Teach Me How to Love Again (Sequel to Dirty Little Secret)

Chapter 8: You Will Never Fade (With Commentary)

*~(The title of this chapter is from Oh Star by Paramore.)~*

HELL YEAH BACK ON THE PARAMORE TRAIN CHOO CHOO BITCHES -2021 M

*~Frank's P.O.V.~*

Today we were going to be discussing plans for Skylar's birthday. Kristin was in on the plan, so she had taken Sky out for another girls' day. Mikey says he'll get her caught up to the plan later. Kristin can be in on my plan any day. 

I had even managed to convince Denise to join us today. She found a sitter for Katie, and then she came over. WHY DOES KATIE NEVER GET TO COME TO ANYTHING?? THIS POOR KID STAYS INSIDE ALL DAY EVERY DAY THAT'S GOTTA BE CHILD ABUSE RIGHT

Mikey, Ray, Denise and I were all gathered in mine and Sky's apartment to make sure we had a perfect plan for everything. My mom would also be coming to the party, but she wasn't here for the planning because she was working, just like always. We had notebooks out and everything. There was some serious planning going on. If this chapter says the word "plan" one more time I am gonna bite my own finger off /J PLEASE DON'T BITE YOUR FINGERS OFF 

"First, we need to decide the location. That's here, right?" Denise asked.

"Yeah. I figured we'd do it here, because she won't suspect anything suspicious in her own apartment," I said. Denise wrote that down in the planning notebook. GODDAMN IT THERE'S PLAN AGAIN

"Who's in charge of decorations?" Ray asked.

"I was kind of figuring we could just all work together on the decorations," I shrugged. bro how are you gonna shrug a sentence. Shrug ain't a dialogue tag. 

"Good idea," Ray said. Denise handed him the notebook, and he jotted that down.

"I think the most important things to think about are the design and flavors of the cake, what the decorations are going to look like, and what we're buying her," Denise said. We all seemed to agree on this.

Ray handed Denise the notebook, because she seemed to be the most organized out of all of us. She tapped her pen against it as we all thought.

"Mikey, you said Kristin is good at baking cakes, right?" Ray asked Mikey.

"Yep," Mikey said.

"So Kristin will be making the cake, right?" Denise asked. Mikey nodded, so Denise wrote that down as well.

Denise had made a page for each category of planning, so right now we were stuck on the cake page.

"It should be pretty big, because it's a special occasion. Maybe a few tiers?" Denise asked. Everybody seemed to agree on this, at least.

"Her favorite colors are purple and black, and her favorite flavors of cake are chocolate and vanilla. I think we can work with this," I added.

Denise flipped to a blank page at the back of the notebook and began sketching something. When she showed everybody, we all seemed to agree on it. ok i swear i'm still here this chapter is just so boring i have nothing to say 

She had drawn a three-tiered cake. The bottom tier was black, the middle one was purple, and then the top one was black again. A black ribbon and bow made of fondant wrapped around the purple tier. It looked perfect for Sky. She even labeled the flavors of each tier. The black ones were chocolate, and the purple one was vanilla. sounds kinda ugly, not gonna lie

"Do you think Kristin could pull this off?" Denise asked, showing Mikey her sketch.

Mikey nodded. "She's really good with cakes."

Denise jotted this down as well. We had already decided on our cake, but now we had the hardest parts to go.

"Shit, guys. How are we gonna get her out of here if Kristin has to bake the cakes?" Ray asked. We all thought about this for a while before Mikey seemed to have an idea.

"Kristin can get up early and start on the cakes so that they're done before Sky gets up. After they leave, I'll bring the cake over here," Mikey said. This idea sounded foolproof to me. Denise seemed to write this down too.

"Alright. Now for the decorations and the gifts," Denise said. She flipped to the page she had labeled "decorations."

"For the decorations, I was thinking we could get a shitload of purple and black balloons and like all blow some up so they're everywhere. Also, purple and black streamers would be a nice touch," I said. Everybody seemed to agree on this as well. This was much easier than I thought it would be. This party is so emo it makes me uncomfortable. MySpace layout colors. 

Now came the hard part; gifts. I still had no idea what to get her.

Denise turned to the gifts page and set the notebook down so she could brainstorm with us.

"Band merch is always a good option for a girl like Sky," Mikey said. I nodded in agreement before an idea struck me. emo. 

"What about a guitar? She needs one of those," I said.

"That's a great idea," Denise said. We all shouted out more ideas, but none of them really seemed personal enough.

"I have a better idea. How about we all go shopping together sometime soon, so we can look for stuff for Sky in person?" Ray suggested.

"I like that idea better," I chimed in. Mikey and Denise nodded.

We all decided that we would be going shopping on Sunday, because today was Friday. ok

I can't wait to give Sky a good birthday. She deserves some happiness in her life.

She'll be okay. She'll never fade as long as we're all here, because we won't let her. ??? ok