𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 ☾ 𝐥. 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞

𝐱𝐯.

dress shopping

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AFTER MY LAST NIGHTMARE, I have proceeded to get them for four more nights in a row. I'm not sure what they're trying to tell me, or who 'they' even are, but literally nothing is working. This has resulted in me bringing a chair into my room and Lou sleeping there until I jolt him awake in the middle of the night and he has to comfort me. Do you think he hates it? Hates me?

While I'm suffering through the night, I decided to make my days a little better. Yes, there are people who still hate me, call me names, tries to trip me, throws orange juice on my new Doc Martens (that bitch, Leila), and tells me they're going to kill me, but I decided not to focus on the negatives. With that being said, me being a nice person and not dwelling on the fact that people fantasize about my death, I'm in a after school club! It's a book club where we drink tea and talk about our favorite novels. Honestly, I think Lou would absolutely love it!

So now, here I am, scouring through my tiny closet for a cute dress that I can wear to a tea party. Apparently it's a monthly thing? So... yeah. We'll see how long I can last. Lou's betting one more week, Fawn & Aster are betting two more days, and Thomas thinks I'll quit by the end of tomorrow. They really have no faith in me. That's where I'm going to prove them wrong. I'm going to go for two more weeks. Or who knows? Maybe I'll like the tea party and will want to stick with it until the end of the year. Maybe.

After ripping my closet to shreds and finding absolutely nothing, I figured that I may have left some cute dresses in my dresser. I walked to my dresser, pulling out every drawer and digging to the bottom until I found a decent dress.

Still nothing. How do I have zero dresses?! Zilch! I guess I'm just going to have to go out and buy one. Great.

I found myself sauntering outside with my purse and wallet, ready to purchase anything I found cute. No, I don't have much money, but while I was in London a few weeks ago, I played Mahjong with Mrs. Peters next door and she payed me twenty dollars to play with her everyday. She just liked the fact that she beats me every single time.

"Ow." I said, pulling me out of my thoughts as I bumped into someone causing me to fall on the ground.

"Aldine, sorry." Louis stuck out his hand for me to take as I complied. It was an early Saturday morning, Louis was dressed in blue patch jeans and a striped T-shirt. His hair was messy and his voice sounded refreshed.

"What are you doing over here?" I asked lightly, hoping that he doesn't take that as me saying that I don't want him here. Because I do. I do want him here.

"Oh, I was coming to see you. I wanted to make sure you were okay after I left last night. Maybe you should talk to a therapist? They could really help with your nightma—"

"—No, I don't think I will. I have nothing to be fixed. And plus, the nightmares will have to just go away sometime, right?"

"I don't think it works like tha—"

"—Anyways, I gotta go. And I'm not seeing a therapist. Bye!" I walked past him as he quickly turned around.

"Where are you going?" His eyes looked more awake now as he watched me walk away.

"The shopping center in DTOD." Downtown Orphic Dell.

"Well, maybe—" His feet shifted around as he eyed me with a particular look.

"—Oh, come on already." I held my hand out to him and he ran over to me like a little kid. I giggled as his hair flopped up and down with every step he took. Our fingers were intertwined as we walked through the halls to the main exit.

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"That one looks great." Louis eyed my fifth dress that I've shown him today.

"Lou, you've said that for every dress so far." I rested my hands on my hips as I stood directly in front of him.

"Well, it's not my fault you look beautiful in every single one." His chocolate brown eyes pierced through mine. I felt my cheeks start to heat up and the red tint begin to show.

"Oh, shut up. Just pick one." I walked back into the dressing room to grab the other dresses. Some were white, some were an ugly soft pink, and one was a periwinkle blue.

I walked back out to see Louis talking to an old woman— she looked about 64. He had this perfect smile, and these cute rosy cheeks. I felt my stomach looping and doing butterflies exactly the same as when we first kissed.

I sauntered over to them, and rested my hand on Louis' shoulder. He turned his head and grinned at me. His smiles were always golden and made me feel something I've never felt with anyone else. The old woman watched us exchange glances and our scarlet cheeks.

"You two make a lovely couple." She showcased a wide smirk, and beaming eyes— like she just saw love for the first time.

"Oh, we're not—" Louis said, turning his head to me.

"Yeah, we're just—" I tilted my head up to him. I couldn't come up with any words to describe us. He couldn't either, I suppose.

"Well, by the way he was talking about you— I know one of you are in love." She smirked at me before heading out the door.

He was talking about me? "One of you are in love." What is that supposed to mean?

"You were talking about me?" I raised my eyebrow with a cheeky grin.

"Yeah, just- just like what dress I liked and- oh the periwinkle is nice!" I noticed his chest going up and down faster than usual and his stuttering became more prominent.

"I won't ask what you said, but 'I know one of us are in love.'" I smirked as he gently pushed my shoulder.

"Shut up. Just pay for your dress." He muttered. I tried my best to resist from laughing at his embarrassed expression.

"Okay, but I'm gonna leave you for a second, try not to tell anyone else how much you're in love with me." He rolled his eyes as I started for the front counter to pay for the periwinkle dress.

We're not even a titled couple! Do you really think he's in love? I don't even believe in love, but weirdly, when I'm with Louis— he gives me a reason to.

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a/n: this chapter was just a filler so sorry if it's bad lmao. i also don't have a posting schedule, i'm sorry abt that. i just write when i feel like it? sometimes i like don't have any motivation to keep this going, but i will try my best to not unpublish this LOL. i'm really trying here haha
anyways, i love u! bye!
- x, sofia