Committed | Ethan Dolan

Chapter 10 - Preparation

BELLA'S POV:

Once we said goodbye to Violet and Jordan, we left the house and got into my mum's car. Asher was sat in the front passenger seat while me and Ethan were sat comfortably in the back.

Asher had stolen the aux cord and was playing some Bruno Mars which we all appreciated. Ethan was texting Gray and laughing to himself at their virtual conversation.

"You're going to have to be quick to find outfits." My mum sighed as we pulled into the car park of the shopping centre.

"Yeah we won't be long." I nodded. "Are you going to stay in the car?" I asked her.

"I'll probably go and get a coffee. Ash do you want to come?" My mum unbuckled her seatbelt.

"Nah, I'm gonna stay in here." Asher shrugged as he turned up the music.

As we walked into the mall, Ethan looked around curiously.

"It looks a lot different to the ones in America." He chuckled.

"Come on weirdo, we need to be quick." I laughed at him as I pulled him along to a fancy clothes shop.

After 20 minutes we managed to find outfits. Ethan bought a white formal shirt and black skinny jeans for the reception while I bought a cream bodycon dress. For the after party Ethan was going to wear the same thing but I bought a dark purple strapless dress that hugged my body down to the bottom of my thighs. I refused to show Ethan my outfits until the party.

As I paid for my new clothes, Ethan stood by the side of me with his arm around me. He rubbed my arm lovingly, a small smile creeped onto my face.

With our shopping bags in hand, we walked back to the car. We could hear Asher's music booming from a few meters away. I rolled my eyes at the loud music as Ethan opened the car door so we could get in.

"Where's mum?!" I shouted over the noise.

"Pissing!" Asher shouted a reply to me. He turned down the radio and looked around to face us in the back seats. "So what did you get?" He asked.

"Clothes." I glared at him as I put my seatbelt on.

"What type?" He grabbed my bag and started looking through it.

"Dresses." I answered him.

"Are they any good?" He threw the bag back to me and looked between me and Ethan.

"I don't know, she wouldn't let me see her in them." Ethan pushed me playfully.

"We didn't have time okay." I chuckled.

"What, were you worried that I would come in the changing room and start making out with you or something? Because I so would." Ethan grinned.

"Okay nope. No thanks. I don't want to be part of this conversation anymore." Asher's eyes widened as I grinned at Ethan and ran my hand through his hair.

Asher immediately turned the radio up as our mum was walking towards the car.

Once we arrived at the hotel, we took our bags up to our room. Being in a hotel reminded me about our holiday to America, this hotel wasn't as fancy but it was still very impressive.

Our room was surprisingly massive, as soon as we walked in there was a spacious living room area that had a tv with comfy looking sofas and an enormous window that had collected raindrops on the outside.

There were two wooden slider doors on opposite sides of the living room that led to two bedrooms, one had a double bed and the other had two singles. Both bedrooms had an onsuite bathroom attached to them.

"How the hell did we afford this?" Asher raised his eyebrows.

"Zoe's fiancee paid for it." My mum looked around the living room.

"Well, I'm glad she chose to marry him." Asher smirked.

"Ash." I scoffed.

"What? I'm just saying." He grinned, shrugging.

"Would you two like to have the double bed?" My mum asked me and Ethan.

"Really?" I frowned at her in surprise.

"Of course, just please don't do something you'll regret." My mum glared at me.

I knew what she was implying and so did Ethan. We glanced at each other discreetly.

"Gross." Asher groaned before entering the bedroom on the left. You would think he would be a bit more mature since he was my older brother. I guess that was what he found so disgusting.

"We won't." I answered for both of us as my mum nodded.

"Okay well let's all get ready, I want to get there early." She sighed and went into her bedroom.

Me and Ethan wondered into our bedroom. The sheets on the bed were velvet and the pillows were extremely soft. I took out my bodycon dress that I bought for the reception. I took my jacket off and glanced over at Ethan who was watching me while getting his clothes out of the bag.

"Waiting for something?" I smirked at him, his cheeks flushed.

"No." He mumbled, clearing his throat.

I grinned and turned around so my back was facing him. I slipped out of my clothes until only my underwear was remaining, then I pulled the dress over me and turned back around.

Ethan had his black skinny jeans on but was shirtless, once I turned around he diverted his gaze from me to somewhere else in the room.

I walked towards him and kissed him lightly before walking to the dressing table behind him to do my makeup.

"You look so hot in that dress." Ethan scanned me.

"Thank you." I smiled at him.

His arm slipped around my waist as I did my makeup. I could feel his slightly cold lips connect with my neck as his grip on my waist tightened. I smiled to myself at how affectionate my boyfriend was.

Once my makeup was done, I quickly straightened my hair and then both me and Ethan went into the living room where Asher and mum were waiting.

"You took your time. Find something more interesting to do?" Asher implied, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Shut up." I glared at him.

"No arguing today thank you." My mum scolded us.

We all walked towards the door, ready to leave to get to the venue. I glanced at what Asher was wearing, ripped black skinny jeans and a light blue formal shirt with a dark blue bowtie.

"You look stupid." I whispered to him.

"You look like a prostitute." He mumbled back at me.

"Hey! I do not!" I hissed. Ethan tried to hold in a laugh.

"What now?" My mum sighed as we walked down the stairs to the ground floor.

"Asher said I look like a pro-"

"A professional pianst." Asher interrupted me as Ethan snorted a laugh.

My mum rolled her eyes as we walked out of the building. To our surprise, it had stopped raining and the sun was beginning to shine.

This is a filler chapter, I have events planned for the next few chapters so I'm excited to write those ;) hope you enjoyed reading.

PEACE!✌