A Series Of Life Changing Events

Chapter 20: Party Time

I was on Spring break this week so I decided to sleep in every day, except for today. It's Spring break so why am I getting out of bed extremely early? Today is a very special day. It's April 9th. This may not seem special to anybody, but it's special to my family because it is someone's birthday. It's Gerard's birthday. It's 6am. Somebody please remind me why the flip I decided to do this in the morning instead of last night. I get to my desk and I grab a blank sheet of paper. Then I rummage through my drawer for a pencil. I draw a picture of him. Surrounding him is all sorts of lyrics and references. A couple of the lyrics were ones that I wrote, but I don't think he'll notice. I work quickly. I'm running out of time. After it's finished I run to Bandit's room and wake her up. Then I bring her to my room and have her draw a picture as well. It's very colorful. "Do you think Daddy will like our drawings?" She asks me. I pick up her drawing and study it. "I think he'll love our drawings." I say picking up both drawings and and walking to the door. I put my finger up to my lips and whisper. "Remember we have to be really quiet so we don't ruin the surprise." I open the door and Bandit does the little tip toe thing that people always do in kids' movies. She's so flipping cute. We go downstairs and walk to the kitchen. "Can we pick flowers for Daddy?" She asks in a whisper. I nod and we walk out to the back yard to pick some. I let Bandit run around picking flowers as I watch her from the porch. She gathers many beautiful colors and we go inside. I put them in a small vase. Then I get out a tray. I gather all of the ingredients to make pancakes and let Bandit mix them. Then I make the pancakes on the stove. When the pancakes are done I make a pot of coffee and pour some into a mug. "The pancakes are missing something." I say quietly to Bandit and she walks over to a drawer. She opens it and pulls out a candle. That's perfect! "Good idea." I say smiling as I reach for the lighter in the cabinet above the fridge. After everything is made I place the food and flowers onto the tray and we head back upstairs. "You can carry the drawings." I whisper to Bandit as I start to walk upstairs. We get to their bedroom door and I point to the door for Bandit to open since my arms are full. She opens it and we walk in slowly. "Go wake up Daddy." I whisper to her and she runs to the bed. "Daddy wake up! We have a surprise!" She says loudly while shaking him. He opens his eyes and picks her up. Then he swings her into the bed waking up Lindsey. "So what's the surprise?" He asks as I walk up to him with the tray. "Wow. Breakfast in bed. I guess I'm really special." He says smiling. "You are really special considering I woke up at 6am because of this." I say handing it to him. Then I take out the lighter and light the candle. "Make a wish!" Bandit says looking at the flame. "I already have everything I could ever want." He says blowing out the candle. "Bandit give him the pictures." I say smiling. "Oh yeah!" She says getting out the pictures and handing them to him. "These are awesome!" He says smiling. Then he turns to my drawing and the smile does a weird thing. It gets a little bigger. "Lily how long did this take you?" He asks me. "I don't know. Maybe an hour?" I say becoming confused. Does he like it? "No way." Is all he says. "Yes way, Mr. Way." I say laughing and leaning on the side of the bed. "This is really good and I'm not just saying that because I'm your dad." He says handing the drawings to Lindsey so she can see them and taking a sip of his coffee. "These are beautiful!" Lindsey says with enthusiasm. "Mommy look at mine!" Bandit says with excitement booming through her voice. Then Gerard takes a bite of the pancakes. "So, how are the pancakes?" I question because this is the first time I've made them with out parental guidance. "Well... Mine are totally better, but I guess these are okay." He says sassily with a big smile. My mouth drops open, but the corners stretch into a smile. I nudge him and steal a bite of his pancake. "I'm not that bad of a cook." I say putting down the fork. After breakfast we clean up and and get dressed. Today is gonna be awesome. Gerard is in the shower while Lindsey is downstairs giving me instructions. "Are you sure you're gonna be okay handling this alone?" She asks me. "I won't be alone. Mikey will be here to help if I forget anything." I