Sparks (TheCampingRusher Short Story)

Chapter 13

I can hear the incessant drone of my alarm. I haven't the slightest clue as to why it's ringing on a Saturday.
Groaning, I muster up enough strength to get up and glare at the digital clock on my bed side.
"Look how cute she is! All bed headed and what not.", Graser's voice catches me off guard and I almost fall off the bed. Of course he's not actually in my room, but his face on my computer screen is just as bad.
"You guys are all idiots.", I say mid-yawn. My body is enveloped in an extremely tight hug before I can say anything else.
Ryan and Mitch's arms wrap around me and I can barely breathe, but I don't stop them. It's sweet that they remembered.
"Gaming queen! Only seventeen!"
"Those aren't even the lyrics, you idiots. Plus, I'm eighteen now.", my voice comes off as more than slightly cocky and they stop between verses and burst out laughing.
"Sorry, miss. We didn't realize we were in the presence of an adult.", Ryan says. He's trying to hold in his laughter, but failing miserably. I hurl a pillow in his direction and it hits him right in the face. That shuts them both up.
"She's only hostile because we're not bright and shining Brayden!", I suddenly remember that Graser is also in the room (technically speaking).
I turn my head and give him an absolute death glare. This only makes all three of them laugh even more.
"Any explanation as to why you've woken me up at seven thirty in the morning on a Saturday?", a sudden realization hits me and I'm more alarmed than I've been since my alarm rang.
"How the hell did you get in my house?", they all look over at me and an awkward silence fills the room.
"Front door was open.", Ryan grins at me over his shoulder as he scrutinizes my closet.
"So you just let yourselves in?!"
"What? Of course not, we're not animals."
"Debatable, at best. Now explain."
Brayden walks in at this very moment holding what seems to be a glass of chocolate milk.
"I let them in.", he sits on my desk and stares blankly at me.
"And before you say anything else; your mom let me in.", he takes a sip of his milk, looking oddly content with himself.
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"This is kidnapping. I hope you're all aware of that."
I hear Brayden, Mitch and Ryan laugh, and even though I can't see them I know that they're grinning wildly at each other.
"You guys must think you're so clever, right? 'Let's just steal Larry. She's little and won't fight back because we're her friends.', you idiots just wait until I have my sight back.", the space around me turns silent and the car comes to a sudden stop.
I hear the door open rapidly and feet shuffling outside the car. Suddenly I am thrust out into the cold open air, my skin turns to goose flesh almost instantly.
"We promise that this is going to be fun. We wouldn't have done it otherwise, Larry.", Ryan's sing song voice does nothing to comfort me and I make my discomfort know by harshly chewing my bottom lip.
Then Brayden gets in the picture. His firm fingers intertwine themselves with mine and I can feel his warm breath as he moves in closer to my ear. My breath catches momentarily and I can tell he noticed by the grin he places on my neck.
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you. We just wanted to surprise you.", immediately after he finishes his statement, my blindfold comes off. We're inside of a building and I'm surprised I didn't notice. Seeing as it is significantly warmer in here than outside. It's incredibly quiet and the lights are dimmed to the point where I can barely see Ryan, who is standing right in front of me.
"SURPRISE!", the room is suddenly illuminated not only by blinding lights but also by bright faces. My discontent in being kidnapped is surely gone as my friends embrace me all at once.
"Oh god! It's like a PAX reunion, what the heck guys? Why didn't you tell me you were here?"
"That would have ruined the whole 'surprise' aspect of the party." , someone I hadn't yet greeted says from behind me.
"Jordan!", I run to him like a child to his favorite toy. I hadn't seen him in over six months and I was super excited to be with him again. Jordan had become like an older brother to me. God forbid Ryan hear me say that, he's surely cry at the thought that his position might be in jeopardy.
I hug Jordan as tightly as I can before letting go and just smiling at everyone in the room.
Devon, Parker, Liam, Michael, even Mitchell was here. Everyone in the room begins talking and laughing together and I just sit there perfectly content with myself and everything around me.
Someone hugs me from behind and I instantly know who it is. He places his chin in my collar bone and kisses my cheek sweetly.
"Did you do this, Brayden?"
"Do what?", he continues kissing down my face, slowly moving to my neck. I turn around to face him and speak with a shaky voice.
"Thank you."
He smiles down at me and kisses my forehead lightly, I don't even know how I felt his lips touch my skin. Then he pulls away and looks into my eyes and says:
"Happy Birthday, Larry. I love you"
"I love you too, Brayden"
It was the first time we had ever said that to each other and I wouldn't trade that moment for anything in the world.

Oaky dokey,
I'm SOO sorry that I haven't updated in forever and a day! But hey I got an iPhone so I'll be able to jot down ideas on the go now, and work on chapters when not at home. Thanks for the amazing support while I was gone, your votes and comments are truly appreciated. I'll be trying to fit in another chapter for next week but no promises because school and work and ugh! Hopefully you understand.
Also if anyone knows how to italicize and bolden words and phrases in the apple version of watt pad please let me know because I'm severely confused.
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