"Sam?"

I snapped my head around to see Jake standing there with a girl on his arm. It was a Friday night and tomorrow was the wedding and I was pretty bored so I had driven to the beach. Jodie and Cole were on a date so I was bored at home by myself. The girl had short, beautiful blonde locks and deep blue eyes. She gave me a sweet smile and then looked up at Jake. "So this is Sam?" She then turned to me with a bright smile. "You look even prettier in person."

I smiled warmly at her. "Thank you, you look gorgeous by the way."

Jake chuckled at her when she went bright pink from the compliment. He then turned to me. Jake was dressed in a blue button up shirt and black jeans. "Sam this is my girlfriend Isabella."

Jake was in for a scolding later for not telling me about this incredibly sweet girl he was dating.

"So are you guys on a date then?"

Jake nodded as Isabella gave a light smile and looked up at him.

Holy shit they looked so adorable together.

"Are you the one who's dating Reece?" She asked and I could see Jake fighting back a laugh as he bit his lip.

"Jake." I hissed and narrowed my eyes at him and she looked slightly confused.

"Oh sorry I thought-"

I smiled at her. "No I'm not, Jake's just being a dick."

She laughed at this and removed Jake's arm from around her waist and pulled me into a hug. "Nice to meet you Sam, Jake's told me loads about you."

I was slightly shocked but hugged her back. "Has he?" I raised my brow at Jake but he just smirked in reply.

She pulled back from the hug. "Yep. He says you are dating his best friend." She then furrowed her eyebrows. "Or thinking about it he said you would be."

I chuckled. That little shit.

"Oh well I'm sorry for interrupting your date." I smiled at both of them.

Isabella shook her head. "No don't be. Wanna join us?"

I shook my head. "No I don't Wanna ruin your-"

"Shut up Sam." Jake laughed. "Come on it'll be fun."

I shrugged and grinned at both of them. "Alright then. Where we going?"

"I know a place." Isabella beamed, grabbing my arm and walking off with me. Jake walked behind us as she whispered in my ear. "Now I have someone to help me piss my boyfriend off."

I laughed out loud at this and flung my head over my shoulder to look at Jake. "I like this girl!"

Turns out, Isabella was genuinely the sweetest person I had ever met. She had taken me and Jake to this bar as her uncle owns it so we could easily get in underage. We were already a couple drinks in and I was having such a fun time with these two. They got along so well and I could already tell that they were definitely a good match for each other. We were currently sat in a booth as Jake was getting us more drinks.

"So where do you go to school?" I asked.

She took a sip of her drink before answering. "Oh I go to school in Westland." Westland was the school that Belle went to.

"Oh really?" I asked, taking a sip of my own.

"Yeah. I met Jake through my friend Will, not sure if you know him."

I nodded. "Yeah I do. Do you know Belle, she's my cousin?"

Isabella beamed at this. "Your Belle's cousin? Makes sense why I like you so much. Belle's actually one of my best friends."

I shook my head with disbelief and then something clicked. "Oh my god why didn't I realise this sooner? Of course, you're Izzy."

She nodded. "Yeah that's what my friends call me."

"Did you go to Belle's party a few weeks ago?" I questioned.

"Yeah. I heard those assholes from your school harassed some girl."

I went slightly quiet at this. The only people that knew that the girl was me was Reece obviously and Jodie. I didn't even tell Cole. I'm not really sure why I didn't tell him, I guess he would try beat them up and I didn't want him getting in trouble over me.

Knowing Cole, he definitely would not have listened to me and done it anyway. That is one of the reasons I love my best friend but the least thing I wanted was for him to get in a fight over it. I never asked Jodie not to tell him, but she agreed with me. Reece was hard enough to stop beating them up, let alone Cole as well.

The dickheads wouldn't stand a chance against my friends.

I clenched my fists at the thought of them. "They're such assholes. I hate them so much."

Izzy agreed. "Jake told me about some fight you guys got into with them. They sound like total douchebags."

