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As I enter the kitchen, I see all-color balloons, party strings, and a big banner that says Happy Birthday draping down from the ceiling.
"Suprise! Happy Birthday!" I hear the girls scream in my ear. I can't help, but not form a big smile. I laugh and look at the girls. I see Violet turn from the cabinet, holding a white birthday cake that says Happy Birthday with a candle that says twenty-four.
"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday, Evangelineeeeeee. Happy Birthday to youuuuu! Happy Birthday, Evangeline London Stone!" Charlotte, Violet, and the girls all sing Dad's version of the Happy Birthday song.
"Now, wait a minute. I don't see strawberries anywhere in here. You girls lied to me!" I hear the girls laugh, and Violet smiles.
"Blow out the candles already!" The girls say as I admire the vanilla frosting on the cake. I laugh and blow out the candles. Everyone cheers.
"Thank you so much, everyone. I haven't had a birthday cake in five years," I wipe a tear that's about to fall from my eye. Violet and Charlotte hug me.
"Why haven't you had a birthday cake in five years?" I see Violet look at Charlotte.
"What? Don't look at me. I've been trying to push her birthday every year, but she doesn't want to celebrate it. She still blames herself for what happened," Violet cups my cheek.
"Don't blame yourself for what happened. Dad's death didn't happen because you were celebrating your birthday. There was nothing you could do to stop it," I look down at the floor.
"I'm going to drop the girls off at school. Dave's already at work, so you two relax, and Evangeline. It's not your fault," Violet kisses my forehead and hugs Charlotte.
"Wait! EE promised we could do yoga with her before we go to school," I see Violet look at me, and I smile innocently.
"Fine, but make it quick, or we're going to be late for school," I see the girls run to the closet and flop three yoga mats on the living room floor.
"This one in the middle is for you, EE!" I laugh as I see a pink princess yoga mat in the middle of them.
I sit on the mat and see Kayla put on a yoga show on TV.
"This one's my favorite!" As the show starts playing it shows a castle and then a person running. I see the girls start running in place on the mat with the person.
"Wait. This isn't yoga. What am I supposed to do?"
"Follow the person, EE! Hurry before they change," I hear Tia scream.
I start running slowly, and as soon as I start running fast, the person changes. He's now jumping over trees.
"Well, that's not physically possible."
"Shh, don't ruin it. Just copy the person," I jump two times, and the show ends.
"What was that? That was barely anything."
"That was just the warm-up. In the end, they fight a big dragon and save the princess, but we don't have time for that."
"Kayla and Tia, get your butts in here now and get ready for school," I hear Violet scream from the other room.
"There's mom. We have to go to school now. I'll see you when we get back!" Kayla and Tia hug me tightly and then run towards Violet. I laugh, and the house turns quiet. I turn regular yoga on.
I take deep breaths as I do yoga and clear my mind. I take a shower and lay in bed next to Charlotte.
"So, what do you want to do on your birthday?" Heaven knows I wanted to say curl up into a ball and cry.
"You better not say curl up into a ball and cry either," Damn, she knows me too well. I sigh.
"Well, there go my plans," I hear Charlotte laugh, and I laugh.
"I say we go shopping," I roll my eyes.
"Honestly, I wanna lay in bed all day," I hear Charlotte laugh.
"Sounds good to me," I cover up and snuggle against Charlotte. My eyes get heavy, and I shoot open my eyes.
"I can't sleep. I'm craving something salty," Charlotte looks at me weirdly. I get up from bed and go to the kitchen. I dig in the fridge until I find it. I grab the pickles and start eating them. I see Charlotte come into the kitchen and look at me weirdly.
"What are you doing? You hate pickles!" I look at the pickles and look at Charlotte.
"Tastes good to me. It's like an explosion of flavor," I see Charlotte laugh and grab a pickle, too.
"The smell of pickles used to make you gag. Now, you're saying they're an explosion of flavor? You really need some sleep," Charlotte laughing, and I start laughing, too.
"Hey, you two! Ooo, are you eating my private stash of pickles? I can't get enough of these bad boys!" I see Violet grab a pickle, too.
"So, what do you want to do for your birthday?" I look at Violet and look at the pickles.
"I kinda want to watch TV and eat junk food," I hear Violet laugh.
"Don't you want to go shopping or anything?" I shake my head no.
"Well, Charlotte and I are going shopping, while you can stay here and do whatever you want," I laugh.
"Sounds good to me," I watch Charlotte and Violet leave. I grab a bunch of junk food with the pickles and sit on the couch. I cover up and snuggle on the couch, watching TV. After an hour of eating junk food and watching TV, I feel my eyes get heavy. My eyes close as I drift off into darkness. I wake up to Violet shaking me.
"Wake up!" My eyes shoot open.
"I'll turn off the alarm in a minute, Charlotte, hold on!" I hear Violet laugh.
"I'm not Charlotte, and you better wake your ass up. You're not going to sleep all day on your birthday," I get up and rub my eyes. Great. It's still my birthday.
