Colossal Damage

47.Surprise

"Surprise!" I jump in Carter's arms . I hide my flushed face in the crook of his neck . Then I bat his arm furiously .

"You said we were going to watch a movie !" The latest marvels to be exact.

His chest rumbles as he chuckles under my palm .

"We are ." He smirks as he leads us to our friends standing in the Isles of seats .

"Happy birthday Paris ." Willow ,Mags , Danny and the whole soccer squad ...including Joey all embrace me . I have tears in my eyes when they finally release me . The cinema is empty . We are the only ones in it. I flush when I realise they must have pulled some serious strings for .

"Ncawww guys we made her cry ." Mags awes . Carter chuckles and pulls me into his arms and kisses the top of my head .

"Happy birthday Pinky ." I told them I didn't want a party . The plan was to go to the movies with Carter then meet up at Carter's for cake .

The lights in the cinema go off . Everyone scrambles for a seat . Carter pulls me down ,and we take a seat on the love seat .

"Shhh it's starting !" Mags scolds Joey making us all giggle . Carter stretches and produces snacks . He places a huge bucket of popcorn on his lap and pulls me into his side.  I snuggle into him , my head on his shoulder and I think to myself.  He put so much effort into this . I smile up at him to find him already looking at me .

"I hope this is okay . I know you said no party . In my defence this is not a party but I couldn't just not do anything. Afterall, today is the best day of my life because you were born . "He kisses my nose . Here come the tears again . I snuggle up closer to him and place a kiss on his cheek .

"Thank you ." I croak . These are happy tears . I always hated my birthday because I always get tormented on this day . Then Carter comes into my life and makes it feel special... makes me feel special . I take a handful of popcorn into my mouth . A burst of chives and butter explodes into my mouth and I moan . This popcorn is delicious.  Carter rests his hand on my waist and lays his head against mine.  My skin is cool against his leather jacket . A soft smile rests on my face as I focus my attention on my husband , Thor . The movie leaves me breathless . The ending was just so perfect . Thor's character development was epic  .

"Since we don't have water to splash onto you as tradition in my home. "A playful smirk crosses Carter's face as he grabs a handful of popcorn and aims it at me . I gasp and tackle him . Everyone is laughing at the scene we are making.

"Shhh the ending credit short bit is coming ." The cinema goes dead silent as we focus on the short scene after the movie . We all groan when the lighs switch on . The little clip left us all pretty frustrated.

"Here. "Mags and Willow hand me two gifts . I smile up at them and unwrap them .

My eyes well up at the sight of a plain silver band with best friends engraved on the inside . They lift up their pointer fingers revealing they too have matching ones . I open the other one to reveal a silver bracelet with a little Eiffel Tower charm on it .

Willow has one with a little tree pendent  signifying the meaning of her name .

Magdaline (Mags ) has a little pearl on hers . And I have a little Eiffel Tower . It's official , these girls are my best friends .

"I love you guys ." I bring them in for a long hug. They both place sloppy kisses on my cheeks before releasing me .

We hang at the cinema playing tag in the Isles ,laughing , joking and just talking . By the time we glance at the time the day is already over . Now it's time for cake . We meet at the Dalton's who chuck a bucket of water onto me (Kalem) .

When, Sandra comes in holding a medium sized vanilla cake with "Happy Birthday Paris " scribbles in cursive on it  my eyes well up for the millionth time today . Mr D stands at the head if the table with a camera in his hands.  I've never had this before . They sing Happy Birthday and Kalem comes behind me to pull my ears . The fact that I'm soaking wet doesn't bother me . I'm stuck in the moment . My friends and I giggle to myself . My family celebrate my life . After , I fight with Kalem who tries to shove my face into my cake ; Sandra cuts it after I blow out my candles .

"Did you make a wish ?" Carter drops icing onto my nose . Yes , I did.  I wished to have you forever.  I nod in response and dig into my healthy slice of cake . We spend the rest of the evening dwelling in the pure bliss of the day . Some might want some big eighteenth birthday party . But, for me this was just perfect . I hug my friends goodnight and thank them for this amazing day . I turn around to see the Dalton's all brightly smiling at me .

They hand me a big box with a pretty red bow on it . I blush and take it from Kalems hands . I pull out a leather jacket similar to Carter's but a little for feminine.  I inhale the smell of leather before giving them a bright smile . I tackle them and bring them all in for a group hug that lasts for a while .

"I love it !" I hug it to my damp chest .

"Alright thank you parents but we best be on our way . "Carter takes my hand and leads out the door . I turn to him perplexed and he shakes his head at me .

"You didn't think the night was over did you ?" He wiggles his eyebrows at me . With that we speed to my house ,and he tells me to get ready . I hop of his motorcycle and he kisses my lips .

"I'm giving you an hour . I have something I need to do first ..."