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"Did your dad tell you the party will be moving to this weekend?" Blake asked.
We were currently lying in my bed cuddling.
"Yeah, why??" I asked.
"Well Dad's flight was delayed so he won't be here until Friday"
"Ooh, you do remember this was just a part of your plan right?" I asked him.
"Yeah, so?"
"We shouldn't be doing this then"
" We have to make look real, you know we're making this look real" he stated.
"Oh"
I knew this wasn't an act, I knew he was madly in love with me.
We spent the rest of our Sunday laying in bed watching, a movie eating ice cream, and then sleeping.
The next morning I woke up late. I pulled on my peach organdy dress and headed for the front door. I decided to get coffee at the café on my way to school.
I walked into the café inhaling the familiar scent of caffeine.
I head to the counter to make my order and funny enough I spotted Blake.
He was talking..... Well more like flirting with one of the employees. Her name tag said, Beth. She looked so unfamiliar like she was new or something.
They were laughing away, Blake forgetting he had school.
I walked up to them.
"Hey"
"Oh hey, Gem" he greeted me.
I smiled at 'Beth' and made my order.
"I see you late too," Blake said stating the obvious.
"Yeah"
"Here you go," Beth said handing me my coffee.
We were about to leave when Blake made the dumbest thing he could think of.
"Hey we're having our birthday party this Saturday you should come," he told her with a grin plastered on his face.
She gladly said yes.
After leaving the cafe, we went our separate ways. I went into my car and Blake into his.
I was angry throughout the entire journey to school. I hated Blake for what he just did. It was obvious he liked her but he couldn't allow that to get between our plans.
When we got to school I avoided Blake for most of the day, except for the times when he tried talking to me.
After school, I went to the car park to get in my car only to see Blake leaning on the hood of my car.
"What to do you want?" I asked opening the door to get inside.
"Did I do something wrong?" He asked, quite oblivious.
"No," I said nonchalantly.
"Can we go for a ride, maybe to the park?" He said raising an eyebrow.
"No, I have homework " I lied-ish.
"C'mon, you can't be serious, Gem take a break once in a while"
"No, Blake I can't." And with that said I left.
When I got home I was in an even worse mood.
"Look who the cat dragged in," Capree said sitting on the couch stuffing her face with popcorn.
"I still don't see the reason mom and dad couldn't have chosen a different child from the hospital, I swear sometimes you can be a pain, you know what, not sometimes, all the time"
I didn't care how she felt. I locked myself in my room for the rest of the night.
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The next day I had no reason to go to school, the whole world was against me.
I woke up to the sound of my door knocking.
My stepmom poked her head in.
"Hey, are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah I'm good"
"No school today?"
"Do I have to?" I didn't want to go.
"I won't tell your dad if you don't" She winked at me.
"Ok deal" I giggled.
It was really nice having a mother figure in my life again. To be honest I was hard on Christina when she just started dating Dad but she makes my dad happy so she made me happy.
"Oh I'm going to the store would you like anything? " She asked before leaving my room.
"No, not at the moment"
With that said she left.
The rest of the day went by pretty fast. All I did was watch a movie, do some homework, and listen to music. I think I might have disturbed Christina but she did mind.
That night's dinner was kinda the same.
"Ari, can you please be quiet " my dad scolded.
She had been talking throughout the entire dinner.
"Sorry, I'm just excited " She apologized.
"Why? it's not even your party" Capree rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, so? Gem would be just as excited if it were my birthday "
It's true, I'm super excited about birthdays.
But there was something different about this one.
"Honey, are you ok? You've been extremely quiet" Dad asked looking at me.
"Yeah, just a bit anxious that's all"
"What for, we do this every year" Leo smiled.
"Well, that's because every other year she wasn't dating Blake" Capree stated, leaving the entire table in silence.
Even I couldn't speak. If she knew about me and Blake dating, what else did she know?
"Is this true Gemini?" My dad asked giving me a stern look.
"So what if it is Dad?" I asked.
"You know I don't like that boy, he brings nothing but trouble in our life" he replied.
"Dad I was five when he broke my arm" I defended.
"And 8 when he took you to the bee hive, 10 when killed your bird Coco, 13 when you almost drowned, should I continue?" Raising his eyebrow.
He did have a point, growing up Blake and I did everything together which most times ended with me in the ER.
"So no one knew about this?" Capree giggled. "Well of course Leo must know she tells you everything "
"Capree just be quiet" Leo replied.
"What it's just the truth" She stated.
"Gem, honey is it true?" Christina asked rubbing my arm.
I sat there for a while watching everyone stare at me.
"Yes it's true, I'm sorry Dad I should have told you" I saw the disappointment in my father's eyes and he left the table.
Now you see why I hate Capree that much.
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Today........
Today was the day I was born 17 years ago.
To my surprise, Dad was in my room before he left for work.
"Happy Birthday Princess " he kissed my forehead handing me a pink gift bag.
"Thank you Daddy" I hugged him.
"I'm still upset about last night though "
"I know"
I opened the bag to reveal two plane tickets. I was shocked.
"Where am I going?" I asked.
"Well for the summer you little Princess will be going to Australia," he said with a grin.
"But why two?"
"So you can take one of your sisters or even Leo"
It didn't surprise me that he didn't mention Blake, and that broke my heart.
"OK Dad"
........
I got ready for school a headed outside.
"Happy Birthday Gemini" my name sounded so melodious coming from his lips.
"Happy Birthday Blake" I smiled back at him.
"You wanna walk this morning?" He asked holding out his arm for me to take.
"Yeah sure"
We walked to school having a great conversation. For once it wasn't about the silly mistakes we made two years ago, it was genuine.
Little did I know things were about to blow up.
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