𝐃𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐝 & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 (M.V.)

2

One week before testing...
Switzerland
Dyl's POV:

"Happy Birthday dear Dylan, happy birthday to you." Mick and Seb sang and I smiled.

It was my first birthday without my mother. It was hard but having Seb and Mick made me feel so much better. They even made the cake, just like my mom used to. My dad had called me in the morning as well as Danny, Charles, Theo, Lewis and the others. Lando had made me a post with 22 by Taylor Swift playing in the background.

The only one who hadn't said anything was Max and honestly I wasn't expecting him to.

But I still wish he would.

"Blow the candle, make a wish kiddo." Seb told me pulling me out of my thought and I closed my eyes, I took in a sharp breath.

There was so many things I wanted to ask for. I wanted my mom back but I knew that wasn't possible even if I wished so hard for it.

I don't want to lose myself

I blew the candle and Seb and Mick clapped. I smiled looking at them.

"Happy birthday DylDyl." Mick hugged me and I chuckled softly when he tousled my hair.

I looked at Seb and he was holding a small box with a blue ribbon.

"Happy birthday." He handed me the box and I smiled pursing my lips.

"You didn't have to."

"It's from Mick and I." He squeezed my shoulder gently and I put my hand over his.

I opened the box carefully and saw a golden necklace. It had a 54 pendant dangling.

"It's beautiful." I smiled.

"Happy birthday." Seb repeated and I went in to hug him.

Tears formed in my eyes.

"Thank you for making this birthday easier for me." I whispered and he brushed my hair with his fingers.

"Of course kiddo." He whispered and I looked at him smiling as I wiped my tears.

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Max's POV:

Danny, Lando, Alex and I were watching a football match at my house. I wasn't really paying attention, I was scrolling through Insta stories of people congratulating Dylan.

I didn't know if she wanted to hear from me. Should I text her, call her, go see her? Should I give her some space?

I opened our messages.

Dyl 🤍

we can go out tomorrow before leaving, does Italian sound good to you?

sounds amazing actually

okay, then it's a date

it's a date :)

I looked at our last texts and let out a nostalgic sigh as I started typing.

hey Dylan, I know you probably don't want to hear from me

I sighed and erased the message.

happy birthday dyl

I erased it once again, frustration filling me, making my chest rise up and down quickly.