That one moment

chapter 6

Nicks pov

I couldn't of woken up in a better mood if I had tried. I get myself up and ready I don't want to waste any time. I wonder what me and Elle could do today. maybe we could spend the day at the beach its good weather today. I head down stairs to mum and dad, kylie is probably still asleep it is 9am she will be in bed till noon. "How you feeling today after last night?" I love how concerned my mum is. "Actually really good we spent all night texting. Were spending the day together since its nice weather I was thinking of taking her to the beach." 

"that sounds lovely. How are you getting there it's James's day off." I hear footsteps behind me. "Getting where?" Kylies voice coming from behind me. "Just the beach I wanted to take Elle there but James doesn't work Sundays" She ruffles my hair making a pouty face, I whack her hand away making her laugh. "I'll take you, I'll bring Daniel along besides I would love to meet the girl that has captivated my baby brothers heart." I smile brightly at her "Thanks kylie" I grab my phone from my pocket texting Elle. 

Me - Be ready in an hour beautiful. We are going to have fun today. X 

Elle - And what do you have planned for today. X 

Me - You'll see X 

Kylie heads off to get ready after she called Daniel and we get ready to leave. We pull up out side Elle's house after picking Daniel up. I knock on her door and she opens it greeting me with a huge smile. I take her hand and we walk to my sister Skoda "Nick... Who are they?" She whispers to me. I smile at her and we reach the car. I open the car door and get in Elle hesitates but I take her hand and get into the car. "Elle this is my sister Kylie and her boyfriend Daniel. Daniel, Kylie this is my 'friend' Ellie." They both turn to her smiling. I can see she's like a dear caught in headlights so I rub small circles on her hand giving it a gentle reassuring squeeze. "Ellie it is lovely to meet you we have heard so much about you." Kylie face beaming. "No she hasn't I only said I made a friend called Ellie there was no more said about you. Well kylie lets get going." I mumble out hoping no one notices how strange I've become. I don't want Elle to think I talk about her. We all make small talk on the way there. I just get lost in Elle's eyes. Those beautiful green eyes. "So where are we going" Elle asks "Its a surprise and were actually nearly there" I tell her. 

We arrive at the beach and Elle's face is shocked. I cant tell if she's happy about it or not. "Is everything ok?" Kylie asks Elle. Kylie must of noticed Elle's weird expression too. "Oh erm, yeah I'm fine its just been a while since I last came to the beach." She shyly says. I take her hand and we walk the 2 minutes to the beach we take our socks and shoes off as we go on to the sand. It feels so good having the sand beneath my feet. I love coming to the beach. I see a lot of people here, we set up camp for the day we are relatively close to the water. We rented some deck chairs and I hand Elle a towel. She's wearing a really pretty blue and white summer dress. I wonder why she doesn't dress like this for school she's always wearing black. "have I got something on my face?" She asks me. I hadn't realised I was staring at her. "Sorry I just forgot to tell you how beautiful you look" She blushes and lowers her heading making me smile. I see kylie clutch her heart mouthing "Cute" to me I just role my eyes at her. "Fancy going into the ocean I ask her." I stand up and take my shirt off when I look back at Elle she is just staring at me her mouth slightly parted. I lean down to her and whisper in her hear "See anything you like?" She brushes my comment off and I just smirk and her. We head to the ocean dipping are feet in. I takes Elle's hand in mine and we just talk and laugh. It so nice to see her happy and to know I'm the one making her happy makes me happy. After like 40 odd minutes of being in the ocean we head back to get some food and drinks. 

We all sit together talking amongst ourselves eating sandwiches that Kylie brought us then I hear it. that god awful voice of that mutt. "Nick. Oh wow I wasn't expecting to see you here" I look up and to my disgust I see Alicia and Tori standing there. "Oh and look who you brought with you. Hey whale the oceans that way wont you like, dry up on land or something" They both laugh. Elle lowers her head and I automatically ball my hands into fists I know its not acceptable to hit a girl but come on someone has to put them in their place. "I'm shocked your here you use to only come here with Eddie." Tori says. I look at Elle she's never mentioned someone called Eddie. Maybe that's an ex boyfriend or something. "Who are they?" I hear my sister ask in anger. "There nobodies" I reply dryly. "Nicky don't be like that were friends from school. I'm Alicia and this is Tori." My sister just glares at them. "So Nicky do you wanna come play volleyball with us." She asks like a child. "No" I state bluntly. "Ok well we will be over there if you change your mind see you later" she winks at me. "Bye chubs" she spits out at Elle. "Oh god what was she wearing" Tori says "I know she looks fatter and uglier than usual." they laugh out as they walk away. 

