This Town

Chapter: 13 Next To You

"When is Denise going to join us?" Clare asked. "She said she was pulling up," Greg told her. We both nodded, and I looked around the store. It was big, and a lot of different dresses were hanging. We were first going to buy the wedding dress for the bride and her bride's maids and then go buy the suit for the groom and the best man and carry on buying other accessories. "Look, Denise!" I exclaimed. Greg and Clare glanced in the direction of my hands. Greg smiled looking, at Denise, and Clare and I smirked at the same time. "Look whose day brightened, seeing his fiancé." Clare teased, and I smiled. Greg ignored her remark and went towards Denise to kiss her.

"Hey, no PDA in front of children." I said, "What? Where are Children?" Greg said. "And, we're about to get married!" Denise added. "So, It doesn't mean you can go on and make out. We're literally in the middle of a store!" I said. "And about children. It's us, me and Niall." Clare said, and Greg scoffed. "You two are Children!?" Denise said. "Yeah, duh," I said. "No, you're not! You both are grown-ups, and Niall, you're literally a member of the world's biggest boyband!" Greg said. "So, I am still a child!" I said. "Then you're not allowed to kiss Clare too!" Denise said. "What? Why?" Clare said. "This is final. Let's go." Greg said. "Whatever you want. Let's go." I said, saddened.

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We decided to go different ways. Greg and I go to the men's section, and Denise and Clare go to the women's section. The dress code was blue and white. I tried a few suits, but either they didn't fit me well or didn't look good. I was looking for more coats when I saw one. I took it with me and tried it. I wore it and looked at myself in the mirror. "Wow, I look handsome!" I thought. I called for Greg. "Greg! Can you come here for a second?" He came and looked at the outfit. He had a facial expression as in 'Wow' "You look amazing, Ni." "Thanks. I want this only." "Okay, I'll pay for you."

(Denise's POV)

I was walking towards the bridal section when I heard Clare calling me. I knocked on the door, and Clare opened it. I looked at her wearing the dress, and my god, she looked so pretty. It felt like the dress was made for her. "How does it look?" Clare asked. "You look stunning. I bet Niall would not even be able to keep his eyes off you." I said, and she smiled widely. "Thanks," she said. "Do you want me to buy it for ya?" I asked, and she nodded. "Okay. I'll pay. You can go and change, then help me find a dress for me."

(After 2 Hours)

(Clare's POV)

"Okay, Niall. We're on our way." "Yes, we've got everything we wanted." "Okay, bye. I'll see you there." I said and hung up the phone. "What was he saying?" Denise asked. "He was asking if we were done with our shopping, and when done to meet them at the food court," I said. "Oh. Let's go then." "Yeah," I said, and we made our way out of the store and towards the food court.

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"Look, there they are," Denise said, and I saw Niall waving his hands in the air, telling us their position. We made our way towards their table, and I sat with Niall whereas, Denise sat with Greg. "What do you want to eat, babe?" Niall asked. "Umm. What about Pizza?" I suggested, and everyone nodded their head. "Okay, then I'll get 4 of them," Greg said and left to order. I took out my phone and started taking a few pictures with Denise. "Niall, can we take a selfie?" "We can, but you can't post it anywhere until we make it official." "Oh. Okay."

I took 2 selfies with Niall when Greg came with our meals. We all started eating our lunch.

(After eating)

"Shall we leave now?" I asked. "Yeah. Clare, you can come with me, and I'll drop you at your house." "Okay." It's all I said, and I hugged Niall and went with Denise to the parking lot.