreed, my eyes never leaving Harry’s.

“I’m really sorry…”

“It’s okay. I completely understand how you feel.”

March 15th. Dakota’s 18th birthday. My break-up day. We hung up, exchanging goodbyes. “Who was that?” He asked.

“Alex.” I grinned.

I saw his face fell. He really didn’t like him at all. “That boy?”

I chuckled. “Yup.”

“What did he want?” He asked, frowning but curious.

“Nothing special.” I said, sticking my phone back in my pocket.

I wasn’t about to tell him what happened. I wondered if he could figure it out himself. No, I wanted to play around with him for a bit. I knew Harry liked me, and I was going to give him the payback of him playing with my feelings. I wouldn’t let him live it down. This was the second time Alex and I broke up, and yet it wasn’t as bad as the first. I was relieved, like the heavy weight has been taken off my shoulders.

“Really?” Harry asked as we started walking up the bank to head for the steps.

“Yup.”

He gave me a side look and I grinned at him as I started up the steps.

Watch out, Harry Styles. I’m about to strike an arrow through your ego.

Comments

Let me tell you something real quick: you are amazingly talented and you could actually be a real, legit author. Also this story made me incredibly happy just by reading it. So thank you :)
hannily hannily
11/14/13
You should make a sequel and this is one of my favorite stories and sorry I know I'm commenting a little late. Please think about making a sequel please. :)
I just read this story and want to read the rest of it!Please hurry.
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dandyperson1 dandyperson1
6/5/13