Closer || (n.j.)

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen--
"Babyyyyy I don't wanna get up." I groan into the pillow as Nick tries to wake me up.

"Come on! You're going with my mom today and she's already ready to go." Nick whines, standing next to bed on my side.

"Where are we going?" I raise my head, squinting as I look at my boyfriend.

"I don't know, she won't tell me. I'm doing something with my dad today too. Which I also have no idea what that is either." Nick tells me, sighing.

"Fine. Your mother is a sweetheart after all." I sit up on the bed and Nick takes my hands and stands me up by him, hugging me. Those horrible thoughts were back in my head again. I was falling out of love with Nick Jonas. I really was, but yet I wasn't. I didn't want to fall out of love with him, he was the best thing that's happened to me in a really long time. I pulled away from our hug and avoided making eye contact by going to my suitcase and getting an outfit for the day. Once I got dressed and ready, I kissed Nick goodbye. Then Denise and I were off.

"Where are we going, exactly?" I asked her as were driving into town.

"Well......shopping of course! Paul and I have set up a nice dinner for you and Nick tonight." Denise has the biggest grin on her face. They just took the liberty to set up a dinner for us without our consent? I mean, that is very nice but a little notice would've been nice.

"Oh. That's so great! Thank you so much Mrs. Jonas." I still call her Mrs. Jonas and Nick's dad Mr. Jonas.

"Oh, please. I've told you a thousand times to just call me Denise darling." She says, turning into a parking lot. We get out of the vehicle and start toward the mall. When we entered the store GUESS, I instantly refused.

"Oh, Denise, you don't need to do this." I look around at all the expensive clothes, bags, shoes, and even makeup. Of course, it was all name brand products. GUESS was one of my favorite things, but I've never had enough money to treat myself to this kind of thing. Except one day for my 20th birthday, Nick gave me money to spend here on myself, considering he was working on my birthday. It was so sweet and I thanked him at least a million times for it.

"I insist." Denise drags me along to try on clothes, and even shoes.

A couple of hours later, I'm back at the Jonas residence with shopping bags in my hands. Denise also had quite a load herself. Nick's dad's car wasn't in the drive, so we both figured that the boys must still be out and about.

"Let's go get you fixed up for tonight sweetie." Denise says, winking and walking toward the house. She had told me that our dinner reservation was for 5:30 PM, and it was now 3:45 PM. I really did want to look nice, and I was excited to wear something that I bought today. I had no idea what I was going to wear, since Denise had bought me so many beautiful outfits to choose from. It was nice to have a change in wardrobe.

"Ooh, how about this." Denise tells me as all of my brand new outfits are laid on the bed. She picks up a sparkly, navy blue dress that goes to the floor. It was absolutely gorgeous, and I was so, so grateful that Denise had gotten it for me. I took the dress from her and she handed me a pair of matte, white heels that were about 4 1/2 inches tall. So I'd probably be a little taller then Nick. I mean, he's 5'10 and I'm 5'6 so maybe I'll be just the right height even.

"Perfect. Again, I want to thank you so much for all of this Denise. The dinner, the shopping, just everything. You are such an amazing person and I love you so much." I was basically pouring my heart out to her, considering I couldn't flat out tell her, 'hey I'm falling out of love with your son. See ya!' No I couldn't do that. Denise just smiled at me and took my hands in hers.

"It's no trouble at all dear. I can see that you are so amazing for my Nicholas and I know that you two have a bright future for your relationship ahead of you." With that, she leaves me to be by myself. Why does she have to make this so hard? I love that woman to bits and pieces, as well as her son and husband, but I can't control my feelings. I shook the thought from my head and started to change into my outfit for tonight.

"Honey?" I hear a knock on the door as I put the finishing touches on my makeup before presenting myself.

"My mom said I couldn't come in without your permission." I then hear Denise talking to him.

"No, I didn't Nicholas. Go in the other spare room, change, then you can both come in the living room when I give the okay." I giggle as she steps into the room and starts to shake her head and roll her eyes.

"Men." I giggle at her and Denise looks me up and down.

"You look absolutely beautiful sweetheart. Nick is going to love you." Denise gasped and a few tears pricked at her brown eyes. My eyes started to water as well, at the thought of losing her if I broke up with Nick, and at the thought that I didn't have a mother all my life like the Jonas' did. We both wiped our eyes and laughed.

"Thank you very much." I say, smoothing my dress and smiling. I had curled my brown hair and pinned some back behind my ear. I had gone with blue eye shadow and winged eyeliner. My lips were a dark shade of red and I had some pink blush on my cheeks. Denise had recommended some GUESS perfume today, and I adored it.

"I'll go check on Nick. You head into the living room and we'll be down soon. Paul should be there, probably watching television." Denise says, giving my upper arm a little squeeze before exiting the room. I nod and give myself a pep talk before heading to the living room. Then I realized that it was mine and Nick's two year anniversary tomorrow. Maybe that's why they set this dinner up tonight, since him and I are leaving tomorrow morning.

My heels click clacked on the wooden floor as I made my way into the living room, seeing Nick's dad reading the paper.

"Well, you look very beautiful Marni." Paul folds his paper and looks at me, smiling.

"Thank you very much." I smiled back and we just exchanged small talk before I heard footsteps behind me. I turn around and see Nick in a sharp suit that's gray and he has black Italian shoes on. His hair was done perfectly and I could smell his awesome cologne from here.

"Wow...." Nick and I say at the same time, looking at each other. He takes a few steps closer to me, and I see tears in his mother's eyes.

"You look absolutely gorgeous Mar." Nick says in a hushed tone in the small space between us.

"You look very, very handsome Nick." I say to him, seeing the sparkle in his deep brown eyes.

"Shall we?" Nick asks, taking my hand and gesturing toward the door.

"We shall." I giggle and Denise waves goodbye to us as we make our way out of the house. Nick opens my car door for me, helping me get in the Expedition. Him and I talked a lot while we drove to the restaurant to share a romantic evening.

"Your table Mr. and Mrs. Jonas." The hostess says as she shows us to our dimly lit table that was in a corner of the restaurant. Very secluded. We sat down, Nick pulling out my chair for me. The waiter took our orders soon after and we waited for our food.

"Mr. and Mrs. Jonas, huh?" I smirk at my boyfriend from across the table.

"Hey, I didn't set this up. But if I had, I totally would've done the same thing. Good job dad." Nick says, licking his lips.

"You are too much." I chuckle, taking a small sip from my wine.

"So, how was your little shopping spree?" Nick asks me, sitting up straight in his chair.

"Amazing. Your mom has a really good taste in fashion. I love her."

"Yeah. My dad took me suit shopping. This baby is brand new." He charms me with his smile, looking at his suit.

"Well, it's very nice." We both smile and get lost in each other's gaze for a few mere moments. How could I have possible fallen out of love with him? It was going to crush him when I told him, but I definitely can't tell him tomorrow. I actually haven't come up with a time to exactly bring it up. Maybe if I just hold on a little bit longer. Maybe there's hope for us, for our relationship.