Chapter 20: Chris' Birthday Surprise
Olly's POVA few quick weeks later and Chris' birthday soon arrived; we let him have a party. Linzi and I were planning something special for Chris as he would be 4 years old and would know properly how to treat things. Linzi was also expecting another child, but we hadn't told Chris yet.
The morning of Chris' birthday, Chris woke up early and went to watch a bit of TV. As he had the TV on loud, it woke Linzi and me up.
"Chris, what are you doing up this early?" I asked as Linzi and I walked into the room; Chris looked over at us.
"I didn't want to wake you, so I came downstairs and put TV on." Chris replied with a cheeky grin, just like me as Linzi would say.
"Well, the TV woke us instead." I said in a sleepy tone in my voice
"How about a birthday breakfast for my birthday boy?" Linzi came in
"Yeah," Chris cheered
"And daddy will make it for you." Linzi smirked
"I will?" I asked still with a sleepy tone
"Yep," She replied with a cute, but cheeky grin
After breakfast, we got dressed and got ready to go out. But, Chris had no idea where we were going.
"Where are we going?" Chris asked curiously
"You'll find out when we get there." I replied
"But, dad, please," Chris moaned as we got into the car.
"Oh, you getting to much of a big boy that you can't call me 'daddy' anymore?" I smiled as we put our seatbelts on, "And I'm not going to tell you; it's a surprise."
I drove to a special place and a place Linzi would remember from when she first got Sasha, her family dog. We were getting one of Chris' presents from here.
"Mummy, where are we?" Chris asked curiously before a young woman, wearing warm clothing and wellies, came up to us from the farmhouse.
"Ahh, you must be the family from the email; come this way." The woman said and we followed her to a huge looking shed and sounds of puppies barking came from inside.
We went inside after woman unlocked it. A female Border collie followed in after us; inside the shed was a pen full of playful puppies, Border collie Puppies.
"Puppies!" Chris cheered since they were his favourite breed of dog.
"Surprise, baby boy," Linzi smiled as she cuddled into me.
"Happy birthday, little man." I put my arm around Linzi's waist.
"I can have one?" Chris asked
"Of course, why do you think we brought you here?" I said with a smile
"Go ahead, pick one." Linzi continued to smile and Chris tried to pick a puppy, but found it difficult.
"I can't decide; they'll all too cute!" Chris laughed
Suddenly, a mainly black puppy shoved his way to the front and jumped into Chris' arms, "I like this one; he's like the lead pup and he's active."
I took hold of the puppy, so I could put his new collar on. Linzi took my wallet to give the money to the woman.
"I wanna hold him!" Chris said as I passed the pup to him
"Be careful with him." I said as Linzi gave me my wallet back.
"So, what's his name, Chris?" Linzi asked as she gave the money to the woman.
"Hmm, Dodger," Chris replied after thinking for a bit
"Very nice name," I smiled knowing that he got that name from Linzi's books.
"Let's get home; your grandparents, aunts and uncles are coming round to give your presents and to see you." Linzi said as we quickly made our way to the car, where the puppy's new leash, toys and basket were.
As soon as we got home, Charlie and Dodger sniffed each other before playing with the toys. We didn't even get to sit down, before the doorbell went. I went to answer the door to find both mine and Linzi's parents, my brother, sister, her sister and their other halves plus a few close friends and family (like Melissa, Danielle, Phineas and Isabella) waiting with presents for Chris; Chris and his new puppy bounded to the door.
"Wow, are you guys all here for my party?" Chris asked with Dodger at his side.
"Come on in, guys, and yes, Chris they're here for your party." I let the guests in
The guests all put their presents, for Chris, by the couch, which was pushed aside with all the other furniture. Danielle and Melissa on the other hand, had another small present, but this one wasn't for Chris.
"Have you two told Chris?" Melissa whispered to Linzi and I; Melissa and Danielle were the only ones that knew.
"About her being… pregnant, nope, not yet." I replied
"But, we will, hopefully, tonight." Linzi continued for me
Chris was too busy to notice his 2 aunts talking to his parents. He was too busy unwrapping presents with his friends and puppy.
"You got to tell Chris sometime, anyway." Melissa told them
"We know," Linzi and I replied
"Let's go celebrate your son's birthday; here, I got you two a congrats present." Danielle gave us a present, and then Melissa gave her present.
"Here, so did I," Melissa said as we put the 2 presents in a hidden spot, so Chris couldn't see them.
"Thanks, let's go celebrate Chris' birthday." Linzi said as I put some music.
Once I got the music started, almost all the guests began to dance. The first song was Chloe's all-time favourite boy band, One Direction- 'What makes you beautiful'. By the time the song was half through, everyone was dancing, including the kids.
Later on, we decided to do Chris' and, since it was Melissa's birthday too, Melissa's birthday cake. So, Nathan (Wanted) turned the lights out, Linzi and I lit the candles on both cakes; Melissa had a photo of her and Nathan Sykes together and Chris had a Scooby Doo cake.
Once we were in front of the birthday boy and girl. Chris and Melissa blew their candles out after making a wish.
Everyone cheered, "Hip, hip, hooray," 3 times before clapping for them.
After it turned dark outside, fireworks were beginning to set off, so Linzi and I decided to set ours off. Since it was Chris' birthday, he got to choose first with Melissa's help, since it was her birthday too. As it got late, our guests began to leave and me and the family decided to go to bed; Linzi and I decided to tell Chris in the morning.