Detour

42: Birthday Shockers

I'm back to sunshine valley. I can see blooming flowers between spaces of anything I literally put my eyes into. The trees across are saying hi to me, the air—jesus, the air smell so good, like my lungs just can't get enough of it. Life is so beautiful. Why have I been so cruel about it? Anger has no place in my heart, we should learn how to forgive and forget. Yes, life is good. I can hear the birds chirping, the angels singing 'Hallelujah'. I close my eyes. I'm feeling it....this is it—

"Good mood?" A face appeared in front of me. A human that acts like a mushroom, appearing anywhere and anytime it wants.

I squinted my eyes at him. Whenever I see that stupid face of him, my mood rate always come down from 100 to 60 percent. "Not when you're blocking in my sight. Thanks for asking."

Classes is just about to start in 10 minutes and I was walking in the hallway when this guy appeared.

"Didn't your class started a while ago?"

"Nah, I decided to skip it." Cocky. "Just came here to ask you what's the plan for your birthday?"

My steps halted. I forgot, it's actually gonna be my birthday in two days! Wow, is this another sign that I'm aging slash adulting?

I face him. "Why do you ask Powers? Preparing a surprise for me? Cool, all I want for my birthday is a private jet, brand new car, house and lot, and 1 billion dollars. Can't afford it? Then fuck off." I walk straight to my classroom.

I heard him chuckling behind me. "I'm gonna invite Naomi."

I horridly turned to look at him. Wait, it's supposed to be my birthday and I get to choose who to invite, right? Well, Naomi's okay but,... there's always a but.

I stared at him like I'm burning him in hell. But then I remember I shouldn't be stressing out today because getting angry takes me nowhere and I don't want Cole to see me angry with this jock. I sighed. "Good, celebrate your own. I'm not gonna invite you anyway."

He act like he didn't hear me. "See ya there." And he went his way to his classroom.

"Bitch." I whispered to myself as I enter the room. I saw Noah talking to Veronica as I sat on my chair. They look like they're getting along.

The boring classes started, and I can't help my mind to wander off far, far away from here. I think about Cole and things we should do in Amsterdam even though it will take lots waiting before going back there. I still need to wait for holidays, academic breaks, and summer to be there. We already tried biking, going to the Grand Canal, going to the park, clubs, cinema, and meet his friends. That was quite a vacation. I think I need to research about Amsterdam and where to go the next time I'll be visiting. And shucks, I badly need to learn about their language. I only know a couple of words, and I'm not that fluent in Dutch. But to be honest, Dutch people are mint in speaking English even it's not their native language.

I can totally imagine Cole everytime he speaks Dutch. It always struck me—no, I'm in awe watching him, or just by hearing him. I'm also wondering how he speaks Scottish. Those languages are so hard to master! I should really start learning them online.

You can make Cole your tutor... A private one.

A blush crept my cheeks when thoughts of Cole being my tutor came my mind. He wears a white long sleeves with first two buttons open and he got eyeglasses. The rectangular ones.

Damn, so hot

Okay. I need to stop thinking about those things with Cole. I need to focus on my upcoming birthday. Anywhere is fine for me—and oh, Harry should be there. Though aside from Vince, Therese and Vince's boy friends being my visitors since then, there's no one I'd actually wanna invite. Emma can be there if she's still in England. Veronica and Noah, well, they can come too. I wish Astrid's here. Even a little celebration would do, I'm not popular at school to held a party, jeez.