Chapter 16: Christmas Sweaters
"It's so fucking cold!" I shiver, shoving my hands into my pockets. Since we had nothing to do back at the flat, Louis suggested that we go to the mall, and because I effin' forgot that it was now December 8th, I didn't have a chance to get a coat or something.
Not my fault!
When we got out of the house the temperature was fair!
Oh don't look at me like that.
We've already parked the car and, to my suprise, we all fitted in there. We're now just walking to the mall and I can already feel the numbness start to shake my body.
With that, I walk faster. Then I enter the mall and I feel the warmth slapping my body and I smile, feeling better already. How could I be so idiotic and forget to bring a sweater? Christmas is just around the corner!
Which reminds me, I have to do some Christmas shopping. Let's see, there's Alex, Pia, mum (yes, I buy mum Christmas gifts), Bethany (my wonderful co-worker), Cristabelle (my boss), Aunt Helen.
Oh my gosh! I've totally forgotten about Aunt Helen! I'll call her later when I get home.
"Anthea! Are you just going to stand there?! Or are you going to come with us?!" Alex shouts and I can see that they are already far away from where I am standing and I feel like an even bigger idiot than I already am.
"Coming!" I shout, running towards them, being careful that I don't trip and fall. Thankfully, I reach them without embarassing (or hurting) myself. Alex chuckles at me and we carry on. We walk with no certain destination and the blokes that are with us get recognised right away. We each take our separate ways and decide to just text each other as Alex couldn't possibly handle crowds as big as that. She can't even ride a lift for five seconds without screaming or hyperventilating. And occassionaly, fainting.
"We should do some grocery shopping!" Alex suggests and I nod enthusiastically. Our groceries don't even last a week before Alex and I clean them out. What can I say? We're famous for midnight snacks.
We head to the grocery store and Alex pushes the cart whilst I grab all the things we need. After we're sure we have everything, we check them out and leave the store. The bags are a lot so we just leave them at Customer Service.
A few more minutes, I start to feel cold again and after another set of minutes, I start to shiver. Alex notices it and lets me enter the nearest clothing shop and look for a thick jacket. I end up wearing a Christmas sweater that has deers and everything! I'm lucky I wore Keds today.
After a while, we meet up with the boys at a less populated part of the mall. It was an old and run-down café. It had this warm, comfortable air around it that just made me wanna sit in front of the fire place and drink hot chocolate with marshmallows. It's like every time I came in here, I would think of warm gingerbread cookies.
The place was mostly occupied by adults and from the looks of it, we were the only teenagers there so it was safe. We went up to the cashier and ordered some food.
After that we all entered a booth with Alex beside me and Niall in front of me. "What?" I ask, I've been observing Niall and he kept on staring at me for ages. Not that I minded, though. *wink* *wink*.
"Nothing it's just. . .you look cute in a Christmas sweater." He blushes, smiling cheekily. I blush a crimson red and look away, a smile creeping on my lips. "Thanks." I say as I stare at the people outside. Then, our food came.
I took a bit of my apple pie and smile in delight. "This is delicious!" I exclaim, eating more of it.
"Enjoy it while it lasts," The waitress smiled sadly "What do you mean?" Liam asks confusedly. "This place is going to be out of business in a few days. Nobody comes here very often. Look around, all you can see are adults in suits and they only usually order coffees and that's the cheapest thing on the menu. We don't have enough money to keep this place alive." The waitress explains and I frown. This place is really nice, it would be a shame if it went down.
"What if we created an investment?" Niall asks and we all look at him with surprise. "You'd do that?" The waitress asks, disbelief written all over her face. The boys agreed shortly, wanting to keep the café alive. "That'd be amazing! I'll tell my boss. I'm sure he'd be very happy." The waitress smiled and walked away after taking Liam's phone number. Only Liam was willing to give his phone number since he has an extra sim card while all the other lads don't.
After we all finish our food, we ask for the bill from the same waitress and she just shakes her head. "It's on the house. After what you just said, I'm sure my boss would make you an exception." The waitress smiles and walks away. The lads are very stubborn though so they leave a tenner at the table as a tip.
We walk out the café and go our separate ways again. Alex and I head over to Customer Service and claim our groceries and head to the car. We stow away the groceries in the trunk before we called the lads to come to the car. Once they arrive, we drive to their building and drop them off. Alex and I head to our flat. Once we're there we leave the groceries on the kitchen island and we both go upstairs to change into our pyjamas.
Alex puts away the groceries whilst I make our tea. We drink the tea slowly, even though we are both tired. After we finish with our tea, we say goodnight to each other and head to our separate rooms.
I turn the light off, leaving my lamp on. I sit on my bed and grab the phone, ready to call my Aunt Helen. To my surprise, it gets sent to voicemail. I wait for the beep before saying anything.
"Hey Aunt Helen. It's been a while and I really miss you. I hope we can talk soon. I have so much to tell you! I'll see you soon okay? I love you, miss you."
Then I put my phone back down, snuggling under the covers. Before I could turn the lamp off, my phone beeps.
From: Niall Horan :) -Goodnight! Don't let the demons drag you to hell :)
I laugh at the text and thumb out a reply.
To: Niall Horan :) -Goodnight Niall! :) xx
I press send and turn off my lamp, letting the cloud of blankness known as sleep wash over me.
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HO HO HO! MERRY BATHTUB!
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