Thank you guys for all of the reviews! You guys are really the best ever. I met an Isaac look-a-like today! Swear, I died when he smiled at me lol Hope you all like this chapter! I do not own anything in this chapter, besides Maddie, everything else belongs to their rightful owners.

Chapter 11

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Maddie had actually dressed up for this 'big surprise birthday event to remember for years to come' that Stiles had insisted that she go along with them for. She had even not worn leggings with her dress this time. She deemed her legs good enough to leave bare, if only for one night. Her bruises were nearly gone, and you couldn't see them until you were specifically looking for them. Her hair was left down in actual curled ringlets and she was wearing a bit more then just cover up for the bruises. She still wore her preferred shoes, those being flats, but at least they were dressy looking and matched her dress.

The only thing actually missing?

Stiles and Scott, who, according to her phone? Were suppose to be here over a hour ago to pick her up. She thought about calling them, and she had ended up doing just that, but both of her calls to them had gone right to voicemail. After that, she had ended up just waiting on the front porch for them, and that was where she was still currently waiting for them. She knew deep down that she had been stood up by her best friends, but she didn't want to believe it was true. She didn't want to believe that the two people she counted on had let her down like they had. She knew that she told them every year not to worry about her birthday and not to make a big deal out of it, but she had secretly loved that they did it for her anyway. She never thought for a second that they would back out like this.

A few more minutes had gone by still with no sign of Stiles' jeep with him and Scott inside of it with their 'big surprise' for her. She sighed, wiping her teary eyes, and got up from the step that she was sitting on. She made her way up the stairs towards her front door. She went to walk inside of the house, but instead, nothing had happened. She had completely forgotten that she had locked it on her way out. She usually just spent the night at Scott or Stiles' on her birthday, and her dad knew that. It was probably the one time he let her sleep somewhere else besides her own bed. She didn't even think to have her house keys on her either. "Hey birthday girl!" she heard be shouted out from behind her. She spun around, gasping as she thought that Stiles and Scott had finally shown up. She felt her heart race, something that she wasn't use to feeling, at the sight of Isaac standing there all dressed up nicely at the end of her walkway.

She took slow steps toward him, her confusion clear on her face as she got closer to where he was standing. He held his arms behind his back, hiding something behind him, and his bike was right behind him. He wasn't wearing a suit, but he was still wearing a nice dress shirt with a jacket instead of his sweatshirt like he usually wore. He was even wearing semi new clean black pants. His sandy blond curly hair wasn't combed back or anything, but he had gotten it cut slightly shorter. He had a big nervous smile on his face as he still hid something behind his back from her. She wiped her eyes again, hoping that he couldn't see that she was starting to cry. "Wh-what are you doing here?" she asked him as she stopped in front of him.

He didn't say anything to her at first. He just smiled at her as he revealed the bouquet of flowers from behind his back to her. Her hands flew up to her mouth, covering her lips as a gasped slipped through them on accident. They weren't overly huge, but instead it was just the perfect size. "It's your birthday, right? I, um, I thought that we could do something." he said to her nervously before he actually took the chance to realize that she was all dressed up for something. He felt his heart drop then. How could he be so stupid to think that she wouldn't have already made plans for her birthday? For all he knew, Stiles and Scott were coming to get her right this second. "Unless, um, you've already made plans? Cause if you have? It's totally fine. I completely understand." he told her as if it was really nothing.

She lowered her hands down from her mouth and wrapped them around herself as a gust of wind hit them. She shivered slightly, but before she could tell him that she was plans free, he had jumped forward toward her. He slipped off his coat, and like the night at the parent-teachers conference, he wrapped it around her shoulders. She looked up at him with a small smile as he adjusted the coat to make sure that it stayed on her shoulders and that it was on enough to warm her up from the cold night air that was hitting them. "Thank you, Isaac." she said up to him softly. He gave her a shy smile in return, causing them both to blush. "And it's a no to your question. I'm free and at your mercy it would seem like tonight." she told him as she tried to keep smiling, but he could see the sadness behind it. He vowed then to get a real laugh out of her again by the end of the night.

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After putting the flowers in one of the empty pots on her front porch, something for her to grab later on when she got home and could actually get inside of the house, he had helped her onto his bike after blind folding her and he had taken off. She was wary of the blind fold, but she just had to trust him. She didn't trust a lot of people, but Isaac had deserved to have it from her. He was currently standing behind her and leading her somewhere. He kept one of his hands wrapped around her's, wanting to give her some sort of silent promise that he wasn't going to let her get hurt by what ever he had planned. They finally got to the right spot that he wanted them to be in and he pulled her to a stop. "We're here. I'm taking off the blind fold." he whispered to her, knowing enough to let her know what was going on.

