One Direction Imagines

The Green Flag

You and Harry have been best friends since you were kids. Every year you take a trip to the beach in honor of your friendship and you bring one friend. This year Harry brought his friend Liam.

"Wait up y/n!" Liam shouts down to you as Harry guides you to your usual spot by the water. You take his hand and drag him into the ocean before he can even put down his bag, leaving him no choice but to throw it to Liam. Harry splashes you and Liam joins in the fun, trudging through the water. You all three play in the water for a while before its finally time for lunch. You pull out the sandwich platter you prepared and the napkins for everyone. The food gets devoured in a matter of minutes and you pull the bag of grapes out of the cooler.

Harry steals them from you and starts eating them one after the other. "Harry, please give 'em back!" You furrow your eyebrows and reach across the blanket in the sand. "Okay, okay." He gives up and pops a grape into your mouth for you. "Mmm thank you Hazza." You tease him with his nickname from when you were little. "No. Nu-uh. You can't call me that, y/nickname." You both start laughing and you playfully swat at his shoulder.

Before you know it Liam has fallen asleep on his towel in the sand. You look at Harry who is back in the water and smile. "Hey Harry!" You call to him and he runs back to you. "What would you say if I told you that I am great at sand castle building?" You tease. "I would say that I already know that since we come to this beach every year." He answers looking confused.

You grab the buckets and shovels you bring every year and start putting sand in the buckets. Harry followed along and did the same. "We are making a Liam Castle." You informed him. Liam was still sleeping so now was the perfect time to cover him in sand. You explain everything to Harry and he just nods and laughs.

Bucket after bucket of sand is dumped slowly onto Liam's bare skin. You leave his head open so he can breath and you don't pack the sand too tight cuz it could crush his lungs. Harry inspects the work you two have done with his hand on his chin.

He runs his fingers through his hair the way he always does when he's thinking. He looks really hot right now. The sun is shinning in his face, bringing out his pure, green eyes. His feet digging into the grainy sand makes you stare at his tan legs and cute swim suit. You continue up until you reach his toned abs and you nearly faint. His broad shoulders and his long, wavy hair that reach them. His chin and his cheek bones, the way it all compliments his pure, green eyes.

"Hey when you're done staring at me, I'd like to get a flag out of your bag to put on the top." He smirks and you quickly look away grabbing all the flags from your bag.

"Which color do you think we should use?" You ask him hoping for green, like his eyes. "I think we should use green." You say just as Harry says "green" with you. You both smile and you hand him the green flags. "The color of your eyes. That's why I picked it." You say out loud. He blushes and you do too. He has always made you blush, but you never noticed till now. He places them throughout the sand "castle" and you laugh at him when he falls to the ground. "Well why'd you do that?" You ask him rhetorically.

You put your hand out to help him up, but he takes you down with him. Laughs and giggles are heard from a mile away and you can't help but stare at him again. "Hey would you focus?" He playfully questions you.

"On what?" You wonder back to him. It was now that you realize that this was your chance to do what you've wanted to do ever since you were a kid. Your face was only inches from Harry's. You look into his eyes wondering if kissing him would ruin the friendship, but before you can think much longer he places his hand on your cheek and stares into your eyes too.

You both lean in, close your eyes, and share a kiss. You kiss for a while before your interrupted by a grunt. Liam. 'Wow Liam wait to ruin our moment.' You think to yourself. You both stand up, Harry first, then he puts his hand on your back guiding you up.

"What is going on?" Liam starts freaking out and whipping his head from side to side. Harry lets out a chuckle and tells Liam it was his idea. "All me." He explains. Liam breaks through the sand and chases Harry around the beach for a good ten minutes. "Ok I'm done bro." Harry announces. Liam tackles Harry to the ground but you jump on him and end up on Harry.

"Oops sorry." You quickly apologize and get off of him. "No need to be sorry." He tells you and catches your lips before you can argue. Liam's jaw drops and you don't care. You and Harry continue kissing for a while before once again Liam interrupts.

"Sorry but I gotta go pee and i don't know where it is." He says clearly not wanting to interrupt. "Nah it's fine." Harry assures him standing up and you all start to gather your stuff. "Don't forget the green flag." He reminds you with a wink and you both smile. "I won't." You say and pick it up from the pile of sand left from Liam's destruction. Harry takes your hand as you walk back to his van. After that Harry kissed you every chance he got and you were happy with the progress you made this trip.
10 years later
Looking back through old scrapbooks you look back at the pictures that were taken during that trip and a tear rolls down your cheek. Those memories are held close to your heart. You turn the page and you see the object that triggered Harry and your love.

The green flag.