A Replacment

Best birthday ever!

I was having the most wonderful dream, until I was rudely awoken by the sound of a blow horn.

I screamed and accidentally fell out of bed, and I heard someone turn the lamp on.

"Rise and shine, birthday girl!" Kiki was standing over me, with one hand holding the blow horn, and the other a plate of food. I gave Kiki a deadpanned look after I saw the time, and tried to speak calmly.

"Kiki. It's four o'clock in the morning, that's a little too early, even for surfers, so why are you waking me up so early?" I'm usually a pretty chill person, and I always get up at five every day, but if you wake me up earlier than I'm supposed to, I get a little cranky, but Kiki doesn't know that, so I'm trying to stay as calm, and as patient as possible.

Kiki, oblivious to this, just keeps on smiling and helps me up on the bed, and hands me the plate.

"I wanted you to get an early jump on the day, so I made you breakfast, got your clothes ready and listed all the things I want us to go and see today."

I was impressed, but then I started to wonder how long It took her to do all this, I hope she got at least a little bit of sleep last night.

"Kiki, when did you start doing all of this?"

She shrugs and waves it off. "Oh, I got up just a few minutes ago, and I got everything ready pretty quickly."

Wow she's almost as fast as me.

I look down at my plate and see two eggs next to each other so that they looked like eyes, a strip of bacon turned upward so it looked like a smiley face, and a strawberry in the middle as the nose. I smiled fondly at the cute little face made of food, and I almost didn't want to eat it. Almost. I eagerly started stuffing my face with the delicious meal, while Kiki left the room and came back with a glass of orange juice.

I take a huge gulp of the juice and sigh. I can already tell that today is going to be an awesome birthday.

I suddenly notice that Kiki is already dressed and ready to go. Her hair is back in its usual ponytail and she's wearing the same dress I gave her yesterday. I guess if you're from the movie world you always wake up looking perfect. Lucky ducks.

After I'm done eating I go to the edge of my bed and get my clothes. I walk slowly to the bathroom, still tired at being woken up this early. Apparently I wasn't fast enough, because Kiki shoved me in and closed the door.

After brushing my hair and my teeth, I put on the clothes Kiki picked out for me, my retro, beige and light blue 60s one piece suit, a lavender blouse over it, and of course, my seashell necklace. I do a little spin to see if everything's in place, then walk out and put my sandals on.

I see Kiki sitting on the couch in the living room waiting for me. I run back upstairs to my room to get my money. I have a lot of money stashed under my bed that I've been saving for my birthday. Finally, no more ratty old clothes and swimsuits! I can buy whatever me and Kiki want!

I stuff the money in the pocket of my blouse and run out of my room, and slide down the rail of the stairs. When Kiki sees me coming she hops up and we skip out the door, arms interlocked.

The first on Kiki's list was shopping. Nikki and her went to almost every clothing store in town, buying whatever they wanted, swimsuits, sandals, jewelry, you name it. And after they were finally done, they went to a restaurant to get something to eat.

Nikki and Kiki carried their shopping bags like they were weights, each having at least twelve in their hands. When they found their table, they immediately dropped the bags and rubbed their tired arms.