Thirst; Paxton Hall

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"Paxton i don't want to go to the damn mall." I said while walking out of my room as he stood there in an outfit already.

"Yes. We have to. Homecoming is coming up very soon, and you need a dress, and i need a tux anyway."

"I don't wanna go shopping though."

"Get fucking clothes on we're going." I rolled my eyes and went into my room to get dressed, which didn't take me very long.

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We had gotten to the mall, and i was giving Paxton the silent treatment the whole way to the mall.

I got out of the car as he did too, and I just continued to walk in silence.

"Are you going to talk to me?" I shrugged my shoulders. I wasn't mad, at first i was but now i was just doing it to do it.

We walked into the mall and there wasn't as many people there considering it was just morning and he made me go early.

I walked off into the stores that had the prettiest dresses, and I just strolled around as Paxton was looking for a tux in another store.

A lot of dresses were pretty, and I wasn't worried about what was going to look good on me or not, i just didn't know what to get or what style to go for this time.

I was looking in this one store that had a lot of things. It was filled with a bunch of clothing but it had a sections with just homecoming dresses.

There was a gold dress that had stood out and caught my eye so i went to it. I was very sparkly. It wasn't a slim dress. It came out at the bottom and it was off the shoulder.

"Hi. I'm Sierra. Do you need help with anything?" A girl who looked to be in her early 20s came up to you me and asked.

"I just need a dressing room."

"Of course! Which dress are you choosing?" I started to search for my size in that dress and found it, so i grabbed it and followed her to the dress room.

"This one." I moved it to her so she could see it.

"I like it. I always thought that one was pretty but no one chose it. I'm sure it will look pretty on you."

I smiled and went into the dressing room. I knew she was standing out there to wait for me to put it on.

The zipper was pretty easy to get because it didn't so all the way up. I looked at myself in the mirror and thought the dress was nice. Very nice.

The girl was still standing outside of the dressing room so i decided to show her to the girl to have another girl's opinion.

I opened the door and her face lit up. "You look so pretty!" She grabbed my shoulders and put me on a thing in front of the big mirror there. "Do you have a date?" I nodded

"My boyfriend yeah." As i said that Paxton must've found the store and walked in as i was saying he's my boyfriend.

"I love hearing that come out of your mouth." He said while looking stun as he looked at the girl behind me.

"Sierra?"

"Paxton? Oh i haven't seen you in forever!" She ran over to him and gave him a hug.

"Oh. Mercedes. This is Sierra my cousin."

"Your girlfriend is so beautiful Paxton. Do you think she should have this dress?" Paxton nodded of course.

"Good. I'll ring you guys up." I went back into the dressing room and Paxton followed me to the door.

"I was waiting to see what dress you were going to get. I didn't want to get a tux if it didn't match." I nodded.

"Can you unzip this for me?" I asked him and he just came into the dressing room with me and closed the door behind him. "Pa-"

"I'm just unzipping your dress Cherry." He put one of his hands on my shoulder and used the other to unzip my dress, and i got chills. His hands were cold.

I got changed with him in there and I walked out with him. We walked over to the cashier with the dress and Sierra was there getting ready to ring us up.

"The dress is $120 but i'm going to make it only $60 for you guys."

"You really don't hav-"

"Thank you Sierra. Paxton handed her some money and paid for it."

She covered the dress and handed it to me. "Have fun you guys."

Paxton and I walked out of the store and i followed him over to the store that a bunch of tux. They were sparkly. There was a place in the back for just a fancy button up with a tie.

He went back there and i followed him. "What if they have a sparkly black one, and you can get a gold tie." I said, and someone walked from up behind us.

"We do have them." Paxton looked like he was mad and i turned around to see Aiden.

"Where." I said without greeting him.

"Over there. Ties are on the other side. Shoes are up front." Aiden said and walked away to the counter.

"Is this one good?" Paxton held up a sparkly buttoned up shirt and i nodded.

We walked over to the ties and they did have a gold colored one.

"Might as well get pants here too." He shrugged his shoulders. I followed him over to the shoes and he grabbed a pair that were black with a little bit of gold on them. I know he was going to spend a fortune here.

"Hey. Can i get a fitting room?" He yelled over to Aiden, and Aiden lead us to a fitting room and unlocked it.

I stood there waiting for him to get all dressed up. He came out with his tie everywhere, so i helped him and it looked really good on him.

"Can you get me a pair of pants over there. You know my size." I nodded and went to look for the pants as he went back into the fitting room.

As i was digging around to look for his size, i felt someone come up behind me and surely it was Aiden.

"What are you doing?" I turned around and saw him kinda close to me.

"I miss you." I rolled my eyes and turned around and luckily i found Paxton's size.

"That sucks."

"Seriously"

"I said that sucks. Now i have to go take this to my boyfriend."

"Okay. But im pretty excited to see what you're wearing to homecoming. I bet you'll look super sexy." He said as i got close to the fitting room.

"What did you just say to her?"