Mildrid's Mansion

II. Surprise

(One week earlier)

Catherine's POV

I sighed as I entered my room facing the ground, "How could they forget my birthday?" I said aloud as I sit on my bed and put my hands against my forehead. I felt as if my friends had forgotten the most special day of my life and went to party with the others.

But I stopped my moment of sadness when I heard a knock on the front door. "I'll get it!" Chloie said.

Chloie is my younger sister. She's typically a part of my little circle of friends because we're so close, like nothing could tear us apart from each other and plus, her boyfriend is also in that little circle so basically my friends are stuck with her.

I stood up and sticked my head against the thin wall to try to listen who it was.

"Is Cat there?"

I heard the deep voice of a male and a smile grew on my face as I walked out of my room I greeted him enthusiastically, "Ethan!" I spreaded my arms and hugged him resting my chin on his broad shoulder. And when I looked behind him I was surprised by what I saw.

"Happy birthday!" my friends shouted in chorus. I felt like I was going to cry. All my friends were there, Jean, Tom, Casey, and ofcourse, Ethan. I broke my hug from ethan and held my cheeks.

"I thought you forgot about me" I felt a tear went down my eye. They laughed at me and Jean wiped my tears off my cheeks "Oh Cat, we'll never forget your birthday" she giggled.

"Yeah!" Casey and Tom said. Casey looked at Tom and Tom looked at her and they both looked away shyly. They both like each other but they both don't have the guts to confess.

I wiped the rest of my tears and smiled at them. "So what do you wanna do?" I asked.

"Look back" Ethan said.

"Look back?" I asked confused. Ethan grinned. Then he held my shoulders and turned me around. I was surprised, again apparently. Ethan and the others started singing happy birthday and I saw my parents and Chloie holding a three tier cake with a beautiful matte black fondant with patterns of white petals around it. It was like a wedding cake, I awed in its gorgeousness. I blew the candle and made a wish. After that, my parents left me, Chloie and my friends in our living room so we could have some time to chat.

"So what did you wished for?" Casey asked excitedly and moved a little closer to me while holding my arms. Her hair tied up in ponytail swayed with her.

"It's a secret" I grinned.

She pouted her lips which made me giggle because she made googly eyes on me. I noticed Tom giggled also.

"You guys want drinks? A beer perhaps?" I asked. Then they all nodded "Yes please" Jean said. "Okay, I'll go get some in the fridge" I stood and walked my way to the kitchen.

"I'll help you!" Ethan stood up and ran towards me. He's brown hair swayed as he ran. "Uhm, thanks" I said.

I was getting the beer and was handing it to him when our hands accidently touched. I felt his skin brushed through mine. He's hands were soft and white as snow I removed my hand, shook my head and brought back the beer. I sat with my friends. They were watching TV and giggling as I only had my eyes laid on Ethan. He had brown hair, beautiful hazel eyes and thick eyebrows, pink lips. He has broad shoulders. He kinda looks a lot like Dave Franco.

I thought about what happened earlier and a smile formed on my lips. I realized I was staring at Ethan and shook my head. Was I fallinf in love with Ethan?! I must have looked like a crazy woman staring at him like that. I'm glad they didn't noticed.

Time passed, it was already 8 pm and everyone was getting ready to go home. I gave each one a hug and waved goodbye to them..

I walked to my bedroom but someone called me which made me stop. "Hey honey, did you enjoy their company?" my mother asked smiling.

"Yah. Thanks mom"

"Oh don't thank me. It was your friends idea"

"Who? Was it Jean?" I asked confidently because Jean always do those kind of things.

"No, it was the handsome boy with brown hair" mom said. Well it was definitely not Tom because he wouldn't do such a thing and he was blonde.

"Ethan?" I asked.

"Yes! Was he your boyfriend? I like him. He's nice"

"No mom. He's not. He's just a friend"

"Okay okay" Putting her hands away from her.

I walked to my room and sat to my bed. Removed my shoes and felt my eyes were heavy so I laid my head on the pillow and started to sleep.

(Author's Note: Did you like this chapter? I hope you did. I'm sorry if you didn't enjoy it. I'm still new at writing stories and stuff. But please let me know if you did ^^)