Chapter 27:

I wake up, wrapped in Harry's arms once again. I have found this to be a regular occurrence lately - which I had no problem with of course!

I began to rise from his arms quietly, trying not to disturb him. I was almost out of the bed before a pair of strong arms pulled me back in and wrapped me in the plush duvet. I gasped and rolled my eyes at him. "Harry we need to get up, we both have busy days today." I reasoned with him, getting nothing but a low mumble in return as he spoke into my back. "What?" I asked, unable to make out his words.

"Just a little bit longer, you're keeping me warm." he begged playfully making me roll my eyes again and tear myself from his arms. His face contorted and he pouted at my actions. Giggling, I walked into the shower and washed quickly, shaving my legs in the process; I changed into my nautical playsuit, slipped on my flats and let my hair dry naturally as I sat next to Harry on the bed, who was still in the same position as before.

I rested my arm on his chest and looked lovingly into his eyes, "You need to get ready! You have a meeting today. I'm gonna go meet up with Christina to sort my dress out; can you lock up when you leave? The spare key is by the front door." I asked, to which he answered with a smile and a soft 'yes dear' - which dripped with sarcasm. I chuckled at him yet again and gently kissed his loving lips, lingering for a few extra seconds as I enjoyed his touch, feeling the all familiar sparks yet again. "I'll speak to you later." I spoke as I grabbed my car keys off the side and headed straight for the door.

"Bye babe!" he shouted lastly.

"Bye!" I answered before closing my front door.

I jumped into my car and inserted my keys into the ignition, quickly twisting it and allowing the car to roar to life. I put my car into the correct gear and I began to drive; after a few moments of peaceful silence my phone started to vibrate, I answered it and put it on speaker phone. Safety first!

"Hello?" I questioned.

"Hey Ems its Christina, I've found a few shops in Oxford street that have some good dresses for you to try on. So I suggest we start there and if we don't find anything we can look somewhere else." she spoke down the phone. Christina is a stylist and fashion designer, anything to do with clothes or accessories is her field of work, she loves it! My agent and manager (Liz) had rung up Christina asking if she would help me find a dress for the premiere of "Blind", to which she happily agreed. Hence the reason we are out browsing every shop to find one; I need an 'elegant gown, something unique and original' according to Christina, so we decided to meet up in search for one.

"Okay, thank you for doing this Christina! I'm actually quite excited!" I grinned as I thought about the endless amounts of stunning dresses I will be seeing today.

"No problems sweet, I love doing it! And you're wonderful to work with so it just feels like a day out shopping for me." I have worked with her on a number of occasions before in situations like this and she always somehow managed to make me look stunning and effortless, therefore I had no doubt that she would find the perfect dress. I have complete faith in her.

Thank you! So are you! I'll be there in less than 5 mins, I'm just finding a parking space." I spoke into the phone whilst my eyes searched the road for somewhere I could slot in. I parked Russ successfully and placed my aviators on as I picked up my shoulder bag, phone and keys - shielding my eyes from the intense flashing of the press outside. Their cameras almost blinding me as I get out of the car; I saw Christina straight away. She is in her mid 20's, with her hair dyed white. She is slim, average height and has a keen eye for fashion! She waved at me as I walked towards her, mirroring her actions. I gave her a friendly hug as we began to push our way through the cameras and towards the first shop.

We entered to see a girl just a bit younger than myself, 19 perhaps, with her eyes wide and staring at me. "oh my god" she breathed under her breath hoping I wouldn't hear, unfortunately for her, I did. Im guessing she's a fan. I smiled welcomingly at her as Christina began to talk.

"Hello, I called in earlier this week and asked the lady if we could put a few dresses aside, I was wondering if we could try them on now?" she asked politely at the girl. She scrambled behind the front desk and routed underneath the table to find a clipboard, I learned her name was Rose as she browsed then names to find us. "It should be under Raine." Christina continued.

"Okay," she looked up to us after finding the name, "They are in the back if you would like to follow me, we have a changing room reserved for you as well." she pointed shakily to the changing room, still stunned to be in the same room as me. I'm very flattered, I love meeting my fans!

Rose handed me the 3 dresses, "Thank you very much Rose!" I smiled at her, taking the dresses out of her hands and walking into the changing room.

The first dress was a lilac colour that had a silk halter neck top with a white silk ribbon underneath the bust, it then changed into a light polyester as it cascaded down; it was longer at the back and shorter at the front as it layered up showing my legs. I walked out of the changing room and into Christina's view. "Nope I'm not really liking that one. Next." she spoke honestly, that was a good thing about Christina, she knew what looked good and what didn't and her bluntness made the job easier and quicker for the both of us. I smiled at her and turned into the changing room, stripping off the dress and trying the next one. It was a loose fitted orange maxi dress with a high neckline that had a tanned belt to accentuate my small waist. Fairly straight forward. I walked out of the changing room once again to hear Christina's verdict; "It's a possibility. Let's see the last one." she asked making me do the familiar routine once more.

The last dress was a plumb colour. It was strapless and figure hugging as it pulled my shape together, accentuating my curves. When it hit my knees, it evolved into layered plumb ruffles until it finally hit the ground - it was very elegant. I walked out my smile beaming as I waited to hear Christina's opinion. "oh," she uttered.

