Long Day
It was Saturday January, 16th. Maya's 25th Birthday. She had spent the whole day in her studio painting because ever since she got up this morning she's had this feeling she just couldn't shake. And she knew painting always helped her relax. She gets in her car to head home and the clock read 11 o'clock.
"Wow! Its so late." she thought to herself
She finally gets home to her loft. Shawn bought it for her right after high school but she has been paying for it for awhile now since her artwork is doing so well. Her loft is 2 bedrooms, 1 and a half bath. She puts her purse and keys on the table and walks to her room. She goes to the bathroom and realizes she's covered in paint. How did she not notice that she thought. So she quickly gets in the shower and washes all the paint off. She gets out and puts her new pjs on that Josh gave her for her birthday last night when they went out to dinner. She doesnt know why he doesn't live with her they've been dating for like 3 years. She heads to the kitchen and gets a box from the fridge that contains a cupcake. On the box there's a note that says "Happy Birthday babygirl! Love, Mom and Dad". She grabs a candle and a lighter from the drawer and heads to her living room. She places the candle in the cupcake and lights it.
"Happy Birthday to me!" she says sarcastically.
She gets her phone and remembers she turned it off earlier because it's was always a distraction while she painted. When it finally turns on she get like a thousands notifications from people wishing her a happy birthday. She opens her phone to read some of the texts.
A text from Farkle read, " Happy Birthday Maya! Hope you have a good one. Smackle, the twins, and I love and miss u." She also got a text from Smackle saying almost the same thing.
She goes through her phone and reads and listens to every message. Finally she saves the best for last. Her best friend Riley left her a birthday message.
"Hey Peaches, happy birthday. I'm so sorry I couldn't be there this year. I've been so busy at work. I really tried to get off but my boss just wouldn't let me. I know your probably at the studio that why you didn't answer. When you get this FaceTime me. I dont know if I'll be up but you can always try."
So Maya FaceTimes Riley hoping she picks up. The phone rang a couple times and then Riley picked up.
"Riles!" Maya said.
"Peaches, Happy Birthday" Riley said
"Thanks."
"So how was your day?"
"Good, I've just had this weird feeling all day that I just cant shake. I thought painting might help and it kinda did but not a lot. I just dont know why im feeling this way."
"Well have you done our birthday tradition?"
"No I wasn't gonna do it without you."