Chapter 7 Heartbeat of Anxiety
The next day, Angela had woken up to silence, which wasn't really normal but since Evan would usual cause a racket waking up or something. She missed the noise as Evan wasn't at home as often these days, due to Angela wanting peace and quite to herself. She felt bad for him and decided to make it up to him, but having the birthday party he never had last year, due to her mother's abrupt death. But before she had done anything, she did what she would usually do in the morning, aka personal hygiene and farm work. Once she was done, she left, to go to the general store for more supplies. During her walk, she, like any other day, would bump into many people. While talking to these people, she would invite them to the party, excluding Luna (for many reasons).
Once she was done, she left the store to go back to her house. She immediately went to the kitchen and started work before she heard a knock on her door.
"Coming!" She washed her hands, since she was making pies, and walked to and opened the door.
"Hello, Ella" she heard when she opened the door. Only a few people called her that. Kevin, her mother, her father and…..Gill.
"Hello Gill. What would you like?" she said when she immediately opened the door.
"umm…err….c-could you meet me a-at Daren's t-tree at a-about 12?" he asked, stuttering.
"I'm so sorry Gill but I can't. I have Evan's birthday party to deal with." Once she had said that, he had already regained his original composure.
"Oh okay. But I thought his birthday is in Winter." He said, with the 'face of bewilderment'.
"True, but last year, I never gave him a birthday party he nagged me for. He was bummed out since I never gave him one last year." Angela said, answering the question as short and simple as possible.
"Why didn't you?" Angela had to be cursed by the Goddess, even though she went there and talked to her all the time after all the rainbows were complete by herself.
"uhh..errr…m-my mother…" she cut herself off and sobbed. Gill, who had already sat down, had carried her, bridal style to her couch and gently placed her down, calming her down by patting her on the back.
"You don't need to tell me. So, when is it?" he said, smiling.
"The party?" she said, sniffling.
"Yeah."
"Noon, today." Gill had a plan, but changed it to his advantage. All he had to do was ask.
After he was satisfied, he kissed her, on the cheek and waved goodbye, walking back to the town hall. She just sat there, then abruptly sat up, panicking all over again. She had asked if Evan and his friends wanted to come over for lunch, so she had that planned. She continued on with the cake and the food, and once she was done, with the preparation, it was already half past 11 and there were people knocking on the door. She opened it, and told them to gather round.
"Ok, guys. Hide. Stay hidden, don't make too much noise." She said. Everyone scrambled around, since there were many hiding places. A few minutes later, Gill walked in, key in hand.
"Hello, Ella." He said.
"Now, sit on the couch, drinking the cup of tea I have prepared." She said, instructing him to the couch.
"Oh yeah, there are people hidden here, basically the whole town. Please, don't take any notice of them."
"Okay…." He sighed. She had never told him, but nevertheless, it didn't really matter. His plan would've worked, no matter what.
It was 12 when Angela opened the door. Gill got up from his seat, and shut the lights, since the curtains were already closed, so closing the lights wouldn't have made a difference. There, he saw Evan, Heath and Matt looking at the house.
"Hello, mum"
"Hello Evan's mother" Matt and Heath said.
"Good afternoon boys, why don't you come in?" At this moment, the lights were turned on and everyone jumped out.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVAN!" they all shouted.
"…..mum? What is this all about?" Evan said, flabbergasted.
"Remember when you got angry when….that happened?" she said.
"Yeah."
"I promised you a party when we got here, so here it is!" she shouted, grinning like mad.
"I-i….thank you mum." He thought for a while afterwards.
"Thank you…dad for celebrating my birthday party..." he said, quite flushed. I (as in authoress [= ) swear everyone in a one kilometre radius could see his face.
"Well, let's get this started. I'll get the cake and food" Angela said. Gill stopped her, shock his head and went to get it. Angela, being the stubborn person was once and always was, went to get the cake, candles and matches. He, who had placed the food on the table, ran to the door and turned down the lights, when everyone saw the cake Angela was holding. The cake was in a shape of a book with a magnifying glass and a bike on it. She had placed the candles on the cake and lit them. They then sang…well what do you know 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' no, actually they sang 'Happy Birthday'.
"Evan, make your wish!" Angela shouted.
"…Ella, do you honestly still believe in them?" Gill said, quite exasperated.
"Of course." Evan blew out the candles and everyone cheered.
"Evan, aren't you going to tell us what you wished for?" Luke said, grinning like mad, like always.
"Was it for more food?" Dakota asked.
"Was it for more adventures?" Heath asked.
"Was it for more fish?" Matt asked.
"Was i-it for m-more wool?" Angie asked.
"Was it for more medical supplies?" Van asked.
"Neither." He said, smiling largely. Everyone looked shocked, since they knew he had something up his sleeve. No one but Gill saw him place his hands on his hips. Once everyone had stopped looking at him, they continued on. After a while, Gill had walked up to Angela.
"Ella, can I ask you something?" he said, looking quite anxious.
"Yes, Gill?"
"umm…err….will you marry me?" Gill asked, holding out a genuine blue feather from his pocket. From the corner of his nervous face, his eye could see Evan wink really quickly. Angela started to tear up a lot and hugged him. At that moment, every one stopped their conversations and stared at the couple.
"YES!" she yelled all of the sudden. Evan, who had heard the whole entire conversation had smil- no, started to grin like mad, just like his mother.
"Mum, dad, thank you for making my wish come true." He said, making a funny noise which resembled laughing and crying.
"What was your wish?" Luke said, probably louder than expected.
"To see my parents get married." He said. He then turned around, hearing a knock on the door.
"Uhhh...mum? Are you expecting anyone?" he said.
"No." Then the door opened. Everyone had shocked looks on their faces.
"….ummm…Hi. Am I missing anything?" A very, very familiar voice said, sheepishly smiling.
Evan: Hello everyone. I'm here, replacing my parents since they are currently....
Gill: NO! I'M NOT WEARING THAT!
Evan: Don't worry about that, they're just arguing about something with almost no relevance.
Author: *hand Evan note*
Evan: W-what? Read it?
Author: *nods head*
Evan: Dear readers, I have placed a poll on my profile about my next fanfic. Please vote, since I am clueless. I am also an idiot. Your's truly, Author-who-doesn't-want-name-revealed. P.S: I'll kill you if you don't read this out.
Heath: *walks by after hearing majority of conversation* You know, Evan?
Evan: What?
Heath: I don't think you were supposed to say the...last part.
Evan: What, the P.S?
Van: *walk in on conversation* You mean, postscript.
Evan: What's postscript?
Van: What P.S stands for.
Evan: Okay..... Well, anyways. On behalf of the author, I would like to thank her supporters (technically they're mine as well, since I'm an OC) her constant reviewers and story alerters. She would also like me to walk onto your profiles to give you you're well deserved hugs. *Evan/Gill/Angela hugged you!* So if you want a hug (or if you're allergic to hugs =] ) and want a cookie instead, just write it in your review.
Van:....that's pretty long, would you like me to take over?
Evan:....no, I've promised Heath I'd let him do it this time.
Heath: YAY! Review if you wish. If you do this time, since it's almost Christmas, I'll give you a hug/cookie.
Author:...sleepy...writing this at 10:59pm on a Thursday night....--_--