Our Untold Stories

The Surprise

I had finished making all the party plans, and all that was left to do was invite the last few bit of people. I signed onto Zara's iCloud and went down her contacts, straight to the R's, where I left off.. I wrote down every name and number that I knew for sure she'd want to celebrate her birthday with in a notebook and asked them via Facebook, and if I got no answer I called them.

I had just gotten off the phone with Steven, one of our high school friends, and he told me he was for sure coming, and he was bringing a few people we went to school with too. Things were running smoothly, and we had everything put together. The party was THAT night, and I literally a few hours to get the rest of the guests in place. I scrolled down to the next name... And of course it was.... Tonya.

I decided to put aside our differences because I knew it was to make Zara happy. I made the call instead of the inbox, because I just wanted to get it over with.

"Um... Hello?" I swallowed my pride, and decided to be extremely mature about this.

"Tonya. Hi. Dee here. It's Zara's birthday. I'm throwing a party. Will you be able to come tonight? I know, kind of last minute, but I can text you all the details." I breathed out after getting that out. I didn't want to deal with her but to make Zara happy I would.

"Uhhh..." I heard her laugh. "I'll.. Ima be there... Just text me everything... I gotta go. Thanks for letting me know."

I had a driver set to drop an all black suit in her size with a gold tie and black shoes right to her office, and she was going to be driven straight to the pier. I know her stubborn ass wouldn't just come out with me, so I told her we're going out to eat and she has to go if she loves me. This shit was gonna be perfect. Just as I was thinking about that night, my phone went off.

Unknown Number: Hey... Info?

Me: Hey. Tonya?..

UN: Yeah.

Me: Bring a date or come alone, it's all cool. Come to Pier 81, W 41ST & celebrate Zara's special night with her ✨🎊🎉 It'll be drinks, it'll be food, it'll be a photographer (so dress to impress!), it'll be FUN! So be there, and we'll take a party yacht out from 8:30PM to 1:45AM. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !!!

I'd been sending everyone the same message, so I sounded nicer than I really intended to EVER sound to her. I had to make myself remember, this was for Zara Elise, not for me. That was her best friend for so long, and even though I HATED the thought of them in the same room together, I knew that it would be so wrong for me to leave her best friend for so long out of the party's guest list.

Hours had passed and Zara called me wondering about the driver. "Baby... Out to eat, gotta be so fancy?"

"YOU can do fancy, so I can do fucking fancy! Happy birthday again baby. See you soon..." I stood in my golden Louboutins and my black baby doll dress with a golden blazer. I decided I wasn't going to show my belly off just yet, as it was barely noticeable with the jacket on.

I looked around the yacht one last time to make sure everything was right. All the black and blue balloons were looking fabulous all over the place, and I had to make sure the white table cloths were straightened so shit looked sharp. Guests were arriving but I was still making little fixes, adjusting the servers blue jackets to make sure it looked just right, because I just wanted it all to go perfect. I was getting lost in the thought that I still hadn't seen Tonya when a voice came across the boat.  "Deenaaaaaa.. DEE...THE CAR... IS IT A BLACK BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT?" I heard Steven ask from across the dance floor. My heart sunk. She was here, it was time. I checked my phone. It was 8:15. She was righttttt on time. I made sure I left leeway for late comers so the boat didn't pull off without them. I walked out on to the dock, so I could see her, but she couldn't see me.

I watched her step out of the car looking sexy as ever as I got closer when she got out. "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy-beeeeeeeeeeee... Who's birthday is it?" I stood there with a smile as she spun around and sauntered toward me looking real suave.

She smiled real big and her big cheeks turned red. "Baby... What is this??? Dinner? Boat? We're having dinner on this boat?" She reached out to hold me close to her. "Deena Lovell, you look amazing." She kissed me on my cheek. "Absolutely stunning, you're the best birthday gift I could possibly get..."

I guided her around the dock, and on to the boat. "Wait." I put my hand to her chest, stopping her walking. "STEVEN!!" Steve came running out to a confused Zara and gave her a hug.

"YO! I can't believe... Steven don't you live upstate bro? Out in the city for dinner with the misses? I'm so damn happy to see you. Crazy running into you here dude." They both strolled along in together chatting it up, when I walked around Zara.

"Surprise baby." I kissed her, and as she came away from the kiss, she turned her head and saw all the people standing in front of her.

They stared at her... She stared at them... I swear about 4.5 seconds of staring passed when Steven started the "Haaaaappy birthdaaaaaay, tooooo youuuuuu, happy birthdayyyyyyy tooooo you Zaraaaaaa!" As they sung in unison, she turned to me with a dropped jaw.

"You did this you sneaky spider monkey?" She cheesed and her cheeks turned even more red. "All of this?"

The servers came out with her cake just then. It was a big black, white and gold cake with her name spelled out in front of it in blue and sparklers lit up around the "23" on the top of the 7 tier cake. As she looked at the cake, I could see tears forming in her eyes.

"For... Me?" She looked at me, and then back at the cake.

"Ohhhhhhh... What a PRETTY pretty cake Zara!" I heard a voice say from the entrance that I knew all too well.

Tonya.

I spun around to see Tonya standing in a white dress and Kahli standing next to her in a pink one. Had she brought her as her date to start drama intentionally? OF COURSE... Was I gonna let it get to me? Maybe...

All night, me and Zara danced together and laughed and talked with our old friends. But not once had we spoken to Tonya. She was laying low and staying the fuck out of MY way, so I was fine. Until, of course, Zara told me she had to use the bathroom. She was drinking a bit, but the night was great. I checked my phone for the time. 1:35AM. We were on our way back to Pier 81, and the night was going to end sooooo smoothly. I was enjoying myself, but I couldn't wait to get my baby back to our place and show her how much I loved her in private too... I looked over in Zara's direction, and saw her black jacket go into the bathroom... A couple of seconds passed, and I saw a flash of white go in too...

Wait wait wait... This bitch was REALLY trying me!