Disclaimer: I do not own Wolfblood or these lyrics (from "Tenerife Sea" by Ed Sheeran).

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You look so wonderful in your dress

I love your hair like that

The way it falls on the side of your neck

Down your shoulders and back…


In Your Dress

"Oh, for goodness' sake, Maddy – just come out and show me!" Shannon complained, leaning against the changing room wall just next to the door.

Maddy's voice came up from inside the cubicle. "I look ridiculous, Shan. Remind me why you're making me try this on?"

"Because, we're going to a school disco and you'd look so nice in a dress. Every other girl will be wearing a dress!"

"Exactly why I don't want to wear one." Maddy grumbled. Inside the changing room, she was standing in front of the mirror, her head slightly tilted and her left hand on the wall to steady herself. Shannon hadn't only made her try on a dress; she had also picked out some high heels to go with it. The dress was black and came to just above the knee; it was strapless, coming in at the waist with about an inch-thick waistband and then going out slightly towards the knee. Maddy felt exposed and ridiculous.

She never wore dresses.

"Mads, just come out. No one's even here." Shannon pleaded.

"I would if I could move in these stupid shoes."

Shannon rolled her eyes. "Don't be such a baby."

Now it was Maddy's turn to roll her eyes as she managed to turn around on the spot and open the changing room door, her hand grasping on to it to keep her from falling over.

Shannon's face lit up. "Oh, Mads! You look amazing!"

Maddy pulled a dubious face. "Really?"

"Yes! Who knew you had such great legs!?"

Shannon's best friend gave her a look and Shannon pulled her lips together sheepishly before offering her a smile.

"Sorry. We all knew. But those heels…and that dress…wow! You have to wear that to the disco."

Maddy managed to look down to her feet without losing balance and she shuffled them around a little. "I don't know."

"Well, I do. You're wearing that to the disco and that's final."

"But Shan, I can barely walk in these…things."

"They're called high heels. And we'll find you some other ones to wear; some that are less high."

"But Shan—"

"No buts," Shannon cut her off, pointing a finger in the direction of her best friend. "Now take the dress off and we'll go buy it. Black is so your colour."

Turning in the spot again and closing the door, Maddy rolled her eyes, grumbling under her breath, "It's so not."


In the end, Maddy had convinced Shannon to let her go without the heels. They had compromised and just bought the dress on the one condition that Maddy got to style it up however she wanted.

However, when Maddy stepped out of the bathroom and in to her bedroom wearing her outfit for the disco, Shannon's mouth dropped in surprise from where she was sitting at Maddy's desk.

Maddy was wearing the same black dress they had bought a week ago, but Shannon barely recognised it because of the way Maddy had styled it. Instead of wearing formal shoes, she had opted for some grey hi-top Converse, along with a simple necklace around her neck that Rhydian had given her and a red wristband on her left wrist. Over the top she was wearing a light blue denim jacket.

"What?" Maddy asked defensively, shutting the door to her bedroom behind her. "You said I could style it how I wanted."

"Yes, but Maddy, you were supposed to wear formal shoes, and a cardigan, and at least look like you…" Shannon's voice faded off in desperation and she sighed, a frown working its way on to her face. "Fine. Just…go like that. Whatever. It's your choice." Her voice was miserable as she turned back to the mirror.

"Hey, at least I'm wearing a dress. Consider yourself lucky we got that far." Maddy joked, earning a genuine laugh from her best friend.

"True. Very true. Now hurry and do your makeup; Rhydian and Tom are meeting us at the school in twenty minutes."

"This is so stereotypical."

"Isn't it great?"


Tom and Rhydian were waiting by the entrance to the school hall, the lights inside flashing through the curtains of the windows behind them and the loud music already thumping through the school grounds.

When Tom looked up, five minutes after the disco had started, he saw two familiar figures walking towards them. He nudged Rhydian in the ribs and then he looked up too, a smile forming on his face.

Maddy and Shannon's arms were linked together. Maddy was currently wearing a dark red coat over her dress; she didn't want to have a big reveal of it. She just wanted to take the coat off once they were in there and not make a big deal out of it.

"You look gorgeous." Shannon whispered in Maddy's ear just before they reached their boyfriends.

"So do you."

They smiled at each other and then parted their arms as the two boys pushed themselves up off the walls to greet the girls.

"Hey," Maddy greeted Rhydian, a smile on her lips.

"Hey." Rhydian smiled. He put his hand on her waist and kissed her forehead.

"Ready for an excruciating disco?" Maddy asked with fake enthusiasm.

Rhydian went to reply but Shannon interrupted. "Hey! Don't talk like that, Mads! It's going to be great fun."

Maddy rolled her eyes. "Yeah. Sure it is. Weren't you the one who used to hate discos?" Her voice was thick with sarcasm.

