Harry Styles Imagines

45. He Tries To Impress You

The yellow swimming trunks get me every time.

YHC: Your Hair Colour
YEC: Your Eye Colour
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H A R R Y

The sun felt hot against my bare skin as I got rid of my T-shirt. The beach was rather crowded, much to my dismay, but I tried to think positively and make the best out of the day.

Snatching the sunscreen out of Liam's hands, I took a look around the beach while I rubbed the white substance on my arms. A smile formed on my face when I saw a kid that was about the age of 3 steal a packet of crisps underneath his mother's chair, while he tried not to wake his mother who had probably fallen asleep out of exhaustion.

On my other side, two teenagers were playing around with a white, small crab. The girl look frightened, yet excited at the same time, while in the meantime the boy that was sitting across her seemed to be bored out of his mind. I immediately assumed he was probably missing his PlayStation and the thought caused me to smirk as I thought about the fact Niall was exactly the same.

When I came back to reality, the friends I had come with were gone. With my brows furrowed in a deep frown, I looked around yet again and after searching for a minute, I saw them messing around in the sea. An unexpected sigh left my lips as I took in the holiday feeling I got every time I went to the beach. There was something so relaxing about the hot sand between my toes when I walked and the noisy environment made me feel like I belonged right there. Everyone minded their own business, whether it was just sunbathing or playing around with siblings, and that made me feel at ease. It felt nice to finally relax.

I set my Moscot sunglasses on the bridge of my nose and I was about to lie down fully on my back, when I spotted a mess of white and grey fur running around close to the shore. My curiosity sparked inside my body and I sat straight up, trying to figure out what was happening. The big animal stopped and picked something up with its mouth and I realised the animal was a big Old English Sheepdog. When the dog caught the little dark blue ball in its mouth, it turned around and started running again towards his - was it even a male? - owner.

The second I laid my eyes on the Old English Sheepdog's owner, I felt myself blushing. It, or better she, was a girl with Y/H/C hair and Y/E/C eyes. Her incredibly, nice shaped body was covered up, just a little, with a dark grey bikini and her hair was up in a ponytail. She was beautiful.

For the next hour I continued to stare at her as she played with her dog. I didn't mind at all that the others hadn't arrived at our spot yet, because I could feel myself growing by the minute and I found absolutely no way to cover it up. I just hoped it wasn't as noticeable as I thought it was. I felt like a damn teenage boy all over again. Just by looking at the girl, I went wild.

"Hey, Harry!"

I was shaken out of my thoughts when I heard Nick calling my name and I immediately looked up. Without my notice, all my friends had arrived and were drying themselves off with the towels we had brought along.

"Yeah?"

"We were going to play a game of beach volleyball, there's a net a little farther down, wanna join?"

"Sure, but we're with five. Kind of hard to make equal teams then, no?"

Nick nodded his head and thought for a while before asking: "Maybe we can find someone that wants play with us?"

I had to admit, I wasn't so excited about the volleyball game, but as soon as I had fully heard Nick's suggestion, I was up from my seat in a jiffy and told everyone to go to the net, while I tried to findd someone who was interested in playing with us. I, of course, had only one person on my mind who I'd like to play along with us, and I just hoped she was into beach volleyball and wouldn't mind playing with five well-built guys.

With trembling knees - why was I so nervous? - I walked straight toward her. Running my hand through my hair once, I cleared my throat when I stood in front of her. Her pretty head shot up and her eyes fell on me, before sending me a small, uncertain smile. After introducing myself I eventually learned that her name was YN and that she would love the play with us.

We made our way to the net in complete silence, except from the panting of Tommy, her dog, and I wished I knew what to say or do to gain her attention again and make her smile. When we were close enough for the rest to see who would be our extra player, I saw them all smirking at YN and I couldn't help but think that I had seen her first and that they should keep their stupid stares to themselves.

"Nice catch, Harry!" Niall shouted before laughing and I started to blush at his remark.

We divided ourselves in two teams, YN being in the other team than me unfortunately, and we started the game. I did everything I could to impress the incredible gorgeous girl that was standing on the other side of the field, from diving towards the ground to catch the ball to jumping so high and smashing, but I found myself quickly distracted from the game every single time YN would giggle or when she would make a move to the ball causing her muscles to flex in every right way.

"Can we please take a break now?" Louis panted as he fell down on his stomach and everyone laughed. Liam came to take a seat next to Louis, Nick and Niall following right after. I looked up to YN to see her fidgeting with her fingers as she looked down.

"I should better get going," she announced and it felt like my heart dropped in my stomach. She bidded us goodbye, took Tommy's leash in her hands and walked away. Feeling disappointed, I sat down next to Liam and took a cracker from the box. It was nice as long as it lasted, I thought to myself. I had never been the lucky guy when it came to love, so I didn't even bother going after her.

"Uh, Harry?" Louis' blue eyes focused on me and I asked what he wanted. "Why are you not going after the girl? Do you already have her phone number?"

I shook my head. Nick jumped in on the conversation soon after.

"Ah c'mon, man! You clearly like her! Why not try it?" he asked, while he laid his hand on my shoulder. "Just go after her."

"You're right," I exclaimed, before I stood up and searched for the mop of grey and white curls of Tommy. The moment I spotted him, I sprinted in that direction, which was harder than I'd thought. The sand seemed to slow me down a lot and it felt like my feet dug farther and farther in the sand with every step I took. But my long legs carried me till I could lay my hand on her small shoulder, which caused her to turn around frantically. She created the feeling like she was ready to punch me in the balls and scold me for touching her, but when her gaze met mine, the frown on her face disappeared, and instead a smile appeared.

"Hey, again," I breathed.

"Hi, Harry."

I wasn't sure if I was right, but YN gave me the feeling like she knew exactly what I was going to ask her and that only made me more nervous. The smile on her face had formed into a little smirk as she continued to stare me in the eye.

"I was wondering, maybe we could go out someday?"

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