Boy best friend // Tayler Holder

20

3...2...1..."HAPPY BIRTHDAY" - I scream at Tayler. Yes it is his birthday, my best friend is 20 now. We don't stay very long on the roof because in a few hours we have to wake up and make everything ready for the birthday bash. So we go quickly to bed. It's gonna be the best birthday he ever had.

It's 7 am when my alarm goes off. This hurts. I haven't woke up this early in such a long time but there is still so much that needs to be done for Tayler's birthday bash. I make myself ready and put on some comfortable clothes. Than I grab my outfit for later. It's going to be my red dress with white high converse. And ofcourse I can't forget my camera otherwise I can't take pictures. I drive to the venue with my parents, Nadine and Wendy (Tayler's mom). The rest will come later with Tayler. (this is my outfit)

When we arrive at the venue there are already people waiting for this afternoon. It only starts at 4 pm but people can start to get in around 3 pm I guess. Now it's only 8:30 am. We park somewhere at the back of the venue and also get there in. This is gonna be perfect. We start to set up everything. We even do a little soundcheck already. In between the set up I check a few times how many people already are there and it's starting to get a lot. The m&g section is set, the sound is checked and all the others can be here any minute. I quickly change my comfortable clothes for the dress. Than I go outside to look and talk with fans. I'm only just there and someone immediately recognises me and shout "Look there is Stella". Everyone gets up to see me. Okay I didn't expect this. I say hi to them and talk with a few of them. Even some ask for a picture with me. They are all so sweet, I love his fans. They are all so excited and can't wait to get in. Eventually I go back inside and see the others so this means the birthday boy has arrived too. And yes there he is. I scream "HAPPY BIRTHDAY COWBOY!!" and run to him. I jump into his arms and give him the biggest hug. "I hope you're ready for this because we all are" - I say with a wink. "I'm hella ready to meet everyone and have an unforgetable time with all of you" - he says. In an hour the doors will open and we might start with the meet and greet already so everyone will be done before the show ends. We will work with some colored wristbands and everytime we will let a color come to the meet and greet so it's organised.

It's time to open the doors. Me and Wendy and my parents will welcome everyone and share the wristbands. Everything happens very fluently and everyone is quickly inside. The first color is about to come to M&G now. We have like 30 minutes before we start. There are some really cute poses. We are ready just in time. I have a little surprise for Tayler. Everyone is back at place and the lights are going out. Everyone stays quiet so this mean my plan has worked. I asked everyone to stay quiet so he would be confused but it's because I'm going to come on stage. He will never expect that because I don't like to be in the spotlight and normally we always keep my life mostly private. I climb on stage and put myself ready. Than a spot shines on me and I start.

"First of all I want to welcome you all tonight. I guess you all know who I am and to be honest this is a lot for me to do because it's a bit out of my comfort zone but we're here tonight to celebrate the birthday of this special guy. He is there somewhere probably being very shocked that I'm doing this. But yeah we're here to celebrate the birthday of my bestest friend out there. He has been on every adventure with me. He has seen me cry, made me smile but most of all he always has my back. He is my rock and big support through everything. 2 months ago he left to LA to chase his dreams and I am beyond proud of him. I cannot wait to join him on this new adventure next year. And tonight he is here to celebrate his birthday with his friends and family but also with all of you, the people who make sure he can do what he loves to do. I want to thank you all for being the amazing fans you are, for supporting him through everything and most of all for being here. Let's make it an unforgettable night together. Now I want you to give it all for Garret."

Everyone starts screaming and the show starts with Garret. I get back to my place at the M&G to take the pictures. Everything goes smoothly and the show is going great. I love it. At the M&G there are some really cute pictures taken and everyone has always something sweet to say. Some even ask if they can have a picture with me too. We are getting to the end of the show so this means the M&G is over. We are making ourselves ready to go with everyone on stage for Tayler. Tayler is singing his last song. He's done and we all immediately jump on stage. And again I take the mic and say "Give it all again for Tayler!". Everyone screams so loud. It's beautiful to see only happiness and smiles in the room. I continue "I hope everyone has an amazing time but it's not completely over yet. Tayler, there is someone who has something to say first to you. She is your biggest supporter, the person who makes everything possible in your life, your beautiful mom". (the little speech: https://www.instagram.com/p/BX_5HXrj1Ju/) When she is ready we start to sing happy birthday. "Thank you all for coming to celebrate with us. Hope you had an unforgettable time" - I quickly say while everyone is leaving the stage. (these 2 videos are how the show went)

(this video starts on 1:50)

Everyone is leaving and we're backstage talking about the show. Tayler comes up to me and says "Stella I can't believe you did that I'm so surprised of you, you stood there in front of all these people. I'm so proud of you". "I was so stressed and scared but I did it for my best friend because he deserves it. I still can't believe I did that" - I answer. We hug very tight. Before we clean everything, everyone takes a picture with Tayler. We also do one big group photo of all of us. After the pictures we clean the venue. What Tayler doesn't know is that there is a big birthday cake waiting for him. I quickly sneak out to go lit the candles and then get everyone. I blindfold Tayler and he knows we're up to something. The moment we take off his blindfold we start singing happy birthday again. He blows out the candles and makes a wish. I still have to give his present too so here I go. "Well Tayler we have a present for you, it's from your family, my parents, Nadine, Cody and me. We hope you love it" - I say while giving him a box. He opens the box and there is just a piece of paper in it. He looks so confused. "Open it and you will see" - I say. He opens it and sees it is a ticket to Australia. "NO WAY GUYS YOU'RE SERIOUS? WHEN ARE WE GOING?" - he asks. "Yeah we are, we thought about going around September" - I answer. "Omg this is sick I can't believe it. Thank you so much everyone. This is the best present ever" - he says will giving us all a big hug to thank us. After this we go back home, some of us want to change themselves and we can drop our stuff at home. We first gonna go grab dinner and then we go out to celebrate his birthday.

Around 4 am we're heading home. This can only mean we had an amazing day. I bet he had the most unforgettable birthday ever. While everyone goes straight to bed, me and Tayler are going back outside, we're still too awake to go to bed. We're dancing like idiots without music. I swear we're not even drunk we're just having an amazing time being our silly selves. It feels like we're back 10 years old. Suddenly I have a great idea and go grab my phone to put on a song. The music starts playing. "Take my hand, take a breath" - I start singing while reaching for Taylers hand. "Pull me close and take one step" - I continue. Tayler joins me singing "Keep your eyes locked to mine and let the music be your guide". We just keep going on with dancing and singing the song. I love this so much and I'm so happy. We're having the time of our lives. Then I realise I'm actually dancing really close to him and we have our eyes locked at each other. We're getting closer now ...

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AN: I know Tayler is not 20 anymore but in my story he is because I started the story with him being 19. Hope you like the new chapter it's a long one. Please let me know what you think. Love you guys 💕