Chapter 1

It was Sunday and Tanisha was sitting in her house, bored and all alone. Both her parents and her sister were at work and Tanisha was lounging in front of the TV flicking through the channels.

"Why is there never anything good on TV?" She whined to herself. It was about eleven o'clock in the morning and she was still in her pyjamas, not really seeing the point of getting dressed. She was wearing just a t-shirt and shorts.

She heard the doorbell ring and wondered who it could be. She switched off the TV and made her way to the front door. She opened it to see her sister's friend, Dougie. Dougie and Tanisha's sister Sapphira had been friends since birth. Their parents had met at the hospital when they had been for a scan during their pregnancies.

Both mums to be had got talking and found that they only lived around the corner from each other. They ended up getting through their pregnancies together. Sapphira was born at the beginning of November and Dougie at the end. The two had practically grown up together.

"Hi Tanisha." He said giving her one of his gorgeous smiles.

"Hey Dougie, Sapphira's not here, she's at work." She said, assuming he was looking for her sister.

"I'm here to see you, not Sapphira." She felt her stomach flutter. Ever since she could remember, she had taken a liking to Dougie but he had always thought of her as Sapphira's 'little' sister. "I'm going to buy her a birthday present. I was wondering if you wanted to help me pick." Trust Dougie to leave buying a present until a week before her sister's birthday.

"Sure, I'll help you. I'm not doing anything here anyway." She was about to grab her jacket and things when he said:

"I personally love shopping in my pyjamas but it's a bit cold so don't you wanna change first?" She looked down at her clothes and blushed.

"Oh…yeah, I guess." He giggled making her blush even more. "Erm, I'm gonna go get ready. You go watch TV or something." She said pointing to the living room.

"Okay, don't be long." She ran up the stairs and into her room grabbing a towel and some clothes to wear. She then ran back downstairs and into the shower.

Meanwhile Dougie had just picked up the remote from where Tanisha had left it and switched the TV on. He too found nothing to watch and within five minutes he had gotten bored. He went into the dining room where the computer was and began playing games on the internet instead.

He had just managed to get a high score on the Disney Car's game so he checked his watch and realised that Tanisha had already been twenty minutes. Then he heard the bathroom door open.

He looked towards it and saw Tanisha walk out with wet hair. She was wearing combats with a figure hugging fender t-shirt. He thought about how nice her figure looked but quickly snapped out of it.'She's Sapphira's little sister' he reminded himself. He realised he was staring and quickly tuned back to the computer screen. He saw her go upstairs from the corner of his eye and then heard the sound of the hair dryer.

Tanisha was blow drying her hair in her room. She could have sworn she felt Dougie's eyes on her as she left the bathroom but when she looked at him he was staring intently at the game he was playing, seemingly not noticing her at all.

She finished her hair and put on a dash of her favourite perfume. She grabbed her drawstring bag with her purse and phone in it but felt the phone buzz just before she was going to go downstairs. She took it out to see she had a message from her friend Fran.

Hey Tanisha. Do you wanna go to Vicky's? I'm bored. Fran.

She texted back her reply.

Hey Fran, sorry I can't. I'm going shopping with Dougie. Tanisha.

Fran's reply was almost instant.

Ooo, shopping with Dougie. Have fun girly. I'll go to Vicky's. See you on Monday. Fran.

Tanisha texted back one final reply and then put her phone away. Fran was the only person who knew that Tanisha liked Dougie. Tanisha was a very secretive person and it took Fran quite a while to get it out of her but she finally gave in and just told her. After that, every time Dougie was around, Fran would give her suggestive looks making her regret ever telling her.

"Tanisha are you ready yet?" She heard Dougie call up the stairs. "I wanted to get the present today not tomorrow." She giggled at his impatience.

"I'm coming Dougie. Don't get your knickers in a twist." She went downstairs and got her jacket and house keys. Dougie was already waiting at the front door. They walked out and Tanisha locked the door behind her. Dougie didn't own a car so he had to borrow his mum's. It was a small red car.

"I can't believe you're only buying her present today." Tanisha said as he started driving.

"It's not my fault. We only got back yesterday." He protested.

"Couldn't you have got her something while you were touring?" he looked thoughtful for a moment.

"I never thought of that." 'But then I wouldn't be able to spend time with you.' He had to stop thinking these things. "Anyway, when did you get her present?"

"Erm yesterday." Tanisha said sheepishly.

