chapter thirty-two: dalton's birthday

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arianagrande: this is not his actual hbd, but i wanted to come on here and wish this phenomenal guy the happiest of birthdays. dalton, u r a gem of a human being. thank u for making each and every day better. i love our journey to becoming dear friends, and i wouldn't change a thing. not now or ever. i love u so much.
happy birthday ☁️🤍📸

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user1: HOLY FUCK DALTON AS A BABY IS SO CUTE!

user2: Happy birthday dalton 😭😭😭

zendaya: This is the cutest sweetest thing ever holy 🥲
arianagrande: 😭🤍

user3: DALTIANA
user4: huh?
user3: the ship name. Daltiana
user5: Aight let's just calm down here
user6: she clarified they're not dating so let's just leave them alone okie

victoriajustice: this is so adorable! Happy birthday!

dalton_jacob: I don't know what I did to deserve your kindness, support, and friendship, but I'm the luckiest guy for it.
I love you too, short stuff 🤍
PS: WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PHOTO????
arianagrande: @dakota_gomez 🥲🥲😂
dalton_jacob: bro ur dead
dakota_gomez: DUDE COME ON! You look great! Also mom already posted it on Facebook for the whole world to see so what's the problem???
dalton_jacob: Now you're REALLY dead 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
dakota_gomez: @arianagrande help me 😭
arianagrande: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

...

"i can't believe u guys did this for me" dalton chuckled, taking a sip of his cooler while surrounded by dakota, ariana, and a few of ariana's friends in a table at the corner of the lounge. on her free night in oslo before her concert, ariana pulled her friends, her crew, her dancers, and her stylists to book, revamp, and glam a private lounge on the outskirts of the city. the look of absolute surprise and shock on dalton's face was worth everything for ariana. "you really didn't have to."

"you're one of us now." courtney chimed, grabbing another spring roll for herself, and winked at dalton's direction. "of course we did."

ariana chuckled while gently nudging dalton's shoulder. "she's right."

smiling, dalton turned to his brother. "i had no idea you were even capable of planning." he teased, nudging a heart laugh out of his brother. "you never planned a damn thing in your life!"

"well, i had lots of help with this one." dakota remarked, glancing over at ariana. "this wouldn't have been possible without her."

"he's right." brian commented, taking a bite of his vegan chicken wing. "none of this would've gotten done if it hadn't been for her."

dalton's eyes gravitated towards ariana, as he offered her the most sincere and sweet smile - melting her heart as a result. a moment later, he raised his cooler into the air. "to ari. thank you."

more glasses in the air followed suit; brian, scott, courtney, dakota and ariana herself raised their glasses for the toast. it had been dalton's birthday, but it was the generosity of the petit woman with a heart as big as the globe that truly moved the whole table. "to ari!"

"yo, get off of your lazy asses and come sing karaoke!" doug screamed moments after the toast, causing an eruption of laughter as everyone scrammed to take their sips of drinks.

"let's go!" ariana exclaimed, he trying out of her seat with everybody following suit.

...

tom
Hey love
I hope I'm not interrupting anything

ariana
hey bubba 🤍
i'm out with everyone to celebrate dalton's birthday
what's up?

tom
Oh, you're out with Dalton huh?
I shouldn't take you away from that
We can talk tomorrow ☺️

ariana
tom, it's not like that
i promise u

tom
I know but
It would be alright if it was

ariana
?

tom
I mean that it's alright if you change your mind about me, and you want to be with somebody else instead

ariana
umm... may i ask where this is coming from?
i haven't been with anybody else
but if ur saying that because u found someone else...
i mean... u can absolutely tell me
i'll respect that

tom
Oh uhh
No, nothing like that
I guess after all these months... I've been more and more anxious about whether or not you want to give us a shot

ariana
oh...
i'm really sorry for making u wait
i really am

tom
NO NO this isn't your fault
You already made that clear from the very beginning
This is on me 😅

ariana
you'll be here in a week or so
i think i have my decision
but i would want to wait until ur here to talk about it

tom
You already decided?!
I mean
If I'm being honest
Im probably going to go crazy wondering about what you're thinking
So do you think you could just tell me now 😅
I mean... only if you're comfortable with it
I don't want to force you to do anything, of course

ariana
i guess there's no harm, hey?
i want to give us a shot ☺️

tom
Really??
Wow
I don't know why but... I wasn't expecting you to say that
But I'm incredibly happy that you did!!
And surprisingly emotional 😅

ariana
ahahaha ur so cute
i'm so happy too
and also really emotional
i wish i could hug u rn

tom
I wish that too, beautiful
But I'll see you really soon though!

ariana
!!! counting the days

tom
I love you 🤍🤍

ariana
ily more 🤍🤍
come soon

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