Mistake - E.D & G.D

Chapter 2

Sunday, the 29th of May.

I woke up to the smell of pancakes, and I was a little confused, to say the least because I live alone. I open my eyes to see my best friends, Kate and Anna, holding a plate of pancakes with a glass of apple juice.

I giggle and sit up.

"what are you guys doing here?" I say as I yawn

"What do you mean what are we doing here? It's your last day in Australia! How could we let you spend it alone?" Kate says as she hands me the plate of food.

"Thanks, guys. But, how did you guys get in?" I say as I go to get up.

"Alex organised us to come over. She let us in and cooked the food, and basically did everything" Anna laughs

"So, what are we doing today? have you guys even planned anything?" I laugh

"Yes, we've planned stuff. We didn't just come over here to feed you then leave" Alex says as she walked in. "Get ready, we're going shopping first because you need a new outfit, you're hosting a party tonight!"

"Oh, my gosh guys," I say as I start to laugh " a freakin party? When did u decide this? whos coming? you know we have to catch a flight tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah I know we're catching a flight. I planned it perfectly." Alex says trying to reassure me "It's starting at 8 and will probably finish at 1 or 2 am, which is around the time we will be leaving for our flight. Kate and Anna will stay here and close up the house as we're on our way to the airport and before you know it, you'll be on your way to LA."

"What the hell Alex we're not gonna have any time to do anything," I say

"Yes, we will" Anna cuts in "if we leave like right now we will at least."

"well, someone helps me get ready, and as you do, can you tell me at least whos coming tonight?" I say

"Sure I will," Kate says

Alex and Anna leave the room, which now only has me and Kate in it.

"So whos coming?" I say as I look through my closet. That's the one hard thing about being someone people can recognise, if you're looking bad, rumours start to fly, if you've worn it before, people just have to talk about it, and if you wear something baggy, people just assume you're pregnant. I need to look presentable at all times.

"Well, it's a plus one party. We've invited around 150 people." Kate says trying to avoid eye contact

"150 people! Wtf what were you guys thinking?! 150 people in my apartment? I have neighbours you know?! Do I even know 150 people?" I say as I look at kate

"well if you think about it, it's gonna be more than 150." She says, still trying to avoid eye contact.

I start to laugh, thinking how messed up this is, but, I have to admit, I'm not really mad, I'm kinda glad. I'm glad that I'm gonna have this big party. I've never really liked parties for me. I've never really liked being the centre of attention, having people sing happy birthday to me while I'm trying not to look too embarrassed. I find it weird, having people celebrate your birth. How weird does that sound? You get given gifts because you were born. In my opinion, people only really give you presents because of two reasons. Number 1, you get given presents out of respect. Its become a tradition for people to accept birthday gifts on their birthday. If you think about it, most of the time we don't give people presents because we love them and want them to actually love the gift, we give them presents because it's the right thing to do. And number 2, we thank them for inviting us in a very low key way which is disguised as a birthday gift.