"What's wrong?" I asked wondering what the hesitation was.

"I'm not too sure about this one, I think I need another opinion." she spoke, slightly stunned at her indecisiveness.

I found now to be a perfect opportunity, "Rose!" I shouted, calling her into the waiting room. She strolled in hastily and unsure of what to do; I helped her by waving her towards us. "We wanted to know what you think about this dress? Would it look good on the red carpet in a few days?" I asked looking at her hopefully, I could tell she was nervous.

She looked at me in the dress before answering, "It does look really lovely on you and I think it is definitely a possibility but I think I have something better for you!" she grinned thinking about the dress. She ran off into the back before coming out with a dress in her hands - she handed it to me before standing next to Christina and waiting for my return. I walked into the changing room, yet again, and stripped the dress from my body. I looked to the new one and smiled - it already looked stunning!

As I walked out of the changing room both Rose and Christina gasped and smiled at me, showing me that this could be the dress I wore for the premiere on Friday. The nude coloured dress had a high neckline; the neckline had a stunning floral design made out of diamantes and silver sequins. As I turned around I noticed the dress was backless and showed off my back dimples in the process. It was stunning and very flattering as it hugged every single curve I had. "This is beautiful Rose and definitely my favourite by far! Can we reserve this and come back later if we can't find anything else?" I asked politely, praising her choice of dress.

"Yeah, I'll put it in the back for you. It's not a problem." she smiled kindly. I nodded my head in appreciation as I turned around and headed back into the changing room and into my normal clothes. I handed her the dress and shouted a quick 'bye' as we made our way to the next shop.

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-[2 hours later]-

It had been a loonnnggg day! We have spent just over 2 hours going in and out different dress shops to find the perfect one. To make things worse the press were following us everywhere! We had finally given up after buying a pair of nude shoes, some nude nail varnish, natural make-up and some hair accessories; Deciding to head back to the first shop to see Rose and pick up the dress we had previously reserved; it was without doubt the best we had seen and we were all already in love with it. We walked back into the shop to see Rose focused in her work, the bell over the door rang as we entered, making her head shoot up in our direction and smile welcomingly.

"Hey Rose! We're back!" I chirped as she smiled sweetly.

"Could you not find anything else?" she asked.

"Nope, I think we were biased the whole time because we loved the one here too much!" I giggled before carrying on, "But we did manage to get a few accessories so I suppose that's one thing sorted." she smiled in return before handing me the dress. I paid for it and was just about to leave before I turned around one last time. "Hey Rose, do you have twitter?" I asked making her nod slowly and cautiously - unsure of what I was going to do. "Whats your twitter name?"

"Erm... RoseWalker_43" she spoke hesitantly.

"Okay, I'll follow you when I get home. Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate it!" I smiled at her before leaving the shop.

"She is going to be ecstatic for the next few days." Christina giggled as we walked to our cars.

"Well I thought it was the least I could do, she helped us a lot by showing us this dress. It's perfect. I think she has a keen fashion eye like you," I nudged her shoulder and raised my eyebrows, "You're gonna have to watch your back!" I teased, causing her to laugh in return. I gave her a friendly hug before putting my shopping bags into the passenger seat of my car and working my way through the countless photographers in an attempt to get in my car.

After a few minutes of struggle I shut my car door and turned the key, crossing my seatbelt over my chest, and locking it in place. I slowly made my way through Oxford Street before driving home again. Following the short drive, I grabbed my shopping bags from the boot and began to walk to my front door, hearing my phone start to ring as I did so. Fiddling with the keys, I enter the door, "hold on" I whisper to my phone expecting the person on the other line to hear me. I threw the bags onto my couch and closed the front door before answering my phone just in time. "Hello?"

"Hey babe, it's only me." his husky voice spoke through my speaker, calming me after a long day.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked, genuinely curious.

"Yeah I'm fine, just got out of a meeting with management and now we're on our way to an interview. How're you? I've missed you today."

I smiled at his cuteness and sighed in response before answering, "Tired. I've had a long day, dress shopping is very tiring. But it was worth it - the dress I have is stunning, I'm really pleased with it! And I've missed you too." I smiled again.

"You'll have to try it on for me the next time I see you so I can see it." he suggested, smiling cheekily through the phone.

"I HOPE YOU'RE BOTH TALKING ABOUT DRESSES AND NOT SOMETHING ELSE!!" I heard Niall shout down the phone making me burst into laugher.

"We are Ni I promise!!" I shouted back hoping he would heard me.

"He said 'good'." Harry repeated Niall's answer. "Listen, everyone is staying at Liam and Dani's tonight for a movie night. Do you want to go?" he continued.

"Yeah, sounds good! I'm home now so I'll pack my stuff now so it's ready for later."

"Okay babe, I've got to go now. I hope you've had a nice day and I'll see you later." he spoke already beginning to get out of the car they were travelling in.

"Okay then hun, I'll see you later on. Bye!" I said over the crowds in the background.

"Love you!" he shouted down the phone to me.

I giggled, "Love you too!" I shouted back, ending the call and making my way upstairs to pack my overnight bag.

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