Their Saving Grace {One Direction AU}

Chapter 8

*Niall*

"El, how much longer do we have to be here?" I said, as I tugged on her sleeve. She just chuckled to herself. God, her laugh was adorable.

"If your really that bored, Ni, just go to the food court. The girls and I will meet you down there in a bit." Just to be childish, I stretched my hand out in the direction of the food court and sighed.

"It's too far away, El." I whined, only making her laugh even more.

"Oh, stop being childish, Niall. Alice and Riley are only trying on a few more outfits. Then we'll go eat. Okay?" I crossed my arms over chest and sighed. I'm bored, tired, hungry, and bored. Did I mention I was bored? Because I am!

"El-Eleanor, Ri-Riley forgot how to d-do this." Riley said as she walked out of the dressing room. El giggled, before helping the red head with the button on the jeans. Other then that, Riley had a blue floral top on, with dark denim jeans. Shortly after, Alice came out in a white mid knee dress, with a belt along the waist. If I told you that the girls weren't pretty, I'd be lying. Because they are.

"Does El-Eleanor and Ni-Niall like how Ri-Riley and Al-Alice look?" Alice said, as she kept swaying back and forth, playing with the dress.

"You two look great. Do you like it?"

"Ri-Riley likes her pa-pan-pants? And her sh-shirt?"

"Al-Alice likes th-this dre-dress?"

"Very good, you two." El said with a smile. I zoned out after that, due to the fact that my stomach was growling loudly. Thankfully, I only heard the God awful whale noise.

Another hour passed by and the girls had gotten seven outfits, three pairs of shoes, seven beenies, and seven personal items each. In my mind, I kept wondering how Eleanor could afford all this. I mean, a teacher's salary isn't much. I guess El just has a big heart. I think I might be falling a bit too hard for the brunette.

"Alright girls, we are going to eat. Then we are going to my best friend's house to get your hair cuts. Do you trust me?"

"Ha-hair cc-cut?" Riley said.

"Yeah. What my friend will do is she'll take a pair of scissors and cut a few inches of this off." She explained, as she pointed at Riley's red hair.

"Riley do not kn-know if she likes this idea. El-Eleanor's friend might hu-hurt Riley and Al-Alice."

"I promise nothing bad will happen. Okay? You trust me, don't you?"

"Riley's tr-trust is ha-hard to ga-gain. But, Riley tr-trusts Eleanor." With that being said, the girls and I made our way to the food court, where Riley and Alice found out Chinese food was actually pretty good. I don't know why, but when they get excited, their faces turn a bright pink shade. It's weird, yet adorable all at once. Once the girls finished their food, we left the shopping mall and headed towards her friend's house.

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*Liam*

**Few Hours Later**

The rain has yet to stop. Louis is getting tired of sitting around waiting for it to stop. So, Louis decided to push his car into the shaded area beside my flat, where he became angrier because he just realized he could've done that hours ago. It didn't take him long to figure out the problem. He came back into the flat, soaking wet and oddly smelling like wet dog.

"Well, Liam, thank you for allowing me to sit here for hours putting up my nonsense. My car is working again, so I should get going."

"Alright. Well, I guess I'll be seeing you at work, yeah?"