say smiling. "Okay. He should be here in about an hour." She says and her voice turns into a whisper when she hears Gerard upstairs. When he finally comes down she hugs me and walks out the door. "I love you. Bye. See ya later." She says walking out. Then I get a hug from Gerard. "Happy Birthday." I say smiling. "Thanks. Bye. Love you." He says smiling and closing the door behind himself. Alright. I've got about half an hour before Mikey gets here. I walk into the living room to find Bandit watching cartoons. "Hey B, do you want some lunch?" I ask her while staring at the tv. "Yes please." She says and I throw in chicken nuggets and fries for the both of us. After about 45 minuets goes by and we've eaten lunch I hear the doorbell go off. I open the door and it's Mikey. "Uncle Mikey!" Bandit says running to him and giving him a big hug. He picks her up and walks inside. "Hey, I heard about your engagement. Congratulations." I say excitedly. "Thanks. I'm so happy. She's just so perfect." He says with a big smile on his face. I love seeing him happy. "Alright, time to make this house explode with some party vibes." I say, taking out the decorations. Oh God. Gee is rubbing off on me. We put up the decorations. If I said that we put them up without messing around most of the time I'm would be lying. We played the 'Don't Let The Balloon Hit The Floor' game. I obviously won cause balloon is life. "That's not fair you cheated!" Mikey protests. "And how did I cheat?" I ask placing the balloon where it's supposed to go in our display. "I don't know, but you did!" He says putting up more decorations. "You're just a sore loser." I say laughing. He begins to laugh too. We make perfect time on the decorations and sit watching cartoons and fighting over what superhero is better until people start to show up. Jess shows up and we go upstairs with Bandit. It's more of an adult party and we're more of the hermit type anyway. Well at least I am. We marathon TV shows and have our own little party in my room. We stay up there until I get a text. *Why are you hiding upstairs? Come get something to eat. I have a ton of people that wanna meet you.* Gerard types. I look at the time and I put Bandit to bed. It's late. "Do you wanna go downstairs?" I ask Jess. "Hell yeah!" She says pulling me down the stairs. We're launched into a world of celebrities and regular people in a huge mix. We're at a celebrity party. This is insane! "We need to find my dad." I yell to Jess over the music. It isn't that loud, but we're right next to the speaker. We pass the couch and I see Mikey sitting next to Pete Wentz. Pikey shippers would freak if they saw this. "Oh my God Pete Wentz is in my house sitting on my couch!" I say to Jess. Thank God music is playing because if he heard me I's probably die of embarrassment. As we walk through the house I see other famous people including Jimmy Urine, the lead singer for Mindless Self Indulgence. Finally on the other side of the house I find Gerard and he's talking to Patrick Stump! I walk up to them and smile. "Hi." I say quietly. "Hey Lil. Patrick, this is my daughter Lily. I just adopted her a couple moths ago." He says with a big smile on his face. "Hi Lily. It's nice to meet you." He says and I sake his hand. That's probably a hand that's touched Dan Howell and Phil Lester. danisnotonfire and amazingphil are my favorite YouTubers of all time. I swear I know some of the coolest people in the entire world. "It's nice to meet you too. Oh um this is my friend Jess." I say pointing to her. "Hi Jess." He says smiling. Her jaw almost drops. By now she's probably used to meeting famous people. "Hi." She says. I know what's happening. She got start struck again. Now she won't be able to talk. I don't know how she survived on my birthday when she was talking to Brendon Urie. When it's time for cake I can't help, but take my phone out and film. There are so many beautiful voices all singing at once. It's insane. A couple hours after cake everybody leaves. Part of me is worried that some of them were too drunk to drive home, but I feel a little better when I see people offering to carpool and leave their cars here. I'm so tired. I'm about to pass out. I go upstairs with Jess and we both sleep as soon as we hit the pillows. Then Gerard comes in. "Are you guys going to bed?" He asks. "Yeah. Happy Birthday. I love you." I say yawning. "I love you too." He says turning off the lights and closing the door. Today was awesome.