AN: Hey guys this is dedicated to my friend Rosie (LoveSucksVampiresBite) for her birthday. Enjoy! :)


Birthday Wishes Do Come True

Chapter 1

So I was heading to Rose's to pick her up for her birthday surprise, I still hadn't told her where we were going and this irritated the hell out of her.

"Are you going to tell me where we are going yet?" She asked me as soon as she answered the door.

"Nope." I said and she sighed. "Have you finished packing yet?" I asked her.

"Just finishing up, I would've been a lot faster if I had known where we were going and therefore what I would need to pack." She hinted but I so wasn't buying it.

"No you wouldn't, we both know that you still would've pretty much packed your entire wardrobe anyway." I said with a smile.

"True, do you have any room left in your suitcase?" She asked.

"Yeah sure, pass it here." I said and took the huge bundle of clothes that was causing her suitcase to overflow. "Ok, you sure you have everything now?" I asked.

"Yep, I have everything that I could possibly need." She replied.

"Good, let's go then." I said and we headed down stairs, only to be stopped by Rose's parents.

"Now Rose do you have everything? Passport? Phone? IPod? Clothes? Toothbrush-?"

"Yes mum, I have everything." Rose said interrupting her mum.

"Ok well if you're sure." Her mum said.

"Rose!" I heard a high pitched squeal from the top of the stairs; her younger sister came bouncing down towards us. As she hit the bottom she jumped on Rose and wrapped her tiny arms around her. "Are you going now?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'll see you in a week. Make sure you stay out of my room." She said strictly.

"Ok girls, you best get going otherwise you will miss your plane." Rose's mum said to us. "Make sure you are careful mind." She said as she hugged us. We left with Rose's family waving us good bye and the taxi driver waiting really impatiently across the road.

We made it to the check in with only minutes to spare, it didn't really help the matter that I had never been on a plane before so I had no idea where to go once we got inside the airport but we made it.

We talked during the entire flight; we were both way too excited to sleep. I have no idea what we talked about for the 8 hours that we were on the plane for but we never seemed to run out of things to say. When we were nearly there I told Rose to look out the window and she practically screamed. Just outside the window we could see the statue of liberty, it has been our dream to come to New York for years now so I decided to bring her here for her birthday. She turned back to face me and hugged me so tight that I was losing the ability to breath, but I didn't mind, she was happy and absolutely loved her present. But she didn't even know the half of it yet….

We caught a cab to take us to our hotel, Rose still couldn't believe that we were even here, and to tell the truth, neither could I. This took months of planning and I can't believe it's finally happening, it seemed so much like a dream, one of those rare one's that you never want to wake up from, one that you wish could be your ultimate reality. But on this occasion we didn't have to wish for it to be real, and I was going to make the most of it.

"I can't believe we are in an actual New York taxi." Rose said to me.

"Just remember Rose, here it's called a cab." I said with a smile and she mock hit me.

We arrived at our hotel and checked in. It was a beautiful there; more luxurious then anywhere we had ever stayed. "Now you should probably know now that I have pretty much planned the entire week so we won't have any time to hang around, although I can promise you it will be a blast!" I told her as we took the elevator up to our room. I used the fancy key card to unlock our room and this time I almost squealed at the sight.

The room was like something you would see in the movies, a sparkling clean, massive room, a beautiful view that would look even better at night and the biggest bed I've ever seen. I couldn't help myself, I had to do it, I went and jumped on to the bed and the mattress was so comfy! I just wanted to stay there for ever.

"What happened to not having time to hang around?" Rose said and I could hear the smile in her voice at my hypocrisy.

"Screw my plans, I want to stay here." I said and she laughed. A few minutes of comfortable silence passed and I sighed in to the bed. "Ok, if we stay here I really will fall asleep, and after the 8 hour flight, even with the early leave from the UK and the time difference that gives us more of the day back, we still need to make a move." I said and got up off the bed, we freshened up, adding a bit more make-up and tidying our hair, and headed out again.

The first place I took her was up the statue of liberty. The view was…amazing, that really was the only word for it. We spent quite a while up there just trying to take everything in and taking pictures. We then walked around for a bit and got some lunch from a little café, we then made a separate trip to Starbucks, just so we could say we had coffee in New York.

As we were walking around Rose looked like she was in a daze.

"How the hell did you manage to afford all this Sophie?" She asked me and I smiled, I wondered when she was going to ask me that.

"I'll show you." I said as I dragged her in to a book store that we were just about to pass. I walked through the store until I came to the part I wanted, I picked up a book and handed it to Rose. She gasped in shock.

"You published a book? When? How? Oh my God! This is amazing!" She yelled in excitement.

"It was released a few months ago, I saved up the money that I made and-" I began but she interrupted me.

"Hang on; you actually managed to save some of your money?" She asked shocked.

"That's very rude." I said and laughed.

"You published a book, and then used the money to bring me to New York for my birthday?" She asked.

"That's right." I said.

"I can't believe you did this, I mean, it's such a massive present, I…" She said, still in shock.

"Hey, I'm benefitting from this as well you know; I've wanted to come to New York for ages. And we always planned to come together, then I got money from the book and I figured this was the perfect time to come." I explained.

"Well…thank you Sophie." She said.

"You're welcome." I replied.

"So you managed to pay for this entire trip and the hotel with the earnings from one book?" Rose asked me.

"Well no, there was something else as well but that part is a surprise that you will find out soon. And don't go trying to get me to tell you, I managed to keep this entire trip from you, I'm not going to tell you." I said to her and she sighed.

"Congratulations on your book." She said as she hugged me.

"Thank you." I said with a smile. " Now come on, there is still one more place I want to take you." I said and we caught a cab to Central Park.

"You are kidding me!" Rose said happily.

"Nope." I said. Of course she knew why we were here. I had brought her here to see Strawberry Fields, where the memorial for John Lennon, one of her favourite singers is. We spent quite a while there, it was really busy and Rose seemed lost in her thoughts. When the crowds started to disperse we caught a cab back to our hotel where we had some tea and a coffee. I was right about the view from our window looking even more beautiful at night. We were just getting ready for bed when Rose asked me,

"If you had this planned for today, what the hell do you have planned for tomorrow?" I laughed at her question.

"Well shopping of course." I said and she smiled.

We spent the entire of the next day shopping, just as I had promised. And just as I predicted, we had about 10 bags each when we stopped for lunch, and we hadn't even finished yet. We practically collapsed on the café chairs we were so worn out. I picked up two menus and handed one to Rose.

After lunch, we felt re-energised, we dropped our bags off at our hotel and went back out to hit the rest of the shops. Between the two of us, we tried on pretty much everything in the stores, modelling many outfits and pretending we were on a cat walk. We were laughing so loud that people were starting to stare at us, but we didn't care, let them stare I say. We went in every store we came across and I dread to think about how much money we spent.

By the time we got back to the hotel it was dark, we had a late tea and collapsed on the massive bed in our room, I looked over at Rose, she had fallen asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow and she had a massive smile on her face. No doubt going over the past two days in her mind and still not believing that it's all real. But she had no idea what else I had planned.


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