“The sun suites you.” His dream like eyes were wandering over my face and I frowned a little.
“What do you mean?” His shoulders rose and fell and he relaxed a little.
“You look healthy, you’ve got freckles across your nose.” I ran my fingers across the bridge of my nose and frowned again. I hadn’t noticed this. I heard him laugh softly and smiled his way. The sun was lower in the sky now and I watched as it emitted a more orange tone.
“I wanted to move to Australia once I’d finished uni.” I blurted.
“You know you can still do that?” I nodded at him and followed his line of site as he stood up. His arm reached towards the sun and his fingers pointed towards the sun. “It’ll set in a minute or so.” His facial expression was calm, I watched as he wandered over towards the railings and found myself following him. I placed myself next to him. His arms rested against the cold rail and he looked out towards the sky and sea. I loved the sea but I’d never had the opportunity to watch the sun set over it whilst on holiday. I’d always been in a bar, drunk. I smiled to myself as it began to move rapidly down towards the seas edge. It was so fast people were counting down the seconds as it moved and a roar of cheers escaped people from all around us. The sound of people whispering and clapping almost filled the street below and I smiled widely. His fingers traced down my back and as he pulled me closer he kissed my cheek. My eyes closed.
“You know I came over here to get over you.” I stated quietly.
“How’s that working out for you?” His stubble tickled my cheek as I smiled.
“Terribly.” I sighed and heard him chuckle. It was warm and sincere. The sound of an iPhone rang loudly and I watched as he rifled through his pockets to try and find it. He pulled out two, winked and placed the one ringing to his ear. His voice was low as he answered it.
“I’m still here.” His voice trailed off as I watched him walk away. I knew why he had two phones, I knew that there was probably a good reason he couldn’t have that conversation within my ear shot but a feeling of disappointment overwhelmed me. I didn’t want him to have to hide anything from me. It was clear that there were other things he was hiding. I pulled my phone from my bag and noticed a text.
Nance: still at the bar…Sophs fucked! Save me.x
I chuckled and saw another pop through.
Soph: cum and join us! Ur missin out! Xox
I rolled my eyes, clearly the two of them had differing opinions of the night they were having. The phone signal was shocking over here and I went to type a reply when my phone buzzed again.
Chlo: I hope you have some of the answers you were looking for? I miss you. Xx
I jumped as he placed his head against my shoulder and pecked my neck once, his arms flung around me and I locked my phone screen. I had missed Chlo, I knew she was part of the reason he was here now grovelling but I wondered why.
“Sorry, business calls.” I almost snorted as he pecked my cheek.
“Mhm,” I shimmied him off me and placed my phone back in my bag. “I don’t think Nance and Soph will be back until at least 6,” I chuckled at the thought of their hungover faces in the morning “they always get like this.” I felt him wrap his fingers around mine and we began to walk towards the beach, it was growing darker now the sun was in. “I love the beach, we haven’t really been on it much.” I sighed and felt him pull my arm towards the small beach. I shook my head in his direction. “I’m wearing heels!” He grinned wider as he used his muscle to pull me further on the sand, I let out a girly scream and laughed hard as he almost fell backwards. He too laughed, it faltered as he cursed under his breath and I held my hand to my mouth in an effort to mask my laugh. “I told you it was a bad idea.” The words left my mouth as a laugh and I watched as he stood up taller. His arms extended towards me and he lifted me over his shoulder in one foul swoop. “Harry!” It was almost a scream, I was hanging over his shoulder and he was walking along the beachfront. I couldn't help but chuckle as I struggled in his grip. “People are staring!”
“Let them stare? I can do this while we here I couldn’t when we were back home.” The reality check of his words saddened me slightly. He was right, everything would go back to normal after tonight and I wasn’t ready for that.
“Oh aren’t you painting a perfect romance picture.” If I hadn’t been practically upside down I’d have rolled my eyes.
“Well it’s true?” He laughed a little before he placed me back on my feet. My heels sunk into the sand and I frowned.
“Pick me back up please?” His eyes lit up as he shook his head.
“Nope.” The corners of his mouth slanted upwards as his eyes danced. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms.
“Please?” I pulled my best sad face and watched him smirk as he reached for me. He placed me back in his arms, cradling me like a baby and I smiled as I kissed his cheek. People were glancing at us, and smiling and I watched as he placed me back on my feet. I straightened my dress back out and smirked upwards at him. “Thanks.” He placed his hand on the arch of my back as we hit the street, the lamps lit the way.
“Anytime.” We stood in silence, he was
