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I smile packing my bags for our spring vacation, Harry has been avoiding the past week I'm assuming because of our stupid fight. He can't for much longer since he's driving us up to the beach house.  It's going to be me, Kelly, Nate, Harry, Kate, and Stephen. Good thing Kate and her boyfriend broke up I think it be too crowded if any more people come.

After Harry and I fight, i snooped in my mother's room to see if I can find anything about my dad. I found a couple of birthday cards and a letter, I'm too afraid to open. Since Stephen is the one who encouraged me to keep looking I want to open with him. We've become great friends this past week and it's great having another guy friend considering my two best friends snog in front of me constantly. It's like honeymoon stage never ends with them.

"Mel, your friends are here!" My mother yells as I zip up my carry on. I grab my phone and laptop before heading downstairs. I smile when all my friends stand in the living room. It's beginning to get warmer out so I wore a denim skirt and Rolling Stones band t-shirt, that I think it's actually Harry's. Maybe he'll notice and finally talk to me.

"Hey, you look cute," Stephen says as I hug him.

"Thank you, I like your shirt." I say looking at his black shirt with small flamingos scattered across it.

"Where's Harry?" I ask them.

"He's waiting in the van, with Kate," Nate answers. Stephen offers to grab my bag while I say goodbye to my mom. "Stay safe, I love you."

"I love you too mama." I go to van and Kate is sitting in the front with Harry. Kelly and Nate sit in the very back so they can kiss while Stephen and I sit in the middle seats.

"Look, please don't have sex in the back seat, my mom rented this van," I warn the two of them. While the others laugh.

Harry turns on the engine and we begin driving down the street. The beach house is a couple hours away so Stephen and I watch a movie on my lap top to kill the time, while Kate, Nate and Kelly go to sleep. I only have old Disney movies saved so we watch Lady and the Tramp and The Aristocats. I always laugh at the part when the kittens play piano.

"She reminds me of you?" Stephen points to the the kitty with the pink bow. I take as a compliment because she's my favorite.

After a while I unintentionally lay my head on Stephen shoulders and can feel daggers from Harry through the rear view mirror. I try my best to ignore him and enjoy the rest of the movie.

I must have dozed off because Stephen wakes me when we arrive at the beach house. I smile and hurry to grab my things before rushing to the house. I'm the one with the key so I still can get first dips on the room and I already know where it is. I rush to the master bedroom and smile jumping on the bed.

"Aw this must be the master, I wanted it." Kate pouts and goes find another room.

There's five bedrooms and Kelly drag it out of me if she can share with Nate instead of Kate. I agreed but I tell them my mother is popping by on my birthday. We'll have to pretend we're not sharing any rooms with the guys. I unpack a few things before strolling through the house to see the others. Kate is complaining about getting the smallest room because she was too busy looking for the master.

"If I let you have my room, will you stop bitching about it," Stephen offers and I almost laugh. She almost hugs him but decides against and grabs her bags switching with him.

"At least say thank you," he says to her and she mumbles one before slamming the door in his face. I walk towards him and he gives me a raise eyebrow.

"Why the hell is she your mate?"

"I question that every time we hang out?" I snort, Kate isn't everyone's cup of tea and quite frankly she isn't mine most of the time. I walk back with him to the room Kate was just in. It's small but the view makes up for size.

"Quite nice of you to switch rooms," I state.

"Well, I'm still the new guy, everyone here has been friends for a while. I'd figure it's only fair getting the smaller room."

"I'll let you get settled. Oh just so you know, Stephen you are more valued here than you think," I wink at him and leave his room. My smile disappears when I pump into Harry and his scowl. I'm annoyed how he avoids me for weeks and now cares all of sudden who I talk to. I shove him and look for Kelly. I see her and Nate's suitcases on the bed but they're no where in sight.

"Melanie?" He calls me.

"I'm busy looking for Kelly." I'm not in the mood to argue with him right now.

"They went to walk on the beach together." Ugh, I guess it's now or never.

I walk outside, Harry following behind until I stand under a tree a few feet away from the house. I sigh, signaling him to speak.

"Look, I'm sorry I got jealous of you and Stephen. I mean it's hard seeing you flaunt him right in front of me."

