Rubato - Scarlett Johansson

Part 10

Theo's POV

Shit. I am going to kill those idiots. 

They are so lucky Rose is standing between them with a massive grin. The sight of a babbling Cosmo in Lizzie's arms, tames my rage slightly, although the minute they start singing my rage starts building again. Florance and Kaitlynn had way too much fun as they sang off-pitch, which was ridiculous because Flo can sing and Kat can hold a tune at the least. Heck, even Cosmo sounded more in tune than those two idiots as they grinned wickedly at me. "Happy Birthday T" Rose cheered, making jazz hands while Flo stood next to her with a tray of cupcakes. A homemade banner hanging above the idiots as Kat recorded it all, which I made a mental note to delete later, she is way too likely to drunkenly upload that. Did I mention they are both idiots? Because they one hundred per cent are.

"Wow, how did you find out Princess?" I asked, trying to smile at her despite the rage I was feeling towards the two grinning blonds on either side of her. "Kitkat told me on the phone. She said you would have forgotten because you work too much, so we should surprise you. So while you had a nap we made you coconut vanilla lime cupcakes. Flo says they're your favourite" Rose cheered, pointing to the tray of cupcakes, one of which had a candle flickering in it. "I bet this was all their ideas, wasn't it?" I asked with fake cheeriness, making Rose nod with a grin. Scarlett walked over to a confused Lizzie, grabbing a still giggling Cosmo before walking over and passing him to me without a word, making me look at her with confusion. "You're not hiding your anger very well right now. Whatever those idiots have done to upset you, please hold off killing them till later" she whispered while Cosmo started to paw at my face, making me laugh slightly despite the anger I feel towards dumb and dumber.

You see I hate my birthday. Always have since I can remember. You see my siblings and I all have our birthdays in the space of a month, mine being the last. A combination of being the last birthday out of the four of us and the oldest seemed to make my birthday the last thought in the household. Not to mention the anxiety meant I hated being the centre of attention. Then there was the fact that I shared my birthday will my Papa, my Dad's Dad. At first, it was fun, a running joke that everyone would fuss over me instead of him, the two of us enjoying spending the day together, often just the two of us. But then he died and suddenly the day just felt sad, not just for me but my Dad too, who stopped being around on my birthday, work often coming up the week of my birthday so that he could be far away from me. Once I move to New York I just stopped celebrating, it became yet another thing no one knew about me. 

Flo would try and make me celebrate every year. So I have spent the last few years making sure we are in different cities during my birthday, but I spaced this year. A combination of Kat being here and the last week consuming me as I tried to finish my album meant I forgot to leave New York. Still, I wasn't expecting the idiots to do this. They both know I hate today, I figured if they were going to do something they would at least have the decency to do it when it was just the three of us. I am beyond pissed that they brought Rose into this, using her as a pawn so that I wouldn't get mad at them. They were wrong about that, I am boiling with rage right now.

"You have to blow the candle out and make a wish T" Rose whined, pulling slightly on my arm, making me snap out of my angry haze. "I don't think I can do it by myself, do you want to help me blow it out Flower?" I ask, wanting nothing more than to go back upstairs and go back to sleep. I am way too tired to deal with this bullshit. Rose smiled and nodded as she dragged me over to a nervous Flo, who could now see the anger burning behind my eyes. 

The two of us blew out the candle before I was passing her a cupcake, taking one to feed small bits to Cosmo as I sat at the kitchen island, ignoring the adults who were all looking at me. "Theooooooo" Kat whined making me snap inside. "Scar, please can you take Cosmo back," I asked, turning to face her as she looked at me with concern. She doesn't question me though, just taking Cosmo, giving me a comforting smile as she does so. "Princess? Why don't you take Mommy and Aunt Lizzie and go pick a movie for us to watch, you can pick anything" I offer, watching as she squeals before running out of the room, the two adults following her, leaving me with thing stupid and thing stupider.