Chapter seven - 30th Birthday Surprise

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" morning Katie!" Jack shouted in my ear " what the ...." I exclaimed, moments later Stan came in " morning birthday princess" he to shouted, as he sat on the bed. With blurry eyes I glanced at the pink clock on the bedside cabinet " blimey dad! Its 6:00am" I exclaimed " do you really think I could wait any longer to give you your present" " well, no because your an inpatient person" i protested " here you go" he said handing me a medium size present " thank you". Opening the card that lay on the top first it read " to my spectacular daughter, on her 30th birthday, love Stanley". Being as carful as I could I undone the present and in the rapping paper was a box, I opened it carefully and inside was a beautiful old London bus, with diamond studs " oh dad this is beautiful" I beamed " read what's on the back" he asked, turning the bus round I found a inscription which said " forever in your heart, Stan" " this is so beautiful, thank you so much dad" I said, with a tear coming down my cheek " come here" he said, opening his arms wide, he held me tight and gave me a kiss it felt so lovely I didn't want to let go.

Arriving at the studio I was greeted with a big banner saying " happy birthday Katie" it was so lovely I hugged all the cast and crew. Having a big dinner with glitter, crowns and hats was so special. For once in my life I felt like I belonged to something truly special and I'm so glad that my dad was part of it to. As a birthday treat dad played me my favorite song on the piano which was " still falling for you" you could really see that he played with such elegance and the smile he had on his face was so big.

Coming home from an amazing day I went and got in the shower. I still had my necklace round my neck as the cold water hit me, however dried and dressed I heard a shout from jack " Katie! Katie!" Jack shouted " what do ya want?" I shouted back " Stan's on the floor" he replied " what!" I screamed back. Opening the bedroom door with force I ran down the stairs, however in my rush to get to my dad my face came in contact with the floor  " shit!" I shouted as I picked myself up and quickly making my way in to the kitchen. I found my dad lying lifeless on the stone, hard floor, jack was by his side continuously repeating his name. Making my way, slowly to the right side of him " dad?" I asked quietly, with no response I looked round at jack, who was thinking for something positive to say " he'll be fine" he eventually said. Minutes of collapsing to the floor Stan finally came round, he looked pale and in shock " where am I?" He questioned " you're at home on the kitchen floor" I replied " please don't put me in a home" he suddenly said " dad, I'd never do that, I love you to much to do that". Helping him of the floor and up the stairs, accompanied by the help of jack I took him to his room, where we put him to bed, just like what he'd done for me when I was younger " goodnight" I said , kissing him on the forehead " goodnight, god bless" he replied.

Shutting the door, quietly I turned to jack who also looked at me "This was a great birthday surprise wasn't it" " owe you're just like your father" he smiled.

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