The Ghostly Love Story

The Next Morning

DAHLIAS POV

I wake up in his bed. I opened my eyes to see if he was still there. He was. I quietly get up out of the bed and use the bathroom. I walk back out and look over at the bed. I see my clothes on the floor and pick them up quietly sneaking out of the room as to not wake him up. I walk down the hallway toward the stairs when I hear him yelling for me.

"Yeah?"

"Where'd you go. come back and cuddle for a bit!!!" he hollers. I put my clothes down beside the steps and walk back into his room. I slide into the bed next to him and he grabs me and wraps me in his arms practically pulling me on top of him. As he starts kissing my cheeks, forehead, and lips I laugh and sit up.

"What are you in such a good mood for?" I say smiling.

"You don't remember do you?" I shake my head no. "Well I won't tell you then to save you from embarrassment I guess" he laughs.

"No no no.. Tell me.. Please." I beg while giving him a kiss.

"I really shouldn't but I guess I can. Last night we were sitting in bed and you snuggled into my neck and pretty much told me you were falling in love with me. I thought it was the most adorable thing in the world." he says. My heart skips a beat when i hear him say that. I start feeling nervous thinking I had made a fool of myself.

"No there's no way i said that." i say internally freaking out.

"You did but its nothing to worry about cus I feel the same way." he says sitting up to kiss me again. He starts to stand up while picking me up and he gently turns me around putting me back on the bed onto my back. He kisses me a few more times before walking to the bathroom.

"Your boxers are still wet by the way." I say laughing a little. He closes the door and after a couple minutes he walks back out grabbing a fresh pair of boxers. I get up from the bed and start to walk toward the door.

"Where are you going? You don't have to leave. After last night I think its my turn to strip." My jaw drops as I whip around.

"I didn't give you a strip tease did i?" I say freaking out.

"No. I just helped you get dressed as you stumbled. Don't worry. You can leave if you want. Im just messing with you." He walks over to me giving me a kiss but pulling me toward the bed. I smile at him and kiss him some more.

"Stop tormenting me with all your kisses. I need to go downstairs and brush my teeth. Meet me down there in a few minutes." I give him a few more kisses and walk towards the door. I turn around and at that point he is already sliding on his boxers. I start blushing and speed walking to the stairs grabbing my clothes. I start walking down and set my clothes in my room and Zak quickly follows behind me. I go into my bathroom grabbing fresh clothes and decided to take a shower. Zak walks in as I start the hot water and grabs my hands kissing me once more.

"I had to bother you one more time to feel satisfied. He walks back out and I quickly undress and jump in. The hot water felt good on my body wrapping around me as if I was wearing a blanket. I shampoo and condition my hair and wash my body. I climb out and grab a towel after shutting off the water. I grab in my hair products and add the leave in conditioner detangler and hair oil. I go out to my room still wrapped up in my towel and go to my boxes. I realized I was already out of shirts but I did find some jeans.

"Do you have a shirt I could borrow. I guess I should start my laundry already." I say shyly laughing

"We need to get you more clothes. You don't have nearly enough. I will go grab you one of my old shirts and we can go to the store and get you some shirts okay?" he asks

"They probably won't have the style I like. I always thrift for my shirts. I can't even afford spending a bunch of money on clothes right now." i say

He walks over to me and kisses me. "Money doesn't matter. Lets go get you some clothes. It's no problem. You gotta have clothes to go outside. In the house is another story though." he says laughing touching my neck lightly. He grabs my hand and walks me upstairs to his room. "I have a few shirts that are just to tight on me. They will probably fit you loose but its something right?" He laughs as he tosses me a couple shirts. I quickly slide one on over my bra. It actually wasn't that big on me. It seemed to smell like him though which was comforting to me. I look over to him as he walks up to me. He kisses me and I start walking out of his room.

"I'm ready if you are I suppose." I say smiling at him. We both walk down the stairs and grab our phones and walk out the door. He opens the car door for me and I sit down. He walks to his and does the same. He pulls out of the driveway and he heads to a*****e. He parks and we both get out of the car. I look around and walk in the store. He grabs me a few tops and I grab myself some as well.

"These would look incredible on you if you would try them." he days smiling ear to ear. Crop tops and low cut tops.

"Yeah yeah very funny. I'm not skinny enough to pull these off." I say rolling my eyes. He looks at me almost shocked after I say that.

"You can pull off anything you want to. Its called being confident. And you radiate confidence in the way you talk alone. You talk it now walk it." he says. I grab the shirts from his hands when a pair of jeans catch my eyes.

"Oh my god those are stunning. And just my size??? Im grabbing these too." i say smiling. I walk into the fitting room and quickly change into one of the tops. i slide the jeans on. Big in the waist but fit my hips perfectly. Nothing a belt couldn't fix. I look in the mirror seeing my stomach in the top. I actually didn't hate it. I open the door and walk out showing Zak.

"See! You look beautiful. And those jeans look perfect on you." he says looking me up and down. He grabs my hand and spins me. He laughs a little and sends me back in. I start changing into another shirt. He knocks on the door. "I found a few more pairs of jeans similar and I think the same size. I open the door to grab them. I was wearing a low cut black crop top. "That shirt and the jeans look incredible on you. Heres the other pairs of jeans." he says almost stuttering. I grab them from his hand and quickly change into more and showing him each outfit. The more I show him the more confident I feel. He keeps bringing me more and more. Some tshirts more jeans and then he hands me dresses.

"I don't wear dresses."

"Just try them on. For me" he says with puppy dog eyes. I walk back in closing the doors. I hadn't worn a dress in a long time. I quickly slide it on and look in the mirror. I didn't hate it. It was skin tight and spaghetti strap. It had a deep V in the neck and came to my mid thigh area. It wrapped around me so perfectly accentuating every single curve on my body. I open the door and see Zak there looking at more clothes. He got me a light colored pair of flared jeans with holes on them along with a dark pair same style. He had what looked like a button up shirt in a pale blue with pin stripes on it. It looked like a crop top that tied at the waist area.

