Come Again Later

Chapter 23

Short chapter!

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Calm down Perrie!" Leigh-Anne called to the frantic blonde. "You don't need to flip the whole store upside down."

Perrie stopped mid-toss of a stuffed animal she didn't deem decent enough for the special brunette she had in mind. Dropping the object back into the pile she had just pulled it out of, Perrie turned to face her dark skinned friend.

"This is for Jade, Leigh-Anne!" The blonde exclaimed. "It's not like you or Jesy. I actually care about what I get a Jade for her birthday."

"Like you actually get us things for our birthdays." Jesy snorted from the corner of the store.

Perrie grinned and turned back to searching for the perfect gift. "Oh, go be emo somewhere else," she laughed, "I'm doing something important."

Jesy only mumbled some profanities under her breath and went back to her original position of leaning against the wall with a pained expression.

Leigh-Anne laughed and the two girls' banter before realizing Perrie had returned to her frantic search.

"God Pez!" Leigh sighed, throwing her arms to her face in exasperation. "I don't know wh-, you know what? Come here."

The pale teen stared at her oddly, a bit unsettled with the dark skinned girl's sudden mood change. Leigh-Anne looked at her expectedly. After a few moments of Perrie standing completely still, the curly haired girl rolled her eyes and made the "c'mon" gesture, leading Perrie to walk over to her cautiously with a slightly freighted expression on her face. Jesy followed the blonde as she was getting tired of looking bored in the corner and the oddness Leigh-Anne was expressing intrigued her.

"What?" Perrie questioned, once she was less than a foot away from Leigh.

Leigh-Anne smirked before saying, "I know the perfect gift for you to give Jade."

"For real?!" Perrie jumped. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? What is it?"

The blonde leaned towards the dark skinned teen while Jesy listened in eagerly from the back.

"A kiss." Leigh-Anne whispered.

"That's-" the blonde began, only to be cut off.

"You didn't let me finish," Leigh continued, "a kiss... On the lips." Once hearing the girls finished idea, Perrie glowed red as Jesy cackled loudly.

"You stupid... Stupid,"  Perrie grumbled, whacking Leigh's arm, "I can't do that to Jade. I don't even know if she likes me back."

The green eyed girl groaned loudly before stating, "I love you Pez, but you really are oblivious," Leigh-Anne nodded rapidly in agreement, "the girl is obviously head over heels for you. Hell, she blushes whenever you come into close contact with her!"

"She's probably just really warm, or something." Perrie reasoned.

"Perrie, it's winter."

The blonde shook her head, ignoring any facts her friends were giving. "Doesn't matter. You can't prove anything so I'm not gonna do it."

The two girls groaned exasperatedly, face palming simultaneously.

"Okay whatever, deny the facts," Jesy said, "I don't care at this point. Let's just get out of here, I can't stand waiting here for another second." The brunette admitted as she grabbed Perrie by the wrist before the blonde could go back to her search.