Lia

-5-

We have been in the mall for over two hours and aren't even close to finishing. I love shopping!

When we first arrived the boys went to stay in the food court while Zara and I got our nails done because we all agreed on going to a Halloween party tonight during the drive to the mall.

Zaras going to be Maleficent and I'm going to be Aurora. Carlos is going as a vampire and Dante as a sexy angel. That was his words not mine.

Lucian didn't tell us his which I'm guessing means he's not going to dress up but I'm going to try and convince him. You can't go to a halloween costume party and not have a costume.

Me and Zara wanted to choose nails that would match with our outfits so I went for long pink coffin acrylics and Zara got black stiletto acrylics.

We went to a few shops just to mess around and take cute pictures but now we're looking for the boys so that we can buy our costumes.

"Oh look, they're over there." Zara pointed to the boys who were standing just outside the food court, looking bored as ever.

Good thing we're here to finally start the fun!

I went up to Luci and showed him my nails, "Look Luci, do you like them?"

He intertwined his large hands with my smaller ones and said, "I love them."

A light pink blush spread around my cheeks, warming my face as I received the compliment.

He kept his hands around mine as we walked around looking for a shop that interested any of us and would be useful for our costumes.

Speaking of costumes, "Are you seriously not gonna wear anything to the party Luci, it's a costume party!"

He only hummed in response.

"Please let me choose your costume, it won't be anything too extravagant I promise."

After a long moment of silence, he let out a deep sigh and gave in," Fine."

"Yay! Thank you Luci, I pinky swear you'll love it." I clapped my hands together in excitement with his hand still connected to mine because he didn't want to let go.

We walked into a small boutique and looked for different items that could make our costume.

I picked up a few shirts, some jewellery and a silver crown headband.

Because Luci was following me, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to go to the men's section and find a costume for Luci so that I could get his approval.

I was thinking he could go as a skeleton since he's got a skeleton hand tattoo.

We walked to the men's side and I immediately found the perfect thing for him to wear. It was a black zip up hoodie with little jewels stuck on it to make a skeleton design.

I tugged on Luci's hand to get his attention and show him the hoodie, "Do you like it?"

"Yeah, I do." He then took it from the rack and put it in the basket that he kindly offered to hold for me.

"Perfect! And you can wear black jeans with it and with your silver chain it'll look amazing!" I love when things go my way.

He quietly chuckled at my excitement and let me lead him to the changing rooms so that I could try on my outfit.

I told him to wait outside while I try things on since it's a women's only changing room but I could see that Dante and Carlos were already waiting so I assumed that Zara was also in the women's changing room.

"I'll be back soon." I slipped my hand from Luci's and went inside with the basket.

The first thing I tried on was a pink cropped tank top with white flared leggings. I liked it but it didn't give off Princess Aurora vibes so I tried something else on.

I put on a pink corset with a pink ribbon wrapped around it like a bow and a white low rise satin mini skirt. I then put on the silver crown headband I had found and I immediately knew this would be my costume.

I also had shoes and a few accessories at home that would look amazing with this outfit. All I needed to buy was some pink hair tinsel and white gloves.

I was admiring my outfit in the mirror when Zara came out of one of the other changing room stalls and her outfit looked amazing as well.

It was very similar to mine except her corset and mini skirt was black. She was also wearing beautiful lace knee high stocking and black heeled loafers which matched perfectly with everything else.

"Bitch you look amazing all the boys are going to drop to their knees when they see you Z!"

"Thank you Ami, you look stunning as well! I know someone who's not gonna let you leave his side tonight." She winked at me and had a small smirk on her face."

"Who?"

"Oh you know, a certain tattoo artist who's name begins with L."

"Lucian! Noo, why would he do that? We're just friends." Right?

She only hummed in response, going back inside her changing room.

We're just friends.

After changing back into my clothes, I gather all the other items and go to the till to pay for them, with the rest doing the same.

I was waiting for all my clothes to be scanned when I felt someone stand behind me with their hands lightly tracing mine.

Lucian.

I decided to be bold and hold his hand first, rather than him being the one to make the first move and I felt my face heat up when he lifted our conjoined hands up to his mouth and placed a light kiss on each of my knuckles.

"That'll be £75.50. Cash or card?"

"Card please."

I went to get my card out of my wallet but before I could even do that, Lucien swiped his black card and paid for all my things.

I stood there in shock while he took my bags and held them.

"Lucien! Why would you do that? That was not cheap!"

"You deserve it."

"Thank you Luci, I really appreciate it." I gave him a warm smile which made him lean down and give my rosy cheek a light kiss.

He then held my hand, using the other one to hold my bags and we walked outside where the rest were waiting for us.

Time to party!

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Hey guys
I know it's been a while but I wanted to thank you all for making 'Lia' reach 1k reads!!

I never thought that this would happen as I started this book for fun as a summer hobby.

I know I said this book was now discontinued but I've received such lovely messages from you guys and have decided to continue writing this.

My updates might be a bit unpredictable for now as I've got exams and gcses coming up but will try my best to update often.

Once again, thank you so much! I can't wait for you all to read about Lia and Luci's love story.

Until next time xoxo
-R