When Love Conquers Two

Chapter 20

Previously in When Love Conquers Two
It was Sarah and Louis's 19 years of being friends anniversary. Niall and Sarah did some wedding planning. Sarah was nominated for YouTuber of the Year at the GSA and won. Torn Silent was nominated for Best Upcoming Artist at the GSA and won. Maya, Alyssa, and Jake dedicated their award for Best Upcoming Artist to Kathy.
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Finally, the tour is over. Liam, and Jake went home to their families im other countries. Louis is with Briana, since she had her baby 2 and a half weeks ago. Maya and Alyssa are in New York with family. Harry, Niall, and I are at the flat. I'm in the living room while Harry and Niall are in the kitchen. I'm watching the news, but mainly on my phone when I hear Harry's name and Louis's name being said. I look up and see a picture of Louis and Harry holding hands in Las Angeles. The caption below it says, "annonymous source confirms One Direction's Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles are in fact dating." I immediately pause the TV before saying, "Harry, you may want to see this." "See what?" Harry asks as he comes into the living room with Niall close behind. He looks at the TV. "What the bloody hell, Sarah?!" Harry says after he reads it. "I didn't do anything! I would never tell the world that you and Louis are dating. It's not my place to tell anyone," I say standing up. "Well, someone obviously did," Harry says. "Now, this may be a stretch. But what if Briana told everyone?" I say. "Now why would Louis tell Briana?" Harry asks. "Well, she did just have his child. I'm sure she's would want help from Louis to raise the baby. She probably wants her and Louis to be together," I say. "He could've told me at least," Harry says. "Go call him or I will," I say. Harry nods before leaving. Niall comes over to me and sits down as I unpause the TV. The two anchors talk about Louis and Harry's relationship a little bit long before moving onto Beyonce's new tour coming up. I hear the doorbell ring and Harry yell, "Sarah, can you get that?!" "Yea!" I yell back. I get up after saying that I'll be right back to Niall. I go over to the front door. I open the door to see Johanna and Gemma standing there. Holy shit, I forgot they're spending the weekend here to do some wedding planning with me. "Oh my god, I missed you guys so much," I say as I hug the two of them. "We missed you too," Johanna says smiling. I let them in. They told me earlier that they're just going to stay at a hotel near by. Louis insisted to pay for Johanna and Harry insisted to pay for Gemma. I told them they could just stay with us, but they insisted they stay at a hotel. Anyway, as we walk into the kitchen, I ask, "anyword on Kathy, yet?" "Only that they think they're in New York or LA," Gemma says. "Hopefully they find her soon. She's been gone for 6 months," I say. It looks like Gemma is about to say something when Harry bounces into the room extremely happy. "I'm assuming you just got off the phone with him," I say. "Yup. He said he'll talk to Briana about it and that he'll skype me later," Harry says. "Well that's good," I say. Harry looks at Gemma and Johanna and it takes him a couple of seconds to realize them. "Gemma and Johanna, what are you guys doing here?" Harry says before hugging them. "We're going wedding dress shopping," Johanna says. "Oh well, have fun," Harry says before going to join Niall in the living room. Once he leaves, Gemma asks, "who was he on the phone with that made him so happy?" "Just one of his friends," I say. I am not telling Gemma about Louis and him. And certainly not around Johanna. I may tell Johanna everything, but I have no idea if Louis and Harry came out. I mean they came out to Liam, Niall, Zayn, and me, but I have no clue if management knows, if they're going to be forced to get girlfriends, or what. "Wait, Harry mentioned someone would talk to Briana. You aren't talking about Louis, are you?" Johanna says. Shit, what do I say? "You know we saw the thing about Harry and Louis dating, right? You don't have to hide it from us," Gemma says. "You do? And you don't mind that they're together?" I ask. "Well, I still haven't talked to Louis about it since we found out on the radio on the ride over here. However, I don't mind. As long as my Lou is happy, that's all that matters," Johanna says. "You can't hate someone just because of who they love," Gemma says. "That is true," I say. We catch up on what's been going on in our lives as we wait for Maya, Alyssa, and Ray to show up. The six of us are going to pick out my wedding dress since the wedding is in 10 months. Shit! The wedding is in 10 months and I'm no where near finished. All of a sudden I start panicing. My breathing starts getting heavy when Maya, Alyssa, and Ray come into the kitchen. I feel extremely light headed. My ears are ringing like no tomorrow. It feels like gravity is pulling me towards the ground. I can hear a female british accent yell for Niall as I grip the table about to fall over. I hear 2 sets of footsteps run in and feel a pair of arms wrap around me. I assume it's Niall. I sit down on one of the stools in front of the counter. "What happened?" I hear an Irish accent ask. Yup, it's Niall. The moment I realize Niall has me, I start to settle down because I know he'll never let anything happen to me again. "I have no clue. She just start panicing out of no where," Gemma says. "Why don't we go in the other room and give Sarah some space?" Johanna says. I hear them leave. "What happened, Sar?" Niall asks. "I have no idea. Johanna, Gemma, and I were having a normal conversation. When Maya, Alyssa, and Ray came, I remembered we only have 10 months until the wedding and we have barely have of the wedding planned. Then I started freaking out," I say. I start messing with my engagement ring. "You don't need to worry about the wedding. We'll get everything done in time. Now that the tour is over and you don't go back on tour for 5 months, we have plenty of time to plan without any distractions," he says. "But what if something happens and we don't get the wedding plans done in time? We'll have to move the date and redue all of the planning for the reception and the ceremony," I say starting to panic