You Make Me Beautiful

Chapter 24: I think you mean, don't stop touching you

-Samantha-

"Let's go, come on you two lovebirds!" I shout out of the car window. I finally got my own car. Patricia dropped it by the school a few minutes ago. I love it! I can't wait to drive it. I know that it's my car, but Sadie will be free to use it if she's careful. I know she will be, speaking of Sadie, she's too busy making out with her new boyfriend to get in the car. I honk the horn.

"Okay, I'm coming, we're coming." She pulls Davy behind her and into the car. They slide into the back seat and start kissing again. I look at Erica, who's in the passenger seat beside me. We both laugh. She's super nice, unlike Reid. I honestly really liked Reid until what he did to Sadie.

"So where to?" Erica asks.

"Hmm, Sadie? Davy?" I look to the back seat. The two of them are making out in a way that makes me want to be in a relationship. But at the same time they're grossing me out. "Guys, chill! You can play tonsil hockey later, when nobody's watching. What store are we going to?" Sadie pulls away from a very disappointed Davy. She blushes.

"Sorry."

"I'm not sorry." Davy says. A wide grin spreads across his face, I roll my eyes. Sadie blushs even more.

"I- um- I- I- the mall?" She says.

"That's good with me." Erica says. Davy nods. I shrug.

"Alright then, the mall it is." I start the car and pull out of the school parking lot.

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We tumble out of the car. We all walk into the mall. I keep shooting looks at Davy and Sadie to keep them in line. Those two. They become boyfriend and girlfriend and suddenly they can't keep their hands off each other. I pull them into the mall behind me. I pull them into a shop. My phone dings in my pocket.

"Hey, we're here, where are you guys?" Kate's text lights up my screen. I quickly text her back so that she and Adam can meet us inside. I don't know, but they used to hate each other, now suddenly, they're buddy-buddy. Seems that all my friends got somebody these days.

"Hey this is super cute." Sadie holds up a dark blue dress. It would look great on her.

"You should try it on, it's totally you." I say, I spot a dark green dress out of the corner of my eye.

"Okay, I will." She smiles, "Do you see anything you like?"

"Ya, actually." I say.

"Erica? What about you?" Sadie asks.

"Oh ya, I saw a really pretty yellow dress on the way in."

"Wow Sadie, that's pretty." Kate walks in with Adam not too far behind.

"Thanks. Let's try on what we have so far and then show each other." I say.

"Okay." They all say.

"Hey, I think Davy and I are gonna head to find some stuff elsewhere." Adam waves at us as they head in a different section. I shrug and walk to the green dress. I usually don't wear green, but it should look nice with my dark hair and eyes. I grab it and run to a dressing room.

I slide on the dress and it highlights my curves perfectly. It's not a skintight dress but it hugs my waist. It's longer, it goes to my mid-calf, but it has a high leg slit. It shimmers and I love it. I step out of the fitting room to find Reid standing in front of my dressing room, I nearly bump into him.

"What're you doing here?" I ask, but he's too busy looking me up and down to notice. Pervert. First Sadie, now me.

"Well I heard you were shopping for the party that's tomorrow, and I-"

"What you did to Sadie was uncalled for and awful, so you're not welcome here." I snap, but he lets out a little laugh.

"But I wanted to see you." He says, he steps closer. I cock a suspicious eyebrow at him.

"Ya right, you were all over Sadie the other day." He steps closer. I blush. Crap.

"I had to get Davy to step up and ask her to be his girlfriend." I blink at him, in disbelief.

"But- why would you-." He takes another step, even closer. I step back until my back is against the wall in the dressing room.

"-do that?" The last part comes out a whisper as he steps in, inches from my face. He snakes his hands around my waist.

"Same reason you picked on Sadie about Davy in the beginning." He leans so close that our noses are touching, his breathe warm on my face." Jealous, muvh?" I should pull away. He's bad news.

"How- how'd you know about that?" I ask, dumbfounded. "D-Don't touch-me." My skin is burning and suddenly all I want is to get out of this dress...

"Don't touch you?" His eyes green glint. "So I can't do this?" He asks, he slides a hands under my dress and up my thigh. My heart is racing. I am trying to breathe steadily. It isn't working.

"Stop-" I whisper. But it's barely audible. Reid closes the dressing room door. I slip out of his grip.

"Don't touch me." I say. But he pulls me back to him and presses me against the wall. He grins and leans in. Our lips touch and suddenly I lose it. I have no control. He pulls me tighter to him and I pull him closer. But he pulls back.

"I think you mean, don't stop touching you." He grins and opens the dressing room door. He steps out and walks out of the store. What the actual f***? I look in the mirror, my cheeks and lips are red. I smooth out my dress. And sit down. What just happened?