no hard feelings

five

Addison's point of view
I wake up to my phone ringing. It's Bryce. I answer the phone with my tired voice.

"Bryceeeeeeee. It's 7 am! Do you have anything better to do than call me at 7 am?!" I whisper yell at the boy on the other end of the line.

"Sorry, perky. We need to meet up" he whispered to me in the same tone as me.

"Why at 7 am!" I say in a cranky voice. I ache for sleep as I lay down in bed with my phone to my ear.

"We need to start making our debut as a couple. Be ready in 10. I'm coming to pick you up." He says in a hurried tone as I hear the wind crashing in the background like waves of the sea.

"Wait Bry-" I try to say but I am cut off by the beeping coming from my phone, signaling that the call is over.

I change into some black jeans and a blue tank top as I put on a jean jacket, get my purse, and wait outside for Bryce to pick me up.

He arrives just in time, and I enter his car not making eye contact with the curly haired boy.

We start driving as I wonder aloud "where are we going?"  I get a chuckle from Bryce in the drivers seat.

"Jesus perky, so impatient. Can't you just live for surprises?" He says, and I roll my eyes in annoyance.

"Well, if you don't tell me it'll be considered kidnapping now would it?" I say, looking in his direction.

Now he takes a turn of rolling his eyes. "No, perky. You willingly got in the car. And if you must know we are going to the mall" he says.

Why are we heading to the mall? I have my own clothes at home that are just fine to wear. Yeah I didn't bring everything from my house, but I have good clothes.

"And if you are wondering, you need better style" he said, looking me up and down. "Though you can clean up nicely"

"What about you, hotshot?" I say, slapping his shoulder. "You need some sense of style too."

He gives me a side look. "So that's a compromise. You help me and I help you" he pleads silently.

"Ok fine. But only because I love shopping!" I say, lacking the excited me inside.

"Well we are here anyways" he says, pulling into a parking space. We exit the car and head for the doors.

"You first!" I say, pulling him into Abercrombie & Fitch. He comes out of the change room with a red button down, black tie, and black pants.

He did a model pose and all I could think about was how ridiculous he looked in this outfit. So I giggled at his appearance.

He takes the outfit as a no based on my reaction and goes back inside, getting an outfit he says is "more him".

He comes out and I give an automatic disgust face. He is wearing a pink button down with the collars up, orange pants, and suspenders.

"You like?" He says, and I burst out in laughter. A man walks by us in his uniform and sees our situation.

"Need anything ma'am?" He says and I nod is desperation.

"You see my boyfriend here? I think he has the style but needs the direction. Can you help?" I tell the man, and looks at Bryce.

His face is like my reaction I gave when Bryce first walked out in that outfit. He turned to me. "I will do my best." he said, with no hope in his eyes.

He looks at Bryce, for a long while. He then leaves. 5 minutes later he comes back with a full outfit. "Try it and thank me later" he says with a wink, walking away to go assist someone else.