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I'm so excited for this chapter! YAY! I'm not even going to bother with the boring stuff. On to the excitement!Tess picked up a light cerulean colored sweater and held it up to herself. Glancing in the mirror, she smiled blithely. The light color brought out her blue eyes nicely, and made her blonde locks appear shinier. Content with her choice, she placed the sweater atop the already very large pile of clothes she had picked out.
"Tess! Tess!" Tiffany's over-excited voice hit Tess's ears, ruining her moment of peace.
"What Tiffany?" Tess's voice came out harshly. Tiffany seemed slightly hesitant of continuing, but seemed to decide that it was much to important to not tell her.
"One of the member's of Connect Three is here!" At this Tess lifted her head and began looking around. Her anger visage quickly dropping and being replaced with excitement.
"Who?"
"Um . . . the short cute one." Tiffany sighed in a melancholy way, "I can never remember their names."
"Fascinating." Tess said, feigning interest. That's when she spotted the familiar head of curly hair. A large grin broke out on her face as she started walking towards him. Tiffany grabbed her hand and pulled her back around to face her.
"What are you doing? You can't just go up to a huge star like him." She exclaimed and Tess just smirked in response.
"Watch me."
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"Nate, do you like this?" Alexis asked, holding up a bright pink shirt that was obviously two sizes too small for her. He winced as she tried to pose with it held up against her.
"Don't you think it's a little too short?"
"No, silly. That's how it's supposed to look." She giggled girlishly before walking toward the dressing room, her hips moving unnaturally. She is such an attention queen. He thought, shaking his head pensively.
As he picked up another shirt, he felt a small tap on his left shoulder. Please tell me this isn't another fan. He prayed, rolling his. He turned around, a fake smile placed on, when he saw the manger of the store.
"I'd appreciate it if you'd please move. You're blocking the sale sign." The elderly man said. There were wrinkles around his mouth from the man's constant frowning. Nate nodded as he picked up Alexis' stuff and moved. He dropped the stuff, rather unkindly, into an empty chair used for waiting. As he turned around to resume his shopping, he had to stop himself from completely running into another figure.
"We really have to stop meeting like this." She spoke softly, her face beaming with happiness.
"Tess!" He shouted causing a few people to look over at his outburst. But he didn't care. He wrapped his arms around Tess's small body and hugged her tightly. "What're you doing here?"
"Shopping. That's what most people do in store's." She joked. He laughed along with her, and couldn't help but notice the way her eyes lightened when she laughed. He shrugged carelessly, but found he couldn't keep the smile off his face.
"Yeah, I guess." He mumbled before pulling Tess into another quick hug. She laughed as at the unexpected hug, but returned the favor. When they pulled away, Nate was pretty sure his face was matching Tess's.
But their perfect moment was ruining when Alexis re-entered the picture. She walked up to Nate, wrapped her arms around his neck, and placed a kiss on his soft lips.
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Tess was pretty sure she stopped breathing when the gorgeous girl walked up to Nate and began making out with him. She grabbed onto the table for support, and desperately hoped that this was some crazy fan girl of his. When the two eventually broke apart, the girl turned her large, doe-like brown eyes on Tess.
"Whose this, Natey?" She asked in a voice so sugary-sweet that Tess was sure she'd get a toothache from talking to her for too long. Nate's face was flaming red, and he gulped before answering the mystery girl's question. Pulling herself together, Tess stuck out her right and hand and placed a fake smile on.
"I'm Tess." Her words dripping hatred. The girl took her hand lightly, but Tess gave it a hard squeeze and she let out a small yelp of pain.
"She's a friend from camp." Nate explained further. Never before had the word 'friend' caused Tess's heart to break.
"Oh, that's nice." The girl said, cocking her head to the side, so that it was touching Nate's as they stood there. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"
"This is Alexis." Nate said softly, not meeting Tess's eyes. That didn't stop her from giving him a hard stare. Alexis elbowed Nate in the side. "My girlfriend." He whispered. And she thought seeing her kiss him was difficult. His words were barely audible in the loud, busy room, but that didn't stop them of echoing in her head.
"Girlfriend?" Tess asked breathlessly. He had failed to mention that little detail in all his messages. Sweeping away her emotions, she held her head up head, and turned her nose up in the air. "Well, then I guess I should get going." The ice in her voice was enough to match the winter outside. "Wouldn't want to ruin your afternoon." With that being said, she turned on her expensive Jimmy Choo shoes and walked back to Tiffany, standing there in absolute awe.
But as she walked away, she heard Nate utter her name, and it almost made her want to run back to him, throw her arms around his neck and never let go. But it was the words uttered after that that made her continue on her way, and pretend not to hear anything.
"Forget her, Nate. You have me."
A/N: Haha, silly little readers. Did you not expect that coming? The genre does say 'drama', does it not? I'm so excited for the rest of the story. Finally things are taking off! There's so much drama coming up, and so much excitment. It's rather sad how excited I am for the next few chapters. So, review! Tell me whatcha think! And, if you all hate little Miss Alexis, lemme know with a review! (Don't worry I hate her too, but she's going to make for an interesting story, trust me).
And all the character's I've introduced so far will play a somewhat major role in the whole 'Natess'ness going on. So that means more Lily, T.J., Andrea, and of course everyone's favorite, PRESTON!
I was a little hyper writting this, too much Limeade will do that to ya!
So sorry for these rambles. REVIEW! I update faster with reviews. And I know you all want to know what's going to happen next! Skips off singing One Love by Jordon Pruitt
Peace.Love.Jonas.