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Chapter 19 - Making Plans

Marshall's POV:

— September 16th, Later That Night

"Alabama?"

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Marshall."

"Oh, hey. You were the last person I thought would be calling me right now. How'd you get my number?" Alabama hesitantly asked.

"Hailie gave it to me. I hope you don't mind since it's late and all." I replied awkwardly.

"No, it's alright. It's only 7:05 here. What's up?"

"I actually was hoping you could help me out with Sadé."

"Go on." She encourages me to continue.

"Well I need help deciding what to get Sadé for her birthday next week. I thought who else would know her better than her best friend, right?" I chuckle lightly, "I also was planning on surprising her. She doesn't know I'm coming at all."

"Oou she would love that! She was just venting to me not too long ago about how she wished you'd be there. Of course, I'll help!" She enthused.

I sighed out in relief, knowing she accepted my plea for help. I got up from my bed and quickly grabbed my laptop, going back to the bed. I laid flat on my stomach with it sat in front of me. I put my phone on speaker, so that I could multitask.

"Okay, let's start with her gift. I want to get her something nice, but I'm stuck on what. I was thinking some kind of jewelry?" I suggest.

"That's a good start. She's like gold more than silver, but she doesn't like anything flashy. She's a dainty type of jewelry girl." She informed me.

"I can see that. I've never seen her in anything crazy now that I think about it." I recall, thinking of all the times I've seen her wear jewelry.

I typed away at my laptop as we spoke some more. We exchanged websites to browse, found what caught our eye, and I even found something I considered getting her.

"You know she's also really into smell goods." Alabama mentioned as we online shopped some more in the middle of the night.

"Smell goods? What do you mean by that?" I wondered. I've never heard of that term before.

"Smell goods. Like candles, perfumes, nice smelling body products, etc. Basically, anything that smells good when it comes to lifestyle."

"Oh okay. Makes sense considering she's a lifestyle content creator. She does always smell sweet." I mumbled the last few words, not wanting her to actually hear me say that aloud.

"I heard that." She teased me over the phone.

My face reddened even though I was sat alone. Damnit.

We spoke more about other ideas back and forth until I found the perfect gift. I placed everything in their designated carts before purchasing it. I just hoped she loves it just as much as I think she will.

"Okay. Now let's talk about you surprising Sae." She began.

"Alright."

"Hailie and I were planning on doing a girls night with her the night before since neither of us have seen her in a long time. So you could fly here the day before with Hailie so it'll be easier."

"But won't she know I'm there early?" I questioned.

"No. You'll stay in a room that day at the hotel so she won't see you. Then you can send her flowers like you wanted to, but on the note you can say something along the lines of how you're sorry you couldn't make it. Then Hailie will only reiterate that by telling her how you got caught up with something. You roll up to the party unannounced to her and surprise her. Boom. What do you think?" She eagerly asked me.