"You're moaning at me when you only bought her present yesterday...and you're her sister." She just stuck her tongue out at Dougie making him giggle at her childishness. He took one of his hands off the steering wheel and began tickling her. Tanisha was very ticklish.

"Dougie…stop…you're…gonna…crash." She said between giggles. He finally stopped and stuck his tongue out at her before returning his eyes to the road.

"I'd never crash. I'm the best driver ever." He said emphasising the 'ever'.

"But what about the time…" Tanisha began but was cut off by Dougie.

"That doesn't count because it wasn't my fault." He sad knowing what Tanisha was going to say.

"If you say so." The car was then silent as Dougie parked in the car park. They both got out.

"I'm gonna get a ticket; wait here for a second." He got back and put the ticket on the dashboard before locking the car. He put on a beanie and some sunglasses so he hopefully wouldn't get noticed. He then stuck his hand out for Tanisha and she took it without hesitation. She felt a tingly feeling go up her arm and her heart began to race.

"Brace yourself for this." He said smiling at her. Neither of them particularly liked shopping and Sapphira was the hardest person to shop for. "Okay, let's do this." He said dramatically. Tanisha giggled at the serious look on his face.

"Come on, it's not that bad." She said to him. "What shop do you want to go to first?" she asked.

"I don't know. I don't really do this whole buying presents thing very well. Last year I got Harry socks for Christmas." He said in reply.

"Well, do you have any idea of what you want to get her?"

"No not really. I was hoping you'd be able to help with that." He said sheepishly.

"Great, we could be here all day then." She said, although she didn't mind spending all day with him. "At least we know not to get her socks. I don't think that would go down too well."

A couple of hours later they had been in most of the shops still with no luck. They both had a few bags as they had taken a break from buying a present and Dougie had bought Tanisha Panic! at the Disco's album saying it was a present for helping him.

"At least you're easy to buy for." He had said to her. He also bought a couple of CDs for himself. They sat down on a nearby bench and both let out an exasperated sigh.

"We're never gonna find anything." Dougie said sounding defeated.

"Why is she so hard to buy for?" Tanisha asked.

"I don't know, maybe we're both just bad at shopping."

"That could be it." Tanisha laughed. Just then one shop caught Dougie's eye. He stood up excitedly.

"Look there's a perfume shop over there. I can get her perfume. Every girl loves perfume." He said enthusiastically causing a few people to stare. He blushed and sat back down. Tanisha thought he looked cute when he blushed.

"Let's go then." They walked into the shop and asked for testers to try out before choosing which to buy. They were given quite a few so they went back to the bench to test them all. After about ten minutes they had chosen one that they both liked called Cool Waters. Dougie bought it in a gift set and they were finally done.

"Yay, can we eat now?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm hungry after all that shopping." She said as her stomach rumbled on cue making Dougie laugh.

"Where do you wanna eat then?"

"Subway!" She said excitedly.

They got there and ordered their food, which Dougie insisted on paying for. It was pretty crowded so they went to sit on one of the benches opposite. They talked about random things but, as they were eating, Tanisha kept hearing an irregular clicking sound. She looked around but couldn't figure out what it was. It stopped for a while but about five minutes later she heard it again. She turned to Dougie.

"Do you hear that clicking sound?" she asked him. He listened for a while and there was another one. A look of recognition dawned on his face which turned into one of worry.

"Shit, Tanisha we have to go now."

"What? Why?" she asked in confusion.

"Just quickly grab your stuff." She didn't protest as she heard the desperation in his voice. He was already standing up and grabbing their bags so Tanisha did the same. He threw away the rest of his sandwich and grabbed her hand. He began walking quickly out of the shopping centre. As they were walking Tanisha caught a glimpse of someone following them with a camera. She immediately understood why Dougie was panicking. It was the paparazzi.

Dougie looked back and saw that the guy was gaining on them and still taking pictures, so he started to run. They ran into the car park and into the car. Dougie quickly put the keys into the ignition and drove off.

"Bloody paparazzi. Ever since we've been promoting our new album, they've been everywhere, trying to pry into our personal lives." He muttered some cursing under his breath. "I'm sorry you got dragged into this Tanisha."

Tanisha was worried about the kind of story they would get from the pictures they had taken. She had seen the kind of lies they twisted about people just from one photo.

"I better ring Fletch when we get back." Fletch was McFly's manager. Tanisha hoped he would be able to sort it all out.