BLACKMAIL | MATT CHAMPION

PHOTO ALBUMS AND CAKE

"happy birthday, everlee!" i hear multiple people shout in my room.

i uncover myself from my blanket to see, matt, ian, and the boys, hovering right over me. matt, is carefully holding a cake in his hands, and looks like he's waiting for me to react to it.

i giggle, "thanks guys," i face, joba, and he's holding a red gift bag.

"this is for you!" he hands it to me, "it's from all of us, except for matt." he smiles.

"that's only because i got her a better gift," matt says defensively, "i'll give it to you later." he says quickly, as if he knew that i was going to ask for it.

i sit up, and take out the tissue paper from inside the bag, and look inside. it's a photo album. the cover says, "happy birthday, everlee!" it's decorated and covered with stickers, doodles, and tape.

i flip it open slowly, and the first page is filled with pictures from these past months. below each photo, there's a caption and even more stickers. there's a picture from matt's birthday party, and it's matt and i posing together. flipping through, there's photos from the valentines dance, random moments in school, that time when i was drunk and, matt, carried me to my car, and so many more.

"i fucking love this," i can't stop smiling, "but how do you guys have these pictures?"

"this was all ian's idea, he's the one who took all the pictures without you knowing." dom says, pointing back at him.

ian, makes his way next to me, "i had my camera with me at all times just for this gift. i needed help decorating and putting it together though, so i told the boys about it too and they helped out."

i give ian a hug, and get up to hug the boys too, "thank you guys so much!" after i'm done hugging them all, i sit back down.

"i call the first slice of cake!" merlyn yells, as he tries to grab the cake from, matt's, hands.

matt, steps back, "i made it just for, everlee!"

"you made it yourself?" ameer says, then quietly chuckles, "man, you really are a softie." he pats his back.

matt, gives everyone a weird look and tries to secretly nod his head towards the door.

merlyn, stares at him confused, "matt, are you okay? you're twitching."

joba, sighs and whispers into his ear. merlyn smiles, "oh, that makes sense. well, we all better get going now! bye!" he waves.

i say goodbye to all of them except, matt, and thank them again for the gift. my door closes, and i motion matt to come over and sit next to me.

he does, then he hands me the cake, and pulls a fork out from his pocket. i giggle, "thank you." i take the fork and just start eating.

i can feel his stare so i look up at him, and he's just smiling. "oh sorry, do you want some too?"  i ask. he shakes his head and he still keeps up his smile. he kinda looks mesmerized.

he shakes himself out of it, "what do you wanna do today?" he asks, "arcade? trampoline park? or how about we go to that place that has go karts?" he sounds excited.

"let's do all of it!" i say excitedly.

"a bitch is about to be broke after this, but let's do it." matt says.

a/n:
you guys are so fucking cool and that makes me emo