Love at Divergent High
Chapter 38: Happy 1st birthday Ashton
It has been six weeks since the game of truth or dare and today is Ashton's first birthday. We are graduating soon, in eleven weeks actually. We have all applied for college and are waiting for the letters to come in the post. We all applied for the same college as well. Divergent College of Chicago. It is a place that most people go to after going to our High School. Though, people from other High Schools go there as well. Hopefully we all get in.
Marlene applied for the nursing course because she wants to be a nurse.
Shauna applied for the policing course because she wants to be a policewoman. Lynn and Lauren also applied for that course.
Christina applied for the hair and beauty course because she wants to open her own salon and you need training to do that. She's also doing a little side course of business to help when it comes to starting her own business.
Uriah applied for the catering course because he wants to open his own restaurant. He's also doing the little side course of business with Christina.
Zeke applied for the media and computing course. He wants to create his own video games and stuff, or work for a video games company, and this will help him get there.
Will applied for the law course, he wants to be a lawyer, and also he is the cleverest one out of all of us so it makes sense for him to do something like that.
Tobias and I applied for two courses. They aren't full time courses so they allowed us to pick two. We both applied for English literature, because we both love writing and reading. I also applied for the photography course, though the others really wanted me to go for either music or drama, they practically begged me, but I want to be a photographer, and maybe do some writing on the side. The second course that Tobias applied for was architecture; he is a really great drawer and wants to design new buildings and things for Chicago and other places. The others also wanted him to choose drama or music, but he didn't want to.
Right now I am in Eve's room, getting her ready for Ashton's birthday party, which starts at one and it is now eleven. It is Saturday so we don't have any school. I am dressing her in a cute white dress with coloured flowers on it. Her and Ashton are like best friends, they are adorable together.
The other day Ashton said his first word. We were all in the front room of this house, watching movies and talking and laughing about random things. Then Ashton said 'Mama' we were all shocked, and happy. Mar and Uri were practically crying when he said it. They had been trying to get him to say something for weeks.
We spent the rest of the day celebrating him saying his first word. It was amazing.
When I'm done getting Eve ready I walk into Tobias' and my bedroom, with Eve in my arms. I put her in the little play den we set up in the room for her and grab some of my own clothes before going into the en-suite to get ready.
Half an hour later, it is quarter to twelve, and I am dressed and ready in a plain white summer dress that goes down to the middle of my thigh, though it doesn't cling to my legs. My hair is curled in a half up half down do. I have foundation and mascara on, but that is all the make-up I could be asked to put on. I then pick up Eve and take her downstairs to find Tobias in the living room watching TV, wearing his usual jeans and t-shirt. The others have gone to the summer house to help set up. I sit next to him on the sofa with Eve in my lap.
"You both look beautiful, my love." He says.
"Thank you. You look rather handsome yourself." I say.
"Thank you. Do you want me to do you something to eat?" He asks.
"Yes please." I say.
"What do you want?" He asks.
"French toast please." I say.
"Okay." He says before kissing the top of mine and Eve's head and leaving the room, entering the kitchen.
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At ten to one Tobias, Eve and I head down to the summer house. I'm carrying Eve and Tobias is carrying the presents from him and me. The others have already taken theirs down there. We enter the house and find the gang and their families sitting in the living room in random places, some of them standing as well. There is a pile of presents in the room; Tobias adds the presents from us to the pile. There is also a table full of snack foods, drinks and plastic cups on one side of the room. There are blue and white balloons, the blue ones being different shades of blue. Dark, light, medium, etc. There are banners as well that say 'Happy 1st birthday' on them.
"Present time!" Uriah says before standing up and taking one of the presents of the pile and giving it to Ashton who is sitting in Marlene's lap. Marlene helps as Ashton tries to open the present.
When they finally get it open they find a twenty five piece puzzle for Finding Nemo.
Ashton's presents:
Finding Nemo puzzle
Toy Story puzzle
Monsters University puzzle
An alphabet book
Some story books suitable for a child of his age
Quite a lot of clothes and shoes
A soft, bouncy football
Quite a lot of toys, including a train set
Some Disney DVD's that we don't already have
A ball pit
A sand pit, with a bag of sand included
Some things to play with in the bath, including a yellow rubber duck
When he, and Marlene, has opened all the presents and birthday cards we decide to eat. So we all sit around, whilst Ashton and Eve play in the play den with some of toys, and we talk about things, like graduation, college, they ask Tobias and I how Eve is doing. We just talk about random things. Whist eating.
We then decide to do the birthday cake, which I made. I gave it to them last night after spending all day on it. I made him a Swiss roll thing with chocolate butter cream going through it. There is also chocolate butter cream around the outside of the roll. Then I decorated it with sweets and stuff. I then made a face to go on the front. And I got white chocolate chunks to be the feet. It's meant to be a caterpillar.
Marlene sticks a candle that is it the shape of the number one in the middle of it before lighting it. Uriah is holding Ashton as she brings in the cake and we all sing happy birthday to him. Ashton then tries to blow out the candle, at Uriah's request, but then Uriah decides to help him and they blow out the candle together.
We eat the cake and everyone says how nice it is and how they want me to bake all of their birthday cakes from now on, I don't mind doing that, I love cooking and baking.
We then decide to play games like pass the parcel, before Ashton and Eve fall asleep. When they're asleep Marlene and I take them to bed, I take Eve to one of the beds in one of the spare rooms and I place pillows around her so she doesn't fall of in her sleep.
It is five o'clock when they fall asleep and are in bed. The families of our friends decide that they should leave us to it and say goodbye before leaving.
That leaves Marlene, Uriah, Zeke, Shauna, Christina, Will, Tobias and me in the summer house. "Let's play never have I ever!" Zeke says. We nod in agreement but Marlene, Tobias, Uriah and I don't want to get drunk because we have sleeping children upstairs. "Okay, if we have done something then we'll put our finger on our nose." Zeke says. We nod and the game begins.
"Never have I ever eaten tofu." Marlene says. Christina puts her index finger on her nose.
"Never have I ever…" Uriah is cut off by a knock on the door. He stands up and goes to answer it. "Tris, you might want to come here." Uriah says.
I stand up and walk to the door to find Caleb, Susan and Ella on the other side.
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