18 (Sequel to 15) HS

Chapter 21 Part 2: Party!

Sam's P.O.V.

"Thanks for coming guys." I said hugging a couple of my friends that were about to leave.

"Hey Sam."

"Hey Bryan."

"I want to give you this before I go. Happy Birthday." He said handing me a card.

"Thank you." I said. I could feel something inside the card.

"Do you want me to open it now?" I asked.

"Yeah." He replied. I opened the envelope then pulled out the card. Whatever was inside the card fell out and was still inside the envelope. I read the card then turned the envelope over so whatever was inside the envelope fell out onto my hand.

"Oh my gosh! You didn't! I can't believe you found one!" I said setting the card and the envelope down on the table that was next to us. I picked up the necklace looking at the pendant. It was my jersey number.

"How did you find one? The vender at the tournament said that he was sold out and that the manufacturer was discontinuing them." I said remembering the exact words the vender said.

"I did a lot of searching." The last season with the old team we went to the State Tournament. We had some time in between games so a bunch of us went to check out the venders that were there selling stuff. This one vender was selling these necklaces that had jersey numbers on them. I've always wanted one and I really liked the design of the pendant but of course they were sold out of my number and the manufacturer was discontinuing them like I said.

"You're the best, Bryan. Thank you." I said giving him a hug.

"You're welcome."

"Sam, come say goodbye." I heard my Dad. I pulled back from Bryan.

"I'll see you later." Bryan said.

"Okay. Thanks again, Bryan for everything. But don't think you're getting away with your win in air hockey yesterday. Next time I will kick your butt like I did if we would have finished that 1 v 1 game."

"Okay, Sam." He chuckled. I shook my head at him then grabbed the card off the table and went over to say goodbye to my Aunt and Uncle that were leaving. After most of everybody was gone we started to clean up. Raven stuck around to help until we were pretty much done then she came over to me.

"I'm heading home, dude. Happy Birthday." She said giving me a big hug.

"What's this?" She asked just as she was stepping back from the hug. She picked up the heart locket.

"My birthday present from Harry." I replied. She flipped the locket over to see the engraving.

"Dude, it's about time. I'm so happy for you." She said giving me another hug. I chuckled.

"Thanks, Rave."

"I'll text you later." She said before she left. I saw Harry in the hall by the bathrooms looking at the pictures on the wall. I went over to him.

"Hey."

"Hey." He replied turning his attention to me. I leaned back against the wall opposite of the pictures. He stood in front of me.

"Did you have a good birthday?"

"BEST. BIRTHDAY. EVER." I replied wrapping my arms around him. He gave me a quick kiss.

"What's this?" He asked picking up the pendant Bryan gave me. I had it tucked under my shirt. He must have seen the chain.

"Bryan got it for me." I replied.