She nodded her head to him in understanding, taking a deep breath upon knowing that this was it. She felt her breath being taken away as the blind fold was dropped. Her hands immediately went up to her mouth in surprise as tears filled her eyes. He had set up at least a dozen candles around her mom's grave. He had even cleaned it up so it sparkled and left fresh flowers around it as well. "Oh, Isaac," she gasped, not knowing what else she could say to him. He touched her arms just barely and turned her to look to her right. Her eyes grew even larger at the sight before her. He had not only cleaned up her mom's grave, but there sat a table for two with a big birthday cake in the middle of it.

The candles were already lit and she noticed a little velvet box beside the cake. She looked back at him, completely blown away by all of this. He smiled shyly and motioned for her to go on towards the table. She hesitated on going toward it, though. She didn't want this to be some kind of dream. She would die if this ended up being just a dream. She had then thrown him off guard by surprising him with a hug. She buried her head in the crook between his neck and his shoulders. "You have no idea how truly amazing you are right now." she mumbled out softly into his shoulder as she held onto him tightly. He just looked almost blown away himself by just the fact that she was holding him like this.

She stayed in his arms for a few minutes before letting him go and dropping back down to the grassy ground. She slowly turned back to the table and took his hand before going over towards the table. She stopped them when they got to the set up. She looked back at Isaac, her eyes wide with the look of a child on Christmas morning. He nodded his head, wanting her to open the velvet box that he had left for her on the table beside the cake. She hesitated for another moment before nodding back and reaching out for the box. As she brought it closer to herself, she slowly lifted up the top of it. Another gasp left her mouth at the necklace hidden inside. She could tell that the charm was home made, but the chain definitely was not. "I, um, I made the charm myself. It's suppose to be, um, a heart. I didn't expect the chain to be so much. Sorry." he mumbled nervously out to her, hoping that she didn't hate it.

He had saved for weeks now just to buy that chain. He had run out of money, and not to mention time, by the time her birthday had come around. She lifted up the necklace, letting the little home made charm spin around as it dangled. It looked more like a spider then a heart to her, but she loved it regardless of what it looked like. "I absolutely love it, Isaac. Will you help me put it on?" she asked back to him. He looked taken back by the fact that she liked it, but he knew enough to nod his head. She gave him a weak smile and handed him the necklace before lifting up her hair to make it easier for him. He slipped the necklace around her neck and with shaking hands, his nerves on overload right now. He had managed to connect the clasp together some how, though. She dropped her hair and turned to see what he thought. "So, how does it look?" she asked him.

He looked her over from head to toe again. She looked absolutely breath taking in her red knee length dress. Her legs were bare from any of her leggings that she usually wore when she would wear dresses, and her dark curls cascaded down past her shoulders. The spider-like charm hung nicely on her chest, the chain sparkling just as bright as she seemed to when he looked at her. "Absolutely breath taken." he breathed out on accident. Both of their eyes widened in surprise of his words, a blush creeping up on both of their faces as they looked away from the other quickly. "Oh, um, I-I mean, uh, I mean that you-you lo-look be-beautiful, Ma-Maddie." he stuttered out nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. A moment of awkward silence fell over them then before he cleared his throat. "We should, um, get to the cake now, I, uh, I guess." he said to her before he motioned for her to pick a side of the table.

She nodded again and went left around the table. He pulled out her chair and waited until she was seated in it before helping her push it back in. Once she was all set, he moved over to the other seat beside her and slid down into it. "You gotta make a wish now." he told her, motioning for her to go on and do it. She smiled and shook her head at him. She leaned forward and hesitated for a short moment before blowing out the candles. Once all of the candles were out, he took them out of the cake and went to cutting a piece for her. He gave her the first slice and then cut one for himself.

They ate in a comfortable silence, sharing shy looks every few minutes with the other. The silence only broke when she noticed that things were slowing down. She didn't want this to end, she didn't want to go home yet. "Hey, Isaac?" she asked out to him suddenly. He lifted his head up instantly, wondering what she needed. Before he could know what was happening, she had dug her hand into the cake and squished it into his face. She gasped out in laughter, even surprising herself by actually doing that. He leaned back slowly and wiped the cake from his eyes. For a moment she thought he was going to be mad at her, but he just looked at her calmly, which only made her more worried. "You are so going down." he said out to her before grabbing a handful of the cake on his plate and tossing it at her.

She shrieked out in laughter as she just barely ducked in time. She jumped up from her seat, grabbing another handful of the cake and threw it at him. She laughed out when it hit him off the head this time. "That's it! You're doing down now!" he laughed out with her. He grabbed another piece of cake and threw it at her. She screamed out with another round of laughter as it hit her chest. She took off running around the head stones then, him following after her with more handfuls of cake. He followed her around the head stones, her just barely getting out of his hold by literally an inch.

He had finally just dropped the cake left over in his hands and dived for her. She screamed out in more laughter as he picked her up from around the waist, finally catching her and winning their game of chase. He spun her around carefully, not wanting to hurt her. As they both laughed out some more, both of them were now covered from head to toe in cake. They realized something then. This was normal. It was fun, and it was what normal teenagers did together. For one night, they were normal kids just having fun together, and neither of them had wanted the night to end now, if at all.