Natalie looked into Scotts eyes ‘I gotta go’ she mumbled, she gave Scott the water bottle and headed out of the door
‘NATALIE...WAIT, PLEASE’ shouted Scott as Nats closed the door behind her, she pounded down the stairs until she reached the bottom where she met Nessi.
‘Hey Nats’ said Nessi in her usual chirpy voice, ‘ hey..whats wrong’ she asked looking concerened. ‘I’m going back up to our room, just waiting for the lift, then you can tell me whats up, okay?’ Natalie looked at her and whispered ‘okay’ they waited for the lift and as the lift doors opended Scott appered.
‘Natalie, hey..i was only joking’ was the first thing Scott said as the lift doors opended
‘On second thoughts I’ll take the stairs’ Nats said, Scott tried to follow her but Nessi grabbed his arm.
‘Whats wrong with her?’ she asked
‘I have no idea’ he replyed ‘ Look, I’ve gotta go and meet the lads but tell her i’ll be back in about 15 mins, okay? Will ya?’ he asked Nessi
‘Sure..we’re room 165 okay?’
‘Got it’ Scott said
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When Scott got to the beach he saw Abs and J chatting up Louise and Claire. Lousie and Abs looked pretty close and when he got closer he could see J trying to get away from Claire who seemed to be all over him
‘Hey man, thank God you are here’ said J as he rushed over to meet him ‘ U are a life-saver’ he whispered
‘Yeh, so i noticed’
‘Whats up with ya man?’ asked J
‘You know Natalie, right?’
‘Yeh, she was that girl who you walked away with before, I saw ya, so what did ya get up to then?’ winked J
‘Nothing’ replyed Scott ‘Its just that...well you see...i dunno’
‘Oh no, Scott’ J sighed
‘What?’
‘You have that same look in your eye just before you asked Kerry out, and not to sound like your Dad or nothin, but Kerry hurt you really bad and I don’t want you to get hurt again, and we fly out in a week, so just... watch it okay?’
‘Thanks’ said Scott, who was secretly pleased that J had given him some advice, probably good advice too.
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‘So you gonna tell me whats up with ya then?’ asked Nessi as she looked at Natalie who was busy eating some crisps.
‘Scott’
‘Yeh, guessed that. He said he’s coming round in a bit, so I’ll get out of your way. So whats the problem with you and him?’
‘I like him’
‘Yeh, guessed that too.’
‘no...i mean i really like him.’
‘guessed that too’
‘am i that predictable?’ Nessi just smiled and nodded
‘Sorry Nats, i guess I’ve just known you for too long. I have one question though, do you like him because who he is? I mean, he’s like the most good lookig pop star ever and you have a chance with him, I just thin-’
Natalie cut her off ‘But there’s my point you see I don’t have a chance with him, when Louise saw that he was Scott from 5ive, my whole thoughts just changed about him, he’s just a guy that I can’t have and its got nothing to do with how famous he is he’s just so nice and funny and cute and sweet and all these things that I loook for in a guy.’
There was a knock at the door, Nessi answered, pointed to where Nats was and left.
‘Hey there’ Scott said as he sat down on the couch next to Natalie ‘ So you wanna tell me what went on back there? And then I have something I wanna tell you.’
‘Okay, basically I just got totally freaked out, i dunno why..well yeh I do know..Scott, this is gonna sound pretty stupid so don’t laugh and just hear me out. I like you Scott – not because of what you are, but because of who you are – Scott the person that I first met on that beach before I found out about all this.’ Natalie got up from the couch to avoid looking at Scott. ‘Thats it really...i like you Scott’
Scott got up from the couch too and smiled ‘ Well that just made my part a lot easier, i like you too Natalie...a lot.’ Scott leaned in towards Natalie and began to kiss her, he then pulled away ‘Still fancy taking up that offer for a room’ he joked as he went back to kiss her again.
Ch. 4
‘Hiya Nessi’ shouted Claire from the other end of the beach, Nessi made her way over. Louise and Abs had disappered some where and Sean and Ritchie had joined them. J was still backing away from Claire.
‘Hey’ Nessi said when she got closer. She sat down on the beach and reached for the suntan lotion. ‘So, you all surviving?’ she said making a point of looking at J. J just rolled his eyes and smiled. ‘Where have Lou and Abs got to?’
‘Dunno’ replyed Ritchie ‘They were already gone when we got here’ Nessi just smiled to herself as she tied up her black curly hair, this was the kinda thing Louise would get up to.
‘What about Scott and Natalie?’ asked J
‘I haven’t got a clue, I left when Scott arived I didn’t wanna get in their way, if you know what I mean’ Nessi started applying the suntan lotion to her back without much look.
‘Here, lemme help you with that’, offered J, Nessi handed him the lotion bottle and J started to apply it.
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Natalie pulled away from Scott and smiled to herself, ‘Come on lets get back to the beach, they’ll be wondering where we are....and what we’ve got up to. ’
‘Okay, lets go.’ Natalie grabbed the key of the table and they left the hotel room. Scott took hold of her free hand. As they strolled down the stairs they met up with Abs and Louise who were heading into the hotel block.
‘Alright?’ said Abs as he high-fived Scott ‘Got your self hooked up Scott, well done, about time too.’ Abs smiled to himself.
‘I see you have to’ Nats answered as she noticed Louise’s arm wrapped around Abs’ waist ‘So where you going?’
‘Just up to erm...to erm.. Abs room’ Louise replied ‘Well I’ll guess I’ll Cya guys later’ and with that they walked off.
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‘There they are’ said an unimpressed Claire, she was annoyed that J was still busy rubbing in suntan lotion into Nessi’s back. Everyone turned around to see Nats and Scott walking towards them holding hands.
‘Great everyones looking’ whispered Natalie as she looked at the floor.
‘Its okay, just hold my hand and you’ll be fine.’ Scott replied
‘I know I will be, its you I’m worried about.’ Nats laughed as she looked up at Scott
‘Hey guys’ shouted Nessi
‘Hiya’ Nats and Scott shouted back
‘We’ve just seen Lou and Abs heding back to his apartment’ said Natalie as they made their way towards them.
‘Doesn’t surprise me much’ said J
‘Well I’m going’ stated Claire as she grabbed her things and stormed off. She was definately in a bad mood or maybe it was just the heat – either way, she’d gone.
‘Actually thats probably a good idea’ Nessi said ‘You know its almost 6 and we’re gonna be heading off for a night on the town in a few hours, so I guess I’d better follow her.’
‘You have to go?’ asked J, until he realised how desperate he sounded ‘Well go then – bye’ he said. Nessi smiled ‘Cya later all of ya, Nats you coming?’
‘Yeh, I’ll be right behind ya’ Nessi started walking of
‘Well lads we’d better go to I suppose’ said J as he headed of to catch Nessi, Ritchie and Sean trailed behind.
‘Great, we get here and everyone leaves’ laughed Scott ‘Looks like we are all alone then’ Natalie leaned in and kissed him
‘I’m going too’ Nats said ‘Come on, you can’t stay here alone’ she grabbed his arm and they left the beach.