Slightly annoyed by her best friend's reaction to the disco, Shannon raised an eyebrow and smiled mischievously. "Hey, Maddy, why don't you show Rhydian your dress?"

Maddy sent a mean glare in her best friend's direction before Rhydian spoke, Shannon and Tom heading off in to the school hall. Shannon was giggling to herself, and Maddy scowled at her back.

"A dress?" Rhydian questioned incredulously. "You're wearing a dress?"

Screwing her eyes shut for a brief moment, Maddy turned to face him again and looked up at him hesitantly. "Yeah. Shannon made us."

Now it was Rhydian's turn to grin mischievously. How had he not noticed her bare legs beneath her knee-length coat? "Can I see it?"

"No."

"Come on, Mads. You're going to have to take the coat off sometime."

"I feel ridiculous in it. The dress, I mean. It doesn't suit us."

Rhydian gave her a look that said 'are you kidding me', and he stepped closer to her. "Just show me the dress."

For a moment Maddy stared at him dubiously with doubt written all over her face. But she knew he would have to see her in a dress eventually, and she figured she might as well get it out of the way now. She just had to rip of the plaster, as it were.

Rolling her eyes, she pulled on the zip to her coat and slipped it off her shoulders slowly. Rhydian smiled, taking the coat for her, and he stepped back to look at her.

He let out a low whistle, a joking smirk on his lips. "Wow, Mads. Never thought I'd see this," he teased. "Can you give me a twirl?"

"Shut up." She pushed him back before walking off and through the doors to the school hall.

Rhydian intended to walk in with her, but for a moment he just stared at her as she walked away. The dress looked amazing on her.
She always looked amazing, but this was something else. Her hair was straight as usual, falling down the side of her neck, over her shoulders and just hanging at the very top of her back. And the dress highlighted the curve of her waist and the shape of her shoulders, and he could not take his eyes off of her. Her skin was alive to Rhydian's eyes; her face glowing. She looked amazing, and he intended on telling her that at some point tonight.

He may have been teasing her about the dress, but he really did think she looked incredible.

And, if he was honest with himself, he wouldn't have minded if she was the last thing he ever saw. It would be enough for him; she was everything he had ever needed and would ever need in the future.

Eventually he followed her in, finding her heading towards Shannon and Tom who were standing by the drinks table.

Rhydian put his arm around her waist when he reached her side and smiled at her. She smiled back.

"You do really look beautiful." He said in to her ear, earning a wider smile and a playful, gentle nudge in the ribs.

"Thanks."

"I like the shoes."

"Shannon tried to get us to wear heels. Bad idea."

Rhydian chuckled. "I like these ones better than heels. They're more...you."

Maddy smiled, putting her arm around his waist as they reached the drinks table.

"You look nice, Mads," Tom smiled when the couple approached. He had his arm around Shannon's waist.

"Told ya." Shannon grinned before pulling Tom off in the direction of the dance floor.


About an hour later, a slower song came on and the whole dance floor divided up in to pairings of two people, swaying to the music with arms around necks and hands on waists.

"Wanna dance?" Maddy asked, stepping in front of Rhydian. He gave her a reluctant look. "Come on," she smiled, grabbing a hold of his hands; gently tugging on them. "You know you want to…"

Rhydian smirked at her sing-song tone and rolled his eyes. Pushing himself off the wall reluctantly, he spoke. "Fine. Just one dance."

Maddy's smile grew and she led him towards the dance floor, wrapping her arms securely around his neck when they had stopped walking.

At first Rhydian was awkward – Maddy had to place his hands on her waist for him – but soon he seemed to get a bit more in to it and his arms came properly around her waist.

Maddy smiled up at him and he rested their foreheads together, closing his eyes as they swayed back and forth.

"Remind me again why you don't wear dresses more often?" Rhydian mumbled. Only a Wolfblood would be able to hear him over the loud music.

"Because I hate 'em. I feel too exposed."

Rhydian smirked. "I don't mind it."

Rolling her eyes, Maddy hit him on the back playfully and he chuckled, pulling her body closer.

She brought her fingers in to his hair and very gently knotted her hands around his blonde locks, closing her eyes. They both melted in to being together and the world around them seemed to fade away.

Moments later, Rhydian pulled his arms away from her waist. His eyes remained closed as he lightly grazed his hands up her bare shoulders, then her her neck, and then came to her face, letting his hands settle there. For a moment they remained like that, but then he tilted his chin up so that their lips touched, and Maddy didn't care that she was wearing a ridiculous dress anymore.

Because all that mattered was right here, right now.


A/N: It's been forever since I last updated this story! I owe this update to the lovely anon who messaged me on Tumblr asking when I'd update - you really made me feel like people appreciate this story, so thank you!

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