Chapter Fourteen~ Outdoor Surprise(2)

Thank you so much for helping in all the preparation" I say smiling a bit

"How could I say 'No' to this epic surprise? and you don't need to thank me Btw" he grins. "Hey Kara. . . What's that?" He says alarmed

"What??" I jump frantically looking for whatever it was, till I see an amused look on his face. "Gosh! You scared me"

"Scaredy cat!" He laughs

"I hate you" I mumble annoyed while he continues laughing

"Whatever, I'm going" I pout turning to leave

"Hang on! You can't. . . Sara will be coming soon. I'm sure she won't be expecting anything like this when she comes back"

"I won't be too over confident" I say

"Why not?" He questions

"Because we all pretended to forget her birthday and how often does that happen. . .? Where nobody remembers, 'I'm guessing never'"

"She's the type of person who would accept that everyone forgot. Like LITERALLY! So don't worry about her suspecting anything"

"Except for Max of course, that's why we asked him to act normal while we do all the work"

"Yeah, that's part of the plan" he says and I hum. "I'm taking full responsibility for the BBQ"

"What would I do without you?" I ask wistfully

"Not much, I HOPE!!" He says an laughs

"Maybe. ." I wink

"Uh huh!"

15 minutes later

Everything is going according to the plan. Saras family and a few of the closest friends are here.

"Max is bringing her in five" Alex says

"Okay!" I say excited

After few minutes, Max came with Sara and the expression on her face said it all.

"WHAT IS ALL THIS?" Sara screams

Everybody yells 'SURPRISE' and started singing "Happy birthday"

"Happy birthday little sis!" Alex says hugging her

"Many many happy returns of the day!" I add pulling her in too

"GOSH! That was. . . I had no. . . Idea. . . Wh. . ." She says still shocked. Alex laughs at this. "I thought you guys forgot. ."

"How could we?" I ask

"Yep, we could never" says Alex

"We love you way too much to ever forget that babe" I smirk

"Whose evil idea was this?" She asks

"Hehe. . . Mine" I laugh

"I HATE YOU!" She hugs me again.

I laugh hugging her back, "Don't act. I know how much you love surprises"

"I. . . I do" she smiles, " I really do love this one. You pretended the whole time in school. . . And Alex, Mum, Dad" she turns to them, "you guys too?" Her parents nod while smiling.

"You have everybody on your side Kara. . . That's impressive" she says impressed

"I know right!" I laugh

"Max was in on it too" Alex chimes in

"What? No way" Sara says dumbfounded.

I laugh, "yes"

"Thanks to him for keeping you busy all afternoon" Alex adds

"Hmm. . . I see" Sara says

"Come-on, let's cut the cake now" I say pulling her with me

"YES PLEASE!" She yells

Sara cut the cake and everybody joined in, she loved everything about the surprise.

"I can't believe you did all this for me. I mean, I literally thought you would never be able to top my last year's surprise" Sara says

"But I beat you at your own game this time, didn't I?" I ask my smile so wide

"Well I can safely say that you're FINALLY starting to follow my footsteps. Good job!" She says and laughs

"Yeah right! I OUTRAN YOU" it feels so good seeing her happy

She chuckles, "Seriously though, it's great"

"Thanks"

"This year went pretty well, no?" She bumps her hip with mine

"Yes, it's such a special year for both of us" I laugh bumping back. "I thought since we are done with college and now moving on to a new phase of our life, it's only fitting that you step into your new year with some STYLE"

Chuckling she says, "I couldn't agree more. Thank you so much!"

"You're always welcome! It wasn't a single persons effort though" I grin

She rolls her eyes, "I know, I know, Alex must have helped"

"Yeah, couldn't have done it without him" I feel my cheeks turn red

"Aww!" She coos, "aren't you two madly in love withe each other"

"VERY MUCH!" Alex chimes in. I felt myself blush even more.

"I think you should go and dance with Max" I say shifting the topic aside

"Good idea"

"Now go and enjoy, it's your party!" Alex says

"I will"

Sara walked away to ask Max for a dance and soon they started swaying on their feet with the music.

"She loved everything you planned" Alex says by my side

"Everything 'WE' planned" I corrected

"Hmm?" He hums questionably

"Yeah! I couldn't have done all this without you"

"Don't be so formal, you know I'm always here and it's time you accept this" he says

"I--"

"I am never leaving your side Kara." As soon as those words left his mouth, I pulled him in and kissed him with all the love in my heart.

"Promise this is forever?" I ask arms still wrapped around his neck staring into his eyes

"I promise!" He says staring back as deeply into my eyes

Half hour later

Everybody is dancing around and having fun now. Then Alex takes my hand.

"Would you like to dance with me?" He asks smiling

"Love to"

"Pick a song for us, will ya?" He says

"How about you pick one out this time" I suggest

"Ok, sure". He picked, "I'll keep you safe by sleeping at last"

"I love this song!"

"Alright! Dance with me?"

"You may take my hand handsome" I said with an accent laughing. Alex chuckles too, taking my hand.

"Well, thank you beautiful!" He replies swaying me around. We both join Max and Sara on the side to enjoy the romantic dance together and afterwards all had dinner with everyone.