Venice, Stellar, and Noah made their way to the next store to find the perfect dress for Venice's school dance.

He was walking with Venice, holding his left hand while on his right, he was talking on the phone with Antonio. There are some things that have to be done in the office but Venice has been bugging him to go shopping with him.

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He wasn't able to say no to the kid because the other choice he gave him was to be her date on the school dance. As much as he adored the kid, he won't be caught alive on a Friday, attending a dance with a bunch of teenagers.

He was busy but he can spare time to accompany the kid to pick up a dress for the said school dance, and also because he was having a good time imagining the time Lucille would ask him to accompany him to pick up a dress for a school dance.

He just hopes to god that Lucille at this age won't be just like Venice. She chose to be with him rather than her own father. He would be heartbroken if Lucille would ask another man to be with her to pick up a dress.

One of the reasons why, whenever Lucille wanted to go shopping, he made sure to have the time. He wanted Lucille to know that he would always be there for her, even with the most hateful activity for men—shopping!

When they entered the next store, Venice didn't let go of his hand and dragged him to the racks of the new arrival racks.

Stellar was lagging behind them, touching the fabric of dresses that caught her eyes. She wasn't going to buy it because she wasn't interested in such expensive pieces of clothing just because of its brand name.

Venice was right. She came because she wanted to hang out with Noah. Since the last consultation with Noah, they haven't been meeting outside. Although, Noah updates her every day of his dreams—if there's any. However, the dream that made Noah consult her again, didn't happen anymore.

After talking to Miss Zimmerman, he stopped dreaming of her, riding him in throes of passion. The particular dream of Noah also piqued her interest. A recurring dream was unusual, but a recurring dream that was vividly specific was peculiar. Hence, she wanted to know what made Noah dream of Miss Zimmerman, in the same way, night after night.

And why it suddenly stopped. She was curious to know what caused the dream and why it just suddenly stopped. Something that kept on happening then stopped is something worth looking at. She told Noah about it but he was in seventh heaven with the current state of his relationship with Miss Zimmerman that he doesn't care about the dream anymore.

"Aunt Stellar, please keep up!"

Her annoying brat of a niece called her aunt again. She had a smug reaction on her face. She was peeking under Noah's armpit.

"My fashion sense is too much for you. Ask your uncle Noah to choose the dress for your school dance," she replied, grinning.

Venice, hearing Stellar telling him to call Noah her uncle made her scrunched her nose and stuck her tongue at her aunt.

"Does the school dance have a theme or something?" he looked down on Venice who was burying her face under his armpit.

Noah asked Venice about the theme because Lucille whenever she goes shopping always goes for a theme. Everything has a theme or vibes. He had no idea what his daughter was talking about but it stuck in his head that when shopping, always go for a theme.

He has no idea though if it also applies to the shopping style of a teenager like Venice.

Venice glared at her aunt and looked up at Noah's face. Her deathly glare at her aunt was replaced with an angelic smile when she gazed up at Noah's face. "The school committee voted for a 90's theme outfit for the dance party. I checked online but I didn't find anything that would pass as a 90's dress from all of these," she pouted and swiped her hand over the racks of new arrival clothing.

Noah was left speechless when he heard the theme for Venice's party. He does not know what a dress from the '90s looks like. He craned his neck to see Stellar still trailing behind them.

"We need something that your father would approve of. We don't want your father to nail down your door to keep you from attending your school dance."

Venice rolled her eyes at Noah. "My father would never approve of anything I like."

He chuckled because what Venice said was the truth. "We could try," he raised his hand to catch the attention of the store attendant. "Hello," his eyes looked down on the girl's right chest. A pin was on her dress chest pocket. "Amanda, will you be a darling and help us find a dress for a dance party. A 90's theme dance party."

Venice curled her lips in disdain when the store attendant gawked at Noah's face. "Yes, please," she said to stop the store attendant from eyeballing Noah.

"This way please," Amanda smiled at the teenager and led them to the rack of clothes away from the new arrival items.

"Can you turn around for me?" she smiled at the teenager in search of a dress with her older brother.

Venice reluctantly stepped away from Noah and turned around with her arms stretch out to her sides to give the store attendant a look.

"Thank you," Amanda said and then turned around to pick up a red burgundy satin dress with a cut-out back and a mermaid skirt. "You're tall and have a slender body built. And with your skin tone," she handed Venice the dress, "this will look perfect on you."

Venice eyed the dress that the store attendant was giving her. She wasn't sold with the idea that the plain dress would look good on her.

"Why don't you put it on and let's see how it fits?" Noah suggested when he saw the reluctance in Venice's eyes.

Hearing Noah's suggestion, Venice smiled broadly and took the dress from the store assistant, and went to the changing room.

"The kid takes your words as gospel," Stellar tapped Noah's arm.

Noah laughed and flicked Stellar's forehead, "Stop annoying your niece. We don't want her to throw a tantrum on us before her father picks her up."

Noah laughing in front of a girl was what Luke saw when he turned around to pick up a dress that might suit Sarah.