"Happy birthday sweetheart" Zoe said, entering the front room to a very excited Maisie sitting on the sofa eagerly waiting for her family to wake up. Today was her 13th birthday and she had been counting down the days for months until she finally turned into a teenager.

"Happy birthday princess" Nick said, hugging and kissing his eldest daughter as he sat on the sofa beside her.

"Happy birthday" Phoebe and Oliver both shouted in unison as they both came crashing into the front room as lively as ever.

"Thanks" Maisie smiled as Nick and Zoe handed her all of her wrapped birthday gifts ready to open.

As she began to open her first present, her face dropped "No way" She exclaimed in surprise as she opened the box "A phone" She gasped as she pulled it out to take a closer look.

Zoe smiled at the ecstatic look on her face "maybe you can stop using mine now" She chuckled.

"Thanks mum, thanks dad" Maisie said, getting up to hug both her parents.

"Can I have a phone dad?" Phoebe asked, looking at him with pleading eyes. Whenever Maisie had something, she would always want it immediately after.

Nick laughed, shaking his head "No way, you've got another 5 years to wait yet" He told her, much to her disappointment.

"We have got one more surprise for you" Zoe said, grinning at Nick as they had managed to arrange a surprise.

Maisie gasped in excitement "What is it?" She eagerly asked, not thinking that this birthday could get any better.

"You'll have to wait and see" Nick said, equally as excited as she was. He couldn't wait for her to see what it was.

"I want you to get ready and then we're going out somewhere later" Zoe told her.

"What kind of clothes do I wear?" Maisie asked, unsure what the occasion was going to be.

"Nice dressy clothes" Zoe said, adding to the excitement, "This might help you decide" She added, handing over one last box to Maisie. It was a large square box wrapped in pink wrapping paper and finished with a large bow.

Nick looked at Zoe unsure as to what this was, he couldn't remember buying anything else other than what she had already opened.

"Open it then" Zoe urged Maisie who was still holding the box in her hand, looking at it with uncertainty.

Maisie began to unravel the bow and as she lifted the lid off, her dream had come true. Inside it sat a pair of shiny silver heels.

"Are you being serious?" Maisie gasped in shock as she lifted them out to take a closer look.

Nick looked at Zoe "Heels?" He asked her, slightly annoyed as he didn't think that they were suitable.

"Yes" Zoe simply replied to him, turning her attention back to Maisie who was beaming over her first pair of heels "So... what do you think?" She asked.

Maisie grinned widely "they are amazing mum, thank you so much" She said, wrapping her arms around Zoe, "This is the best birthday ever" She excitedly added.

Zoe patted her on the back "I'm glad you like them sweetheart" She smiled. She could see that Nick on the other hand wasn't as ecstatic about them as Maisie was.

"I'm going to go and try them on" Maisie excitedly jumped up off sofa and ran upstairs with the box.

Nick shook his head at Zoe "I can not believe you've brought her heels" He said.

Zoe just laughed, shaking her head in return and walked over to him, placing her hands around his face as she sat on his lap "She has grown up Nick, you need to accept it"

Nick sighed, he knew she was right, "But heels?" He added.

"Every girl loves a pair of heels" Zoe grinned.

Nick rolled his eyes "Yeah don't I know it" He chuckled "this is going to be more expense for me now I'm buying shoes for 2 girls"

Zoe smiled "You wouldn't have it any other way" She said, placing a kiss on his lips.