Chapter 6: A "real" cowboy from Montana
During they ate the pizza, nobody spoke a word. After the meal Lucy opened her birthday present.
"I told you I hate my birthday"
"But…"
"I have told you I don't need a birthday present"
"I know…"
"And I get a silver necklace?"
"Yes, you're my daughter and…"
"Dad!"
"Lucy, please. Let me do that." Lucy sighed. She hated it when her father was like this.
"Dad, you don't have to do that. But… O.k."
Then Lucy looked at the clock on the wall.
"It's 5 o'clock. I need my laptop."
"Lucy, it's 7. Do you tell me what do you mean?"
"Sure. In New York it's 7. In Montana it's 5. And today is my and…"
"… Noah's birthday. How could I forget that?" Danny laughed. Lucy went to her bedroom, switched on her laptop and sat in front of her webcam.
Noah Parker was Lucy's boyfriend. He was born on the same day as Lucy but he was one year older. He was living in Bozeman, Montana. His mother Robin and Lindsay Messer went to the same high school. When Lucy was a half year old, Danny and Lindsay made a holiday and flew to Montana. There they visited Robin and her husband Chris. Lucy and Noah played together and since this day they're mothers wanted to be a couple. Noah had an older sister, Jordan and younger twin-siblings, Nathan and Jane. Noah and Lucy shared they're first kiss when Lucy was 10 and Noah 11. Since then they were a couple. But Noah lived in Montana so they phoned every week and talked with they're webcams.
"Happy birthday. How is it to be 15?" Lucy asked. When she talked with Noah it was like…
"Nice. I had a great birthday party. I bet it was better than yours. And am I allowed to say "Happy birthday"?"
"No. And I didn't have a birthday party."
"Happy birthday. Do you want to know my present for you?"
"You're a dead guy, Parker. But... What's my present?"
"I have sent the box with the mail. I asked your father to give it to you. I think it's in your room." Lucy looked around in her room. Then she saw it. It was a big box. Lucy opened it in front of the webcam. It was full with marshmallows and a smaller box. In it was a little wristband. Lucy smiled.