Chapter 1
~~1 Week Earlier~~
"…Happy Birthday dear Taylor, happy birthday to you!"
I leaned in too blow out my sparkling candles, 18 of them to be exact. My 18th birthday, I couldn't believe it! Only days ago I had been 17, and know I was an adult! Free to be what I wanted to be and do what I wanted to do! That was until my boyfriend and I looked at apartment prices…YIKES! Maybe, just maybe, I would be living in my parent's basement for a little bit longer. You see I wasn't exactly what you would call a straight A student, more like a straight B student. Average, that's me in a nutshell. Plain, old boring me…I had curly brown hair that drove me insane! My mother told me I would appreciate it when I was older…sure, but for now I was stuck straightening my hair EVERY morning. Well besides the obvious fact, I HATE MY HAIR, I have blue eyes and sort of tan skin. I'm not snow white like my boyfriend Eric, that's what I call him by the way, Snow White. Speaking of Snow White…
"Taylor hurry up and make your wish," Eric whined.
Hehe, oops, did I forget to mention that I get side tracked very easily? Well I do…guess I should make a wish before Eric starves.
"I wish…" I started to say.
"NO TAYLOR," my mom yelled.
"What?" I asked my mother, the whole party now looking over.
"You can't tell us your wish, it will never happen and you will be cursed." My mom stated matter-of-factly.
That's my mom, VERY superstitious! Me, I don't question it, I just go with the flow. Not bad flow though like month old milk, like good flow, chocolate milk flow. Don't ask about the milk thing, it's my friend Sam, she likes milk….a lot.
"Alright mom, alright," I sighed.
I closed my eyes and leaned forward, Eric holding my straightened hair out of harms way. I wish that I could spend the whole summer with Sam, Eric, and my family on the beach in the tropics. Hey it most likely won't come true but I've tried for the past 3 years, hopefully the third times the charm!