come closer || nh au

twenty-six

Juliana holds out a couple of black dresses to me, smiling a little when I tell her that I like it. She send Niall and Mere to find dresses for me. Some people already left and it's not that loud in the store anymore.

"So, how long are you and your boyfriend dating?", she asks, as she drags all of the dresses we selected over to the dressing rooms.

I see Niall and Mere come towards us with either one dress in their hand. They hand both to Juliana, as she shoves me into the dressing room with herself. I undress and she helps me into the first dress.

"He's not my boyfriend", I explain in a friendly manner.

"You two look so good together, my bad", she chuckles.

I fake a chuckle, as she zipps up the maroon dress at the back. It's cute but it has a really weird material on the skirt.

"I don't like this one", I say, turning around while looking at the mirror, trying to figure out what I don't like about the dress.

"Let's just try the next", Juliana announces.

About six dresses later, I kicked out four of my decisions, Niall's and Mere's dress, I try on the last dress I chose, just before we went into the changing room. Juliana helps me slip into the dress, zipping it up in the back once again. I muster myself in the mirror before smiling lightly. This dress is beautiful. The lace on the top part of the dress is amazing. I love it. It's really comfortable and I love the light flowy skirt. I liked the one Mere picked, too, but it just didn't suit my body in particular.

"Ready to show this one?", Juliana asks, smoothing out the skirt before looking up at me.

"Yeah", I smile.

Juliana opens the door, revealing Mere and Niall laughing at one of their phones. They both look up. Mere starts squealing lightly, obviously liking the dress. Niall also just looks at me with an impressed expression. He musters my body from top to bottom.

"I like it a lot", I say, directed to both of them.

"Yeah, it's really nice and it suits you really well", Juliana speaks from behind me.

"I have to agree", Mere speaks, seeming very happy.

Niall stays silent, just looking at me. I mentally already bought the dress. This is an amazing dress and I bet I could pull it off with some platform boots. Maybe I could wear a gray cardigan over it since it's getting chilly and I like the casual but dressy style.

"Do you guys carry long grey cardigans?", I ask Juliana.

"Yeah...", she mumbles, looking at me skeptically.

"And do you carry gray dress shirts?", Niall asks, probably getting onto my idea.

"Yes", she answers again, "Ohh, I get it."

She leaves us three to ourselves, smiling a bit. Mere goes back on her phone while I look at myself in the mirror. This dress is perfect for so many reasons.

"You look stunning", Niall says, standing up from his seat next to Mere.

Suddenly, Mere stands up, telling us she needs to look for some jewelry for Homecoming. She leaves, turning around the corner, so it's just Niall and I and some girls with dresses. Niall comes to stand beside me, looking down at me. I look up at him. He smiles a bit. His eyes have a certain glint in them.

"I love that dress on you. It makes your beautiful green eyes pop more", he speaks.

I look in the mirror, seeing us standing pretty close. He's almost touching me, as he's just standing behind me a little to my right.