chapter 9

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"Happy 16th birthday !!!" My dad yelled, I woke up instantly and I glanced at all the people that were in my room. Tristan was holding a camera, Kayla, Bry, Kai, and my dad throwing confetti at me and singing happy birthday.

I got out of my bed and squealed as I jumped up and down

"Come on bring it in guys !" I said and pull them into group hug.

"Thank you so much for doing this for me !" I said. "It means so much to me !" It was already a good day.

"Come downstairs I made an  amazing breakfast !" I was in the staircase and the smell of cookies filled my nostrils.

"I have a birthday party planned with your closest friends at 3pm, but I have to prepare the house before." My dad said and looked at my friends.

"So Bryana, Tristan, Kayla and I will take you to the movie theater, you chose the movie." Kai said smiling at me.

"And I'm vlogging this and it will be up on YouTube by the end of the week." Tristan continued and Kayla and Bry nodded in agreement.

"Well I guess I have to get ready now !k I went upstairs and got dressed, 20 minutes later I was ready so I came back downstairs.

"See you later ! We're coming back in about 3 hours" Kayla said and I closed the door.

We went to the movie theaters and we really enjoyed the film, on the way back home, we grabbed smoothies and drank them on the way back.

When we arrived at home, the house was decorated, and they were cupcakes everywhere and Noah was already here. I ran into his arms and kissed him.

"Happy birthday Tessa, I already said it this morning at least a million time but I don't care, happy birthday" he said smiling and he kissed me too.

"Thank you, I love you so much !" I replied smiling at him.

People started to knock on the door and a few minutes later everyone was here. I heard a knock and I went to open it.

"Hi, happy birthday Tessa !!" She said smiling and I pulled her into a hug and smiled too.

"I didn't know you were coming, I'm happy that he invited you, dad is In The kitchen if you want to see him" I said looking at her and when I said that she blushed. "Come on, you have to meet my friends ! Everyone is here ! See you later Laurie !" I said as I pulled McKenna and Lex's arms so they could follow me.

"We just came here to say hi and to wish you a happy birthday !" McKenna giggled.

"And to give you this gift." Lex added showing me the package she was holding. I picked it and put it on the table beside me.

"I don't care about gifts, I'm already happy to see you here !" I said and pulled them both into a hug.

We were all playing at just dance when all of the lights went off and people started singing and a couple of seconds later more people joined, I saw my dad bringing a cake and he set it on the table. I went in front of it

"Make a wish !" Everyone cheered.

I closed my eyes and made a wish before blowing the candles.

My dad cut the cake and served everybody, it was delicious.

"I wanted riverbank you all so much for coming to my birthday, thanks for the gifts, but the real gift is you coming here this afternoon for me so I hope you all a great evening and thanks again, I love you." And people left except Bry, Kai,Kayla and Tristan.

"It was so great, thanks" I said and we all hugged.

"I'm planning on doing a YouTube channel and I want you to be in some of my videos, maybe if I become famous we can all go live in L.A. together" Tristan said.

"I want to be an actor and sing and dance, you know I already took acting class and I auditioned for a Disney show, I hope I'll be able do act in it." Bry said.

"That would be great Tristan, and Bry I'm sure you'll be taken, you're the best." I said smiling at her.

"Hey, what about us ?!" The rest said and we laughed at them.

"I still love you." I said giggling. "Does someone want to talk about their project after high school and college?" I questionne looking at them.

"I want to be a photographer,or something in the cinema if I can. I would like to make videos on YouTube around the world, I want to travel a lot." Kai said.

"And you Kayla ?" I asked.

"I don't really know, but I know that I want to follow you guys, I don't want the distance will not separate us..." she said.

"It will never happen, our friendship is too strong for that." Tristan said.

"Nothing will change even if we are away from each other, L.A. can't change us, we will not turn into these fake people, we have a true friendship." Kai said.

"And if we do not leave at the same time, we will call each other everyday, and we can go to the same school." Bryana said.

"What about you Tessa, what do you want to do ?" Kayla asked me.

"I want to be a dancer first and maybe, I will find other things I want to do after." I said smiling at her.

We hugged again and they left.

We never talked about the future, I mean we had before but it wasn't that serious, we were 16 and we needed to know what will happen.

After they left, my dad and I cleaned the house and we put music on.

"What was your wish ?" My dad asked curiously.

"Apparently, if you tell your wish to someone it will not realize and I want mine to." I said.

"It will realize, don't worry. I'm sure you did a great one." He said smiling at me. "I heard you guys talking earlier."

"Oh...  we want to do everything we can, Kayla seems scared about what will happen but I know that everything will be fine, it has to be. We can go to the same school, even if we don't leave at the same time." I replied.

"You're always seeing the bright side of everything."

"Are you scared ?" He asked.

"Kinda, but I have to hold on tight, that's what told me, you're by my side, mom is in my heart, I have the best friends I could ever asked for,they would do anything for me I would too, and I have the best supporters to follow me on the way of life."

✨Thank you for reading my story, I love you and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm sorry for the mistakes.✨

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