It all goes really awkward no body says anything. I look between Daniel and Kylie wondering how I should approach Elle. They both give my sad facial expressions. "Elle. I'm sorry." I whisper out. I put my hand on her but she moves away. "I'm sorry excuse me" she says politely I can hear her voice breaking and I know she's trying to not cry in front of my sister and her boyfriend. She stands and leaves and I copy her movement. "Nick I just want to be alone please" She asks so softly and I can see the tears rolling down her cheeks. I'm about to protest but I just nod. I sit back down and watch her leave. My eyes never leave her. "Them girls are nasty I seriously hope they aren't your friends" My sister pipes out. "Of course not if she wasn't a girl I would of knocked her out by now." I sigh in frustration. "how do I make the bullying stop" I plead looking at Kylie I can feel my own eyes watering. I watch her she sitting a bit further up from us. She's just staring into the ocean every now and then I see her wipe her face. I wish I could just go cuddle her. 

Not long after Alicia, Tori, Izzy and a girl called Mary walk past me. "Did she take my advice and go back in the ocean" Alicia ask while passing us. "Just f**k off you nasty little b***h" My sister shouts at her. They scoff at her and walk off. This is why I love my sister. I see them walking towards Elle. Fear sets in when I see them stop in front of her. I stand and run towards Elle knowing they will do something to her. As I near her I watch hopelessly as they pour their drinks all over her head, from coke to iced coffee. She jumps as the drinks hit her. They all run off shouting abusive words to her as I approach. She stands up soaked loads of people on the beach are laughing at her, there are a lot of people who aren't laughing at her they just look towards her with pity in their eyes. Kylie and Daniel aren't far behind me once they realised what was happening. I wrap her in my arms as she doesn't even fight back crying. "Elle I'm so f*****g sorry." I tell her trying to keep my anger at bay. "Ellie are you ok?" My sister pants out. "Is it ok if we go home please" Elle sobs into my chest. "Of course I'm so sorry Elle." My sister says. I walk Elle back to the car taking the keys from Kylie while her and Daniel tidy our mess. I refuse to let them get away with this. 

I open the door for her and she gets in her body is turned away from me and she has her head leaning on the window. I really want to say something but I don't know what to say I can see her still silently crying. I wish she could open up to me. Kylie and Daniel get in the car they both look at her and then to me and I just shake my head no. They start driving and we make our hour journey home. I watch Elle the whole time and she doesn't move. When we get her house she thanks Kylie and Daniel for taking her to the beach Kylie apologises for what happened but Elle just apologies for getting her seat wet. I walk her to her door. She unlocks it and stands in the door way turning to face me. "Nick I'm sorry I cant be your friend anymore. I'm… I'm too damaged for you. I'm so sorry" she whispers the last part and closes the door on me leaving me completely gobsmacked. What the f**k just happened. I start banging on the door "ELLE!" I shout "Please open the door." I carry on hitting the door. "Just talk to me I'm begging you!!" I keep shouting praying she will open the door. Maybe she blames me for this I did take her to the beach. Oh god this is all my fault of course she hates me. "ELLE PLEASE IM BEGGING" I feel hands on my arm stopping me from hitting the door. "Nick Stop. someone will call the police in a minute" my sister says snapping me back to reality. She leads me back to the car and I pull my phone out I just keep calling her, but she doesn't answer. 

Me - Elle please talk to me. I'm so sorry for the beach it was all my fault I promise we will never go to the beach as long as we live.

I text her waiting for a reply I don't speak on the way home even though Kylie is bombarding me with 100 different questions. As soon as we get home I go straight to my room blanking my family I'm sure Kylie and Daniel will fill them in. 

Me - Elle. I wont let you do this. Your my best and only friend please don't do this to me. 

Me - Just tell me what I can do to keep you in my life. 

She doesn't respond to me and I throw my phone in anger much to my surprise my phone doesn't smash these phone cases are really strong. I lay on my bed crying. I hear my door open and don't even bother to look who it is I honestly don't care. "Son. Can we talk" I hear the deep voice of my father. "What is it I just want to be left alone." I mumble out muffling my sobs. "Kylie told us what happened at the beach. I'm truly sorry. she said you started losing it what did Ellie say to you?" he asks curiously. "She said she doesn't want to be my friend any more. Dad I cant live with out her in my life, please tell me how I can make this up to her." I turn to look at him seeing a sad expression on his face. "Son I don't have the answer I'm afraid. Just give her space she was publicly humiliated see how she is tomorrow at school." He offers me a small smile but I'm too sad to offer one back. He pats me on the shoulder and leaves. "Son all I can say is if she means to you as much as you say she does you can't ever give up on her" He closes my door making me think. I would never give up on her. 

I must of fallen asleep when I wake I'm still in my clothes my bed is covered in sand. I look at my phone and see it 2am. Elle immediately comes to mind. She hasn't texted me back I decide to call her I know she will be asleep but I need to talk to her. It goes to answer phone and I decide to leave her a message 

"Elle" I whisper out. "I know you hate me and I blame myself for what happened today. Please tell me what I can do to win you back. I cant lose you Elle. I just cant. I wont lose you. Your all I think about. All I dream about. I miss you. please call me back any time I don't care if its in the middle of the night. I just want to hear your sweet sexy voice. - It's Nick."

I end the call laying back in bed. I close my eyes and all I can see is the incident at the beach.