Roommates

Chapter 9

I woke up this morning with the sunlight blinding me. It was super bright and annoying, but there was something about it that made me have a happy feeling in my body and it caused me to smile. I got out of bed then and picked up my phone. OMG!! It's September 14th. I'm finally 19! 

"Yesssss!" I said to myself loudly hoping I didn't wake up Jake. After all, it was only 5:30 in the morning.

A few minutes later Mallory and Gianna called me and sang happy birthday. Then they told me that they wanted me to meet them outside in the hall in an hour so I did my usual routine and started to get ready. I brushed my teeth while singing to Perfect by One Direction, then I took a nice ten-minute shower. It felt so good to have the hot water run down my body and not have to worry about anything else. After my shower, I got dressed in some black Adidas pants and a grey Why Don't We merch hoodie, I left my hair down, and put on some clear mascara. It was now 6:00 and I still had thirty minutes before I had to go so I went and knocked on Jake's door to see if he was awake. Sure enough, he opened his door rubbing his eyes and still in his pajamas. Well, let me take that back, he didn't have pajamas, he just slept shirtless with a pair of shorts on. 

"What's up Birthday girl?" he said with the sexiest smile on his face looking at me up and down.

"I just wanted to see if you were awake," I said

"Well, I am."

"I see that." 

"Do you want to go with me to Bryce's house in an hour?" he asked in a slightly still tired voice.

"No thanks. The girls are taking me somewhere." I said denying him

"Fine. But when I call you you're coming home and we're going to celebrate your birthday together."

"Deal," I said kissing him softly on the cheek and then I headed out the door to meet Mal and Gianna before he could kiss me. 

It was only 6:25 so that meant I was going to be waiting in the hall for 5 minutes, but I didn't mind. So I unlocked my phone and checked out snapchat. God, I had over 60 snaps, looks like I am going to be sending everyone a picture of the floor, cuz why not. I opened up all of them except for one, and it was from Jackson. I was nervous to open it because everytime he sent me a picture of him I got butterflies in my stomach and my cheeks got warm, but I opened it anyway.   As soon as I opened it I got that feeling like I always do, but it was stronger this time because the picture he sent me was him without his shirt on and the caption said, "Happy Birthday pretty girl". Why did Jake and Jackson both have to make me love them so much? I responded to Jackson with a selfie of me saying, "thx. Can't wait to see you at the party tomorrow". Just as it was sending Mallory and Gianna both walk out. 

"Hey!" Mallory said, "We've got a special day planned for you so you better be ready."

"Oh yeah. We have something REALLY special for you." Gianna said with a smile that made me feel like I was going to be murdered.

"Okay," I said. "But Jake already told me that when he calls I have to come back home because he wants to do stuff with me."

"What kind of stuff?" Mallory asked and then laughed

"Yea. Why does he want to "celebrate" with you?" Gianna asked, clearly concerned. 

"Oh come on guys. Let's just go."  I said trying to ignore them. 

"Alright, you're going to like what we have planned for you," Mallory said with a smile. 

"Aww, yea," Gianna said also smiling and then looking over at Mallory and winking.