"Are you trying to turn me into a cowgirl?" I ask laughing heavily. He looks over at me and his haw drops to the floor. He walks over to me spinning me around again. He smiles and pulls me in for another kiss. He then hands me the next outfit.

"What size shoe do you wear?"

"It depends on what it is.

"All of them."

"Uhh flats are size 8, heels 7 1/2, boots 8 1/2."

He quickly walks away grabbing a belt and then looking at some shoes. I throw on the outfit and look in the mirror. I look just like the old me. I used to love wearing clothes like this although I would just wear a tshirt instead. He knocks and hands me a box of shoes. I look inside and see a pair of square toe boots. I laugh as he grabs all the clothes I already tried on and he carries them for me.

"Hurry up and get in your clothes so we can pay." I close the door and quickly get dressed again. I grab the outfit and shoes and walk out. He grabs the clothes and box from my hands and walks up to pay. He still had all the clothes I already tried on. He sets them all on the counter and the cashier starts scanning. I walk up beside him and he grabs my waist giving me a kiss on my temple. I smile and then the cashier tells the price.

"$347.19" she says. My heart drops and he quickly puts his card in.

"Are you sure? Thats a lot of money Zak."

"I wouldn't have put my card in if I wasn't sure." he pulls his card out and grabs the bags. We walk out of the store and head to the car. He opens the trunk setting the bags in and opens my door for me.

"Theres another store we have to go to. Hang tight." he says closing my door. Another store?! I already felt tired from shopping at this one. He pulls out of the parking lot and heads toward downtown Vegas. He pulls into the parking lot of another place and tells me to come with him. He opens the business door for me and I see hats and belts and a bunch of accessories. He grabs my hand pulling me toward the hat section. He looks up at cowboy hats looking at the colors and styles. I see one out of the corner of my head. Its a pinch front in jet black. I look at the sizes and find mine. I put it on and look in the mirror. I felt like I was 16 again. I laugh at myself a moment when Zak walks up to me.

"How'd you know that would suit you so well?" He asks.

"Cus I used to wear all of these clothes. Other than crop tops. I normally just wore a tshirt." I say laughing.

"So you were a cowgirl?"

"Not exactly. I couldn't afford a horse but I loved the style. I grew up obsessed with horses though. Its always been a dream of mine to own a horse one day. I can ride a little. I paid for a bunch of lessons when I was 18. I even tried to barrel race a little. That all stopped when my ex found out my teacher was a man. So I stopped all together and changed my style. But everything about it stayed in my heart. I could pull off the style like no other." I say checking myself out in the mirror a moment.

"Lets get it then. I would even pay for you to ride again. I wanna see you in action with something you love."

"I don't know if I would still love it. I still love the style but Im not gonna lie it's a dangerous sport. I couldn't tell you how many times I fell off. I threw one of my hips out and it gave me troubles for a long ass time!" I chuckle at the memory of my hobbling around for those few years. He grabs the hat from my head and heads to the cashier paying for it again. I head to the door as he quickly follows behind me.

"We're meeting the guys at a bar tonight. So be ready. and wear that top and jeans with that hat and boots. You'll look incredible." he says winking at me. Its already 2:30 by the time we get back to his house. I head to my room and grab my makeup bag and curling iron. I walk to my bathroom as he brings me my outfit and heads back to the living room. I start doing my brows and then use a pencil liner to make a smokey wing and line the top lash line and lower lash line. I apply mascara and add false lashes for length. I put on some chapstick and begin sectioning my hair off and curling it adding hair spray. I quickly throw on the top and jeans. I spray some of my favorite perfume and throw on a gold ring and bracelet. I out the boots on and the hat and walk out to Zak. In the hour it took me to get ready he must have ran out to the store. He walks up to me turning me around putting a gold necklace on me.

"I didn't know what you would like so I just got something simple." He hooks the back of it and walks me to the mirror in my room. It had a small gold pendent on it with wildflowers engraved into it.

"I love it. It's really beautiful Zak. Thank you" O quickly turn around giving him a hug.

"On another note you truly look stunning and smell amazing." He pulls my chin up and plants a kiss on my lips.

We walk out the room and I head to the kitchen counter grabbing my new phone. I open the camera and decide to take a few photos to send to some friend. Zak rushes to my side to join in. We take some selfies and laugh and goof off for a few minutes.

"Let me go get dressed and we can take more pictures." he says planting a few kisses on my cheek.

He heads upstairs and within a couple minutes is walking back downstairs. He's wearing a white tshirt and dark jeans with black sneakers and a black cap. He looks good. He walks next to me and I get a whiff of his cologne. It smells like cedar wood.

"Lets take more pictures now that I'm actually ready." He grabs his phone out of his pocket and hands it to me. "I want some on my phone too" he smiles. We stand there for a few minutes taking photos. I open my snapchat on my phone and take a quick couple more photos with him and post them to my story. We head to the door and I slide my phone in my pocket. He locks the door and walks me to the car. He opens the door closing it behind me and hops in on his side. We head out to the strip to this 'country' bar and I crack up.

"Not the kind of hole in the wall i'm used too." i say laughing. He parks in front of some guy who opens my car door for me. Instantly his jaw drops and he looks to the ground. Zak hands him the keys and walks up beside me grabbing my hand.

"You ready to meet everyone?"

It hits me how nervous I am. I squeeze his hand and look up at him.

"As ready as I will ever be. Hopefully they like me or this is gonna suck." I laugh

"They will love you I promise" He says opening the door.