𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞

ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ

Valentina's POV

I woke up feeling like a new person. Just kidding, I felt the same, which was a normal feeling on my birthday. 

It is, indeed, my birthday. I'm finally 24.

And, to answer your question, I still feel 23. When my phone vibrated and rang, I smiled.

Because I knew it was probably Luca, Rico, or someone in my family, I got excited. When I saw who was calling, I answered the phone.

"Happy birthday, chica!" Luca screamed into the phone, making me smile.

"Thank you, Luca." I said, "You're the first person to say it to me."

Luca squealed into the phone, making me pull my phone away from my ear because of the loudness.

"I'm first every year! You should know that by now." Luca chastised me.

It was far too early in the morning for his squealing and scolding. I let out a sigh.

"I know, I was just teasing you." I said, which elicited a satisfied hum from him.

"Since it's your birthday, I'm taking you out today. Get ready, I'll be there in an hour." He said before hanging up, not even giving me the opportunity to respond.

Before I could get up and dressed for the day, my Mamá started calling. I grinned and mentally crossed off the names of everyone who had wished me a happy birthday.

Yes, I was that petty.

So far, Rome and Rico needed to call or text me. Other than that, everyone else seemed to remember.

With a broad grin on my face, I answered the phone. On the other end of the line, my family began singing happy birthday in Spanish.

As they continued to sing, I swayed my head to the song. Once they had finished singing, I took the opportunity to thank them.

"Thank you, guys. That was the best present I got today." I said onto the phone.

My mother let out a sigh. "Hun, I wish I could be there. But it's the best we can do right now."

I nodded, still appreciating their gesture. "I wish you guys could be here too, but speaking to you on my birthday is more than enough."

"I love you." I smiled into the phone.

My entire family screamed into the phone, wishing me a happy birthday and telling me how much they loved me. Marco, no doubt, was the twin who yelled that I was getting old.

That scumbag.

After we all said our goodbyes, I hung up and realized I needed to get ready. Even if I was naked, Luca would undoubtedly drag me out of the house.

He is constantly late, yet he becomes mad when someone else is late. That's something I'll never understand about him.

After getting out of bed, I strolled into the bathroom, ready to shower. Today would be my first shower as a 24-year-old.

I mentally laughed, knowing I'd be saying that all day.

I turned on the water and waited for it to warm up. Once it was hot and ready to go, I undressed myself nude and stepped into the shower.

When the hot water reached my cold skin, I melted. This felt so good.

After I finished relaxing into the water, I grabbed my vanilla body wash and started scrubbing my body with it. My body was slathered in soap, and both I and the bathroom smelled divine.