Riley's POV:

"So you don't have a date, but you're still getting a senior dance dress? What if no one asks you!" Joni chirps from the passenger seat of my car.

"Can you just shut up? I will go one way or another." I groan, turning into the dress store. Remind me why I woke up early Saturday morning, pulled my sister out of bed during a snow storm and decided right now was the perfect time to find a dress?

"Well what color or style do you want?" She asks, and I shrug my shoulders.

"I haven't got a clue... Prom is for long dresses but for the Winter dance we can have short." I explain, and she nods her head.

The rest of the 15 minute ride to the town over is filled with chatter about Joni's non-existent boy problems and how she thinks our parents have been acting 'different' lately. I've noticed it too and I think I'm partly to blame for their distance but neither one of us say anything to admit that.

When we step inside the dress store Best Dressed I feel a twinge of nervousness runs through me. We're in Maywood, also known as Harry's old town. I'm not expecting to see anyone I know but it just feels weird being back here.

"Hello, welcome to Best Dressed!" a perky girl welcomes Joni and I into the store with a large smile strewn across her face. She has dark hair and even darker eyes but she's still smiling, which makes me smile also.

"Hi, we're looking for a senior dance dress." I smile back and her face lights up.

"Ah we've had so many people come in here and look for dresses! I'm guessing you live in Red?" She asks, and I nod eagerly. "Great! We've got a special section of dresses for girls from your school to try on, right this way." She leads Joni and I to a closed off section of the store where dresses are hanging from wall to wall.

"This is wonderful, thanks so much." Joni giggles and thanks her for me.

"Yes, thank you." I add, and the young woman bops away to help someone else who just walked inside the store.

My eyes scan all of the glamorous dresses so neatly hanging on the walls and I can't help but laugh. If I had never met Harry or anyone who changed me this year, I'd probably show up in one of these hot pink or bright purple sparkly dresses that I'm sure Dixie and everyone else will wear.

I find three dresses that I kind of like and try them on, but I just don't feel right in them. Joni tells me she loves all of them, but I know she's only saying that so we can be in and out of here. Finally when I can't find anything that I really like, I ask the dark peppy girl for some help.

"Hmm... Well tell me a little bit about yourself!" She smiles, throwing her hair up in a bun and looking through the dresses on the first rack.

"Well I dance a lot, I'm an okay student, I have--"

"I mean what are you like inside, love." She laughs, and I laugh nervously.

"I mean I'm not really pink and sparkly... I mean sparkles are ok but I'm not really so pink anymore..." I try to describe, but I have no idea what the hell I'm supposed to say.

"Try this." She smiles, handing me a dress and gently pushing me inside the dressing room. When I look at the dress I can't help but smile brightly, it's so friggen pretty. After a few minutes of deciding if I really like it, I step out of the dressing room for the 'reveal.' Joni is sitting their with dark perky girl along with an older woman with blonde hair.

"Wow!" Joni exclaims, standing up and pulling me towards the big mirror. I step up onto the stage and chuckle nervously.

"That's absolutely stunning, good choice Celia!" the older woman smiles and so does the younger one... Celia I guess her name is.

"Are you guys mother and daughter?" I ask, and they nod.

"Yes we are, but it's not like you could tell... Celia wears all these dark ratty clothes and I have blonde hair and run a dress store." She chuckles, pulling her daughter into her hip.

"You guys are precious!" I smile, and so do they. "And thank you so much for this dress, Celia. I absolutely love it, now all I need is a date." I chuckle, and they all burst into laughter.

"A beautiful girl like you doesn't have a date yet? I'm sure that Red high school has lots of single boys!" The mom teases, and I slip inside the dressing room to change.

"I guess," I giggle from inside the dressing room, "I mean I have a few guys who I want to take me, you know?" I ask.

"Preach sista!" Celia's voice echoes into the small room.

"In reality, I want my ex-ish boyfriend Harry to take me, but I don't think he has the slightest clue so that's that and besides, we're not really doing great right now." I chuckle, pulling on my leggings and stepping outside of the dressing room. When I look back and forth from Celia and her mother, their frowns have faded and her mom quickly exits the room.

"What did you say?" She asks, and it finally hits me. We're in Maywood, Harry's old town... Celia is Seth's sisters name. This is Seth's sister.

"You're Seth's sister?" I gasp and I finally see a small facial resemblance.

"You're Harry Styles' new bird?" She scoffs, and I cross my arms, slightly confused. "How did Harry score someone like you?" She laughs, making me feel less uncomfortable.

"Celia... Harry told me some stuff about what he did to you." I sit down beside her on the little bench and glance over at Joni who is more than intrigued. "Joni, do me a favor, buy the dress for me?" I smile, handing her my wallet and the dress. Once she's out of sight I look back at Celia who's eyes have softened a bit.

"And?" She asks, and I shudder at the thought of this peppy smiling girl being so sad from what Harry did.

"I'm just really sorry about everything. The whole situation is pretty fucked up with Seth and stuff--"

"You know Seth?" She asks, and I release a shaky laugh.

"Oh yeah... I know Seth." I share. "I hope you know that Harry feels sorry about it too, it eats him alive."

"He broke my heart," she whispers looking down at her feet, "but I'm ok now. I mean I'm not perfect, but I've certainly moved on from it." She adds, and I nod.

"That's good...after Harry told me about you I decided I couldn't be with him anymore. He was a monster with you, with Eric and Seth..." my voice trails off.

"He told you about Eric too?" She chuckles, and I nod. "Well I don't think you shouldn't be with him... I mean Harry can be an asshole but apparently he really likes you Riley." She smiles, and I look up at her. She knows my name, which means Seth probably told her about me?

"So I guess Seth told you--"

"He doesn't tell me everything, but I just want to explain something to you, ok?" She asks, and I nod for her to continue. "Seth right now is how Harry used to be, only a bit more extreme. He can't stand to see Harry be happy with you but that's because he has a very overprotective attitude."

"Celia, I can't be with Harry after--"

"Don't you think everyone deserves a second chance?" She asks, and I shrug. "I think you should be with Harry if he makes you happy because I'm sure you make him happy. Harry needed a girl like you and he's lucky he got you." she whispers.

"Thanks Celia... seriously, thank you for everything." I smile, wrapping my arms around her frail torso. She looks like a girl who has been broken before, but she picked herself up and pulled it together which I respect immensely.

"No problem! It was nice to meet you." She chuckles, standing up and leading me to the front register. I smile at Joni who is sitting down impatiently waiting for me.

"It was nice to meet you too." I giggle nervously, and wave goodbye to their mother. I wouldn't be surprised if she hates me since she probably despises Harry.

"Are you ok?" Joni asks, and I nod my head kindly at her.

"Everything for once is actually ok." I smile, laying the dress down in the back seat of my car.

While I wait for the car to warm up, I feel shocked about the chain of events that just took place. I met Seth's sister and she told me to date Harry... I never imagined that would happen. I don't know how or why, but I'm thankful that it did.

Notes

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