Four Years Later

Emily's POV

"Oh, ouch! That's gotta hurt."I said making a face. The boys and I were watching wrestling. I hid behind my friend, Logan. Kendall's favorite wrestler, CM Punk, slammed down my favorite wrestler, John Cena.

"Ha! That's five more bucks, Diamond."He said grinning at me.

"Shut it, Knight! No way you're squeezing thirty bucks out of me."I said smacking his head after. He yelped.

"What was that for!"He asked, no, shouted at me. I shrugged. He hit my leg.

"Owwwie!"I said rubbing my leg. I turned my attention to the screen. I saw the referee count to three and I jumped out of my seat.

"Yes! Happy dance time!"I said doing crazy dance moves. Kendall sighed and stood up. I turned to him. He mumbled something under his breath. I smiled.

"Wait. What was that, Knight?"I asked cupping my hand around my ear.

He sighed."I said…"He sighed again, but much more heavily."John Cena's the greatest and CM Punk you happy?"He said slapping the money into my hands. I smiled and sat down next to my brother, counting the money.

"So…"My brother said bumping me with his shoulder.

I looked at him confused."What?"

"Your birthday's coming up this weekend. Plan on doing anything special?"He asked.

I sighed rolling my eyes."Nah. Just hang with the girls and maybe hit the movies."

Carlos spoke up. "Wait. I'm confused. Why would you want to hit the movie screen? What'd it ever do to you?"

I sighed."Oh, Carlos. You're such a special friend."I said patting his shoulder. Then I turned to the rest of the guys continuing my thought."And if not I'll just hang with you guys."I said smiling at them.

Carlos, James and Logan made faces. I frowned.

"What?"I asked.

James spoke first."Miley and I are going to this amazing new restaurant and our schedules have really been tearing us apart."I sighed and stared at Logan.

"Demi wants me to meet her parents this weekend." He said. I looked at Carlos.

"Come on danger buddy! What happened to 'I won't let a girl tie me down.'?"I asked.

"That's before I actually got a girlfriend. "

I sighed. "Great. This is just perfect. I'm going to spend my 17th birthday alone?"

"Kendall's free!"Carlos, Logan and James said in unison.

My eyes widened."No! No way am I spending my birthday him."

"Why not?"James asked.

"Because at my 5th birthday party, when you guys went to find the camera, Kendall smashed my face in the cake and stuck gum in my hair."

I heard Kendall laugh at the thought. I glared at him and he immediately stopped.

"So that's what happened to the cake."Logan said.

I sighed. This was going to be a horrible weekend.

That Weekend

I woke up late that morning. I stayed up all last night doing nothing but reading my favorite books The Harry Potter Series. What can I say, I'm a potter head.

I went into the living room yawning.

"Hey, where is everybody?"I asked.

"Date with their girlfriends, remember?"

I sighed."Right. I forgot."

Kendall came up to me with his hand behind his back.

"Here." He said handing me a small box.

"Wow. You spent a lot of money on me this year."I said.

He rolled his eyes."Just open it."

I sighed and did as told. It was a guitar pick."OMG! Kendall, you got me a guitar pick for my imaginary guitar!"

He laughed."That's the other surprise."He said pointing to an acoustic guitar sitting on the couch. I ran to it.

"Kendall! You got me a guitar! And the one I've always wanted."I said turning to him and hugging him.

"Well, I was sick of you playing my guitar all the time."He said pulling away.

"Thank you. Really."I said smiling.

"Anything for you, Em."He said pinching my cheek.

I smiled."Oh and the guys left you something too."He said pointing to a box on the counter. I opened it. It was a pink musical note shaped necklace. I smiled.

"So I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to the beach for your birthday."He said.

"Sure. I love the beach."I said."Let me go get ready."I said running to the bathroom.

Thirty Minutes Later

I walked out to the living room. I was wearing my jean shorts, a pink and purple tank top that had 'Cool Story Bro' on it, and my stripped jacket.

"It's gonna be kind of hot outside, you sure you want to wear your jacket?"

"Um…yea I love this thing. My mom gave it to me."I said making up an truth was there were cut marks all over my wrists. So many that I have nowhere else to cut. And on my right wrist was a word engraved in my skin. A word that I looked at every day, and knew that it was true. On her my right wrist, in big red letters was the word…'disgusting'.

We walked around the beach all day, just talking and having random conversations. Kendall is like the only person I can have a deep and real conversation with.

Right now we where sitting on a towel, digging our toes into the sand watching the sunset.

"Isn't it beautiful?"Kendall asked.

I smiled "Gorgeous."

"You know you're the only girl I can be myself with."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah.I can burp because I know we'll end up having a burping contest. I can fart in front of you because I know your is going to be way more gnarly."I laughed when he said that.

I smiled."You know, there are a lot of people who call me by my name, but you are the one person who can make it sound so damn special. And I have no idea why."

"Maybe it's because I'm so damn adorable."

I pushed him lightly."Gee, Kendall. You can be so modest." He laughed.

"This was the best birthday ever."I said.

"Really?"

" was exactly what I wanted. Sitting around doing nothing."

"Well I'm glad you had fun." He said putting his around me."Now who's up for some ice cream?"

"I am! I am!"I yelled happily. Kendall laughed and stood up putting me on his back.

"Yay! Piggy back ride!"Kendall gave me a ride all the way to Ben & Jerry's. I got Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Kendall got Chunky Monkey. We sat on the bench outside and ate our ice cream.

"Want some, Em?"He asked.

"Sure."He fed me some of his and tipped it up just enough for some of it end up on my nose.

"Wait. You've got something on your face."He said.

"Where?"

"I'll get it."He said rubbing more of the ice cream on my face.

"Hey!"I said. I stuck my finger in my tub of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and wiped it all over his face.

"Emily!"He yelled. I laughed satisfied. He threw a handful of ice cream at my shirt. I gasped.

"My shirt!"He smirked at me. I glared at him and threw a handful of my ice cream at his new and expensive shirt. This soon turned into an ice cream fight. And we went home covered in ice cream.

"This was the best birthday ever. And you're an amazing friend."I said looking up at him.

He smirked at me then looked away."You're still paying for the shirt."

I sighed."I know."