My Brother's Best Friend (on hold/being re-written)

9.

I wake up to an empty bed. I remember falling asleep in Ashton's arms and now I'm sad because he's not there. I get up and stretch.

I walk into my bathroom and brush my teeth and hair, and put on some deodorant. I open my door, and I smell something delicious. Pancakes? Bacon? Coffee? Yumm.

Walking down the stairs the smell gets stronger and makes my tummy grumbles. The first thing I see when I get downstairs is the decorations. A big banner that in all caps says

HAPPY BIRHTDAY!

"What the-" I am cut off. "Happy eighteenth birthday!" Both Noah and Ashton yell. A huge smile appears on my face. I walk into the kitchen and see my favorite pancakes, bacon, and coffee.

"You did this all for me?" They both nod like little kids. "That's not all either." I raise my eyebrow. Ashton nods his head towards the table and there's gift bags. What in the world? There's a pink gift bag with colorful tissue paper and a confetti gift bag.

I grab the confetti one first. There's a card.

Happy birthday little sis, I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

I open the bag and there's a bunch of little gifts: bath bomb, face mask, New press on nails; and a gift card to my favorite bookstore. "Noah you didn't have to do this," I say looking at my brother; my favorite person.

"I do though. You only turn eighteen once. Ashton has gifts too," Noah says winking at me. I open the pink gift bag. I see a card and open it.

happy birthday love. You mean the world to me, I hope you have the amazing birthday that you so deserve.

I look in the bag and it's just like the first: gift card, my favorite candy and snacks... And a box? I open it and gasp quietly. It's a beautiful necklace.

"Ash... This must've costed a fortune... I can't-" Ashton cuts me off. "Do not finish that sentence. You deserve the moon, love."

I can't help the tears of happiness. The feeling of being spoiled but also the feeling of being loved. By both of them. But I also can't help the feeling of sadness either. Evie should be here. But she's not. She ghosted me and I still can't figure out why.

Once I am done eating the amazing breakfast, I go to get dressed for the day. I'm feeling like dressing edgy, grunge vibes. I chose my outfit and get dressed. Adding jewelry, I finish my outfit with perfume and a light coat of makeup. 

Happy with my appearance I leave my bathroom. I sit on my bed and stare off into space. I really, really want to talk to Evie but at the same time, I'm so hurt by her ghosting me all of the time. She belittles me. Judges me. Constantly. I don't look like her; she has beautiful blonde hair, slim figure, she's the perfect height, and she is so pretty. I'm nothing like her.

She's the reason I starved myself for so long... I never told anyone, I hid it. From my brother, and from her. Everyone. I wanted so badly to look like her, that I tried everything. For so long I would skip meals. I wouldn't eat breakfast, sometimes I would even skip lunch. Noah never knew what I was doing, just that I became skinnier and for a while was really sick. I hid it saying it was from the flu, or that I was just tired. 

I never wanted him to know. But when I finally told Evie, she belittled it; she told me that it didn't really look like it was helping but that my brother would find out so I should stop. 

Snapping out of my thoughts, I pick up my phone and call her. 

"Hello?" she says sounding annoyed. "Hey Eve," there's a pause. "Happy birthday bitch." I frown. Why is she being like this?

"What did I do this time, Evie? You've ghosted me and now you're being rude." She sighs loudly, annoyed. "I don't have time for you anymore. I have new friends; I've moved on. Get a life and stay out of mine." I can't help the shock. Nor can I stop the tears as soon as she hangs up. What did I do? She's never been like this. 

There's a knock at my door but I don't bother answering. I only keep crying. I grab my favorite squishmallow and hug it close to me, crying like a little girl. I am so hurt right now. Happy Birthday to me I guess...

My door opens and Noah walks in holding a cup of coffee. His smile soon fades when he sees me crying and I don't even try to hide my sadness. I've only just stopped crying. I explain what happened and when I am done speaking I am once again crying. Noah is hugging me. Ashton walks in.

"Love what's wrong?" He's concerned. Noah explains. He looks mad, but also there's pity and sympathy. They suggest going shopping and I say yes, needing a distraction. It is my birthday and I won't let Evie ruin that. Noah walks out to change his clothes leaving me and Ashton.

"Off topic but you look really hot love." I blush. "Thank you," I whisper bashfully. That's what starts a makeout between us. 

"Ewww!" Noah says dramatically making me giggle. We head out, and I request to go to target to get a new collection of Squishmallows and a few random things. 

My birthday ended up being really fun. Ashton and Noah did a really good job at getting my mind off of Evie. 

I'm really lucky to have such an amazing Brother, and truly the best boyfriend