water droplets //dnf//

ch9: realization or denial?

~George POV

We hop in the car, and I can tell Dream is resenting it.

"dream.. we really don't have to go. sorry for pushing."

"nono georgie we will. sorry i'm just feeling a bit weird"

He starts the car, and starts to reverse out out the parking lot. He puts his right hand on the passenger seat and turns his head to see behind him. I get a full view of his face, causing me to blush. He put his hand back on the steering wheel and faces in front of him as we drive to the mall.

We once again listen to songs for the drive, but it ended quickly because the mall was only 15 minutes away.

Dream finds a parking spot and steps out of the car. I stay sitting, because I couldn't undo my seatbelt. I look to my right to see Dream opening my door.

"it does this sometimes.."

He reaches over me, arm touching my side.

".. there i got it."

He smiled, and I blushed. The same feeling from this morning. The rush of his warm touch across my delicate side.

His smile grew wider when he saw the rosy tint on my face. He leaned back up and offered me a hand, I happily accepted and stepped out of the car. I keep the grip on his hand and intertwine our fingers. Dream looked over and smirked before starting to walk in direction of the front entrance of the mall.

~Dream POV

As we walk into the mall, hands connected, I can feel my nerves growing. I squeeze George's hand but not intentionally.

"yeah dream?"

"what?"

"why'd you squeeze my hand, is everything okay?"

"oh i didn't even notice. sorry i'm a bit nervous."

George squeezed my hand back, making me smile with no shame. Then I look to the corner of my eye and see him start to dance..

"georgie.. we're in the middle of the mall."

"and? dance with me!"

*start song*

He was moving his body to the music playing on the speakers. I haven't heard this song but I can tell George likes it.

He starts to swing our arms, causing me to chuckle. He raises his left hand, pretending like he's holding a microphone. I prepare myself to be amazed once again because I love when he sings.

"met this girl down by the vine
had long tan legs and big brown eyes
seems the type i would wanna make mine.."

I chuckle at how bold he is. He starts to sway his hips while singing, letting the skirt move with his rhythm.

"she said, i can tell you're not my type
you're mr wrong i'm mrs right
this could never be what'ya wanna be tonight"

I watch as his mouth sings beautifully into the open air, and I could couldn't care less about the people looking at us right now. Although normally I would be freaking out.

I raise his hand up in spin him, he chuckled, still singing the lyrics. He was singing them to me. It felt like our world. Just us.

"she said 9 to 5
i'm killing time but 24/7/365,
i have to be where i feel your sunshine."

I started dancing with him too, twirling him and moving to the adante tempo.

"one to 2 step, 3 step, 4
he's everywhere out on the dance floor
he's everything you could ever want and more"

I was admiring every well sung lyric but the words that struck were him saying "he" instead of "she". It gave me butterflies and at the time I didn't know why.. I just kept dancing because this moment was too good to ruin.

As the song came to and end he tried to twirl me, but his arm reaching over my head like that was something we didn't think about so, consequently we ended up falling to the ground.

We couldn't help ourselves from laughing, people giving weird looks as we sat on the floor of the mall. We scoot to the wall, sitting directly beside eachother, still dying from laughter.

I feel his hand creep over to mind and find them tangled together. At this point it was a reflex.

A few moments later we recover from the laughter and get up from the floor. We walk to the store the supplied the skirt and searched for it. We almost gave up but when I heard George's scream I knew he had found it.

"DREAM"

I looked in the direction of his stare and see the collection of skirts. They were a light blue, his favorite color.

"georgie those will look so good on you"

"well let's see"

He starts running to the rack, almost making me fall because our hands were still intertwined. As we approach the rack of skirts you can hear us panting from the sprint.

He grabs his size and holds it up to his waist. He lets go of my hand and backs up..

"how does it look?"

"well great but.. it'll look better when it's actually on"

I see him blush. It always makes me smile seeing the tint of red on his cheeks.

He ends up grabbing a few more different skirts before we leave. But soon enough we pay, walk out of the store, and head home.

I grab the bag containing the skirts as we get out of the car. George gets out and walks beside me. Instead of him grabbing my hand, I made the first move and grabbed his hand. He accepted and squeezed my hand as we approached the door.

Walking into the house was a relief but also a bit sad. I wanted this day to last forever. I had the time of my life today, despite punching somebody, I was able to make George happy, and he made me happy aswell.

We sat on the couch beside eachother and he cuddled up next to me. It was getting late so I knew he was tired. I grabbed a nearby blanket and covered both of us up. His arms made their way around my waist, as I put my arm over his shoulder. I mean it when I say I could stay that way forever.

"georgie.. thank you for everything"

"no thank you dream"

"george i'm serious, i wouldn't of made it through today without you"

There's a moment of silence, I thought he fell asleep so I started running my fingers through his hair.

"dream.. i really love you."

"oh georgie.. i love you too".. I was surprised he said it first. But I appreciated every moment of it.

"plus it's not a downside that you're cute", I say while messing up his hair.

"says you!"

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I laugh but deep inside it hurt. Feeling this way. It burned me the way his words hit my brain. His touch infected my mind. His body intrudes on my thoughts. He hurts me. But it's not his fault. It's mine. I'm doing something wrong. I'm feeling something I shouldn't. He wouldn't hurt me if I didn't let him. I think.. I may be falling. I have never felt this happy in my life but. I just know I'll lose him too. I cant lose him. He's my everything right now and without him I don't think I could've made it. I can't fall for him. I can't fall. I won't fall. Don't fall dream. Don't fall. Don't.

fall...
fall..
fall.

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We drift off to sleep, comfortably laying next to eachother. Embraced with the warmth of our tired bodies... getting another night of well deserved rest.

⚠️: WOOO THIS CHAPTER IS GOOD I THJNK. um thanks so much for all the support everyone!

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