"I'm not flaunting him, we're just friends."

"Bollocks! I see how you two look at each other. Practically having sex," he snaps.

"Oh please like you're any better, where you'd disappear last week. Probably fucked some slut."

"I didn't, I just blew off some steam." I don't believe he's telling me the full truth. Did he sleep with someone else?

"Look, I don't want to fight this week. You have nothing to worry about. I'll sneak to your room when it looks like a good time okay," I grin and he nods.

"Okay, but I won't hesitate to punch Stephen if he makes a pass at you." I just giggle and playfully push his shoulders.

I walk back inside the beach house and see Stephen sitting on my bed shirtless. I give him a confused look but it disappears when I see his swim trunks. "Hey, do you want to go swimming, before it gets dark?"

I nod wanting to start having fun. I grab my bikini and change. I probably should have checked if it still fit because I've grown a little since I last wore it two years ago. It technically does but I fill it up more than I wish to. God hopefully not a lot of people are at the beach right now. A knock startles me, but it's Stephen asking if I'm alright. I've been in the bathroom for a while. Wrapping a towel around me, I sigh.

We walk towards the ocean and Stephen rushes to the water after putting his towel down. I look around only an elderly couple is by so I remove my towel and head to the water. Stephen intense stares made me feel self conscious.

"Close your mouth before a fish jumps in," I joke and he blushes probably not thinking he was staring that hard.

"Sorry, you just look. Wow," he confesses. "Thank you." I splash water at him. We swim for a while and I notice Harry and Kate arguing on the beach. What's that about? I know Kate has a thing for him and now that she's single; she probably try to sleep with him.

My attention was pulled away when Stephen grabs me from the shoreline and runs. I yell at him to put me down but his devious grin only grew and he flings me into the ocean. The cold water engulfs me as I make my way back to the surface. I jump up gasping for air and was going to yell at him until I realize my yellow bikini top is missing. "Stephen we have a problem," I say to him making sure the water is covering my chest.

"Oh shit," he laughs.

"It's not funny help me find it!" I shout. 

He's surprised by my outburst but begins looking. I sigh in relief after ten minutes of looking. Stephen helps tie it around my neck and make sure it secure. I leave the ocean as a giant prune and see Harry waiting by our towels.

"Looks like you two had fun," he teases, I know he watched the whole wardrobe malfunction.

"Not cute," I warn, grabbing my towel out of my bag and dry myself off. "If it's any consolation, you look sexy right now," he whispers in my ear before heading back to the beach house.

Stephen returns with ice cream as an apology since it was his fault. We eat our ice creams and head back to the house. "Before we go back inside can I ask you something?" I pause in my tracks afraid of what he might ask.

"Sure," I gulp.

"What's the deal with you and Harry?"

"Excuse me?" I'm taken back by his question. Does he know about us? I swore we kept it quiet.

"I know his your stepbrother, but I feel like there's something more. I saw you two arguing earlier and reminded me of a lover's spat. Maybe I'm just reading it wrong." No you're pretty accurate. I have to lie.

"Ew gross, Harry is certainly not my type. I actually have my eyes set on someone else," I wink at him because I rather Stephen think I have a crush on him than Harry. I hurry inside not wanting to be in this conversation any longer. I take a warm shower cleaning off the leftover sand on my body.

I catch up on Grey's Anatomy, and avoid Stephen the rest of the night. I didn't realize I fell asleep until it's 2 am and I have to pee good thing the bathroom next to my room. Everyone seems to be asleep except I hear Harry's voice...and Kate's. Wait a minute. His door is cracked and I see no harm in eavesdropping I need to know if she's hitting on him.

"Harry c'mon, I'll make it worth your wild."

"No, last week was a mistake." What? Please don't be what I'm thinking.

"You weren't saying that when I was riding your cock."

I stop listening, disgusted and furious. I had feelings he slept with someone but with Kate that just makes it worst. The walls seem to crumble as I try to walk back into my room. I slip on the wooden floors due to my socks and Harry comes barging out of his room.

"Mel?" He gasp knowing by my disgusted look and tears I heard the truth. I get up and he grabs my arm.

"Don't." I warn and he lets go. I head back to my room and cry myself back to bed.

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