Superman: A Liam Payne Fic

Chapter 8

 I was extra careful and not only went in the bathroom this time but locked the door (once again, ladies and gentlemen, I give you Harry Styles [and Liam Payne]).  I decided to wear my favorite pair of skinny jeans and a green long-sleeved, low shirt. 

I walked out to see that Liam was waiting for me in my room because he was already changed from this morning.  I took the opportunity to ask him, “Yeah, why did you ask me to be your girlfriend?”

“I just really like you, and I want to be here for you,” he said.  I smiled; that was the sweetest thing.

“Okay....shopping?”

“Not yet, I want to talk to you,” he said.

“Yeah?” I asked, curious.

Someone yelled from downstairs, “Come on, let’s go!”

I had started to walk to the door when Liam yelled back, “We’ll catch up in a little while.”  He walked over to me and put his arm around my waist. 

“Have fun,” Harry laughed.

Liam gently forced me on the bed and then sat down next to me.  “I just want to know if you are ok from last night.”

“Yeah, I just miss my brother,” I admitted.  “He’s...uh, he’s in the army.  Afghanistan.”

“Oh.”  He leaned towards me, and his lips met mine.  He pushed harder, and I pushed back.  I had to stop for breath, and I leaned my head on his chest.  He started playing with my hair.  I sighed and closed my eyes.

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We found everyone in to Forever 21 and Aeropostal which was next door.  Jackie tried on a few dresses, Liam got some hats for Niall and him, Harry found a beanie, Lou found the striped shirts, Sam tried on some leggings, Bella found some tank tops, and Zayn found some hair stuff.  I just sat back and watched them.  It was so funny; they were just as funny as the video diaries.  Liam came over when he noticed me not doing anything.

“What’s wrong, love?” he asked.

“Nothing, you guys are just so funny,” I said.

“Well, come on; you’re trying stuff on with us,” he grinned.

“What?”

“Yeah, come on.”  He dragged me over to the dresses, and I heard Bella shout, “Bad idea, she doesn’t wear dresses.”

Liam looked at me shocked.  “What?  But you’d look so pretty,” he pleaded and put on his puppy dog face.

I hate when he does that face… dam.  “Ok,” I sighed.

“Yes!   Can I pick some out?” he asked triumphantly.

“Sure.”

He started pulling clothes from the rack, then stopped and asked, “What’s your favorite color?”

“Blue, but not too dark,” I replied.

“Ok.”  He smiled, and put some stuff back on the rack.  Then he pulled out every blue dress there was.  I laughed and put some back that were way too poufy.

Liam dragged me over to the changing room, and then pleaded, “Fashion show?”

Lou heard Liam, and then dragged Sam over.  Harry did the same to Bella and Zayn dragged over Jackie.  They all picked out dresses for the girls and we laughed.  It looked like we all had about six, so we decided to save the best ones for last. 

The first one I tried on was way to poufy, and I wouldn’t even come out.  The next one was ok, I came out for it.  It was slim and light blue with sequin patterns on the bottom and top.  It was kind of itchy though, so I decided against it.  The third one looked like a little girl’s dress with a huge blue bow in the back.  No. The fourth one looked like a gown from the fifteen hundreds.  Harry thought it looked good, but it was way too poufy.  The fifth and sixth ones were almost the same except one shade of blue was darker than the other.  They had a sash in the middle, and it reached down to almost my ankles.  For the rest of the girls, this was their last dress, so on my last one I was alone.  They had all picked out their dresses, so they went to check out and Liam and I were left alone.  I put the last dress on and gasped as I looked in the mirror that was in the changing room.  It had braided straps on the shoulders, and pleats on the bottom.  The silky dress reached to my ankles, and sequins covered the top but became scarcer towards the bottom.  The dress was colored in different shades of blue all dissolving into one and other with the light on the top and the dark on the bottom.

Liam heard me gasp.  “Is everything ok?”

“Y-yeah,” I stuttered.

“Can I see?”

“Uh…” I decided I wanted to just show Lou, cuz he could tell me what these dresses were for, and I wanted it to be a surprise for Li.  “No, sorry.  I want this to be a surprise.  Can you get Niall, please Li?”

I heard his sigh from the other side of the door.  “Fine.”

“Thank you, Lee-uum,” I dragged his name out and heard his laugh, then his footsteps receded to get Niall.

After a while, I heard Niall from the other side of the door, “Everything alright, love?”

“Any one with you?”

“Nope, just me.  Can you come out?” he asked.

I opened the door, and I watched him stand there in shock.  “Is it bad?  I actually thought this was the best one…” I said worried.

All he could do was shake his head with his mouth open.  “Good, then close your mouth.”  He did.  “What are these dresses for, anyway?”

“All I can tell you is that it’s a special date-type-thing for the girls,” he said still staring.

“Ok, thanks Niall,” I hugged him and closed the door so I could get changed.  Either I was really fast, Niall was slow, or both, but I made it out of the changing rooms just as Niall reached them.  I heard him tell Liam, “You’re really lucky, dude.  Keep her.”

I smiled in shock and wonderful surprise as Liam smiled and said, “Don’t worry mate; I’m planning on it.”  He saw me and dropped his jaw in shock; he blushed and glared at Niall.  Li walked over to me and took the dress (it was folded so he couldn’t really see it) and, despite my many protests, bought my dress.

After, we all went to Nando’s because I promised Niall, and I gave Lou a carrot when we got back home to Bella’s house.