Second Star to the Right

Chapter 22- Shopping With Demi

"Puttin' my defenses up. 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love. If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack." My Demi Lovato ringtone went off, waking me up from my slumber. I looked at the caller ID and saw that it was none other than Demi herself calling me. Since she and my dad were judges on X Factor USA together, she and I have become good friends. I answered the phone call and put the device to my ear.

"Hello?" I greeted, glancing at my alarm clock to see what time it is. 8:30am.

"Hey, Sammi!" Demi addressed. "So a little birdie told me that you have a date tonight." She said cheekily.

I face palmed. "Who told you this?" I asked.

"Louis told me." She stated simply. "He wanted advice," she giggled, "he's so nervous. I find it adorable. He wants this date to be perfect for you guys." She paused. "Now, I just so happen to be in London at this very moment so you and I are going shopping." She demanded. "Be ready by ten."

I sighed. "Fine, I'll see you then."

"I'll meet you at Motel Rocks in downtown London." She told me. I agreed and hung up the phone. I sat up in bed and rubbed sleep away from my eyes. I have less than an hour to get ready because it takes about ten minutes to get to downtown, so I took a shower and got dressed. I knew Demi would make me try on lots of new clothes so I just stuck with a simple gray dress, brown belt, and brown gladiator sandals.

I went downstairs and ate a breakfast parfait, courtesy of Marta. Right after that, I left the house, driving to downtown London. Luckily, I didn't run into my dad or Carmen this morning. If I had, things wouldn't have gone well back at the house. Putting those thoughts aside, my mind is completely focused on my date with Louis tonight.

I wonder what we're going to do. It's probably going to be great, what with the advice of Demi in hand. What confused me was that Louis said we were just having dinner at his flat.

As I was thinking, I realized that there was no time for anymore thoughts, seeing as I was parking near the store in which I was supposed to meet Demi. I parked and got out of my car, making my way to the store.

I didn't even have to look for Demi because there was a swarm of fans surrounding her in front of the shop. She was taking pictures and signing autographs when she turned her head and got a glimpse of me. She smiled at me and winked cheekily. I pushed my way through the crowd of shouting fans and got to Demi. She grabbed hold of my hand as security hauled us away from devotees. Demi waved to them one last time before going into the store with me in tow.

"Hey, Demi!" I said.

"Sammi, I haven't seen you in forever." She mentioned, giving me a hug around my neck. When she let go, I skimmed my eyes across the shop we were in. It was a ghost town.

"Where is everyone?" I asked.

"I had the store closed so we could have privacy as we tried on clothes." She answered, grinning at me.

"I knew we were trying on clothes today." I gave her a toothy smile.

"You know me too well. We're practically the same person." She chuckled. "C'mon, let's go get some stuff. You need something to wear for where Lou's taking you."

"I have stuff to wear," I argued.

"I don't care. You're here now and that's all that matters," she smiled. Demi is a stubborn one. She always argues her way into getting what she wants, and it works most of the time. Even though she's balky, she is such a sweetheart and I can't help but love her. She's one of my good friends, but we rarely see each other. She has tons of work-recording albums, judging X Factor, concerts, meet and greets, and things like that. I have school, preparation for UNI, my half-time job as a photographer, and above all, we live in different countries. "Let's start over here." She said, pulling me out of my thoughts and lugging me towards the racks of clothing.