The Jealousy Plot

24) 3 Simple Words

I stare at the door Luke just walked out of for a few seconds, trying to get my head to stop spinning. This was supposed to be a fun relaxing vacation not a stressful one so I just need to bottle up these stupid feelings and destroy them.

I take a deep breath before walking out of the door and into the lobby. Belle and Nicole are waiting. They see me and walk over to me. "You ready for some major shopping?" Belle asks me. I force a smile on my face and reply "lets do it".

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We are onto our 3rd hour of shopping and have now walked into a dress store, looking for something to wear for tonight. Belle and I are skimming through dresses when Nicole walks up to us with a short sparkly strapless purple dress on.

"What do you think?" she asks, doing a spin. Belle raises her eyebrows "it's nice but it looks a little uncomfortable. Are you sure you like it?" she asks Nicole. Nicole smirks "it doesn't matter if I like it, I just want Luke to not be able to take his eyes off of me".

I act extremely interested in a deep coral blue one shoulder strapped dress as Nicole continues. "Things are going a lot better with us. I think tonight is the night" she exclaims excitedly. "I'm gonna let him have me".

"I'm going to try this on" I quickly state and walk away with the blue dress before I can hear any more of Nicole's plan to sleep with Luke. I zoom into a dressing room and put on the dress. I stare at myself in the mirror and run a hand through my hair.

What is wrong with me? Why do I care if Luke sleeps with Nicole. I like Zack and that's final. I sigh, pushing Luke out of my thoughts as I try and pull the zipper of the dress down but it doesn't budge. I pull harder but the zipper stays stuck.

I open the dressing room door and walk outside "Belle can you-" I freeze in my tracks when I see a boy with dirty blonde hair standing in front of me.

"What are you doing in here? This is the womens changing room! Get out creep!" I squeal and dive back into my changing room. I hear the boy chuckle and say "Well I do work here and calm down, you have a dress on. It's not like I walked in on you changing".

I open up the door again and scowl at the boy who is now standing cross armed with a smirk on his face. "That still doesn't give you a reason to be creeping around the changing room while a girl is changing" I snap.

"Well I didn't realize a girl was in here. I came in to get these dresses someone left in here. And trust me, if I knew you were this temperamental I definitely wouldn't have come in here" he says, I glare at him "I am not temperamental".

"No? Then I guess you're just mental" he shrugs and leans against the wall looking me up and down. "The dress looks good on you. It matches your eyes" he exclaims.

I scoff "can you leave now" I ask. He fakes a bow "as you wish your majesty" and starts heading towards the door.

"Wait!" I say, stopping him. "My zipper is stuck" I say. He turns around with raised eyebrows and walks back over to me. I turn around and move my hair so he can see the zipper. He places his hands on the dress, grazing my back. I am surprised to feel that he has warm hands.

He tugs on it a few times before it finally gets unstuck. He pulls the zipper down halfway and then stops. "I believe you can do the rest" he whispers in my ear, making me shiver. "Thanks" I mumble, turning around and looking into his brown eyes.

"The name is James by the way" he says holding out a hand. "Claire" I respond, shaking his hand. He gives me a slight nod before walking towards the exit. I turn towards the mirror to look at my reflection.

"Oh, and Claire?" James calls out, making me turn around to look at him. He smirks and says "Whoever your boyfriend is, he's a lucky guy" and turns to leave the dressing room before I can say anything else.