I get off the couch, walk to the kitchen, and grab a slice of cake. Ooo, it's strawberry flavor.
"That's what you're going to do when you first wake up is grab a piece of cake?" I look at my sister and see her holding a small box.
"Who's the box for?" I say as I stuff my mouth with cake.
"You, duh," I hear Charlotte say. I look over and see Charlotte next to Violet.
"Damn, girl. I wish I could take a nap like that where I don't know what the hell is going on," I hear Violet and Charlotte laugh as I take another bite of cake, washing it down with a cup of tea.
"Open it," I see Violet holding out the box. I sigh, put my delicious cake and tea down, and grab the box. I slowly open the box revealing the most gorgeous pearl necklace with an emerald hooked to it.
"Oh. My. God. This is beautiful. This must have been expensive. When did you get this?" I hear Violet laugh.
"It's from Charlotte and me. We decided to go in on it for you. It's the closest one we could find that resembled the necklace Dad gave Mom on their anniversary that we could find," A tear starts to come down my cheek.
"You guys are the best! I absolutely love it!" I hug them both.
"Try it on," I give the necklace to Violet. I turn around and move my hair. I feel the cold pearls wrap around my neck as my sister hooks it on. I let my hair go and adjust the pearls. I take my phone out and to take a selfie with the pearls, Charlotte, and Violet. I laugh as I see Charlotte and Violet make a smiley face.
"You two are just alike," I make a silly face too, and take the picture. I hear Violet laugh.
"Where do you two think you got it from?" Charlotte and I laugh.
"Now that part one of your birthday gift is over, part two is coming up. So, go get ready. We're going clubbing," I laugh.
"Clubbing? We've never been clubbing together," Violet chuckles.
"I know, so go get ready!" Charlotte and I run up the stairs and go to our room. Charlotte grabs an outfit and gives it to me. You have to wear this. You'll catch the attention of everyone in the room!" I chuckle.
"I thought I always do," Charlotte looks me up and down.
"Not in those pj's. Now, go put it on," I laugh and go into the restroom to change into it. I look at myself in the red dress. The skirt wraps around my hips, showing off my curves and cut off at the perfect length. The waist is tight enough to show off my body figure. The cut on the side is not too long to show a little skin, but not too much. The boobs are a little too tight, but it feels like they're growing more. I walk out and show Charlotte.
"It looks perfect!" I see Charlotte smiling in a matching blue dress. I chuckle.
"I lovee us matching!" Charlotte chuckles.
"Wait for the best part!" I see Violet come into the room wearing a matching pink dress as Charlotte and I.
"Oh shit! Look bomb as hell, sis," I hear Violet chuckle.
"I could say the same as you two!" We all high-five and follow Violet out of the house. We get into one of Violet's small cars, and Violet starts driving.
"Dave is watching the kids tonight, so we can do whatever we want and for however long," I smile.
"Do you have something planned?" I see Violet and Charlotte smile.
"Hell yeah, I do. If we don't go to at least four clubs tonight, then it's a complete fail," I laugh.
"Okay, lead the way!" Violet drives us to the first club.
We enter the club. The music vibrates against our feet as it reminds me of work. Violet tells us to sit down while she's getting shots. I hear Charlotte laugh.
"Usually, we're the ones getting the drinks to people. It feels weird for someone getting us drinks," I laugh and see Violet coming our way.
"What are you guys talking about?" I hear Violet scream. I laugh.
"We're talking about how the club reminds us of work. If you keep screaming, you're going to lose your voice. On my first day of stripping, I screamed all day and lost my voice the next day and for a whole week. You have to learn how to pitch your voice to where you're not using your high vocal cords all the time, or it'll strain your cords," I hear Violet laugh.
"Wow, there's a lot more to stripping than I thought," Her voice sounding more relaxed and not straining.
"You have no idea," Charlotte and I laugh.
"Well, cheers to knowing how to be good strippers!" We all cheer and took the shot in one sip. Me and Charlotte spit the shot back into the cup.
"What's wrong?" Violet looks confused.
"This club has terrible drinks. Let's go to another club," I see Violet nod. We leave the club and go to another club, and their drinks were terrible, too. The bad thing about stripping for years is that you know when drinks are terrible and when they're good. We go to two other clubs, and they're still awful.
"Okay, so I know the other six clubs had terrible drinks, but I know this one doesn't," I sigh, listening to Violet and tired of trying terrible drinks. We enter the club. The music and atmosphere give me hope.
We sit down in a private booth, and something about these chairs seemed familiar. I see Violet heading our way with the drinks, and she hands me a shot. Violet and Charlotte look at me as I take the shot. The taste is amazing. I swallow it, and they cheer, and I laugh.
"Why are you guys cheering for?"
"Because you finally swallowed it!" I laugh at Charlotte.
"I won't swallow a bad drink. It's too terrible. How do you swallow, Charlotte?" I hear Charlotte laugh.
"I don't give a shit if it's bad or not. A drink's a drink," I laugh.
"Cheers to that!" I grab another shot and shoot it down.
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-End Of Chapter 23-
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