never ever had I thought

Chapter 21

That night I fell asleep with a big smile on my face and cheeks bright red of excitement. If it hadn't been so late I would have called Ali right away.

I wake up too early the next morning. I stay in bed pretending to sleep, long enough for my dad and Blake to do their yearly birthday ritual. 

Waking me up with a hot cup coffee and a present.

I can hear noises from my dad's room. It won't be long now. My phone vibrates on the nightstand beside me and I quickly take it. It's a snap. I get butterflies in my stomach, right away assuming it's Shawn finally telling me what he was about to say last night.

It's not. It's Maddison. I quickly open it before my family walks in and sees I'm awake. It's a picture of a black screen and one sentence. 

''Gm, did you see more to Shawn?''. 

My rarely rage shows only a couple seconds till she sends me another snap. If it doesn't say Happy birthday or something like that, she's really messed up. It doesn't but it makes me curious anyway. 

''Check Shawns twitter'' it says. 

Did Shawn finally answer one of her million comments or... I think as I open my twitter and search for Shawn Mendes. His newest tweet is seven minutes ago and it says ''Tonight's gonna be awesome. Like really awesome. Can't wait! x''.

I fell the rest out of my bed, tearing my phone out of the charger, just when my dad and brother comes in singing happy birthday to me. Did Shawn just mention 'my birthday' in public? Or is he referring to something else? Maybe he's just very excited about going to the carnival tonight.

I feel two hands under my armpits, lifting me up on my feet. It's my dad. 

''Why did you roll out of bed?''. I take the coffee Blake's handing me. I just laugh. I put the cup on the table and lift Blake like I did when he was smaller. He puts his tiny arms around my neck and gives me wet kiss on my cheek. 

''HAPPY BIRTHDAY'' he yells and burst my eardrum.

As we move downstairs to get my birthday breakfast I soon forget all about the tweet. Dad has ordered brunch at a restaurant not that far away from our hotel. The day just somehow seem brighter and more joyful. People we walk by, nod and say hi, the birds are singing and flags are even on our table.

''The food looks delicious'' I say, but dad doesn't hear me. He's trying to get something out of his bag. He puts it in front of me. It's a small, very neatly packed present.

''Come on. Open it''. I do as I'm told and unwrap the present. Inside is two boxes. My dad points the big one out first. It's a watch. A very beautiful one. I open the other box and find a set of earrings, that goes with my mothers old bracelet. 

''It's the last jewlery I have from your mom'' dad says, touch by how happy I am by my presents.

I make a note in head saying I'll have to give him a looong hug later for being so amazing. The food is just as good as my presents and I eat till my stomach hurts. 

We go back to the hotel and put on a episode of Grey's Anatomy. It's the only series me and dad enjoy watching together. Blake's making me a drawing.

I take a shower a few hours before we have to go to the carnival. I still haven't heard from Shawn. But a lot of my old classmates have wished me a happy birthday.

I get out of the shower with my towel around me, when I realise I haven't thought of the biggest problem yet. What am I going to wear?