again. Niall gets me to look at him by putting one hand on my hands and the other on my cheek as he says, "hey, don't worry. Nothing is going to happen between now and the wedding. We'll get the wedding planning done in time. Everything will work out fine." "You sure?" I say. "100 percent," he says. I reach up and take his hand from my cheek. I smile at him before saying, "I love you." He smiles back at me and says, "I love you too. You feeling better now?" "Yea, much better. I just have to keep myself from thinking negatively," I say. "Just think positively. We have 10 months until we're married," Niall says. "That is a positive," I say. "You should get going before you miss your time slot," he says. We have only 2 hours to pick out the wedding dress and it starts at 1. I check the time and see it's 12:20. We stand up and go to wear everyone else is. I kiss Niall goodbye and say bye to Harry before we head to my car. Johanna is in the passenger seat. Maya and Gemma are in the middle seats. Ray and Alyssa are in the back seats. As we pull out of the driveway, Bring Me To Life starts playing. "Oh my god, this is us!" Alyssa says. "We're on the radio!" Maya says. "Turn it up," Ray says. I turn the radio up louder. Since Johanna and Gemma are use to my crazyness by now, she doesn't judge Maya, Alyssa, and me as we start singing to our own song. Ray on the other hand is just laughing. I turn the radio down when the song is over. "Oh, I forgot to ask this before we left. How did Niall and Harry both accomplish breaking their foot?" Ray says. "Niall just woke up with his foot hurting so Paul took him to the doctor. Harry was fucking around on stage during sound check. He fell off landing on his foot," I say. "I can see Harry doing that, to be honest," Ray laughs. Ray, Maya, Alyssa and Gemma spend the rest of the ride singing to the songs on the radio while Johanna ans I talk about random stuff. I miss talking to her all the time. When I lived in Doncaster, she listened to my go on and on about the most random shit. That was obviously when I wasn't with Louis. When I was with Louis, I was doing things guys his age did, such as go explore the woods behind our houses. I was 4 and doing things 9 year olds did. You can say I grew up a lot faster than girls my age. When park the car, Maya warns Gemma, Johanna, and Ray that we may get noticed here and may have people come up to us. I mean Maya, Alyssa, and I are in a band together, Johanna is Louis's mom, Gemma is Harry's sister, Ray is our close friend, Maya's best friend. Not to mention Maya is Liam's ex-girlfriend, Alyssa is Harry's ex-girlfriend and Calum's current girlfriend, and I'm obviously Niall's fiancé. We pile out of the car and I lock the car. I put my keys in my purse as we walk inside. A lady takes us to wear I'll be coming out and showing the group. It's private and separate from others, thankfully. I made sure of that before I booked the appointment. I didn't want us getting flooded with people and my dress getting spreaded everywhere. That'll just lead to Niall finding out. An older lady, about 40, comes over to us a few minutes later. "Hi, I'm Christin. Which one of you lovely ladies is our bride?" The kind lady says. "I am," I say. "Sarah, right?" Christin says while looking at the papers she has. "Yup," I say. "Alright, what kind of dress do you have in mind?" Christin asks. "Something that flatters me. No balls gowns or mermaid dresses," I say. "I personally want to see her in a ball gown," Ray says. I look at her like she's crazy. I am thee size of the wedding dresses here. I will drown in a ball gown. "Well, we can try a couple," Christin says. Christin takes me into the fitting room. We sit down on the seats in there. "Where is the wedding going to be?" Christin asks. "The Bahamas. We're going to have the ceremony on the beach and then the reception will be in a beachhouse," I say. "Oh, the bahamas. It's beautiful there. You'll love it there," she says. She leaves a little while later after asking me a few more things to go get some dresses. She comes back 10-15 minutes later. Christin comes in with 3 dresses. We decide to have me try on a ball gownish type dress. Maya picked this one out. It's an a- Line silhouette with diamand beading accenting the straps and a keyhole back. It takes longer to put on then a regular dress. Once it's on, I look in the mirror that is the size of the wall. The dress is huge on me. "What do you think?" Christin asks. "Well, I definitely won't be able to walk in this, let alone dance. It's huge on me. It's very pretty though," I say. "Lets go show them," she says. We go out to our group. Ray bursts out laughing when she sees me. "Sarah, you are drowning in that dress," Rsy laughs. "Yes, I know that," I say trying to go over to the mirrors out here. I face the group. "What do you guys think?" I ask. "The top half is very pretty on you. However, the bottom half is way to huge on you," Gemma says. "I totally agree with Gemma," Johanna says. Everyone agrees with Gemma. "Welp, this one is a no from everyone including me," I say. We head back into the fitting room. We get me into this other ball gownish type dress. It isnt as big as the last one, but still big. It's an a-line dress with small belt at the waist with lace sleeves and lace trim. This one Ray picked out. I look into the mirror. "Now this one isn't so bad on the size. I don't know how I feel about the sleeves though," I say. We head back out. "The top looks so pretty on you," Alyssa says. Everyone ends up agreeing with me that this isn't the dress. We go back in and try on the last dress in there. It's a strapless a-line with a mauve belt at the waist and a ruffle skirt. "I really like this one," I say. "Is it the one?" Christin asks. "I don't know. I haven't gotten that feeling when you know this dress is the one," I say. We go out and show everyone the dress. "Oh, I really like this one," Gemma says. "So do I," Maya says. "I love the dress, but I don't think it's the one," I say. "What do you think is missing?" Alyssa asks. "I don't know," I say. "We'll keep looking," Christin says. Once we get inside, Christin says, "I'll be right back. I think I have the perfect dress for you." I say okay before she leaves. I go on my phone and check my texts. I see I have one from Niall.