I chuckled and took a large gulp of my vodka coke, finishing it. "That's an understatement."

She shook her head with a smile. "So are you dating anyone?" She then wiggled her eyebrows. "What's the deal with this Reece guy?"

I rolled my eyes. "He's just a friend. Jake just always winds us up about getting together."

She laughed lightly. "Between me and you, he is extremely hot and even I admit that being with someone as attractive as Jake."

I felt myself nodding. "He is but he's just a friend."

Did I just admit to her that Reece is extremely hot? Must be the alcohol talking.

"Who's just a friend?" Jake questioned as he slid in the booth with three more drinks.

"Thanks!" I beamed as I grabbed mine and took a sip.

"That's girl talk babe." Izzy replied to him and he rolled his eyes, sending a wink my way.

"Don't play dumb with me." He paused, a sly smirk appearing. "Sammy."

Izzy laughed loudly, downing the rest of her drink before starting on the next one. The next hour flew by and before I knew it the bar was closing. The three of us stumbled out of the bar, pretty drunk as me and Izzy held onto Jake for support which was failing miserably as he could hardly stand up himself.

I saw Jake hold up his phone and call someone. "REECE!" He yelled rather fucking loudly which made me and Izzy cower away.

"Fucking hell Jake, why are you so fucking loud all the time?" Reece grunted in reply on the other end with a low chuckle.

Jake laughed loudly. "I'm with my girlfriendddd." He dragged out. "And Samanthaaaa."

"Hey Reece!" I shouted into the phone and I could picture him cowering away from the phone.

"Jesus what have you lot been drinking?" He grumbled, his voice rather deep and hot.

"VODKA!" Izzy yelled which made me crack up laughing for god knows why. It was an uncontrollable laugh which made all three of us laugh.

"Want me to come pick you guys up?" Reece asked on speakerphone. "Sammy we've got that wedding tomorrow remember?"

"Oh fuck!" I exclaimed. "I forgot." Slurring, I held onto Jake even tighter.

Reece chuckled quietly. "I'm on my way, stay where you are."

After Jake told him where we were, me and Izzy decided to run down to the beach with Jake following behind. I turned to my new best friend. "Let's go swimming!" I beamed excitedly as I grabbed her hand and pulled her down to the sea. We both took our tops and jeans off, leaving us in both our underwear as we dived head first into the sea.

Jake drunkenly yelled for us to come back but gave up, throwing his own clothes off and diving in after us. "Oh my fucking god!" He squealed like a girl, thrashing his arms about in the water. "It's so fucking cold!"

I looked at Izzy and we burst out laughing as we swam around the sea. My head was slightly spinning but I was too drunk to care.

"What the fuck?" I heard a faint yell as I snapped my head around to see where it was coming from. In the dark sky I saw a faint figure by the sand. "Oh for fuck sake." I heard a low mutter as the figure pulled off their own clothes and came in the sea after us.

"Someone's coming after us!" I screamed loudly from fear as I struggled to paddle toward the pair having a water fight.

Jake screamed too as the three of us looked like total drunk messes attempting to swim away from the figure retreating towards us. "Run girls run." He paused, thinking for a second. "I mean swim!"

I nodded, paddling further away but I seemed to end up in the exact same place I was before and squealed loudly as the figure got closer to us. "Get away from us!" I screamed, pushing my hand so it caused a large ripple of water and splashed the figure. I attempted to turn away but I felt a pair of cold hands wrap around my bare waist.

I screamed so fucking loudly it actually hurt my ears and squirmed to get out of the person's grip. I clawed at their bare arms and smiled when I heard a hiss. "Ow for fuck sake Sammy stay still."

"Sammy? Only Reece can call me that." I hissed back, attempting once again to get away from them.

"I am Reece you idiot."

Huh?

I turned around in the person's arms and gasped. "Reece? What are you doing here?" I slurred as he shook his head with disbelief.

