I quickly head to work, hoping I'm not late. I check my watch. I think I'll make it. All this time, I feel like I forgot something, but I don't know what. I make it on time to the restaurant. 'Hey' Courtney said. She looked like she wanted to tell me something. Today was definitely going to be a normal day- no One Direction concert to look forward to. 'I can't believe it, in a week my baby's gonna turn 18!' I heard Courtney say.
My stomach twisted. How could I forget my own birthday? Zayn kept me so busy, spending time with him, and so many other things. 'Oh we have to make a HUGE party, I'll invite everyone we know!' Courtney shouted.
A few people turned their heads to us, wondering where the noise came from. I went to take someone's order, and when I returned to Courtney I whispered, 'Look, I need to work now, how about we go for a coffee later?' 'Sure!' Courtney whispered, obviously excited. 'I can't wait to come' someone said behind me. Oh, it was Jake! He's one of my very close friends. We used to do everything together. I turned around and gave him a bear hug. 'You came back from Florida! How was it?' I asked him, trying not to squeal in delight. He had been away for a while, visiting his family. 'It was great! And I even went to the Harry Potter park with my little sister' he told me teasingly. He knew how much I loved Harry Potter, and that I really wanted to go to the park. 'Why don't you come with us for coffee later?' I ask him. He accepts, and we go on working for the next few hours.
We head to the closest cafe, in Jake's car. He was old enough to drive. I loved it, it was a red convertible, very shiny and well kept. Jake loved his car way to much. We headed into the small and cute cafe. I loved this place, especially the comfortable couches. Maybe they won't notice if I take one from them, I thought jokingly.
We settled into those soft couches, I sighed. I order iced tea, Jake an ice cream sundae, and Courtney a lemonade. 'Hey Sophie, can I ask you something?' Courtney makes a puppy face. 'Um, sure.' I reply suspiciously. I she wants something really badly when she makes that face. 'Please please PLEASE can Jake and I plan your party?' she begs me. Oh no, I'm thinking of all the bad things that could happen. Courtney is known for her overly done parties. I sigh, 'Fine. But it has to be small. You have to promise me.' I don't want them working too hard for me. 'Oh thank you!' Courtney cheers, avoiding the promise part. Something tells me she won't make it small.
_____________________________________________________________________________
I head home with a taxi, not letting Jake drop me off, where i live is far away from where he lives. When I arrive, I pay the taxi driver, and get out of the taxi. There were firemen, and a firetruck too. Something is wrong, real wrong. I run up to them. 'What happened?' I ask the nearest firefighter. 'Someone left their stove on, and there was a fire. We're waiting for the owner of the apartment to come home.'
My stomach hurt like mad. That's what I forgot today. I left the stove on. I run up, feeling dizzy, and open the door. The living room was perfectly fine, but when I walked up to the kitchen, I saw it had turned black. Lindsay was there with another fireman. When she saw me arrive, she hugged me immediately. 'I'm so sorry' she tells me. Look at her, apologizing when it wasn't her fault.
_____________________________________________________________________________
I pick up my magazines, and dump them into a box. The house wouldn't be suitable for me to live here, the kitchen is in ashes. It would take a while to fix it, and for now, I would move into Lindsay's. Her apartment was huge, it could fit a family easily.
My phone started ringing. It was Zayn. 'Hi babe' I hear, 'Hello Zayn'. 'What's wrong?' he asked. My voice must have sounded weird. I told him about my day today. 'Oh no, look, when I finish with my interview, I'll come right away.' he comforts me. 'Okay, bye'. I hang up. Everything is packed. With Jake's help, tomorrow we will be moving the furniture upstairs. To kill the time, I take out a book from an opened box. I lay down a few quilts on the floor, and lay down and start reading.
I was reading The Hunger Games. I already read the series three times, but they were so amazing. I'm that type of person who reads books more than once. Courtney went to the movie, which just went out, and she loved it. I felt very tired. I had to read the page a few times for the words to sink in. My eyes dropped, I was fighting to open them, but I failed.
I heard the doorbell ring. I woke up, checking the time on my phone. I only slept for and hour. I jumped up, and headed to the door. I open it to find a very worrying Zayn. He hugged me, comforting me, and the whole time I tried to convince him that it was no big deal.
'Where do you want to go, we can do anything today!' Zayn tries to cheer me up. I thought of everything I could do. I suddenly had an idea. 'Um, how about we go see the Hunger Games' I replied shyly. 'Okay! I'll get ready, and I'll come back to pick you up in an hour.' he gives me a quick kiss before he leaves.
I head to my bathroom and took a shower while wondering about the movie. In my room i opened a box of my clothes. It took me a while to find something. I chose light blue jeggings, with a cute white blouse. I started doing my makeup, and fixing up my hair. Time passed quickly, because then I heard the doorbell.
Zayn took my hand, and we headed downstairs. It was cold outside. Great, I forgot to bring a sweater. I jumped into his car, the heat spreading into me. He gets in the car, gives me one long, sad look. It took me a while to figure out why. Zayn is leaving the day after my birthday. In eight days, Zayn's leaving.
We go into the cinema, buying tickets. I went to buy them because the appearance of Zayn Malik would cause attention. When we go inside, we settle comfortably into our chairs. The movie starts on time right away. The movie started. My eyes were glued to the screen, I loved every part of it, just like the book. In the middle of the movie, I feel something small hit my neck. I heard laughter at the back of the theatre. Zayn must have felt something too, because he stood up to go ask the group to stop. When he reached the top, I heard Zayn shout in joy, lots of laughing, and other noises. I turn around to focus on the scene where Katniss is about to destroy the careers' supplies. I was so sucked into it, that I didn't notice that Niall snuck into the chair next to me. So the group of people at the back were the boys! The boys came up from behind and scared me.
'Who told you we were here?' I asked. 'I believe I am guilty' Zayn says with a smile. I switched my eyes back onto the screen, this was the part when Rue died. I usually don't cry in movies, well at least not most of them, but here I was fighting back my tears. 'Are you crying?' Niall asks me. 'No' I reply. 'Are you crying' Louis shouts at me, and he started laughing. The rest of the boys played around while Zayn and I were focusing on the movie.
After we had dinner, without the boys. When we arrive in front of Lindsay's apartment, he doesn't let me go. He faces me, and we were so close our lips were touching. 'Good night' he whispers. I look at his lips, then his eyes. Those dark eyes were mesmerizing. Then he pulled me even closer, and started kissing me. I rapped my arms around his waist, and felt his hands grabbing my hair. We were not as gentle this time, I liked it more. When he finally let go, my chest ached. I wanted more, but now wasn't the time. I stumbled into Lindsay's apartment, feeling dizzy. What a night. I thought to myself.
