Another World

The blond makes his way over to the door of Carrie’s apartment. According to Harry that’s where they all hang out. He takes a deep breath and knocks on the door. Hopefully this will work. Louis thought it would be a great idea for Niall to take Des clothes shopping. He probably just wants her to look even better for when he asks her out. Niall doesn’t want that to happen, but he also wants to spend a bit more time with her. Why wouldn’t he? She’s amazing.
A girl with short blonde hair opens the door. Her eyes are a greyish-blue, and she’s about the same height as him. He assumes that this must be Des’s sister that she has mentioned at work. Niall kind of freezes up. What he’s about to do starts to get to him just like when he first met the brunette. Luckily, her sister seems to know who he is and lets him through. Inside is a boy sitting on the couch, two blonde girls talking, and Des talking to a girl with black hair.
Des turns her head towards the door and smiles. “Hey, Niall. I wasn’t expecting a visit from you, but you’re always welcome to come.” The brunette starts making her way over to him.
“Actually, em, I was wondering if you wanted to go clothes shopping with me. There, em, is this really nice store that, em, has some fashion based on the ones from your world.”
“That sounds like a great idea! I’m really tired of these all white clothes.”
“Could you come now?”
“Sure.”
Her smile gets bigger and lights up Niall confidence. He suddenly feels like he can do anything. He’s like a superhuman that can fly or lift the heaviest of things. He’s bullet-proof and invisible. Of course, those thoughts can’t last forever. The blond was hoping that it would last longer, but a certain ginger had to ruin it for him.
“I need clothes too,” Brandon says as he gets up. “In fact, why don’t we all go.”
Des frowns in her mind. She was hoping that it would be just Niall and her, but it looks like all of her friends are going to be going as well. The brunette can’t tell them no either. She’s just not that kind of person. Besides, all they really have left is each other. It’s not like they’ve all met the guys yet. Although, she doesn’t really want to she says OK.
“We can all go.”
That light ended up not being a candle that would just burn out. It turned out to be dynamite. The blue-eyed boy feels really bad now. Now he feels like he can’t do anything at all. He’s no superhuman. He’s just Niall. The blond wants those thoughts to go away, but they just don’t seem to. In fact, they don’t for the entire walk to the store. Although he starts to feel better after Des does something.
“Come on, Des,” Victoria says. “I’m going to pick something great out for you.”
“Actually,” Des starts, “I’m thinking about just looking at the clothes with Niall at my side. He was the one that asked me, and it would be rude if I didn’t.”
It isn’t much, but it does make him feel a little bit better. Des takes ahold of his hand and takes him over to where all of her type of clothing is. The brunette has no idea what that little gesture means to him, but he doesn’t know what that gesture means to her either. They end up by all of the hats first. Hazel eyes scan them all to find the one thing that she is looking for. She spots it and can’t believe her eyes. There is an entire shelf of just fedoras.
“This is beautiful. I love fedoras.”
Des picks up the first one that she sees. It looks just like the one that she has at home. It’s mostly grey with a plaid like design on it that is red and a darker grey. Plus, it has a skull on the side of it. She puts it on top of her head, and it feels amazing. It’s just like she’s back home. The brunette snaps back into reality when Niall speaks up.
“That’s looks really good on you.”
“Thanks. It looks just like the one that my dad gave me.”
“Can I ask you something personal?”
“Yes.”
“You’ve mentioned your dad before, but you haven’t gotten upset at all.”
“Well, I guess it’s just because I see death differently than most people. I see death as a happy thing. It really doesn’t matter what religion you are. Heaven is a good thing and so is being reincarnated. Death may be the end of something, but it’s the start of something else.”
“That’s very true. We don’t have religion here, but I can see where you’re coming from. You should really buy that fedora though. It’s really cute on yo- I mean, it’s really cute.”
“I think that I will. Plus, I think I’m going to get two more as well. They gave us a good amount of money to start off with. Let’s go look at the flannel shirts and skinny jeans now.”
~
“I don’t like that guy,” Brandon tells Stella as they look through the boys clothing.
“Why not? He seems like a nice guy.”
“I don’t know. I just don’t.”
“Well, I’m sure that he’s not that bad. I know that he likes her though. It’s so obvious. They look rather cute together.”
“Well, everyone has their own opinions.”
“What’s your deal? You’re acting like a dick.”
“It’s nothing. I guess that all of this new change is really stressing me out. I think I’m going to work on Des’s bass when I get back. I’m almost done with it.”
“Already?”
“Well, it’s not like i do anything else when I get home.”
“That is true.”
“I’ll make you a guitar too. I’m mostly just going to make everyone an instrument and then a bunch of guitars as well in order to sell and give lessons on. Although, I could really use your help with that part. I’m not that good at playing. I’m more of a maker.”
“I could write up some lesson plans or something.”
“That would be a great help.”
~
“Do you want me to hold your stuff?” Niall asks the short brunette when she grabs yet another pair of skinny jeans. These ones are purple.
“No, I’ve got it.”
“Are you sure?”
Des looks at all of the clothes in her arms. “Well, I guess you can help some.” She hands him some of the clothes but makes sure that she still has more. They start heading to the self checkout. “Hey, Niall?”
“Yeah?”
“Could you, um, talk to our boss about changing my schedule. I want to work all weekdays if that’s alright with him.”
“Em, I’m sure that he’ll be OK with that. I’ve worked there a long time, ya know?”
“Well, thank you. You’re a really cool guy, ‘ya know’?” They chuckle. “You really are though. It just makes me want to sing!”
“Maybe you should sing something for me.”
“Harry and Louis said that I shouldn’t around other people.”
“Yeah, but this is a different kind of place. Creativity is welcome here.”
“Well, OK then.” Des starts to sing the song that describes her perfectly. She starts to sing the song “A Daydream Away.” The words fall of her tongue, and Niall thinks it’s amazing. The blond wishes that he could do the same thing.
“That was amazing,” Niall says when she finishes.
“Thank you. Music is just one of those things that I love with all of my heart.”
“I feel like that if I was in your world it would mean a lot to me as well. I don’t know why, but it’s just that feeling that I get.”
“I feel like you’d be into music too.”
“Em, Des?”
“Yeah?”
“I was just wondering about what we are.” Des’s cheeks heat up. “It’s just that you said that Louis was your friend. Are we friends?”
Her cheeks go back to normal. She’s a little bit disappointed, but she knows that she should have been expecting that. “Of course we’re friends! You’re one of the coolest people that I’ve ever met. Brandon definitely has some competition for best friend now. Louis is already my soul besty, but I like you a lot more than Brandon. He’s hasn’t been himself lately. In fact, he wasn’t himself before we came here. It’s sad, but it’s a good thing that I met you. I love spending time with you. You’re funny, kind, cu-. Um, I mean cool.”
“Thanks. I think you’re pretty cool as well. You’re probably the coolest girl that I’ve ever met.”
After the conversation ended, they both regret what they said. They don’t even have the guts to call each other cute! If only they could tell each other about their crush. Of course, they are both too shy for that. It seems like they are going to be keeping it a secret even longer. Well, as far they know, they might keep their secret forever. Secrets don’t make friends, but they do keep them.

Notes

I didn't realize that I needed to update this. Well, the group is going to be wearing more colorful clothing now. Plus, Des has her fedora! Brandon is being a jerk again. That ginger always has to ruin everything.
Anyway, Hope ya liked it!
Oh, and here is a link to the real Des singing "A Daydream Away"
A Daydream Away