"I just said I was-"

"You look hot." I commented. He had no shirt on which showed off his perfect abs even in the night sky. His hair was ruffled as it was slightly wet.

His cold hands sent shivers down my waist as I moved closer to him so my chest was touching his as I flung my arms around his neck. In that moment I really wanted to kiss him but even drunk Sam knew not to. I guess she has some limits. His face was glistening as I had previously splashed him as he had water running down his lips and I'd never wanted to kiss someone so bad in my 18 years of life. He gulped as I ran my fingers through his soft hair. "I'm cold." I informed him, shivering slightly.

I watched as his eyes struggled to not look down and I laughed at this. "There just boobs Reece, don't look so shocked."

I was wearing a bra, I don't see what the problem was.

His eyes widened at this. "Sam-"

I moved even closer to him, entangling our legs underwater as I laid my head on his shoulder. "I'm cold." I repeated as I snuggled even further into his shoulder.

"Ok let's get you home Sammy." He spoke softly as he picked me up by the waist effortlessly and walked us out of the water, our legs still tangled together. When we reached the sand, he placed me down gently but me being a clumsy person I tripped over my own feet and went flying to the ground. I squeezed my eyes shut ready for the impact that never happened.

A pair of wet hands snaked around my waist just before I was about to hit the sand. I looked up at Reece as he pulled me back up. "Can I have a piggy back?" I grinned and he sighed, crouching down so I could jump on his back.

"Yay!" I exclaimed, clapping my hands as I jumped on his back and wrapped my legs around his waist. He held my legs as support and I giggled when I saw Izzy do the same to Jake.

Reece bent down to pick up our clothes as he walked us to his car. I wasn't sure how he managed to hold all of our clothes and shoes and me at the same time. I leaned my ear on his left shoulder so I could look up at him.

"I like you." I giggled. "You're pretty handsome too."

Reece chuckled. "You're drunk."

"Me?" I gasped. "No I'm not."

He shook his head but smiled anyway as he walked us along the beach. Jake appeared next to him, nearly toppling both him and Izzy over. Izzy was asleep on his back and I watched with awe at how cute they were. "Look how cute they are." I whispered into Reece's neck which made him tense up.

"Hmm." He hummed.

I leant my chin on his shoulder and watched the beach pass by and we were soon in the car park. Reece unlocked his car and we both watched with amusement as Jake and Izzy piled in the back both still half naked. Reece opened the passenger door and gently placed me down. He quickly put his clothes on and then began to put on my trainers for me. I watched him the entire time as he grabbed my shirt and lifted my arms above my head, sliding it on. His face was almost unrecognizable. He wasn't smirking for once; his face was hard to explain. His features were soft and his eyes were big.

He placed my jeans on my lap along with his jacket to cover up my legs as he closed the door and jumped in the driver's seat. Me and Reece sat in silence as the two chatted and giggled in the back trying to get their clothes on.

The car started up and I struggled to put my jeans on but got there in the end. Before I knew it we were outside Jake's house. "BYE!" Jake yelled, giving me a quick hug before helping Izzy out of the car.

"Bye Sam, Bye Reece!" Izzy said quietly, taking Jake's hand.

"Bye." We both replied at the same time and I laughed when we did.

I grinned at him. "Were in sync!"

Rolling his eyes but smiling anyway, we pulled away back to my house. Reece pulled up outside and helped me to the door. I fumbled around my bags for the keys and just thrusted the bag into his chest to let him do it.

Chuckling, Reece grabbed the key and unlocked the door with ease before walking me up to bed. I kicked off my shoes and as soon as I saw my bed, I dived into it and sighed with relief with the comfort and warmth it gave. Reece stood at the door, examining me with a soft expression.

I patted the space next to me and he nodded, taking off his shoes and climbing into bed next to me. "Come on get some sleep, we have to be up early tomorrow." He spoke so soft his voice wasn't even recognisable.

"Oh yeah." I yawned as I snuggled into his chest and before I knew it I was out.