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Chapter 20 (Part 1 of 3)

Heaven's P.O.V

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!!!!" I heard shouting and people on top of me. Even though I didn't open my eyes, I knew the voices belonged to Taylor, Karlie, and Cara. They stayed last night so they could just be here today.

"Get. Off. Me!" I grumbled and pulled the covers over my head. Then they were jumping on me and the bed.

"Get up! It's your birthday! It's time to start the day!" Taylor yelled while jumping on me.

"Fine!" I shouted and grabbed Taylor's leg pulling down onto the bed, so she would stop jumping on me. I heard her laughing even though I meant to hurt her. When I got out from under the covers, I was met by the three girls tackling me with hugs and kisses all over my face. "Get....off....me!" I got out through them being all over me. I sat up as they sat on the bed and surrounded me. "And what do you mean it's time to start the day? It's 7 a.m! Why am I up?!" I questioned utterly annoyed.

"We made you a birthday breakfast!" Taylor said cheerfully.

"We couldn't wait until a later time to eat?" I whined in disbelief.

"We wanted to get a head start on the day," Karlie chimed in. To be talking about breakfast, they were all very happy. They all wore huge grins on their faces.

I'm not stupid, I could tell they were up to something, and I hate surprises. Like legitimately hate surprises. I always wanna know what's going on, but my brain isn't ready to be making some strategy for them to tell me what's happening at this time in the morning. I actually started becoming suspicious when Taylor said we had to go to stay at her Rhode Island house because she didn't like the paint balling place in New York. That right there was a red flag because, be realistic, Taylor going paint balling? Lies! I'll find out soon.

"Okay, breakfast," I gave in. When I was about to get out of bed, Cara stopped me saying how she's not allowing me to walk, and that she's gonna carry like I do with her. I wasn't gonna oppose, so I hopped on Cara's back as she walked us downstairs. Being as tired as I was, I started drifting off on Cara's back. Being carried wasn't helping me stay awake. I laid my head on her back and closed my eyes and began going back to sleep.

"Heaven! Heaven are you serious? Wake up!" Cara shouted while jumping up and down making me shake.

"I don't wanna open me eyes!" I protested.

"Well if you're not gonna look at your best friends then I guess we'll just leave!" I heard an all too familiar voice say. A voice that made me laugh all the time, a voice that I would talk to everyday, a voice that I haven't heard in almost a year. I shot open my eyes and saw one of my best friends!

"KYREN!!" I shouted and hopped off Cara only to run over to Kyren and jump on him wrapping my legs around his waist.

He held me tight just he would used to all those years before. "I missed you!" He said into my neck making me smile from ear to ear.

"I missed you too," I whispered back. We stayed like this for a few second before I heard someone clear their throat and say, "I mean, if Kyren is the only one you're excited to see then I guess we can all leave." I lifted my head and looked into living room where I was met by the faces who I have known for eleven years! My whole squad! All my best friends! Jahnice, Kayla, Will, Jeremiah, Timothy, Terri, and Katalina! I swear my eyes nearly popped out of my head.

I literally jumped over the couch and ran to them and we all were hugging each other until we eventually fell and then it turned into a dog pile with me being at the bottom. "We missed you so much!" They all yelled at the same time, and right there, in that moment, with my friends, my family really, everything felt right! Everything felt like home.

"Alright, I love you guys, but I can't breathe," I said half joking and half serious. They all got off, and I got up and just looked at them. "How?" Was all I could manage. They all pointed in the same direction. The same spot. The same person. Taylor. I looked over and saw Taylor looking at the scene in front of her while holding a camera, and I can only assume she recorded every single second of what just happened. "You did all this?" I asked in amazement gesturing to my friends. She looked down at the ground with her cheeks turning a small shade of red with a shy smile on her face and nodded. "Hand Karlie the camera."

"Why?" She asked now looking at me.

"Because I'm going run and hug you so tight you're gonna forget what air is, and I don't want to break the camera." She smiled widely and passed the camera to Karlie, and prepared herself for the hug.

"Okay, I'm ready," she said with her arms out. I ran as fast as I could and jumped into Taylor's arms wrapping my legs around her waist as I just previously did with Kyren, only now, I did it with much more force. Taylor nearly fell, but Cara put her hand behind Taylor's back. And also, now, I was squeezing the life out of Taylor. My head was buried in her neck and hers in mine.

"Thank you," I whispered in her ear.

"Anything for you," she said into my neck, and now, I felt it was the right time.

"I love you, mom," I said just loud enough so Taylor, and only Taylor could hear. I heard her gasp loudly. I finally did it. I called Taylor 'mom' for the first time. Wow. And the crazy thing about it, it felt right.

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OKAY, UNSPEAKABLY SORRY ABOUT HOW LATE THIS IS!!!! MY AUNT AND COUSINS ARE HERE FROM CALIFORNIA AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM AND ALL OF MY FAMILY NON STOP!!!!

AGAIN, SO SORRY BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AND I AM DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF!!!

I KNOW THIS IS SHORT BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOMETHING.... BUT PART 2 OF THIS CHAPTER IS ALMOST DONE AND IT'S LONG AND IT SHOULD BE UP SOON!! I PROMISE!!!

SIDE NOTE: I SAW PAPER TOWNS A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!! OF COURSE I LIKED THE BOOK MORE BUT THE MOVIE WAS AMAZING AND CARA DELEVINGNE WAS REALLY GOOD!!!

OKAY SEE YOU GUYS IN A BIT!!!

THANK YOU!!!

LOVE YOU!!!

STAY COOL!!!!

---Ayanna B.