Niall: how's dress shopping going?

Me: good, I guess. We still have no luck on the dress

I continue to text Niall until Christin comes back. I hear a knock before she comes in. I put my phone down as she hangs the dress up. "Oh my god. That dress is beautiful," I say. The dress Christin brought back is an a-line white strapless pleated floor length royal chiffon with a sweetheart  neckline. (Dress above.) Once we get me into the dress, I look in the mirror. "Oh my god, I absolutely love it. It fits me perfectly," I say. "Lets go show everyone," Christin says. We walk out. You can tell by the look on everyone's faces when I come out that this is the one. "You look beautiful, Sarah," Alyssa says. I've had a smile plastured on my face since I put this on. "It fits you perfectly," Maya says. "What do you think of the dress, Sarah?" Christin asks. "This is it. Nothing can possibly top this dress," I say. Every bride goes through that feeling when you know the dress is the one. I am currently going through that. Everyone jumps up from their seats and comes over to me. I hug each of them. I hug Johanna last. "Thank you for being here, mom," I say pulling away from the hug. "I would never have missed this, darling," Johanna says. "I just wish Kathy was here to see this," I say. "I'm sure Kathleen would've loved this dress," she says. "My little sister is all grown up," Gemma says coming over to us. I smile at Gemma. I just wish Kathy was here.

(Sorry that this is so short. The next chapter will be longer, I promise.)