The Only Reason {A Michael Clifford fanfiction}

Chapter 2

We were all in the shops waiting for 'our' boys to show up. I was incredibly nervous as to how Michael would react when he saw me, and my leg was bouncing up and down but my nerves almost immediately calmed as soon as the familiar green hair came into view, a smile appeared on my face and a flush appeared on my cheeks. Of course, all of the girls abandoned me and headed towards their boyfriends so I stood up and walked towards Michael. "Hey," I said quietly, hugging him gently. He didn't respond with anything except hugging me back, his arms immediately going around my waist, picking me up gently. I let out a loud high pitched squeal. "Put me down!" I exclaimed, causing all of the other girls to look at me.

"Wow, they're looking couple-y already. Wonder if they're more than just sexy Facetimers." Ashton muttered to the others, causing almost everybody to erupt into a fit of giggles. "Nah - she would've told us," Julia said, leaning into Calum's side, as Lois and Caitlin all nodded in agreement. All of them stopped their conversation as Michael and I headed over to them. "What were you guys just talking about?" Michael asked, his arm still around my waist, holding me close to him. I glanced at the group, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah, what were you talking about?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. The girls all knew about my anxiety, and knew that when I heard people laughing while I was near I'd become extremely anxious, yet nobody was telling us. I looked at Michael and bit on my lower lip. "Right, let's go shopping, then?" Calum shouted. I looked at Michael and sniffed, standing on my tiptoes. "Can we ust go to the music shop? I kinda wanna be alone with you.." I mumbled into his ear, smiling as he nodded. "We're going to the music store. Where are you guys going?" Michael asked, grinning at the group. "Uh, we're probably gonna go to Topshop." Luke mumbled, smiling at us, winking at Michael as they headed over to the two floored Topshop. I looked at Michael and grinned a little, heading towards the escalator.

I stepped in front of him and smiled, leaning on the side. "So, I'm glad that it hasn't got awkward between us after..well, that yesterday, 'cause I was really worried it was gonna be." I said quietly, looking into his eyes. Michael shook his head in response, taking my hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. "I was really paranoid too, trust me..but at least we're not being weird, yeah?" He said softly, booping my nose with his free hand. "Oi!" I scolded, scrunching my face up, stepping off of the escalator. "Once, when I was on holiday in Paris my shoelace got stuck in the escalator and I was stuck for 10 minutes before I got free, it was a very traumatic time," I said softly, a loud chuckle escaping my lips, grinning as Michael laughed at my story. I grabbed his hand and ran to the music shop, immediately going towards the sheet music section. "We should totally duet. Remembering Sunday by All Time Low?" I asked, a grin on my lips. "Really? You want to duet with me?" He responded, looking like he was having trouble believing me. "Yeah, obviously, Mikey. Your voice is perfect and I've wanted to duet with you for so long." I admitted, blushing a deep shade of red, I went to the single sheets section and beamed as I saw the sheet music for it. "Fuck yeah," I said, laughing loudly as Michael saw a The Veronicas song book for their album 'Hook Me Up' he ran towards me. "I'm gonna buy you this and make you sing all the songs to me." He stated proudly, running to the counter, handing the cashier enough money for it, I shook my head at him, laughing loudly. "Sorry about him," I mumbled to the cashier, handing over the money I owed for the sheets for Remembering Sunday.

"Now shall we go find the others?" I mumbled, poking Michael gently. I blushed as he took my hand and ran towards the second floor of Topshop. Of course, the first head we'd see would be Luke's. He's a freaking giant. I smiled and ran towards Caitlin, Julia and Lois. "Girls, we need to have a talk!" I stated, grabbing their hands, dragging them away. I sat down in the shoes section, grinning at them. "I really like him," I mumbled, biting my lip. "We're gonna sing something together and..and..I just..I want him." I mumbled dreamily. "Of course you fucking want him, you he wanked over you last night!" Julia exclaimed, a few heads turning to look at us. "Oh my god." I said, putting my head in my hands. "You just shouted it!" I mumbled. Lois sighed, placing a hand on my shoulder. "We are going to get you a nice low cut dress, then you can go try it on and we'll send Mikey to come and look at it, 'cause you wanted a male opinion." She said, grinning cheekily at me. I blushed and nodded. The girls hummed in approval, walking towards a red lace bodycon dress that came to mid knee. "This? Really?" I asked, biting my lip. "Yes! Perfect!" Caitlin said, grinning at me. "Now, go and change." She squealed, pushing me towards the changing rooms.