Wake Up | E. Caswell [SLOW UPDATES]

twenty | dedication

Chapter Twenty:
Dedication

THE DAY WAS finally here! Opening night. Man, what a ride. If only Lucy was actually excited today.

Sitting at her vanity, her leg bounced up and down nervously. She gently swiped her blush brush across her face, a light dusting of the pink powder brushing across her freckled face.

She sat the brush down and looked in the mirror, scanning her own features up and down. Her eyes fell on a picture stuck between the wood and the actual mirror of her vanity, and on instinct Lucy's hand reached up and her fingers brushed over the piece of paper.

Looking at the picture of her blowing out her candles on her eighth birthday, her mom and dad on either side of her with bright smiles, it allowed for a sad smile to cross Lucy's face.

"Happy Birthday, mama," Lucy muttered. She let out a sigh, put her glasses on and made her way downstairs to meet with her dad.

"Morning, dad," Lucy greeted, flashing a small smile at him.

"Morning, Lucy-Goosey! You excited for your big performance tonight?" Carter asked excitedly.

Lucy laughed and nodded, "For sure, dad. It's... crazy. Doesn't feel like tonight is actually happening."

"Well you kids worked so hard to get here. I'm so proud of you all. You'll be able to look out and see me sitting with the Caswells," Carter mused, a proud smile on his face.

"I'll let Ej and the twins know to keep an eye out for you guys," Lucy assured him with a small giggle. She looked down and noticed two cupcakes sat on the counter, each with a candle in the center. Red velvet. Her mom's favorite. "What are these?"

"You didn't forget about our tradition, did you?" Carter asked worriedly. "We always blow out the candles on mom's birthday."

"Yeah, I just didn't know we were doing it for breakfast," Lucy admitted.

"Well, we can't exactly do it for dinner, now can we? You've got a show to do!" Carter told her. Lucy forced a smile and nodded.

"Okay, yeah. You ready?" she asked him. He nodded, grabbing a lighter from the junk drawer and lighting the two candles.

"1... 2... 3," Carter counted them in.

Both of them began to sing, "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Mama. Happy birthday to you."

They blew out the candles and Carter smiled at his daughter, who took the candle out of the cupcake and licked off the icing. Suddenly, Lucy's phone began to buzz and she pull it out to answer.

"Hey—" Lucy was cut off by a loud scream from both Kourtney and Nini. Carter winced behind the camera, and Lucy looked at them both worriedly. "Uhm, ouch? What's with all the screaming?"

"I just got a text from Miss Jenn, since Gina's not here, guess who's playing Taylor!" Kourtney squealed. Lucy's jaw dropped.

"Oh my god, Kourt! That's amazing, you're gonna do so good! I'm so proud, if we were in person I would give you such a big hug right now!" Lucy told her excitedly.