The Fifth Member for a Summer or Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

It was the day before Christmas Eve and I still hadn't gotten Luke a present...

I'm the queen of procrastination.

I was in a car with Avery and one of my childhood and high school friends, Cassidy, on our way to the mall. Cassidy was more excited about meeting Ashton afterwards... But it was nice to catch up with her.

She was friends with me before I left for America and we reconnected when I came back, so I

knew she was a real friend.

"So, do you have any ideas for Luke?" Avery asked.

"Not really." I almost whined.

Cassidy giggled at me.

"What did you get Michael?" She asked Avery.

"I got him a couple new Xbox games, and I'm going to order him a pizza and wrap it right before we exchange gifts." She laughed.

"See! That's so clever!" I sighed.

"Well, you're his girlfriend. What does he like?" Avery chuckled.

"Okay. I have an idea. I'll get him a couple new beanies, a bottle of his favorite cologne, some shirts and I always hear him telling the other boys that he needs new underwear, so how about obnoxious boxers?" I giggled.

"That's adorable." Cassidy giggled.

"I love it. Hey, you are the one that gets to see them so you might as well pick them out." Avery laughed.

"So true!" I giggled.

We went through the mall and got everything I needed. As we were walking out, we passed a Victoria Secrets.

I stopped and looked up at it.

"Annie?" Cassidy said realizing I stopped.

"Should I get lingerie for him? You know I've never worn it for him..." I said looking over at the two girls.

"I was thinking about doing that for Mikey too..." Avery said looking up as well.

"Come on. You guys should totally do it." Cassidy giggled, pulling us in.

We walked to the back of the store and I started looking through the racks. I snagged a few that I liked and headed to a changing room.

Avery followed me and Cassidy stood outside waiting for us. I threw the first one on. It was a cream color with bright blue accents. I walked out and showed Cassidy and Avery, who was in a light blue number.

"I think you both look too innocent in those." Cassidy giggled.

"Yeah..." I giggled.

After a few more tries, I walked out in a black piece with maroon accents. Avery had a black lace one on.

"Perfect. They'll both die." Cassidy said clapping her hands like a fool.

"I think Luke will like this one." I said smirking.

"And Mikey will want to devour you." I winked at Avery.

She blushed and turned to go change.

***

After our rather successful shopping trip we went to Luke's house to hang out with all of the

lads. I knocked on the door and Jack answered.

"Oh. Not you again." He joked before pulling me into a hug.

"He hasn't scared you away yet?" Ben chuckled, walking into their little foyer area.