Basic Instinct [stranger things]

46. Birthdays

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
BIRTHDAYS

Kimmy was stressed.

She didn't know what the hell to get Aaron for his birthday. Unlike the year before, the blond boy wasn't having a party to celebrate his fourteenth, he wasn't doing anything for it.

He had only told her when his birthday was once before, he had a party the year prior, but it wasn't on his actual birthday. Kimmy shook her head, trying to reassure herself that she had the right date. March 26th.

What was strange to the girl was that no one had mentioned his upcoming birthday, or well, his actual birthday now. The past few weeks no one had mentioned it. And Kimmy began to worry for the boy that maybe they had forgot.

Kimmy shook her head, cursing herself for the idea. They were his best friends, they wouldn't have forgotten his birthday.

Kimmy hoped not at least.

Kimmy hadn't spoken to the rest of the party about this, but she presumed that they would have gotten him a present at least.

The girl didn't really care if anyone else had got him a present, she was going to get him one anyway.

She'd saved up to get him something, she just didn't know what exactly to get him.

It was difficult to buy a gift for someone with so much money who could buy anything he wanted at any time.

Kimmy had no idea what the hell to get the boy. She did want to get him something thoughtful, but she didn't know exactly how to achieve that when he'd never mentioned not having something or slipped something into a conversation about wanting something he couldn't have.

She did not know.

Rather embarrassingly, Kimmy had made him a card herself. With little drawings on the front of it and everything alongside big letters reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON.

Her only issue was his gift, she was sure no one else would be having this issue, seeing as they were probably prepared weeks ago. Kimmy didn't have the money to be prepared weeks ago.

She wanted to wait until she had saved up as much as possible, seeing as Aaron was probably used to getting expensive presents.

She knew Aaron wouldn't care about how much she spent on him or probably if she even got him a gift at all.

But Kimmy cared. She didn't want to look stupid or for him to open everyone's presents then get to hers at for it to be a slight let down in comparison.

Kimmy sighed, frustrated that she couldn't think of what to get him, this should have been easy, she spent most of her time with either Aaron or Max anyway, she should know what to get him for his birthday.

Kimmy almost wished that he had just told her what he wanted and she could get him it, then none of this stress would be here.

But on the other hand, Kimmy was glad he didn't. She would rather get him something that she wanted to get him, getting him a present because she wanted to, not because she felt obligated to after he had told her what he wanted. At least that was a much better way to receive a birthday present in Kimmy's eyes anyway.

Still, this didn't make this any easier for the girl.

Kimmy let out a sigh, she'd been around the entire mall and had no idea what to get the boy. She had been looking for hours.

Well, that was a lie. She had got him a navy blue sweatshirt, but the girl felt that couldn't be the only thing the got him, especially when she had money left over.