Good gracious! This is the first time I updated in, like, forever! But thank you to all who have reviewed and pm-ed me! I'm soo sorry that I haven't updated in quite awhile, but I didn't really know how I wanted to start it. At first I wanted to start it on Halloween, but Halloween passed before I could start it. Then came Thanksgiving, but the same thing happened again. Christmas and New Years also passed, so I finally just sat down and began to type. Valentine's Day is coming up so I might do a chapter on that day, but I'm not sure...But anyway here is Chapter One and I hope y'all enjoy reading it!
Chapter One
"Do you think she's awake?" A voice asked.
"No, it's too early for her to be up," a different voice commented.
"How should we wake her up?" A new voice asked.
"Oh, how about how you and her woke me up last year?"
"Okay, on the count of three we'll do it, okay? One, two, three..." the first voice answered.
"Happy Birthday Charlotte!" voices yelled. I was startled out of my sleep by their voices. Surrounding my bed was Nicky, Uncle Larry, Tess, Megan, and Al, my boyfriend. They held presents, balloons, and a birthday cake.
"What are all of you doing in here?" I asked them, sitting up.
"Remember, Charlotte, it's your birthday," Megan said, her hands filled with the strings of balloons and her auburn hair sticking out because of the static. "And please don't laugh at my hair."
"I won't, but did you have to wake me up this early?"
"We thought that you would like to go ahead and open these presents-" Uncle Larry said.
"What do you mean 'these'? Are there more?" I asked.
"There might be if you get up," Al said. I looked over at him and he was wearing his pinstripe suit, but when he came here, Ahkmenrah made it so that he was in color and become real. He came over and sat on my bed with me and wrapped an arm around my waist.
"Here," Nicky said, handing me a present. I opened it up and inside was a pair of beautiful earrings and a matching necklace.
"Thank you, Nicky!" I said.
"Do you want to continue to open up presents or eat cake?" Uncle Larry asked.
"The presents!"
"You sound like a five year old," Nicky commented.
"It's not every day that you're forcefully woken up by people with presents and cake," I replied, taking the present that Tess handed me.
"This is from me and your uncle," she said. I opened it and inside was was a leather-bound book. I opened it up and saw that it was a scrapbook.
"So, that's what you looked like when you were a baby?" Al asked, looking at the first picture on the page, which was after I was born.
"Yup, and there's my mom," I said.
"You look like her," he said.
"I know," I said, feeling sad. My parents died three years ago tomorrow. They must have sensed my saddening mood because Al quickly handed me a giant box.
"Here you go, Charlotte," Al said.
"You didn't have to go and get me something that big because, as you know, I don't like it when-"
"Just open it," Al said. I glared at him for interrupting me, but I began to open it. I sat the box on my bed and looked at the top; it had holes in it. I gave him a confused look, but I took off the lid.
"It's a puppy!" I squealed. I gave Al a quick peck on the lips and lifted the puppy out of the box. "Oh, she has the most amazing blue eyes and she's a husky! Thank you!" I kissed Al again, but this time he held me there with the puppy in between us. The puppy started to make whining noises from being stuck in between us. I broke the kiss and looked at my new puppy. Al pulled me onto his lap and I petted the her.
"What are you going to name her?" Megan asked.
"Tanya," I said, looking at my puppy. I turned to Al again. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," he replied, giving me kiss on the cheek.
"Come on, Charlotte," Megan said.
"Why?" I asked, turning to look at her.
"Because I'm going to take you shopping."
"For what?"
"Oh nothing special," she said, looking quickly at Al. "Just want to take you birthday shopping." I glanced over at him, but his face gave away nothing.
"Alright, I guess," I said, looking at her and him suspiciously. Great, a mob boss and my best friend are planning something that involves me.
Okay, so that was Chapter One and I hope that y'all will review it and tell me what you think of it. I know that it was a lot of dialogue, but I promise that the next chapter will be better!